http://billupsallen.com Billups Allen, vinyl records, cult movies, comic books, reading, writing Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:38:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Machete (2010)Here is a link to my recent review of Machete (2010). I feel like a bit if a schill reviewing this one: it is one of those movies there is almost no chance of me disliking. Hollywood owed Danny Trejo a lead at some point.You might lose even more respect for ... http://billupsallen.com/?p=377  In case you aren't doing anything tonight, Bookman's on Grant is having a screening of Vinyl Scrapyard, the 30 minute documentary I did a couple of years ago where I interview record store clerks from various stores that I frequent around the country. August is movie month at Bookman's and ... http://billupsallen.com/?p=375 One cool thing about this big internet is that there is opportunity to archive really good stuff. Rhetoric Farm is a late 80s punk zine out of Tucson that contains art, fiction, and great interviews with  seminal punkers. Plus an interview with Keith Herring no less. All the issues have ... http://billupsallen.com/?p=374 Razorcake #57Here is a link to the ordering information for the latest issue of Razorcake. In this issue is a long piece I wrote about the life and films of Pedro Almodovar. I hope I did him justice; I worked on this thing for a long time. Amy did the ... http://billupsallen.com/?p=373  House (1977)There are a lot of films called “House.” I cannot imagine what is going to challenge the experience of seeing the 1977 film House, a Japanese movie that defies conventional description on many levels. It is easily one of the strangest films I have ever seen. It is a ... http://billupsallen.com/?p=371  Body Rock (1984)It makes sense that Body Rock was made the same year as Breakin' (1984). All the good dancers must have been making Breakin’ when Body Rock was being filmed. Where as the cast of Breakin’ was largely a group of unknowns who knew how to dance, part of ... http://billupsallen.com/?p=370  Frankenstein’s Daughter (1958)Frankenstein’s Daughter is one of those great, nonsensical science fiction movies from the late 50s where the science and motivation of the characters doesn't make much sense. Dr. Frankenstein’s grandson (which I believe isn’t possible as the story takes place in 1958) wants to continue his family’s eccentric ... http://billupsallen.com/?p=369  This week's Mondo Monday is a really great sci-fi film from 1969 called The Green Slime. With the culmination of years of Godzilla-style special effects, this Toho-esque production burns through three movies worth of plot lines in 90 minutes. I put a review up at The Loft Blogspot.I also got to ... http://billupsallen.com/?p=368 I haven't put up any movie reviews recently. Here is a link to a review I did for the weekly for the Burger Record's Caravan of Stars. Burger is amassing an awesome catalogue of cassette releases. Amy took the picture. I think it is one of her best.Burger Records Caravan ... http://billupsallen.com/?p=367 I got to review a really great rock show for the Tucson Weekly last week. A local band called Mr. Free and the Satellite Freakout opened for an Israeli band called The Monotonix. Two great bands. Here is a link to the review:MonotonixI also picked up the latest Monotonix album. ... http://billupsallen.com/?p=365