In Part 2, I talk about the video shops I used to service back when I was doing video duplication & conversion services, and you get to read both a new info rental sheet + full rental catalogue from the oddly titled Shop at Home Video Services, circa May, 1982. Also added: some updates / links to current Video Stations, and a proposed development for Skymark Plaza.
Mark your calendars for my Black Museum lecture on the music composed for Italian’s beautifully insane crime / thriller / slasher / whodunnit / mystery genre, the giallo. On Thursday October 10th at 8pm at The Big Picture Cinemas, I’ll be discussing the artistry of several composers, including Carlo Rustichelli, Ennio Morricone, and Goblin. For some early contextual reading, I’ve uploaded reviews of some genre influences, including And Then There Were None (1945), The Cat and the Canary (1927), The Old Dark House (1932), and The Phantom (1931).
Fresh reviews of space exploration media in the form of Steven Price’s score for Gravity (Water Tower Music) and Sebastian Cordero’s ambitious found footage sci-fi documentary, Europa Report (Magnolia), plus links to actual space sounds!
Yup, it’s coming, and leading up to the 3rd year anniversary on October 19th I’ve started posting little bits & thoughts of ephemera, like the original membership info-sheets from my first local video store, a Video Station at Skymark Plaza, circa 1983-ish.
Just uploaded is a quartet of soundtrack reviews: Sarah Class’ score for the 2013 BBC series Africa (Silva Screen), Joseph Bishara’s eerie soundscape for The Conjuring (La-La Land Records), Hanan Townhsend’s hypnotic music for Terence Malick’s To the Wonder and Nathan Fursts’ score for Waiting for Lightning (both from Lakeshore Records).
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