Come show your support

Come support Local Bay Area Graff Artists and Musicians May 6th at the Era Art Bar in Downtown Oakland, Ca.  The Show will feature Graffiti Exhibits from GroundSick Family members Goser and Ferm along with many more Local talented artists and  Live music From Cozy T (Swoon) and Spinning  By GroundSick's Dyes Uno and Hoeks One . Plus many more. Come down and show your support for the underground. Plus it is a few days after my B-Day so I should be there as well, at that should count for something. I will have a better flyer soon, I just received the news of the event and pulled this flyer from Facebook so the quality is shit but The show promises to be much better than that.

Artists Featured will be: Goser,Ferm,Johnny X-Ray,Germs,Silencer, Dayser,4Gett,Amuse, O.G., and Vote
Musical Performances By : Dyes Uno, Hoeks One, Cozy T, D.J. Habit

 Come support and take in the vibes.
May 6th
 Misfortune and Fame show
@ Era Art Bar
Downtown Oakland, Ca

Just a taste of the Music I was plugging

"No Vacancy" By: Doctor Scott, Dick Swift (myself) and Advance
From the "Swift's Garage Vol.1" album

"Dead Roses" By: Dick Swift     Beat By: Todd Snyderman of Swoon and Dyes Uno

"As Real As It Gets" By: Drake Blackmon
From the " It Only  Gets Worse" Album

"I Need A BBW" By: Doctor Scott
available at Doctorscott.bandcamp.com

Enjoy and Support.

Quick Plugs for my Fam

As many of you readers may know I am a lyricist and since I have nothing recent to plug I would like to take this time to help promote my friends products.

If you are into underground purist Hip-Hop than check these guys out, First My friend of many years and fellow M.C.. Drake Blackmon has recently released three new projects two instrumental albums and his Solo project as well. I have been friends with Drake for along time and we used to host a local college radio show together when we were too young to even attend college, so figure that one out. But the guy is crazy talented and worth giving a listen.You can find all of his music available for download for free at DrakeBlackmon.com

All these albums are very solid and this music come from his heart since this guy has been a pillar of knowledge on the subject of underground Hip Hop since I have known him back when we were in our pre teens and his intelligence of the craft truly shines through on these three projects. I may give a in depth review on all his stuff sometime but since this is a Movie site I may not , just know that I give this the highest recommendation especially for those looking for something different than the usual and want to feel that the Underground is still alive and well these days thanks to cats like Drake Blackmon.

Also, My fam at Groundsick.com , A site dedicated to several facets of underground Culture including my site (Hence the banner at the top of my page) Groundsick is a collection of many different types of Artists and musicians, From Graff Artists to clothing designers to D.J.'s to M.C.'s you should check their site  out. The folks at Groundsick have just released some new projects one from a Friend of mine Todd Snyderman  and very talented drummer who worked with me on a older track of mine entiitled "Dead Roses" is now in a band on the brink of gaining some nice exposure. So Check out Swoon, The music is a bit hard to describe as it has many different influences but if you enjoy rock music you should definitley give them a look.
Then, Co-Founder of Ground Sick Dyes Uno has just released his first Instrumental album entitled " The Gnarly EP" He has worked on this one for a long time now and I have to say that Dyes is one of the most talented producers I have heard. You can find the Gnarly EP on iTunes and links at Groundsick.com

Lastly, You can find some of my latest music on Doctorscott.bandcamp.com on the Swift's Garage vol.1 album. It is a full length album myself , Doctor Scott and Advance put together in home and there are also videos for all of the songs on youtube so just type in Swift's Garage and vol.10 -19 are full length songs . This was allot of fun to make so please check it out, I think it came out rather well. Also You can find several solo projects by Doctor Scott there as well. This music is definitely something different and I personally find it quite enjoyable, So please Support the Underground and Local Bay Area Artists by listening , viewing and downloading all you can, It will be worth your time I promise.
                                                                          Support Independent Music,
                                                                                                   Nathaniel (Dick Swift) Guest

Yet another thank you

So the site recently reached 4,000 views and I am truly happy that all of you out there continue to check out my little review site. I am still trying to sharpen up my style so this site will always be a work in progress. I also would like to thank the few of you that actually voted on my first review poll and the second is receiving a few more votes than the last, which shows people are actually checking this place out and I thank you so much. I don't have much to add as far as new pick up's and such since I have been a bit lacking on the movies as of late due to personal financial issues and stress but one shinning light is this site and knowing that people out there actually enjoy reading what I have to offer. My birthday month is coming up and I plan on doing a special poll for readers to choose a genre of films they would like to see me review here. The only new thing I have added as of late is I try to put a trailer or at least a scene from the movie in question into the review and I hop you guys like that. If anyone has any suggestions I would love to hear them as I am always trying to improve the site. Also I am still waiting to see about doing video reviews as well very soon, it's all juust timing and finding someone who can edit the vids and film them . My Fam at GroundSick.com are in talks with me to do that soon.
                                                                                                     Thanks again,
                                                                                                             Nathaniel (Dick Swift) Guest

Shakes The Clown

Shakes The Clown (1991)

Dir: Bobcat Goldwaith

Starring: BobCat Goldwaith ( Police Academy 2 and 4/Hot to Trot) Julie Brown ( Earth Girls are Easy/Plump Fiction/Bloody Birthday), Florence Henderson/Adam Sandler/Kathy Griffin/Lawrence Page/Robin Williams

So First of all I must say that this film is paced extremely well paced especially compared to the last piece of trash I watched. This film was entertaining from beginning to end and never had a dull moment. I don't understand how this film has not reached a huge cult following due to it's greatness.

Our story opens with Shakes ( Bobcat) waking up hungover after a night of partying with a clown groupie played by Florence Henderson, after quickly getting ready he heads to a children's party to entertain. We quickly learn that Shakes has a serious drinking problem but he seems to love his job to an extent. While at the party several other clowns hang out at a local clown bar called the Twisted Balloon and they hear that rival clown Binky has just been awarded the spot on a popular T.V. Cartoon show which makes all of the clowns upset. Since Binky is somewhat of an outcast and asshole to all the others and acts as if he is some sort of mafia boss over his fellow goons. Shake arrives at the bar shortly after the party to visit his girlfriend Jdy who is upset at him for not coming home the previous night and after accusing him of cheating she breaks up with Shakes just before he is given the news of Binky getting the T.V. role over himself. SO things are not looking good for Shakes.

After the bad news Shakes goes on a drinking binge and the following morning his  friends try to get him off of the bottle. On route to another party Shakes begins to go through withdraws and makes it to the event regardless, but once there after snapping on a kid he sneaks some drinks from the house and goes on a rampage leading to him getting fired. So things only seem to be getting worse for poor Shakes. At the bar Binky and his pals plan to meet up with some rodeo clowns to score some coke to celebrate, and after a change of heart Shakes manager decides to give Shakes another chance and while looking for him he runs in on Binky and crew snorting coke which leads to Binky killing Shakes manager Cheese in the process. This scene also provides one if the funniest lines in the entire film.. After the murder Binky and crew tries to frame Shakes for the murder.

 "All you saw was four happy clowns eating beef, White powdery Beef!"

Shakes and posse head to a rodeo clown bar to track down the Clowns who tried to kill him and this leads to a brawl where they gain info on who killed Cheese, Meanwhile Judy is being kidnapped and tortured by Binky before his opening show. Shakes gets word of Judy's whereabouts and heads to Binky's show where he is throwing knives at her. Shakes makes the save and this leads to Binky getting arrested and Judy and Shakes rekindling their relationship. We do get a happy ending of sorts as Shakes begins attending AA meetings and he takes over the cartoon show. 

 Raise the roof

I must say I am leaving allot out of this review because this film in my opinion is a must see. Certainly one of the funniest under rated films out there. The film is filled with great lines and scenes and all the characters are interesting and really draw you in. Robin Williams as the Mime instructor is priceless and Julie Brown is adorable with her speech impediment. The role of Binky is well played and borderline creepy and convincingly psychotic.This films is certainly worth tracking down and giving a watch because it is entertaining from the get  and kind of plays out like a Clown version of Big Lebowski in a way, which is a good thing. Bobcat tones down his over the top annoying act in this one and is convincing in the role of a children's party clown down on his luck. Also it is a trip to see all the cameos from people before they became famous such as Adam Sandler, Kathy Griffin and some others, Truly a fun time and I cannot recommend this one more . 

If you are looking for a odd dark comedy with heart this one truly fits the bill. This one was just what I needed after the crap i watched last night and I suggest all of you who have not seen it too watch it for sure.

Gore:0

Nudity:0

Story:8

Characters:8

Overall: 7.5 out of 10

Readers Choice pt.2

So after a tragic first readers vote with the Nazisploitation gene I've decided to take a more strange and upbeat genre for the second round. This time one of my favorites, The world of Tokyo Shock. Truth be told I will probably get to everyone of these films eventually but I would like to see what your thoughts are on  the genre and which you would like to see featured here first. So with that said here's the list.


1. Mutant Girl Squad
2.RoboGeish
3.Maid Droid
4.Attack Girls Swim Team v.s. The Undead
5. Killer Pussy ( Sexual Parasite)


I shall give this one about a week and see the turn out , But I will probably get a few reivews in during the meantime.
                      


                        Thanks for reading,
                                                      Nathaniel (Dick Swift) Guest

S.S. Experiment Love Camp

S.S. Experiment Love Camp (1976)
A.K.A. Captive Women
Dir: Sergio Garrone (S.S. Camp 5 Women's Hell/Django The Bastard/ Lover of the Monster)

Ah, The Nazisploitation sub-genre. This genre has to have some of the most boring of the exploitation cinema categories. For every Ilsa She wolf of the S.S. and Salon Kitty you get treated to ten of theses knock off's and unfortunately tonight that is just what I am looking at. One of the more boring of the genre in S.S. Experiment Love Camp.
                Like every other film in the genre this one takes place in a women's prison under the Nazi Regime, In the prison the S.S. are holding several experiments in torture and sexual nature between the enslaved women and the Nazi soldiers. For the entire first hour or so of the movie we just see different prisoners being molested and tortured as usual and nothing new is brought to the table.Prisoner taken to lab killed in experiment and rinse and repeat.

After the first few death scenes and bodies of victims are burned, we are treated to a group shower scene and then the sexual experiments where the prisoners are paired up with several Nazi Soldiers. After watching Sgt. Helmut in action with one of the ladies Col.Von Kleiben decides he wants to take place in a transplant surgery in order to gain his sexual prowess but, we will get to that a little later.

                                      " I have a feeling I am gonna lose my nuts sometime soon"

And more girls are tortured and killed in lackluster attempts to shock the viewer. During a orgy scene one of the prisoners who is whored out is a virgin and after being raped she attacks one of the commanding officers, this leads to her being shot and hung out to bleed to death. This does not sit well with the others female inmates and they begin to pointlessly fight back. Helmut is apparently falling for the prisoner he was paired up with during the last set of experiments and asks to be paired with her again the Col. agrees if Helmut goes through with a transplant surgery he has in mind. The two Nazi's are put under for a testicular transplant and the col. quickly sets out to try his newly found mojo with a private party. While The Col. is enjoying his new found balls , Helmut learns that he can no longer make love and snaps going after all responsible for this heinous act.We also see a flashback of why the Col. needs the transplant due to him having his balls biten off by a women when he was younger.After approaching the doctor responsible , the doctor feels guilt and kills himself as Helmut heads to the Col.'s Party. Helmut opens fire on the officers and leaves the Col. to the women to take care of. After the Col. is dead Helmut and his lady friend try to flee and despite his heroic efforts Helmut is outnumbered and gunned down in the process.

                                                        " I knew it, I dun lost my mojo"

                                                          " I must get my nuts back!"

                                                                       Lunch time!

                                             " I should have never agreed to be in this film"

Sadly there is not much to say about this film as it is pretty dull and uneventful. This is just another typical Nazisploitation flick trying to capitalize on the popularity of war films and exploitation flicks like Ilsa and Salon Kitty. Nothing helps this film stand out and it is just a bore. I had trouble sitting through this one honestly and not because it is disturbing or gory just because it is flat out bland and boring as hell. Now most of the Nazisploitation films are real similar in plot but some manage to be entertaining with the over the top antics and scenes of violence but this one is just a pointless cash in and not worth the waste of time. Stick with the Ilsa trilogy or something like Women's Prison Massacre if you are looking for some tasteless exploitation fun.
This film is just an excuse to get a whole bunch of rather average girls naked on screen at one time and the pay off is not worth the torture of sitting through this film.
Gore:5
Nudity:7
Story:4
Characters:3
Overall:3 out of 10