July 2022

Poultricide by Jane Rose and the Deadend Boys (2011)

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I heard the song “Treat Me Right” on Apple Music’s Rockabilly Rocking626.com channel and immediately went to the album to check out the rest. I say it all the time, but it is so uncommon anymore to find an album that is consistently good all the way through. I found one in Poultricide. I didn’t hear one track that I didn’t enjoy. I added several songs to my playlist including “Treat Me Right”, “Fool”, and “Hot Headed.” This album is very consistent while at the same time has a lot of different sounds too it. It reminds me of an old Elvis record in its simultaneous consistency and change. There is a strong upbeat rockabilly sound throughout the album but, sometimes it slows down to a “Love Me Tender” tempo. The song “Fool” had this vibe, in my opinion. Sometimes, it picks up to a harder and faster rockabilly sound too. For instance, “Hot Headed” has more of a Chuck Berry vibe to it.

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The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) Movie Poster. Features alien with beam coming from eye holding a woman. A military force is attacking the alien.

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

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I have looked forward to watching this film for a while. It reminded me of The Night of the Living Dead (1968) in that the plot is almost immediate – you are thrown right in. The ship has laned and the story has begun within the first minutes of the film. This movie, I think and have read, had some cultural statements to make and perhaps therefore it had very little need for buildup. Perhaps the producers knew what was on people’s mind at this point in history? They didn’t need to tell people the horrors of what people can do. Adolf Hitler had just finished doing that for the world. They didn’t have to explain how an authoritative government could make global impacts, good or bad. Nazi Germany had just finished doing that. People were aware, maybe more than ever at that point in time, how true the alien’s final statements were. “A burned-out cinder” was a great reference to what Japan had seen with the dropping of the nuclear bombs. The atomic age had begun, and everyone was aware of it.

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Picture of evil looking child in the top corner with red background. The poster is mostly black. It conveys an foreboding evil. The movie's title is at the bottom written in red to match the glow behind the child. The poster is here for the movie that the blog is about.

The Omen (1976)

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As far as the movie goes, I see why it has held a place in history. Aside from the plot and the time being a significance for this movie’s impact, the quality of the movie is also a factor. The effects for the time were very well done. Some of the scenes are mesmerizing. The light from a room’s fireplace is hypnotizing as it dances through one scene. At one point in the plot a Rottweiler is walking down a dim lit hallway in classic fashion. Scenes like these create feeling and connection in this movie. The pace of the movie is consistent, and it keeps your attention for the duration of it.

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Sublime Meets Scientist and Mad Professor inna L.B.C. (2001)

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Scientist Meets Sublime features several songs taken from the lengthy catalog of the great Sublime. Sublime is a sound and genre, musically, of its own. The Sublime sound is a mash up of so many genres including Reggae, Ska, dub, and has a signature Long Beach, California style on top of that. I knew that these two giants pairing up would either be great or be a disaster. Knowing, how awesome Scientist is, my money was on this composure being great. Personally, I wasn’t let down or wrong. It was everything that I expected, knowing Scientist’s sound and that of Sublime too.

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