The Canadian Romantic performs before Sexcula! Toronto! Saturday 9 pm!


In advance of the Impulse Pictures’ DVD release of the “lost” Canadian XXX horror spoof SEXCULA on April 9, 2013, Canuxploitation and Vancouver adult film archaeologists Return to Porno Chic! are teaming up to present the world premiere of the film in Toronto at the Big Picture Cinema – Gerrard on April 6, 2013 with special pre-show entertainment provided by The Canadian Romantic.
Sealed away in a dingy government basement for 40 years, SEXCULA makes its big screen debut not only as Canada’s only contribution to the porno chic film boom of the 1970s, but also one of earliest monster movies made north of the border (see our review of then film). Return to Porno Chic’s Dimitrios Otis and Canuxploitation.com’s Paul Corupe, who rediscovered and resurrected the film, will also be on hand to conduct a Q&A about the all-Canadian story of the film’s legend and reveal why SEXCULA said to suck more than just your blood.
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This is may be your only chance to SEXCULA on a big screen, so get your raincoats on and come on down for what promises to be one of the most unique screening events in all of Canadian film history! But don’t just take our word for it–reviews of the DVD have started to trickle in already:


http://blog.canuxploitation.com/2013/03/sexcula-hits-the-big-screen-in-toronto-on-april-6/

Performing in Brooklyn Sat nite!

Yes! The Canadian Romantic is playing with the great Matthew Thurber (1-800-Mice) this Saturday the 30th at The Silent Barn (603 Bushwick, Brooklyn) ...show starts 9 pm! Also on bill is Martin and Lewis and Sick Din and Lantern....

Open Letter To Gene Simmons

Dear Gene Simmons,

I'd like to use your song "King Of The Night Time World" but change it to "King Of The Day Time World" and have long-running Victor from the soap opera The Young and The Restless sing it. I haven't approached him yet. It's sure to be a hit! I'll cut you in for a small percentage of the profits. Oh, and are you related to the actress Jean Simmons? I used to see her on TV as a boy.
I like it when you wear make-up.
Your pal,

Robert

Onion joke


 

 

MINNEAPOLIS—Sean Renst, 23, imagined a really hot girl living directly below him as he made it the closest he’s ever been to playing “Blackbird” all the way through on guitar.

National News Highlights • Local • ISSUE 49•08 • Feb 21, 2013
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MINNEAPOLIS—Sean Renst, 23, imagined a really hot girl living directly below him as he made it the closest he’s ever been to playing “Blackbird” all the way through on guitar.

London ON Sat Nite with the Canadian Romantic

poster by Hailey Benedict
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:: February 23rd ::
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Q: WTF?
A: This is event is a mix between a music event and a performance event. The main focus is on originality. Groups, bands, individuals, people, and artists have played songs they wrote or they improvised, people made noise, and people acted in characters, they spoke and sang as different people as if they were the same. All sort these things have happened and will surely happen again.
Starting off with Hide and Seek Show and Tell, there will be ten or more 15 minute performances by local musicians and performance artists. The Canadian Romantic will be headlining and hosting for part of the night. SMS Crew will be the house DJ.

Nice Wet Dirt Uk review

Having made music for bunches of years I’ve gotten lotsa lotsa great (and nasty and not so great too) press, though virtually ignored by Exclaim Magazine the so-called “Canada’ Music Authority” distributed free through Canada, I have been receiving good notices from countries I’ve never been to- such as this reputable rave, link here, scrolll down to WET DIRT:
http://terrascope.co.uk/Reviews/Rumbles_January_13.htm
“Coming across like an early seventies, slightly-fried, band of freaks, the rather excellent Wet Dirt sound suitably messed up on their album “Self Sabotage, The Early Years” with the stoned groove of “Bad Choices” setting out their stall with the chorus “Bad choices, made some bad choices, gonna make some more”. Add to this fine guitar playing, a solid rhythm section,and  an ear for melody, and you have a perfect opening song and statement. Moving on, “The Chill Out Man” is weird and creepy, nonsensical word play, and a crawling guitar line creating a strange atmosphere, the song sounding like something Zappa could have created. As the album progresses the band get weirder, louder, more interesting by turns with “Hot Pink” managing all three at once. Elsewhere, “Invalids” is post-punk noise, angular guitar and an individual vocal delivery adding to the tension of the lyrics reminding me of Pere Ubu, whilst “Of Felt” is a song about the tactile pleasures of felt, as it should be. If you are searching for something different, energetic, angry and weird then this should hit the spot, a minor classic. (www.inyrdisk.com)”


Drippy 6: Destroyer, Neil Wedman, Mom's TV Movies, comics....

For all you Destroyer fans, here is an interview with Dan Bejar from an old issue of Drippy Gazette. (issue 6 which when you click the link you can see it larger as well as the rest of the interview and it  has an article I did on the signs and murals of Vancouver, an interview with Neil Wedman, My Mom’s TV Movie reviews, lotsa comics!)….
This interview still cracks me up. On a related note,  the Points Gray album that Dan, Julian, and myself made around this time is almoooost at the plant and all three of us are rather excited, yay!