SKATERDATER! SIDEWALK SURF 65 STYLE

This old school skate film was made in 1965 with a groovy soundtrack by Mike Curb, Davie Allan and Nick Venet. It was nominated for an Oscar in 1965 for best short subject and won the Palm d'Or at Cannes for best short film in 1966.

LISTEN TO THE WHOLE SOUNDTRACK HERE: POW!

OS MUTANTES L' SHREDDING, SHILLING THESPIANS - ON TV + FILM

The best thing outta' Brazil since bananas! Os Mutantes rule. Found a couple unbelievable videos recently, not to mention the previous Redd Kross post, so there you go. Mais (More) Mutantes!!!!

First video is The Mutants themselvez in Paris circa '69. The band hung out enough in France to record a whole album of songs in 1970, many of which were English versions of their tunes. The album, intended to crack the international market, went unreleased until 2000, when released as Tecincolor complete with crappy Sean Lennon artwork. (Another story...) Amazing versions, though I guess I prefer the Portuguese versions. Cool to hear different arrangements of familiar tunes and wonder... The stuff is so killer in any language that only in our parallel universe did it not go global (Well Sooner...) Safe to say Mutantes are international. Er, galactic now days. Kurt Cobain name checked them, and actually wrote a letter to Arnaldo Baptista. It's great music for kids, actually. The song Ela e Minha Menina is turned into Oba Oba She's My XuXu (pronounced 'shu shu') Guess I'll have to put that one up on youtube myself...

Two classics, tight black n' white. Ooh La La! Rare French footage.

The Kidz are Alright!

High quality color footage shot in Brazil, gotta be '71 or '72. "You know I feel a little spaced out" in English. Yeah, toasted, nicely toasted.

Whatdoyouwannadowithyrlife?

Rita Lee and the band in a scene in the 1967 Brazilian film As Amorosas. Trip-py, Wow! Kooky face paint and flowers. Psychesploitation?

Well it's 1969 OK!

Rocking out on Brazilian TV program for the youngsterz.... Dig. Sacou?

"Know-it-alls!" Gilberto Gil

Shell commercials the band did in 1967. Way before The Who 'Sold Out'....

Our favorite record is Stoner Witch

The Untouchables vs. Repo Man

A two-fer, as I was looking to post something by The Untouchables and up pops a little video of them in Alex Cox's Repo Man. Cult classic LA cinema with the boys playing Vespa riding thugs; Rudy gangsters! They were a sick band with loads of energy and style. Check 'em out getting down with 'Free Yourself' originally released on their 1984 Live and Let Dance EP. Repo Man came out the same year.

Poster by Zach Hobbs (Check his gig posters!)

Album cover from: Album Cover Art Gallery