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Category Archives: Pop Cult
Dummy Up: a/k/a Tommy Chong
Tommy Chong appears on Alex Jones‘ nationally syndicated radio show to discuss the recent FBI raid of Spectrum Labs and the seizure of 10,000 DVDs of Chong’s documentary, a/k/a Tommy Chong. Also on the show is Kevin Booth, creator of … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, In The News, Insane, Interview, Miscellany, Movies, Politics, Pop Cult, YouTubery
Tagged 1970s, bongs, DEA, documentary, drug culture, federal crime, tommy chong, video
13 Comments
Billion Dollar Baby — BBC Documentary
John Lydon (also known as Johnny Rotten) presents a profile of Alice Cooper — whose theatrical persona was perhaps America’s most significant ally with the British glam movement and who also influenced John’s own band, the Sex Pistols — on … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, Interview, Miscellany, Music, Pop Cult
Tagged alice cooper group, audio documentary, audio streaming, Frank Zappa, glam rock, rock theater, shock rock
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Musik & Mythos Giveaway!
Update: Contest closed! Winners to be announced shortly — stay tuned… Now that the book is finally up for sale, Sharl and I are giving away: A/ one copy of Tom Waits: Musik & Mythos, the book, along with one … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Music, Pop Cult, Visual Arts
Tagged biography, contest, free stuff, illustration, tom waits
29 Comments
On The One
What you are about to see is a mix of unrelated YouTube videos/clips edited together to create ThruYou. In other words – what you see is what you hear: (and to the multitudes that have already seen this I say: … Continue reading
Zappa — The Lost Interview
Barry, our most kind and benevolent webmaster, posted this seven part interview in July, 2008. However, when I sought it out both here at KUR and on the web, I came head-on to many dead links. Seems as though certain … Continue reading
Posted in Frank Zappa, Interview, Music, Politics, Pop Cult, YouTubery
Tagged culture, documentary, Frank Zappa, Interview, Music, Politics, video
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The Monks — Bad Habits
Remaining with the theme of satire and parody in popular music, The Monks were an English punk band formed in the 1970s by former members of Strawbs – Richard Hudson, John Ford and Terry Cassidy, along with Clive Pearce (drums). … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, Heh Heh, Miscellany, Music, Pop Cult, YouTubery
Tagged debut album, parody, satire, the monks, video
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Has He Offended Someone?
This morning, I heard “Copycat” on the radio, the song that will represent Belgium at the Eurovision Song Festival: Belgium being Belgium, its Eurovision Song Contest candidate is being elected in turn yearly, between the Flemish and the Wallonian region. … Continue reading
Posted in Heh Heh, Miscellany, Music, Pop Cult, YouTubery
Tagged elvis presley, eurovision, pastiche
14 Comments
Ultimate Insult: Somewhere In NYC
In the first video, Frank Zappa tells the story of how the Fillmore East incident involving John Lennon and Yoko Ono started from an exciting jam between two musical iconoclasts, to a matter to be decided between opposing lawyers. The … Continue reading
Posted in Bizarre, Frank Zappa, Interview, Music, Pop Cult, YouTubery
Tagged copyright infringement, fillmore east, Interview, john lennon, Mothers, streaming audio, video, yoko ono, Zappa
8 Comments
Confessions Of Robert Crumb
Am posting this just so I can watch it myself later: a fifty-five minute documentary from 1987 on one of my heroes, Robert Crumb. This film was apparently written by the man himself. Via Non-Stick Plans.
Opium, Morphine, Heroin
Illegal Drugs: Opium, Morphine, Heroin Pt. 1 The recent awarding of Heath Ledger a posthumous Oscar for The Dark Knight made me think about his accidental death from “acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam … Continue reading