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Quote of the Day

"...It is a fallacy to assume that every painting must represent something. As for me, I get pleasure very often out of a wholly meaningless arrangement of lights and colors. There are fabrics which tickle me vastly. I have, for example, an Irish poplin necktie of purple shot with vague greens that pleases me more than most pictures."

H.L. Mencken (in a letter to Willard Huntington Wright), 1913

¡Vamos a Matar!

One of the all-time great Italian Western trailers, for one of the all-time great Italian Westerns: 1970's ¡VAMOS A MATAR, COMPAÑEROS! (aka COMPAÑEROS), directed by Sergio Corbucci and starring Tomas Milian, Franco Nero and Jack Palance. Music by the always incredible Ennio Morricone, naturally.



Somehow this trailer didn't make it to the otherwise excellent US DVD release (initially from Anchor Bay, now available from Blue Underground), though if memory serves it was included on the (once much sought after) DJANGO, KILL! Japanese laserdisc.

Where to begin...

He's a Demon

Everyone in attendance at the triumphant Roky Erickson show last night at the El Rey in Los Angeles surely went home with their faith in miracles fully restored. Roky was in excellent voice (and spirits), his band (according to the venue, The Explosives; according to Roky, Evilhook Wildlife E.T.) shook the house to the ground. The rabid audience couldn't get enough, stomping, cheering and singing along with a healthy selection of bona fide Roky classics. I don't think I'd ever heard Roky backed by pedal steel before, but the added dimension it brought to all the numbers made me wonder why I hadn't. Afterwards Roky stuck around to meet admirers and sign records, thereby making multiple dreams come true in one night for lucky fans. It was an incredible evening.

Here's hoping these performances are being recorded for later release, especially the El Rey show; last night's flawless concert buries the recording I heard of his show in Norway from earlier this month (currently circulating the web in unauthorized form) and the handful of 2007 clips on YouTube don't even come close.

While the recently-released Roky doc YOU'RE GONNA MISS ME is well worth a look, here's a favorite clip of acoustic Roky singing the lovely "Right Track Now" from the short documentary MEETING WITH AN ALIEN (c. 1980):



(FYI, the video continues three minutes after the song stops; you won't miss anything cutting it off after 2:38 or so.)

New content from Plato Jesus!

It's harvest time, and New Texture's Plato Jesus has gifted us with a bumper crop of additions to his "That's Newstastic!" file.

Where to begin...

Shock & Awe

If I Represented Bin Laden…

6 Die from Brain-Eating Amoeba in Lakes

Ultimate Counter-Terrorism Tour

Jihad Suicide Hotline

Girl Swims with Bound Hands, Feet

Thou Shalt Not Kill, Except in a Popular Video Game at Church

Colombia's Beauty Obsession Reaches Even to Prison

How to Survive a Plane Crash

As Violence Falls in Iraq, Cemetery Workers Feel the Pinch

Fearing crime, Japanese Wear the Hiding Place

Don't forget - The Glass Prism LIVE this weekend!

Fine Art Collectibles

You never know what might turn up on ebay.

Like the original painting used for the Super Video release of Al Adamson's I Spit on Your Corpse, for instance.


Now this is the kind of painting that makes you want to meet the artist's mother... And slap her!

There's more to be said about this particular piece of artwork, and I'll be saying it here. Watch this space.

Click here to view the full auction listing.


Thanks to Tim Ferrante