Again...This is my favorite Horror movie!

TOP 3 BLUES COMPILATIONS

Usually when people are just trying to get into a form of music...they reach for the first available compilation. While this is a good way to get some samplings of different artists, the wrong compilation can totally turn you off. Blues Comps are usually pretty standard but some are MUCH better than others. A few I've gotten don't really jive well...the "Martin Scorsese Presents" comps are this way...a couple are great, but others (although the music is very good) don't have the right flow. If I wasn't already a blues fanatic and got these comps I don't think they would grab my attention properly.
THESE THREE ARE THE BEST COMPS I HAVE FOUND SO FAR FOR EITHER AN AVID BLUES FAN OR SOMEONE JUST WANTING TO GET A TASTE:

#1 THE BLUES STORY - Volume 1
- this is the most accessible for beginners - every track is a premier example of listener friendly blues featuring a more CHICAGO mix.

1. Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker 2. Red Rooster - Howlin' Wolf 3. Dust My Broom - Elmore James 4. Honest I Do - Jimmy Reed 5. Thrill is Gone - B.B. King 6. Rollin' and Tumblin' - Muddy Waters 7. Santa Fe Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins 8. Crawlin' King Snake - John Lee Hooker 9. Sky is Cryin' - Elmore James 10. Mother Earth - Memphis Slim

#2 Americana Roots Songbook the Blues - Traditional Blues From the Heartland
-this is a fantastic Delta/Piedmont Blues mix, featuring my favorite delta player SKIP JAMES!

1. Blind Lemon Jefferson 2. I Saw The Light - Rev. Gary Davis 3. Candy Man Blues - Mississippi John Hurt 4. Devil Got My Woman - Skip James 5. Down The Dirt Road Blues - Charlie Patton 6. Statesboro Blues - Blind Willie McTell 7. That's No Way To Get Along - Robert Wilkins 8. Kassie Jones (Pt.1) - Furry Lewis 9. I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole - Blind Willie Johnson 10. Good Liquor Gonna Carry Me Down - Big Bill Broonzy

#3 Dark Clouds Rollin': Excello Swamp Blues Classics
-This is my personal favorite comp. It is a nice mix of Zydeco influenced 60's blues. Featuring my other favorite player SLIM HARPO!

1. I'm Evil - Lightnin' Slim 2. You're Gonna Ruin Me, Baby - Lazy Lester 3. I Got Love If You Want It - Slim Harpo 4. Going Through The Park - Jimmy Anderson 5. I'm Warning You Baby - Lightnin' Slim 6. Lonesome Lonely Blues - Lonesome Sundown 7. Wild Cherry - Leroy Washington 8. You're Too Late Baby - Silas Hogan 9. I'm A Lover Not A Fighter - Lazy Lester 10. I Love The Life I'm Living - Slim Harpo 11. Naggin' - Jimmy Anderson 12. I'm Gonna Quit You Pretty Baby - Silas Hogan 13. I'm Glad She's Mine - Lonesome Sundown 14. I'm A King Bee - Slim Harpo 15. Mean Woman Blues - Whispering Smith 16. Loving Around The Clock - Lightnin' Slim 17. My Little Queen Bee - Slim Harpo 18. I Tried So Hard - Whispering Smith 19. I'm Goin' In The Valley - Silas Hogan 20. I Had A Dream Last Night - Lonesome Sundown 21. She's My Crazy Little Baby - Lightnin' Slim 22. I Need Money - Slim Harpo 23. Goin' Crazy Over T.V. - Jimmy Anderson 24. Dark Clouds Rollin - Silas Hogan 25. You're Playing Hookey - Lonesome Sundown 26. Rainin' In My Heart - Slim Harpo 27. Nothing In This World - Jimmy Anderson 28. Winter Time Blues - Lightnin' Slim 29. Cryin' Blues - Whispering Smith

I LUV MY BABY-and she loves Howlin' Wolf

I love being a punk rock daddy...me and my little one just watched a GREAT documentary called THE HOWLIN' WOLF STORY "the secret history of Rock and Roll".
*Although I have no idea what "secret history" is supposed to mean exactly.

MEET OUR BABY!

Hey...look at the proud pop!
I don't know who is cuter!

So baby Violet was born and it was a whirlwind week. Stacy's water broke out of the blue on Sunday morning.
We went to the hospital and then Tuesday night (the day before my birthday) she started having pains. They were not measuring on the monitor as labor, but Stacy insisted that they were getting worse and worse. Finally the nurse checked her dilation and she was FULLY DILATED. So the race was on an the room filled with nurses as I struggled to get my mask and hairnet on and get the video camera. They wheeled her into a different room, then decided to put her in yet another room. The doc came in and Stacy totally blew me away with her bravery. She delivered the baby in twenty minutes without anesthesia! Wow!
I was fine as I was filming (Don't worry I didn't film the actual birth) but after I switched the camera off I turned white as a ghost and almost fainted (ha ha) The nurses were then on the run to get me some orange juice to bring up my blood sugar. I laid my head on Stacy's shoulder, rubbing her arm as she pushed, suddenly a little pale baby was being lifted up onto her chest. I cut the umbilical chord and we were a family.

Baby...minus ten...nine...eight...

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Hey everybody,
Yesterday we had some shocking developments. Stacy's water broke and I took her to the hospital! We were not expecting this AT ALL. Because Violet's due date isn't until May 8th. We have been assured that, although she is six weeks early and therefore premature, she will be healthy.
They are going to try to keep Stacy comfy until THURSDAY and then if the baby hasn't decided she is coming out they will induce labor.
Needless to say we are pretty scared but excited at the same time. I can't believe that in two or three short days I will be a DAD.
I can honestly say though that I love Stacy, I love my life, and I just got a really good job so I AM VERY HAPPY and ready for this step. I cannot wait to hold little VIOLET in my arms.

It was just announced that Ray Park (from Star Wars Episode 1 fame - I guess) has been picked to play SNAKE EYES in the new GI JOE live action movie...



It seems that we have all grown in age but not maturity as we no longer play with action-figures but now make movies of our favorite toys. I am certainly not a GI JOE fanboy but I have a strong nostalgia for it, because they were my favorite toys as a kid. We couldn't afford M.A.S.K. and I never really got into TRANSFORMERS but I was obsessed with GI JOE -

Of course STORMSHADOW was my favorite figure but I also really liked BEACHHEAD, FIREFLY and *gasp* one of the few black characters: SGT. STALKER.


So while checking out YouTube for a any sort of teaser trailer for the upcoming movie I found the following REALLY STRANGE videos.

The first one actually a pretty good fan adaptation.


All I can say about this next one is WHAT IN THE HELL?!?



This is quite funny.



Before GI JOE I was a HE MAN fanatic. Remember Stinkor? He was covered in this felt material and he smelled really bad (for real). Ha ha - toys that stink.
O.k. so, I just had to add this because it’s seriously one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. Its…
Unemployed Skeletor's video blog of evil # 1

Noir...and wrestling?

I just watched the most fantastic Noir film. Seriously one of the best I've seen. From the inventive camera angles to the dark characters it is just fantastic.

It is called NIGHT AND THE CITY and is directed by Jules Dassin.

Here's the low down:

A cheap grifter named Harry Fabian wants to be big time and does not care how. Like a junkie, he uses and steals from his girlfriends and fellow grifters until he finally cons himself into a corner trying to squeeze into the popular wrestling scene (?) in London in 1950.

This is a seriously dark film as Harry spirals down he brings everyone with him and they all have a bit of a doomed fate just by knowing him. It also has one of the darkest, melancholy endings I've ever seen.

SEE THIS FILM!

so fist ick 8 add

Hey look how cultured I look gazing at Art...I was probably thinking about the episode of Family Ties when Alex was forced by Mallory to go to Nick's art opening!

Greatest Score!

I found the best thing ever at the thrift store today. "Emmet Otter's Jugband Christmas" on VHS!
This is a movie I loved as a child and a few years ago searched high and low for it. Even EBAY didn't have it. I guess it is available on DVD now, but I've never seen it for sale. So anyway I got a piece of my childhood back for $1.40.

Whats behind the door?