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Member	Item		Review/Comment
albert 5th May 2019		Music Memorabilia Sex Pistols - Punk Patch With God Save The Queen	punky, you bet!
albert 5th May 2019		Vinyl Album My Bloody Valentine - Ecstasy And Wine	Added some scans of a genuine original Lazy Records pressing. Warning: if you own a pirate copy you may get a bit upset on these notes which describe how to spot a pirate visually. My scanner cannot capture the whole image so these are composites, however there are only a couple of tiny slithers of information missing on both images, and these are missing on the right side of the top-right corner, and on the left side of the bottom-left corner. Now inspect the images carefully, you will see that on a pirate copy the image is duller and slightly more blurred, the image has also been zoomed on the pirate so a few millimetres of image are lost around the entire perimeter. The spine has the text in a different font and the positioning is different. The original is pressed by MPO and has hand-written matrix numbers (unfortunately easy for pirates to copy). If you play a pirated copy and then play the genuine original record you will notice a great difference in sound quality.
albert 5th May 2019		Book Suzanne Lloyd - Harold Lloyd's Hollywood Nudes In 3D!	This is a selection from Harold Lloyd's collection, apparently he had a large one, ahem, quote "Harold shot close to three hundred thousand slides", so it seems like the women flocked to his place, guess it must have been his glasses, gives the impression of an intellectual eh?. The book has 154 pages, most of the pictures are the standard glamour shots of the time, and there are quite a few cheesecake ones, only some of the pictures are in 3D, and yes the book does include 3D glasses. Suzanne Lloyd is Harold's granddaughter.
albert 2nd May 2019		Live Music Kaleidoscope @ 229	Here are Kaleidoscope (with some new members also): [YouTube Video]
albert 2nd May 2019		Live Music Kaleidoscope @ 229	I am reluctant to list the headliners as The Misunderstood as it was just Glen Campbell backed by The Loons, who had already played. For the encore they were joined by members of Juicy Lucy, which meant that on stage there were 3 members of Juicy Lucy, all of The Loons and (I think) just Glen from The Misunderstood (but he was also a member of Juicy Lucy). Very strange.
albert 1st May 2019		Vinyl Album The Pop Group - For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder?	Y records catalogue number Y2.
albert 1st May 2019		Vinyl Album Swell Maps - A Trip To Marineville	Bonus 7" found here
albert 29th Apr 2019		Cinema Red-Headed Woman (1932)	Review Jean Harlow plays Lil, the social climbing, marriage wrecking, man-limpet who never takes no for an answer and bullies her men to get what she wants, and she does want everything money can buy. Una Merkel plays Sally, her no-nonsense friend who always has something up her sleeve to deflate Lil's ego. The film zips along with comical cringeworthy situations, witty asides and knowing pointers which you might need a sharp eye to catch. The men are like putty in Lil's hands and when you think she finally gets her comeuppance she still manages to trump them all. 6 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
albert 20th Apr 2019		Cinema Chik Loh Go Yeung (Naked Killer ) (1992)	Some notes regarding film versions and comparisons can be found on the Movie Censorship website (which includes some naughty pictures).
albert 18th Apr 2019		Cinema The Deep (1977)	The film does have a couple of good points... Jacqueline Bisset in a wet t-shirt. {Apologies for The Shallow joke}.
albert 18th Apr 2019		Cinema The Deep (1977)	After the goldmine that was Jaws, this Peter Benchley thriller must have ticked all the boxes in Hollywood, and it certainly enticed me and a bunch of friends to join the queue outside the cinema. Alas it had nothing to get too excited about, and I remember being very disappointed while watching it. The story involves a bunch of people who do underwater diving and when investigating a wreck they discover a large stash of drugs in small glass vials, the wreck is also home to a large deadly fish of some sort. A criminal gang or salvage company get on their backs and I think they also get tangled up with some voodoo hokum and, well you can probably guess the rest, but I hardly recall it being as thrilling as Jaws (as per the hype), maybe I was just too young to appreciate how deep it was. EDIT (with spoilers): Thinking about it, this is one of those films that has a stupid plot thread, in this case it is the drugs. The drugs haul brings a lot of danger to the couple and yet they go and recover it from the wreck and then stash it in some kind of tower hiding place. Why? are they planning on selling it? dunno, can't remember. I suppose without that we don't have much of a story. They could have just let the 'bad guys' have it, they could have told the authorities, but instead they bring themselves a lot of trouble and then they eventually just blow up the tower, huh?, where's the logic, where's the police?
albert 18th Apr 2019		Cinema The System (The Girl-Getters) (1964)	Supposedly filmed around Brixham and Torbay. I visited a friend who lives down there and while on a pub crawl he pointed out various locations that were used for the shoot; though he did not recommend the film.
albert 18th Apr 2019		Cinema Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)	Probably Russ' most consistently entertaining movie with hilariously bitchy OTT dialogue, dangerous women up to no good and dumb square-jawed himbos taking the punishment. A big influence on pop culture still to this day with quotes and images instantly recognisable on posters, t-shirts, mugs etc. The trademark rapid fire editing and great camera angles are coming into place and of course it has that wonderful theme tune. [YouTube Video]
albert 18th Apr 2019		Cinema Theatre Of Blood (1973)	Review Hammy and deluded stage actor Edward Lionheart loses out on the top award he was so convinced he deserved, and so exacts a Shakespearean bloody revenge on the critics that denied him. Lionheart is quickly identified as the murderer but his acting skills and ingeniously-staged ploys enable him to both dupe his victims and evade capture, (despite having the plot laid out for all to see). Grand Guignol of the finest order. 4 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
albert 18th Apr 2019		Cinema Theatre Of Blood (1973)	A bloody black comedy: [YouTube Video]
albert 17th Apr 2019		Cinema Nightmares In A Damaged Brain (1981)	Review This clunky, Halloween-inspired story concerns a released mental health patient who goes around killing people, or maybe he just imagines it, he also visits sordid peep shows and suffers fits, and then he wants to go to the nice suburb where he grew up and bother the family living in his old home. Well something like that. Regrettably the plot is a bit of a mess, there are jarring changes in pace and the tension gets built up then lost several times. Still there are sequences that will stay in the memory long after seeing the film. 4 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
albert 17th Apr 2019		Cinema Nightmares In A Damaged Brain (1981)	Condemned as a video nasty and banned, sort of, this controversial slasher film has had a difficult history and not for reasons you might think. "Mustn't corrupt the young", but I got to see it at my school's video club [yes really], and I don't think it affected me, ...much, ...well I suppose the axe in my bathroom is, erm, well enough of that. Effects guru Tom Savini was apparently involved, just to give advice, but demanded that his name be removed from the credits once he saw the finished product (and that is one cut that will never be reinstated). It was rumoured that most objections to the film were because of the negative depiction of mental health, though I believe the cuts were for the usual type of things. Most notoriously, in the UK, the distributor ended up with a prison sentence when a previous version of the film slipped out instead of the BBFC-approved cut. The film has recently been released in the UK by 88Films remastered, restored and uncut, though personally I think that they should have trimmed many scenes just to quicken the pace and lose some of the plot holes. Trailer: [YouTube Video]
albert 14th Apr 2019		12" Single New Order - Blue Monday	Nerdy question: I know that the colour coding is meant to spell out details about the release such as catalogue number, artist, song title. So armed with that info can someone decipher the coding and confirm that the images are not upside down?
albert 14th Apr 2019		TV Beavis And Butt-Head (1993 - 2011)	Customers Suck: [YouTube Video] some selections: [YouTube Video]
albert 14th Apr 2019		DVD The Best Of Beavis And Butt-Head: Butt-O-Ween / Beavis and Butt-Head Do Christmas - Time-Life Video	The Time-Life collections were sold cheaply in the USA, supermarkets and the like. They were essentially just budget dvd editions of the popular video tapes, coming out when dvds were just beginning to get popular and video tapes were being phased out. There were originally 5 Beavis & Butthead '2-fers' and a singular "Hard Cash" which has longer running episodes but less episodes in total. Some time later a double dvd "History of..." was released which was not properly authorised and got withdrawn very quickly making it a very desirable collectors piece. The dvds are actually multi-region, I have 6 of them (alas not "History Of.."), and as far as I can ascertain the animated stories are uncut, unlike the approved Mike Judge collections, where dialog is often trimmed and whole scenes missing. However, as usual the episodes do not include music video segments with B&B's comments, if that bothers you. The dvds were sold individually, the 6 originals make up a series, not a boxset.
albert 11th Apr 2019		DVD Box Set Laurel And Hardy : The Collection - Universal	The Laurel & Hardy Collection total run time approximately 68 hours 42 minutes (it says). Disc 1 {text cribbed from booklet} A Chump At Oxford [1940] After thwarting a bank robbery, the boys are rewarded with an education at Oxford. When Stan gets hit on the head, he becomes the brilliant Lord Paddington - an Oxford scholar of years passed. From Soup To Nuts [1928 silent] Stan and Ollie are hired as waiters for a affluent dinner party. As the boys spill food and take falls, the host of the dinner party (Anita Garvin) just can't seem to eat that cherry from the top of her fruit cocktail. Another Fine Mess [1930] While Colonel Blood is on safari, two bums on the run (Stan and Ollie) take shelter in his basement. But when a young couple wishes to rent the home, Ollie must pass himself off as the real owner, while Stan becomes both the maid and the butler. A reworking of the 1927 silent short Duck Soup.
albert 11th Apr 2019		DVD Box Set Laurel And Hardy : The Collection - Universal	Disc 2 {text cribbed from booklet} County Hospital [1932] Thanks to Stan's clumsiness, a recuperating Ollie is forced to leave his hospital bed prematurely. While waiting for Ollie to be discharged, Stan accidentally injects himself with a sedative filled needle, then with Stan driving, the ride home is quite an experience. Them Thar Hills [1934] On the advice of the doctor, the boys take a trip to the mountains. The unsuspecting Laurel and Hardy drink plenty of spiked mountain water and share it with the stranded Mrs Hall, while Mr Hall gases his car. He returns to find his drunken wife and the boys. Tit For Tat [1935] The boys own an electrical supply store. They are unable to strike up a friendship with the neighbouring grocery store owner, the result is an exchange of disturbances in both stores. Nominated as the Best Short Subject Comedy in January 1936, its the sequel to Them Thar Hills. Perfect Day [1929] A family picnic in the country is what Stan and Ollie have in mind, until they encounter trouble with their car, their neighbours, and their uncle (played by Edgar Kennedy). They Go Boom! [1929] Stan tries everything he can think of to cure Ollie's illness. Leave 'Em Laughing [1928 silent] After Stan's efforts at pulling his aching tooth fail, Ollie takes him to a dentist. At the dentist's office, both Stan and Ollie are filled with laughing gas, soon after they cause havoc when then try to drive.
albert 11th Apr 2019		DVD Box Set Laurel And Hardy : The Collection - Universal	Disc 3 {text cribbed from booklet} Way Out West [1937] Stan and Ollie arrive in Brushwood Gulch, to deliver the deed to a gold mine to the daughter of an old friend. Finlayson passes off his girlfriend as the daughter, so the boys give her the deed. When they realise their mistake, they try everything they can to steal the deed back. One Good Turn [1931] When a sweet old lady provides a meal for Stan and Ollie, they overhear a villain threatening to evict her because her mortgage money has been stolen. To help the lady, the boys try to auction their car. A drunk, bidding on the car, accidentally sticks his wallet in Stan's pocket. When Ollie discovers Stan's new found fortune, he turns him over to the old lady as a thief. The result is that Ollie has made a "faux pas", because the old lady was only rehearsing for a play. Thicker Than Water [1935] When Ollie misses a payment on his furniture, Stan convinces him to get all of the money from the bank and pay the furniture off. Along the way they manage to spend most of the money on a grandfather clock at an auction, but of course the clock is smashed by a truck on the way home.
albert 11th Apr 2019		DVD Box Set Laurel And Hardy : The Collection - Universal	Disc 4 {text cribbed from booklet} Beau Hunks [1931] Devastated at being brushed aside by his dear "Jeanie-Weenie," Ollie decides to join the Foreign Legion to help forget, of course Stan must go along too. The boys run up against a tough commandant who sends them to Fort Arid to protect the fort from the "Riffs." Our Wife [1931] Because the bride's father objects to the marriage, Ollie and his fiance are forced to elope. Helpmates [1931] Ollie is in big trouble; his wife is coming home at noon and his house is a disaster from a party the night before. He calls Stan to help him and the house eventually gets cleaned up, in spite of Stan's help. While Ollie goes to pick up his wife, Stan tries to build a fire in the fireplace to disastrous effect. Ollie returns home with a black eye, no wife, and sees that Stan has accidentally burned down his home. One of the boys funniest shorts. Me And My Pal [1933] Ollie is to marry the daughter of a rich oil man. When Stan arrives with his wedding present (a jigsaw puzzle), everyone becomes obsessed with completing the puzzle.
albert 11th Apr 2019		DVD Box Set Laurel And Hardy : The Collection - Universal	Disc 5 {text cribbed from booklet} Our Relations [1936] Bert and Alf are sailors on shore leave, in the same town that Stan and Ollie live. Unbeknownst to any of them, Alf and Bert are Stan and Ollie's identical twin brothers. When the sailors get a hold of their captain's valuable ring, a couple of robbers come after the boys, unfortunately they are after the wrong pair. Brats [1930 later version] The boys must spend the night babysitting their sons - who are pint-sized versions of their fathers. As the title implies, their sons are less than angelic in their antics. Twice Two [1933] The boys are celebrating their wedding anniversary of marrying each others' sister. Mrs Laurel and Mrs Hardy don't seem to be able to function any better together than their husbands.
albert 11th Apr 2019		DVD Box Set Laurel And Hardy : The Collection - Universal	Disc 6 {text cribbed from booklet} The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case [1930] While fishing at the pier, Ollie makes Stan aware that Ebeneezer Laurel, a wealthy man, has died and that all of the heirs should show up for the reading of the will. The boys arrive on a rainy night only to learn that the old man was murdered. Noche De Duendes ("Night of the Goblins", Spanish combined version of The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case & Berth Marks). Berth Marks [1929] Vaudevillians, Stan and Ollie, are train bound to Pottsville. After accidentally causing the other passengers to engage in a clothes ripping melee, the boys get all tangled up with one another while changing into their pyjamas in their upper berth. Oliver The Eighth [1934] Ollie responds to a newspaper ad from a wealthy widow who is seeking a husband. When Stan finds out he wants a cut of the riches. Unfortunately, the woman was once jilted by a man named Oliver, and she seeks to find her revenge on a Mr Hardy.
albert 11th Apr 2019		DVD Box Set Laurel And Hardy : The Collection - Universal	Disc 7 {text cribbed from booklet} Block-Heads [1938] Ollie brings Stan, his old war buddy, over for a home cooked meal. Ollie soon finds out that his friend hadn't changed a bit in the twenty years since the war. Ollie's car is wrecked, his apartment blown up, and his marriage ruined shortly after Stan's arrival. Unaccustomed As We Are [1929] Ollie's wife is tired of making dinner for his friends, so when Stan arrives for a meal they need the help of the woman who lives across the hall. The woman's husband, a police officer, comes looking for his wife - who is now in her underwear because her dress caught fire - so the boys try to hide her in a trunk. With Love And Hisses [1927 silent] Stan is a rather wimpy private, who is prone to weeping. His Sergeant (Ollie) and captain (Finlayson) give him orders which he is bound to foul up. Should Married Men Go Home? [1928 silent] Stan and Ollie head for the golf course where they form a foursome with two young ladies that results in a mud fight between other golfers.
albert 11th Apr 2019		DVD Box Set Laurel And Hardy : The Collection - Universal	Disc 8 {text cribbed from booklet} Chickens Come Home [1931] Fertiliser salesman Ollie is running for mayor, but a fling he had years ago has come back to haunt him...in person. While Ollie and his wife are hosting a dinner party, Stan unsuccessfully tries to keep the woman under control. When she shows up at the party, Ollie's happy evening and political career come to an end. Politiquerias ("Playing at Politics", Spanish extended version of Chickens Come Home). Come Clean [1931] Stan and Ollie go out to pick up some ice cream, when they stumble upon a woman about to throw herself off of a bridge. They stop her, only to find out that she now finds them responsible for her being alive and therefore they must now take care of her...or she'll accuse them of trying to kill her. Love 'Em And Weep [1927 silent] Stan's boss is being blackmailed by an old flame, and it is Stan's job to keep her out of the way until her demands can be met. Sugar Daddies [1927 silent] Finlayson plays a rich businessman who wakes up to find that he doesn't remember getting married the night before. His lawyer (Stan) and butler (Ollie) try to help him out of this predicament. Early To Bed [1928 silent] Ollie has just received a fortune from his late uncle so now he lives in luxury, with Stan as his servant. But Stan can only take so much of Ollie's abuse before he fights back.
albert 11th Apr 2019		DVD Box Set Laurel And Hardy : The Collection - Universal	Disc 9 {text cribbed from booklet} The Bohemian Girl [1936] The boys adopt an abandoned gypsy girl, only later to find out that she is really a princess. On The Loose [1932] The boys make a cameo appearance in this Thelma Todd and ZaSu Pitts short. That's My Wife [1929 silent] Ollie is going to collect a big inheritance from his uncle, as long as he can prove that he is happily married. When Stan causes Mrs Hardy to leave Ollie, Stan must become Mrs Hardy in order to convince the uncle of their happiness. Along Came Auntie [1926 silent] A divorced woman is set to receive $100,000 and quarts of diamonds from her divorce-disapproving aunt. Having taken in her first husband as a lodger, due to financial difficulties, and now living with her second husband, she must act to convince her aunt that she is still married to her first husband - which is not taken gracefully by her second husband.
albert 11th Apr 2019		DVD Box Set Laurel And Hardy : The Collection - Universal	Disc 10 {text cribbed from booklet} Laughing Gravy [1931] The boys bring their dog up to their room on a dark and stormy night. Of course trying to keep little Laughing Gravy a secret from the landlord is easier said than done. Les Carottiers (French combined version of Laughing Gravy and Be Big, see also disc 18). The Fixer-Uppers [1935] The boys are selling greeting cards door to door when they meet Mrs Pierre Gustave. Upset with her husband due to his lack of attention, she offers Ollie $50 to make her husband jealous. Ollie is so convincing that Pierre challenges Ollie to as duel at midnight. Slipping Wives [1927 silent] Stan is hired by an artist's wife to make her husband jealous, but he has trouble distinguishing the wife's husband from her male friend. Ollie plays the butler, and does nothing but add to Stan's problem.

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