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Bill Ackerman

Host Bill Ackerman talks to writers, bloggers, podcasters, fanzine publishers, programmers, preservationists and more about their creative endeavors and today's film culture.

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  • 22 episodes
  • fortnightly
  • Avg 2 hr 14 min
  • English

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  • Mar 7, 2022 · 2 hr 43 min

    Episode 62: Michael J. Weldon

    Bill speaks to author and magazine publisher/editor Michael J. Weldon about his many endeavors, from drumming with Cleveland proto-punk act Mirrors and reviewing movies for Cle, to Psychotronic, his photocopied, hand-written fanzine that lead to books like the influential PSYCHOTRONIC ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FILM, the long-running PSYCHOTRONIC VIDEO magazine, calendars, film festivals and the Psychotronic store he manages today. Other topics include Ghoulardi, Roger Corman, hypnotism, Diane Keaton's HEAVEN, Club 57, Johnny Ramone, cattle call auditions for GHETTO FREAKS, childhood filmmaking efforts, Alfred Sole, research methods, 42nd Street theatres, THE HYPNOTIC EYE and being killed over and over by Dr. Butcher, M.D. Visit Psychotronic.com:http://psychotronic.com Read old issues of Psychotronic Video Magazine:https://archive.org/details/psychotronic Watch a Psychotronic tour of 42nd Street:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTNAE82werw Kurt Loder plugs Psychotronic on MTV:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M--jNfflu8M Hear Michael Weldon's band Mirrors:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENw6co2BUc4 Buy THESE FISTS BREAK BRICKS:https://mondoshop.com/products/these-fists-break-bricks Buy: DO YOU BELIEVE IN SWEDISH SIN? SWEDISH EXPLOITATION FILM POSTERS 1951-1984: https://www.amazon.com/Believe-Swedish-Exploitation-Posters-1951-1984/dp/9198677209

  • Dec 4, 2020 · 4 hr 3 min

    Episode 61: Chris Poggiali

    Bill talks to writer and film historian Chris Poggiali about his many endeavors in film culture, from co-creating the Temple Of Schlock fanzine and founding the long-running blog of the same name, to contributing to various magazines and video releases, distributing BLACK SAMURAI and working on books with Grady Hendrix, Michael Gingold and Sam Sherman. Topics include: Jack Starrett, the impact of crack on 42nd Street theatres, Steve Puchalski's SLIMETIME and horror fanzines, The Journal of Interstitial Cinema, William Smith, blogathons, Paul Talbot, lost and endangered films, the link between THE GREEN HORNET and WANDA, bootlegs, THAT'S HOLLYWOOD, screenwriting for William Grefé, identifying PETS with Vinegar Syndrome and how interviews can become derailed by criminal confessions. Read Temple Of Schlock: https://templeofschlock.blogspot.com Read "A Seagull Film", Chris Poggiali's essay on CHARLEY VARRICK: http://www.journalofic.com/a-seagull-movie.php Read "The American Dreamer and the Heyday of Campus Film Programming": https://templeofschlock.blogspot.com/2020/11/the-american-dreamer-and-heyday-of.html Read "Zodiac Hunter: An Interview with Tom Hanson": http://templeofschlock.blogspot.com/2012/12/zodiac-hunter-interview-with-tom-hanson.html Visit The Paperback Film Projector: http://paperbackfilmprojector.blogspot.com Read The Journal of Interstitial Cinema: http://www.journalofic.com Buy Xerox Ferox: The Wild World of the Horror Film Fanzine: https://headpress.com/product/xeroxferox-2/ Buy He Came from the Swamp: The William Grefé Collection: https://www.diabolikdvd.com/product/he-came-from-the-swamp-the-william-grefe-collection-arrow-us-blu-ray/ Visit Chris Poggiali's IMDB page: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3073144/

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