This is as good an excuse as any to recommend A Town Called Hell. It's a generic spaghetti western with a way better title than it deserves, but it's made worthwhile by Telly Savalas playing a Mexican warlord. It's one of the most wonderfully half-assed performances I've seen. He speaks like Speedy Gonzalez for most…

My god, thank you for reminding me of this. http://www.youtube.com/watc…

My god, thank you for reminding me of this. http://www.youtube.com/watc…

I saw that one in high school on what I thought was a date with a gorgeous punk rock girl. I was so timid at the time that the closest I came to making a move was brushing my leg up against hers and leaving it there for half the movie. I took it as a good sign that she at least didn't recoil, but then after the show I…

I saw that one in high school on what I thought was a date with a gorgeous punk rock girl. I was so timid at the time that the closest I came to making a move was brushing my leg up against hers and leaving it there for half the movie. I took it as a good sign that she at least didn't recoil, but then after the show I…

Not yet. I hovered over White Pongo in the Internet Archive before deciding to complete the Bela gorilla trifecta.

Not yet. I hovered over White Pongo in the Internet Archive before deciding to complete the Bela gorilla trifecta.

On the plus side, I'm totally acing "Violent Gorillas in Pre-1960s American Pop Culture."

On the plus side, I'm totally acing "Violent Gorillas in Pre-1960s American Pop Culture."

Killing people in an ape suit is Karloff's attempt to cure polio, obviously. I watched that one a while back.

Killing people in an ape suit is Karloff's attempt to cure polio, obviously. I watched that one a while back.

I watched one movie where Raymond Burr turned into a gorilla, one where Bela Lugosi almost turned into a gorilla, one where Bela Lugosi turned Duke Mitchell into a gorilla and one where Bela Lugosi skulked around while the Ritz Brothers got chased by a gorilla. It was a gorilla kind of week.

I watched one movie where Raymond Burr turned into a gorilla, one where Bela Lugosi almost turned into a gorilla, one where Bela Lugosi turned Duke Mitchell into a gorilla and one where Bela Lugosi skulked around while the Ritz Brothers got chased by a gorilla. It was a gorilla kind of week.

The Wings Over America rendition of "Soily" is pretty dang hard.

The Wings Over America rendition of "Soily" is pretty dang hard.

I love it. Fleet Foxes I can appreciate, but Mr. Misty I can wholeheartedly embrace.

I love it. Fleet Foxes I can appreciate, but Mr. Misty I can wholeheartedly embrace.

I have a feeling that Father John Misty album is one of those things that's just going to sound better and better with each passing year.

I have a feeling that Father John Misty album is one of those things that's just going to sound better and better with each passing year.

But in the Latin alphabet, "Jehovah" begins with an "I."