Archive for July, 2007

Let Me Tell You

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

how it will be.

The Elephant King

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

Please feel free to check out the trailer for Seth Grossman’s The Elephant King here.

No Showdown

Sunday, July 22nd, 2007

unknown future

Any Hippie can play that mess.

Please note that Unknown channels Hendrix for 9 minutes, so be patient on the download.

One More Night

Saturday, July 21st, 2007

spurs

If you missed the show at the Continental Club last night, watch this. Then get your shit together and come on down tonight for an encore performance by the Lonesome Spurs and Unknown Hinson.

JoMo Live!

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

Another one from the vaults. JoMo had a gig a few months ago and the band he opened for kicked him off in the middle of his set. JoMo said “fuck the bullshit” and crashed Chad’s house party and performed in the garage. America…QuesoPut your hands up in the air!

The Congenital Defect

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007

Beer Bottles
Something happened. Something bad. It took a long time. Luckily, it didn’t take as long to clean up. Here’s something about all that. Was that vague enough?

Regional Cinema

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

A few weeks before the Alamo shut down, QT came to town for 3 nights of triple features. I missed the sex comedies and the swingin’ triple feature, but Redneck night kicked ass. In particular, a film from North Carolina called Redneck Miller. Geoffrey Land has a great time playing DJ Miller, a country music DJ who’s one of a kind “chopper” gets stolen and used in drug deal. Schlitz drinking, ass kicking, and lines like “Baby, you can take a lot of lovin,’ I can only die once,” round out the rest of the film. Classic. Here’s QT’s introduction.

Get On Your C.B.

Sunday, July 15th, 2007

dannyboy

A few weeks back Patton Oswalt came to the Alamo to talk about this little film he did with Pixar. He also brought with him one of his favorite new films. Here’s Mr. O. introducing Austin TX to The Foot Fist Way. After the screening of Jody Hill’s opus, he did a Q&A?

Justice!

Saturday, July 14th, 2007

Make a bad movie…get a spanking.

Beautiful 4 Letter Word

Saturday, July 14th, 2007

say ahhhhh

Herschell Gordon Lewis is the director of several fine, fine, motion pictures. I rented Blood Feast from one of the great video rental stores of the early 80s, Video To Go in the Frandor Shopping Center. The Godfather of Gore swung by the Alamo Downtown as part of the 10th Anniversary celebration.Here’s a quick yarn from a legendary storyteller. Yee-Ha!