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Favoriting December 31, 2014: #249 Turn Away, Never Ever Look Back

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Fabio Frizzi & Giorgio Tucci  Zombie Theme   Favoriting Zombie OST  Blackest Heart Media    CD    0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Mortuary Drape  Crepuscular Whisper   Favoriting Into the Drape  Decapitated Records  1992  CD    0:05:11 (Pop-up)
Заводь [Zavod']  За Тобой   Ягна [Yagna]  self-released  2011  CD    0:11:17 (Pop-up)
Dhampyr  it yields her ethyl witness   Favoriting it yields her ethyl witness  self-released  2014  MP3  http://dhampyr.bandcamp.com/album/it-yields-her-ethyl-witness  0:15:02 (Pop-up)
Tomhet  Nothing But Anxiety   Favoriting Caliginous II  unreleased    MP3  Canada  0:19:52 (Pop-up)
Horrendus  cuando los funerales no se acaben   Favoriting split with Viento Nokturno  Bajo Sepulcro Productions    Cassette  Mexico  0:30:17 (Pop-up)
Human Bodies  Oxblood-Covenant-Scapegoat   Favoriting No Life  Caligari Records  2014  Cassette    0:37:21 (Pop-up)
Impalers  Tracers   Favoriting Psychedelic Snutskallar  540  2014  12"    0:56:41 (Pop-up)
Sacrilege  Arsonist   Favoriting Thoughts Are But Dreams Till Their Effects Are Tried - 1985 Demos  Radio Raheem / Wardance    LP    0:58:21 (Pop-up)
Doomsday Student  Lifeboat Blues   Favoriting A Walk Through Hysteria Park  Three.One.G  2014  12"    1:02:35 (Pop-up)
Raspberry Bulbs  Hopelessly Alive   Favoriting Privacy  BEB  2014  LP    1:04:31 (Pop-up)
Enbilulugugal  Charred Goat Remains   Favoriting Noizemongers For Goatserpent 2CD  Crucial Blast  2013  CD    1:11:49 (Pop-up)
Ozama  Reencarnación   Favoriting Fortaleza De Sangre  Morboso Metal Grotesco  2014  Cassette    1:17:23 (Pop-up)
Energy Vampires  Rock 'N Roll   Favoriting Energy Vampires  Shadow Kingdom Records  2008  CD    1:32:03 (Pop-up)
Bog Oak  The Science of the Afterlife   Favoriting A Treatise On Resurrection and the Afterlife  Svart Records  2014  12"  Hi Phillip  1:34:48 (Pop-up)
Black Magic SS  Darklord   Favoriting Panzerwitch  Infinite Wisdom Productions  2013  Cassette  Australia  1:41:30 (Pop-up)
Cannibal Movie  Mondo Music I   Favoriting Mondo Music  Yerevan Tapes  2012  Cassette  http://cannibalmovie.bandcamp.com/album/mondo-music  1:57:23 (Pop-up)
Solaris  Star Creeper   Favoriting The Waves of the Evernow  Numero    LP  Chicago psych, ca. 70s  2:11:01 (Pop-up)
The Legend of Zelda  Explorer's Crypt (Level 7)   Favoriting Oracle of Seasons Music  Nintendo        2:14:51 (Pop-up)
R. Nikolaenko  Carrot Terrorism of The Snowman   Favoriting https://www.youtube.com/user/nikolaenkomusic  https://www.youtube.com/user/nikolaenkomusic  2014    more music here: http://rnikolaenko.bandcamp.com/  2:16:47 (Pop-up)
Space  Flying Nightmare   Favoriting Magic Fly  Nang    CD  ca. 1977  2:21:46 (Pop-up)
Severed Heads  We Have Come to Bless The House   Favoriting City Slab Horror  Medical Records     LP  ca. 1984  2:24:45 (Pop-up)
Non Toxique Lost  Might It Be Sailing   Favoriting Terre et Argent  Reduktive Musiken    LP  ca. 80s, with Achim Wollscheid  2:28:20 (Pop-up)
Blood Rhythms  Coarse Land   Favoriting Assembly  NO PART OF IT / RRRECORDS  2014  LP  Arvo Zylo  2:32:40 (Pop-up)
Lars Greve  Breidablik [side I excerpt]   Favoriting Breidablik  Hiatus  2014  12"    2:48:26 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

  12:06am
Angry Jets Fan:

Hello and good evening sir
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Rory:

2014 was a shit year.
  12:08am
Angry Jets Fan:

@rory 2014 being a shut year is an understatement
  12:12am
Angry Jets Fan:

Let me tell you about diabetes! I have to jab my gut with lantus insulin twice a day 100 units! And still I need more insulin to keep my blood sugar down to normal
Avatar 12:13am
Wm.:

2011 was a good year, I think...
Avatar 12:15am
bobdoesthings:

hellllo
  12:15am
Angry Jets Fan:

2011 I fell in the ice and broke my ankle was in a cast for almost 2 months after that I was diagnosed with heart disease and diabetes
Avatar 12:17am
Wm.:

I said "I think" ... seem to remember some sex that year. And some good shows!
  12:20am
Angry Jets Fan:

@wm take it easy. I'm sure some of us your faithful flock had good years
Avatar 12:20am
tracy:

Boxer's Omen
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:21am
sinister dexter:

loving the music
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:22am
Rory:

Yes the music is great as always!
Avatar 12:22am
Wm.:

metalhead
Avatar 12:22am
Wm.:

human foil ball, first sequence
Avatar 12:24am
tracy:

Ferrero Rocher
  12:24am
Angry Jets Fan:

Sorry:( still very angry at the ny jets 4-12 season and now we won't even get Marcus mariota in the draft. Jets pick 6th
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:25am
Rory:

haha!
Avatar 12:28am
Wm.:

@AJF Sports talk is like Cantonese to me...but I appreciate you tuning in! Do you listen to Bronwyn's show? I think they actually talk sports there. ...
  12:29am
Angry Jets Fan:

Ok sorry @wm I did not know you were not into sports it's ok my mistake and yes I do tune into sportsy talk with bronwyn
Avatar 12:31am
Wm.:

But share your grief, by all means. Someone else here might follow the NFL. Puts me to sleep; 9 seconds of action, for every 15 mins. of commercials & commentary from sausage-fingered former players. Plus I hate jocks.
Avatar 12:32am
Wm.:

WE WELCOME ALL GRIEF HERE!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:32am
Rory:

Baseball is the only sport I appreciate. Football is too much like war for me to get into fully although I do watch it sometimes.
Avatar 12:32am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

We all keep score different ways. I'm 51 & still play by ear...
Avatar 12:32am
bobdoesthings:

good grief
  12:32am
Castle of Quiet Denizen:

I love your show so much I download every podcast to keep o my iPod touch
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:32am
Rory:

Enough of the sports talk back to the music!
Avatar 12:33am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

@Rory: You know the George Carlin routine about that (baseball vs. football)?
...Haha Rory - usually that would be my line !...
Avatar 12:34am
Wm.:

Thanks, Denizen! Who are you, mysterious one?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:35am
Rory:

Revrabbit, George Carlin is one of my favorite people of all time! He's my fucking idol!
  12:35am
blee:

Good evening Wm and fellow Castleheads. 2014 was shit, but what will really change next year? The ratio of good and shit, I hope, but boy oh boy did 2014 drain my optimism in anything touched by human hands.
Avatar 12:35am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Podcast - ?!?
  12:36am
JakeGould:

2012 was good for me. 2011 was oddly desperate near end but there was some redemption. 2013 was the 20th anniversary of some personal tragedy of mine, so ehhh… 2014 sucked but personally decisions I made in the last few months are giving me new life. Also yeah…
  12:36am
Castle of Quiet Denizen:

@wm I am a rotting corpse. Your show puts life into my veins and I'm more than happy your on the schedule
Avatar 12:36am
Wm.:

I loved the NFL in the 1970s, when I was in 6th grade. Those were good years! The Dolphins, the Vikings. For baseball, too. Oakland A's! Sports are way too commercialized now.
Avatar 12:36am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...right now, I feel like it's 196...3 maybe - & Society is about to get *very*...shook up !!...
  12:37am
JakeGould:

William, sports in the 1970s was so non-bro it was great for all. Even wrestling. Then in the late 1980s/early 1990s it all became pumped up and macho.
Avatar 12:38am
Wm.:

I like a rotting corpse. Depends HOW rotting, I guess. Welcome! ...And yes, Rabbit, the most-recent shows are podcastable, downloadable through the WFMU app.
Avatar 12:38am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...'podcast' - ?!...
  12:38am
Castle of Quiet Denizen:

@wm I wholeheartedly agree with you about the over commercialization of baseball and football honestly you can't enjoy a game on tv with art the interruptions
  12:39am
JakeGould:

Is that the rotting corpse at Spa Castle?
Avatar 12:39am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- oh - app...only got desktop...Cheers.
Avatar 12:39am
Wm.:

I too am hoping for another 60s, yes!
  12:39am
blee:

We could use a good society shake up.
  12:40am
JakeGould:

Spa Castle of Quiet. www.nbcnewyork.com...
Avatar 12:40am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

I think we'll get it, want it or no.
  12:41am
JakeGould:

The fact the NY Times and others are speaking out about the NYPD turning their backs on De Blassio is a very 1970s thing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:42am
Rory:

Wm., You like George Carlin?
Avatar 12:43am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Surprise lady ! Your Horror scene...You go under Cold water, can actually preserve you a bit & increase chances of survival...
  12:43am
JakeGould:

George Carlin was great about finding places for stuffs.
  12:44am
Castle of Quiet Denizen:

New York has always been home to the dark creature. It's a city of ghouls. Trolls.gnomes.goblins.witches vampires and the odd rotting corpses like myself. Where else would we live? Alaska? Antarctica?
Avatar 12:44am
Wm.:

LOVE CARLIN, YES! You kidding? I grew up listening to AM / FM. Also love his angry later years. Brilliant! An inspiration and door-opener to all my favorite cranky-bastard comics of today.
Avatar 12:46am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Geo.Carlin died - I went back over his stuff - & found - oh! - that's where I got that, & that's where I got that: he was very important. Everyone thinks 'Monty Python' - but he mattered.
- Someone told me the NYPD is the 7th largest 'Army' in the world. Turning their backs made it clear how much of a Closed Society they are.
  12:46am
blee:

Human Bodies sounds so damn amazing right now!
  12:47am
JakeGould:

“Where else would we live?” Give me a chance to move out of NYC and I would in a heartbeat. Grew up here, but not into it anymore. Too much for too little.
  12:47am
Castle of Quiet Denizen:

I loved carlin as well he has a great piece about the difference between football and baseball
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:48am
Rory:

Carlin was brilliant with words. I grew knowing there was something very wrong with society. I just couldn't put it into words like he could. He was a godsend for me.
  12:49am
JakeGould:

My kind of tech work I can do anywhere. And nowadays I’m getting more clients that allow remove work and such. So this might work for me. Minor dream to live in them middle of relative nowhere, have some real space and a high speed Internet connection for “work.” All good.
  12:50am
JakeGould:

“I just couldn't put it into words like he could. He was a godsend for me.” That’s the definition of an artist: They are able to reframe and articulate ideas most people are aware of but can’t put their finger on.
Avatar 12:50am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- but when one tree in the rain is too wet to sit under - so are all the others: nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. Gentrification everywhere, & too many people everywhere...Keep Earth Weird !!...
- In last years Carlin had an 'Im A Modern Man' routine - 'I'm Upgraded, I'm Downloaded' - & just on & on for 10 minutes - so far beyond just a funny little stand-up bit - 'nother level altogether...
  12:53am
blee:

RIP Eric Garner. Trust no cops
Avatar 12:54am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Okay - not that long, still... : www.youtube.com...
  12:54am
JakeGould:

Those “I Can Breathe” t-shirts are past belief.
Avatar 12:55am
Mugsy:

Hanging with the wife but we're listening. Happy New Year William.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 12:55am
Rory:

I just don't have the emotional strength to care about problems in America anymore.
Avatar 12:56am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

On facebook - Ads for cops' girlfriends' t-shirts: 'Obey Law, Breathe Easy' - like the Chokehold was Legal...I guess the Court said it was !!...
  12:57am
JakeGould:

RevRabbit63: The mentality of people like that is basically, “The police are right because they are in charge…” Which is past wrong.
Avatar 12:57am
tracy:

music music music
Avatar 1:00am
dw:

Beastly Buds!
  1:02am
blee:

@JakeGould You sir, summed up the issue perfectly. The police are not beyond human error, and should be held accountable for their violent actions to non violent people.
Avatar 1:03am
Wm.:

Happy New Year to you and Mrs. Mugs!
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tracy:

when I think of the cops here I just think of this

www.youtube.com...
  1:04am
JakeGould:

@blee: The issue is also being a cop is really a thankless job even of the cops played by the rules. But the PBA in NYC firing the flames of discontent and now politicizing the deaths of two cops? Past belief. Those cops did not deserve to die. Period. Convolving their death with the protests in support of Eric Gardner is really dysfunctional.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:07am
Rory:

Raspberry Bulbs!
Avatar 1:09am
Wm.:

Forgot to play this last week...our annual Bob Clark homage :(
  1:10am
Amethyst:

Three candles glowing. Music. Noise. Social truth. Space.
  1:11am
marmalade kitty:

Black Christmas
  1:11am
JakeGould:

Black Christmas. www.youtube.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:12am
Rory:

Same guy directed "A Christmas Story". I think that's awesome.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:12am
Rich in Washington:

I just recently watched Death Dream. Quite unique.
Avatar 1:12am
Wm.:

Halloo Amethyst ;)
  1:13am
Amethyst:

Hello... ;)
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BEAVO:

Radio volence
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Wm.:

Ah, Death Dream~! Such a wonderful film. I love the ending, makes me weep. Great small-scale Vietnam commentary.
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BEAVO:

Hussy was hot
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Wm.:

Andrea Martin! Keir Dullea pretty hot too
  1:20am
blee:

@Jake I agree Policing is a thankless, stressful job. I'm sure most officers get into the force w the best intentions. However, the Police culture I've gleamed over the last few years has really grown into an Us VS Them mentality, which is "unhealthy" for us all. Especially when one side may have all the guns and judicial sway on their side.
Avatar 1:21am
BEAVO:

Time for the airing of the grievances
  1:21am
JakeGould:

The NYPD of “Barney Miller” is an ideal.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:21am
Pete from Boston (and NJ):

Good Armenian girl, that Andrea Martin.

Your show is always so pointedly in contradiction to its name. I forget that before adjusting the volume before putting it on. The upstairs people surely just tossed and turned.
Avatar 1:23am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Yes - back to the early 1960s before the whole thing blows up...Lenny Bruce on Cops vs. People, the same thing...Make sure they're all poor & powerless & watch the rats tear each other apart & sit back & laugh...
Avatar 1:24am
Wm.:

I can play the Barney Miller theme on the bass, just sayin' ...
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BEAVO:

Reminds me of an old hi-fi test record I had called Music to scare hell out of your neighbors
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:24am
Pete from Boston (and NJ):

That would also rile the upstairs people.
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Wm.:

"Music To Scare Hell Out Of Your Neighbors" - c2.staticflickr.com...
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Wm.:

I have it framed on my office wall. ...
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BEAVO:

That's the one!
  1:27am
JakeGould:

Speaking of Bob Clark, this is the 32nd year I have not seen “Porky’s”.
Avatar 1:29am
Wm.:

Best Porky's line: "What's up with yours? You been screwing around corners?" That's a one-view movie. Unlike A Christmas Story, or the others we already mentioned.
Avatar 1:30am
CDToaster:

My brother-in-law has been a NYC cop for over 25 years and he tells me that he hates all TV cop shows because they're all false. He said the only TV cop show that came close to reality was Barney Miller. He was one of the good ones, smart too, so it's not like he's got blinders on, ignorant, or stupid. Just saying, I think that's interesting.
  1:30am
blee:

Lenny Bruce! His autobiography is an amazing read. Sailor, priest, con man, entertainer, comedian, drug addict. He lived.
Avatar 1:30am
BEAVO:

William somehow that doesn't surprise me
  1:31am
JakeGould:

The thing is, I was like 13 when “Porky’s” came out so I should have seen it just to be a pre-teen brat. But I already saw “Animal House” and Porky’s seems retarded. I genuinely have never seen even a glimpse of a seen in that film. That film called “Porky’s”. Proud of that!
Avatar 1:31am
Wm.:

What's that, BEAVO?
Avatar 1:32am
BEAVO:

That you have music this care of your neighbors on your wall
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:33am
Rich in Washington:

I too have never seen Porky's. It came out when I was in high school and -even at that age - curmudgeonly me decided all the hoopla about it coming from the mostly moronic kids in my school meant it must be really dumb.
Avatar 1:33am
Wm.:

Oh yeah, that's me for sure
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BEAVO:

Ha I used the mic!
  1:34am
JakeGould:

The only film I wanted to see those pre-teen years was “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” because of Phoebe Cates. Thank you VCRs!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:35am
Rich in Washington:

I STILL haven't seen FTARH! Stupid curmudgeonly me!
  1:36am
JakeGould:

Rich, “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” is definitely a must see. Perfect classic teen comedy that is the template for all of the rest.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:37am
Rich in Washington:

I was way into crap like Dr. Butcher MD and countless Italian jungle/zombie/cannibal epics back then.
Avatar 1:37am
Wm.:

Much much better than Porky's
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:37am
Rich in Washington:

@JakeGould: I think you're right. So many cultural references from that film. I need to rectify that oversight ASAP. It's on the list.
Avatar 1:38am
Wm.:

Also love Valley Girl. Nic Cage before he was a meme
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:38am
Rich in Washington:

My wife finally got me to watch Breakfast Club for the first time recently.
  1:39am
JakeGould:

Also, the sad reality about “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” is it is a time capsule of teenage mall culture that just does not actually exist any more. Malls are dead thanks to the Internet. People don’t really talk about it that much but that’s the reality. “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” is like a time capsule of what it was like back then.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:39am
Rich in Washington:

Valley Girl was a fun movie. I would like to see it again. Seemed like the punk/new wave references in that film were not too off-mark for a hollywood movie.
  1:40am
JakeGould:

Actually never saw “Valley Girl” but will put it on the list. I did—however—finally watch the Clint Eastwood monkey films, “Every Which Way But Loose” and “Any Which Way You Can.” The first film was worth it. The second was really a cash-in and shows.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:41am
Rich in Washington:

Malls were fun back then esp. if you lived in a smaller town. Going to the mall was like going to the future, where all the stuff you weren't allowed to see because your town was Mayberry by comparison.
  1:42am
JakeGould:

“Seemed like the punk/new wave references in that film were not too off-mark for a hollywood movie.” Exactly. The thing about early 1980s films like that and even older were that studios were more casual and trusting of directors. Now all films feel like carefully crafted marketing products.
Avatar 1:42am
Wm.:

I had such a crush on Ally Sheedy and her dandruff snow. Dream girl.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:42am
Rich in Washington:

Yes. Ally Sheedy. What became of her?
  1:42am
JakeGould:

So like if you see “Repo Man” and read the story on how that was made, you realize how much freedom Alex Cox was given to create a real punk film thanks to Mike Nesmith’s backing.
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Wm.:

Suburbia, anyone? The one starring Flea, not the Linklater film.
  1:43am
JakeGould:

Ally Sheedy was awesome as depressed artist girl.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:43am
Rich in Washington:

YES! Happy easter, asshole!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:43am
Pete from Boston (and NJ):

JakeGould: You just crushed the world, but you're right. Teens stay home to have dumb chatter. Like most teenagers that grow up, I now realize my world back there was so temporary.

Meanwhile, the malls are occupied by... ?
Avatar 1:45am
Wm.:

Got that Criterion edition of Repo Man, thanks to the drummer from Psychic Limb. Great dude.
  1:45am
JakeGould:

Malls are being demolished or abandoned all over. deadmalls.com
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:45am
Rich in Washington:

I watched Suburbia and Repo Man incessantly. The former made me appear so much street-wiser when my friends and I made the pilgrimage to the city to see honest-to-god punk rock shows.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:46am
Rich in Washington:

Harry Dean Stanton's interview on the pre-Criterion reissue of Repo Man is amazing.
  1:46am
SeanG:

Malls are still great.
  1:46am
JakeGould:

If it weren’t for “Repo Man” I would not known about Black Flag. Growing up in Brooklyn in the 1980s wasn’t that indie-minded. That film was an eye-opener.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:47am
Rich in Washington:

I need the Criterion version though, I suspect.
Has Suburbia ever seen a legit DVD release?
  1:47am
JakeGould:

This recent article on “Repo Man” is a great read. Explains a lot. io9.com...
  1:47am
SeanG:

Men Suck.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:48am
Rich in Washington:

Yeah, I think the relative ubiquitousness of Repo Man, Suburbia and Urgh! A Music War in video stores spread the punk virus to suburbia (no pun intended)
  1:48am
JakeGould:

SeanG: Malls that still exist are great. Here in NYC the malls still suck, but that’s okay. Whole neighborhoods like SoHo are transformed into virtual malls anyway. That is the new trend. High end artisanal malls.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:48am
Pete from Boston (and NJ):

Yes, but not in Bergen County, where we felt like we invented the mall. Malls there never die, they just get repositioned.
  1:49am
JakeGould:

“Urgh! A Music War” was good and bad but back then it was one of the only ways anyone could see actual “College Rock” back then.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:50am
Pete from Boston (and NJ):

But it's a much more adult crowd, now. Paramus Park is a teenage dead zone. The stores are just oriented wrong. So kids from Midland Park or Dumont or wherever just sit home, I guess.
  1:51am
JakeGould:

Controlled environments like malls flip me out. Ikea, Bed Bath and Beyond… All of those places… Even the Apple Store… Panic city.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:51am
Rich in Washington:

when I first dubbed my copy of Urgh, I omitted all the stuff I didn't care for. I think I still have a bootleg DVD of the whole thing somewhere. When I see it again, I always expect to cut awkwardly from Toyah, Invisible Sex, The Police, etc..
But it doesn't.
Avatar 1:52am
Mugsy:

Classic punk movie- The other F-word
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:52am
Rich in Washington:

The Ally Sheedy character in Breakfast Club reminded me of the kinds of girls I was drawn to in high school.
  1:53am
JakeGould:

Splodgenessabounds. Now that is a memory.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:53am
Rich in Washington:

@JakeGould: I recall the malls of my youth having lots of either locally owned businesses or franchises, anchored by a few big retailers.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:54am
Pete from Boston (and NJ):

I remember local businesses in the major malls. Garden State Plaza had a garden store. Bergen Mall had a theater with actual actors (and a church).
  1:54am
SeanG:

shake it off
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:54am
Pete from Boston (and NJ):

I'm malled out. Good night Wm. and all.
  1:55am
JakeGould:

@Rich: Yeah, I liked those malls. In Brooklyn we had “King’s Plaza” and it had two anchor stores—Macy’s and Alexander’s—and tons of locally owned stores and odd chains. Loved that. But that was the early days of malls. Not like what they are now. “Wicks and Sticks” forever.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:56am
Rich in Washington:

One of my fondest mall memory things was the bookstore that was the only place I knew where I could get Heavy Metal Magazine reliably every month.
  1:57am
JakeGould:

Rich, stuff like that… Yeah…
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Rich in Washington:

the only local businesses in the (still standing) mall of my youth are those crappy import/incense/hippy accoutrements stores.
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SeanG:

Yeah 80s were the epic mall time--I grew up in Coral Springs FLA with the Coral Springs Mall and Coral Square Mall--epic times! garbage time. Thanks WB.
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Rich in Washington:

Me like this.
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Rory:

Last hour is always my favorite.
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Rory:

Time to bring out the head jams!
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Pete from Boston (and NJ):

I'm going to the mall to try and figure out how the piano store stays in business.
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Rich in Washington:

Good luck! You may not come back! I think they move bales of cocaine in the back room.
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Wm.:

Haha Pete! Good one. WTF was up with the piano store, anyway? Were they laundering Mob $? Anyone remember Smuggler's Attic? Blacklight posters, and little books with pictures of naked BBWs. Fascinating store.
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Wm.:

And STICK INCENSE!
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Rich in Washington:

Pianos. Perfect thing to move stuff in. Think about it.
I miss organ stores with some dude in blue blazer playing Caravan in the entryway, while the Hickory Farms girls hand out cheese samples next door.
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JakeGould:

Spencer’s Gifts.
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Rory:

I haven't been to the mall in years, but I remember a store called "Spencers" they had black lights and plasma balls.
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JakeGould:

Stick incense is cheap to make and sell. But enough for a mall?
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Rich in Washington:

Spencer's. Yes. Fart jokes and naughty office gifts that looked like they were made in the early 60s/
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JakeGould:

Spencer's Gifts: Where people go just sex toys and real sex toys. As well as odd band merch.
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JakeGould:

But I truly miss “Orange Julius.” I have no idea what colonies of bugs had to die to make that stuff, but I enjoyed it.
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JakeGould:

Wow, spellcheck. It should have read, “Where people got joke sex toys and real sex toys.”
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Rich in Washington:

Orange Julius. I remembered going there often. You could smoke in there, way in the back. I still smell nicotine, rancid hot dogs and orange pulp when I think of that place.
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JakeGould:

Also… Arcades… Genuinely not as many places to play video games on the street that are non-ironic anymore.
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Rich in Washington:

I am unstarring this so I can star it again. This is amazing. Must have.
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SeanG:

Waldenbooks, B. Dalton.... and the arcade of course with Gyruss
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Wm.:

Papaya King is pretty decent, and fills my yearning for Orange Julius. PK's dogs are actually pretty damn good. But I like street junk food. Can't smoke there, though. 72nd & B'way? Not sure, I just follow my hunger there.
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Rich in Washington:

B. Dalton's was my fave. Again, Heavy Metal Magazine, Fangoria, etc..
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JakeGould:

Yup, Gyruss. Been on a Mr. Do and Phoenix trip the past few days thanks to emulation.
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Rich in Washington:

G.K. Gill? Maybe just a Pacific NW chain. That's where I'd drool over art supplies I couldn't afford - raid their closeout bins for anything I could draw with/on.
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JakeGould:

G.K. Gill is definitely not NYC. For anyone in NYC in the 1980s, “Pearl Paint” was the place… Now gone… And I shoplifted tons of markers I couldn’t afford from there.
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Rich in Washington:

I was too chicken to shoplift but one of my friends would lift plenty and we'd split it! I can't even google GK Gill. I think it only exists now in my shrivelling brain.
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JakeGould:

Zelda music? Past my videogame era.
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Wm.:

I loved the smell inside Pearl Paint. So many good things gone thx to the almighty dollar. A day at Pearl Paint, followed by lunch at the 2nd Ave. Deli.
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JakeGould:

William, can you believe that the 2nd Avenue Deli is gone, but “The Yiddish Walk of Fame” in front of it is still there. In front of the… Chase bank that is now in it’s place.
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Wm.:

My son got me into Legend of Zelda music. I know not of Playstation or Xbox or any of that stuff. I was an arcade goer.
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Rory:

You're son knows the good video games Wm. Not the crap on PS4 and Xbox.
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Rory:

I use to be into the old games of 80's and 90's with the classic synth scores.
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JakeGould:

I have MAME on my Mac and have figured out how to get it to show CRT scanlines so I can play Joust, Ms. Pac Man and such the way they should be played.
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Ike:

Great set. Passing out soon. Maybe will dream of 80s malls and that 1st Zelda game and the Pearl Paint sign. Never actually made it to Pearl Paint.
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JakeGould:

“Never actually made it to Pearl Paint.” Now you make me feel old.
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Wm.:

Yeah, that's right. None of those shitty controllers. he has 2 DS's, some other stuff. We play Plants vs. Zombies, haha...
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idesguy:

oracle of seasons was such a pain, but the music is still great.
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Rory:

My nephew is into Xbox connect which I think is shit. I don't play video games anymore. I still got my original Nintendo laying somewhere.
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Rich in Washington:

My reasons for not playing video games and not doing cocaine are nearly identical.
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JakeGould:

My game thing is all nostalgia. Began in 1979. Ended in 1983 or 84. Right when I became a teen.
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Wm.:

Rich, you just nailed The Castle's "line of the week"! Hard laughs here.
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Rich in Washington:

Kinda not a joke. The last time I really got into video games, I experienced this freaky lost time thing that was like Lost Weekend. Really freaked me out.
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JakeGould:

Yup, OCD. Gotta watch that myself.
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Rich in Washington:

This is lovely.
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Wm.:

I'm laughing b/c I can relate. Coke scares me now, and it's hard to believe I ever did it. Crazy town.
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Rich in Washington:

I can waste time on the interwebs or watch stupid movies like nobody's business but I don't like what games do to my brain. I know it's fine for other folks, just not for me.
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Wm.:

I've watched people play Xbox for hours on end, beating levels, using the "cheat codes" etc. I find it freakishly obsessive.
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JakeGould:

Rich, FWIW I did a little history digging on videogames, which then go back to pinball, which then hook into gambling. Japanese Pachinko games aways seemed odd and random to me until I read the history of games and it’s all basically connected to some level of gambling and visual/aural stimulation.
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Rich in Washington:

I remember, towards the end of his life, Timothy Leary wanted to use video games to rewire people's brains.
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JakeGould:

William, my nephew once said he never understood why anyone would play the old video games I like—like Pac Man and such—when there is no end goal. And then I pointed out… What exactly do you “win” at the end of Mario Brothers or even Zelda? Yeah, there’s a narrative… But it’s the same end: Time spent playing games. Not to judge but let’s be real. You disconnect from reality in different ways. People on the subway playing “Let’s put boxes in order…” are stimulating the same centers of the mind.
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Rich in Washington:

I read there's this weird eye movement technique that helps people with severe trauma overcome it. Maybe some kind of game/VR/Oculus Rift thing would work.
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Rich in Washington:

It's funny how simplistic those early games were but to us the graphics were so modern and engaging.
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JakeGould:

For me, when I discovered and started to appreciate art on a new level, that calmed my OCD stuff. Something about white walls with nice stuff on them. But that’s just me.
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Rich in Washington:

This whole set is just mesmerizing, Wm.
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Wm.:

Centipede was always my favorite, will the rolling ball...hours of voided-out good times.
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JakeGould:

Rich, the thing about early games is because they were so abstract they had to be creative in some ways. Like Qix is a great abstract game. Ditto with Tempest.
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JakeGould:

Yeah, trackballs were great. That physical aspect of it was great.
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Rich in Washington:

Tempest was so amazing. So weirdly abstract.
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JakeGould:

Yeah, but now the graphics are so realistic they are all the same type of game. Even Frogger was so great and simple.
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JakeGould:

Welp, I am outta here. Very good comments tonight.
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Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

Trackball mouse on the home PC was great for those games, too. And I much prefer Millipede to Centipede. Played Donkey Kong and Ms. Pac Man on a stand-up unit just last week.
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Wm.:

Don't like those Sims people. Creepy.
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Rich in Washington:

as a visual person, I always liked watching video games more than playing them. I also never had as deep pockets as most of my friends, so there was also that.
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Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

There's a great video of Jeff Minter talking about his weird games, incl. his Tempest 2000 remake.
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Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

I didn't have the quarters, either, and became an expert back-seat driver.
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Rich in Washington:

The Sims WERE creepy! When it first came out, we bought it for our kids and tried to play it ourselves. It was weirdly stressful, as though our own crazy parental lives were turned into a game.
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Rich in Washington:

I am glad we didn't. I think our brains are better for it, Kenzo!
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Kenzo (Ken's Last Ever):

True dat.
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Rich in Washington:

The Sims remind me of the Perky Pat thing from Philip K. Dick's Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch. I think that's the one. I can't remember for sure.
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Rich in Washington:

Thanks for a wonderful show, Wm.!
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tracy:

txssss
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SiHV:

Listened driving up from Virginia today. Quality show, as always. Happy to see the back of 2014; hoping for better in '15. Cheers to all Castle denizens.
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