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jaykeeley @doomedparade.bsky.social · 24m

So obsessed with his post 90s work that it never occurred to me that Kurosawa wrote and directed Sweet Home!

jaykeeley @doomedparade.bsky.social · 1h

It’s funny because as insane as Blackmore was that night, David Coverdale absolutely stole the show — an iconic performance for a 23 yr old lad from Yorkshire

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jaykeeley @doomedparade.bsky.social · Dec 23

Deep Purple. “Mistreated.” 1974. It’s not only one of the greatest gigs in music history — but you have to appreciate that David Coverdale is only 23 here. A young lad from a tiny seaside resort in Yorkshire England delivering THIS vocal performance to a crowd of 400,000 in California & national TV.

jaykeeley @doomedparade.bsky.social · 1h

That’s the ‘the thing’ about They Live — the source novel is from the 60s during civil rights era, and Carpenter’s screenplay adaptation sets it against the 80s Reagan “rich get richer” backdrop — and somehow the message from the 60s - 80s is still relevant today because PEOPLE ARE SO FUCKING DUMB.

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jaykeeley @doomedparade.bsky.social · 1h

If there was ever a film director that was so vastly misunderstood or generally disliked by ‘film critics’, while adored by his die-hard cult fanbase, it would be John Carpenter.

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jaykeeley @doomedparade.bsky.social · 2h

THEY LIVE. 1988. Dir: John Carpenter. Beyond the plot twist of aliens secretly living among us as mind-controlling oligarchs, the irony of those aliens needing their own labor class of alien cops & soldiers pitted against equally expendable human livestock is about as 2025 as it gets. EAT THE RICH!

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jaykeeley @doomedparade.bsky.social · 2h

Ah but they didn’t have the mighty Al Pitrelli!!

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jaykeeley @doomedparade.bsky.social · 3h

Imagine having writers block, putting the guitar down for 2 weeks and coming back with the RIFF OF ALL RIFFS

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jaykeeley @doomedparade.bsky.social · 17h

😂 neither are THAT bad

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jaykeeley @doomedparade.bsky.social · 17h

Haha! It begs the question — of all the things one loves, I wonder how much was discovered by oneself or through recommendations by others. I have no idea how to determine it but I feel like it’s a 50/50 split for me. ☯️

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jaykeeley @doomedparade.bsky.social · 17h

I don’t love it, but I think I’ve been overly harsh on it. Said differently, it’s better than Super Collider.

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jaykeeley @doomedparade.bsky.social · 18h

Black Sabbath played the California Jam in 1974 to 250,000 people — though reports suggest 400K w/gatecrashers — but either way, it was, and still is, their largest ever audience. Look at all the color!! Rainbows, flowers, and Children of the Grave. Watch ‘til the end for Ozzy’s interview 🌈

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jaykeeley @doomedparade.bsky.social · 19h

This is actually a stroke of genius — how a global sport can bring together a global city.

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jaykeeley @doomedparade.bsky.social · 20h

I always wanted to go to Coney Island

a purple ferris wheel with the words wonder wheel written on it

ALT: a purple ferris wheel with the words wonder wheel written on it

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