Anyway, sorry for the lack of updates on the blog. Between all the previously mentioned, my wedding to plan, my bride to murder, and Guilder to blame for it... I'm swamped. So, as an act of good faith, here are a bunch of special links for special people... like you!
Also, I hope you caught the Princess Bride reference in the last part. I don't advocate murder, passing the buck, and particularly marriage. STAY IN SCHOOL, KIDS!
KISS! THAT'S THEIR NAME!
Sure, we all love Laverne and Shirley, but what would they look like if they were members of Kiss? Now we can all sleep better at night, because the answer is at KISS your face! Finally, we can see what our favorite celebrities would look like if they were members of the Kiss Army. My favorites are the ones that have so many people that the artist actually has to use the make-up of later members of the group, as well as early prototype make up. I'm talking about The Brady Bunch, kids, so check them out!

XMAS! BEATLES STYLE!
The Beatles used to show their appreciation for their fan club members by sending them an annual Christmas flexidisc filled with Season's Greetings and tomfoolery. Most are filled with the expected Beatles hi-jinx, but the most interesting ones are from 1966 and 1967, when they created full on radio style productions. Also, look for an appearance of Tiny Tim in one of the later ones. I forget which one. Full cover art and recordings are found here.
80'S PUNK ROCK FLYERS!
Oh, the glorious days of photocopied show flyers! I still have a few from the scene here in Mankato, but the folks at shavedneck have assembled an interesting collection of flyers from Arizona and L.A. X and The Germs on the same night. Wow.

FOR ALL Y'ALL THAT'R HANKERIN' FOR SOME PIA ZADORA!
I have no idea what all that "all y'all" business is about, but I do know a thing or two about Pia Zadora! I know that I don't get her, and I know that her first film appearance was Santa Claus Conquers The Martians. The movie is wonderful because is just sucks so bad. It does, however, have a kick ass theme song. Also, it is available to download at archive.org. After you are done with this little gem, nose around the website for other treasures like their vast collection of industrial and educational short films. Duck and Cover, anyone? Also, dig this film...
WHAT? M IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD, TOO?
What's not to love about Peter Lorre? You don't need to answer. I think he's always a blast to watch, though. Here's the classic german film M, available at your leisure. Don't even get Aleister Scrimm started on this film.
WAIT... I CAN JUST GET A DVD OF THIS FOR A BUCK. QUIT WASTING MY TIME!
No, I will not quit wasting your time! Wasting time is what the internet is all about! Having said that, I have to say that anything with zombies and George Romero involved in it is not a waste of time. Case in point: Night Of The Living Dead. You haven't seen this yet? You living under a rock or something? I don't want to hear all this crap about slow moving zombies not being scary or anything. Jeez. Does everything have to be high speed with a Nu Metal soundtrack?
And yeah, you can pick this up for a buck just about anywhere that sells really cheap Public Domain DVDs. Still... Uh... this one is in Flash.
PROOF THAT YOU CAN FIND ANYTHING ON THE INTERNET!
Here's an honest to goodness article about the man who invented album covers. Somebody had to do it, I guess. Let us all bow before him and then curse the shrivelled cd booklet!
THE REPLACEMENTS! LIVE!
The Replacements are gods. Don't even question it. Here's video proof from the Twin Tone website. Damn... were they ever that young? Were any of us? I mean, other than you guys that really are young. Obviously I'm not referring to you.
KLAUS KINSKI: MAMA'S BOY?
If you answered yes to the above question then you have no idea who Klaus Kinski is. Klaus is a little on the intense side. By "a little" I mean "a lot". ubuweb has a bunch of mp3s of Klaus in full on Klaus rant mode. They are in German, but you'll get the idea even if you don't speak the language. Check out the first one from his "Jesus" lectures, where he presented himself as the Messiah. After you are done you should really rent Werner Herzog's documentary "My Best Fiend: Klaus Kinski". How anybody could work with this guy is beyond me. One of my favorite scenes in this film is when Herzog is talking about how he was seriously considering having Kinski killed because he just couldn't take him anymore.
FREE PODCAST ON THE FREELOVE FREEWAY!
We love The Office around these parts. If you have seen it then you understand. If you haven't seen it you really should. Quite possibly the most hilarious and realistic depiction of a work environment ever. The only current TV show that makes me laugh this hard is Arrested Development. Ricky Gervais is brilliant, and now he has a podcast available though The Guardian Website. Proof Pod-sitive (sorry) that he is one of the funniest men walking.
Well, these ought to keep everyone busy well into 2006. Thanks to everyone for being so great and supporting KMSU in 2005. Let's make the coming year the music-geekiest in history!
Shyboy
