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Rent our documentary now! Or buy it if you’re Mr Moneybags! Third slide rare BTS

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I got to ask the question to @buttholesurfers @kingcoffey that I’ve always wanted to ask…we all know what it was like to be in audience at their life altering shows, but what did it feel like to be on stage with all the manic energy of the band swirling around them…thank you to King & @tomjstern the director of @bhstheholetruthmovie (in theaters now!) for joining me on @revolutionspermovie ‘s third anniversary episode and being so funny, passionate & honest. Thanks for listening everyone…another great one tomorrow with @millerrogerclark of Mission Of Burma tomorrow!

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Filmmaker @tomjstern on creating his @buttholesurfers short film with Gibby’s flapping hair, layering in the dark Texas mystique & if putting melons on your heads at fly swatter parties really existed. You can listen to the full episode with Tom and Butthole Surfers @kingcoffey on my 3rd anniversary episode of @revolutionspermovie out now on any podcast app.

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My guests @buttholesurfers @kingcoffey & director of @bhstheholetruthmovie @tomjstern on the primal draw of their song Cherub (which Tom did the music video for) & how Teresa joining the band changed King’s trajectory forever. New episode of @revolutionspermovie out now on any podcast app

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My guest @tomjstern director of @bhstheholetruthmovie and @kingcoffey of @buttholesurfers on the Texas mystique of the band on this third anniversary episode of @revolutionspermovie Out now on any podcast app Photos courtesy of @patblashill

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I’m honored to celebrate the 3rd anniversary of @revolutionspermovie with two legends— @kingcoffey of @buttholesurfers and filmmaker @tomjstern (Freaked, The Idiot Box), who directed the new documentary BUTTHOLE SURFERS: THE HOLE TRUTH & NOTHING BUTT @bhstheholetruthmovie

We discuss the love/hate relationship with Texas and what about that push/pull creates singular artistic statements, how Tom met the band and how he started filming the “Cherub” music video that same day, the Texas mythos, King’s experience of seeing Butthole Surfers for the first time, Tom losing his house in the LA fires and using it to great dramatic effect in the documentary, what was the first song King felt like he added his stamp to, creating their iconic drum sound with Teresa Nervosa, how they got the puppetry in the documentary to mimic the band’s movements so perfectly, the live Blind Eye Sees All VHS tape, King’s other amazing band USA/Mexico, the story behind Tom’s super 8mm Butthole Surfers epic The Bar-B-Que Movie starring a pre-Deadwood John Hawkes, putting melons on your head at flyswatting parties, building Gibby’s flapping hair contraption, what it felt like for King being on stage in Butthole Surfers, King’s thoughts on being interviewed about your trauma but having to make it entertaining, why the band thought Tom was the only person who could make a documentary about them, burning words into the audiences’ retinas, scream therapy, the creation of their album Rembrandt Pussyhorse, how frank Johnny Depp is in the film about his role in Gibby’s and his addictions, how the first three albums were complete studio creations and how that changed, the Celebrity Club in Atlanta, their communal life styles and more!

Thanks to everyone who has listened to Revolutions Per Movie these last three years. And I giant additional thank you to anyone who supports the RPM Patreon — the show would not exist without your kindness.

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TOMORROW-THIRD ANNIVERSARY EPISODE of @revolutionspermovie with my special guests @kingcoffey of @buttholesurfers & @tomjstern director of the @bhstheholetruthmovie !!! Let’s all collectively stare into the strobe lights together while rolling our eyes back in our heads while we swim in the sea that is #buttholesurfers !!!

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How they created the practical monster suit for the FREAKED ending 👏

Gooble Gobble, one of us! Al & Siena are crawling under caravans to join the carnival on this circus-centric pairing of FREAKS (1932) x FREAKED (1993)!

Enjoy this spectacles-and-sideshows edition of Splice & Splatter NOW SCREAMING everywhere you listen to podcasts with full video episodes on Youtube or LINK IN BIO!

#spliceandsplatterpod #horrorpodcast #alexwinter #horrorfx #freaked

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Editors picks for Sept 9-15. Go to https://happen.events/ for more

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DID YOU KNOW?

It was star of 1932’s FREAKS and long-time friend of Tod Browning, actor Harry Earles, who brought the project to Browning as he eager to find more film roles. The story was based off the short story “Spurs” told the story of a pair of circus performers who take advantage of a wealthy dwarf. It was set to star actor Lon Chaney originally, and was years in the making with the idea brought to MGM back in 1925.

The idea for 1993 FREAKED body horror film was conceived around the time Alex Winter and Tom Stern had directed 1988’s “Bar-B-Que” movie, which was a short spoof of 1974’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and starred American punk band Butthole Surfers! At the time they envisioned the film as an obscene, ultra-violent horror film that would feature the Butthole Surfers again and have a ultra-indie budget of only $100k.

Enjoy this spectacles-and-sideshows edition of Splice & Splatter NOW SCREAMING everywhere you listen to podcasts with full video episodes on Youtube or LINK IN BIO!

#spliceandsplatterpod #horrorpodcast #freaks #freaked #sideshow

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This Hollywood director got their start as the production designer on 1993’s FREAKED 🤯

Gooble Gobble, one of us! Al & Siena are crawling under caravans to join the carnival on this circus-centric pairing of FREAKS (1932) x FREAKED (1993)!

Enjoy this spectacles-and-sideshows edition of Splice & Splatter NOW SCREAMING everywhere you listen to podcasts with full video episodes on Youtube or LINK IN BIO!

#spliceandsplatterpod #horrorpodcast #alexwinter #catherinehardwicke #freaked

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Thanks @creep_o_rama 🖤 #freaked1993 #freakedmovie #zygrot24 #tomstern #rickycoogan

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