1982 was an amazing year for sci-fi, fantasy, and horror films: E.T., Conan the Barbarian, Blade Runner, Creepshow, The Thing, Poltergeist, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Tron, and The Dark Crystal all debuted that year. Another 1982 movie that was full of fantastic elements as well as fantastic music was Pink Floyd — The Wall. One of the greatest rock films of all time, The Wall tells the story of a young boy who grows up in post-war Britain and becomes a famous rock star. Eventually lost love sends him on a downward spiral of self-loathing that conversely sees him rise to the position of a fascist demigod. It’s all one big sprawling metaphor for the interpersonal traumas that find us detaching from friends and family until we’re each living behind these walls of our own making in the prisons we’ve created for ourselves.

Celebrating the 35th anniversary of this landmark film, here’s Pink Floyd — The Wall…

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This week: Ken gets all nerdy about the Star Wars Episode VII cast announcement, The KKK gets all neighbourly and then sleeps with a gay black guy, Bees are little bastards!, Balls of purity, More fascism in the UK, Dem Vampire Ants be all up in my yard, E.T.’s sordid past, Locke and load, and Trippin’ in Italy.

Personnel – Joe Nolan, Frater Isla, and Ken Eakins

Links

• STAR WARS Ep VII CAST ANNOUNCED!!! – Link
• KKK Starts Neighborhood Watch Link
• Ken’s Fascist Corner: KKK Grand Dragon’s gay black man past. – Link
• Worst place to be stung by a bee Link
• Purity Balls Link
• Ken’s Fascist Corner: EDL march in Brighton turns ugly…who saw that one coming? – Link
• Dracula Ants Discovered in Madagascar Link
• Atari’s Shame Unearthed Link
• Locke film review Link
• The Trip is back

Interlude

• Ugly Duckling – Left Behind