The Summer of Epic Fail

Remember when summer movies used to actually be good? Ahh... the good 'ol days when we had quality choices every single weekend of summer season. What the hell happened to those days?!?

Today, our choices seem to be a bad movie or an even worse movie. The thinking in Hollywood must be that people are so excited to see these supposed 'blockbusters' that they don't actually care how good they are.


RottenTomatoes.com really has the best system for gauging the quality of a movie. It basically takes all of the reviews from credible reviewers, adds up their individual grades and comes up with a total score. Now lets look at what we've been offered so far since the beginning of May...

Shrek Forever After - 52%
Just Wright - 49%
Letters To Juliet - 46%
MacGruber - 45%
Robin Hood - 44%
Prince of Persia - 39%
Sex in the City 2 - 16%
Killers - ??

All of these movies are classified as 'rotten' via the Rotten Tomatoes website. "Killers" doesn't have a score because they wouldn't even let critics near it before it opened. Only "Iron Man 2" managed to achieve the status of 'fresh' with a underwhelming score of 74%.


This could very well be the worst May in the modern history of cinema. It's certainly the most pitiful May that I can recall. Audiences must have felt the very same way as this was the worst Memorial Day weekend box office in 17-years. Take that Hollywood!!


It's almost insulting that they believe that audiences will see any old crap they put out there during the summer season. The problem is that unless people swear by reviews, audiences don't really have any idea how good a film is until they have already coughed up their $11.

Other than "Toy Story 3", it seems that we're only facing even more epic failure with potential stinkers like "Marmaduke", "Get Him To The Greek", "A-Team" and "Grown Ups" all on deck. This sure is shaping up to be one crummy summer at the movies...

The JUNE'10 soundtrack! Ξενεροvision

Το καλοκαιράκι στην ακρογιαλιά, δως μου ένα φιλάκι κι έλα πιο κοντά...

Αυτό το καλοκαίρι θέλω να γλεντήσω, τίποτα να μη σκεφτώ...

Σου υπόσχομαι αυτό το καλοκαίρι να'ναι από τα πιο ωραία

Καλοκαιράκι, βραδινό μπανάκι

Καλοκαιρινές διακοπές για πάντα!

ΚΑΛΟ ΚΑΛΟΚΑΙΡΙ ΣΕ ΟΛΟΥΣ!!!

BEST SONGS OF THE MONTH

# ADAM LAMBERT If I had you

# AQUALUNG Reel me in

# BAND OF HORSES Dilly

# BENJY DAVIS PROJECT Light of other days

# BIAGIO ANTONACCI Ubbidiro

# BRIAN MCFADDEN & DELTA GOODREM Mistakes <---POP SONG OF THE MONTH

# CHRISTINA AGUILERA Desnudate <---ELECTRONIC SONG OF THE MONTH

# CYANNA Be the devil

# DAVID VENDETTA feat. AKRAM Survivor

# DIANA VICKERS Once

# DIDO Everything to lose

# DJ LAYLA feat. ALYSSA Single lady <---CLUB SONG OF THE MONTH

# ED HARCOURT When the lost don’t want to be found

# ELIN LANTO Funeral <---SONG OF THE MONTH

# JAMES Crazy

# JASON CASTRO Closer

# JENNIFER RUSH Dream awake

# JEWEL I love you forever <---COUNTRY SONG OF THE MONTH

# JUSTIN NOZUKA Heartless

# KAREN ELSON The ghost who walks

# KASKADE feat. HALEY Only you

# KATIE MELUA The flood <---BALLAD SONG OF THE MONTH

# KATY PERRY feat. SNOOP DOGG California gurls <---R'N'B SONG OF THE MONTH

# KELIS 4^th of July (Fireworks)

# KYLIE MINOGUE All the lovers

# MARC ANTHONY Y como es el

# MONIKA Not enough

# ORIANTHI Bad news

# PENDULUM Watercolour

# PLAY Famous

# RYAN ADAMS Signal fade

# ROBYN Dancehall queen

# SIMON CURTIS Diablo

# SUSANA feat. OMNIA & THE BLIZZARD Closer

# THE PRETTY RECKLESS Make me wanna die <---ROCK SONG OF THE MONTH

# THE SCHOOL Let it slip

# TRACEY THORN Why does the wind?

# YOUNG HERETICS Dark prince <---ALTERNATIVE SONG OF THE MONTH

# ΑΛΚΗΣΤΙΣ ΠΡΩΤΟΨΑΛΤΗ Κόκκινο

# ΓΙΩΡΓΟΣ ΓΙΑΝΝΙΑΣ Θα μου περάσει

# ΔΗΜΟΣ ΑΝΑΣΤΑΣΙΑΔΗΣ Αντίθετη τροχιά

# ΕΛΕΝΑ ΠΑΠΑΡΙΖΟΥ Στην κορυφή του κόσμου

# ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΑ ΑΡΒΑΝΙΤΑΚΗ & ΣΤΑΥΡΟΣ ΣΙΟΛΑΣ Χωρίς εσένα

# ΕΥΣΤΑΘΙΑ Είναι πολύ καλό παιδί <---GREEK SONG OF THE MONTH

# ΜΕΛΙΣΣΕΣ Μια φορά

# ΝΑΤΑΣΣΑ ΜΠΟΦΙΛΙΟΥ Το αστέρι μου <---ACOUSTIC SONG OF THE MONTH

# ΣΑΚΗΣ ΡΟΥΒΑΣ Εμένα θες

# ΤΑΜΤΑ Φύγε

# VEGAS Μη σταματάς

BEST ALBUMS OF THE MONTH

# Marc Anthony ICONOS (latin pop) (7.5)

# Monika EXIT (alternative) (7.5)

# Jewel SWEET AND WILD (country/acoustic) (7.5)

# Kelis FLESH TONE (dance) (7)

# Susana CLOSER (club/dance) (7)

# Katie Melua THE HOUSE (acoustic) (7)

# Ryan Adams ORION (rock) (7)

ΕΤΣΙ ΚΙ ΕΤΣΙ

# Elin Lanto LOVE MADE ME DO IT (pop) (6.5)

# Soundtrack SEX AND THE CITY 2 (various) (6)

# Ed Harcourt LUSTRE (rock/acoustic) (6)

# Cyanna END IS NEAR (rock) (6)

# Celine Dion TAKING CHANCES WORLD TOUR: THE CONCERT (pop) (6)

# Diana Vickers SONGS FROM THE TAINTED CHERRY TREE (pop) (6)

# Γιώργος Γιαννιάς ΤΑ ΠΑΝΤΑ ΕΙΣΑΙ ΕΣΥ (μοντέρνο λαικό) (6)

# Play UNDER MY SKIN (pop) (6)

ΑΡΧΙΔΙΑ ΜΑΝΤΟΛΕΣ

# Christina Aguilera BIONIC (pop) (5)

# Pendulum IMMERSION (electronic) (5)

# Karen Elson THE GHOST WHO WALKS (folk/rock) (5.5)

# Lena MY CASSETTE PLAYER (indie pop) (5.5)

# Uffie SEX DREAMS AND DENIM JEANS (indie/electronic) (4)

# Tracey Thorn LOVE AND ITS OPPOSITE (acoustic/pop) (4)

# Faithless THE DANCE (dance/electronic) (4)

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EUROVISION 2010 (GEORGIA): Από τις καλύτερες φωνές και παρουσίες για φέτος, η Sofia Nizharadze με το “Shine”. Το μόνο τραγούδι και συμμετοχή που με ανατρίχιασε! (9^η)

EUROVISION 2010 (UKRAINE): Η εναλλακτική φωνή και παρουσία της Alyosha με το “Sweet people” έδωσε άλλο αέρα στον διαγωνισμό φέτος. Ιδιαίτερη παρουσία, εξαιρετικό τραγούδι, φωνή και ερμηνεία! (10^η)

EUROVISION 2010 (ROMANIA): Τελικά είναι το πιο αγαπημένο μου τραγούδι από τη φετινή Eurovision. "Playing with fire". Πολύ catchy, απίστευτη παρουσίαση και ένα κομμάτι που το ακούς έτσι κι αλλιώς, ανεξαρτήτως διαγωνισμου. Χάρηκα που πήρε τόσο καλή θέση (3^η).

EUROVISION 2010 (DENMARK): Ναι, μπορεί να μοιάζει ελεεινά στο “The best” της Tina Turner και στο “Every breath you take”, αλλά το “In a moment like this” το λάτρευα από την πρώτη στιγμή! Έχει κάτι που με φτιάχνει. (4^η)

EUROVISION 2010 (GREECE/CYPRUS): Όποιο κι αν ήταν το αποτέλεσμα, έδωσαν τον καλύτερό τους εαυτό και οι δύο συμμετοχές. Γι’αυτό τους αξίζει ένα μεγάλο μπράβο! Ειδικά της Κύπρου το αγαπάω σαν τρελός το κομμάτι!

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EUROVISION 2010 (GERMANY): Θέλετε δηλαδή να μου πείτε ότι άρεσε το κομμάτι αυτό σε όλες αυτές τις χώρες? Έλεος!!! Πόσα λεφτά ρίξανε για να το πάρουν φέτος? Η κοπελίτσα εκτός από ελεεινή φωνή (σαν πατημένη Duffy) και μονότονο τραγούδι, δεν καταλάβαινες τι τραγουδούσε, και η σκηνική παρουσία και παρουσίαση ήταν ανύπαρκτες!

EUROVISION 2010 (ISRAEL): Από τ’αγαπημένα μου κομμάτια, αλλά στο live γάμησέ τα!!!

ΧΡΗΣΤΟΣ ΧΑΤΖΗΝΑΣΙΟΣ: Πήρε το κλασικό «Σ’όποιον αρέσουμε» του μπαμπάκα του, που ερμήνευσε μοναδικά η Δήμητρα Γαλάνη, και του άλλαξε τα φώτα κάνοντας το να μοιάζει με eurotrash.

ΕΛΕΝΑ ΠΑΠΑΡΙΖΟΥ: Πόσο χάλια τραγούδι το «Ψάχνω την αλήθεια» που έκανε video-clip. Εκτός του ότι έχει γίνει σα φοράδα, έχει και την μεταλλική μύξα (το σκουλαρίκι) στη μύτη κι έδεσε! Πολύ decadence!

CHRISTINA AGUILERA: R.I.P.! Με ένα μέτριο και άκυρο album, ένα αποτυχημένο πρώτο single κι ένα κακό video, η Χ-tina μας αποχαιρετά και δε θα μας λείψει και πολύ! Πάει κι αυτή, next please! Κρίμα τα όμορφα τραγούδια που της έδωσε η αγαπημένη μου Sia.

Go, DJ Bobcat, Go! (LL live on SNL, 1987)

Oh look, it's the best 80s rap song with a guitar sample being perfomed live on Saturday Night Live in 1987 with LL being backed by both Cut Creator and DJ Bobcat :

LL Cool J - Go, Cut Creator, Go



DJ Bobcat was a problem. Not even because he managed to make Cut Creator surplus to requirements on his own vanity cut while his turntables weren't even plugged in, but because he could throw those mean Marty McFly air-guitar moves to the Johnny B Good sample bit.

Although 1987 was a vicissitudinary year where Eric B. & Rakim, Public Enemy, Boogie Down Productions, Ultramagnetic MC's (okay they didn't release an LP until '88, but Funky, Mentally Mad, and Bait proved that Ego Trippin' wasn't a flukey one-off moment of genius) and EPMD (like Ultra, they didn't release an album, but It's My Thing, You're A Customer, and Strictly Business was a pretty damn fine trifecta of songs to begin their career with) planted their feet firmly in the door, make no mistake that rap in 1987 was still LL's house. Rakim had the Dapper Dan outfits but he also had that Belle & Sebastian stage presence and unlistenable Eric B. album scratch tracks, Kool Keith didn't really blossom until '88, KRS still looks a bit too Everybody Hates Chris whenever you see him in early BDP footage or the Going Way Back video, Erick & Parrish's appeal lay in that they were 2 average hoodlums rather than kings of the city, and Chuck D still dressed like a Yugoslavian who'd just got Raising Hell and Spraycan Art for Xmas in 1986, so I don't think it's too unreasonable to proclaim LL the coolest rapper of 1987 since he was the complete package at that point.

Witness his total domination of the stage as he prowls it in front of the Brads and Beckys who make up SNL's audience, and check him out jumping on and off a painted box while still managing to look bountifully badass. Shit, Drake can't even skip across a stage twice the size of this one without going arse-over-tit and turning into his dainty frame into the body of Sabu.



(^^ Never gets old ^^).

Of course, only a fool or a contrarian would claim that Bigger And Deffer is as good an LP as Criminal Minded, Yo!, Bum Rush The Show, or Paid In Full, but its high points - the subject of this post, I'm Bad, Get Down, and My Rhyme Ain't Done - are as glorious as any of the 1987 Eric B. & Rakim, Public Enemy, BDP, Ultramagnetic MC's and EPMD classics, and LL had a secret weapon up his sleeve that year when he casually placed the greatest diss record of the decade on the B. side of a single which was taken from the soundtrack to a completely forgettable movie conversion of a Bret Easton Ellis novel. I know I'm supposed to bookmark any mention of Less Than Zero with a caveat that Downey Jr was good in it because he was living the role here, but fuck that. He was much better in Weird Science, and the only vaguelly enjoyable thing about Less Than Zero is that Jami Gertz/Star from The Lost Boys is in it.

LL Cool J - Jack The Ripper



Damn, LL, you were the illest. How you gonna end up playing second fiddle to the hack Robin from the 2 Schumacher Batman flicks?

Dennis Hopper Dies at 74.

Maverick.

Iconoclast.

Rebel.

He was all of that and more.

For as much as everyone wants to say that legends don't come around every day, here is a perfect example of that theorem.

He may have been the poster boy for illegal drug use in the 60s and 70s, had a personality as volatile as a volcano full of pit bulls and made everybody in Hollywood just the teensiest bit nervous whenever he entered the room, but Dennis also made some legendary films (Easy Rider, Out of the Blue, Colors and, yes, The Last Movie) and gave us some legendary performances in films like Apocalypse Now, Blue Velvet, Hoosiers and Speed.

He was the legend that doesn't come around every day. He lived rough, raced through life and made everybody know he was around, and we're better for it.

Come, remember with me. (NSFW)



Godspeed, Dennis.

Dope out.

- TGWD

Foreign Poster Atrocities #10

Wow...TEN of these things???

Guess so; and there's plenty more to come on these, so enjoy...I guess.

Okay, my imaginary co-host Jeff just wrapped up his teleconference with Tyler Durden, so we'd better get started.

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TGWD - Welcome To Poster Image World! Everything Must Go! All Images Now 75% Off! Special Rates For Horror Images!

TGWD - Act Now and Get A Red Chainsaw In Your Poster ABSOLUTELY FREE!

JEFF - In fact, the only thing your new poster won't have is a spell checker.

JEFF - I really like the fact that there is absolutely not one image here where you'd connect it with Poltergeist 2.

JEFF - Poltergeist 2: just when you thought it was safe to be coherent....

TGWD - If you go into this one expecting chainsaw-wielding demons, you're gonna be sadly disappointed.

JEFF - See, whoever did the poster thought Tobe Hooper directed the sequel, and so didn't want him to feel left out. I think it's sweet.

TGWD - I don't see what difference it would have made here; they didn't make any other homages to...say...anyone who was actually IN this movie.

TGWD - For instance, that is NOT Heather O'Rourke.

JEFF - It's...heyyy, that's Snow White!

JEFF - With a Sham-Wow on her lap!

JEFF - The only kind of product placement Vince Offer could afford.

TGWD - And she's playing with a Talky Tina doll from 'The Twilight Zone'.

TGWD - "I'm Talky Tina, and I hate this stupid artist."

JEFF - And instead of Craig T. Nelson, they put in James Taylor.

JEFF - Sweet Baby James! Get in the Griswold Mobile and DRIIIIVE!

TGWD - Apparently JoBeth Williams paid them the most money, since all they put in of her was her hair and left shoulder.

JEFF - They didn't even get the Vomit Creature right.

JEFF - It's Mothman!

JEFF - The Mothman Prophecies Part II: No, We Couldn't Get Richard Gere Back...Shut Up.

TGWD - Anyone unfamiliar with Poltergeist 2 would expect a demon with eyes on its wings to play the main monster...him and his rubber demon hand puppets.

JEFF - Those look more like rejects from Ghoulies.

JEFF - No...on second thought, they actually look like they are the final products for Ghoulies.

TGWD - Which was a ripoff of Gremlins.

JEFF - Which was also produced by Spielberg.

TGWD - Who is a good friend of Kevin Bacon!

TGWD - Five degrees! Whoo!

JEFF - Hold on a sec; where's the Preacher Guy?

TGWD - Well, duh; look at the poster - not enough room after MGM got all their bonus cheap images from Poster Image World, where images come cheap and so does the quality.

JEFF - I bet Preacher Guy wasn't very happy about being left out.

TGWD - Yeah; about as happy as JoBeth was.

JEFF - Though nobody would be as unhappy as James Taylor.

JEFF - They don't got a friend now.

TGWD - The only thing they do have is...Millions Of Images To Choose From! All At Discount Prices!

JEFF - Come On Down To Poster Image World; Get Your Horror Poster Done By Us!

TGWD - We Also Do Bah-Mitzvah Posters, Wedding Posters And The Ever-Popular Sham-Wow-Wearing Snow White Playing With A Talky Tina Doll!

TGWD - Add Her To Your Poster For Only $4.99 (Supplies Are Limited)!

JEFF - Poster Image World! Five Shops Now In The Tri-County Area!

TGWD - (due to pending litigation, Poster Image World will no longer do any MGM-related posters or anything produced by or connected to Steven Spielberg; we apologize for any inconvenience.)

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I guess I just don't understand modern art.

Dope out.

- TGWD

Q.B hangover

I thought I burned myself out on Q.B shit for the time being after the post about whether Queens has the best vault of unreleased gems a few weeks ago, but the last couple of days I've found myself in a daze listening to nothing but Big Noyd. Well, and that new Integrity album but that's a whole 'nother story, obviously. It's a typical wet & windy British bank holiday summer weekend, so this is the perfect oppurtunity for some (more) Noyd favourites.

Big Noyd ft. Prodigy - The Grimy Way



Just wanna point out that it was me who nominated this for Robbie Unkut's recent Best Alchemist production tournament and that said tournament should've concluded with this coming second to We Gonna Make It. As Noyd and Prodigy go, The Grimy Way isn't quite Recognize And Realize Part 1, but it's as close as Noyd ever got to his own Shook Ones again and that's good enough.

Big Noyd - Queens Chronicle



As the QB cameo king, Noyd realises that songs which clock up around the 2 minute 30 second mark are the most effective method for capturing his paroxysmal bursts of greatness, but this is just way too short, innit? Just like there should be a rule which states that Noyd should've rapped on any track which Alchemist ruined with his peckerwood tones, there should also be another ruling which decrees that Noyd should rap for at least 3 minutes whenever he gets an ill piano beat like this. Anyone identify that creepy piano sample? I swear I know it from somewhere.

Big Noyd ft. Twin Gambino - Burn It Down



Twin Gambino's Ernest Borgnine's voice is alright in small doses, particularly if it's accompanied by a Noyd verse and some Spaghetti Western sounding production which conjures up images of narrow eyed staredowns and gunfights, only in the streets of Queensbridge rather than a cardboard movie-set in a disused Sardinian quarry, obviously.

Big Noyd - Noyd Gangsta



As Splinter from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles once philosophized to April (who has one of the sexiest outfits in cartoon history, btw), "without pain there can be no pleasure" and never was his statement more true than when listening to J-Love Best Of.. artist mixtapes. Worst thing about them : a fat, ginger cracker shouting N*GGA over every song; best thing about them : great unreleased/new songs like this. Such balance in life is alright in moderation, but thank fuck J-Love finally released versions of his best tapes free from his painful grunting so I can enjoy Noyd Gangsta without distraction.

1985 was the WORST Year for Movies - Part Eight

Now, where was I?

Oh, yeah...

I HATE 1985!!!!!!!!

Clear enough?

It should be by now, fercryinoutloud....

We have plenty more to get through, so let's get to 'em, out of as much order as possible.


CREATURE

You know, the world just can't have enough Alien ripoffs. Especially when they feature Klaus Kinski as an unstable scientist...holy cow, is it me or was this guy typecast out the wazoo? And even in a movie like this you expect a few surprises, but no: ill-fated pre-credit expedition, later manned mission, alien is introduced, mission members get slaughtered, alien chases survivors, alien gets destroyed, surviving members go home. Sorry to spoil it for you...actually, no I'm not. You don't need to see this one.


THE MEAN SEASON

Remember when Kurt Russell was trying to break out of his Disney mold by being the bad boy hero in films like Escape from New York and The Thing? Here, he regresses as a bland news reporter who gets phone calls from a serial killer before he kills. This is based on a book which almost certainly must have been better. And as his girlfriend, Mariel Hemingway plays her second uninteresting role in the same year. Boring, bland and stiff - not a good combination.




BARBARIAN QUEEN

Aside from a cool poster and a definite Conan the Barbarian vibe, there was already Red Sonja to prove that no one was interested in this genre anymore. Did they need to just load this one full of babes with breechcloths and swords? Well, of course; how else can you expect it to play on Skinemax? I've never heard of anyone in this cast and neither have you - unless you just happen to go to the same aerobics classes they hired these actresses from.

[EDIT] ...in fact, the only fame Barbarian Queen has is the fate of one of its stars, Lana Clarkson. Thanks to TheAnswerMVP2001 for the heads-up.


MUGSY'S GIRLS

Ruth Gordon was in this. So was Laura Branigan. It was about college-age lady wrestlers. Now you know the plot.









RAPPIN'

Golan-Globus was into everything in the Eighties. They already had two break-dancing movies in 1984; why not one movie about rapping in 1985? Mario Van Peebles had to have the work, I guess, but in a movie about the mean streets and the guys and gals who rap in them? You can't make a career out of a Golan-Globus movie, even if your name IS Van Peebles. Thank God he had "Sonny Spoon" to fall back on.






A CHORUS LINE

I know: this is based on an award-winning Broadway play, has lots of great music and blahblahblah...but this is still one of the most UNmusical musicals I've ever seen. Not even Michael Douglas can save it - but at least he doesn't try to sing in it, so there's a plus. Everyone else is just going through the motions in something that has no soul, no heart and no rhythm. It does have Audrey Landers in spandex, though.





LUST IN THE DUST

I don't get it. Paul Bartel directed this. Divine and Tab Hunter starred together again as they did in John Waters' Polyester. Lainie Kazan and Cesar Romero were featured players. It was a comedy. A western comedy. About a treasure with the map tattooed on some ladies' butts - including Divine's. Oh. Wait...I get it now. Yeah, it belongs here. Never mind.






DEF-CON 4

A post-apocalyptic action exploitation film can be fun but not this one. Look at the poster: you'd expect big effects, some spacecraft, maybe. Even some of these guys in suits like in the poster. But forget it - this is more like Mad Max without the cool cars, explosive action, creative direction and Mel Gibson. I don't even think the writer knew what was going on here; I sure didn't.






SILVER BULLET

Another Stephen King movie based on a novella. That describes about 90% of all Stephen King movies. But what about ones with handicapped kids (Corey Haim!!!) in rocket-powered wheelchairs modified by their shiftless uncles (Gary Busey!!!) who live in picturesque rural towns populated with colorful folk who, among their number, is a murderous werewolf? That's enough to make any movie stand out, but only if it were better written, better acted and not so cornball and stupid. The Shining and Carrie are great examples of King books-to-movies. Silver Bullet sits firmly on the opposite end of the scale.


HEAD OFFICE

Another missed opportunity. How can this be a more-missed opportunity than Lust in the Dust? Because it's a comedy about corporate America and the higher-level shenanigans that go on from boardroom to bedroom and it stars Danny DeVito, Rick Moranis, Jane Seymour and the ever-funny Judge Reinhold. Yes, Judge Reinhold - who was terrific in Beverly Hills Cop and even shined in a hurtful flick like Pandemonium (which I'll get to eventually). Judge never gets one opportunity to shine like he usually does, since it's all this movie can do to make a joke or a funny scene stick. And when you put Don King and Father Guido Sarducci in the same movie and not make it funny, you've got problems. Head Office has LOTS of problems.

You know, as hard as it is to believe, and for as long as I've been keeping this series going, I really only have one more installment to go before watching 1985 crumble to pieces and dissolve into its base materials to provide fertile soil to grow more productive years like 1986 and 1988. All part of nature - bad gives way to good.

For my last installment, we'll see Emilio Estevez finally get his big 1985 moment, an art film that gives a bad name to Christopher Lambert and the absolute worst sequel ever conceived of in the history of modern man...and no, it has nothing to do with Pauly Shore. This time.

Dope out.

- TGWD

First volcano club entry

Painting of Vesuvius by Ray "Pompeii" Ward

MEMBERSHIP REOPENED!

Due to the overwhelming response to the new Volcano Club magazine and the fact that suggestions for future features are already flooding in (including the volcanoes that turned Indonesia Muslim and wiped out the Minoan civilisation); membership has now been reopened. Originally to become a member you had to draw a volcano to my exact specification however realising this is slightly restrictive the criteria have been widened. All you have to do is sent in some volcano related stuff- be it pictures or words. These will then help me to create the magazine and blog. As Proof of membership, I will issue every member with a code name.

Please email you work to augusta.ward@hotmail.co.uk

Issue One