Jim's Burgers Update
News on the Jim's Burgers location: according to the L.A. Times, there will be a new place opening there, called Oinkster, which I guess takes the ironic Fred 62/Swingers concept from coffee shop to burger stand. "Expected to open in late April or early May, the Oinkster will serve up what Guerrero is calling "slow fast food" including pastrami made from scratch, rotisserie chicken, Belgian-style fries with homemade dipping sauces, and shakes made with Fosselman's ice cream. It will also serve beer and wine." Yeah, that's what everyone wants--a place that charges $15 bucks for burgers and fries, and you can get a bottle of Chateu du Blobbity Bleau with your pastrami. I mean, it sounds like fun, but doesn't it kind of defeat much of the appeal of street chow? But I'm sure those twits you see hanging around the trendy joints on The Strip wearing expensive designer suits over Foghat t-shirts will be happy to shell out for it.
How's this for a month of movies: The American Cinematheque has Film Noir, Italian Giallo and Swedish Erotica, all in the month of April. Overload! They're showing Thriller: A Cruel Picture (aka They Call Me One-Eye) in the Swedish program, with the star in person! It's supposed to be one of the major influences on Kill Bill (along with Lady Snowblood), but it's also said to have extremely disturbing rape scenes, so I'm not sure whether I want to be trapped in the theater with it. Mostly, it's the Noir stuff that has me drooling.
Sought-after (at least by me) albums posted about the web: Dean Elliot's Zounds! What Sounds! is here, The GTO's Permanent Damage is here, the third Blue Cheer album is here (although it's not that good--Guitarists Randy Holden's solo album is better), and Parliament's in-and-out-of-print Rheunium is here.
Putting that Blogger technology to good use: I Was A Teenage Gluesniffer - scans of 80's punk zines!
Shaukasten - classic exploitation flick posters!
How's this for a month of movies: The American Cinematheque has Film Noir, Italian Giallo and Swedish Erotica, all in the month of April. Overload! They're showing Thriller: A Cruel Picture (aka They Call Me One-Eye) in the Swedish program, with the star in person! It's supposed to be one of the major influences on Kill Bill (along with Lady Snowblood), but it's also said to have extremely disturbing rape scenes, so I'm not sure whether I want to be trapped in the theater with it. Mostly, it's the Noir stuff that has me drooling.
Sought-after (at least by me) albums posted about the web: Dean Elliot's Zounds! What Sounds! is here, The GTO's Permanent Damage is here, the third Blue Cheer album is here (although it's not that good--Guitarists Randy Holden's solo album is better), and Parliament's in-and-out-of-print Rheunium is here.
Putting that Blogger technology to good use: I Was A Teenage Gluesniffer - scans of 80's punk zines!
Shaukasten - classic exploitation flick posters!
posted by Chris Oliver at 11:47 AM
2 Comments:
THRILLER...yeesh. The rape scenes are pretty tame (once you've seen Irreversible, y'know relatively) but the close-ups of penetration that come at random intervals during the movie (it was the 70's and Sweden so let's just say the aesthetics are, um, lacking in that area). I'm talkin' balls slamming into the camera close.
ENJOY!
"But I'm sure those twits you see hanging around the trendy joints on The Strip wearing expensive designer suits over Foghat t-shirts will be happy to shell out for it."
;_;
Z's got my number.
But seriously, I don't think I'd mind a good burger with a bottle of wine... as long as it's 2-Buck Chuck.
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