A variety of television shows from 1965 to 1985. Low-budget movies from any time period. Playing guitar and bass through tube amps. Messing around with electronics. Podcasting "Snake Alley" on GaragePunk.com. Muscle cars. St. Louis Cardinals and River City Rascals baseball. Jack Russell Terriers. Freshwater fishing.
Music
Dick-shakin' rock'n'roll like the Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, The Cramps, MC5, The Stooges, Alice Cooper, New York Dolls, Thin Lizzy, The Guess Who, Boss Martians, Ded Bugs, The Trip Daddys, Knuckel Drager, The Dirtbombs, The Sonics, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Buck Owens, Hasil Adkins, Louis Jordan, Louis Armstrong, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, The Mothers of Invention, The Fugs, The Minutemen, The Misfits, Black Flag, Circle Jerks, The Standells, Rockpile, The Ramones, The Screamin' Mee-Mees, The Cripplers, Bob Dylan, Jethro Tull, Black Sabbath, Emerson Lake & Palmer, King Crimson, Glen Campbell, Three Dog Night, Sly and the Family Stone, Jerry Reed, Dean Martin, Spike Jones, Sountracks, '60s garage, surf, blues, '70s punk, '80s hardcore, metal, and trashy rock'n'roll of all eras.
Movies
Low-budget "Z" grade psychotronic flicks of all genres... cult, horror, sci-fi, juvenile delinquent, beach/surf/hot rod, crime, film noir, exploitation, rock'n'roll, B-movies, independent films, etc. I don't mind some big money movies from the '70s and early '80s, well... Blazing Saddles, Caddyshack, Slapshot, Cheech & Chong, The Dirty Dozen, Dirty Harry, Spinal Tap, etc.
Television
Cop shows (Kojak, Baretta, Dragnet), '60s/'70s rock'n'roll variety shows (Rock Concert, Smothers Bothers, Midnight Special), sci-fi (Lost in Space, Land of the Giants, Time Tunnel), Wrestling at the Chase, Twilight Zone, Sanford & Son, Alfred Hitcock Presents, All in the Family, The Munsters, The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, Laugh In, etc. Oh, and LameBasement.com and Lo-Fi Saint Louis!
Books
"Outside a dog, a book is man's best friend, inside a dog, it's way too dark to read." -Groucho Marx
Psychotronic Video Guide
Fangoria's 101 Best Horror Movies You've Never Seen
Stranger to the Game - Bob Gibson
The Complete Joy of Homebrewing - Charles Papazian
If Chins Could Kill - Bruce Campbell
Three Dog Nightmare - Chuck Negron
Inside Tube Amps - Don Torres
Heroes
Rat Pfink & Boo-Boo, Ghoulardi, Redd Foxx, Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Vampira, Don Rickles, Ringo Starr, Issac Hayes, Steve (the crocodile hunter) Irvin, Snoop Dog, Charlie the Tuna, Al (the Mad Hungarian) Hrabosky, budget film genius Roger Corman, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Marge Simpson, Michael Weldon, Ray Dennis Steckler, Russ Meyer, William Shatner, Andrew Robinson, and BRUTAL POODLE!!
About me: Former editor of Head in a Milk Bottle fanzine (R.I.P.). I spend way too much time watching old television shows and "z" grade movies... cop shows, horror, cheesy sc-fi, psychotronic, exploitation flicks. I don't spend enough time producing the Snake Alley podcast talking about these great artifacts of social depravity and the people behind them (with some killer rock'n'roll mixed in to boot!).
Who I'd like to meet: Fans of "z" grade psychotronic films, B-movie stars, horror fiends, movie junkies, low-budget indie filmmakers (ask me about reviewing your flicks on Snake Alley!), festival organizers, other podcasters, DJs, horror hosts, rock'n'rollers, drunks, outcasts, etc.
We just posted our Christmas Episode of the Graveyard Shift show! It is free to listen and download. So come check out the horror stories and music all centered around the holidays! Make sure to comment and email your thoughts on the questions and how we can make the show better for you! Thanks for listening and keep spreading the word! Talk Hard.
This is John Johnson of Darkstone Entertainment. I am dropping by to let you know I have started a bi-weekly horror radio show. Just click on our myspace site and check it out in the blogs. It is absolutely free and will always be. It is filled with horror based music and old radio dramas from the 30's and 40's. Also I will be yappin about my work in the genre film industry and celebrating horror in general. So if you got the time give it a listen and let me know what you think. Salut!
SONIC NIGHTMARES #18 - Sonic Nightmares Anonymous® with your hosts: Reverend Beat-Man, Gringo Starr, Brother Panti-Christ & El Tiki What makes this episode extra special may not be the fact that it’s a whopping 90 minutes long or that it happens to be our one-year anniversary on GaragePunk. com, but that we are joined by guest hosts Brother Panti-Christ and El Tiki from the original Sonic Nightmares radio show. In an attempt to bring them back into the fold permanently, The Reverend Beat-Man and co-sponsor, Gringo Starr, have founded a 12-step therapy program - Sonic Nightmares Anonymous®! Listen to the sound of grown men weeping as our two long lost soul mates are granted the serenity to accept the things they cannot change and embrace the evil turntables once again. Free coffee and donuts will be provided along with tracks by The Knee Jerk Reactions, The Crawdaddys, The Wimple Winch, Howlin’ Wolf, Mickey Hampshire, The Madcowgirl Disease and a bonus set of Turkish Psyche-Folk! CLICK HERE TO LISTEN
Recently I have been looking at the world of the horror/genre and are little dot in it. It's been a hard year for most of us, and I figured now is the time to let the world know that we are still here. So here is what I am proposing. I want to make a super video! If you love genre films, filmmaking, and or just the Darkstone peeps, it is time to go crazy. We all wear our basic daily armour for our lives. And we escape to a film and love the moments and feeling it gives us. So now we should celebrate it and take it off! Let the daily armour fall and show the real you. The song attached is going to be the music for a very epic vid! Grab a camera and shoot yourself and your friends dancing, going crazy, something with the horror/genre films, and lip singing the back up vocals to this song. It can be simple in your room rockin out, or throw anything together that your imagination comes up with. Every video sent in, makes it into the main video. You show me what you got, your voice will be heard. Just send your vid into December 5th. We want the video up by the end of that week. People it is time to go crazy. It is time to do whatever hits your mind. It's time to show who the true Darkstone Legion is. I want something from everyone. Send me any questions you may have to this email. I will also send a dvd to you of the final cut if you participate. Just send $3.00 with your tape and I will mail you the final dvd right away. I think this could be really really nifty. Yes I said nifty. It's not a nerdy word. Its a cool word. Look it up. The definition says It's cool fool! In any case, let's do this! Scream to the world that we are here to stay and Darkstone though takes a few hits will always be the last one standing! If you are reading this and want to get involved email dflicks@gmail.com and we will send you the song and details...
SONIC NIGHTMARES #17 With your hosts: Gringo Starr & Reverend Beat-Man
HAPPY HOLLOWEEN!
Enjoy 83 Minutes of Sonically Nightmarish tales of dead surfers, ghosts on the highway, walks through the graveyard, phantoms, vampires and spoken word by the stinking corpse of Boris Karloff. Boo!
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