All-new Teepublic merch store!

"Bat's all Folks!" by Clay Graham

May 1st marks the launch date of my all-new merch store on TeePublic! Throughout April I've browsed hundreds of fan art t-shirts, building an inventory, adding tons of the cool designs available.

Fans of all things genre, horror, and cult will find something neat among the 250+ designs collected so far. There's Friday the 13th, Evil Dead, Hellraiser, and John Carpenter titles, to mention just a few! All great-looking work made by some truly amazing artists such as Beast Pop ArtWorks, Mike Handy Art, Butcher Billy, Andysocial Industries, Vic Neko Escalante, and Donovan Alex - Illustration & design.

As a show of gratitude for all that James Harris of Doc Terror and HorrorSexy done for this project, I've decided to donate everything earned throughout this month to the The James "Doc Terror" Harris Fund on Go Fund Me. Payment will be made the following month, on June 15th. Those who wish to donate to the fund directly, are encouraged to do so at https://www.gofundme.com/XTWY9QB8

You'll find the all-new store here.

Le Erotici Notti di Emanuelle

Time for a new video! The Le Erotici Notti di Emanuelle off my Pre-Cert LP/CD has nothing to do with Just Jaeckin's 1974 softcore feature starring Sylvia Kristel, as it is a tribute to the Italian-produced exploitation series starring Laura Gemser, mainly Joe D'Amato's 1977 Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals.

The video was pretty fun to do. Using footage from Joe D'Amato's x-rated Erotic Nights of the Living Dead (aka Sexy Nights of the Living Dead and Queen of the Zombies), I went for a VIPCO trailer kind of approach and lucked out as the pacing of the movie really fits the track. In order to make it PG for YouTube I did have to spend some additional time doing creative edits though, but I'm pretty happy with the final results. Check it out above or on my official YouTube channel.

In other news I'm having a t-shirt sale on Teepublic! For the next couple of days all tees are $14, plus postage. A total of thirteen designs, including the Vestron Video tribute logo, you can get yours here.

T-shirt Flash Sale!

We'll see you on the road, skag! We'll see you on the road like we saw The Nightrider!

Pictured above: Australian multi-instrumentalist The Jimmy C, standing next to the original Mad Max 1973 Ford Falcon XB GT Coupe (aka V8 Interceptor), wearing a Videogram black-on-red Vestron Video logo. For the next ten hours Teepublic is having a flash sale, offering all my tees for $14, plus postage. Get yours here.

The Electronic Musician's Group podcast EMG Radio offers some choice Videogram cuts on their latest episode, Dancing in the Street, along with Fuzgati, Cosmo Cocktail and James Magnum, just to mention a few. Available as a free download via their official website here, you can also get it on iTunes and Stitcher.

I'm also very excited seeing that my Camp Blood 10" pic disc EP is still charting on HHV.de's Top 100 10" list, placing at number 38! Vielen Dank Deutschland und HHV! Check it out here.

TGiF!

Hey, more Teepublic tees in the wild! Check out this photo I received from drummer Jamie, aka The Jimmy C, sporting the Vestron Video red-on-black xerox logo! The Aussie multi-instrumentalist has graced many Videogram recordings, most recently performing the roto tom solo on Voorhees Stomp (Extended) on my Camp Blood 10" pic disc EP, but he's got plenty of releases available on Off the Hip (digital via Bandcamp among others), so check him out and give his Facebook page a like here. This and other t-shirts are available via my Teepublic page here.

U.S. podcasters Josh and Liam, aka Cinepunx, just shared a nice selection of Videogram cuts on their most recent episode, Talking About Ourselves. At some 90+ minutes in length, the show focus mainly on movies, with this and that thrown in for good measure. It's a free download so check it out here.

While on the subject, Cinepunx also offer a nice selection of t-shirts -  my personal fave pictured left - so give their Facebook page a like here and make sure to check them out!

For a bit of more local news, I was recently informed that nordic online store CDon.com now offers both my Pre-Cert LP/CD and Camp Blood 10" EP on import. The chain covers all of Scandinavia, so make sure to check it out here.

To wrap things up while on that subject, I've updated my Stores, Distributors & Mailorder note on Videogram's Facebook page, adding some new stores (and updated some), including importCDs.com, Merchbar and Reverberation Vinyl - the latter sharing a cool Facebook video of the Camp Blood EP playing in-store! Check it out here and find your store here!

Teepublic Sale!

Hot on the heels of the announcement of my all-new Pre-Cert t-shirt I received an email from Teepublic informing me that starting today they're having a sale on all my designs. To commemorate this I decided to add three new designs exclusive to this sale: Vestron Video Yellow, Vestron Video Blue and Pre-Cert Red. The sale lasts until January 29th. Check it out here.

EDIT: Videogram tees in the wild! Check out Camera Viscera sporting the Lunchmeat VHS artwork by Loud Comix' head honcho Jamie Vayda! Many thanks for the support! Give them a like on Facebook here and check out Jamie's work here.

An update on the David Bowie / Friday the 13th connection: Earlier this week Friday the 13th: The Franchise decided to run my tidbit of trivia regarding the Aladdin Sane LP showing up in Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part 6. Read it here.

Pre-Cert t-shirt!

Check out the all-new t-shirt design I just added to my Teepublic page! Based on Milan Pad's artwork for my Pre-Cert LP/CD on Cineploit - a tribute to Lucio Fulci's 1981 video nasty The House by the Cemetery - the tee turned out great and is available in a nice assortment of colors.

Check it out here and for the next 72 hours you'll get it for $14 (plus postage)!

Updates and Tributes!

Well, with the Tall Man himself, Angus Scrimm, passing away at 89 this Sunday I figured I'd share the Silver Sphere video once again. The 1979 cult classic Phantasm, directed by Don Coscarelli, is a personal favorite of mine, a truly unique horror movie, and the soundtrack is just amazing. I'm pretty sure neither Don or Angus heard the track or saw the video, but I'm glad I and Cineploit managed to release this tribute while Angus was still alive.

With the (unexpected) passing of David Bowie, Videogram supporters Friday the 13th: The Film Franchise posted an article on the unusual ties Mr Bowie had with the iconic Friday the 13th movies.

The article - as well as the highly-recommened Crystal Lake Memories documentary - covers producer Frank Mancuso, Jr's fandom of Bowie's music, so much so that every production starting with Friday the 13th Part III was filmed under a Bowie song title alias.

One of my personal faves, Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives, was filmed as Aladdin Sane, and, for a bit of added trivia, I posted the above photo on my official Facebook page, clearly showing the LP pictured right during the girls' "Camp Blood" card game. Read the article here.

In other news, Videogram supporters Trash Mutant just published an all-new review of my Pre-Cert LP/CD.

Calling it a "satisfying listen from start to finish" and "the type of stuff that could make a good movie even better", they sum up my Cineploit debut as a "very stylish, well-produced and consistent album".

Read it in full here, make sure to give them a "like" on Facebook here and while you're at it, read the interview we did back in March of 2015 here.

While on the subject of my records, I recently got the exciting news that my Pre-Cert album is charting on HHV.de's Top 100 Film and Soundtrack Albums in Germany. Turns out that my Camp Blood 10" pic disc EP is as well, placing at #50, and charting at #25 on their Top 100 10" list as an added bonus! Again, vielen dank Deutschland!

To finish up this update I received my Vestron Video logo tribute t-shirt yesterday. I created a storefront over at Teepublic thanks to Joey at Camera Viscera, and having checked them out myself I can assure you they offer great quality t-shirts, both the fabric and prints!

So far I've got nine designs available, featuring tributes to various VHS distributors, as well as the brilliant Lunchmeat VHS Fanzine artwork courtesy LOUD COMIX' illustrator Jamie Vayda.

You can order yours here, but I've also added various print and color examples on my official Facebook page here. Check them out!