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Gerry Thomas, Inventor of TV Dinners, Dies

Associated Press

PHOENIX - Gerry Thomas, who changed the way Americans eat — for better or worse — with his invention of the TV Dinner during the baby boom years, has died at 83.

Thomas, who died at a Phoenix hospice center on Monday after a bout with cancer, was a salesman for Omaha, Neb.-based C.A. Swanson and Sons in 1954 when he got the idea of packaging frozen meals in a disposable aluminum-foil tray, divided into compartments to keep the foods from mixing. He also gave the product its singular name.

The first Swanson TV Dinner — turkey with cornbread dressing and gravy, sweet potatoes and buttered peas — sold for about $1 and could be cooked in 25 minutes at 425 degrees. Ten million sold in the first year of national distribution.

It was fast and convenient, and fit nicely on a TV tray in the living room, so that you didn't have to drag yourself away from your favorite television show.

Robert Thompson, director of the Center for the Study of Popular Television at Syracuse University, said the TV Dinner "started a change in American eating habits bigger than any change in culinary history since the discovery of fire and cooked foods."

The TV Dinner fit in with societal changes at the time, when more women were entering the work force and did not have the time to spend all day preparing dinner, Thompson said. It also helped introduce the notion of "modular" eating: If there were only two people at home, you put only two dinners in the oven.

"Some people claim that the TV Dinner was the first step toward breaking up the American family because it made it possible for everybody to eat in a modular way," Thompson said. "That was going to happen anyway. The redefinition of the American family was going on anyway."

In a 1999 Associated Press interview, Thomas recalled that the inspiration for the TV Dinner came when he was visiting a distributor, spotted a metal tray and was told it was developed for an experiment in the preparation of hot meals on airliners.

"It was just a single compartment tray with foil," he recalled. "I asked if I could borrow it and stuck it in the pocket of my overcoat."

He said he came up with a three-compartment tray because "I spent five years in the service so I knew what a mess kit was. You could never tell what you were eating because it was all mixed together."

Since interest in television was booming, he added: "I figured if you could borrow from that, maybe you could get some attention. I think the name made all the difference in the world."

"We had the TV screen and the knobs pictured on the package. That was the real start of marketing," Thomas said.

The TV Dinner drew "hate mail from men who wanted their wives to cook from scratch like their mothers did," Thomas said, but it got him a bump in pay to $300 a month and a $1,000 bonus.

"I didn't complain. A thousand dollars was a lot of money back then," he said.

After the Campbell Soup Co. acquired Swanson in 1955, Thomas became a sales manager, then marketing manager and director of marketing and sales. He left the company after a heart attack in 1970.

He later directed an art gallery and did consulting work.

"It's a pleasure being identified as the person who did this because it changed the way people live," Thomas said. "It's part of the fabric of our society."

Thompson said that until last year, Thomas had spent one day each summer talking to Thompson's history of television class for graduate students.

"This was really fun for them," Thompson said. "This was like meeting a great American industrial legend. So many things we take for granted remain anonymous. We know the architect that designed St. Peter's, but who knows the architect that designed that basic ranch-style house?"

The TV Dinner, Thompson said, is "one of the few things we've got that we actually have the human being who had his fingerprints all over it."

But Thomas went decades without recognition for his innovation, said his wife, Susan Thomas. Even his seven children were not aware of his place in modern American life, but after his contribution was recognized in the mid-1990s by marketers at Swanson, "it just had a life of its own," she said.

Thomas relished the credit he got for his invention and even kept the original prototype tray and packaging for the TV Dinner, Susan Thomas said.

But that didn't mean he ate them.

"He was gourmet cook," Mrs. Thomas said. "He never ate the TV Dinners."

MINISTRY, REVOLTING COCKS, SPYDER BABY To Team Up For U.S. Tour

photo by Dan Locke for MK

As we previously reported earlier in the summer:

MINISTRY will be teaming up with REVOLTING COCKS (featuring Gibby Haynes on vox)and SPYDER BABY for the MasterBaTour 2006, a two-month trek set to kick off May 2006. Tickets for the Seattle show on May 28, 2006 go on sale today (July 20, 2005) at 10:00 a.m. from MINISTRY's official web site www.ministrymusic.org/news

Al Jourgensen is currently working on remixes for an upcoming MINISTRY anthology, tentatively dubbed "Rantology", due before the end of the year. In addition, the collection will feature a brand-new MINISTRY track called "The Great Satan". Songs scheduled to be remixed for the upcoming set include "NWO", "Bad Blood", "No W", "Stigmata", "Jesus Built My Hotrod", "Unsung" and "Bloodlines".

MINISTRY last year completed a U.S. tour in support of their latest CD, "Houses of the Molé", available on Sanctuary Records. The follow-up to 2003's "Animositisomina" was recorded at El Paso's Sonic Ranch studios.

BLACKEST OF THE BLACK: DANZIG, MORTIIS, CHIMAIRA, BEHEMOTH Tour Dates Announced

The first dates have been announced for the 2005 "Blackest of the Black" tour, which will kick off in San Diego at the end of September and end on the West Coast on Halloween. Joining headliners DANZIG will be the crème de la crème of the hardcore/dark/black metal bands — CHIMAIRA, BEHEMOTH, HIMSA, MORTIIS and THE AGONY SCENE.

DANZIG's performance on all dates of the "Blackest of the Black" tour will feature former MISFITS' guitarist Doyle Von Frankenstein for a special 30-minute set of MISFITS classics. Doyle joined DANZIG on a handful of tour dates last winter (New York, Philadelphia, Boston) for "the closest thing to a MISFITS reunion you're going to see."

"'The Blackest of the Black' tour is for extreme bands that sell out venues across the country, that sell records, but don't get radio play or get on MTV," said Glenn Danzig. "It's anti the corporate crap nu-rap-metal that gets shoved down fans' throats at other concerts." The "Blackest of the Black" festival was organized by Danzig and debuted in the summer of 2003 with DANZIG, SUPERJOINT RITUAL, OPETH, NILE, LACUNA COIL and BEHEMOTH on the bill. "I'd like to see this being an on-going event," Danzig added.

"Blackest of the Black Tour" 2005 dates:

Sep. 30 - San Diego, CA @ Soma
Oct. 01 - Las Vegas, NV @ Hard Rock/The Joint
Oct. 02 - San Francisco, CA @ Backyard At The Pound
Oct. 04 - Seattle, WA @ Premeir
Oct. 06 - Spokane, WA @ The Big Easy
Oct. 07 - TBA
Oct. 08 - Bozeman, MT @ Valley Ice Garden
Oct. 10 - TBA
Oct. 11 - Cleveland, OH @ House Of Blues
Oct. 12 - Detroit, MI @ Harpo's
Oct. 14 - Montreal, QUE @ The Medley
Oct. 15 - TBA
Oct. 17 – New York, NY @ Nokia Theatre
Oct. 18 - Providence, RI @ The Strand At Lupo's
Oct. 19 - Atlantic City, NJ @ House Of Blues
Oct. 21 - Atlanta, GA @ Earthlink Live
Oct. 22 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution
Oct. 23 - Kissimmee, FL @ Hard Rock
Oct. 25 - New Orleans, LA @ Twi Ropa
Oct. 26 - Dallas, TX @ Nokia Theatre
Oct. 27 - San Antonio, TX @ Sunken Gardens
Oct. 29 - Los Angeles, CA @ Universal Amphitheatre

BRMC Howls / Tour Dates Announced

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club went through an uncertain past year, losing - and regaining - drummer Nick Jago, and recording a new album, appropriately titled Howl.

Without a recording contract at the outset (BRMC is now signed to RCA Records), the band dug into its own wallets to finance recording. Relentless touring during recording breaks reportedly took its toll on Jago, who quit the band and then returned.

With the album completed and the indie rock trio regrouped, BRMC is preparing to kick start another North American tour after warming up with festivals in Japan and England.

Howl, a title borrowed from beat poet Allen Ginsberg's classic, marks BRMC's third full-length effort, so it's only fitting the tour in support kicks off in San Francisco at the Great American Music Hall on September 12.

The 19-city tour also stops in Seattle, Denver, Chicago, Detroit, New York City, Boston, Atlanta, Houston, Dallas and Los Angeles, where the outing wraps October 8 at the Henry Fonda Theatre.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club


Mon 09/12/05 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall

Tue 09/13/05 Portland, OR Douglas Fir Lounge

Wed 09/14/05 Seattle, WA Neumo's

Fri 09/16/05 Salt Lake City, UT Club Sound

Sat 09/17/05 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater

Mon 09/19/05 Minneapolis, MN Fine Line Music Cafe

Tue 09/20/05 Chicago, IL Metro / Smart Bar

Wed 09/21/05 Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall

Thu 09/22/05 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall

Sat 09/24/05 Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert Theatre

Mon 09/26/05 New York, NY Irving Plaza

Tue 09/27/05 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club

Wed 09/28/05 Washington, DC 9:30 Club

Fri 09/30/05 Atlanta, GA The Loft @ Earthlink Live

Sun 10/02/05 Austin, TX The Parish

Mon 10/03/05 Houston, TX Meridian

Tue 10/04/05 Dallas, TX Trees

Thu 10/06/05 Tempe, AZ The Clubhouse

Fri 10/07/05 San Diego, CA Brick By Brick

Sat 10/08/05 Los Angeles, CA Music Box At The Fonda

MYSPACE To Be Purchased By FOX Owners News Corp.

News Corp to buy MySpace.com owner for $580 million

NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp. on Monday said it would buy Intermix Media Inc., owner of the popular MySpace.com social networking site, for $580 million in a move to expand the media conglomerate's Internet offerings.

The deal comes after News Corp., home to the Fox television network, Fox News and 20th Century Fox film studios, announced on Friday the creation of an Internet division to hold the company's sports, news and entertainment sites.

News Corp. will pay $12 a share, a 12 percent premium over Intermix's closing price on the American Stock Exchange on Friday. Intermix shares rose 9.5 percent to $11.74 in Monday trading.

"For a company with a market capitalization of over $50 billion and $6 billion in cash on their balance sheet, to pay $580 million for the fifth most widely viewed domain, that strikes me as reasonable," said Natexis Bleichroeder analyst Alan Gould.

"With a significant amount of advertising dollars moving from traditional outlets to online, News Corp., like most media companies, is looking to boost its Internet assets," Gould added.

Online advertising is expected to be the fastest growing category for national advertisers, up 15 percent to $7.9 billion this year, according to media buying firm Universal McCann.

MySpace.com is the most popular of the once-trendy social networking sites, which allow people with common interests to seek dates, friendship and professional relationships.

Google Inc., for its part, has a social networking site called Orkut. Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO - news) has made social networking a part of its Yahoo 360 networking tool.

"The thing about MySpace is that it's a growing audience," said Jupiter Research analyst David Card. "Its users are pretty loyal. They get a lot of time spent on their pages. And the personal information they get from users is pretty reliable because they want to meet people. One would think this information would be pretty useful to advertisers."

Intermix, which had $24.1 million in revenue in its fiscal fourth quarter, will become part of News Corp.'s newly created Fox Interactive Media.

News Corp. had said on Friday it plans to make "strategic investments" in this area. The creation of the Internet unit comes three months after News Corp. Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch's exhortation to the newspaper industry that it was too slow to respond to the Internet.

Intermix was the target of a lawsuit by New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, who accused the company of false advertising and deceptive business practices in bundling hidden spyware that delivered pop-up advertising and redirected Web traffic to an Intermix search engine.

The company agreed to pay $7.9 million to settle suit without admitting wrongdoing. It had previously stopped distributing such programs.

The News Corp. deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of calendar 2005.

Intermix's largest shareholder, VantagePoint Venture Partners, which holds 22.4 percent of the company, has agreed to vote its shares in favor of the deal, News Corp. said.

News Corp. shares closed down 2 cents to $17.45 in midday trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

MK ViXXXen / Adult Star Corina Taylor Linked To Actor Jared Leto

That's Corina On The Left Making an Alex Zandwich With Talia Juliette

Though you read it first here last week after it was reported by The Star!
SOURCE: NY Post via adultfyi.com
WWW- Scarlett Johansson is having a hard time getting Jared Leto out of her system. The gorgeous "Lost in Translation" star, 20, was dumped by the "Requiem for a Dream" stud, 33, because she was supposedly too young for him. Johansson quickly started seeing hunky Josh ("Black Hawk Down") Hartnett. Leto then moved onto Ashley Olsen, who is even younger than Johansson.

But a good source claims Scarlett is sneaking out and having midnight trysts with Leto. His former conquests Cameron Diaz, Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan might understand.

As does porn star Corina Taylor, who told radar.com she got cozy with well-endowed Leto on his tour bus in Little Rock, Ark., three years ago while he was on tour with his rock band, 30 Seconds From Mars. "I've been a porn actress for three years, and Jared was the most I ever had to work with," Taylor gushed. "There's definitely a second career available for him if he ever runs out of mainstream work.

Farewell, Scotty

SOURCE: E! Online by Joal Ryan

Once, at a convention of astronomers, James Doohan was asked what it felt like "to be beamed." The actor who'd abided by the order, "Beam me up, Scotty," countless times on the Star Trek set reported that it was "very pleasurable."

"You end up beaming all over the place," Doohan said, per StarTrek.com.

Doohan, who sweated it out in the engine room of the U.S.S. Enterprise as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott on the original Trek TV series and, indeed, found himself beamed all over the world, via reruns, videos and DVDs, died Wednesday at his home in Washington state. He was 85, and had been battling Alzheimer's disease, and, most recently, pneumonia.

Per Doohan's request, said longtime agent Steve Stevens Sr., the sci-fi star will be cremated and his ashes launched into space by the same Houston-based aerospace company that shot the remains of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry into orbit following his 1991 death. Stevens said he didn't know precisely when Doohan's outer space memorial would occur. "As soon as the next flight goes up," he said.

In addition to the trailblazing 1966-69 series, the Canadian-born Doohan affected his Scotty brogue for the first seven Trek feature films and the 1973 animated series. And when he wasn't burring, he was grunting what would become the basis for the native tongue of the villainous Klingons in the big-screen adventures.

It was a year ago last July that Doohan's family disclosed the Trek star had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's. That, combined with Parkinson's and diabetes, led Doohan to sign off from the lucrative convention and college circuit, which he had worked like few other Enterprise alums. But first there was to be a final farewell.

Last August, Doohan, his longtime costars and fans converged in Hollywood for three days of roasting, toasting and starring the actor on the Walk of Fame. With a nod to the signature phrase that Doohan himself never uttered at the transporter controls, the event was called "Beam Me Up Scotty...One Last Time."

At the time, Walter Koenig, who played the Russian navigator Chekov to Doohan's Scotsman on Trek, called the convention "a beautiful gesture." He told E! Online he wished DeForest Kelley, the starship's venerable Dr. McCoy, had had a similar public goodbye. Kelley died in 1999.

On Wednesday, Stevens said Doohan was very ill during "Beam Me Up Scotty," but that "he sucked it up" to be on the convention floor with the faithful.

"Nobody embraced the fans like James did," Stevens said. "He loved the fans, and they loved him. And he felt that he needed to give back what he got."

With Doohan's passing, the surviving original Trek crew members include: Koenig; William Shatner (Captain Kirk); Leonard Nimoy (Mr. Spock); Nichelle Nichols (Lieutenant Uhura); and George Takei (Lieutenant Sulu).

Although they played a tight-knit bunch on TV and in the movies, in real life, the actors were not always on speaking terms, with Doohan and Shatner being chief exhibits. But last July, Doohan's son, Chris Doohan, told E! Online that the two men had patched up things, and "told each other how much they love each other."

Coming to terms--with costars, with fans, with the realities of typecasting--is a trick all Trek stars have had to master over the last 30-plus years. For his part, Doohan decided to embrace Scotty, something that perhaps was best evidenced by the title of his 1996 autobiography, Beam Me Up, Scotty.

"Many actors get upset when they are typecast, but that didn't concern him, because he was typecast as Scotty," Chris Doohan told the Los Angeles Times last year. "It's been his bread and butter."

Born March 3, 1920, in Vancouver, Doohan came about Scotty's fiery personality and doggedness the old-fashioned way: The battlefield. Fighting with the Royal Canadian Artillery during World War II, the future Starfleet officer landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, as part of the U.S.-led D-Day invasion. He lost a finger; the Allies won the war.

WHAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH TOMMY LEE?

I'm going out on a limb and calling this THIRD TIME IS THE HARM!

World Entertainment News Network is reporting that MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee has confirmed he and his ex-wife Pamela Anderson are set to exchange vows for the third time.

After days of speculation about the couple's on-off love affair after they were spotted holidaying together in Hawaii, Lee has revealed they are planning another big day.

In an e-mail to entertainment news show "Access Hollywood", Lee answered the marriage question by stating, "Yes, I love Pamela. That's my girl."

As for a date for the big day, he added, "No date yet, baby. Soon!"

The pair tied the knot on a beach just days after they met in 1995. They remarried shortly after, wearing space suits — and went on to have two sons together, but divorced in 1998 after Lee was arrested for spousal abuse.

The New 2257 To Introduce Federal Tax On Porn Sites

SOURCE: AdultFyi.com

25 Percent Internet Sales Tax? Surprise, Surprise

Porn Valley- Nowhere in all the talk about the new 2257 regulations was there anything about a Federal tax on porn sites. But there it is. The Government is ready to extract 25 percent on all Internet sales.

According to the story being reported, legislation seeking stringent age-verification and a 25 percent tax on all adult entertainment revenues on the Internet is likely to be introduced in the Senate within the next few weeks. The key figure behind this bill is Sen. Blanche Lincoln [D-Ark]

The proposed act is divided into two sections. Title I stipulates “an operator of a regulated pornographic website shall verify that any user attempting to access their site is 18 years of age or older using software certified for that purpose … prior to the display of any pornographic material, including free content that may be available prior to the purchase of a subscription or product”(emphasis added).

Title II attempts to fund enforcement of Title I and various other activities related to children and pornography by imposing a 25 percent tax on gross website receipts. The bill also would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to include a revenue category called “Internet Display or Distribution of Pornography.”

The draft bill also includes a provision mandating “a bank, credit card company, third-party merchant, Internet Payment Service Provider, or business that performs financial transactions for a regulated pornographic website shall only process age-verified Internet pornography credit card transactions for sales. ...”

According to the draft, the bill, if passed, would take effect January 1.

Jared Announces One-Off CHEMLAB Show In The USA

I'm double-sided in three ways.

After a seven-year hiatus from the stage, I'm going to be unveiling
Chemlab live on the 10th of August in Boston with the help of a
couple of opti-nightlings. This is going to be a very interesting,
limited edition evening of bizarre proportions and I'm looking
forward to it with curiosity and hunger. There are certain things,
however, that should be said about this show before I go any further.

This is not quite the Chemlab that you knew from before, but then
neither is Oxidizer. Let me cast light. I did one of my solo shows in
Boston last year when I was in town and hooked up with Gabriel from
mindFIELD (www.mindfield.org), he actually furled noise behind the
first story I told that night and seemed plugged into the same frame
as I. We've been in touch ever since and have tossed around the
picture of spinning a one-off, experiment with his band backing me up
doing all Chemlab songs. Called either mindlab or chemfield and
presented as a cover band, we've tried to nail down a show for ages,
but each attempt has been thwarted, each step seen the foot hacked
off again. Very frustrating.

Now this gear-shifts, a lot. I'm going to be over in the States from
next week, the 19th, and then up in Boston in early August and,
finally, we're going to put this strange creature on stage though
it's much fleshed out from the shape of the genesis seed. If 6 were
9. This is not your fathers Chemlab however, rather a mutant strain.
Though familiar, it has some critically different wiring. Dylan isn't
involved as he's impossible to find as has no hunger to make music.
Servo can't gig yet because this is a one-time affair and he's out in
LA-LA. In future he'll be looped in. Levi isn't playing bass on this
yet either. Standing in his stead is a cool shard of glass known as
Jimmy. Keys are hammered by Regan and the guitar slung by Gabriel the
core engine of mindFIELD. Although the faces are different and we're
not yet fully quadro-sonic, the essence remains the same. Orbiting
around Dylan and me, the live band was eternally in flux. Same as it
ever was except that now Gabriel becomes Dylan. Looks a touch like
him as well.

Bear in mind, this is a one-time event. It won't ever be repeated.
The line-up and content will unequivocally alter shape by the next
time you see it. Each iteration takes me closer to the beast that I
want the band to be now and none of the previous shapes will be seen
again. The Lizard sheds its skin. Since this was originally a show
designed as a one-off, we're keeping that mental wiring but taking
Chemlab as the name. The set will be deliciously familiar yet will
push into new terrain as well. We'll be playing some songs that won't
be heard in the set again once we get going. There are also a few
older tracks that've never been played before and that's a twisted
challenge that may never be repeated.

What I present to you is the first flashes of the new touring band, a
Vaseline valentine gunning its engine in the lot and getting ready to
unleash in your head.

Wednesday August 10th, 2005
Angeldustrial.com presents
**CHEMLAB
**
**YOU SHRIEK
**
**ONE OF US
** 18+, $10
Doors at 8:00PM
Middle East Downstairs
480 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

Come join us for chapter one, the end of the beginning of the snake
eating its diamond-tipped tail.

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Kill Girl Kill 2 Party Kills

SOURCE: AVN.com By: Tim Connelly

HOLLYWOOD - The night before VCA Pictures released the much anticipated Kill Girl Kill 2 from alt-porn auteur, Eon McKai hosted an ultra-cool release and birthday party with KGK 2 starlet Veronica Jett turning one year older.

The narrow, dingy atmosphere of ll Corral was crammed full of punkers and porners co-mingling as non-stop hardcore screened large in an adjoining space attracting casually curious and quietly interested voyeurs. Revelers included adult stars such as Evan Stone (sharing his birthday with Jett) and Syren, Gia Jordan, Tiffany Taylor, Kurt Lockwood, Samantha Ryan, Jezebelle Bond, Justin, newcomer Dana D’Armand, Platinum Blue sales chief Dean Sussman and a roving cast of local scenesters.

VCA Vice President of Sales Peter Reynolds grabbed Black Widow Media Director of Sales, Lisa Black Widow, a spot near the bar where Suicide girls Alice and Sita who starred in Kill Girl Kill as Karissa DeViance and now going by the name Eve Mayfair for X-rated releases, pumped free beer and kept the crowd drinking in the art turned porn/punk party space.

The mood was ebullient all-around with director McKai offering, “It’s nice to have a party that’s not in the Valley and doesn’t have all that bling,” adding that he’s excited about the pre-order success of this title and anxious to get into pre-production on the New Wave Hookers sequel he also has in the works.

“I know that if I wasn’t selling, they wouldn’t continue to let me make movies for VCA, and tell me to fuck off,” McKai offered adding that his choice of pseudonym is borrowed from the founding member of legendary punk rock band, Fugazi. “Eon was totally unflappable, making hard choices and to that I also add the promise no fake boobs in our features.”

A special contest offered to members of online rental giant Wantedlist.com with a grand prize deejay system complete with two Technic turntables, microphone, headset and all the bells and whistles was presented to an avid 18-year-old online renter from Santa Rosa, Calif., with company owners Anh Tran and Danny Ting excitedly talking up their new venture into the gay porn online rental market, www.maleboxdvd.com.

VCA head of public relations, Sean Carney, excited about the new release and obvious upswing in the alt-porn market, offered, “Eon’s work is a true team effort. It’s part of the social fabric of the new generation.” Carney also pointed out that Hollywood guerilla poster artist Buff Monster contributed art direction to the project and Monster offered, “I walked by the bathroom just now and some girl said that Kyle Stone is done. Who is Kyle Stone, that hippie porn actor over there?"

Exiting the party early into the following day, Marisol, one of McKai’s crew members who proudly offered that she was the cum mopper for the initial release and as far as the easiest ejaculate to clean up, Kurt Lockwood beat out James Deen and Rob Rotten won out. “I don’t know why, but it looked good and came right up and the best thing is, I won’t be doing it any longer as I’m starring in Kill Girl Kill 3.” No word yet on who will take over Marisol’s chores on the cum squad but Kyle Stone is among the jizz mop candidates, according to an unnamed source.

Inside Deep Throat Set for DVD Release

SOURCE: AVN.com By: Ron Martin

LOS ANGELES - Inside Deep Throat, the documentary produced by Imagine Entertainment's Brian Grazer about the $25,000 "blue movie" that launched an unprecedented social and political firestorm, is coming to DVD Sept. 20.

The first sexually explicit film to cross over to mainstream audiences, 1972's Deep Throat turned out to be far more than a titillating curiosity. Breaking longstanding taboos against openly discussing sex in polite society, the movie helped launch the sexual revolution - and ignited a conservative moral backlash. Eventually banned in 23 states and an explicit target of the Nixon administration, Deep Throat nonetheless succeeded in becoming a cultural phenomenon like no other.

With frank, lively interviews and fascinating archival footage, Inside Deep Throat examines the production, the politics, and the profound cultural impact of a phenomenon that remains as controversial today as it was over 30 years ago. Narrated by Dennis Hopper, the documentary features interviews with Deep Throat stars Linda Lovelace and Harry Reems, as well as director Gerard Damiano.

Helping to explain the film's lasting effect on American culture are Carl Bernstein, Helen Gurley Brown, anti-pornography activist Susan Brownmiller, Dick Cavett, Alan Dershowitz, Larry Flynt, Hugh Hefner, Erica Jong, Charles Keating, Bill Maher, Camille Paglia, Georgina Spelvin, Andrea True, Gore Vidal, John Waters and Dr. Ruth Westheimer, among others.

There are both R-rated and NC-17 versions of the DVD.

PAUL STANLEY Planning Solo Tour

1989 Photo by AZ for MK

KISS frontman Paul Stanley recently informed Kiss Kollector Online that he's planning a solo tour in support of his upcoming solo album. Stanley will also have exhibitions of his paintings throughout the USA soon. In April of this year, the first-ever public exhibition of his art took place on Maui, Hawaii.

Paul last did a club solo tour in 1989, with Eric Singer and Bob Kulick along with and Dennis St. James.

As previously reported, drumming on Stanley's upcoming solo CD was handled by Victor Indruzzo, who has toured and recorded with MACY GRAY, toured with BECK and appears on various recordings by the Matrix production team. Most of the guitars have been handled by Corky James, who also is heard on various recordings by the Matrix team, including AVRIL LAVIGNE. In talking about their contributions Paul raved, "Victor is just an amazing drummer who can bash with the best of them while keeping a great groove going." As for James, Stanley added, "Corky just blows me away with his parts and sounds." As far as bass..."I've always been a big fan of Bruce Kulick's bass playing so it's great to have him on some of the album." Keyboards have been handled by Russ Irwin who has toured with both STING and AEROSMITH. "I've known Russ for over 15 years before the KISS/AEROSMITH tour happened and his being a part of the project seemed like a natural". Of course all the vocals are handled by Paul. A few of the tracks recorded include "Wake Up Screaming", "Second To None" and "Live To Win".

Paul has been collaborating with Swedish songwriter Andreas Carlsson (BON JOVI, DEF LEPPARD), and for the first time in 15 or so years, Desmond Child (BON JOVI, AEROSMITH). "It's magic," Stanley said of the collaboration. Paul went on to add, "From the songs to the playing and singing, everything about this album is consistent without compromise. The album is exactly who I am now and what I want to be doing. It's got all the sides of what I do, so it's not surprising that it's got elements of everything I've done plus a leap into the 21st century. I don't need to hype it. I'll leave that to everyone else who's heard it."

Hustler Hollywood Celebrates Grand Opening In Nashville

NASHVILLE--Hustler Hollywood proudly announced its grand opening last weekend in
Nashville, TN located at 14th Avenue North and Church Street, just off Interstate 40.

Hustler Hollywood Nashville joins seven other upscale, erotic boutiques dotting the
United States. The successful chain sells everything from XXX videos to Hustler
Apparel, and has been offering discriminating consumers a bright, refreshing
alternative to the seedy adult bookstore' since its first store opened in Hollywood,
California in 1998.

Special guests will include Hustler contract starlet Jessica Jaymes, Veronika
Raquel, Ron Jeremy and The Flynt Family plus a live musical
performance by the rock band Superunknown.

Owner, founder and pop-cultural icon Larry Flynt is excited about the opening. "I
marvel at the success of these stores. They attract folks from all walks of life, from
soccer moms to NASCAR dads, to celebrities killing time between wrap parties."

If you're in the neighborhood, stop by Hustler Hollywood Nashville today.

The celebration will be from 6p.m.-8p.m. After party at the Red Iguana will begin at
9p.m.!

www.hustlerhollywood.com

NEW PRONG TUNE ON MYSPACE.COM

Prong Founder TOMMY VICTOR photo by MK

A brand-new PRONG demo track, entitled "Looking for Them", has been posted online at profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=6580775&Mytoken=20050719130738

"Looking for Them" is expected to appear on the group's follow-up to 2004's "Scorpio Rising", tentatively due next year via Locomotive Music.

PRONG recently parted ways with drummer Dan Laudo. A new drummer will be announced soon. The band's next live appearance will take place on July 30 at the House of Blues in Hollywood, California.

As previously reported, PRONG and OVERKILL will be teaming up for a number of U.S. dates in early 2006. So far the following two dates have been released:

Feb. 18 - West Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
Feb. 20 - New York, NY @ B.B. King Blues Club

MY RUIN IN SAN FRAN FRIDAY

MY RUIN will be playing the POUND in San Francisco tomorrow night (Friday July 15th) with our FRIENDS in BLEED THE SKY & HOSTILITY! This is one of our 3 warm up shows before they head out on "THE DOUBLE SHOT OF ROCK TOUR" presented by Jagermeister in August.

MY RUIN play at 11:30 and hope you can make it out to see the show and wish MICK a HAPPY BIRTHDAY.....2 days early!!!

The show is ALL AGES and doors are at 8pm.

PARTY WITH VCA’S HOTTEST DIRECTOR EON MCKAI & TONS OF ALTERNATIVE PORN STAR CHIX THIS MONDAY!!

PLUS: WANTEDLIST & VCA’S CONTEST WINNERS TO
BE ANNOUNCED AT THE PARTY

BEVERLY HILLS: Eon McKai and VCA Pictures take over L.A.’s hottest alternative party spot, Il Corral, this Monday, July 18th for the underground XXX event of the summer!!

This Monday, acclaimed “altporn” director Eon McKai will be screening his newest video, KILL GIRL KILL 2 for the very first time.

Come party with KILL GIRL KILL 2’s luscious cast of alt girls—DEJA DAIRE, JUSTINE JOLI, JEZEBELLE BOND, JADE STARR, ZOE MATTHEWS and YUMY—as well as many of the stars of Eon’s previous XXX hits, ART SCHOOL SLUTS and KILL GIRL KILL.

KILL GIRL KILL #2 will also be on sale so you can get an autographed copy!

In addition, representatives from VCA and WantedList.com will announce the winners of the KILL GIRL KILL online contest and unveil the grand prize: a complete custom DJ turntable set-up with outrageous KILL GIRL KILL graphics.

Il Corral, located at 664 N. Heliotrope (behind Mondo Video, just south of Melrose), is L.A.’s newest underground hotspot. It’s a gallery and a performance space showcasing the most cutting-edge entertainment Los Angeles has to offer. This is not some stuffy nightclub! Il Corral is down-and-dirty, just like Eon McKai’s movies. This is the kind of place where hot punk chicks and art school sluts check out the latest underground bands.

Refreshments will be provided, but once they’re gone, they’re gone so get there early! Admission is limited to those 18 years-old and up. You must show I.D. at the door.

Doors are at 9:30, the movie screens at 10pm. Running time is approximately 120 minutes.

DJ Don Bolles—KXLU-FM DJ and drummer with punk pioneers the Germs and 45 Grave—will be spinning music before and after the screening.

Come on down and get loose with VCA, Eon and tons of beautiful tattooed and pierced girls!!

www.EonMcKai.com
www.VCAPictures.com
www.halfnormal.com/ilcorral

KILL GIRL KILL 2 STREETS 7/19/2005 VCA—DON’T DARE LOOK AWAY!!

STARS ATTACKS: FLASHBACK Weekend and DRIVE-IN!)

Many generations have fond and nostalgic memories of attending a drive-in theatre. Despite their dwindling number, the drive-in theatre is neither gone nor forgotten!

Flashback Weekend will host a weekend-long tribute to the Drive-In Theatre July 29-31, 2005. Convention activities will be held at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare in Rosemont, IL. Once again, the hotel's west parking lot will be transformed into the suburb's newest drive-in!

This nostalgic outdoor recreation of the drive-in will feature not only 35mm screenings of classic and premiere showings of horror films, but timeless, vintage trailers, live celebrity introductions, and a fantastic concession stand!

Showing at the Drive-In on our HUGE 20' x 40' screen will be:

A 35mm Chicago premiere screening of “THE MAN WITH THE SCREAMING BRAIN”. Bruce Campbell stars and directs and will also be on hand to introduce the film.

A remastered 35mm print of the original classic, Sam Raimi’s “THE EVIL DEAD". Bruce Campbell, The Ladies of the Evil Dead, Rich Demanicor ("SCOTTY"), and special effects master Tom Sullivan will be on hand to introduce the showing.

A 35mm print of John Carpenter’s 1980 classic "John Carpenter's “THE FOG". The presentation will be introduced by Adrienne Barbeau, Tom Atkins, Charles Cyphers, and Nancy Loomis.

A 35mm retrospective screening of Rob Zombie's "HOUSE OF 1,000 CORPSES”. On hand to introduce the screening will be Bill Moseley, Sid Haig, and Matt McGrory.

For full info, visit the Flashback Weekend website : www.flashbackweekend.com

ROB ZOMBIE: TV Appearances Scheduled

SOURCE: Blabbermouth

ROB ZOMBIE has lined up the following TV appearances during the next couple of days:

Thursday, July 14:

08:00 a.m. ET - ESPN2 "Cold Pizza"
09:00 p.m. ET - IFC "Dinner for Five"

Friday, July 15:

12:35 a.m. ET - NBC "Late Night with Conan O'Brien"
05:00 a.m. ET - IFC "Henry's Film Corner"

As previously reported, ROB ZOMBIE will be the featured guest on the nationally syndicated radio show "Rockline" airing Monday, August 1. The live show begins at 8:30 p.m. PT / 11:30 p.m. ET, and fans are encouraged to call in with questions during the program at (800) 344-ROCK (7625). To find a station near you, check out RocklineRadio.com.

Zombie's second directorial effort, "The Devil's Rejects", arrives in theatres on July 22. "The Devil's Rejects" is a loose sequel to his 2003 filmmaking debut, "House of 1000 Corpses". Actors Sid Haig, Bill Moseley and Sheri Moon Zombie return from the first film.

Rob Zombie will headline the second stage of Ozzfest 2005, beginning on July 15 in Mansfield, Massachusetts.

Zombie recently told Rolling Stone that he'll finish his next album this fall after Ozzfest is over. Among the people who have played on the record so far are LIMP BIZKIT guitarist Wes Borland, MÖTLEY CRÜE drummer Tommy Lee and A PERFECT CIRCLE drummer Josh Freese.

TROMA LOOKING FOR CHICKEN BOYS

TROMA Founder Lloyd Kaufman w/ MK's jSIN and Zander

Troma President and Creator of The Toxic Avenger, Lloyd Kaufman, is directing "Poultrygeist: Attack of the Chicken Zombies!", a 35mm musical satire with chicken zombies, in Buffalo. There are several unpaid Production Assistant positions AVAILABLE NOW. To qualify, you must live in the Buffalo area and be able to start IMMEDIATELY and have FULL AVAILABILITY. While you will be working 18-20 hour days, you will be a part of a movie that will play in theatres and at film festivals around the world!

Working on "Poultrygeist" will be a hands-on learning experience that you can't get at film school!

For more info, visit the Poultrygeist site: www.poultrygeistmovie.com

MK ViXXXen and Porn Star Corina Taylor Make Tabloids

The July 25,2005 issue of Star magazine features an article regarding Corina and actor Jared Leto. The issue is on most newsstands now.

See more of Corina at www.corinataylor.com

Hunter S Thompson's Grande Finale To Be A Blast

ASPEN, Colo. - Friends and family of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson are preparing to pepper the sky with the late writer's ashes. His cremated remains will be shot into the air Aug. 20 from a cannon installed on a 150-foot-high tower behind his home in Woody Creek.

The 67-year-old Thompson, who had been in failing health, shot himself at his home on Feb. 20 after a long and flamboyant career.

Johnny Depp, a close friend of Thompson's, has hired a Beverly Hills, Calif., events planner to oversee the event, which will be closed to the public.

"Hunter meant a lot to me. He was another hero and someone that I got to know very well because I played him in `Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.' We got very, very close," Depp said in a recent interview with AP Television News.

"He was a great pal, one of my best friends. We had talked a couple of times about his last wishes to be shot out of a cannon of his own design. ... All I'm doing is trying to make sure his last wish comes true. I just want to send my pal out the way he wants to go out," the 42-year-old actor said in the interview.
Anita Thompson, the writer's widow, said a public commemoration of Thompson will be held later.

Garbage Jet Setting Like The Good Ol Days

SOURCE: Pollstar.com

Longtime Garbage bandmates Shirley Manson, Butch Vig, Duke Erikson and Steve Marker were said to be on the verge of parting ways a couple of years ago, that the collaboration may have run its course. However, the group's latest album, Bleed Like Me, and tour schedule show there's much more to come from this hit-making ensemble.

The trek new begins July 27 with a gig at Costa Mesa, Calif's Pacific Amphitheatre followed by San Diego's Street Scene festival July 29, and then heads to Mexico for three shows August 3-7.

The group will jet back to the U.S. for performances at Underground Atlanta August 13 and NYC's Randall Island for the AmsterJam mash-up concert August 20.

The seven-city European leg kicks off October 12 at the U.K.'s Apollo Manchester and hits six stops before wrapping up at Usher Hall in Edinburgh, Scotland, October 23.

Garbage's brush with rock star burnout has re-inspired the group to take its patented sound to the next level, technically and artistically.

Vig told Chartattack that fear was a motivator in the band's creative resurgence.

"When we got back together we felt a sense of desperation, like we were losing this band and we had to play as if our lives depended on it."

Estevez Talks "Breakfast" Sequel

Emilio Estevez has signed on to appear in a sequel to cult John Hughes Brat Pack movie "The Breakfast Club", despite missing out on joining his castmates for a MTV Movie Awards reunion last month due to a family emergency reports Contact Music.

Estevez urges fans of the film not to take his no-show as a sign he's not interested in a planned sequel. He adds, "John's got an idea for a sequel - mature aged students at college, all doing time again - for some reason or another.

"The twist would be that we're all the polar opposites of how we were in the original. Judd Nelson for instance, would now be the straight-laced one. I'm definitely in. If it happens, I'm there.

NASHVILLE PUSSY Sign With SPV RECORDS

NASHVILLE PUSSY have inked a deal with Steamhammer/SPV Records. The group's new album, "Get Some", was produced by Daniel Rey (RAMONES) and mixed by Glen Robinson (VOIVOD, ANNIHILATOR). The CD, which features a cover version of IKE & TINA TURNER's "Nutbush City Limits", is scheduled for release on September 26.

Following the release of "Get Some", the band are set to embark on an extensive tour, determined to document impressively what their audience has come to expect under the heading of "spectacular stage show."

NASHVILLE PUSSY came together in 1996. "We were tired of seeing bands that were boring, all style and no soul. So we decided to play the kind of music that we would like to hear," commented guitarist Ruyter Suys on the birth of her band. Ever since, NASHVILLE PUSSY have been performing a strenuous annual gig marathon, touring with acts like SLIPKNOT, SLAYER, SEVENDUST, MOTÖRHEAD, MISFITS, DICTATORS, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES and LYNYRD SKYNYRD.

Seka at Glamourcon

Source: Seka

Hi everyone, I just wanted to remind you guys that I will be at the Glamourcon Show in Chicago in Aug.

Just go to OfficialSeka.com click on the calander and it will give you all of the info about the show and all of the other things that I am doing.

Hope to see you all there.

Lustfully Yours,
Seka

Seka, born Lynda Grasser on April 15, 1954, might be the most popular porn star in history.

In the 1970s, Seka managed an X-rated bookstore. She became interested in the business, which she felt sold a lot of inferior merchandise with poor acting. She wanted to do it right, and she also realized a lot of money could be made. She headed to Los Angeles with the purpose of becoming a porn star.

Her first major hit was "Blonde Fire," made in 1978. She exploded onto the scene just as porn was making the switch to video, and consequently became a major star at a time of maximum exposure. Her films are among the most popular erotica of the 1980s. Seka became so popular that her name was used in many of her movie titles, such as "Inside Seka," "Taste of Seka", "Rockin With Seka," "Seduction of Seka," "Seka's Teenage Diary," and "My Sister Seka."

She appeared on talk shows to defend pornography against attacks from religious and feminist groups. She provides a contrast with Traci Lords, who also made around 100 films in the 1980s. Traci worked underage, under the effects of drugs, and under the influence of sleazy managers. Traci does not like her past, which shows the unpleasant, abusive side of the porn industry. Seka, on the other hand, was regarded as a shrewd businesswoman, she enjoyed what she did, and she is still making money off of her fan club, which she runs from her home in Chicago.

Her celebrity outside of the porn world (she even made a cameo appearance on Saturday Night Live)established the grounds for later stars like Jenna Jameson who does prime-time guest appearances and has her own action figure.

Seka's last film was "Careful he May be Watching," made in 1986. She has also gone by the names Dorothy H. Patton and Dotty Yonz.

Bruce Campbell, Adrienne Barbeau, Bill Moseley, Sid Haig And Many More To Appear at Flashback Weekend

One of the most anticipated events of the summer FLASHBACK WEEKEND makes it's triumphant return to Chicago. Amongst the events and the celebrities on tap will be the "HOUSE OF 1,000 CORPSES" Retrospective and Cast Reunion and 'THE EVIL DEAD' CAST REUNION.

See www.flashbackweekend.com for more details.

MARAZENE Video Debut

MORTIIS To Guest On New APOPTYGMA BERZERK CD

Norway's legendary eccentric artist MORTIIS recently did backing vocals on a song called "Maze" for Norwegian act APOPTYGMA BERZERK's upcoming album "You and Me Against the World". No further information is currently available.

As previously reported, MORTIIS has completed a remix of the GIRLS UNDER GLASS song "Touch Me", now re-titled "Touch Me (Cleanse & Corrupt Mix)", for their upcoming download single, "Touch Me". Mortiis has also completed a remix for Italian band DOPE STARS INC.'s song "Self Destructive Corp.", now re-titled "Self Destructive Corp (Midnight Mass Mix)". Mortiis also laid down vocals for the Norwegian/American project SCUM, featuring Samoth (ZYKLON, ex-EMPEROR), Faust (ex-EMPEROR), Happy Tom (TURBONEGRO), Casey Chaos (AMEN) and Cosmocrator (MINDGRINDER). He contributed backing vocals to the song "Backstabbers Go to Heaven" for SCUM's upcoming debut album, "Gospels for the Sick" (due September 5 via Dogjob Records, a division of Tuba) and lead vocals and lyrics to a song called "Speaking in Tongues", which will be released on an EP.

Fantastic Four' Fires Up U.S. Box Office

The superhero movie "Fantastic Four" overcame some of the worst reviews of the year to top the North American box office with better-than-expected weekend ticket sales of $56 million, its distributor 20th Century Fox said on Sunday.

The News Corp.-owned studio had hoped for an opening in the mid- to high-$30 million range. The film, which cost a little over $100 million to make, is based on characters in the comic book stable of Marvel Enterprises Inc., and had been in the works for 11 years.

"Fantastic Four," which revolves around a quartet imbued with special powers such as invisibility and elasticity after a space mission gone wrong, appeared to fill moviegoers' desire for something "light and frothy," said Fox distribution president Bruce Snyder.

But critics were unimpressed. The New York Times said the film was "fantastic only its commitment to mediocrity," while USA Today was marginally kinder, calling it a "ho-hum futuristic foray."

The film's less-than-stellar cast includes Jessica Alba and Michael Chiklis. It was directed by Tim Story, best known for the urban comedy "Barbershop."

NEW PRONG DVD

I just got the new 2 DVD Live PRONG compilation and it fucking RULES. The quality is amazing perfect and so accurate. And there are a lot of fun extras. if you're a fan this collection is essential. If you're not that familiar with PRONG but have heard great things about them I highly recommend this thing. That's all, I can't give high enough praise to this. TRUST AZ, I have never steered you wrong, but I always "Prove You Wrong".

Founded by CBGBs former soundman Tommy Victor in 1986, Prong pioneered the burgeoning industrial rock sound of the early '90s; after disbanding for a number of years to pursue solo projects, they reunited in 2002 for an enormously successful American tour. Fans thrilled to the sound of 2003's SCORPIO RISING, their first studio recording in seven years, which featured the group's trademark brand of groove metal. Including more than four hours of material, THE VAULT is truly that, a wealth of live footage that shows a living legend at work. The collection is comprised of a complete concert at Amsterdam's Melkweg, the 2003 "With Full Force" show in Germany, and a 2003 performance at the Hultsfred Festival.

DVD Information

Title: PRONG-VAULT (2 DISC)
Year: 2005
Rating: NR
Language: English
Color: Y
Closed Captioned: N
UPC: 872967000696
Item Number: RYK700069D
Special Features

DVD Features:
2-Disc Set
Audio:
(unspecified) - English
Disc 1: "Live at Melkweg", "Live at
With Full Force"
Disc 2: "Live at Hultsfred", Surprise
Section

The Flashback Weekend Horror Convention and Drive-In Is Just Three Weeks Away!

New Guests added (just not to our website yet!)

Matt McGrory - “Tiny” FireFly from “THE DEVIL’S REJECTS” + “House of 1,000 Corpses".

Steve Dash - “Jason” from “FRIDAY THE 13th Part 2”

Robert Z’Dar - “MANIAC COP”

And great convention entertainment including -

New Millennium Theatre Company presents live on stage "HACK/SLASH"

Chad Wise and the New Millennium Theatre Company will once again take to the Flashback stage in 2005 with a premiere stage presentation of their adaptation of Tim Seeley’s popular “HACK/SLASH” comic book.

FRIDAY THE 13th” 25 Anniversary Concert!

To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of “FRIDAY THE 13th”, Flashback Weekend will present Ari Lehman who portrayed Jason as a child in “FRIDAY THE 13th”, and Steve Dash who played a pre-hockey mask Jason in “FRIDAY THE 13th Part 2”. Friday July 29, 2005 will feature a welcome reception with a cash bar and a concert by Ari Lehman and his new Horror Rock band “First Jason”.

COSTUME CONTEST hosted by SVENGOOLIE!

Join us Saturday July 30, 2005 in your favorite costume for our first annual costume contest and compete for fun and prizes!

And read below for our 2005 Flashback Weekend Drive-In line-up;

Anchor Bay Entertainment present’s

FLASHBACK WEEKEND’s Drive-In Film Festival

JULY 29-31 2005

CROWNE PLAZA CHICAGO O’HARE

5554 N. RIVER ROAD ROSEMONT, ILLINOIS

RETURN OF THE DRIVE-IN!

Many generations have fond and nostalgic memories of attending a drive-in theatre. Despite their dwindling number, the drive-in theatre is neither gone nor forgotten!

Flashback Weekend will host a weekend-long tribute to the Drive-In Theatre July 29-31, 2005. Convention activities will be held at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O’Hare in Rosemont, IL. Once again, the hotel's west parking lot will be transformed into the suburb's newest drive-in!

This nostalgic outdoor recreation of the drive-in will feature not only 35mm screenings of classic and premiere showings of horror films, but timeless, vintage trailers, live celebrity introductions, and a fantastic concession stand!

Showing at the Drive-In on our HUGE 20' x 40' screen will be:

Friday July 29, 2005

A remastered 35mm print of the original classic, Sam Raimi’s “THE EVIL DEAD". Bruce Campbell, The Ladies of the Evil Dead, Rich Demanicor ("SCOTTY"), and special effects master Tom Sullivan will be on hand to introduce the showing.

A 35mm retrospective screening of Rob Zombie's "HOUSE OF 1,000 CORPSES”. On hand to introduce the screening will be Bill Moseley, Sid Haig, and Matt McGrory

Saturday July 30, 2005

A 35mm Chicago premiere screening of “THE MAN WITH THE SCREAMING BRAIN”. Bruce Campbell stars and directs and will also be on hand to introduce the film.
A 35mm print of John Carpenter’s 1980 classic "John Carpenter's “THE FOG". The presentation will be introduced by Adrienne Barbeau, Tom Atkins, Charles Cyphers, and Nancy Loomis.
Additional film's and surprises to be announced!

The Drive-In will be a “walk-in”. Bring your lawn chair for another weekend of retro Drive-In fun!

The afternoon convention activities will include a huge dealers room, autograph sessions, a Costume contest hosted by “SVENGOOLIE”, live entertainment and more! Our guests will include:

Bruce Campbell

The star of the "EVIL DEAD" films, "THE ADVENTURES OF BRISCO COUNTY JR." and "BUBBA HO-TEP" added best-selling author to his resume with the 2001 publication of his auto-biography "IF CHINS COULD KILL: CONFESSIONS OF A B-MOVIE ACTOR". The cultural phenomenon known as Bruce Campbell will be on hand for Flashback Weekend 2005! He's got a new novel, "MAKE LOVE THE BRUCE CAMPBELL WAY" and a new movie, "MAN WITH THE SCREAMING BRAIN".

Adrienne Barbeau

A film, television, and Broadway star, concert stage and recording artist, Adrienne can be seen on HBO's hit cult series "CARNIVALE". Film horror fans know her from "THE FOG", "ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK", "CREEPSHOW", "SWAMP THING", and "TWO EVIL EYES".

Bill Moseley – In Rob Zombie’s “HOUSE OF 1,000 CORPSES” (2003) and the eagerly awaited sequel “THE DEVIL’S REJECT’S” (2005), Bill Moseley turns in a classic performance as the charismatic, yet vicious psychopath Otis B. Driftwood.

Sid Haig - As Captain Spaulding in Rob Zombie’s “HOUSE OF 1,000 CORPSES” and “THE DEVIL’S REJECTS”, Sid delivers a larger than life performance. This scene stealing performance is however, only the latest genre film role in a career in film and television which spans 40 years.

Tom Atkins - Veteran screen tough-guy Tom Atkins was part of the legendary ensemble cast John Carpenter and Debra Hill assembled for "THE FOG". Tom also appeared in "ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK" and starred in the under-rated "HALLOWEEN 3: SEASON OF THE WITCH". His other genre appearances include "NIGHT OF THE CREEPS", "MANIAC COP", "CREEPSHOW", and "BRUISER".

Charles Cyphers - Character actor Charles Cyphers appeared in many of John Carpenter's early works including "ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13" (1976), "ELVIS", "THE FOG", and "ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK”.

Nancy Loomis - As babysitter Annie Brackett, Nancy Loomis, along with Jamie Lee Curtis and P.J. Soles, made up the teenage trio of babysitters in John Carpenter's 1978 classic "HALLOWEEN". Nancy also worked for John Carpenter in “ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13' (1976), and "HALLOWEEN 2 + 3”.

SVENGOOLIE (Appearing Saturday July 30, 2005) We are honored to have Chicago Television Legend “SVENGOOLIE” back for his second Flashback Weekend appearance! Rich Koz portrays the popular character each week on “The U!” “Svengoolie” will be signing autographs, posing for photos, and will take to the Flashback Stage for a Q & A and to MC a costume contest on Saturday. Get your costumes ready!

Tim DeKay – (HBO’s “CARNVALE”). In addition to “CARNIVALE”, actor Tim DeKay has a long acting resume including “CSI” and “FRIENDS”. Tim also portrayed the "The Bizarro Jerry" on “SEINFIELD”.
David DeFalco - The director of “CHAOS” has said "You can't write and direct the most brutal motion picture of all time and expect to walk away from it normal." "The most common question David DeFalco gets asked regarding “CHAOS” from people is "What's the purpose of making a movie like this?" David responds, “My answer to that question is because it is a very real and unfortunate part of life that is as fascinating as it is disturbing.”

SAGE STALLONE (Swan) – The son of actor Sylvester Stallone has made quite a name for himself amongst fans of classic horror and grindhouse cinema. Acting, however, is only a diversion for Sage who also appeared in Jim VanBebber's “THE MANSON FAMILY”. Sage is founder of Grindhouse Releasing, a Los Angeles based company, dedicated to the restoration and preservation of quality exploitation feature films.

Michael Berryman - Michael created such a memorable character as “Pluto” in “THE HILLS HAVE EYES” that he was featured solely in the film’s advertising. Michael will next be seen in “THE DEVIL’S REJECTS”.

Camille Keaton - The star of the controversial classic "I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE" in a rare convention appearance!

Corolina Cataldi-Tassoni – Horror film fans know Coralina from her work in the Italian film genre, working for greats like Dario Argento, Lamberto Bava, and Pupi Aviti in films such as “DEMON’S 2” and “PHANTOM OF THE OPERA”.

Tom Sullivan - The "EVIL DEAD" effects and make-up artist will be bringing his "EVIL DEAD" museum to Flashback Weekend for his fourth Flashback appearance.

'THE EVIL DEAD' CAST REUNION

(Courtesy of Anchor Bay Entertainment)

Join us for a reunion of the entire cast of Sam Raimi’s “THE EVIL DEAD” featuring Bruce Campbell, Betsy Baker, Ellen Sandweiss, Hal Delrich (aka Rich Demanicor) as Scotty, and Sarah York (aka Theresa Tilly).

Friday night, the cast (along with special effects master Tom Sullivan) will take to the stage at the Flashback Weekend Drive-In to introduce a 35mm screening of a restored print of “THE EVIL DEAD” (courtesy of Anchor Bay Entertainment).

"HOUSE OF 1,000 CORPSES" Retrospective and Cast Reunion

Rob Zombie's "HOUSE OF 1,000 CORPSES" is a tribute to Drive-In Horror films of the 70's, so we thought it only appropriate to hold a special retrospective 35mm screening of "HOUSE OF 1,000 CORPSES" Friday evening (July 29, 2005) at the Flashback Weekend Drive-In. The screening will be introduced by Bill Moseley and Sid Haig.

25th Anniversary Celebration for "JOHN CARPENTER'S THE FOG"

Flashback Weekend celebrates the 25th anniversary of this 1980 horror classic. We are proud to present a “THE FOG” cast reunion featuring Adrienne Barbeau, Tom Atkins, Charles Cyphers, and Nancy Loomis.

The cast will also be introducing a 35mm screening of the John Carpenter/Debra Hill classic at the Flashback Weekend Drive-In on Saturday, July 30, 2005.

"Carnivale" stars come to Chicago!

Fans of HBO'S "CARNIVALE" will certainly agree that the second season was the best yet! We thought it would be fun to bring "CARNIVALE" to Chicago for the last weekend of July! We will be presenting a "CARNIVALE" cast reunion which will feature "Adrienne Barbeau, Tim DeKay ("Jonesy"), and Bill Moseley ("Posseum").

“CHAOS” - Courtesy of Dinsdale Releasing

“CHAOS” is a cautionary tale of two teens who throw themselves into harms way. Two girls, looking to score some ecstasy at a rave, follow a young man to a house where terror awaits. There, a gang of felons capture and torment the girls drawing them into a nightmare of violence. Dinsdale Releasing will also have on hand the director of “CHAOS” David DeFalco and co-star Sage Stallone.

“MANIAC COP” Reunion

We are proud to present three of the main stars of “MANIAC COP” under one roof. Tom Atkins, Bruce Campbell, and Robert Z’Dar (the “MANIAC COP” himself) will be appearing at Flashback 2005!

New Millennium Theatre Company presents live on stage "HACK/SLASH"

Chad Wise and the New Millennium Theatre Company will once again take to the Flashback stage in 2005 with a premiere stage presentation of their adaptation of Tim Seeley’s popular “HACK/SLASH” comic book.

FRIDAY THE 13th” 25 Anniversary Concert!

To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of “FRIDAY THE 13th”, Flashback Weekend will present Ari Lehman who portrayed Jason as a child in “FRIDAY THE 13th”, and Steve Dash who played a pre-hockey mask Jason in “FRIDAY THE 13th Part 2”. Friday July 29, 2005 will feature a welcome reception with a cash bar and a concert by Ari Lehman and his new Horror Rock band “First Jason”.

COSTUME CONTEST hosted by SVENGOOLIE!

Join us Saturday July 30, 2005 in your favorite costume for our first annual costume contest and compete for fun and prizes!

For additional convention information visit our website www.flashbackweekend.com or call (847) 478-0119.

More e-mail updates coming soon!

See you in three weeks!

Flashback Weekend

(847) 478-0119

www.flashbackweekend.com

2005's Only Chicago Show August 27 & 28, 2005

GLAMOURCON 36 in CHICAGO

Crowne Plaza Hotel O'Hare - Chicago

(was formally the Holiday Inn - the show is in the same place as 2004) 5440 North River Road, Rosemont, IL 60018

(across from Rosemont Convention Center - 1.5 miles from O'Hare Int.)

Saturday - 11am to 6pm Sunday - Noon to 5pm

STAY AT THE HOTEL & ATTEND A FREE GC36
DAY FOR EACH NIGHT YOU STAY!!

Simply show your Crowne Plaza Hotel O'Hare room key and the registration envelope it came in and one days admission is free for each night you stay!
(One free admission per room per day. One person per room.)

You can make reservations online at
www.chi-ohare.crowneplaza.com

go to reservations and enter GLA in the Group Booking Code block for the $89 rate. You can also call the hotel directly at 888 642-7344 and ask for the $89 Glamourcon rate.

PLAYBOY PLAYMATES

All Appearences Are Subject To Change

REBEKKA ARMSTRONG 09/86

KIMBERLY SPICER 06/99

DEDE LIND 08/67

JANET LUPO 11/75

JENNIFER LAVOIE 08/93

HELENA ANTONACCIO 6/69

DOLORES DEL MONTE 3/54

TIFFANY TAYLOR 11/98

LINDSEY VUOLO 11/01

DESTINY DAVIS 01/05

COLLEEN MARIE 08/03

CHRISTINA SMITH 03/78

DEVIN DEVASQUEZ 06/85

TAILOR JAMES 06/03

HEATHER CAROLIN 04/02

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GUESTS, MODELS & DEALERS
All Appearances Are Subject To Change

ARIA GIOVANNI
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SEKA
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ANDREW BLAKE featuring DAHLIA GREY
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JUSTINE JOLI
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NIKKI NEAL

JANESKO FINE ART
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TAYLOR WANE
Adult Star, Featured Entertainer, Model
and GC fav!
www.taylorwane.com

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