Pop Culture from an Alternate Dimension

       Since the last fake movie I did was Cock Puncher it made sense to me that this one should Kick Puncher . It was a running joke on the NBC sitcom Community . It first showed up in season one's "Romantic Expressionism" as a bad movie that Abed and Troy like to watch and mock in a MST3K way. After that, further "sequels" were mentioned in later seasons.

       I was away from the drawing board (and electricity) for a while, but I am back with another Rockpile album. This was patched together from Dave Edmunds' album Twangin...  and Nick Lowe's Nick the Knife . Twangin... was the last time he recorded with the other members of Rockpile: Billy Bremner and Terry Williams, plus Nick plays bass on most of the songs on Dave's record. From Twangin...  I used "(I'm Gonna Start) Living Again If It Kills Me", which Edmunds wrote with Lowe and Carlene Carter, "Three Time Loser", which Rockpile used to perform on stage, "It's Been So Long", "Almost Saturday Night" and "I'm Only Human" credited to Lowe and Rockpile as writers. Nick the Knife  provided "My Heart Hurts", "Raining Raining", "Ba Doom", "Stick It Where the Sun Don't Shine", "Let Me Kiss You" and "Burning". Rockpile - Twangin... - YouTube

       I never thought of Steven Seagal as being someone with a sense of humor. Those of you who have seen the Saturday Night Live he hosted probably agree. That's why I was surprised while watching The Onion Movie  when a fake action trailer started and Seagal showed up wonderfully spoofing himself. I felt this should be a movie from an alternate reality. "Cockpuncher" (2008) Trailer - Steven Seagal

       Today is the second anniversary of my first Electric Light Orchestra post. I took Jeff Lynne's 2001 E.L.O. album and included tracks from previous members had released around that time. To honour this anniversary, I'm including an advertisement from that alternate earth that I based on the Out of the Blue  print ad from 1977. Electric Light Orchestra alternate ZOOM - YouTube

       After 1975 John Lennon wanted to spend more time with his son Sean and less time with The Beatles but that didn't mean there wasn't a new album in 1976. After recording Blast From Your Past , McCartney suggested a tour again. They settled on one live performance at the end of 1975 in New York City so John could go back to the Dakota afterwards. In this alternate reality a live album of the event would released in 1976.      In reality, John joined Elton John at Madison Square Garden for three songs on 28 November 1974. All three songs can be found on disc three of the Lennon  box set from 1990. Paul played the Garden with his band Wings in May of 1976. Selections from the tour were on the triple album Wings Over America . George Harrison played with Ravi Shankar at the Garden in December of 1974. Unfortunately, no album was put out of the concert.      For this fictional album I started of with "Be Bop A Lula" and the playlis...

       With talk of a new James Bond, I thought it was time to do another "man who would be Bond". Last time I talked about American James Brolin auditioning for the part, this time it is New Zealander Sam Neill. Roger Moore yet again did not want to return to the role. Producer Michael G. Wilson, director John Glen, Dana and Barbara Broccoli were impressed with Neill's screentest and wanted to cast him , however Albert "Cubby" Broccoli disagreed. Pierce Brosnan was also considered but didn't get the part until 1995's GoldenEye.       The theme song could have been different as well. Instead of a-ha, it was almost Pet Shop Boys. Sam Neill as James Bond - Screentest (1986) The Living Daylights 1987 - Alternative Title Sequence With The Pet Shops Boys Rejected Theme. - YouTube