Thursday, December 28, 2006

Austin Air Guitar makes the December issue of SPIN Magazine!

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Check it out - we've posted a scan of the issue on the Alamo Flickr page. And who is that in the photo shocking the judges with his alabaster belly and lightning licks... yours truly, Alamo Drafthouse founder Tim League.

The next preliminary round for Austin Air Guitar is Tuesday, January 2, 9:45 at the Alamo Downtown. Come to watch or bring your A-game and take it to the stage! Austin Air Guitar Home Page

Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Thoughts on E.L.O.

When I was a kid my dad bought me the ELO album TIME. This was later ELO, about 1980, but that was the first ELO album I heard. It was a space-concept album and I dreamt that when I grew up I was going to make a feature length animated film based on it, sort of like ROCK AND RULE. I think I listened to it non-stop for years before realizing that ELO also had other albums I could buy and love. Most ELO fans probably diss TIME, but it will always be my favorite, even though its only hit was well known due to use in a coffee commercial. If the Beatles had ever gotten back together in the 80s, I always thought it would be with Jeff Lynne - and actually, as a kid I was convinced this was going to happen. I'm just a big Jeff Lynne fan in general, because I think he's one of the few guys who could take his obvious obsession with the Beatles and craft a completely unique and distinctive sound out of it. I mean, ELO has a "sound" that you can recognize instantly, you don't just think of them as a Beatles rip-off band. And the baroque pop orchestration has a lot to do with that - the strings especially (which became keyboards for TIME). You can hear it in early Jeff Lynne bands like THE IDLE RACE and later THE MOVE but you can really hear the progression of his songwriting and producing skills developing over time. I think because of the cheese associated with ELO's disco years that Jeff Lynne really hasn't been appreciated critically as much as he should be.

I don't know how long K-Tel Hit Machine will be able to ride the ELO thing, but they do it so well that I hope they tackle other concepts like that. I'm going to see them at the Roller rink new year's eve - I mean what more perfect place could there be for an ELO tribute than the Roller Rink??

My Top 5 ELO songs:
1. 10538 Overture
2. The Diary of Horace Wimp
3. Here is The News
4. Mission (A New World Record)
5. Showdown

I know you don't eat opium. I know this. But I'm gonna get you high today.


"I know you don't eat opium. I know this; but I'm gonna get you high today, 'cause it's Wednesday; you ain't got no job... and you ain't got shit to do." - Vincent Price in CONFESSIONS OF AN OPIUM EATER

Tonight's Free Weird Wednesday Movie is designed to blow your mind. There's never been any movie remotely like it. It will send you into a downward spiral of drug addiction and bad life-choices that you'll thank me for later.

CONFESSIONS OF AN OPIUM EATER
DECEMBER 27 MIDNIGHT, FREE, DIR. ALBERT ZUGSMITH, 1962, 16MM, 85 MIN, NR

Not an adaptation of Thomas DeQuincey's gonzo drug memoir by any means, this is instead possibly the weirdest movie ever to come out of Hollywood. It stars Vincent Price as a two-fisted, rough and ready adventurer (!) in turn of the century San Francisco. He gets caught up in a Chinatown Tong war over smuggled sex slaves, beautiful Chinese "picture brides" who are kept in bamboo cages and forced to dance provocatively for prospective buyers at huge underground auctions. On the run from hatchet-wielding thugs, Price hides out in an opium den, where he has a long incredible trip, complete with dragons, tigers and leering midgets. I won't spoil it for you but it only gets weirder from there. Price is amazing: he is constantly spouting absurd, fortune-cookie Confucianese proverbs for every occasion. Stuff like, "There is no poison in a green snake's mouth as in a woman's heart." With a very strange theremin and no-wave guitar soundtrack by Albert Glasser.(Lars)

The Alamo Drafthouse is located at 4th and Colorado. Admission is Free. Movie starts at midnight. Be there or be a fascist.

Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Lars' 10 Favorite Alamo Moments of 2006

No particular order and I reserve the right to slap my forehead and go, "Oh I forgot about that!"

Fantastic Fest Screening of FUNKY FOREST. It kept getting weirder and weirder until I felt like my skin was sliding off.

Quentin Tarantino hosted screening of Rollerderby exploitation movie UNHOLY ROLLERS with the Lonestar Rollergirls.

My favorite director Richard Rush in person for PSYCH OUT and THE STUNT MAN.

Watching Peter Whitehead and Nikki St.-Phalle's bent psychodrama DADDY at Downtown.

Meeting Chuck Norris and hearing his war stories about making the MISSING IN ACTION movies.

The Weird Wednesday screening of the hitherto unknown Greek sexploitation masterpiece WILD PUSSYCAT, which blew everyone out of the water and almost made me start smoking.

Seeing THE DION BROTHERS at QT Fest and afterwards quoting it for weeks with everyone else who was there.

Watching Boat Safety Films with a crew of weird people aboard a giant yacht thanks to Skip Elsheimer.

Watching RAW FORCE at Terror Thursday with a crowd that looked like it had just snorted a line of coke off Richard Simmons' face.

Everything else is tied for 10th place. I can't narrow it all down.

Needless to say if you're living in Austin and you're not attending the Alamo regularly you are wasting your life and you should get on the good foot.

Friday, December 22, 2006

Don't Just Watch the movie... live it, Rocky style!





What many critics thought was going to be a joke, has turned out to be the surprise hit of the holiday season. Lavished with praise by the nation's top film critics, ROCKY BALBOA rekindles all of the warmth and magic of the first film. I personally couldn' t recommend it higher. Also, you have one day left to enjoy one of our best promotions of the year. We are always trying to immerse the audience in the movie experience, and for Rocky that means punching 300 lb slabs of beef in the lobby. Come to the 7:35 or 10:10 screenings of Rocky Balboa on Saturday, December 23, and you'll have a chance to train like the champ, by driving your fists into raw beef. We also have Philly food specials, and at select shows, a raw egg drinking contest. Plus onscreen - see all 5 montages as well as the 5 film trailers from the previous movies.


Photos from the opening night

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Free Weird Wednesday Tonight: MAGIC CHRISTMAS TREE! Evil!


Try as it might, Hollywood has never been able to produce enough Christmas movies to meet the demand. This was especially true during the 50s and 60s when the baby boom kids needed something to do other than drive mom and dad to drink and pop pills.

So a few enterprising businessmen made their own holiday movies to fill the void. This is one of those films. Not one tiny trace of professionalism or competence went into it. The people who made it should be thrown in jail. It is utterly horrifying. And a laugh riot. And we'd like to share it with you and yours this Christmas season. For free!



KVRX presents WEIRD WEDNESDAY

THE MAGIC CHRISTMAS TREE
DECEMBER 20 MIDNIGHT, FREE, DIR. RICHARD PARRISH, 1965, 35MM, 65 MIN, NR

Here it is: the evil Christmas movie we've all secretly been waiting for. It made its producers wealthy men and it turned a generation of children into santaphobic sociopaths. We are still paying the cost. It's a very strange film and we're not sure why anyone would make it, but two words come to mind: Malicious Intent. Why else would the young hero be abducted by a witch and forced to plant Satan's magic seed in his backyard? The seed grows into a tree that gives him three wishes. Then the kid abducts Santa Claus, straps him to a chair and abuses him until he gets all the toys in the world. Plus there's a long race between a lawnmower and a turtle and more tomfoolery presided over by the powers of Darkness. We cannot be held responsible for any lasting trauma. (Lars)

The Alamo Drafthouse Downtown is located at 4th and Colorado.

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Warm Beer = Death

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch ran a cautionary story on Monday, December 4. A woman who police chose not to identify reportedly shot her husband four to five times in the chest because he tried to give her a warm can of Stag beer.

This leads to a few points:

1. "Four to five times?" I can see some reason why the police wouldn't want to release the identities of these people, but why can't they count how many bullet holes the guy had in his chest?

2. They still make Stag beer? AWESOME. I've only ever seen Stag in the old commercials we've run at the theater before shows, where Mr. Magoo gets into all sorts of trouble because he's trying to enjoy a delicious (and presumably cold) Stag beer.




3. And finally, this is why we serve only the coldest beer in Austin at all of our locations. You thought it was just because the winter has been so unseasonably warm, but no. We actually take care to serve you only the coldest of frosty brews because we value our chests and don't want to have four to five bullet holes in them.

Christmas Pops! Wrap Up

This Thursday we've got our last CHRISTMAS POPS! SING-ALONG of the year, and we actually JUST added a 9:45 show due to some popular demand by folks who wanted to sing pop star renditions of Christmas songs but couldn't make it down to the theater by 7pm. So if you want to grab tickets to that show, you can get them here.

After the shows, of course, we go caroling around downtown Austin, and last Thursday Barbara Slough, all around Sing-Along hero, came out with us also, and she was smart enough to bring a camera. Oh, and a whole squad of Taylor high school cheerleaders came along, too. They're in the red sweatshirts. Can you spot them in this shot?


The best part about the cheerleaders was when we asked them to help us spread the holiday cheer at the beginning of the show by leading the whole crowd in a chant of "Gimme an X-M-A-S!" and we had to pause after the X to figure out what the next letter was. Also when Owen asked if there were any Jewish cheerleaders, one of them raised her hand. "Really?" Owen asked. "NO!" she said, like we totally should've known she was joking. Are Jewish cheerleaders really such an anomaly? Anyway, on with the caroling:


We started out simply enough, with everyone singing Deck the Halls at the corner of 4th and Colorado. We attracted a bit of a crowd from the Spaghetti Warehouse and the people on the balcony at Six, but no one attacked us, so that was nice.


At 6th and Congress, we switched from the standards and starting singing Wham's "Last Christmas." That's probably one of the most touching Christmas songs of all time, all about how George Michael gave this girl his heart for Christmas and then the next day she gave it away. She didn't return it for store credit, didn't give it back to George, didn't even take the time to let it sit on her shelf for a little while to see if it would grow on her. No, she gave it away. And so on December 26th of that year, George Michael had to set out on this quest to find his heart, because the girl didn't even tell him who she'd given it to. A lot of people in SUVs stopped to listen to us sing this song. I think it's because they've totally been in George Michael's spot before and they know what it's like. But this year? I'm gonna give it to someone special (special).

On the steps of the Driskill we belted out a fully harmonious version of Happy Xmas (War Is Over). It's hard to sing the "war is over" part when other people are singing the "so this is christmas" part, though, and I kept having flashbacks to when I tried to be in my choir's barbershop quartet in high school. We couldn't sing very well, so we made ours a barbershop eightet so that if one of the tenors was off the other one could sing louder to help him find the right note. I was a baritone back then but I kept singing the bass parts anyway, because the guy who sang bass was on my left side and he sang low and loud and my voice just followed. It's easy to see why I host sing-alongs now, where I can sing as loud as I want but keep my voice hidden in a sea of other people who can't tell if they're singing out of tune or not.

We ended the night at the Jackalope, where we all got some free mead. Well, not the cheerleaders. The cheerleaders had to leave, because they were too young. Santa and Jesus, though? They could stay:

And Santa stayed very late, indeed. It's a hard time of year for him, though, so when he gets the chance to relax, we let him take it...

Monday, December 18, 2006

Golden Globe Nominations announced!

If you are movie freaks like we are, then the announcement of the Golden Globe nominations sends the first anticipation shivers of awards season down your spine. Just in case you haven't had time to review them, we've posted them here on the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema blog for your review...

1. BEST MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
1. BABEL
2. BOBBY
3. THE DEPARTED
4. LITTLE CHILDREN
5. THE QUEEN

2. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS - DRAMA
1. PENELOPE CRUZ -VOLVER
2. JUDI DENCH -NOTES ON A SCANDAL
3. MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL -SHERRYBABY
4. HELEN MIRREN -THE QUEEN
5. KATE WINSLET -LITTLE CHILDREN

3. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR - DRAMA
1. LEONARDO DICAPRIO -BLOOD DIAMOND
2. LEONARDO DICAPRIO -THE DEPARTED
3. PETER O'TOOLE -VENUS
4. WILL SMITH -THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
5. FOREST WHITAKER -THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND

4. BEST MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
1. BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN
2. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
3. DREAMGIRLS
4. LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
5. THANK YOU FOR SMOKING

5. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
1. ANNETTE BENING -RUNNING WITH SCISSORS
2. TONI COLLETTE -LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
3. BEYONCE KNOWLES -DREAMGIRLS
4. MERYL STREEP -THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
5. RENEE ZELLWEGER -MISS POTTER

6. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR- COMEDY OR MUSICAL
1. SACHA BARON COHEN -BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN
2. JOHNNY DEPP -PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
3. AARON ECKHART -THANK YOU FOR SMOKING
4. CHIWETEL EJIOFOR -KINKY BOOTS
5. WILL FERRELL -STRANGER THAN FICTION

7. BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
1. CARS
2. HAPPY FEET
3. MONSTER HOUSE

8. BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
1. APOCALYPTO (USA)
2. LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA (USA/JAPAN)
3. THE LIVES OF OTHERS (GERMANY)
4. PAN'S LABYRINTH (MEXICO)
5. VOLVER (SPAIN)

9. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
1. ADRIANA BARRAZA -BABEL
2. CATE BLANCHETT -NOTES ON A SCANDAL
3. EMILY BLUNT -THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
4. JENNIFER HUDSON -DREAMGIRLS
5. RINKO KIKUCHI -BABEL

10. BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
1. BEN AFFLECK -HOLLYWOODLAND
2. EDDIE MURPHY -DREAMGIRLS
3. JACK NICHOLSON -THE DEPARTED
4. BRAD PITT -BABEL
5. MARK WAHLBERG -THE DEPARTED

11. BEST DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE
1. CLINT EASTWOOD -FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
2. CLINT EASTWOOD -LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
3. STEPHEN FREARS -THE QUEEN
4. ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ INARRITU -BABEL
5. MARTIN SCORSESE -THE DEPARTED

12. BEST SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE
1. GUILLERMO ARRIAGA -BABEL
2. TODD FIELD & TOM PERROTTA -LITTLE CHILDREN
3. PATRICK MARBER -NOTES ON A SCANDAL
4. WILLIAM MONAHAN -THE DEPARTED
5. PETER MORGAN -THE QUEEN

13. BEST SCORE - MOTION PICTURE
1. ALEXANDRE DESPLAT -THE PAINTED VEIL
2. CLINT MANSELL -THE FOUNTAIN
3. GUSTAVO SANTAOLALLA -BABEL
4. CARLO SILIOTTO -NOMAD
5. HANS ZIMMER -THE DA VINCI CODE

14. BEST ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE
1. "A FATHER'S WAY" - THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
2. "LISTEN" - DREAMGIRLS
3. "NEVER GONNA BREAK MY FAITH" - BOBBY
4. "THE SONG OF THE HEART" - HAPPY FEET
5. "TRY NOT TO REMEMBER" - HOME OF THE BRAVE

Thursday, December 14, 2006

JANISSE DEFEATED IN GRAVY BID

In a shocking turn of events it was decided that the new alamo Gravy not be named after Canadian programmer and self-proclaimed gravy fiend Kier-La Janisse, for fear of the average American's inability to pronounce the word "Kier-La". Instead the more pedestrian title "Gravy" was elected. Complaints can be registered at comments@originalalamo.com.

K-Tel/ELO Rollerskating New Years Party!

hey folks - I hope you haven't made plans for new Years yet because if you're anything like me, you think Jeff Lynne is a goddam genius, and the only thing better than seeing ELO live is seeing the K-Tel Hit Machine perform their ELO set with the Tosca String Quartet!

And this particular show happens to take place at Playland Skate center on New Year's Eve, with rollerskating from 9-11pm and dancing from 11pm-1am , and classic roller clips playing onscreen behind them. What could be more perfect?? If you attend, every chamber-pop fan around the globe will be seething with jealousy because their towns don't have a cover band awesome enough to do a whole set of ELO songs.

Before the ELO set they'll be warming up with a set of 70s AM radio classics too! Tickets are limited, they're $50 and include free drinks (don't even ask about the herculean task of getting a liquor license for a roller rink...) and appetizers from our esteemed Alamo chefs.

you can get your tickets here: http://www.originalalamo.com/online_tix/show_details.asp?show_id=4299

I hope to see you there!

Kier-La

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

More news on the Borat lawsuits...

I don't know about you folks, but I'm fascinated by the legal woes of 20th Century Fox and Sacha Baron Cohen. Here's a couple of updates...

Things don't look so good for Frat Boys vs. Borat. The judge threw out the request to halt the DVD release and remove the scene with the reprehensible, racist, misogynist boys. Full story

Also this week, a South Carolina man is suing Fox for a scene that is slated for the DVD extras in which Cohen, while posing as a restroom attendant, oogles the man's privates in a public restroom . Full Story

Personally, I hope that all of these suits are struck down and the plaintiffs burdened with the legal costs of 20th Century Fox. This is not how my America is supposed to work. Viva Borat!

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Ariel is not a slut!

Thanks to Afsheen for pointing out this little news on Little Mermaid fun: ABC News has an awesome report online where some lady heard her daughter's "shimmering lights Ariel" call her a slut. ABC News, in the interest of fair and balanced journalism, bought one of the dolls and posted a minute long video of some low-level staffer pushing the button to make the doll talk over and over again so you can hear just how crazy the mom was to hear "you're a slut" instead of just "yerasdfugt." Fun!

The story lives here.

Next up, a story on how Afsheen came to be reading the ABC News website.

Friday, December 08, 2006

Alamo Vs. Regal Grudge Match!

The mighty battle of Alamo vs. Regal and the evil that is premovie commercials was discussed this week in long-time Austin Usenet guru Chip Rosenthal's blog. Read it here.

Join the Alamo for Electric Light New Years!

NEW YEAR'S EVE AT PLAYLAND SKATE CENTER!
WHAT BETTER PLACE TO SEE THE ULTIMATE ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA TRIBUTE?
ROLLERSKATING 9pm-11pm / DANCING 11pm-1am

Playland Skate Center is located at: 8822 McCann Blvd (183 & Burnet)
MAP

Tickets are $50 and include up to 6 drink tickets, an appetizer buffet, skating from 9-11 PM, and when the skating ends, the rink will become a giant dance floor where we will usher in the new Year with the K-Tel Hit Machine's Electric Light Orchestra set featuring the Tosca Strings.

70's disco attire suggested but not required.

About the band:
AUSTIN CHRONICLE'S CRITIC'S CHOICE, BEST OF 2006:
Best Reason to Pawn Your Karaoke Machine: The K-Tel Hit Machine

That K-Tel Hit Machine is one of the most beloved bands in originality-obsessed Austin should be no surprise to anyone who's seen them do "Hot Legs." Or packed into Antone's for their ELO tribute. Or salivated over their looming "Eighties explosion." What started as a goof among friends has certainly grown - have them quote their fee sometime - but hasn't really changed; it's still a bunch of friends, who happen to be some of Austin's most talented musicians, getting together to jam on songs they all grew up on. The songs may be other people's, but what makes K-Tel so delicious is that they do them with a style all their own.

K-TEL HIT MACHINE plays AM gold from the 1970's, mixed with a few edgy album rock favorites from the 80's. This seven-piece band (six male, one female) takes its name from the series of compilation albums advertised on TV in the 70's, and much of the band's repertoire appeared on those records. If you're thinking "classic rock", think again. K-TEL HIT MACHINE steers virtually clear of typical rock and dance standards driven into the ground by radio and karaoke, and breathes new life into old hits that made you smirk back then and make you howl today.

What makes K-TEL HIT MACHINE unique is the fact that its members have all been firmly entrenched in Austin's original music scene for years. The result is not just a cover act going through the motions, but a professional, street-wise band honoring their craft and heritage and having a ball while they're at it. Their enthusiasm is infectious.

Visit the band on MYSPACE

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Music Monday now on MySpace!

Hey music fans - go to myspace.com/alamomusicmonday and become my friend on MySpace! That way you'll be reminded about all the upcoming music-related shows and guests at the Alamo!

the site is still pretty rudimentary right now, but hopefully I will soon figure out how to post all the trailers for upcoming Music Mondays, as well as music samples from the films!

Free Weird Wednesday Movie Tonight: Biker Classic THE LOSERS!

Tonight join us for a very special rare screening of what may be the greatest biker movie ever made. The cast is incredible, the direction is tight, and best of all, the last 20 minutes is one big carnival of destruction. This movie is crazy! Don't miss it.

William Smith gives this movie a big thumbs up!




KVRX presents WEIRD WEDNESDAY!

THE LOSERS
DECEMBER 6 MIDNIGHT, FREE, DIR. JACK STARRETT, 1970, 35MM, 95 MIN, R

What's even more violent and brutal than an American biker gang high on cheap gas, cheaper grass and truckstop pharmaceuticals, burning a trail of rubber and mayhem along the highways and byways of America? How about an American biker gang in Vietnam with a license to kill and specially outfitted lethal war hogs? That's the hook here and I'm happy to report it's as good as it sounds. This movie is like a 30 gallon drum full of concentrated violence set on fire and rolling downhill right at you! It makes FULL METAL JACKET look like "My Little Pony". The great William Smith plays Link, the cold-blooded leader of the ex-G.I. biker gang The Devil's Advocates. They have been recalled into service to retrieve a P.O.W. being held across the Cambodian border, outside the reach of the Army. So Link and his wild bunch of cycle psychos hit the road on their armored choppers with mounted cannons and machine guns. People get hurt. People die. People explode. Director Jack Starrett (THE DION BROTHERS, RACE WITH THE DEVIL) really knows how to bring the violence. With Adam Roarke, Paul Koslo and Vic Diaz. Unforgettable theme song by Stu Phillips. (Lars)

The Alamo Drafthouse Downtown is located at 4th and Colorado. See you there.

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Thursday! Alamo Downtown! Midnight! Free! DEVIL FETUS!!!

Hellooo!

Alamo Terror Thursdays is neck-breakingly proud to present the 1983 Hong Kong disasterpiece:

DEVIL FETUS !!

Sometimes two simple words, like “true” and “love”, can combine to create a spellbinding, lyrical beauty that transcends mere language and touches the human heart. Such is the case with DEVIL FETUS!! A blazing bedlamathon that had no right to ever be made, this cinematic felony is fortified with enough unrepentant wildness to challenge the fortitude of even the most stalwart exploitationeer. Incestuous transvestitism, multiple beheadings, featherweight bestiality, white-knuckle black magic showdowns and hardline electrofunk-powered rumpshaking are among the delights unearthed when a woman has consensual relations with the swamp beast that lives in a vase she bought at the swap meet. Gird your loins for an epic whirlwind of lust, gore and animal cruelty in this 200-ton barrel of lowbrow DYNAMITE! Could this be the most offensive Hong Kong movie of the '80s? YES! Honestly, the only possible reason you would NOT watch DEVIL FETUS would be that you are a complete ass. Well? ARE YOU AN ASS??!

The Japanese are like that....

It's probably not acceptable to make sweeping judgements about an entire race of people, but... in my humble opinion, the Japanese are batshit crazy. What else can explain the seemingly endless array of bizzare television oddities that keep coming our way. For the 5th year in a row, we have compiled a 90 minute onslaught of deranged video oddities that only the Japanese seem to be able to produce: A-list American celebrities pimping themselves out for cheap Japanese products, bawdy situation comedies, unexpected nudity, extreme pro-wrestling, bizarre anti-flatulence products, nonsensical English phrases, supreme goofiness, and lots and lots of foam rubber costumes! Because you asked for it, in volume five, there will also be heaping helpings of Japanese torture and humiliation game shows, particularly those targeting the socially vulnerable, the elderly, the handicapped, the poor, children, women, the ugly and the stupid. Hooray! This is an all new compilation, with no repeated content from volumes 1-4 (although the old volumes will be available for sale in the lobby), and as a special treat, for the very first time, select segments of this compilation will be subtitled!

SUPER HAPPY FUN MONKEY BASH 5.
Wednesday, December 6, 9:45
Alamo Downtown
tickets

As the leather-clad TV host "Hard Gay" (a man you will come to love if you attend on Wednesday) would say, "Yfuuuuuuu!"