YOKO GEORGIOU "MEET ME AT THE YOZONE LAYER" EXHIBITION

Yoko Georgiou is at certain times my favourite artist in the world. Her pictures are playful and strange and just what I would like to be looking at when I is looking at them. I think you should go see her exhibition. It will be beneficial to your health.

http://blog.yokogeorgiou.com/

FLASH GORDON (Mike Hodges, 1980)

Everybody who had already seen this movie and didn't tell me about how awesome it was, i wanna punch you in the face. I could have watched this thing at least 50 times by now.

I've never read any flash gordon comics, but the plot here is vaguely the same as the mid 70's sex comedy "Flesh Gordon", so I figuire they both probably following the blueprint. So Flash Gordon is a burly pro football player with a giant chin and a great wig of 70s blond hair nicely parted 3/4 of the way across. For some reason he's on a private plane with just him and a pretty girl he doesn't know, and as he's in the middle of chatting her up, they somehow get interdimensionaly zapped into the ultra gaudy space palace of ming the merciless. And a scientist gets zapped with them too, i can't remember how that happens. And from there there's lots of getting captured by guards in insanely camp outfits and escaping and getting captured again and flying around on space jet-ski's and warring factions needing to be united and sexy space birds wanting to fuck Flash and sleazy space dudes wanting to fuck Flash's love of his life girl that he just met on the plane earlier. For what's ostensibly a kids movie, it's very sexy!

All this is performed in the finest hammy style by luminaries such as Max Von Sydow, Timothy Dalton, Brian Blessed and Topol, alongside equally hamtastic turns from such non stars as Sam Jones, Melody Anderson and Ornella Muti as Ming's horny italian space daughter.

Legend has it that producer Dino De Laurentis had his his heart set on Federico Fellini directing this thing, but Fellini said, "No". God knows what he might have done with it, but I for one am glad they let no nonsense brit Mike Hodges have at it. What he came with is that rare breed of film, a big dumb adventure movie that looks great in all the scenes in the trailer, and isn't full of dull drag derpiness throughout the rest. This is high octane low brow entertainment all the way, baby!

Of course I gotta mention the theme song by Queen too. I always liked it, but as you watch the movie and every time flash starts using his pro football skills and general herotude to SAVE EVERY ONE OF US and those stirring strains light up the soundtrack, I tell you it just about made my whole body erect.

Ex Playgirl centrefold Sam Jones apparently won a golden raspberry worst acting award for his work in the title role, but I think his style suits this peice to a T, just as i'm sure it did his many later roles in films such as My Chauffeur, Silent Assassins, Driving Force, Jane and the Lost City, American Tigers, Fist of Honor, One Man Force, White Force, In Gold We Trust, Enter the Shootfighter (the mind boggles...), Baja Run, Maximum Force, Hard Vice and Dead Sexy, as well as guest roles on such TV shows as Baywatch, Diagnosis Murder and Walker: Texas Ranger.

ON THE RADIO, IN THE WORLD... 27/02/14

ON THE RADIO

I finally gonna do it this week! Gonna set up the special turntables so i can play some 78's. Got some good ones, blues, country, jazz, all sorts...

IN THE WORLD

thurs 27th i'll be doing my regular gigs at the sporting club from 7 till 10, then yahyahs from midnight till 3

Sat March 1st i'll be at SAGG

Thurs 6th i'll be doing my regular gigs at the sporting club from 7 till 10, then yahyahs from midnight till 3

GIG GUIDE

(Double check these listings before going to the gig! Sometimes I screw up the details...)

Thurs 27th
Grandmaster Flash @ The Espy
friday feb 28th
3 kings @ flying saucer club w/ the bread makers
teeth and tongue @ the workers club
naked bodies @ spotted mallard
jacky winter @ the tote (upstairs)
zanzibar chanel @ the mercat

COMING UP
Sat March 1st
Soul a go go @ shebeen
the rebelles @ the spotted mallard w/ the perfections
funking the bay @ a boat, dock 9, central pier
yoko georgiou "meet me at the ozone layer" exhibition @ every sunday gallery, 2pm-6pm

Sun March 2nd
Sydney road street party! Sugar fed Leopards, Heartical Hi Fi System, heaps o' stuff...



friday March 7th
PBS PRESENTS Robert Glasper Experiment ft roy Ayers + lonnie Liston Smith @ The Forum
Mon March 10th
The Harpoons @ The Toff benefit gig
git on out there
lurve

richie1250 


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HEAVY MENTAL, HURTING HEAD, NIGHT OWLS LIVE IN STUDIO

Stone Love : Playlist for Friday 21 February 2014

ARTIST | TRACK/SONG NAME | ALBUM TITLE | LABEL/DISTRIBUTOR | COMMENTS

KILLAH PRIEST - HEAVY MENTAL
GIL SCOTT HERON - WHERE DID THE NIGHT GO
CHARLES BRADLEY - THROUGH THE STORM
JIMMY PREACHER ELLIS - BABY I LOVE YOU
LEE MOSES - DIANA FROM NYC
NELSON SANDERS - TIRED OF BEING YOUR FOOL

JACK COSTANZO - CAT WALK
LEMME B. GOOD - HARD TIMES
LITTLE STEVIE WONDER - LA LA LA LA LA
THE COACHMEN - I'M A KING BEE
ERVIN RUCKER - BABY YOU WERE MEANT FOR ME
MISS JOHNI NAYLOR - RED WINE FOR MY BLUES
NOLAN STRONG WITH THE DIABLOS - SINCE I FELL FOR YOU
BILLY VAUGHN AND HIS ORCHESTRA - HERNANDO'S HIDEAWAY
DUO COSTA MONTAVERDE - EL ERMITARNO

BIG JAY MCNEELY - TENDERLY (LIVE AT BIRDLAND 57)

JAPAN AIRLINES - SONGS AND SOUNDS OF THE ORIENT
LINCOLN CHASE - THREE HANDS RIDDLE
JIMMY SCOTT - ON BROADWAY

NIGHT OWLS LIVE IN STUDIO SONGS

JASON'S RECORD PICKS:
THE OHIO UNTOUCHABLES - LOVE IS AMAZING
LITTLE WILLIE JOHN - TAKE MY LOVE
SHENLEY DUFFUS - I'M A LONELY BOY
SOUL VENDORS - WON'T YOU COME HOME VERSION
THE HAPPS - IN HEAVEN THERE IS NO BEER

Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains (Lou Adler, 1982)

This lost punksploitation classic is truly one of the worst movies I've ever seen, but absolutely essential viewing if you're at all interested in the world of punk rock and bad movies. Buried by the studio after disastrous test screenings, it made infrequent appearances on late night TV in the 80s and gathered something of a cult following through dubbed tapes until finally getting an official release a few years ago.

The "story" is about an inept small town teenage punk band (fronted by a wonderfully young and stroppy Diane Lane, with 14 year old Laura Dern on Bass) and their trials and tribulations as they go from doing nothing to touring the country with a washed up a seventies glam group and a sex pistols-esque UK punk band (made up of 2 parts actual sex pistols, Steve Jones and Paul Cook, Paul Siminon of The Clash, and a very young Ray Winstone as a Johnny Rotten / Joe Strummer hybrid!) to becoming overnight stars through the machinations of the media and the record business and yada yada yada.

It's one of those almost non movies that just never quite happens, made up of scene after scene that just doesn't happen. Every scene, you're just sitting there, waiting, thinking "is this scene ever gonna happen? is there gonna be some drama or some comedy or SOMETHING???", and the scene finishes and it's on to another scene that never happens.

But it's a pretty enjoyable bad watch nonetheless. There's a great cliched rasta tour manager / busdriver, and every now and then he'll go into these super badly acted rants about jah and injustice and so forth while this cod reggae music appears in the background out of nowhere.

My favourite part was a surprise appearance by legendary LA weirdoes Black Randy & The Metro Squad, and then our man's even more surprising re-appearance as Mexican Randy! Who woulda thunk it...

It was directed by music biz mogul Lou Adler, who'd previously struck gold with The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Nothing in here ever reaches those heights of immortal B-Movie glory, but it's nonetheless a terrible movie i'll enjoy thinking of for many years to come...

SLOW GRIND FEVER MIX #10

The last saturday of every month is SLOW GRIND FEVER, Melbourne's only slow dance party, where we play the slowest, spookiest, sweetest records we can find, and folks dance real slow in a haze of smoke and dim red light. It's a good time...
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SLOW GRIND FEVER #10
with DJ's Richie1250, Pierre Baroni & Mohair Slim
Sat Feb 22nd - Upstairs at The Tote (Slow Club)
9pm till 2:30am - $5
SLOW GRIND FEVER MIX #10



SIDE RICHIE:
DONALD WOODS & THE VELAIRES - DEATH OF AN ANGEL
THE EMBERS WITH VI HAMILTON TRIO - SOUND OF LOVE
NINA SIMONE - THE GAL FROM JOE'S
DELLA REESE WITH THE BOBBY BRYANT QUINTET - SOLITARY WOMAN
DAVID PORTER - HANG ON SLOOPY
SIDE PIERRE:
ROSE MITCHELL - BABY PLEASE DON'T GO
TOMMY BOWN & HIS COMBO - SOUTHERN WOMEN
BOBBY PARKER - BLUES GET OFF MY SHOULDER
SINGIN SAMMY WARD - WHO'S THE FOOL
JEAN KNIGHT - LOVE
SIDE MOHAIR:
TITUS TURNER WITH THE LEROY KIRKLAND ORCHESTRA - BIG MARY'S HOUSE
MAGIC SAM - EASY BABY
THE CARIBS - TABOO
YVONNE BAKER & THE SENSATIONS - EYES
THE FIVE DU-TONES - MOUNTAIN OF LOVE
If you missed the earlier mixes and want to catch up, just shoot me a message.
Happy slow grinding
x
richie1250

on the radio, in the world... 20/2/14

ON THE RADIO

I feel like this is the first week in ages where i don't have any external factors influencing the show, so i think i will play some of the weird things i have been meaning to play, like my "sounds of asia" record from japan airlines, and some weird bible stories, and some other stuff too. Maybe some 78's! Gotta set up a special additional record player. Lets see if I manage that...

At about six o clock the guys from Night Owls are gonna come in and talk about this benefit gig they putting on for an old Sudanese guy on sunday and play a couple songs...

IN THE WORLD

Thurs 20th i'll be doing my regular gigs at the sporting club from 7 till 10, then yahyahs from midnight till 3

Sat afternoon i'll be selling some records at the crate digger record fair ay yahyahs from 12 till 4

Sat night is SLOW GRIND FEVER #10 upstairs at the tote with me and pierre and mohair playing all kindsa slow jams for the slow dancers and pressing the button for more smoke at every opportunity, from 9pm-230am

Sunday afternoon and evening i'll be DJing at the GOING HOME BENEFIT FOR PAREK DENG at horse bazaar, which also features GATOR QUEEN, TANY-LEE DAVIES AND BUCK LEXTON, BARRY SAVAGE AND THE MAU MAUS, HULAHOOPING EXTRAORDINAIRE - ANNA LUMB, FLAMENCO SENORITA - LAURA DANIELA SOLIS, THE NIGHT OWLS (featuring JASON GOODMAN. , JASON G AND DJ BERSANJI

thurs 27th i'll be doing my regular gigs at the sporting club from 7 till 10, then yahyahs from midnight till 3

GIG GUIDE

(Double check these listings before going to the gig! Sometimes I screw up the details...)

Thurs 20th
PRIMIVE CALCULATORS present a night of little bands @ the tote
Street fighter II tournament @ forgotten worlds, 8pm
Fri 21st
Protest against attacks on asylum seekers at manus island @ state library, 12:30pm
The Ruling Motions @ The UHB
sat 22nd
crate digger record fair @ yahyahs from 12 till 4
SLOW GRIND FEVER #10 upstairs at the tote with DJS richie1250, Pierre Baroni & Mohair Slim
STU THOMAS PARADOX DOES LEE HAZELWOOD @ flying saucer club,
Sun 23rd 
PBS Presents "shake the tree" w/ RON PENO, THE UKELADIES, THE BREADMAKERS + THE PINK TILES @ thornbury bowls club from 2pm, kids welcome
Thurs 27th
Grandmaster Flash @ The Espy
friday feb 28th
3 kings @ flying saucer club w/ the bread makers

COMING UP
Sat March 1st
Soul a go go @ shebeen
the rebelles @ the spotted mallard w/ the perfections
funking the bay @ a boat, dock 9, central pier




friday March 7th
PBS PRESENTS Robert Glasper Experiment ft roy Ayers + lonnie Liston Smith @ The Forum
Mon March 10th
The Harpoons @ The Toff benefit gig
git on out there
lurve

richie1250 


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BIG BOTTOMS AND 80'S LOVE RAP, HAPPY VALENTINES DAY LOVERS

Stone Love : Playlist for Friday 14 February 2014

ARTIST | TRACK/SONG NAME | ALBUM TITLE | LABEL/DISTRIBUTOR | COMMENTS

ORCHESTER ALBERT VAN DAM - ZOOM PARTY
SPINAL TAP - BIG BOTTOM
WHITE COFFEE - VOODOO
ANGIE PEPPER - FROZEN WORLD
TY WAGNER - MISERY TRAIN
JACQUELINE TAIEB - 7AM

PUSSYCAT - HYMN AU SOLEIL
JESUS - L'ELECTROCUTE
GIANCARLO DE SILVI - IN CERCA DI TE
DON CARON ORCHESTRA - TWIST CHA CHA
THE GEE CEES - BUZZSAW
BOB DYLAN - LEOPARD SKIN PILLBOX HAT

ELVIS PRESLEY - CRAWFISH
RENALDO DOMINO - NEVERMORE
HERMON HITSON 7 THE ROCKIN TONICS - LAUGHIN
DELLA REESE - THE SOLITARY WOMAN
DAVID PORTER - HANG ON SLOOPY

***ROB ETTLESTON BEST AND WORST OF 80S LOVE RAP SPECIAL***

SMOOTA - BLACK WHITE YELLOW MAKES BLUE