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Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

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beyond the valley of the dollsIFC is a wonderful thing. If you missed their recent showings of Russ Meyer’s Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, you owe it to yourself to see it somehow. The movie is utter madness. With a soundtrack that wavers back and forth between hip and laughably square, and a torrent of absolutely ridiculous dialogue (supplied by screen writer Roger Ebert!) this is the ultimate six-pack movie.

Speaking as someone who, as a kid yearned for someone to drop acid in the Brady Bunch’s water supply, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls is the perfect antidote to all of that Sherwood Schwartz 60s wholesome television goodness.

Behold!


Zombie Outbreak Aftermath

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return of the living deadIf you weren’t able to make it out to Zombie Outbreak at the Portage in Chicago, you missed a great night out. Thanks to the army of people who stopped by the Turntabling setup and introduced themselves. We quickly ran out of the limited-edition promo disc, but we’re pressing another run of them for our next show in Cincinnati next weekend, so stay tuned.

If you couldn’t make it out last night you missed Pathogen, the zombie movie made by a 12-year old girl (plus a documentary on her called Zombie Girl). Then there was Colin, the made-for$70 zombie movie that made a  splash a few months back. The highlight of the evening was the 35MM screening of Return of the Living Dead, which is an all-time favorite here at Turntabling. It’s a lot of fun and I’m grateful it was the last show of the night since I actually got to SEE it after tearing down the booth.

Next up it’s HorrorHound in Cincinnati, we’ll have details on that one shortly. We’ll be there from Friday to Sunday and look forward to meeting more Turntabling lovers there…

Saturday (Nov. 14) Joint Turntabling at Zombie Outbreak at the Portage Theater

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Tomorrow (Saturday Nov. 14) Turntabling will have its booth at the Chicago Horror Society’s Zombie Outbreak film festival at the Portage Theater. Join us at 4050 Milwaukee Avenue at 4PM til late.

Turntabling will have a great big pile of new and used vinyl for sale including Goblin, Morricone titles, Bauhaus, Public Image Limited, the wonderful Twin Peaks soundtrack, Lost Highway, tons more. And best of all, there are eight full hours of zombie movies playing! How does it get ANY better than that. When you go to the door, tell them that Turntabling.net sent you.

See you at the Portage!

Vinyl Art by Daniel Edlen

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Some vinyl uber-purists might cringe at the idea that record albums are being used to create original works of art rather than take another spin on a turntable somewhere, but let’s face it–there are millions of records everywhere, and not all of them are in pristine condition, know what I mean?

That’s why I love the idea of using vinyl records in art–there’s a landill somewhere that will be lighter as a result, and those of us who love vinyl above and beyond what’s contained in those grooves the needle hits tend to be fans of this stuff. Continue reading Vinyl Art by Daniel Edlen →