I was watching the Quentin Tarantino produced crap-fest "Hell Ride", which is directed by minor B movie star Larry Bishop. While pondering how Dennis Hopper, David Carradine and Michael Madsen managed to land themselves in such nonsense, it occurred to me the soundtrack was pretty dam good. Whatever you think of the projects Tarantino gets involved with, most would agree he does have a knack of...
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As a film geek I of course like all kinds. From arthouse fare to Z grade cult films. The Biker film genre is easily one of my favorites. I just had my MP3 player running and this great instrumental track from the 1970 AIP film Hells Belle's came on and it just felt good. So I thought I'd post it for yall. I'm sure not everyone digs these kinds of instrumental tracks but I know I do. Many of the...
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Well, maybe not today, but some time in the next 365. Here's something fun my daughter sent today...what was the #1 hit on the charts the day you were born? If you wanna know, go to http://www.joshhosler.biz , pick your month, day, and then scroll to your year. Mine was "The Poor People of Paris" by Les Baxter, I song I've heard but never knew I had a special relationship with. Baxter alsu wrot...
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As a film geek I of course like all kinds. From arthouse fare to Z grade cult films. The Biker film genre is easily one of my favorites. I just had my MP3 player running and this great instrumental track from the 1970 AIP film Hells Belle's came on and it just felt good. So I thought I'd post it for yall. I'm sure not everyone digs these kinds of instrumental tracks but I know I do. Many of the...
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I was watching the Quentin Tarantino produced crap-fest "Hell Ride", which is directed by minor B movie star Larry Bishop. While pondering how Dennis Hopper, David Carradine and Michael Madsen managed to land themselves in such nonsense, it occurred to me the soundtrack was pretty dam good. Whatever you think of the projects Tarantino gets involved with, most would agree he does have a knack of...
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I'm sitting here listening to Les Baxter. I close my eyes and feel transported to an alien-space jungle with dancing green women, bluemojitos, purple oceans roaring, warmed by the dual suns in sky and my rocket ship still cooling down from the flight.Still working on my next song for the Los Feliz EP, the music is done. It's the lyrics that are left. AS ALWAYS. Damn lyrics. They are the last to...
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