KONY 2012 - MY TWO PENCE.

Well this is fun isn't it?
You know when you REEEEALLY wished you'd waited an extra week before you posted something???

A little public insanity and a bit of full frontal nudity can do wonders.... next time.

Anyhow - that's unfair. I've only seen the footage. Who knows what's going on.
If you haven't seen it - Google the piss out of it right now. Pretty nuts. 


I've read countless arguments from both sides over the past few weeks and I've tried to do my own research as much as possible from the sources out there that I have faith in a little more.
There's a lot of "keyboard warriors" online at the moment who seem to be jumping on this.
I guess it's a good vehicle to latch onto to right now if you're trying to make a name for yourself. 
Because you see, believe it or not, KONY 2012 is getting heat right now.... honest.


Annnnnnd.....
I've posted this a couple times before over that social media stuff but it's worth me pasting it again here. 
It's just how I feel as of today. 
My opinion may change depending on what other information/nudity/crystal meth addiction comes to light.


I stumbled upon the Grant Oyston article on Invisible Children before I watched (and, like EVERYBODY, posted the KONY video).
Granted, when you're looking at the statistics on paper and and are aware of the slightly dubious actions/decisions these guys have taken over the years, they do seem to have confused ethics (very) and are far from perfect. 

If you really dig deep enough, however, you'll almost certainly find something to take issue with in ANY charitable organisation. 
Yes they spend quite a fair slab of donations on materials they need, staffing and whatever (including some ridiculous (in)"action kits") but I guess that's to be expected with a campaign of such global magnitude. Personally, with regards to THIS campaign, I'm not too fussed about that. 


The aim of KONY 2012 is surely to create awareness and to up the pressure for the guys "in charge" to arrest him.
Maybe?
We're talking about people who really couldn't give a shit unless it benefits them financially. 
So fundamentally, despite the MANY and serious flaws the campaign has, I see this as a good thing - as the MTV-style blurb states, the majority of the world had no idea who Joseph Kony was up until this point.

So I have to disagree with the "something is not better than nothing" mentality. Sorry. Just an opinion. 
I'm not saying peoples views aren't justified (they clearly VERY much are) but it's so easy to just sit there and be an online critic.
Just like me - irony punch.

I don't 100% support KONY 2012 and their actions. 
Posing for photographs and supporting the guys with the big guns is pretty dumb and hypocritical. 
Lets remember that in order to arrest Kony they're going to have to get to him - which involves getting through (ie: killing) potentially hundreds (more?) of dispensable "invisible Children" who'll be there acting as his bodyguards. 
A sad moral dilemma to say the very least. 


Invisible Childrean seem to have the whole social media thing DOWN and as, let's face it, most kids seem to exist on the internet these days it is THE place to quickly gain unprecedented support. 
It might not be as dramatic as the KONY 2012 guys seem to hope but I reckon the more people that actually KNOW the better. 


Raising awareness (on both sides of the coin) seems sensible to me.
Just question whatever you read. In case you hadn't noticed this one's pretty complex...... 

So here's a little "thing" I wrote.

Apologies it's a little rough around the edges - as usual, I recorded it pretty badly. 
Please be aware I'm not trying to cause additional conflict online or upset anyone further on this - there's enough of that already. 

It's just yet another opinion to add to this ever growing monster. 

Come say "hi" on Fartbook if you like - free hugs. 

Mike. https://www.facebook.com/theory.seventyseven 

Valentine Podcast (?) and a dodgy video.....

Hallmark day is here...YAY!!!!!!
This year I've marked this inane occasion by putting together a "Themed" Radio Rust show.
Adultery, smut, doom - it's all there to wallow in.


I've also done an exclusive LIVE one-take track half way through (see terrible video below)
This month's show turned out to be pretty NSFW so maybe keep it away from sensitive ears. 


I can't remember the playlist but it's pretty good. Of course it is.


DOWNLOAD/STREAM/SUBSCRIBE/DAMPEN - HERE!

Radio Rust Podcast - Episode 24 - New year, new rants and curious kittens.

Yep... I haven't done a Podcast since Halloween - thanks for reminding me. 
Whatever - happy new year all!!

This month features some decent noise, the odd rant, an interfering kitten, and my usual train-of-thought verbal diarrhea sprayed all over it. 


As always - feel free to share this wherever you like - many thank you very muchlys.
Track list goes (something) like this - 


July - Dandelion Seeds 
Sputnik Brown - Superstar 
Haiku D'etat - Non Compos Mentis 
**SELF INDULGENT DOUBLE BILL** 
Sage Francis, B.Dolan, Metermaids - Bad Things (THEORY 77 REMIX) 
Mark B - Fresh, Fly, Wild & Bold (THEORY 77 Cold Crush Brothers DEATH MIX) 
(DOWNLOAD THESE FREE - LINKS IN PREVIOUS POSTS.....)
Tom Waits - Satisfied 
Cherokees - Wondrous Place 
Prolyphic & Buddy Peace - NY Jets - REQUEST 
Organised Konfusion - Releasing Hypnotical Gases 
Melodica Deathship - The Wreck O' The Elizabeth Dane 
Apocalyptica - Fade To Black


DOWNLOAD/LISTEN/SUBSCRIBE/WHATEVER - HERE!!!!


Now for some Penguins scaring the crap out of a little girl - Yay!

NICE ARTWORK, TERRIBLE MOVIES (mostly) AND THE SENTIMENTAL GIBBERISH OF A FOOL....

Thought I'd be nice and clear some of the cool but mostly nostalgic crap I've accidentally been clogging up Rachel's hard-drive with over the past few months or so.

I'll probably go into nerd mode here - just tune out if that happens.

Woo! Let's have a look then shall we?

First up is this UK Serial Killer yarn from 1970....

...hey check it out.

"As powerful as a vat of BOILING acid" 

Acid you say? 

JUST acid???

What IS this? 

I want it BOILING!!!!

Yeah, that's the stuff....

....This one's a poster for Bird with the Crystal Plumage 

I hadn't seen this artwork before - pretty cool....

...More UK nuttiness from Hammer 1971 styleeeee....

....Seriously? You'd watch that right? Great poster and marketing genius. So many of these flicks had awesome covers like this that drew you in like fly to poop. It's so rare that the film lived up to the artwork.

It's a THROAT CUTTING ORGY GARNISHED WITH SEX CHANGE PARSLEY.   

Yet utter gash.

NEXT!

I totally admit that I know sod all about this one but come on...

"THE IGUANA WITH THE TONGUE OF FIRE"

As if you don't want to see this one?

It's 1971, it's vaguely gory, it'll have boobs and it's a Giallo.

That'll do me.

And now for this.....

My first encounter with this flick was in the back of Mum's VHS rental shop when I was I don't even know. I'll say 13 but that's probably completely wrong one way or the other. 

I seem to remember having exhausted all the Horror on the shelves and I was digging through the racks of tapes out the back. 

All of these were lined up with the catalog number stickers on display. 

Rows of my Mum's handwriting on the mountain of black tapes.

I used to be fascinated with tape when I was a kid and I remember watching my dad splice together snapped VHS in the living room where a customer had a dodgy player that liked to eat 'em.

I remember pulling this one out and getting a little excited at the label - bright yellow and all it said was MANIAC in bold black. That was it - just the title and the Intervision logo (ahhhhhh...).

I never saw the cover in the shop. 

Mum might have been worried it'd get raided but considering some of the other stuff she had proudly displayed and daring you to rent it...I doubt it.

So I don't know if it was this censored cover or the more famous one with the scalp and the er...that other thing that we had. Never found it.

Anyhow - I love this film.

Joe Spinell KILLS IT (quite literally) in this. 

Apparently Spinell was somewhat of a method actor and would disappear at the end of each shoot and not show up again until the minute he was needed to be on camera again - sometimes for days at a time.

Nobody really knew where he was either. He would literally live the lifestyle of the character, was continuously intoxicated one way or another, would mumble and groan to himself most of the time (the stuff in the film, even the long monologues are mainly ad libbed) and even designed a good deal of the sketchy "props" that decorate his flat!

Add to that the fact that Tom Savini did all the effects (one of his best "gore" efforts beside Day of the Dead in my opinion), plays a sleazy guy and even takes a shotgun to his own fake head (Savini had to shoot "himself" whilst dressed as the maniac to get the effect right)...

Basically a big yes.

However....

They are currently doing a remake.

Normally it doesn't faze me much but this one makes me spew.

Get ready for a big budget CGI, family friendly, pretty teen shit-fest.

Know who's replacing Spinell? That fresh faced fopp from Lord of the sodding Rings!

I don't even know his name but come on.... everyone in it looks like they just feel out of GLEE.

If they want to do a maniac inspired flick - fine. 

Just why not call it something else.

Spinell's health went downhill rapidly after completion of this film and some speculate that he never quite recovered from all that he immersed himself in whilst filming.

Extremely sad to say the least and a huge talent lost but Christ almighty - that's some dedication.

And a lot to live up to Mr Frodo or whoever the piss you are....

 That was a little serious perhaps....moving on!

AMUCK!

"He wanted them to do everything"

MAKE ME A SANDWICH!

Great little not-so-great Italian EXOCIST rip-off...

I liked it when I was a little man.

BAY OF BLOOD

Basically wow...

This was in the shop.

I'm amazed it was still on the shelf.

One of the most memorable covers for me.

I'd like to see them try to pitch this one today...

"Yeah, right so er, what we're thinking is getting a girl and whipping her up a bit...you know, just 'til she bleeds.. then we're going to sorta crucify her...oh but upside down so we don't offend anyone...no of course she wont be naked, she'll have a thong on...we're going to make the Holocaust super sexy"....

NEXT.

AKA "DEATHLINE"

I remember seeing this on an all night BBC 2 Halloween special.

Inbred cannibals living in the tube tunnels. Woo!

Great sleazy intro in early 70's Soho with an equally great bit of music.

Never seen this poster before and god knows what it's all about - almost nothing to do with the film!

Never seen it but GAWD DAAYUM!!!

And then there's this....(!)

SERIOUSLY?

Have you ever cast your vile and sinning peepers over anything so downright WRONG?

It's best just to leave that one there I think....

Right then - this one I have a little soft spot for.

If you've seen it you're probably wondering why.

I "found" a Betamax (yep) copy of this in my Dad's desk when I was super young and the cover scared the crap out of me. I remember putting the opening sequence on and switching it off until I got the nerve to continue. Then the tape disappeared for good. No fair.

But yeah, I've got it now and I have to admit that yes, it's completely woeful.

Having said that there's a few pretty cool bits. 

Some of the Zombies are sort of creepy (maggots and all - Euro Zombies always ruled) and the shots of the dead Nazis shambling over the dunes are a bit spooky. Sort of?

Plus the two girls at the beginning? Ha!

Acting? Of course you are - verrrry good. 

There's so much to say about those two "hot" chicks it's untrue! Maybe later. 

That could be amusing...for me at least.

Here's some more Dead Nazi's in an equally rubbish film....

ZOMBIE LAKE

Don't care how crap the movie is - the artwork is amazing!

I'm a massive decapitated dead Nazi and you can't see me...

Take a swim you hot little leaf-genitalled thing you.

Speaking of nudie swim zombies...

Oh my lord - THE ALIEN DEAD

This is surely one of the worst on here so far.

Another one that I "found" in the racks devoid of cover.

This was so bad it's untrue.

The Zombies (about 5 that repeat throughout) were obviously made up by a blind and/or limbless Mum using a box of crayons and a bucket of mud.

There's a bit where a girl actually laughs as she's attacked and "bitten" (gummed) by the the supposedly undead. And when I say bitten what actually happens is the guy dribbles fake blood onto her shoulder - in very, very slow motion...which obviously adds to the dynamic nature of the scene.

Enough.

This one was in the shop and this was the cover that we had on the shelf.

i have it downstairs and it's rubbish. 

I watched it again while Rachel was wrapping up Christmas presents and she hates me for it.

It's total gash but entertaining nonetheless. 

Completely over the top and ridiculous gore, insane dialogue, terrible dubbing, a swat team member in a Tutu, impromptu and pointless nudity and a rat (mouse) that kills a lab technician by what looks like turning into a water pistol and squirting blood at his face.

I'm clearly bored. 

STRANGE FAMOUS REMIX - AGAIN.

Here's the "Bad Things" (Sage Francis, Metermaids & B.Dolan) Remix I did for SFR recently. Enjoy...

GRAB THE MP3 HERE 

Words from Sage on the SFR site- 

"You can always expect an interesting remix from Theory 77. His use of scratches and meticulous attention to detail in the composition of his tracks is always impressive. His change ups in every single verse and chorus puts this remix on the top of my list" 

They asked me to write something there too.... I don't sound like a twat at all. Nope.

"Right now I’m sitting here scratching my bald spot as I ponder what to put down here. First and foremost – THANK YOU! I can’t begin to tell you how much I appreciate the kind words and, quite honestly, overwhelming support I’ve had over the past few days. It’s been incredible. I woke up this morning, saw the news and was instantly reduced to a grinning and humbled puddle – which isn’t an inappropriate metaphor for a change.

As always, the level of competition was FIERCE to say the very least. It’s obvious that everyone worked ridiculously hard on this. Very intimidating. It reminds me of my DJ Battle days minus all the people wanting to punch me in the face. HUGE rah-spek to all who entered. Many, many thanks to all the nice folk who wrote super kind things on SFR, the forums and the SFR F***book page – even if some of you do sound completely insane! And of course to all at SFR itself.

I very nearly didn’t enter this one due to time issues – then at the last minute I realised that I’d submitted the wrong MP3! So yeah…glad indeed. The fact that someone at SFR spent the time to photoshop a picture of a dude crapping himself was the icing on the cake for me. Even though it unnervingly sort of looks like me twenty years ago!

I don’t know how much I’m supposed to write here so I’ll just keep going until Sage decides it’s time to get his edit on. Someone mentioned the “Beeped” line – that’s because drugs are naughty. I have spoken.

Huge thanks once again. Really. Free and massive hugs all round.

Lots of love, Mike xxxx

Theory 77"

Nice.

MARK B & THEORY 77 - COLD CRUSH BROTHERS TRIBUTE

Holy crap - what a week!

Here's a new scratch mix I did for Mark B.
Cold Crush Brothers tribute time. I have to say I really enjoyed digging through a load of old live tapes and show footage from '81 (I think) in the process of making this one.
Made me grin throughout. Must have been incredible to be part of hip hop in it's relative infancy like that.

Anyhow - I digress. Imagine that....

Feel free to share this one around - it's FREE so don't be cheap you scumbags.

GRAB MY TURNTABLE DEATH MIX HERE FOR FREE

I've got a load of other amping news but I seem to have been online all day so that can wait for now.
Me hungreeee....

The original of MARK B / DIALECT "Fresh, Fly, Wild and Bold" can still be done gotted HERE

 ENJOY!!!!

Radio Rust Podcast - Episode 23 - Halloween!!!

It's 364 days until HALLOWEEN - How punctual is that???!!!

Yeah OK...late as usual. Nearly though, eh?
It's the usual babble and inane crap talking from me in between some tasty and spook-ridden music. It's all verrrry good yah?

Here's the playlist although almost certainly in a different order...

"Halloween" - Kay Lande and Wade Denning
"It's Halloween" - The Shaggs
"Dracula" - Christine Pilzer
"Night of The Vampire" - Moontrekkers
"Midnight Monsters Hop" - Jack and Jim
"Mostly Ghostly" - Hans Conreid and Alice Pearce
Fabienne desol - "Gonna Haunt you" (for the chick)
"Mad Monster Party" - Ethel Ennis
Some Spooky Library Music
"They're Here" - Boots walker
"Ghoulies" Title Music - (VHS Rip)
"The Rockin' Ghost" - Archie Bleyer
"Halloween 77 Versus the Sex & Death Torture Chamber Of Hell" - Theory 77
 (And you can download the MP3 of this one and share the video around (hint) if you click the link at the previous post).

DOWNLOAD/STREAM/SHARE THE RADIO RUST HALLOWEEN SHOW HERE

Thanks my pretties...
All the spooky best.
Mike xxx