Speakeasily vs. the '80s

The Speakeasily gang is back to resurrect another camp classic with schlockmeister director Frank Henenlotter's 1990 master-piece, FRANKENHOOKER! Is this a gritty update to the Frankenstein mythos or a po-mo feminist manifesto? Is any of us more than the sum total of our parts? WANNA DATE?! More Speakeasily vs. the '80s on our  Facespace group , Libsyn , Instaham ... oh, and there's merch too.

Speakeasily vs. the '80s returns to your $hitterverse after having left you alone for way too long and for no good reason! We're back, baby, and we're here to talk about Michael Gottlieb's Mannequin (1987) with our guest, performance artist Annalyn Bond. There comes a time in every boy's life when he falls in love with his own fiberglass creation, and we guess that's what this movie is about. But...

Odessa Lil checks in to see how you are feeling. Oh and also to tell you about SHOWGALS: THE MOVIE - a documentary about the all-Weird Al burlesque troupe she's been part of for the past decade. (Please listen by 3/10/23.) https://baretobestupid.com http://kck.st/3jEf613 https://showgalsthemovie.com/  

Speakeasily vs. the '80s welcomes podcast pioneer and author of The Georgia Guidestones: America's Most Mysterious Monument , Raymond Wiley, to venture into the wilds of The Beastmaster (1982)! This sword and sorcery celebration has everything you need in a movie: dudes in ominous robes, ferrets, equal opportunity nudity, hot mutant witches… It's Conan meets Tarzan meets an all-Chippendales' produ...

Odessa lil just wants you to know about a new podcast about the past that she's co-hosting with Raymond Wiley of Disinformation , Out There Radio , and The Shadow of Ideas. It's called RETROPHILIA and this season focuses on the 1990s. Please check it out and subscribe/rate/review on the iTunes.  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/retrophilia/id1598247675 Speakeasily vs. the '80s will be back so...

Are you ready to have a BALL? Speakeasily Vs. The '80s welcomes returning guest, comics industry maven, professional nerd, and furball expert, Jann Jones to discuss Critters 2 . Cashing in on the Gremlins creature feature craze, Mick Garris's 1988 follow-up to Critter s, is truly a peek '80s trash experience with its ferocious man-eating balls, intergalactic bounty hunters, a Crite-killing centerf...

Speakeasily Vs. The '80s welcomes Joe Donohoe (writer, nurse, former taxi driver, and publisher of Specious Species magazine) for a BRAINZ-fueled discussion of Dan O'Bannon's game-changing zombie punk hit, Return of the Living Dead. With its goth punk soundtrack that's all killer no filler and a tomb-strippin' Linnea Quigley, this is a modern horror classic we dig to no end. Where Rasputin's prese...

Speakeasily Vs. The '80s welcomes Joe Donohoe (writer, nurse, former taxi driver, and publisher of Specious Species magazine) for a BRAINZ-fueled discussion of Dan O'Bannon's game-changing zombie punk hit, Return of the Living Dead. With its goth punk soundtrack that's all killer no filler and a tomb-strippin' Linnea Quigley, this is a modern horror classic we dig to no end. Where Rasputin's prese...

Speakeasily Vs. The '80s welcomes no-budget film auteur Davenzane Hayes to discuss 1984's sword and spaceship classic Ice Pirates ! Join us as we contemplate how mechanized castration, robot pimps, Bruce Vilanch, and the Knights Templar all ended up in this pile of post-apocalyptic piraty poop. Warning: listening to this episode may increase your risk of contracting Space Herpes. And crabs. And Ol...

Speakeasily Vs. The '80s welcomes Christian Divine, writer for the award-wining video game franchise LIFE IS STRANGE, for sone Druidic horror with Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)! What do Stonehenge, robot assassins, melting heads, and novelty salesmen have in common? Not much! Except this film that reminds us to FEAR the IRISH.  Christian Divine: https://twitter.com/Chris_divine More Sp...

Bonnie Bloomgarden of the mystical rock band Death Valley Girls joins us for a very special episode of Speakeasily Vs. The '80s. Together we somewhat bravely tackle the controversial and stylized movie about teen murder, disaffected stoners, and the dark morality of peer pressure – 1986's River's Edge. There's also Goth talk, Little White Doggie talk, Occult vs Positive Thinking talk, and so much...

Speakeasily Vs. The '80s welcomes drag performer, cosplayer, cat costumer, and Sacred Silversexual Annalyn Bond for a deep dive into the 1987 coked-out classic Hard Ticket To Hawaii . This movie is where dad jokes meet sexual harassment. It really has everything: exploding blowup dolls, a frisbee death scene, at least three Playboy Playmates, karate, umbrella drinks…it's the best fantasy a 10-year...

It's end-times fun-times as Speakeasily Vs. The '80s welcomes musician, composer, DJ, and synth master Gregg Foreman (aka Mr. Pharmacist) for an earth-shattering discussion of Night of the Comet (1984). What better time than the dystopian present to immerse ourselves in this apocalyptic teen comedy classic. This movie has everything: zombies, guns, malls, big hair, the end of the world, and chicks...

Speakeasily Vs. The '80s welcomes creator of the interactive Listography books and pioneering former owner of Oakland's Eli's Mile High Club, Lisa Nola, and her partner James Spooner who directed the 2003 documentary AfroPunk , co-founded the AfroPunk Festival, and works as a cartoonist and tattoo artist in Los Angeles! Together we dive headfirst into the totally tripendicular film Valley Girl (19...

Speakeasily Vs. The '80s welcomes comics industry luminary and C.H.U.D.thusiast Jann Jones (AKA Pickles Kintaro) to discuss the great Regan-era tale of government environmental conspiracy. C.H.U.D. – it's an acronym that has become a noun, a verb, an adjective, and even a dance, but we dive deep into its underground origins in the hellacious New York City of 1984. Along the way, we also get into g...

Speakeasily Vs. The '80s welcomes Bay Area art curator, artist, Dj, actor, activist, and overall '80s pop culture nerd Jeff Bostic to discuss the 1985 feel-good suicide classic Better Off Dead ! From dare-devil skiing to guitar-playing hamburgers to psychotic paperboys, this one has it all. The first film in the Savage Steve Holland teen trilogy really knows how to put its testicles all over you a...

Take your protein pills and put your helmet on because Speakeasily Vs. The '80s welcomes "Flash" Gordie The Mailman Adams of the Gordcast and Zardozen Minutes podcasts for the space opera spectacular Flash Gordon (1980)! Prepare to blast off for Mongo, and don't forget your S&M gear, green Twinkies, and cha-cha heels because I hear we're in for some hot hail. Gordie the Mailman:  https://gordomati...

Pour yourself a cup of ambition because Speakeasily Vs. The '80s welcomes Jamie Bancroft (AKA Dolly Trauma), a founder of Austin International Drag Festival and the upcoming website The Drag Channel, to discuss the sexual harassment classic, 9 to 5 (1980). Are you thirsty for Dabney? Jamie Bancroft:  www.facebook.com/jamie.bancroft More Speakeasily: speakeasily.tv youtube.com/user/OdessaLil facebo...

Speakeasily Vs. The '80s welcomes two titans of podcasting – Mogwai Minute's Neil Brown and Bat Minute's Niall McGowan – to vibe out with us for the 1988 romantic occult comedy VIBES . Cindi Lauper, Jeff Goldblum, and Peter Faulk make up the wackiest and sexiest version of the Three Stooges since Moe Howard gave up mini-skirts. Neil Brown: https://themogwaiminute.podbean.com/ Niall McGowan:  http:...

Speakeasily Vs. The '80s welcomes, all the way from Liverpool, fashion photographer/blogger Lal Gall and Jonfen Parker, the host of podcasts Bat Minute and Hedwig: Inch by Angry Inch, for a close encounter with Troll-kind. Yes, a film that's so good it doesn't need a Troll 1 – we're talkin' 'bout Troll 2! Besides being blatant anti-vegetarian propaganda, this is a cautionary tale of what happens w...

Speakeasily Vs. The '80s welcomes Alamo Drafthouse New Mission SF's Creative Manager and shlockmeister supreme Jake Isgar. He is the Wizard of Weird Wednesdays and the Tsar of Terror Tuesday, and he brought us a prime cut of revenge porn called Eye of the Tiger (1986). See Gary Busey as a Vietnam vet who takes on the local dirt bike gang behind a farm-to-table crack operation. Thrill to Seymour Ca...

Speakeasily Vs. The '80s welcomes actor Galen Howard, known for roles in Agents of Shield, Brooklyn 9-9 , and also as that guy who ate a bunch of Cannoli in that one Weezer video. Galen brings us a charming romantic comedy about a modern woman and the robot who loves her -- Susan Seidelman's Making Mr. Right. This stylish piece of New Wave eye candy may make you think of John Malkovich and throw p...

Speakeasily Vs. The '80s is joined by "Cine-Masochist," musician, and co-founder/producer of the long-running SF club Popscene, DJ Omar Perez. He joins us for one of his favorite violations of decency and taste, Mortuary Academy (1988), proving that he is perhaps more of a "Cine-Sadomasochist." Is this film simply Paul Bartel and Mary Woronov's love letter to underage necrophilia or is it pure com...

Speakeasily Vs. The '80s goes on a quest with Pete Mummert of The Indiana Jones Minute for the true meaning of skateboarding with the seminal 1987 skate flick, The Search for Animal Chin . Is it just privilege on the half-pipe or is it a gnarly ollie into existential philosophy? You be the judge and join us while we estimate Tony Hawk's net worth.   Pete Mummert: https://www.indianajonesminute.com...

Speakeasily Vs. The '80s gives you the gift of sexbots this xmas season as we welcome Drag King and Cholo Goth Papi Churro for a screening of CHERRY 2000 (1987). Ignore your families and let us transport you to the Mad Maxian dystopian future/past of the year 2017 where men fall in love with their sex toys, women are accompanied by lawyers at all times, and the only hope is Melanie Griffith.     P...