Archie Bunker's Thoughts On Minnesota

I've been working through the entire run of All in the Family and I've been really enjoying it. Here's a video clip I made for Archie's thoughts on Minnesota:



The All in the Family theme song went through a few different versions and the one highlighted below is from the later seasons when Carroll O'Conner and Jean Stapleton sang the lyrics a little slower so everyone could understand the line "Gee, our old LaSalle ran great."

All in the Family Theme [Version from later seasons] 

And here is a longer piano version of the closing theme played by Roger Kellaway.

Roger Kellaway -- Remembering You [All in the Family Closing Theme]

You can buy All in the Family DVDs here.

New Low

Low have always been one of my favorite local bands...they hail from Duluth and I'm from Wisconsin...I know, not too local but still you take what you can get.  You can grab their new song "So Blue" from the upcoming The Invisible Way on Soundcloud right now.  


For the video of "So Blue" they would like to be sent photos that are inspired by the song. You can find more information on that on their Facebook page.

You can also pre-order The Invisible Way here.

Rifftrax Kickstarter Campaign + MST3K Theme Song Variations

I'm a huge fan of Mystery Science Theater and Rifftrax and so I was excited to see that Rifftrax recently started a Kickstarter campaign to purchase the rights to Twilight which would let them host a live riffing to theaters across the country later this year.  Their goal was $55,000 and so far they are nearly $100,000 over their goal.  Twilight here we come!

Here's a clip explaining the Kickstarter campaign:


Here are a bunch of different versions of the Mystery Science Theater 3000 theme song...some with Joel and some with Mike singing.

Sung by Joel Hodgson:

MST3K Theme Song KTMA Version
MST3K Theme Song Season 1-4

Sung by Mike Nelson:

MST3K Theme Song Season 5-6
MST3K Theme Song Season 7
MST3K Theme Song Season 8-9
MST3K Theme Song Season 10

And here's the instrumental from the end credits

MST3K Love Theme

Here's the official Mystery Science Theater home page and you can  buy all the MST3K DVDs from Shout Factory.

Eraserhead and The Eraserheads

It took the better part of two days of stopping and starting but I finally finished watching David Lynch's Eraserhead.  In some ways this movie screams for a Mystery Science Theater or Rifftrax take on it while at other points there are some truly beautiful/disturbing visuals that justify this films cult status.  I don't believe the film had a proper trailer at it's release in 1977 but here is a fan made trailer that will give you an idea of what you'll experience watching this film.


While searching around for clips/commentary to the film I discovered a band called The Eraserheads from the Phillipines who were very popular in the 1990's.  As you might imagine it is super catchy, chorus heavy rock...which is right up my alley.

The Eraserheads -- Magasin

Buy Eraserheads music here.
The Eraserheads official site.

Similar Album Covers

Since I'm on the subject of Alabama Shakes, here is their album cover:

It more than reminds me of one of my favorite albums from 2006, The Black Angels' Passover.

Alabama Shakes -- Hold On [Live]

This is one of my favorite Saturday Night Live performances from the past couple of years. "Hold On" is the first track from Alabama Shakes great debut Boy and Girls.