Movie Music Triple
Three music videos all pulled from movies that I both own and love. So you’re getting recommendations for good music and good movies in one go! You lucky, lucky bleeders! First off, something upbeat and fun, from the movie Go. Philip Steir featuring Steppenwolf – Magic Carpet Ride Wherever there is injustice, you will find us. Wherever there is suffering, we’ll be there. Wherever liberty is threatened, you will find… The Three Amigos! The Three Amigos – Blue Shadows Finally, something that actually made me well up with tears just watching it again. If you see this film and can watch this particular scene without getting emotional… well, you just may be a psychopath. Aimee Mann – Wise Up From the movie...
Lounge Triple
Ah, I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve played a little bit of old lounge music to friends or colleagues and been met with a stare that says “are you out of your mind?” Yes, some of it sounds like it could accompany long elevator rides but I still like it; it tugs at my nostalgia ganglion and releases warm showers of endorphins. But enough about my bizarre biological processes! Enjoy a trio of soft tempo lounge music tracks accompanied by videos appropriate to the era, all provided – also appropriately – by the YouTube account SoftTempoLounge. Seduction ’69 The Stockholm Scene Some NSFW scenes in this one The Pan American...
Lemon Popsicle
In the first days of VHS in our family – we’re talking about the early 1980s – there weren’t very many outlets from which a person could pop along and rent a video for the evening. Filling that particular hole around our area (if you’ll excuse the expression) was a man and his suitcase. I couldn’t tell you what the man’s name was nor could I tell you how it was that he became known to my parents; all I can say is that he would turn up every seven days with his suitcase of videos and as a family we would pore over the titles and select a handful of these marvellous things to hire for the week. I don’t remember many of the films we rented in this way either but one film – or, actually, a series of films – did stick in my memory. Lemon Popsicle was released in 1978; the sequels that I remember were Going Steady and Hot Bubblegum, although it turns out there were many, many more. Even though I knew it was a foreign film back then it’s only now that I’ve researched the series of movies that it turns out these were Hebrew; moreover, this film has something of a cult status, apparently. My memory of the films was that they were 1950s America-based but it transpires they were actually based in Israel. So, what’s the plot? The main protagonist of Lemon Popsicle is called Benji (played by Yftach Katzur); he spends most of the film looking a little broody or moody or baffled or frustrated like this: Or this: Or this: As a typical 1950s-era movie teen Benji, along with his two friends Bobby (the handsome one) and Hughie (the chubby one), is interested in having sex. Unlike his two friends, however, Benji has his eyes set on one particular girl: Niki. His friends are less discerning and none of them are experienced which means that the film progresses through two sexual adventures – one with an immigrant woman who has no qualms about playing around while her sailor boyfriend is at sea; the second with a prostitute – in order that the boys can gain some sexy sex knowledge. Unfortunately for Benji, his handsome friend and the object of his affections also get together, and things get even more serious when she falls pregnant and Bobby isn’t interested in helping out. Benji – our nice hero – comes to her rescue and sells some things to pay for an abortion for Niki. She’s happy, he’s happy, everyone’s happy. Not so fast! The film ends with a party and...
Top Of The Pops 1978 Triple
1978. The year after the Queen’s silver jubilee. And that’s about it. Three whole channels of televisual entertainment could be everyone’s for the low, low price of the licence fee, such entertainment to include, of course, Top of the Pops. Excluding all the bits featuring convicted-by-public-opinion paedophiles and sexual predators, it’s still wonderful to go back and look at some of the performances now. Here, have an audio/video threesome! Jilted John – Jilted John Renaissance – Northern Lights Dollar – Shooting...
Outer Space Triple
I’ve been watching a lot of science fiction television and films recently. I’ve also been watching quite a few space-oriented documentaries (astronomy programmes, solar system programmes, that sort of thing) too. So when I thought about updating the site with a trio of music videos the theme to tie in the choices was pretty obvious. Sarah Brightman And Hot Gossip – I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper Incidentally, Sarah Brightman has genuine plans to venture into space in the near future. Monster Magnet – Space Lord Underworld – Between...
Electropop Triple
I’ve been lounging about on the new Myspace (here I am!) and discovering some new music, which is pretty much the point of the service. Not quite sure that the social aspect of Myspace quite works yet but it’s still in beta so things could improve. Anyway, here, have a few videos of artists I’ve recently discovered, all of whom roughly fall inside the techno electropop industrial gothy sort of genre. That’s a very valid genre. Ayria – My Device Aural Vampire – Cannibal Coast Angelspit – Toxic Girl (Uncensored –...
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