Episode 62: Michael J. Weldon

03/07/22 • 163 min

Bill speaks to author and magazine publisher/editor Michael J. Weldon about his many endeavors, from drumming with Cleveland proto-punk act Mirrors and reviewing movies for Cle, to Psychotronic, his photocopied, hand-written fanzine that lead to books like the influential PSYCHOTRONIC ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FILM, the long-running PSYCHOTRONIC VIDEO magazine, calendars, film festivals and the Psychotronic store he manages today. Other topics include Ghoulardi, Roger Corman, hypnotism, Diane Keaton’s HEAVEN, Club 57, Johnny Ramone, cattle call auditions for GHETTO FREAKS, childhood filmmaking efforts, Alfred Sole, research methods, 42nd Street theatres, THE HYPNOTIC EYE and being killed over and over by Dr. Butcher, M.D. Visit Psychotronic.com:http://psychotronic.com

Read old issues of Psychotronic Video Magazine:https://archive.org/details/psychotronic

Watch a Psychotronic tour of 42nd Street:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTNAE82werw

Kurt Loder plugs Psychotronic on MTV:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M--jNfflu8M

Hear Michael Weldon’s band Mirrors:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENw6co2BUc4

Buy THESE FISTS BREAK BRICKS:https://mondoshop.com/products/these-fists-break-bricks

Buy: DO YOU BELIEVE IN SWEDISH SIN? SWEDISH EXPLOITATION FILM POSTERS 1951-1984:

https://www.amazon.com/Believe-Swedish-Exploitation-Posters-1951-1984/dp/9198677209

Read old issues of Psychotronic Video Magazine:https://archive.org/details/psychotronic

Watch a Psychotronic tour of 42nd Street:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTNAE82werw

Kurt Loder plugs Psychotronic on MTV:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M--jNfflu8M

Hear Michael Weldon’s band Mirrors:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENw6co2BUc4

Buy THESE FISTS BREAK BRICKS:https://mondoshop.com/products/these-fists-break-bricks

Buy: DO YOU BELIEVE IN SWEDISH SIN? SWEDISH EXPLOITATION FILM POSTERS 1951-1984:

https://www.amazon.com/Believe-Swedish-Exploitation-Posters-1951-1984/dp/9198677209

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Episode 61: Chris Poggiali

Bill talks to writer and film historian Chris Poggiali about his many endeavors in film culture, from co-creating the Temple Of Schlock fanzine and founding the long-running blog of the same name, to contributing to various magazines and video releases, distributing BLACK SAMURAI and working on books with Grady Hendrix, Michael Gingold and Sam Sherman. Topics include: Jack Starrett, the impact of crack on 42nd Street theatres, Steve Puchalski’s SLIMETIME and horror fanzines, The Journal of Interstitial Cinema, William Smith, blogathons, Paul Talbot, lost and endangered films, the link between THE GREEN HORNET and WANDA, bootlegs, THAT’S HOLLYWOOD, screenwriting for William Grefé, identifying PETS with Vinegar Syndrome and how interviews can become derailed by criminal confessions.

Read Temple Of Schlock:

https://templeofschlock.blogspot.com Read “A Seagull Film”, Chris Poggiali’s essay on CHARLEY VARRICK:

http://www.journalofic.com/a-seagull-movie.php Read “The American Dreamer and the Heyday of Campus Film Programming”:

https://templeofschlock.blogspot.com/2020/11/the-american-dreamer-and-heyday-of.html

Read “Zodiac Hunter: An Interview with Tom Hanson”:

http://templeofschlock.blogspot.com/2012/12/zodiac-hunter-interview-with-tom-hanson.html

Visit The Paperback Film Projector:

http://paperbackfilmprojector.blogspot.com

Read The Journal of Interstitial Cinema:

http://www.journalofic.com

Buy Xerox Ferox: The Wild World of the Horror Film Fanzine: https://headpress.com/product/xeroxferox-2/

Buy He Came from the Swamp: The William Grefé Collection: https://www.diabolikdvd.com/product/he-came-from-the-swamp-the-william-grefe-collection-arrow-us-blu-ray/

Visit Chris Poggiali’s IMDB page:

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3073144/

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Episode 63: Kim Newman

Bill speaks to novelist and film critic/historian Kim Newman about some of his many endeavors. Topics include: NIGHTMARE MOVIES, originality in horror, SOMETHING MORE THAN NIGHT, audio commentaries, Carlos Clarens’ ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE HORROR FILM, gatekeepers, toxic fandom, LET’S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH and how a unique series of quirks in the British education system helped to prepare him for a freelance writing career.

Visit The Kim Newman website:https://johnnyalucard.com

Buy Kim Newman’s novel SOMETHING MORE THAN NIGHT:https://johnnyalucard.com/2021/04/20/cover-reveal-something-more-than-night/

Read about Sheep Worrying:https://www.sheepworrying.co.uk

Watch MISSING GIRL:https://johnnyalucard.com/fiction/screen-audio/missing-girl/

Listen to Kim Newman on The Evolution Of Horror podcast:https://www.evolutionofhorror.com/what-is-horror Watch Kim Newman introduce a Mario Bava double feature on BBC2 in 1990:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfmXZvOn68Y&t=37s