I have finally acquired a stable VHS to digital converter and have been converting all of the tapes that survived the great purge of years gone by
One of my most prized of all VHS tapes is the tape that I put in the VCR on Halloween night in 1986
I went out for a night of Halloween hijinks and returned with a treasure trove of new information to consume
MTV had played spooky videos before on Halloween but this time, they had Elvira host a 4 hour special

Next on the tape was an Alice Cooper concert featuring his “comeback” with more muscular versions of his classics
Not only was the music beefed up to reflect the steadily rising popularity of metal and it’s ever increased heaviness, but Alice was literally beefing up his music with a bodybuilding lead guitarist named Kane Roberts

This con...

First off, let me explain why I do not intend to do a traditional recap of this film
My intention is to convey to you the impact that this film had on me and countless other visual artists and video manipulators around me at the time
Tetsuo- The Iron Man was released in 1989 and was completely different from any other film exploring the subject of man assimilating technology (or is it the other way around?)
This film is not meant to be watched so much as it is meant to be experienced
It is not like your normal horror/gore fest nor is it some dark and  spooky Japanese ghost/monster flick
This is something completely different

In 1989 when I went to the video store I wasted no time and headed straight to the horror section
I was in full blown zombie mode by then and pretty much ignored all...

Who would have thought that sustaining a deep muscle bruise and tearing several tendons would be the best thing that could have happened to me?
As many of you know, I was taking care of Tino (a parrot) during the December ice strorm
I injured myself when he flew down the hall and I chased after him
I tripped and knocked myself out for a few moments as well as falling on my shoulder and pinning my arm behind my back
This caused a great deal of stress and anxiety in my life because I consider myself to be primarily a drummer
It would take months for me to heal and I had to really limit the amount of time I played the drums
Many people advised me that it is easy to damage what takes weeks to repair so I had to completely change my drumming style
Luckily, GIRL is not a band that requires me to...

Who would have thought that sustaining a deep muscle bruise and tearing several tendons would be the best thing that could have happened to me?
As many of you know, I was taking care of Tino (a parrot) during the December ice strorm
I injured myself when he flew down the hall and I chased after him
I tripped and knocked myself out for a few moments as well as falling on my shoulder and pinning my arm behind my back
This caused a great deal of stress and anxiety in my life because I consider myself to be primarily a drummer
It would take months for me to heal and I had to really limit the amount of time I played the drums
Many people advised me that it is easy to damage what takes weeks to repair so I had to completely change my drumming style
Luckily, GIRL is not a band that requires me to...

I have been commissioned to compose background video for Electro Shock machine and will be debuting the new piece at their art party event Sat March 29th
I will be providing visual s all night so come out and get your eyeballs twisted

I am tinkering with my Walking Dead Commentary episodes and trying to figure out if a mid-week episode is better than concentrating all the info into one review directly after the show
So, I will have my initial reaction/review Sunday night/Monday morning, then I will gather all the opinions and information I can (without looking at spoilers)and come back mid week with updates on the previous episode as well as a prediction for the next episode
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I have decided to jump into the ever deepening pool of internet reviewers with my new channel Rockula Retrospective
This channel will be dedicated to reviews and commentary of various pop culture subjects
I have already started reviewing The Walking Dead and will pick up Game of Thrones at the beginning of this next season
Check out the intro video for the channel