Archive for October, 2008

“It’s Halloween…”

“It’s Halloween…”

October 31, 2008 7:21 pm / talkies / No comments

“… It’s Halloween. It’s time for scares. It’s time for screams. It’s Halloween It’s Halloween. It’s Halloween” – So sang the best-worst band of all time, The Shaggs. And today, at least, they’re absolutely spot on. And what better way could there possibly be to commemorate the scariest, spookiest, most [...]

 
Dirty Dancing

Dirty Dancing

October 21, 2008 8:20 pm / muzak / No comments

Hi y’all. I know it’s been a while since my last post but as you can see the site has been scrubbed up and there’s still some dusting to do. But anyway, here’s a few tunes to get through till the bandages come off. JON SAVAGE PRESENTS CLASSIC FIRST WAVE [...]

 
Banned for Glory (part two)

Banned for Glory (part two)

October 6, 2008 3:18 am / talkies / No comments

(Hello peeps. Welcome to part two of my look at the history of film censorship in Britain, and how it affected me, in particular, in a series of blogs which could easily carry the sub-heading “The BBFC & Me”. Apologies for the delay in getting part two onto your ass; [...]