"Mallrats"

Classic Kevin Smith...

THEY'RE NOT THERE TO SHOP. THEY'RE NOT THERE THERE TO WORK. THEY'RE JUST THERE. Following the smash success of his first feature, Clerks, Kevin Smith returned with Mallrats. Spawning a raft of characters and in-jokes that Smith would carry throughout his career, the film continued the one-of-a-kind comedic world known as the View Askewniverse. Simultaneously dumped by their girlfriends, comic book obsessive Brodie (Jason Lee) and best friend TS (Jeremy London) plan to ease the pain of their losses by taking take a trip to the local mall. Amongst shoppers, they discover the mall is being used as the venue for a dating show, in which TS's girlfriend Brandi is the star. Hatching a plan to win back their significant others, Brodie and TS enlist the help of professional delinquents Jay and Silent Bob to hijack the gameshow in a bid to win back Brandi. Meanwhile, Brodie carries out his own mission to make good his relationship with Rene (Shannen Doherty), who has attracted the attentions of his nemesis Shannon (Ben Affleck). Featuring a cast including Joey Lauren Adams, Ben Affleck, who would go on to be recurring collaborators in Smith's movies, Mallrats celebrates its 25th Anniversary in this limited edition set boasting a brand new restoration and hours of bonus content.

Media

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Bonus Materials

• LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
• Brand new restoration by Arrow Films of both the Theatrical and Extended cuts of the film, approved by director Kevin Smith and cinematographer David Klein
• Newly assembled TV cut of the film featuring hilarious overdubbing to cover up profanity
• High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentations
• Collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Philip Kemp
• Fold out poster featuring replica blueprints for ‘Operation Drive-by’ and ‘Operation Dark Knight’
• DISC ONE - THEATRICAL AND EXTENDED CUTS
• Original DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Audio commentary with director Kevin Smith, producer Scott Mosier, archivist Vincent Pereira, and actors Jason Lee, Ben Affleck, and Jason Mewes
• Brand new introduction to the film by Kevin Smith
• My Mallrat Memories - and all-new interview with Kevin Smith
• A newly filmed tribute to producer Jim Jacks by Kevin Smith
• Brand new interview with actor Jason Mewes
• Brand new interview with Cinematographer David Klein
• Hollywood of the North: A newly produced animated making-of documentary featuring Minnesota crew members who worked on the film
• Deleted Scenes - Kevin Smith and Vincent Pereira discuss deleted scenes and sequences originally cut from the film
• Outtakes and behind the scenes footage
• Cast interviews from the original set
• Erection of an Epic: The making of Mallrats - archival retrospective with cat and crew looking at the making and release of the film
• Q&A with Kevin Smith - archival Q&A filmed for the 10th anniversary
• Build Me Up Buttercup music video
• Stills galleries
• Theatrical Trailer
• DISC TWO - TV CUT
• Newly assembled TV cut of the film featuring hilarious overdubbing to cover up profanity
• Original stereo audio
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Brand new introduction to the TV cut by director Kevin Smith
• Stills gallery of the comic books featured in the film’s opening sequence
• Easter eggs

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Monday Mood

Hell Monday
Ice-T

This week I'm rolling into Monday like "Hi" - trying to keep it real and honest while maintaining my sanity. Meaning I need to visit my "Happy Place" and try to block out the strife and chaos around me.

So Ice-T on the set of Law & Order: SVU in NYC waving at fans is my spirit animal for the week. Ice is one cool dude and Law & Order: SVU is absolutely one of my "Happy Places" as it is my favorite TV Show ever.

Thus I hereby present my Monday Mood...and aren't you happy?!

Mic Drop!

Ice-T on IG -

https://www.instagram.com/icet/?hl=en  

Celebrate National Coming Out Day!

                     

            Mr. Man Celebrates National Coming Out Day 

                Names the Top 10 Openly Gay Actors 

Men Want to See Naked

October 11 is National Coming Out Day and in celebration, Mr. Man, the world’s leading online library of every male nude scene in the history of film and television, is naming its Top 10 Openly Gay Actors.  “These are the out actors that get the most searches from our online members looking for nude photos,” says Phil Henricks of Mr. Man.

The list is a diverse one, featuring shapely men (Daniel Franzese), men of color (Ricky Martin and Pose’s Dyllon Burnside), and men over forty (Murray Bartlett and Luke Evans).  British actor Russell Tovey, who has appeared in nude scenes on HBO’s Looking and The Pass, is the #1 openly gay actor that men on Mr. Man want to see naked.

Matt Bomer

As far as the programs featuring openly gay actors that get the most searches from members of Mr. Man, HBO’s Looking ranks highest.  Four of the men on the top ten list appeared in the show:  Murray Bartlett, Daniel Franzese, Jonathan Groff and Russell Tovey.  Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story, an FX-TV series, is a close second with three out actors (Ricky Martin, Cheyenne Jackson, and Matt Bomer) making the Top Ten list.

“The talent and the programs featured on the Top 10 Openly Gay Actors list should be applauded this National Coming Out Day,” says Henricks.   “They are not only bold and courageous for living life as their authentic selves, but for also revealing their terrific bodies to the world!” 

To view the complete list of the Top 10 Openly Gay Actors, and the NSFW scenes they appeared in, visit: https://www.mrman.com/top10-openly-gay-actors  

Countdown To Halloween...

Give It Up Do As I Say
Lady Gaga

This year with Halloween being tailored to COVID 19, I still think it's important to get into the spirit (of course the pun was intended.) It's my favorite time of the year. This being stated I thought I would share with you what a huge fan I am of vampires.

"Yes" I love vampires, when I was a youngster I wanted to be one when I grew up. Yeah, there's that...

Here to represent is Lady Gaga as The Countess from American Horror Story: Hotel. While AHS: Hotel had it's flaws (all seasons of that show do, some more than others.) I enjoyed it for the most part. Especially how they set it in Hollywood and fictionalized real Show Biz icons and Serial Killers, into the tapestry of the story.

Well Minions we only have 21 more days until the High Holy Day, and if you want next year to be more celebratory, get out and VOTE! 

Voters Information at:

https://www.vote.org/   

The Gun Club

THE GUN CLUB'S 1982 PUNK-BLUES CLASSIC "MIAMI" RETURNS WITH DELUXE DOUBLE-VINYL AND DOUBLE-CD REISSUES VIA BLIXA SOUNDS

Both the LP and CD editions come with a disc of previously unreleased demos.

Street date December 4, 2020

With a howling and unholy mix of punk rock and the blues, Jeffrey Lee Pierce and The Gun Club exploded upon the L.A. club scene in the early '80s. They recorded their debut album, 1981's Fire of Love, for the local Slash/Ruby label. But when it came time to record a follow-up, the group decamped to New York to work with producer Chris Stein of Blondie and his new label, Animal. The results were 1982's stunning Miami, an album that didn't get its proper due back in the day. Blixa Sounds will right that wrong on December 4, 2020 with deluxe reissues of the album in double-CD and double-vinyl editions.

 

Both the double-CD and double-vinyl editions will contain a digitally remastered version of the original 12-track album, as well as demos of every track. In addition, the CD version will contain a second disc jam-packed with a total of 18 previously unreleased demos, including 6 tracks exclusive to the CD release.

 

The double-vinyl version will be released as a two-LP set packaged in a gatefold cover with extensive liner notes by drummer Terry James Graham and journalist Craig Rosen, as well as rare photos and ephemera. The CD version is a two-disc set, also with liner notes, photos and ephemera.

 

While their own hometown of Los Angeles was lukewarm to The Gun Club, others, including Blondie guitarist Chris Stein, took notice. He signed the band to his fledging Animal imprint, awarded to him by Chrysalis Records for Blondie's huge commercial success.

 

With the band relocated to New York, Stein produced Miami at Blank Tape Studios in June 1982, with Deborah Harry on hand to sing backup vocals, credited under the pseudonym D.H. Laurence Jr. In a sense, it was payback, because Pierce was more than a male groupie and West Coast head of the Blondie fan club. It was Jeffrey Lee who suggested that Blondie cover The Nerves' "Hanging on the Telephone," a highlight and British hit on the band's breakthrough album, 1978's Parallel Lines.

Despite the involvement of two members of Blondie, Miami was no pop-punk concoction, but rather a further exploration of the neo-swamp blues Pierce and company had mined on the acclaimed Fire of Love, though Stein's production made Pierce's toxic musical stew a little easier to swallow.

 

As was usually the case with The Gun Club, Miami found the band in a state of flux. Ritter split after recording the basic tracks. He's credited on the album below the band's then-current members, alongside Pierce's "additional piano" and Harry's pseudonym-credited backing vocals, and The Gun Club appears as a trio on in the cover photo, with Ritter missing in action.

 

"The band was really starting to split apart," Graham confirms in the documentary Ghost on the Highway: A Portrait of Jeffrey Lee Pierce and The Gun Club."It was going to Jeff's head… Chris Stein, his friend, is producing the record and somebody is telling him, 'You don't need your band, all you need is you.'"

 

Whatever the case, Miami is a classic, from the opening "Carry Home" to the closer "Mother Earth," which Billy Idol said was key influence on his 1982 hit "White Wedding." In a TV interview, Pierce said, "I didn't see how he saw it similar in his head, really. It didn't make any sense to me, but I said, 'Fine, I guess if it inspired you to make that music, it's good.'"

 

While The Gun Club went on to influence such artists as Chris Isaak, The White Stripes and Mark Lanegan, the band also highlighted their own influences on Miami. The album includes a howling take on Creedence Clearwater Revivals' "Run Through Jungle," a revved up version of the traditional folk song "John Hardy," and a Cramps-like rendition of J.R. Reynolds' "Fire of Love," the should-have-been title track of their first album.

 

Yet Pierce's originals hold their own against covers, beginning with "Carry Home," which opens the album with Pierce singing, "Come down to the willow garden with me / Come go with me," over Graham's steadfast beats and Dotson's guitar twang. From there, Pierce takes listeners on a wild ride, through the psychobilly stomp of "Like Calling Up Thunder," the anthem-like drama of "Brother and Sister," and the charging rockabilly of "Devil in the Woods," in which Pierce goes into a full yodel. Side one closes with "Texas Serenade," featuring Rubber Rodeo's Mark Tomeo adding some atmospheric steel guitar to counter Pierce's frantic vocals.

 

The albums continues with "Watermelon Man," with Pierce sharing writing credit with Dotson, Andy Warhol associate Walter Steding adding fiddle and Stein playing the bongos on some ghostly aural voodoo that'll haunt you to your core. "Bad Indian" charges through like a locomotive, while "Sleeping in Blood City" has Pierce ranting like a madman on his 19th nervous breakdown. It all comes to a tasteful end with Tomeo's steel guitar, Ritter's throbbing bass, Dotson's guitar accents and Pierce crooning us back to "Mother Earth."

 

This special two-CD version of Miami also includes a second disc, featuring demo versions of every track on the album, plus six previously unreleased demos of material that would later turn up on The Las Vegas Story ("Walking With the Beast," "Prune Dicks From Mars," "Vampires," "Journey to Zatar," "Blue Hair" and "Pig Boys").

 

Though some have criticized Miami, Stein is still proud of the album. "I have gotten flak from Gun Club members who played on Miami for not having a 'hard rock' enough approach to the production," he says in the book From Blondie: Parallel Lives by Dick Porter and Kris Needs. "I don't recall any of them voicing concerns at the time. Jeffrey and I spend a lot of time thinking about what the record should ultimately sound like. He really wanted to get away from a standard punk rock approach and reach into the world of so-called 'normal' music by making more references to country, et cetera. Jeff was the one who brought in a pedal steel guitar player. I know for sure he liked the record."

 

And Gun Club biographer Ryan Leach maintains the album is even stronger than Fire of Love. "I think Jeffrey's lyric writing had progressed in that year or so," Leach says in Ghost on the Highway: A Portrait of Jeffrey Lee Pierce and The Gun Club. "There are also a lot of harmonies on that record that Fire of Love never dreamed of."

  

Amazon Pre-Order Link: http://bit.ly/gcmm2020

Michael's Musings

Read My Mask
Michael Shinafelt

Well last night's Vice Presidential debate confirms it: Flies Love Sh!t! Glad Pence's only Black Friend could make an appearance on his behalf. More like on Harris' behalf, she slayed his lying butt, time to move on to more dignified things, or not...

Biden 2020: He won't try to kill you

I'm a pure bred Hyena, got it?

Rest In Power Eddie Van Halen

I got my ballot on Tuesday, filled it out and put if in a drop box on Wednesday, it's that simple V-O-T-E!

Isn't the invisible accordion the best???

Fleetwood Mac charting takes me to my happy place

Take the contouring down a notch 

It's hard out there to defend the indefensible, it's also hard out there for a pimp. The more you know

Woman Crush of the Week - Kamala Harris, she gives good face 

Mein Cough, think about it, but not too much

Pumpkin Stems, discuss -

Free samples are never coming back, this may just push me over the edge

BTW - He's dead inside RE: What's wrong with his eyes

Did you know that Staples actually sells staples? I'm off to Dick's next...

Join me won't you at:

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Hump Day & Chill

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