Continuing our annual tradition, DJ Victrola and I put up a piece of plexiglass between us in the radio station lobby, and watch a bunch of old horror movies, talking about some of our favorite films.
Then, keep listening, as Victrola offers up a reading of a wonderful Lovecraft story, and then in hour two, I read the chilling story, “Lost Hearts.”
Enjoy!
At The Movies w/ DJ Victrola! (Halloween Spook-tacular 2020!)
Hour 1:
01. ) The Mummy Theme (1932)
02.) The Creature From The Black Lagoon Theme (1954)
03.) The Wolf Man Theme (1941)
04.) King Kong Theme (1933)
05.) The Cats of Ulthar by H. P. Lovecraft (read by DJ Victrola)
06.) Cat People (Putting Out Fire) * David Bowie * Cat People * Backstreet Records (1982)
07.) River Hill Sheepsquatch * TerrorVision * WNUF TV28 Presents Frank Stewart Investigates * TerrorVision (2015)
08.) The Invisible Man Theme (1933)
Hour 2:
09.) The Terminator Theme (1984)
10.) Alien Theme (1979)
11.) Lost Hearts by M.R. James (read by Austin Rich)
12.) Videodrome Theme (1983)
13.) Invasion of The Body Snatchers Theme (1978)
14.) The Blob Closing Theme * The Five Blobs
15.) Tubular Bells (The Exorcist Theme) * Mike Oldfield * Tubular Bells * Virgin Records (1973)
Detective Dexter Roland Presents: The Maltese Falcon! (Featuring music and songs about Detectives, intermixed with edited selections from a 1946 radio adaptation of The Maltese Falcon, hosted by Detective Dexter Roland! Originally broadcast on 13 November 2010 on KPSU.)
This week, Blasphuphmus Radio has been taken over by Detective Dexter Roland, Private Investigator. Join him with Humphrey Bogart, The Pink Panther, Mr. Lucky, Mary Astor, Peter Gunn, Richard Diamond, Sidney Greenstreet, Pete – The King of Detectives, Frankie Machine, Richie Dagger and some genuine femme fatales for a two-hour presentation of The Maltese Falcon. Listen as Dexter rambles about skirts and twists, intermixed with edited selections of a 1946 radio adaptation of the popular film The Maltese Falcon.
Enjoy.
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The Maltese Falcon
Part I
01.) Peter Gunn Theme Song * Henry Mancini
02.) Mr. Lucky * Elliot Eastion’s Tiki Gods * Shots In The Dark
03.) The Maltese Falcon Part I
04.) Touch Of Evil (Main Title) * Joseph Gershenson & The Universal-International Orchestra * Crime Jazz: Music In The First Degree
05.) Femme Fatale * The Velvet Underground & Nico
06.) Goldfinger * Shirley Bassey
Part II
07.) The Stu Bailey Blues * Warren Barker Orchestra * Crime Jazz: Music In The First Degree
08.) Watching The Detectives * Elvis Costello & The Attractions
09.) The Maltese Falcon Part II
10.) Frankie Machine * Elmer Bernstein And Orchestra * Crime Jazz: Music In The First Degree
Part III
11.) Contract With Depravity * Kenyon Hopkins * Crime Jazz: Music In The First Degree
12.) Experiment In Terror * Davie Allen And The Arrows * Shots In The Dark
13.) The Maltese Falcon Part III
14.) Stool Pigeon * Irving Joseph * Crime Jazz: Music In The First Degree
15.) Life of Crime * The Spits * School’s Out
Part IV
16.) The Pink Panther Theme * Oranj Symphonette * Shots In The Dark
17.) The Maltese Falcon Part IV
18.) Cool * Stan Kenton * Crime Jazz: Music In The First Degree
Part V
19.) Softly * Henry Mancini
20.) Studio Di Colore [Excerpt] * Ennio Morricone * Crime And Dissonance
21.) (She Was A) Hotel Detective * They Might Be Giants * They Might Be Giants
22.) The Maltese Falcon Part V
23.) The Street (Main Title) * Elmer Bernstein * Crime Jazz: Music In The First Degree
24.) Don’t Tell The Detectives * The Zipps * Messthetics Vol. 4
25.) Boy Detectives * Famous Explorers * Messthetics #103
26.) The Maltese Falcon Part VI
27.) Richard Diamond * Buddy Morrow * Crime Jazz: Music In The First Degree
Part VI
28.) Fallout * Henry Mancini & His Orchestra
29.) Pete, King of the Detectives * Big Black * Headache
30.) The Maltese Falcon Part VII
31.) Echo Four-Two * Johnny Gregory And His Orchestra * Crime Jazz: Music In The First Degree
32.) Richie Dagger’s Crime * The Germs * GI
33.) A Shot In The Dark * Naked City * Naked City
34.) The Maltese Falcon Part VIII
35.) Le Fotografie (From Verushka) * Ennio Morricone * Crime & Dissonance
36.) Re-Enact The Crime * Unwound * The Future Of What
37.) Magic Pig Detective * The Melvins * Stoner Witch
38.) The Maltese Falcon Part IX
39.) Naked City * Mundell Lowe * His All Stars * Crime Jazz: Music In The First Degree
I am always looking for ways to mash-up my own themes and tropes, and when it dawned on me to do a Halloween Spook-tacular AND a new installment of Blasphuphmus Radio Goes To The Movies, it was hard not to follow this idea to its most logical conclusion. With that in mind, I put together three Audio Essays, each focused on a different Famous Monster from the classic era of Hollywood Horror. Vampires! Frankenstein! The Werewolf! They’re all right here, in this Monster Movie Party!
Credit must be given where credit is due: this show is also inspired by the Wavy Gravy compilations that were put out by Beware Records. Starting in the late 80’s and early 90’s, this label was putting out compilations of hard-to-find rock and roll gems, interjecting trailers for b movies. This was clearly inspired by the mix tapes that Lux Interior had been making since the ’70’s, and of course, the radio work of The Mad Daddy. Since these records were released in a pre-Internet era, it can’t be stressed how strange and incredible these albums were, when this kind of stuff was hard to find. It was their idea of including trailers that has really swept the radio landscape for DJs and oddballs who are into this kind of music, and since I was mining that period in rock history for this show, it only makes sense to do the same.
The early ’60’s – my cut-off date for this show – is a very interesting period in rock music. The beginning sounds of what would become Garage Rock is starting to take shape, but the sound is still heavily rooted in that late ’50’s naiveté. But Shock Theater is starting to take over late night television, and the shape of things to come is just as scary. I really enjoyed putting this show together, and I hope you did it as much as I do.
Enjoy!
Monster Movie Party!
Part I: Vampires!
01.) “Atom Age Vampire” Trailer * Anton Giulio Majano * 1963
02.) Vampira * Bobby Bare * 1958
03.) Vampire * The Crystals * 1960
04.) “Macabre” Trailer * William Castle * 1958
05.) Screamin’ Ball (At Dracula Hall) * The Duponts * 1957
06.) “Dracula” Trailer * 1931
07.) Graveyard Cha Cha * The Three D’s * 1959
08.) “The Vampire & The Ballerina” Trailer * 1960
Part II: Frankenstein!
09.) “I Was A Teenage Frankenstein” * Herbert L. Strock * 1957
10.) At The House Of Frankenstein * Big Bee Kornegay * 1958
11.) Satan Takes A Holiday * Tommy Dorsey * 1937
12.) “Frankenstein” Trailer * James Whale * 1931
13.) Frankenstein Rock * Eddie Thomas * 1958
14.) “The Brain That Wouldn’t Die” Trailer * 1963
15.) You Can Get Him Frankenstein * Castle Kings * 1961
16.) “Calling Dr. Death” Trailer * 1943
17.) Don’t Meet Mr. Frankenstein * Carlos Casual Jr. * 1962
18.) “Frankenstein’s Daughter” Trailer * 1958
Part III: The Werewolf!
19.) Dead Man Blues * Jelly Roll Morton * 1926
20.) “The Werewolf” Excerpt * Alan Smithee * 1935
21.) The Werewolf * Carl Bonafede * 1960
22.) “I Was A Teenage Werewolf” * 1956
23.) Werewolf * Garry Warren * 1958
24.) “The Curse of The Werewolf” Trailer * 1961
25.) Mr. Werewolf * The Kac Ties * 1963
26.) “The Wolf Man” Trailer * 1941
27.) Monster Party * Bill Doggett * 1959
Join us for an hour of movie-inspired music from 2 – 3 PM on kpsu.org. (98.1 FM for those lucky few on the PSU campus.) From 2001 to a blurry French Film, we’ve got it all this hour. Audience Participation is at 503-725-5945. Let’s go to The Movies!
I have always been enamored with the Silver Screen, and even as a kid I found film to be a very compelling interest. My first big cinematic love was 2001: A Space Oddyssey, but as time has passed I’ve become interested in a wide variety of movie genres, each offering something unusual and wonderful to the jaded and befuddled person I have become. Very late in the game this prompted me to get a Minor in Film, on top of my other assorted Minors and Degrees, mostly because I couldn’t resist movies and better than I could Comics, 19th Century Literature, or Music.
The genesis of this particular essay, however, was very immediate and last minute: while I had planned a two-hour show after my return from vacation, I had completely forgotten about two bands that were going to play on KPSU this Saturday. (In my vacation frenzy, I had completely forgotten.) So, I jettisoned the two-hour show (still sorted and ready, and may end up being next week’s show), and threw together this one-hour version, to be done after the bands. Of course, at the very last minute, they canceled as well, leaving me in an awkward position. Instead of scrambling again, I went with a truncated, one-hour show.
Not surprisingly, I was able to cram in a lot of my favorite music into this show. Spike Jones is quickly becoming a favorite around the house, and I will never tire of Stereolab, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, or Dead Milkmen. I recently (see: three years ago) acquired the Lester Bangs and The Delinquents album, which is getting a lot of play around the house, too. But I was pleasantly impressed by The Troggs track I found, and any time you can play Wire on your show, you are doing something right.
Thanks for listening, and See you in Seven.
# Title * Artist * Album * Label
01.) Overture – Atmospheres * Gyorgy Ligeti * The Official 2001: A Space Odyssey Soundtrack * MGM Records
02.) Movie Camera Old Clockwork Type * Sound Effects * 100 Spectacular Sound Effects * Public Domain
03.) The Late Late Late Late Movies, Part II * Spike Jones & His City Slickers * Musical Depreciation Revue: The Spike Jones Anthology * Rhino Records
04.) Film Music * Electrelane * Rock It To The Moon * Mr. Lady Records
05.) Exploding Head Movie * Stereolab & Nurse With Wound * Refried Ectoplasm: Switched On, Vol. 2 * Drag City Records
06.) You In A Movie * Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 * Bob Dinners And Larry Noodles Present Tubby Turdner’s Celebrity Avalanche * Communion Records
07.) Psycko (Themes From Psycho And Vertigo) * Laika & The Cosmonauts * Children Of Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The Second Psychedelic Era 1976-1996 * Rhino Records
08.) I Just Want To Be A Movie Star * Lester Bangs And The Delinquents * Jook Savages On The Brazos * Livewire Records
09.) Strange Movies * The Troggs * Archaeology (1966-1976) * Polygram Records
10.) (Theme From) Blood Orgy of the Atomic Fern * Dead Milkman * Bucky Fellini * Enigma Records
11.) Murder Movies * Unwound * Repetition * Kill Rock Stars Records
12.) Sweetback’s Theme * Melvin Van Peebles * The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1968-1971 * Stax Records
13.) Films * Gary Numan * The Pleasure Principle * Atco Records
14.) Cracked Actor * David Bowie * Aladdin Sane * RCA Records
15.) French Film Blurred * Wire * Chairs Missing * Restless Records
16.) Theme from ‘Hatari’ * Henry Mancini * Greatest Hits * RCA Records
17.) Road Movie To Berlin * They Might Be Giants * Flood * Elecktra Records
18.) End Theme * John Williams * Return of The Jedi * 20th Century Fox
At The Movies w/ DJ Victrola! (Halloween Spook-tacular 2020!) (#208)
Mid-Valley Mutations 