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Continue After Disabling Ad Blocker Help Support AllMusic for a faster, ad-free experience with a $12 annual subscription. Support AllMusic With A Paid Subscription. Explore: Country Blues. Hound Dog Taylor. Slim Harpo. <div class="javascript-disabled" id="no-js"> AllMusic relies heavily on JavaScript. <br> Please enable JavaScript in your browser to use the site fully. </div> AllMusic Stream or buy on: Active 1950s - 1960s Born January 11, 1924 in Lobdell, LA Died January 31, 1970 in Baton Rouge, LA Genre Blues R&B Styles Electric Harmonica Blues Harmonica Blues Louisiana Blues Regional Blues Swamp Blues Electric Blues Swamp Pop Early R&B Juke Joint Blues Rock & Roll Blues Revival Also Known As James Moore Submit Corrections Share this page Related Artists See All Related Artists Artists Moods Artists Themes. Junior Wells.
Elmore James. <div class="javascript-disabled" id="no-js"> AllMusic relies heavily on JavaScript. <br> Please enable JavaScript in your browser to use the site fully. </div> AllMusic Stream or buy on: Active 1930s - 1960s Born January 27, 1918 in Richland, MS Died May 24, 1963 in Chicago, IL Genre Blues Styles Electric Blues Electric Chicago Blues Regional Blues Slide Guitar Blues Chicago Blues Electric Delta Blues Also Known As Elmore Brooks Submit Corrections Share this page Related Artists See All Related Artists Artists Moods Artists Themes. Albert Collins. Howlin' Wolf. Junior Kimbrough. Muddy Waters. B.B. King. Albert King. Explore: Soul. Mojo - 100 from the heart (100 greatest soul albums) All-Time Favorite Soul Albums. If you go by typical album canons, you would think there were only a small handful of great soul albums by Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Otis Redding, Curtis Mayfield, and a couple live albums by James Brown and Sam Cooke.
Considering the large scope of soul, that’s a pretty miniscule sample. The argument is that aside from some exceptions in the 70s, it was a singles based genre in which albums were haphazard collections of singles padded by filler. This is partly true, especially for the Godfather of Soul, James Brown. He seemed to have little interest in issuing strong albums, spreading his best singles thin throughout several albums a year.
Two of his best studio albums, Think! (1960) and It’s A Mother (1969) are marred by out-dated tracks that clash with the revolutionary music. Read more: 70s Soul. The Greatest Soul Albums of the 70s - Final Results. The Top Ten Motown Albums #10 - Motown Top 10. Stax | Music | Gateways To Geekery. Pop culture can be as forbidding as it is inviting, particularly in areas that invite geeky obsession: The more devotion a genre, series, or subculture inspires, the easier it is for the uninitiated to feel like they’re on the outside looking in. But geeks aren’t born; they’re made. And sometimes it only takes the right starting point to bring newbies into various intimidatingly vast obsessions.
Gateways To Geekery is our regular attempt to help those who want to be enthralled, but aren’t sure where to start. Want advice? Geek obsession: Stax Records Why it’s daunting: In the 1960s, Stax Records blazed the trail for sweaty, funky Southern soul, pioneering an earthy sound that was rougher and more immediate than the glossy productions of Phil Spector or Motown. Possible gateway: Stax 50th; Stax/Volt Revue Live in Norway 1967 (DVD) There are innumerable compilations dedicated to Stax soul.
Philadelphia Soul | Music | Gateways To Geekery. Pop culture can be as forbidding as it is inviting, particularly in areas that invite geeky obsession: The more devotion a genre or series or subculture inspires, the easier it is for the uninitiated to feel like they’re on the outside looking in. But geeks aren’t born; they’re made. And sometimes it only takes the right starting point to bring newbies into various intimidatingly vast obsessions. Gateways To Geekery is our regular attempt to help those who want to be enthralled, but aren’t sure where to start.
Want advice? Suggest future Gateways To Geekery topics by emailing gateways@theonion.com. Geek obsession: Philadelphia Soul Why it’s daunting: The early ’70s were a time of transition for soul music. As usual with city-wide movements, it was a case of the right people coming together in the right place at the right time. Possible gateway: The Spinners, Spinners (1972) Why? Next steps: After getting your toes wet, you might as well jump into the deep end. Exploitation film. The Cinema Snob. Cashiers du Cinemart Issue 7: Interview: Jack Hill. By Rich Osmond Writer/director Jack Hill blazed the trail for every exploitation genre he ever worked in. What his films THE BIG DOLL HOUSE and THE BIG BIRD CAGE did for women-in-prison movies, THE SWINGING CHEERLEADERS and COFFY did for teen sex comedies and kick-ass blaxploitation, respectively: made the rules and set the standards for countless imitators to try and follow. These films have rightly been considered drive-in classics for years, but Jack Hill has perhaps had his greatest cult success with a pair of harder-to-classify efforts, the 1964 comedy/horror shocker SPIDER BABY and, my personal favorite, the 1975 girl gang epic SWITCHBLADE SISTERS.
SWITCHBLADE SISTERS stars Robbie Lee as Lace, president of the all-girl Dagger Debs street gang, who fears that the new girl in town, Maggie (Joanne Nail), is plotting to steal both Lace's boyfriend and the leadership of the Dagger Debs. Along with SPIDER BABY, THE SWINGING CHEER-LEADERS, THE BIG BIRD CAGE and Mr. Baltimore City Paper: Fast, Cheap & Out of this World (April 23 - April 29, 2003) Fast, Cheap & Out of this World The Blood-Splattered Bargain Basement Cinema Empire of Don Dohler By Michael Yockel We took a five-cent story, a 10-cent budget, and a two-cent leading man, and we put it over. " -- producer Kirk Douglas to director Barry Sullivan regarding their B-movie hit The Doom of the Cat Men in the 1952 inside-Hollywood drama The Bad and the Beautiful.
Not long into filmmaker Don Dohler's 1987 Blood Massacre, a truculent Vietnam vet (George Stover)--who before the opening credits viciously garrotes a bar owner and repeatedly stabs the proprietor's trashy girlfriend--and two cohorts case a mom-and-pop video store that they intend to rob. Attempting to look nonchalant, the ex-grunt browses through the shop's merchandise, picking up two videotape boxes, the camera lingering perhaps a few seconds longer than normal on films entitled Nightbeast and Galaxy Invader. Definitely defiant. Like most underfinanced filmmakers, Dohler survives courtesy of the rental market. 3B Theater: Tributes: Paul Blaisdell! "By luck, I stumbled upon your site, and of course I wanted to try it out. I went on to deposit $500 on OneTwoTrade, then opened 5 positions and won 4.
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But geeks aren’t born; they’re made. And sometimes it only takes the right starting point to bring newbies into various intimidatingly vast obsessions. Gateways To Geekery is our regular attempt to help those who want to be enthralled, but aren’t sure where to start. Want advice? Geek obsession: The films of George A. Why it’s daunting: Romero is responsible for a scattered filmography of genre films of varying budgets and quality. Possible gateway: The 1978 zombie melodrama Dawn Of The Dead Why: In terms of Romero’s zombie oeuvre, the original 1968 Night Of The Living Dead and its 1978 sequel Dawn Of The Dead are pretty much on par.
Knightriders is an odder duck, albeit one with striking plumage. Blaxploitation cinema | Film | Gateways To Geekery. Pop culture can be as forbidding as it is inviting, particularly in areas that invite geeky obsession: The more devotion a genre or series or subculture inspires, the easier it is for the uninitiated to feel like they’re on the outside looking in. But geeks aren’t born; they’re made. And sometimes it only takes the right starting point to bring newbies into various intimidatingly vast obsessions. Gateways To Geekery is our regular attempt to help those who want to be enthralled, but aren’t sure where to start. Want advice? Suggest future Gateways To Geekery topics by emailing gateways@theonion.com. Geek obsession: Blaxploitation cinema />Why it’s daunting: The vastly influential blaxploitation boom gave a voice to the blaxploited masses and introduced a dazzling array of African-American talent to American cinema.
Possible gateway: The Mack Why: 1973’s The Mack certainly isn’t the first film most people associate with blaxploitation. Kung-fu movies | Film | Gateways To Geekery. Pop culture can be as forbidding as it is inviting, particularly in areas that invite geeky obsession: The more devotion a genre or series or subculture inspires, the easier it is for the uninitiated to feel like they’re on the outside looking in. But geeks aren’t born; they’re made. And sometimes it only takes the right starting point to bring newbies into various intimidatingly vast obsessions. Gateways To Geekery is our regular attempt to help those who want to be enthralled, but aren’t sure where to start.
Want advice? Geek obsession: Kung-fu movies Why it’s daunting: On the surface, there’s nothing simpler than the kung-fu movie: It’s just dervish-like Chinese kicking each other in the face, right? Possible gateway: The 1978 Gordon Liu classic The 36th Chamber Of Shaolin, also widely known as Shaolin Master Killer. Next steps: After 36th Chamber, viewers should have sufficient background to plunge into the oeuvre of the genre’s most legendary director, Chang Cheh. Lucio Fulci: Godfather of Gore. There aren't too many people in this world that I truly idolize.
Most of them are represented on this site. One on my list whose work I worship, is Lucio Fulci. He might not have been the nicest person to work with, but his dedication to his genre is the only thing that was important to me. I had thought about trying to attend his first American visit at the Fangoria Weekend of Horror in January 1996, but a few obstacles got in my way. It was around April that I heard about the mastero's passing.
Why do I like the work of Fulci? Fulci's zombies are my favorite. Lucio Fulci was an amazing filmmaker. -- With the help of the fans we got Lucio Fulci Elected into Fangoria's Horror Hall of Fame. The Films of Lucio Fulci. 1980, Color, 93 mins.Directed by Lucio FulciStarring Christopher George, Katriona MacColl, Janet Agren, Carlo de Mejo, Antonella Interlinghi, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Daniala Doria Blue Underground (Blu-Ray & DVD) (US R0 HD/NTSC) / WS (1.85:1) / DTS7.1/DD5.1, NoShame (Italy R0 PAL) / WS (1.85:1) (16:9) / DD5.1 Following the wild success of Zombie, outrageous Italian horror director Lucio Fulci next splattered blood on the drive-in screens of America with this gothic feast of zombies and the supernatural, known to most of its first VHS-reared fans under the catchier title of The Gates of Hell.
Though a few minutes of transition dialogue were trimmed, the film's splashy thrills remained intact and earned it a heavy fan base at the dawn of home video, particularly the most famous scene in which a village idiot (oft-abused Giovanni Lombardo Radice, a.k.a. Fulci fans are quite aware of what a nightmare this film has posed to video technicians over the years.