Florida Rocks Again!: All About You

Saturday December 28th, 8 p.m. Eastern, 5 Pacific streaming at flaglerbeachradio.com, immediately following Wilson Beach Radio. Presented in Sunshine State Stereo.

Playlist:
LYNYRD SKYNYRD: You Got That Right
THE ALLMAN JOYS: You Deserve Each Other
CONLON & THE CRAWLERS: You're Comin' On
THE NIGHTCRAWLERS: He Shouldn't Hurt You
WE THE PEOPLE: You Burn Me Up and Down
EVIL: What You Gonna Do About It

THE DOORS: Hello, I Love You
THE CANADIAN ROGUES: You Better Stop
THE BIRDWATCHERS: I'm Gonna Do It to You/You Got It
PROCTOR AMUSEMENT COMPANY: You Don't Need a Reason
PAINTED FACES: I Lost You in My Mind

BENNY SPELLMAN: It's for You
RAY CHARLES: A Fool for You
SAM & DAVE: You Got Me Hummin'
STEVE ALAIMO: You Don't Know Like I Know
CLARENCE REID: Nobody But You Babe
BETTY WRIGHT: If You Think You've Got Soul

THE MONTELLS: You Can't Make Me
THE MONARCHS: Girl You Know
SIR MICHAEL & THE SOUNDS: Can You
MARTIN & NEIL: I Know You Rider
MARK MARKHAM & THE JESTERS: I Don't Need You
THE BURGUNDY BLUES: I'll Get You Back Again

JAMES & BOBBY PURIFY: You Don't Love Me
THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND:
You Don't Love Me/Soul Serenade
THE OUTLAWS: A Song for You
GRAM PARSONS: A Song for You

38 SPECIAL: Caught Up in You
TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS:
You Got Lucky/So You Want to Be a Rock n' Roll Star
WAYNE COCHRAN: I'm Leaving It Up to You

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Written & Produced by JM Dobies
Co-Produced by Jeff Lemlich

The Mal Thursday Show: "A Mal Thursday Christmas" 2013 Edition

Mal Thursday is back with a sackful of holiday nuggets from the cream of the garage rock crop. Grafted on to the 2013 edition, as is the custom, are the 2011 and 2009 versions of "A Mal Thursday Christmas," making for a full evening's entertainment. Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.

Playlist:
LOS STRAITJACKETS: It's a Marshmallow World
FLAT DUO JETS: Christmastime (Hey, We're Gonna Rock)
THE VIPERS: Christmas I'll Be Home
THE BROOD: One Winter Night
THE GOREHOUNDS: Yuh, Xmess
THE DOGMATICS: Xmas Time (Sure Don't Feel Like)
JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION: Big Yule Log Boogie
THE RAVERS: It's Gonna Be a Punk Rock Christmas This Year
BEE BUMBLE & THE STINGERS: Nutrocker (bed)
THE TROLLEY: It's Christmas
THE CONNECTION: Christmas Time Again
BIPOLAROID: Merry Xmas
ANGRY JOHNNY & THE KILLBILLIES: Six Bullets for Christmas
THE MOCKERS: There's No War on Christmas
THE DEVIL DOGS: I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day
THE ELECTRIC SIX: You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
BILLY CHILDISH & THE MUSICIANS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE: Link Wray's Christmas
THE VENTURES: Scrooge
THE GRIP WEEDS: Santa Make Me Good/Christmas, Bring Us
THE 5-6-7-8's: Rock n' Roll Santa
THE FLESHTONES: Super Rock Santa
REIGNING SOUND: If Christmas Can't Bring You Home
UNKNOWN HINSON: Black and Blue Christmas
JIMMY SMITH: Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
THE REDUCERS: Nothin' for Christmas
THE DAMNED: There Ain't No Sanity Clause
MOTT THE HOOPLE: Death May Be Your Santa Claus
A440: Santa Claus Is Comin' Yeah
THE SOULPHONICS: All I Want for Christmas Is a Job
PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS: Rain, Sleet, and Snow
THE KAISERS: Merry Christmas, Lupe Lu
YARD TRAUMA: Christmas Tyme
EDD “KOOKIE” BRYNES: Yulesville
SATURDAY’S CHILDREN: Deck Five
THE YOBS: Silent Night
THE EBENEZER SCROOGE APPRECIATION SOCIETY: Hang on Rudolph
LEMMY KILMISTER & BILLY GIBBONS: Run Run Rudolph
DAVIE ALLAN & THE ARROWS: Ho Ho Seven/Hark the Herald Angels Sing
THE FLESHTONES: Hooray for Santa Claus
THE TAILDRAGGERS: Let’s Talk About Claus
THE SONICS: Santa Claus
JERRY & THE LANDSLIDES: Get Off My Roof
THE CHESTERFIELD KINGS: Hey Santa Claus
NICK SWARDSON: A Very Terry Christmas
WILD BILLY CHILDISH & THE MUSICIANS OF THE BRITSH EMPIRE:
Pete Townshend’s Christmas
LOWELL GEORGE & THE FACTORY: Candy Cane Madness
THE WHITE STRIPES: Candy Cane Children
THE VON BONDIES: Ain’t No Chimney
PLAN 9: Merry Christmas
THE SONICS: Don’t Believe in Christmas
REIGNING SOUND: That’s All I Want
THE HENTCHMEN: Shotgun Christmas
THE FIGGS: Father Christmas
THE CHEETAHS: A Message to Santa Claus
FEAR: Fuck Christmas
THE EELS: Everything’s Gonna Be Cool This Christmas
THE DIRTBOMBS: My Last Christmas

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The Mal Thursday Show #54: Friendship is Magic

On the occasion of his 50th birthday, Mal Thursday returns with an extra large podcast chock full of rock n' roll genius. This episode features tracks from "Conspiracy a-Go-Go," the new compilation of songs inspired by the assassination of John F. Kennedy (download it free at turnmeondeadman.bandcamp.com). Also featured is volume 5 of "Songs (the Band Called) Lyres Taught Us" and a belated tribute to the late Lou Reed. Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.

Playlist:
A PASSING FANCY: I'm Losing Tonight
THE STRYPES: Heart of the City
DRUIDS OF STONEHENGE: A Garden Where Nothing Grows
THE DARK COLOURS SINCE 1865: Midnight Train
JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION: Strange Baby
GREG "STACKHOUSE" PREVOST: Get Myself Home
DIRTY LOVERS: Shanty Tramp
THE A-BONES: Shanty Tramp
ROBOTMONKEYARM: Il Bruto (bed)
THE THANES: She's Coming Back to Me
THE MORLOCKS: My Friend the Bird
THE GRIP WEEDS: Lies
THE SADIES: The First Five Minutes
THE VIPERS: Hangar 18 (bed)
THE NEW BREED: Wasting My Time
THE PRIMITIVES: Every Minute of Every Day
THE BLIZZARDS: I'm Your Guy
THE CHAIN REACTION: When I Needed You
THEM: A Girl Like You
THE OUTSIDERS: Lying All the Time
THE CHESTERFIELD KINGS: Help You Ann
LYRES: Now I've Got a Witness (bed)
T. TEX EDWARDS: Lee Harvey Was a Friend of Mine
HOUNDS HOUNDS HOUNDS: Bullet
THE DROOGS: Man Gone Down
MAL THURSDAY AND THE CHEETAHS: Get Outta Dallas!
J F'n K: Back and to the Left
DRIVE-THRU MYSTICS: Black Tears
THE BONNEVILLES: The Drag
THE SATYRS: Yesterday's Hero (bed)
THE ROUGHNECKS: You're Driving  Me Insane
THEE HEADCOATS: Why Don't You Smile Now
THE BLITZ: Vicious
MOTT THE HOOPLE: Sweet Jane
SPIDERS FROM MARS: White Light, White Heat
JOY DIVISION: Sister Ray
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND: What Goes On
THE PURPLE BARRIER: Dawn Breaks Through

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The Mal Thursday Show: Halloween Special 2013

Direct from the haunted realm of Austin, Texas, Mal Thursday presents an expanded, remastered, and reanimated edition of The Mal Thursday Show Halloween Special, combining the 2011, 2010, and 2007 episode with 30% new footage focusing on a couple of Halloween-themed comps, "Mondo Zombie Boogaloo" on Yep Roc and "Garage Monsters," part of the GaragePunk Hideout series. Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.

 Playlist:
LOS STRAITJACKETS: Theme from 'Halloween'
SHOUTING THOMAS & THE TORMENTS: Dead Man Slide
BIG VINNIE & THE CATTLE THIEVES: Got Me a Monster
THE APOLLOS: It's a Monster
SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS:
The Tingler's Blues/Goo Goo Muck
THE FLESHTONES: The Haunted Hipster/I Was a Teenage Zombie
THE BLUE GIANT ZETA PUPPIES: The Wild Ride of Ichabod Crane
HEINZ & THE WILD BOYS: Big Fat Spider
THE SHARKS: Dracula's Daughter
SCREAMING LORD SUTCH: Jack the Ripper
THEE HEADCOATS: The Strangler of Boston Town
THE BUGS: Strangler in the Night/Albert, Albert
LOS STRAITJACKETS: Theme from 'Young Frankenstein'
ORVIN YOES: The Vampire
THE BOMBORAS: A Fistful of Terror
THE SEEDS: Evil Hoodoo
MANFRED MANN: Hubble, Bubble (Toil and Trouble)
Q65: I Got Nightmares
THE SKUNKS: You Scare Me
THE TEXREYS: Ghoul a Go-Go
THE MALARIANS: No
THE BORN LOSERS: Werewolves on Wheels
LOU REED: Halloween Parade
DEAD KENNEDYS: Halloween
THE SHAGGS: It's Halloween
THE (MOTHERFUCKING) BROWNS: Scream for Halloween
LOS STRAITJACKETS: Theme from 'The Munsters'
ZACHERLE: Happy Halloween
LON CHANEY JR.: The Maddest Story Ever Told (Theme from 'Spider Baby')
THE FUZZTONES: Happy Halloween
THE SWINGIN' NECKBREAKERS: No Costume, No Candy
CAPTAIN CLEGG & THE NIGHT CREATURES: Zombie a Go Go
THE TOMBSTONES: Black Cat
THE OUTSIDERS: Haunted by Your Love
THE MOONTREKKERS: Night of the Vampire
ROKY ERICKSON & THE ALIENS: Creature with the Atom Brain
THE CRAMPS: Creature from the Black Leather Lagoon
RONNIE COOK & THE GAYLADS: Goo Goo Muck
THE FRANTICS: Werewolf
SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS: Werewolf
THE FLAMIN' GROOVIES: Werewolves of London
ROUND ROBIN: I'm the Wolf Man
BO DIDDLEY: Bo Meets the Monster
THE HOLLYWOOD FLAMES: Frankenstein's Den
THE NEW YORK DOLLS: Frankenstein
ELECTRIC FRANKENSTEIN: Coolest Little Monster
THE KINGSMEN: Haunted Castle
THE ROCKIN' CONTINENTALS: Count Dracula
THE SONICS: The Witch
THE LOLLIPOP SHOPPE: You Must Be a Witch
THE CIRCUS: Burn, Witch, Burn
THE MOVE: Night of Fear
THE LAST WORD: Sleepy Hollow
THE CORDS: Ghost Power

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The Mal Thursday Show #53: Mass Pike Memory Lane

Mal Thursday takes a trip in time and space to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for "Mass Pike Memory Lane," an episode featuring 30+ Bay State bands 1964 to now. Dedicated to the Rodney Sinclair Defense Fund, raising money to help pay the legal fees in a case where an old friend of Mal's finds himself in the crosshairs of America's misguided war on drugs, on trial for his freedom. There will be a benefit concert on October 4, 2013 at J.J.'s in Florence, Massachusetts, featuring a reunion show by the Unband, with special guests Playtopia, The Nice Try, and Unagi/Jack Falcon. The PayPal address to donate to the cause is middlefinger@comcast.net.

Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.

Playlist:
THE REAL KIDS: Better Be Good
THE REMAINS: Once Before
THE BUGS: Slide
THE BARBARIANS: Hey Little Bird
THE BOLD: Gotta Get Some
COBRAS: I Wanna Be Your Love
THE ROCKIN' RAMRODS: She Lied
THE MODERN LOVERS: Roadrunner
BARRENCE WHITFIELD & THE SAVAGES: Ramblin' Rose
THE NEIGHBORHOODS: The Prettiest Girl
THE HOPELESSLY OBSCURE: She's My Best Bette
THE BROOD: In and Out
THE FLIES: In the Dark
THE ODDS: I'll Make You Sorry
THE PRIME MOVERS: 1-2-5
THE TIME BEINGS: Why Don't You Love Me
CLASSIC RUINS: Geraldine (I Need Money)
LYRES: Tear You Up
KENNE HIGHLAND CLAN: Everybody's a Lyre
PRESTON WAYNE FOUR: Kumbaya (bed)
RICHIE'S RENEGADES: You're in the Pepsi Genration
DMZ: The First Time (Is the Best Time)
THE MALARIANS: Good Times
THE VOODOO DOLLS: Bad Feeling
THE UNBAND: We Like to Drink, We Like to Play Rock n' Roll
TAG SALE: Why You Smilin' (Live at the Pulaski Club)
SCUD MOUNTAIN BOYS: Midnight Cowboy (bed)
MISSION OF BURMA: That's When I Reach for My Revolver
SEBADOH: Skull
NEW RADIANT STORM KING: I Am a Scientist
BUFFALO TOM: Going Underground
THE PIXIES: Ed Is Dead
MORPHINE: Cure for Pain
MUCK AND THE MIRES: Gone, Gone, Gone

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Mal Thursday and the Cheetahs: 'It's All Going By Too Fast' mp3 album

2013 is the year of the Cheetah. Mal Thursday and the Cheetahs, that is. After 21 years, Mal and the Cheetahs' 'It's All Going By Too Fast' album finally sees the light of day, and unleashes upon the world "an unholy marriage of the Music Machine and Guns 'N Roses." Contains selections from "C.J. Sorrow, A Garage Rock Opera." Featuring Nelson Bragg (Brian Wilson Band) and Jeff Conolly (Lyres, DMZ).
  

The Return of J.M. Dobies, Austin Classic Movies Examiner

I have revived my film column in an attempt to earn some extra loot. Since I get about a penny per page view, please visit early and often, and share these links via the social media. Thank you.

Weird Wednesday at Alamo Drafthouse: 'The Hellcats' (1968)

'Dirty O'Neil' a/k/a 'The Love Life of a Cop' (1974)

Diane McBain is completely insane in 'The Mini-Skirt Mob' (1968)

 

Dig this: 'The Todd Killings' (1971)

The Mal Thursday Show #52: The Ballad of Mal Thursday Pt. 9

 

Yet another installment in the ongoing series of semi-autobiographical podcasts using rock n' roll records to tell the story of Mal's life. Featuring recent releases from OBN IIIs, Neighbours, The Breakup Society, Tandyn Almer, and Mal Thursday and the Cheetahs. Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.

OBN IIIs: Damned to Obscurity
THE RATIONALS: Feelin' Lost
THE OTHERS: Fallin' Off My World
THE LOONS: Climbin' the Heap
THE ACID FASCISTS: All Kinds of Twisted
THE BREAKUP SOCIETY: So Much Unhappiness, So Little Time
THE GAUNGA DYNS: No One Cares
PAUL JONES: Free Me
NEIGHBOURS: Tell the Truth
THE IMPRESSIONS: Too Slow
THE ELECTRIC PRUNES: Are You Loving Me More (and Enjoying It Less)
THE SWEET NUTHIN: Your Mystery is History
THE SADIES: Another Year Again
THE HIGHER STATE: High Life
THE REALLY ROTTENS: High Life (bed)
THE RAMONES: I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
TED TAYLOR: (Love is Like a) Ramblin' Rose
THE NERVOUS BREAKDOWNS: I Dig Your Mind
THE JAM: I Need You (For Someone)
THE JUNGLE ROCKERS: Cool It Out
TANDYN ALMER: About Where Love Is
D.B.: Love You Til Tuesday
GRANT LEE BUFFALO: The Whole Shebang
THE CRAMPS: All Women Are Bad
THE BGs: Born a Man
MAL THURSDAY AND THE CHEETAHS: That's Your Problem
THE BYRDS: Bad Night at the Whisky
SCOTT WALKER: My Death
LONELY MOANS: Lots o' Life
V.U.: Here She Comes Now

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The Mal Thursday Show #51/Texas Tyme Machine #15

Mal Thursday's Texas Tyme Machine touches down in Houston for the Texas Psych Garage Happening to bring you some of the finest 45s to emerge from Space City in the '60s. Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.

Playlist:

THE SIX PENTS: She Lied

THE MOVING SIDEWALKS: Need Me
THE CLIQUE: I'm Alive
DAVE STARKEY FIVE: Hey Everybody
THE BLOX: Hangin' Out
THE GLASS KANS: Stick with Her
THE THINGS: In Your Soul
THE LEMON FOG: Summer
THE BAROQUE BROTHERS: Baroque a Go Go (bed)
ROY HEAD: You're Almost Tuff
THE TRAITS: Too Good to Be True
OSCAR PERRY: Face Reality
ARCHIE BELL & THE DRELLS: Tighten Up Pts. 1 & 2
KASHMERE STAGE BAND: Boss City (bed)
FEVER TREE: Now Sounds Groove-In/Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out
THE COASTLINERS: I'll Be Gone
NEAL FORD & THE FANATICS: Shame on You
THE LAVENDER HOUR: So Sophisticated
LOST & FOUND: 25 M.P.H.
THE COUNTDOWN 5: Uncle Kirby from Brazil
JOSEFUS: Crazy Man
THURSDAY'S CHILDREN: Dominoes/You'll Never Be My Girl/Try Girl/Air Conditioned Man/You Can Forget About That
THE CLIQUE: Splash 1

The Mal Thursday Show #49: Texas Tyme Machine Vol. 14

In the latest trip in the Texas Tyme Machine, Mal Thursday goes forward into the past with "The Wig Story," as told by Johnny Richardson, Benny Rowe, Bill Wilmot, and Jess Yaryan. The Austin band (1965-1967) left behind two classic 45s and the reverberations of many a wild night at the Jade Room echoing down the ages. Also, new records from The Sweet Nuthin, Churchwood, the Beaumonts, and the Black Angels. Dedicated to the memory of Rusty Wier. Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.

Playlist:
THE WIG: Forever and a Day
THE NERVEBREAKERS: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
THE CLIQUE: (I am) Superman
THE SWEET NUTHIN: All In
THE HAPPEN-INS: Be Yer Fool
BLACK ANGELS: Don't Play with Guns
ZZ TOP: Salt Lick
THE LOST COUNTS: Hoppin' Dog

THE WIG: Drive It Home/To Have Never Loved At All/Everybody Needs Somebody to Love/Crackin' Up/Bluescene

THE BEAUMONTS: Toby Keith
PIñATA PROTEST: Jackee
CHURCHWOOD: I Have a Devil in Me
GLAMBILLY: I'm In Love with a Ghost
COPPER GAMINS: Wet Sounds
T. TEX EDWARDS: Love Power
THE SONS OF HERCULES: Rock of Gibraltar
KENNY & THE KASUALS: Floating
THE WIG: Louie Louie


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The Mal Thursday Show #48: Naming Names

Django, Floyd, Dr. Stone, and Humphrey Plugg join Mal as he presents a series of songs with people's names in the title. This episode is dedicated to the memory of the Troggs' Reg Presley and film director Michael Winner. With Rocky Roberts, The Breakup Society, The Ripe, The Shambles, The A-Bones, and many more. Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.


Playlist:
ROCKY ROBERTS: Django
THE BREAKUP SOCIETY: Here Comes Floyd
THE RIPE: Dr. Strange (Live)
THE LEAVES: Dr. Stone
THE KINGZ ENGLISH: Dr. Hunger
A3: Amos Moses
THE SLICKERS: Johnny Too Bad
THE SHADOWS: The Rise and Fall of Flingel Blunt (bed)
THE A-BONES: Geraldine
BOBBY FULLER FOUR: Annie Lou
THE REAL KIDS: Jeanie Jeanie Jeanie
ADRIAN LLOYD: Lorna
THE FABS: Dinah Wants Religion
THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE: Mary Please
THE SHAMBLES: Does Stephanie Know
MUCK & THE MIRES: Doreen
TEDDY & HIS PATCHES: Suzy Creamcheese
THE KINKS: Spotty Grotty Anna (bed)
THE BERKELEY KITES: Alice In Wonderland
THE ATTACK: Lady Orange Peel/Neville Thumbcatch
THE RATS: The Rise and Fall of Bernie Gripplestone
LEN PRICE 3: Mr. Grey
THEM: Richard Cory
SCOTT WALKER: The Amorous Humphrey Plugg
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The Mal Thursday Show #47: Texas Tyme Machine Vol. 13

The Mal Thursday Show #47 - Texas Tyme Machine Vol. 13: The Greatest Trips

 Mal sets the controls for the heart of the Lone Star State, in an episode chock full of Texan rock n' roll genius from beyond the walls of Tyme: The Greatest Trips. Included in this episode are excerpts from our interviews with Roy Head, Ezra Charles, George Kinney, Jesse Sublett, and Joe 'King' Carrasco, as well as a mess o' fine 45s from yesterday and today. Presented in Living Monophonic Sound.


Playlist:
THE TWILIGHTERS: Nothing Can Bring Me Down
THE NERVEBREAKERS: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (bed)
KENNY AND THE KASUALS: Journey to Tyme
13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS: You Don't Know How Young You Are
THE RIPE: Dr. Strange
THE UGLY BEATS: Throw Me a Line
SONS OF HERCULES: Grow Up?
THE NERVEBREAKERS: My Girlfriend is a Rock
BLACK JOE LEWIS & THE HONEYBEARS: Sway
THE UGLY BEATS: Maximum Bumble (bed)
ROY HEAD: She's About a Mover/One More Time
THURSDAY'S CHILDREN: You'll Never Be My Girl/You Can Forget About That
THE GOLDEN DAWN: I'll Be Around/Tell Me Why
THE SKUNKS: Earthquake Shake/Gimme Some
JOE 'KING' CARRASCO & THE CROWNS: Let's Get Pretty/Caca de Vaca
KENNY AND THE KASUALS: Floating (bed)
ENDLE ST. CLOUD:  Tell Me One More Time (What's Happening to Our World)

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'Texas Chainsaw' Man: My Interview with Tobe Hooper

'Texas Chainsaw' man: Director Tobe Hooper on Leatherface, 'Lifeforce,' and more

Austin native Tobe Hooper is best known for writing and directing one of the most influential horror movies ever made, 1974's "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre." In conjunction with the release of "Texas Chainsaw 3D," the latest entry in the controversial franchise, Hooper sat down with the Austin Classic Movies Examiner to discuss the new film, his career, and his beginnings as a filmmaker in the late '60s.

"I was in Austin, making a lot of TV commercials, PSAs, documentaries. We had a little company called Film House, about five of us. We could even do post-production, although we had to get the 16-millimeter film developed in Dallas or over at channel seven. We did Farrah Fawcett's first professional work...We made a film called 'Eggshells' [a restored version screened at the 2009 South by Southwest Film Festival], a true hippie film, from the sandals up! It was about the beginning and end of a subculture."

"The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" was banned in several countries upon its release. England banned the film for 23 years. The visceral terror evoked by the movie comes not from explicit gore and violence, but from Hooper's use of POV, the power of suggestion, and his creation of an all-encompassing atmosphere of dread. In the wake of the Newtown school massacre, film violence has once again become a hot-button issue. Hooper is not sold on the connection between screen violence and the violence endemic in American society: "I don't know how to respond. It's all a part of the same thing. The dark side of human nature...I don't think a horror movie is going to inspire a copycat, certainly not one running around with a chainsaw..."

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