TOTALL RECALL...

i'm gonna go ahead and call this one o' my fav recording of 2012. i don't give a fuck if it's only march (?)....
behold TOTALL RECALL an album by THIT...the bulging audio division of the forever-taser 
goatmother industrial.


i listened to it and it was fun, and i vow to never watch the film Total Recall again. i prefer to remember it this way, thru the words of the "recallers". plus, the movie was pretty gross.


words about from goatmother:

[TOTALL RECALL IS A COLLECTION OF
TWENTY-ONE RECOLLECTIONS
OF THE PLOT SYNOPSIS OF A MOVIE
THAT WAS RELEASED IN 1990
AND TAKES PLACE IN THE YEAR 2083.

THESE RECORDINGS WERE COLLECTED BETWEEN
DECEMBER 2010 AND JANUARY 2012
IN RHODE ISLAND, INDIANA, PENNSYLVANIA, AND
SOUTH CAROLINA BY A HANDFUL OF
WILLING VOLUNTEERS.

“RECALLERS” WERE GIVEN ONLY A FEW MOMENTS
TO COLLECT THEIR THOUGHTS
BEFORE RECORDING THEIR INDIVIDUAL TRACKS.
ALL “RECALLERS”SHALL REMAIN ANONYMOUS.
THANKS TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED.]

credits

Danke Netflix

Obsession Alert! Right, so I’ve recently been playing the fuck out of these 3 sci-fi films produced by former DDR state sponsored DEFA studios...The Silent Star (1960), Eolomea (1972), and In The Dust of Stars (1976).

While none of these are news, as a box-set of all three was released a few years ago, the latter 2 were new finds for me, but I’d seen The Silent Star as a feature for destruction at the hands of the Mystery Science Theater 3000 crew years ago.

Watching it without prodding from the Joel Robinson and friends unveiled a strangely beautiful film, complete with special effects signature of the times. But what really struck me was the multi-ethnic leading cast and extremely relaxed egalitarian attitude put forth without much of any string tied to then East German polita-scape.

Breaking chronologically, In The Dust of Stars is a by far the wildest, mostest funnest one of the trio. It hits up (sometimes a bit overboard) many awesome elements I would want with 70’s Eastern Bloc in mind and more. Rad colors, exotic space dancing, space drugs, fashionably Abba-esque space explorers led by a female captain...

Last but not least is the beautifully fractured Eolomea. Fans of Solaris take note as this films contains many of the enigmatic lures that make that film so special...plus actual dialogue and some pretty psychadeli]]\\\ ic effects!

I’ve had neither the time nor inclination to attempt to make much sense of Eolomea. It being German doesn’t help, but that’s how I roll. I like things that don’t make any sense to me.

Top booot, the soundtracks and sound effects for all are really great, ranging from some dark orchestral work to wishful kraut-rock. I wanna dig up some info on those responsible (future plan).

If you gots Netflix (Yeay Netflix), go instant style. Perfect for falling asleep to.

sean "sci-fi" connery

uhm...movie shit: ok, so i admit, we have netflix. blah, whateva... it's pretty rad in a town where video rental has taken a corporate color to an opaque degree.
it's cool for reasons like this...
i try, and succeed, at finding terrible movies, and recently i've come across a few sean connery fronted sci-fi titles that are simply terrific (terrible and terrific are interchangable terms for me, as many already know).
let's start with 1973's "Zardoz"...... directed by john "Noxzema" boorman, this post-apocalyptic gem has our favorite scotsman running around in a smashingly revealing red leather get-up, chasing after a giant floating stone head. it looks great, but from what i can tell, the story line reads like a bad RPG. incredible!
there are many amazing quotes, many of which have been picked thru the years by outsider sound-making acts..."the gun good...the penis is bad...", etc.

next is "Outland"

, a more discernable low point in the post-Bond career. In 1981, somebody directed this, and actors went along with the idea. the result is a (quite) depressing inter-Sol knock off of "High Noon", which apparently won a Saturn Award...whatever that is. i love it, and that's what i'm trying to convey. my favorite part is when his wife leaves him, and then he talks to peter boyle. i would do the same...great minds think alike.

note: i'm plugging these movies. NOT netflix.