Anyone have any idea how long Southern Culture On The Skids has been around? Would you believe since 1983? Time flies. (Clever response: You cannot, they’re too erratic.) The current lineup of SCOTS features Rick Miller (the one constant since its inception) on guitar and vocals, bassist Mary Huff and drummer Dave Hartman. If you haven’t heard what they sound like, an educated guess that included Creedence Clearwater Revival, the Cramps, Tav Falco’s Panther Burns and Man Or Astro-Man? might be pretty close to the bone. The trio’s most recent album, Zombiefied (Kudzu), came out just in time for graves to open so the dead can have one last stagger around the countryside. Miller will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our brand new Q&A with him.
Miller: Coffin Joe (a.k.a. José Mojica Marins) is the main character in a trilogy of low-budget Brazilian thrillers. The first one is At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul. He wears a cape and top hat and has disturbingly long fingernails. Coffin Joe searches for his “perfect women” (a manicurist perhaps), killing anybody who gets in the way. At Midnight was the first horror film from Brazil and was supposedly shot on film scraps. No professional actors were used, and a lot of the actors were friends of Marins, who directed all three. I saw it not long ago on the Independent Film Channel.
Video after the jump.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhZwj6vuekQ
