D.O.A. (1950) More noir than horror, but... we're doing some blog maintenance and I'm behind the 8-ball. "Small-town accountant Frank Bigelow goes to San Francisco for a week's fun prior to settling down with fiancée Paula. After a night on the town, he wakes up with more than just a hangover; doctors tell him he's been given a "luminous toxin" with no antidote and has, at most, a week to live!..
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FRIDAY MIDNIGHT Drive-In Movies @ The Boat
Iceberg Slim
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Reflections (1976)Amazing Out Of Print Pimp-Life CDFrom The Boat's April '07 ArchivesRE-UPPED @320 Iceberg Slim - pimp, poet, profiteer - sold millions of books chronicling the pimp life (Long White Con, Pimp, Trick Baby) after turning his multi-jail sentences into a multi-media franchise that laid the foundation for future generations of gangstas and pimp wannabes. Know it or not, you’ve seen .
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FRIDAY MIDNIGHT Drive-In Movies @ The Boat
THE BRAIN THAT WOULDN'T DIE (1962) Don't know about you but this is just how I like 'em... black & white, cheap and implausible. This one's kinda sick and creepy, too. Not much to say beyond the basic plot; a doctor keeps his wife's head alive in a dish. She thinks, breathes, talks and even wears makeup, even though she doesn't have a body. You can insert your own head jokes anytime now. New Mo...
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The Carl Stalling Project
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Music From Warner Bros. Cartoons 1936-1958 (1990) More Music From Warner Bros. Cartoons 1939-57 (1995)The Music That Subliminally Warped An Entire Generation of Kids From The Boat's November '07 ArchivesRE-UPPED @320 American kids of the 50s & 60s could hardly be expected to comprehend the musical chaos underscoring the talking ducks, wily rodents and dimwitted dogs that populated the world of...
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The Carl Stalling Project
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Music From Warner Bros. Cartoons 1936-1958 (1990) More Music From Warner Bros. Cartoons 1939-57 (1995)The Music That Subliminally Warped An Entire Generation of Kids From The Boat's November '07 ArchivesRE-UPPED @320 American kids of the 50s & 60s could hardly be expected to comprehend the musical chaos underscoring the talking ducks, wily rodents and dimwitted dogs that populated the world of...
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The Kinks
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Are The Village GreenPreservation Society (1968)3CDs Of Ray Davies' Spectacular FailureFrom The Boat's Sept, '07 Archives...RE-UPPED @320 No less an authority that Pete Townshend calls it "Ray Davies' masterwork... his Sgt. Pepper." It took two years to complete and was released in Europe, withdrawn, then re-released with different songs a month later. Unfortunately, it came out around the same...
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N.P.G. (Prince & The New Power Generation)
Gold Nigga (1993)One Of Prince's Rarest... And Best!From The Boat's May '07 Archives.RE-UPPED @320 N.P.G. is one of Prince's few bands that seemingly have a life of their own, though you'd barely know it when trying to find N.P.G. product. 1995's Exodus is best found as a German import CD, while 1998's Newpower Soul (which even had Prince on the cover) is way out-of-print. Then there's Gold Nig...
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The Beatles Complete On Ukulele
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Oh... my... God! I have not had this much fun at a blog ever. Here at The Boat, we've talked before about the pros and cons of covering Beatles songs, but Roger Greenawalt and Dave Barratt (a.k.a. Roger And Dave) have totally altered my thoughts on the subject with their slated 3-1/2 year project, The Beatles Complete On Ukulele. Their mission? "Record & perform on ukulele all 185 original comp...
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Bob Dylan
Disc Three (2008)The $100 CDFrom The Boat's Dec '08 ArchivesRE-UPPED @320 Bob Dylan's recent Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs - Rare & Unreleased 1989-2006 (yet another triumph in the ongoing series) is a very cool $20 2CD set... and an even cooler 3CD set with a picture book and a dozen more musical rarities. What isn't cool is the price tag; $169 Suggested Retail, or around $110 at Amaz...
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Bob Dylan
Disc Three (2008)The $100 CDFrom The Boat's Dec '08 ArchivesBob Dylan's recent Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs - Rare & Unreleased 1989-2006 (yet another triumph in the ongoing series) is a very cool $20 2CD set... and an even cooler 3CD set with a picture book and a dozen more musical rarities. What isn't cool is the price tag; $169 Suggested Retail, or around $110 at Amazon. Even the u...
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FRIDAY MIDNIGHT Drive-In Movies @ The Boat
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VINCENT PRICE WEEK: New Vin each night this week.DR. PHIBES RISES AGAIN (1961) I remember the first time I saw this movie. The theater was nearly empty, and there was a guy down front who started laughing out loud almost from the very beginning. Mistakenly thinking Phibes was a "horror" movie, I was pissed that there was some unruly guy in the house. But, it didn't take long to catch on that Vi...
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The Records
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Paying For TheSummer Of Love UK Power Pop Band's 1978 DemosFrom The Boat's April '07 ArchivesIn the late 70s, the short-lived UK power pop band The Records churned out meaty slices of harmonic pop that, for reasons unknown, just seemed to vanish amid the changing of the Punk/New Wave guards. Even Jude Cole’s recruitment in 1980-81 didn’t seem to help the band that arose from the ashes
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In Their Own Words, Volumes One & Two
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In Their Own Words, Volumes One & Two (1994/1996)Various Artists Unplugged And Telling StoriesFrom The Boat's April '07 ArchivesRE-UPPED Before VH1's Storytellers, Radio DJ Vin Scelsa hosted this similar concept, featuring a vast array of artists recorded live at The Bottom Line. Subtitled “A Bunch of Songwriters Sittin' Around Singing,” the results were released on CDs in 1994 & 1996. Each ar
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Glenn Tilbrook
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The Completely Acoustic Glenn Tilbrook (2001) Squeeze Singer Live In The StudioFrom The Boat's April '07 ArchivesWhen The Incomplete Glenn Tilbrook was released in 2001, initial copies were packaged with a very cool companion disc, The Completely Acoustic Glenn Tilbrook. Covering nine of the original disc’s songs, this intimate, acoustic, live-in-the-studio session perfectly compliments the ch.
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Jethro Tull
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Carnegie Hall, N.Y. (1970)Prime Time Live Show... plusFrom The Boat's April '07 ArchivesOriginally released in the now, out-of-print, 25th Anniversary Boxed Set, Carnegie Hall, N.Y. captures Jethro Tull’s last gasp as a blues/rock band, just prior to morphing into conceptual medieval-prog-rockers. Despite the Jurassic baggage they carry around now as elder statesmen, they really were a great ba.
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Jewel
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Save The Linoleum (1995)Awful(ly) Bizarre Atlantic Promo CDFrom The Boat's April '07 ArchivesPersonally? Can’t stand her. Which is why this promo-only release is such a great listen. Long before Jewel was embraced at radio, Atlantic Records sent out Save the Linoleum to promote her debut, Pieces Of You. But later, the label attempted to “recall” this CD - as if that was even possible. One li
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Miles Davis
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Fillmore East - March 6, 1970 Unreleased Shows - Miles Opens For NeilFrom The Boat's March '07 ArchivesRE-UPPED You’re at the Fillmore East to see Neil Young & Crazy Horse and The Steve Miller Blues Band when out walks the Miles Davis Quintet (Miles, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Dave Holland and Jack DeJohnette... with Airto Moreira). It's your first experience in front of the coolest SOB on pla.
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FRIDAY MIDNIGHT Drive-In Movies @ The Boat
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VINCENT PRICE WEEK: New Vin each night this week.THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM (1961) Roger Corman's colorful (and loose) take on Ed Poe's classic tale. Screenplay by Richard Matheson (of Twilight Zone fame). The second of five Corman/Price/Poe adaptions, quickly following the success of House Of Usher. Price hams it up and seems to have fun with the role. New Vinnie Every Night This Week @ Midnight.
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VINCENT PRICE WEEK: New Vin each night this week.THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM (1961) Roger Corman's colorful (and loose) take on Edgar Allen Poe's classic tale. Screenplay by Richard Matheson (of Twilight Zone/I Am Legend fame). The second of almost half a dozen Corman/Price/Poe adaptions, quickly following the sucess of The House Of Usher. Price, while hamming it up a bit, seems to have fun with t...
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Paul McCartney
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Paulie wants to give you a free video ("Highway," above) and a free MP3 ("Let Me Roll It," below) in exchange for your email address to plug his new live 2CD & DVD, Good Evening New York City. He'd probably like you to pre-order it, too. NOTE: You'll need to click just the center button twice. It might annoy you with one pop up after the first click. Links for both in Comments (no email require...
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