I know people who picketed it on release. I'd picket it for Friedkin's music choices (he hated disco, so chose punk instead). I mean, if any film ever deserved to have Skatt Bros Walk The Night, then it's this. It's @cineredis.bsky.social this weekend and it's still ace despite the soundtrack

Making flatplans for Nigel

This means more

That's how good the pills were part 94 (rediscovered from old tapes edition). Was going up to Manchester a lot in the early 90s to stay with a mate and this was massive. Now feels like some kind of war crime youtu.be/KldRxTwQAEU?...

Frog - Witch Hunt [UK, Psych Instrumental] (1973) Spooky theme to 'Psychomania' film https://redd.it/d176pu https://youtu.be/LMiLspZzgrY

Not with an ill-fitting sweatshirt like that they won't

My old man's old manor. Used to go to one of the two cinemas there during my childhood. Remember the urban myth that Aphex Twin lived in the building in the roundabout? www.theguardian.com/cities/2026/...

I wrote a preview of this week's Cinema Rediscovered; I'll be there from Thursday through to Sunday for further coverage. See you down the front/at the bar etc

Every home should have one; truly one of the greatest LPs ever made

Sean x Moroder, A Love From Outer Space outside at the Christmas Steps, Bristol yesterday. Everything from Throbbing Gristle to Clivilles and Cole. A proper party. Absolutely firing

A #LaurelAndHardy Classic! BRATS (1930) 3:35pm. Stan & Ollie's games evening is constantly disrupted by their little 'brats' #TPTVsubtitles

Just wait 'til tomorrow I guess that's what they all say Just before they fall apart

Walk like the Supremes, sing like the Clash

What they fail to mention is that former Millwall winger Kevin O'Callaghan, then playing for a team which would one day be most famous for being sponsored and supported by Ed Sheeran, was the "goalkeeper" who made way for Sly. Also, Escape To A Score Draw, you Krakatoa East Of Java divs

Talking of The Cramps, here's a sneak preview of the next issue of Shindig. Cover story on The Cramps by me; I also wrote about Italian discosploitation films. Order your copy from here shindig-magazine.com/or or get it from your friendly local newsagent from August 7

Hearing the Cramps' cover of Green Door after Shaky's and hearing the original Tainted Love after Soft Cell were two of the most surprising moments of my teenage years

Today's old tape rediscovery. One of them ended up in LCD Soundsystem, the retooled Sabres and now plays for some hoary old tribute band whose singer can't tell the difference between Chris Rea and Chris de Burgh. Still, sounds very now: youtu.be/i75xZ0yXoa4?...

Not the point and maybe not the time, but there have been so many foul throws gone unpunished in this World Cup. I feel like I'm the only one who actually cares

Mike D sitting next to Infantino tonight. Something about a sure shot on goal or something

Seen a film writer talking about how The Odyssey plays on a second viewing. Absolute "I'm so jealous of you seeing it the first time" scenes #showoffshowoffpickyournoseandblowoff

Michael Brauer on the dub, Davey Henderson on the vocals. New York x Edinburgh youtu.be/TjPlhQVPz14?...

I was in New York going to things like a party for Paper magazine with Sonic Youth for some of Italia 90, but No Alla Violenza, E for England, Weatherall and Farley remixes and what a time to be alive

Get me Alan etc etc

Ten years since Train To Busan which if you’d asked me yesterday I would have said came out a year or two ago

New most embarrassing Millwall supporter just dropped (this originally passed me by originally, suspect it might have been an affectation, the massive fraud) www.instagram.com/reel/DaxXq4_...

Still going through a massive box of cassettes from late 80s onwards. In 1990 records like this by groups like this just came and went and the pills were so good we accepted them as normal, carried on dancing, then forgot about them. No wonder people thought I'd gone mad youtu.be/Qxs2FAdUcOE?...

Early MDMA stuff from Eddie Large there, stick that up your call up Cindy Ecstasy #earlystuff

Great album this, head music, plays from Weatherall etc

See you down the front

Due in September from the Transmission imprint, truly scuzzy film with an outstanding turn from Peter Boyle @blockup.bsky.social www.radiancefilms.co.uk/products/joe...

Forty six years ago today, while everyone was watching the 1982 World Cup final I went to see the Clash (not for the first time, not for the last time, did I tell you I'd seen the Clash?). They showed the football in the bar, but really, that wasn't a priority

On a Bunnymen tip before moving on to Plastikman, here's the single greatest live performance ever from the superlative Shine So Hard video cassette youtu.be/OW00GPMs27w?...

Strong MDMA vibes

Early stuff. About the Early Stuff. #earlystuff

Curmudgeon that I am, I don't watch much football on telly any more, apart from the EFL show on ITV, but it's like listening to 6 Music. Everything's brilliant, spectacular and completely amazing. There's a reason superlative rhymes with div

Watched this on Ryan's recommendation. Film of the year for people who post "London has fallen" and snide messages about "Sadiq Khan's London" on Facebook

Just to let you know am planning a “top level construction from Upamecano” comment at some point during the match which I haven’t started watching yet

Marie Claire actually left a prompt from an AI in one of their recent articles. While there’s still some great journalists and publications left, this is utterly shocking. No wonder I’m trying to pivot.

Working, but also watching Laurel and Hardy eurekavideo.co.uk/movie/laurel... @blockup.bsky.social @dustysevens.bsky.social

Not an American: David Hughes, film critic, writer (written books on Kubrick, Lynch, sci-fi movies that were never made etc, wrote for me when I was running timecode), trailer maker, DVD extra and EPK producer, member of a Housemartins/Beautiful South tribute band. Bumped into him a few months back

VIPCO, owned by Mike Lee, released it in 1986, and was still pushing it during the 1987 election. Lee was last heard of in a care home, suffering from, if I remember correctly, dementia

Hope this wasn’t the Jesus and Mary chain one where simon bates spent much of the story apologising for the violent song he was about to play

This one's dedicated to all you gucci bag carriers out there: popped into Flashback on Essex Road. They were playing Smell of Female. Realised that was the best record in the entire shop and I wouldn't find anything better. Stayed to listen to side one. Left the shop

Right, this one is so weird, what with the background and the open shirt, I definitely thought it was one of yours @blockup.bsky.social

An enormous loss. The English translator for countless Asian cinema masterpieces, if you’ve seen a Wong Kar-wai movie with English subtitles you know his work. Will never forget he once drafted a few of us to subversively help rescue Bong Joon Ho’s Snowpiercer from Harvey Weinstein. Rest in peace 🙏.

Count Binface, the only politician based on what was originally a marketing stunt for a video release from the notorious video nasty distributor that released Driller Killer and Zombie Flesh Eaters in the UK

Seriously. We went to see it last night. Catch it before it goes. Action film of the year. Mad bow and arrow action and so much more. 4/5

Like Waiting for Guffman, never given its full due in the UK

Ha! Had this in my head for the past day or so. Punk rock ist nicht tot