Episode 222: Rock 'N' Roll High School

Special Guests: Allan Arkush, Dean Cundey, Russ Dvonch, Clint Howard, Joseph McBride, PJ Soles, Richard Whitley, Mary Woronov, Dey Young
Guest Co-Host: Adam Schartoff

School's out for summer and we're talking Rock 'N' Roll High School, the 1979 film starring The Ramones. Riff Randell (PJ Soles), a rock & roll fan, wants to get her song to The Ramones. Meanwhile, her friend Kate Rambeau (Dey Young) searches for her first love. It's a tale of loud music, exploding mice, pizza and wheat germ.

We're joined by a host of Rock 'N' Roll High School alumni from director Allan Arkush to cinematographer Dean Cundey to writers Russ Dvonch, Richard Whitley, and Joseph McBride to stars PJ Soles, Dey Young, Clint Howard and Mary Woronov.

Also part of the discussion this week is Adam Schartoff of Filmwax Radio.

We also talk about some of the subsequent Rock 'N' Roll films: Rock & Roll Hotel, Rock 'N' Roll High School Forever and Shake, Rattle and Rock.

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Links:
Buy Rock N Roll High School on Blu-Ray
Buy End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones on DVD
Buy Ramones Mania on CD
Buy Punk Rock Blitzkrieg: My Life as a Ramone by Marky Ramone
Buy Swimming Underground: My time at Andy Warhol's Factory by Mary Woronov
Buy Soggy Bottom, USA on DVD
Visit the official Dey Young website
Visit the official Joseph McBride website
Visit the official Ramones website
Follow P.J. Soles on Twitter
Follow Clint Howard on Twitter
Read about Rock & Roll Hotel by Dale Brumfield
Read all about the Rock & Roll High School soundtrack and video releases
Read Allan Arkush's Criterion Top Ten
Watch the whole Siskel & Ebert Cult Film episode
Listen to a Ramones Concert from Ann Arbor, 1981
Listen to the We Hate Movies episode on Rock & Roll High School Forever
Listen to our episode on That Guy: Dick Miller
Hear more Joseph McBride on The Projection Booth
Hear more Clint Howard on The Projection Booth
Hear more Dean Cundey on The Projection Booth
Be sure to check out Filmwax Radio

Music:
"Rock & Roll High School" - P.J. Soles
"Rock & Roll High School" - The Ramones

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Special Report: Dick & Harry

Special Guests: Elijah Drenner & Sophie Huber

Steve Byrne of The Detroit Free Press joins Mike on this special documentary double feature episode. We discuss a pair of films that look at two amazing actors, Harry Dean Stanton and Dick Miller.

This episode features interviews with Sophie Huber, director of Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction and Ejijah Drenner, director of That Guy Dick Miller, as well as a discussion of the new Documentary Podcast from The Freep Film Festival.

Links:
Find out more about the Freep Film Festival
Listen to the Documentary Podcast
Visit the official Dick Miller website
Follow That Guy Dick Miller on Facebook
Follow Harry Dean Stanton Partly Fiction on Facebook
Buy Harry Dean Stanton Partly Fiction on DVD
Rent Harry Dean Stanton Partly Fiction on Vimeo
Watch Harry Dean Stanton Partly Fiction on Netflix
Learn 7 Things you didn't know about Harry Dean Stanton

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Episode 127: Gremlins

Special Guest: Joe Dante
Guest Co-Host: Chris Cummins

We continue our interview with Joe Dante this week as we talk about Gremlins, one of a pair of Steven Spielberg-related films that brought about the PG-13 rating in 1984. We also discuss Gremlins 2: The New Batch, one of the most subversive sequels ever made.

We're joined again this week by Chris Cummins of Topless Robot and Geekadelphia.

Don't listen to this podcast after midnight.

Links:
Check out Joe Dante's Trailers from Hell
Back Joe Dante's latest project, DARK on Kickstarter
Read Chris Cummins's article about the original Gremlins in Impossibly Funky
Buy Gremlins on DVD
Buy Gremlins 2: The New Batch on DVD
Read the full list of The 50 Most Racist Movies
Listen to the first part of our interview with Joe Dante on our episode about The Howling

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Here's the second part of "Gizmo & the Gremlins" in its entirety.


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Episode 115: The Howling

Special Guests: Joe Dante & Gary Brandner
Guest Co-Host: Josh Hadley

We dive head first into Joe Dante's The Howling (1981) (and the rest of the book and movie franchise). We also feature an interview with the author of the original source novel, Gary Bradner.

Joining us this week is our old pal Josh Hadley of the RadioDrome, What the F*ck, and Lost in the Static podcasts (among others).

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Links:
Buy Gary Brandner's Howling Trilogy on Kindle
Find more of Gary Brandner's books
Buy The Howling on Blu-Ray
Visit Joe Dante's Trailers from Hell
Read Josh Hadley's column Sanity is Razor Thin
Gary Brandner passed away a few months after talked to him. Read his obituary

Music:
Songs used this episode include...
"Killer Wolf" - Danzig
"The Howling" - Pino Donaggio
"Howlin' For My Darling" - Howlin' Wolf
"Bark at the Moon" - Ozzy Osbourne

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Watch The Howling VI: New Moon Rising and feel your brain leak from your ears.

Episode 28: Darktown Strutters

Special Guest: Trina Parks

Get back jack and cut us no slack. We're hopping on our hogs and talking about the Darktown Strutters (AKA Get Down & Boogie), one of the most madcap blaxploitation flicks ever made. Come with us as we follow Syreena (Trina Parks) as she looks for her momma; uncovering a web of intrigue that involves prominent leaders in the community, cloning, and fried chicken. You won't believe your ears.

Links:
For more about Trina Parks, visit TrinaParksTribute.com.
Buy Darktown Strutters on DVD

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