Herbie Hancock and The Spook
There’s always those hard to catch novelty records that get released and are so necessary to find for multiple reasons, hence this 1973 promo flexi-disc, Herbie Hancock Demonstrates The Rhodes Piano. Of course it’s a must have because it’s a … Continue reading
Sweet Jesus Preacher Man (1973)
When it comes to Blaxploitation films on of the lesser known and mentioned comes by way of 1973′s Sweet Jesus Preacher Man starring Roger E. Mosely who also starred in The Mack and on televisions Magnum P.I. Sweet Jesus Preacher … Continue reading
Flick Pick “Ralph Bakshi’s Coonskin”
When it comes to adult animation that captures the same gritty feeling as Blaxploitation films Coonskin is hands down the best there ever was. We recently watched this remastered DVD in the office after noticing that it was still sealed … Continue reading
Black Belt Jones
Just like with many theme 45′s, Soundtracks and Library tunes, our first exposure to them didn’t come from vinyl but rather from seeing the movies connected with them first hand in the theaters, on VHS or the early days of … Continue reading
Blaxploitation On The 45 Side
We knew that after last weeks pick of our favorite song to pulled from a Blaxploitation film and pressed to 7″ that we would get a bulk of responses with people telling us what there’s were. Yes we know that … Continue reading
The Black Kung Fu Experience
Growing up in the 1970′s the Kung Fu film genre was all around us and played in almost every theater in urban areas, everything from Bruce Lee to Shaw Brothers and even the ever so popular Bruce Li (Brucesploitation) films … Continue reading
Diggin’ In The Tapes: Fritz The Cat VHS
Released in 1982, the clamshell VHS release of Fritz the Cat was monumental. Fritz the Cat was the first animated film to receive a rating of “X” from the MPAA (later surrendered for the 2001 MGM DVD release) and, with … Continue reading
The Wild, Wild, Black West
There’s been so much promo and hype on the upcoming Quentin Tarantino film Django starring Jamie Foxx (which was a film originally done in 1966 starring Franco Nero) that we’re just as excited as the rest of the world to … Continue reading
40 Years of Superfly
As a kid time seems to really move at a snails pace unless of course it’s your Christmas break or Summer vacation from school then it’s here and gone in a blink. But as an adult the days all seem to … Continue reading
Diggin’ in the Tapes: Honky
Honky. A troublesome epithet, yes, but also the title of an underrated Blaxploitation classic. Directed by TV veteran William A. Graham (who also directed the Powers Boothe vehicle, The Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980), a TV movie … Continue reading
