As 2011 has come to an end, we are taking a look back at some of our favorite posts of the year by our guest editors.
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: A Bucket Of Blood is my favorite Roger Corman-directed horror film. Walter Paisley is a schmuck who works in a beatnik coffee house. He wants to be a famous artist but has no visible talent. One day he accidentally stabs his neighbor’s cat. He covers it with clay, and the avant-garde crowd at the coffee joint proclaim him a genus. Trouble is, he needs more art for his one man show—yep more art to die for. I love the tortured-artist angle! Corman went on to direct some classic b-movies like Death Race 2000, Eat My Dust and Piranha.
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