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Category Archives: Musical Cruelty
Great Movie, Terrible Soundtrack — In Space No One Can Hear This Record
This is a switcheroo from my usual post where I highlight terrible movies that have great soundtracks or musical scores. Today, I am looking at a great movie that has a less than memorable soundtrack album. Alien (1979) directed by … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, Curious Clutter, Musical Cruelty, Stuff Joe Likes
Tagged 1979, Alien, atmosphere, film, forgettable, H.R. Giger, horror, Jerry Goldsmith, minimalism, Moebius, movie, music, Nostromo, production design, Ridley Scott, Ron Cobb, sci-fi, score, soundtrack, xenomorph
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Because I Am Cruel and Have Crap Taste in Music – Actresses and Cabbies Don’t Mix
***SPOILER ALERT***
Posted in Musical Cruelty
Tagged 1970s, adult dreary, bathroom break, depressing, dirges, FM radio, music, pop
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Because I Am Cruel And Have Crap Taste in Music – The Christmas Edition
Some audio nerd starts playing with the playback speed on a reel-to-reel deck and the result is novelty songs. Christmas is a minefield for novelty songs. Every jerkass deejay and washed up crooner with a cute idea commits some atrocity … Continue reading
Posted in Musical Cruelty
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Because I am Cruel and Have Crap Taste in Music
I’m breaking the seal on a new category, boys and girls. This is sort of a snapshot of an unkempt corner of my brain that probably resembles an episode of Hoarders. This is a category where I trot out the … Continue reading


