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Sunday, July 10, 2016
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Saturday, July 9, 2016
Psychotronic Movie of the Week: PARANOIA (aka ORGASMO) (1969)
PARANOIA (aka ORGASMO)
1969
Fanfare, Italy
Produced by Salvatore Alabiso
Directed by Umberto Lenzi
Michael J. Weldon wrote in Psychotronic Video #2:
"Caroll Baker was nominated for an Oscar (BABY DOLL, '56), studied with Strasberg, co-stared in GIANT (also '56), and was on the cover of Life Magazine three times, but says she was blacklisted by her studio, Paramount, after '66. From '68 and until the early 80's, she worked only in Europe, starring in some pretty sick movies, which she ignored in her autobiography. She starred in two back to back Italian features directed by Lenzi, now known for MAKE THEM DIE SLOWLY and other controversial cannibal movies. This one was also known as ORGASMO, and received an X in America when released by Fanfare. The other, A QUIET PLACE TO KILL, was also called PARANOIA, causing a lot of filmography confusion.
This PARANOIA has Baker as Mrs. Katherine West, an alcoholic rich ex-New York artist, arriving at her late Italian husband's villa. A sarcastic hustler (Lou Castel, who later showed up in Wender's AMERICAN FRIEND) worms his way into her life and home. They have sex in the shower, on the lawn, by the pool,... He brings his sexy short haired "sister" (Colette Descombs) along. They both have sex with the confused widow and each other, drive away the servants, drug her, tie her up, blackmail her with photos, and torture her by playing the same bad rock and roll song over and over. At that point she's suicidal. "When I think of myself, I want to vomit!" Like most 60's Italian exploitation movies, this one has jerky camera work, with lots of fast zooms, and funny music with female voices merrily going "da da dee dee....". Lenzi throws in thunder and lightning, some psychedelic sequences, a discotheque scene, and Baker being served a toad by her captors.
Friday, July 8, 2016
"Make With The Shake" with DJ Pat K tonight 7-8pm EST
Tonight a special edition of Make With The Shake fills in for Debbie D. The fingers I lost on the 4th of July have all grown back already, so I'm celebrating by playing an hour of hipshakers and earthquakers on 45! You know what to do, fools!
Wednesday, July 6, 2016
FEED YOUR HEAD with the NOW Sounds of the Sixties Underground! Garage, Garage Punk, Psych &Heavy Rock from 1966-2016!
Wednesday (today) at 8pm ET:
Live playlist and comments right here: http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/67371
Archived there later!
Beatnik Beat Babes on Crayons To Perfume!!
It's Crayons to Perfume's 100th show for WFMU's Rock'n'Soul Ichiban, so fall into the WFMU's basement coffee house at 7pm for an hour long howlin' hootenany with the girls with the most. Our galaxy of chicks couldn't all fit into the basement, so download the overload!
Lorrie Collins: Another Man Done Gone
Lyn Avalon: I Walk The Streets
John Barry: Beat Girl
Stella: Beatnicks D'Occasion
The Chanters: Bongo Bongo
The Beats: Beatnik Bounce
Marilyn Ross: Out Of This World
Carolyn Carpenter: Black Coffee
Beverly Garland: Tempest in a Teapot
Juliette Greco: Chandernagor
Nancy Dupont: Weather Report Love
The Rebel Set
Eydie Gorme : Coffee Song (They've Got An Awful Lot Of Coffee in Brazil)
Ada Moore: The Devil Is A Woman
Sunday, July 3, 2016
Whig Out! Explosive!
Americans, Canadians, the Commonwealth - it's all here at 8pm (5 Pacific) right after The Real Nitty Gritty tonite on Rock'n'Soul Ichiban! Listen here!
Shake! Shout! and Soul!
http://wfmu.org/playlists/RG'
Friday, July 1, 2016
Psychotronic Movie of the Week: THE THING WITH TWO HEADS (1972)
THE THING WITH TWO HEADS
1972
American International Pictures
Produced by Wes Bishop
Directed by Lee Frost
Michael J. Weldon writes, in The Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film:
The ultimate blaxploition horror movie, not to be confused with the previous year's all-white The Incredible Two-Headed Transplant. Both are from AIP. This, believe it or not, features Ray Milland as a racist brain surgeon with terminal cancer. Milland first creates a two-headed gorilla (designed by Rick Baker). Then he arranges to have his head transplanted onto the healthy body of a volunteer convict from death row. When he awakens from his operation he finds his head on Rosey Greer's body. You've got to see him (them) running around, riding a motorcycle, yelling at each other, and Chelsea Brown is the convict's surprised girlfriend. With Roger Perry, who is also in both Count Yorga movies, and William Smith. Music by Jerry Butler. Director Frost worked on lots of 60s "adults only" films.
Thursday, June 30, 2016
Take Ichiban To The Beach!
Be sure to download the WFMU app so that you don't miss any of the great programming happening on Ichiban this summer! You can even save all your favorite shows to listen to later.
DJ Roulette filled in for Fool's Paradise with Rex last weekend! Catch the archive here. Tune in this Sunday at 11 AM for Rhythmville Radio with David Baker, all the way from Paris, France.
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Sunday, June 26, 2016
Saturday, June 25, 2016
Pychotronic Movie of the Week: FOR YOUR HEIGHT ONLY (1981)
FOR YOUR HEIGHT ONLY (original title: For Y'ur Height Only)
1979
Liliw Pictures International
Philippines
Produced by Peter M. Caballes
Directed by Eddie Nicart
Michael J. Weldon writes in The Psychotronic Video Guide:
"One of the ultimate spy spoofs stars 2'9" dwarf Weng Weng as Agent 00. He uses James Bond type gadgets and martial arts to battle the bad guys, and he gets the girl. In real life (according to Guinness, "the shortest actor to play a leading role in films") he was a paratrooper and black belt. He also stared in Agent 00 (1981). The bad English dubbing adds unintentional humor."
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