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36th Precint (France, 2004)

2012-01-28T14:06:00.000-08:00

In the last decade France has been making some of the best crime films in the world. But they don't get much distribution in the US. Seven years after its French release we are finally able to see Olivier Marchal's 36th Precinct. It is a gritty, police procedural film staring Daniel Auteuil and Gerard Depardieu. One of the reasons for the delay in releasing the film was that it was scheduled for a US remake, to star George Clooney and Robert DeNiro but that never got off the ground. 36th Precinct is recommend for fans of Michael Mann's movies or Michael Connelly's novels. It is streaming on Netflix.

Claymation version of John Carpenter's The Thing

2012-01-04T09:31:00.000-08:00

I could watch a full movie of this.

Radio Soulwax punk mix

2012-01-03T15:30:00.000-08:00

Radio Soulwax is back with another great mash up compilation. This time of punk and hardcore. As with their recent mixes it is worth watching for the manipulation of the cover art.

Hardcore or die from Radio Soulwax on Vimeo.

Savior Of The Soul (Hong Kong, 1991)

2011-12-30T18:46:00.000-08:00

Savior Of The Soul starts out with an amazing sci-fi prison break, has a couple of good action scenes in the middle and ends with an innovative fight sequence but it is also full of bad low brow, not funny comedy scenes, that I would only recommend it to die hard Hong Kong film fans. Some Hong Kong films try to appeal to everyone. In the 80's and 90's it was common for entire families to go to the cinema together so film makers would have scenes for every member. Intense action for adult males, tear jerk romance for adult females, broad comedy to appeal to grandparents, and potty humor for the kids. One way to make films this way is to have multiple directors. In Savior Of The Soul you have Corey Yuen to oversee the intense action (with martial arts direction by Yuen Tak), Jeff Lau to direct the comedy and David Lai to do the rest. This can lead to schizophrenic movies. Sometimes very good schizophrenic movies. Savior of the Soul does not hold together as a whole film. Andy Lau, Aaron Kwok, Anita Mui, Carina Lau and Kenny Bee round out the cast. It is streaming on netflix. Here is the opening sequence on youtube.

New George Pelecanos novel for 99 cents

2011-12-30T18:35:00.000-08:00

I prefer to read books, mostly from the library but amazon's kindle price the new Pelecanos book is too low to pass up. "What It Was" is due out on Jan 23, but if you preorder it, the price is 99 cents. And remember with amazon, they don't charge you until it is released. The hardcover is $22. You could add your name to your library's wait list, but 99 cents is hard to beat.

http://www.amazon.com/What-It-Was-ebook/dp/B005HFO072/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1325298864&sr=1-3

Best TV show of 2010 now on Netflix streaming

2011-12-19T15:58:00.000-08:00

As everyone is posting their 2011 best of lists I want to talk about the best show I saw in 2010. Ted Griffin's Terriers was an FX series staring Donal Logue and Michael Raymond-James as unlicensed PIs in San Diego. They eke out a living solving small crimes, dog-napping, lost money, nothing dangerous. But things change in the course of the series and the PIs are in a fight for their lives. The writing, acting, and directing in this series is excellent. It is my favorite FX show, above The Shield, Justified, American Horror Story, and even It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia. If you are looking for a tv series to watch over the holidays you should watch Terriers.

Ted Griffin was a writer on The Shield and he wrote the screenplay for Ravenous. He is also the writer for the Ashton Kutcher movie Killers, and the Ben Stiller Eddie Murphy movie Tower Heist. Griffin's involvement in these films is enough for me to add them to my queue.

Michel Gondry's remake of Taxi Driver

2011-12-17T07:48:00.000-08:00

Michel Gondry's Be Kind, Rewind had Jack Black and Mos Def remake classic films in an extremely low budget style called Sweded. Here is Michel Gondry's newest Sweded remake, Taxi Driver.

Michelle Yeoh in Fearless

2011-12-07T17:18:00.000-08:00

I heard a review of the new Luc Besson film The Lady staring Michelle Yeoh as Aung San Suu Kyi and it reminded me that I had never seen her segment from the Chinese version of Jet Li's Fearless. Michelle Yeoh is featured in a framing sequence that explains why Wu Shu should be an Olympic sport. Here is the opening clip from youtube.

There is also a fight sequence that did not make the US version. Why a studio would cut a fight sequence from a Jet Li film does not make sense to me.

Obviously the original version does not have a linkin park soundtrack.

Sonny Sharrock on Space Ghost

2011-12-03T14:32:00.000-08:00

I never watched the show in the 1990's so I was surprised to learn that Sonny Sharrock did the music to Space Ghost. Here's a 12 minute clip with Thurston Moore as the guest. Seen on WFMU's blog.

Space Ghost C2C - 26 - Sharrock by SpaceGhostC2Cfan0224

2000 A.D. (Hong Kong, 2000)

2011-12-02T16:20:00.000-08:00

Directed by Gordan Chan (Fist Of Legend), this big budget espionage film co-produced by Singapore's Raintree Films, takes about 30 minutes for the action to start but then you have a high powered rifle sniper, bloody shootouts, car chases, and fights on top of skyscrapers. Many Hong Kong and Singaporean stars are in the film. Aaron Kwok, Francis Ng, Daniel Wu, Ray Lui and Andrew Lin round out the Hong Kong stars. The sniper is played by Ken Lo, who is famous for being Jackie Chan's bodyguard and final opponent in Drunken Master 2 (Legend Of The Drunken Master in the US). Definitely worth watch, Francis Ng gives a great performance as weary Hong Kong police detective. The netflix streaming has easy to read yellow English subtitles. Normally I put a link to the film's trailer but this time I'm linking to the sniper action scene. It does spoil a character's death.

Free Buddha Machine app

2011-12-02T11:20:00.000-08:00

Free Buddha Machine app for iPads. I used to sell a lot of these and so I fihttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifgured I would let you know that the app is free for the next couple of days. Originally found on boingboing.net

Fan made trailer for Drive

2011-11-30T13:18:00.000-08:00

Found on bleedingcool.com

tribute to drive from tom haugomat & bruno mangyoku on Vimeo.

Dating A Vampire (Hong Kong, 2006)

2011-11-20T20:06:00.000-08:00

Hong Kong version of Fright Night, only not so good. Netflix recently added a ton of Hong Kong movies to their streaming service and most of them are not that good. I had the chance to buy many of them when they first came out on dvd or vhs and passed on them, but since they are streaming it only costs me my time. I picked Dating A Vampire because it is directed by Clarence Fok (or Ford) and features Yuen Wah and Andy On so I hoped there would be some decent action. There wasn't much, but the movie was not so bad. Recommended for Hong Kong fanatics only.

Black Lightning (Russia, 2009)

2011-11-19T14:17:00.000-08:00

Black Lightning is a remake of Spiderman except instead of the hero getting bit by a radioactive spider, he gets a flying car. The special effects are pretty decent. Co directed by Dimitriy Kiselev and Aleksandr Voytinskiy. It is produced by Timur Bekmambetov, the director of Nightwatch and Wanted.

No Mercy (South Korea, 2010)

2011-11-17T17:57:00.000-08:00

One of the amazing things about South Korean cinema is how many great movies are made by first time directors. Kim Hyeong-Joon's No Mercy is a great crime drama with an involving plot that I don't want to give anything away about. It stars Sol Kyung-Gu as a University Professor who helps the police force with autopsies and forensic evidence. Just as he is about to retire (you always know something bad is going to happen when a cop or someone related to law enforcement nears retirement) he drawn into one last case. While the autopsies are not bloody, they are pretty graphic. Netflix has it streaming. Here is the unsub trailer (so you don't understand the spoilers unless you speak Korean). For those of you with out Netflix, the movie is up on youtube.

New mix from Caribou

2011-11-16T17:35:00.000-08:00

Nice mix from Caribou of artists playing the next ATP, ignore the title as thankfully there is no Xmas music in the mix. Found on dangerousminds.net

Caribou - Nightmare Before Christmas Mix by All Tomorrows Parties

Trailer for Tsui Hark's Flying Swords Of Dragon Gate.

2011-11-12T07:43:00.000-08:00

Here is the trailer for Flying Swords Of Dragon Gate, a 3D film by Tsui Hark and starring Jet Li. It gets the idea of 3D right, you should be throwing stuff at the screen. I saw Immortals in 3D and you would think a movie with a magic bow would fire at least one arrow at the audience.

Failan (South Korea, 2001)

2011-11-09T17:36:00.001-08:00

Choi Min Sik is one of the world's best actors and if you disagree you should watch "Oldboy" and then "Failan". They are completely different and show an actor at his prime. In Failan, Choi is a low level gangster who is asked to take the fall for the murder that his boss has committed. The movie jumps between the present and the past when Choi agreed to have a fake marriage so that Cecilia Cheung could get a work permit in order to stay in South Korea. We follow Cheung's life as she works hard and is taken advantage of and the only joy she has is writing letters to her husband. Since it is a South Korean film you know that things probably won't end well for each character. Failan is one of the Korean films from 10 years ago that caught viewer's attention and has only been available on a region coded disc for many years. Finally it is available from Netflix with good subtitles. Here is an unsubtitled trailer.

Flaming Brothers (Hong Kong, 1987)

2011-11-09T17:04:00.000-08:00

Flaming Brothers is written by Wong Kar Wai and stars Chow Yun Fat. 1987 was a good year for Chow Yun Fat, he was a the top of the box office after the success of A Better Tomorrow. Chow was in 11 movies released in '87 including City On Fire, Prison On Fire and A Better Tomorrow II. But the real star of Flaming Brothers is Alan Tang and Chow has more of a supporting role. Wong Kar Wai's script is not that special, the plot is the standard Triad partners breaking up as one of them falls in love and tries to go straight only to be pulled back in ala Al Pacino's lines in Godfather 3. Still any big budget Hong Kong action film from 1987 is worth seeing. The final shoot out is good. The bad guy in the film is Patrick Tse, father of current Hong Kong star Nicolas Tse, and you might recognize him as the bad guy in Shaolin Soccer. Netflix has it streaming with good subtitles. Here's the trailer but it is unsubbed.

Secret Of The Urn (Japan, 1966)

2011-11-08T07:50:00.000-08:00

Hideo Gosha is a great Japanese samurai movie director that more people should know, fortunately more of his films are finally being released in America. 1966's The Secret Of The Urn is about a disfigured ex samurai who gets caught up in a plot to steal an urn that holds the secret to saving the Yagyu clan. Lots of good swordfights, one on one and one against many. The plot resembles a Raymond Chandler novel. Gosha's camera work is impressive, some nice tracking shots. Animego's subtitling is as good as ever, they take the time to color the subtitles for different voices and they caption and translate street signs. A recommended samurai film for someone looking for something past the Kurasawa classics. On netflix streaming.

Tiger Cage 2 (Hong Kong, 1990)

2011-11-04T12:14:00.000-07:00

Having nothing to do with Tiger Cage, other than a plot with drug dealers and corrupt police, Yuen Wo Ping's Tiger Cage is an action fest. Close to 80 minutes of it's 90 minute running time is filled with the best fights and chases that Hong Kong actors and stuntmen can offer. This is the type of film that Hong Kong used to crank out on a weekly basis, and when it works, such as in this film, it really works. Donnie Yen is Dragon Yau and he teams up with David Wu and Rosamund Kwan to fight Robin Shou (from the Mortal Kombat films). Note that I said fight and not defeat as a lot of films from this era could kill the hero and or the heroine. You never knew. A lot of the time in late 80's/ early 90's Hong Kong action films the heroes and heroines represent Hong Kong and they get caught up between the United Kingdom abandoning them and the fear of a mainland Chinese takeover. A fair amount of filmmakers, and actors were planning on moving to Hollywood or Canada over fear of what might of happened in the 1997 handover. But check this movie out if you want to see some action, much better than any hollywood film. The netflix streaming version has good subtitles.

The Magicians -for fans of Peep Show

2011-11-03T15:00:00.000-07:00

If you've ever watched Peep Show on Hulu and you should as it is incredibly funny you should check out The Magicians, a movie that Mitchell and Webb made. No US release but it is on youtube. Their co-star is one of the creators of "Spaced". No embedding so click on the link

Bodyguards and Assassins (2009, Hong Kong)

2011-10-30T09:23:00.000-07:00

With it's big budget and all star cast and years in the making, Teddy Chen's Bodyguards and Assassins had a lot to live and up to and thankful it did. The story is about a ragtag group of people getting together to provide protection for Sun Yat-Sen on his trip to Hong Kong in 1906. The Chinese Empress Dowager wants him assassinated to prevent him from fermenting rebellion. The first 80 minutes introduce the cast and has some action but it is the last hour that takes place in real time as the heroes try to protect Sun Yat-Sen from a seemingly limitless supply of bad guys. Stand out sequences include Donnie Yen versus Cung Le, and Leon Lai against 30-40 henchmen. The performances are good, with Nicolas Tse winning Best Supporting Actor at the 2009 HKFA Awards. The film also won for Best Director, Art Direction, and Action Choreography. The movie is streaming on Netflix and is highly recommended.

The Mafia, The Salesman, 2007 Korea

2011-10-29T11:31:00.000-07:00

Netflix added the mother lode of Korean films recently and I presume that if you're reading this blog then you've seen Oldboy and The Good The Bad & The Weird, so I'm going to review some of the lesser known Korean films (at least in the US) now streaming on Netflix. First up, The Mafia, The Salesman from 2007. Directed by Seung Bo Shim and starring Lee Sung Jae. The netflix description makes the movie seem to be about the effects of globalization on the Korean mafia which piqued my curiousity. Unfortunately it is more of a fish out of water film. The young mobster is picked by his boss to go work for a corporation and learn "globalized management". The mobster joins an insurance firm and ends up having to sell door to door life insurance. Wacky hi-jinks ensue and they are moderately funny. The action is okay. As is standard in Korean mobster films, it is mostly large groups of people attacking another large group. Here is the unsubtitled Korean trailer. The streaming version has easy to read subtitles.

Herman Yau's On The Edge (2006)

2011-10-25T07:25:00.000-07:00

Netflix has recently added a lot of Asian movies to their streaming service and I've decided to review some of them. First up, Herman Yau's On The Edge from 2006. It stars Nick Cheung, Francis Ng, Anthony Wong and Rain Li. After the success of Infernal Affairs, Hong Kong movie theaters were flooded with stories of undercover cops and their struggles as triad members. On The Edge was one of the better ones. Nick Cheung is Harry Boy, a cop who has spend 8 years undercover as a triad member, starting as a street brawler and moving up to a key position under triad boss, Don Dark, played by Francis Ng. After Don Dark is arrested, Harry Boy becomes a regular police officer working with Anthony Wong. Harry Boy is treated with suspicion by his fellow cops, and his only friends are triad members who no longer want anything to do with him. Francis Ng and Anthony Wong are playing roles that they are very familiar with, both of them were in the Infernal Affairs series, and they have worked with Herman Yau many times. Nick Cheung is good as the troubled cop. He made the Election films with Johnnie To around the same time. The movie has some good car chases, courtesy of action director Bruce Law. While not as good as Infernal Affairs or the Election films, On The Edge is definitely worth watching, particularly on netflix streaming.

Jennifer Lynch's Hisss

2011-10-20T07:45:00.000-07:00

A while back I posted the trailer to Jennifer(David's daughter) Lynch's Hisss. It is a Bollywood horror film about a snake god's revenge on the people who kidnapped her mate. No singing. Good performances from Ifran Khan and Mallika Sherawat, but the bad guy's acting is really bad. It's on netflix streaming. There was a dispute between Lynch and the producers and I believe the version of the film on netflix is not Lynch's official cut.

The pilot episode of Warren Ellis' Global Frequency

2011-10-19T15:04:00.000-07:00

It was probably written in 2004 so the then futuristic phone tech is now outdated. If you read the comic it is definitely worth checking out, and I would have watched it had it ever made it's way to tv.

prequel to George Pelecanos' The Cut

2011-10-15T18:29:00.000-07:00

George Pelecanos is a DC based crime writer who wrote for The Wire. All of his books are recommended. His latest book is The Cut, is about an ex-marine investhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifigator run and his run ins with drug dealers (I know that's a crappy review, but I don't want to spoil it). There is an audio book prequel that you can listen to for free on facebook.

Peter Watts The Thing short story from the point of view of the alien

2011-10-14T13:58:00.000-07:00

I just read this and thought it was so good I'd pass it along. A version of John Carpenter's The Thing, this time from the alien's point of view. Originally found on i09.com

http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/watts_01_10/

Kongo - 1932 revenge film with Walter Houston

2011-10-12T19:28:00.000-07:00

Kongo - Pretty cool revenge film set in the Congo from 1932, it's pre code and stars Walter Houston. It is a remake of a Tod Browning Lon Chaney silent from 1928.

Record racks for sale

2011-07-26T18:53:00.000-07:00

most of you know I closing the store in two weeks and moving to Austin TX. So I'm selling the LP racks for $50 each.

Free cd cases

2011-07-26T18:51:00.001-07:00

For friends that have record labels, bands, or art projects. I have about 2000 empty slim cd cases that I would be happy to donate to any cause.

Dump covering Prince's Pop Life

2011-05-11T12:14:00.000-07:00

A nice pop song from James McNew of Yo La Tengo, covering Prince's Pop Life.

Joss Whedon John Cassaday's Astonishing X-men motion comic

2011-05-10T14:35:00.000-07:00

Netlfix streaming and youtube have Joss Whedon and John Cassaday's Astonishing X-men motion comic. It is a good sci-fi story that was originally published in 24 issues. The motion comics work well with the artwork. The story line relies a little too much on many years of X-men history, so if you're only familiar with the movies, you might be a little lost. The voice acting is good. The only thing that is annoying is that Netflix and youtube break up the story into 6 episodes and so you have to watch the 1 minute long opening credits each time or fast forward. Netflix also has added a bunch of Marvel animated series and motion comics. The Iron Man Extremis, and S.W.O.R.D. are worth checking out.

Russian films on youtube

2011-05-04T10:29:00.000-07:00

The Russian film archive Mosfilm has upload a lot of Russian movies with English subtitles to youtube. There is an amazing selection of films. Start out with "Viy" a ghost story based on a Gogol short story. Found via dangerousminds.net

Stream the new Gang Gang Dance album

2011-05-03T14:10:00.001-07:00

Matador has kindly allowed me to stream the new album by Gang Gang Dance.

Record player made out of paper and a sewing needle

2011-04-14T12:31:00.000-07:00

Hand powered record player. Made as a wedding invite and the flexi disc is a song by the lucky couple.

http://kellianderson.com/blog/2011/04/a-paper-record-player/

Some new used vinyl at the store

2011-02-22T17:09:00.000-08:00

Some of the new used arrivals at the store today. Chakachas - Jungle Fever LP James Brown - Please Please Me LP Wilson Pickett - Right On LP The Impressions- Winners LP Joe Tex - I gotcha LP.

The video for the New Pornographers Moves

2011-02-09T11:22:00.000-08:00

Lots of funny people in this video. Worth checking out.

Open today

2011-02-02T12:28:00.000-08:00

I've dug out the store and a path to the street. We will be open as usual until 8pm. I'm plan on listening to comedy records all day. So far Monty Python, George Carlin and currently Martin Mull.

Hard Boiled Update 2-1-11

2011-02-01T14:19:00.000-08:00

Got a couple of things in today and will stick it out till 8pm tonight if you want to purchase any of them.
And we will be open tomorrow, from 12-8pm as usual.

Disappears - Guider CD/LP

Death - Spiritual/Mental/Physical CD/LP

Willie Wright - Telling The Truth LP+45 The latest Numero Group release.

V/a - Pakistan Folk & Pop Instrumentals from 1966-1976 2xLP Latest Sublime Frequencies vinyl only release.

Spacemen 3 - Walkin' With Jesus 12" With the 14 minute version of Rollercoaster.

North Sea - Bloodlines CD On Type Records.

I've also been repricing the 45s in the store and making new sections, including doo wop, northern soul, rockabilly and surf.

We will close early on Sunday (probably 4:30) for the Superbowl.

Thanks
Mark

Good martial arts movie on Netflix on demand

2011-01-28T15:08:00.000-08:00

I highly recommend the Indonesian martial arts film Merantau. It is now on netflix streaming and you should check it out.

Hard Boiled Gift Certificates

2010-12-10T12:18:00.000-08:00

This year we have something different for gift certificates. I found a bunch of colored vinyl 45s with no labels and so I am using them as Gift Certificates. They can be purchased in any denomination.

14th Anniversary party

2010-10-29T14:39:00.000-07:00

Hard Boiled's 14 Anniversary Party this Wednesday at Butterfly Social Club
(Grand and Halstead). Starts at 8pm. At 10pm I will dj a live
soundtrack to John Woo's masterpiece Hard Boiled. $4 beer and shot
combos.

Hard Boiled update 10-22-10

2010-10-22T17:57:00.000-07:00

I'm starting to order new items again on a limited basis. I have put lots of used books, videos and LPs out in the last couple of weeks. I also have Hard Boiled t-shirts available in the store.

Murralin Lane - Our House CD On 12K.

Seaworthy & Matt Rosner - Two Lakes CD On 12K.

Giuseppe Ielasi - Tools CD On 12K.

Sun City Girls - Funeral March LP Their last studio album.

ID & Skinnz - Offshore 12" Dubstep.

Badawi & Shackleton - El Topo 12" Dubstep.

Terry Callier - What Color Love LP Classic Chicago soul from 1972.

Umberto - Prophecy LP Goblinesque synths.

Cyrus & Tunnidge - Lights 12" Dubstep.

Akira Rabelais - Caduceus CD On Samadhi Sound Records.

Jakes & Darqwan - Time Ends 12" Dubstep.

Philip Jeck - An Ark For The Listener CD On Touch Records.

Ugly Things - Most recent issue with the Kinks on the cover.

Wax Poetics - Most recent issue with Augustus Pablo on the cover.

There is a Children's Halloween Parade that will close down Roscoe on Sunday from 1-4pm. There will be no parking on the street but tons of free candy.

Also the store will be celebrating 14 years in business on Wednesday November 3rd with a party at the Butterfly Social Club (Grand & Halsted, next to the Funky Buddha). I will be screening some Hong Kong gangster films and djing a live soundtrack to the movie Hard Boiled. More details to come.

Thanks to everyone who wished Heather and I well with our marriage.

Thanks
Mark

Hard Boiled t-shirts

2010-10-14T12:22:00.000-07:00

Made some t-shirts for the store. I have XL and L in dark blue, light blue, green, red, orange, white, and black. They are $10 each. Also the store celebrates 14 years in business next week.

Endhiran - Bollywood sci-fi

2010-10-01T12:51:00.000-07:00

Bollywood sci-fi action flick opens today in the Chicago burbs. Endhiran is the biggest budget Indian film. Special effects by ILM and Stan Winston's company. Action choreography by Yuen Wo Ping. Music by A.R. Rahman. It looks pretty bizarre/fun.

New David Mamet short with Kristen Bell and Ricky Jay

2010-09-15T12:45:00.000-07:00

David Mamet's Lost Masterpieces of Pornography - June Crenshaw: Sex Kitten To The Supreme Court. With Kristen Bell. Done for Funny Or Die.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzriWEHlmXs

Out take from David Bowie's Low

2010-09-14T11:29:00.000-07:00

Out take from Bowie's Low album. Originally found on Dangerousminds.net

Jennifer Lynch's Hissss,

2010-09-14T11:27:00.000-07:00

Jennifer Lynch, David's daughter and author of the "Secret Diary of Laura Palmer" has made a Bollywood horror film "Hissss". The behind the scenes photos that I've seen show some impressive were-snake creatures. Stars Irrfan Khan and Mallika Sherawat. Lynch's previous film was "Surveillance". Found on quietearth.us

The Specials were on Letterman last night

2010-08-27T13:10:00.000-07:00

Johnnie To's Vengeance at the Gene Siskel this week

2010-08-25T16:52:00.000-07:00

Johnnie To's Vengeance is screening at the Gene Siskel this weekend (Saturday @5:15, Mon +Wed @6pm. Johnnie To is my favorite current Hong Kong filmmaker. He directed The Mission, Election 1 & 2, Exiled, and pretty much every good Hong Kong gangster film in the last decade. Vengeance is good but suffers from having a good portion of it's dialog in English. But it is a rare opportunity to see a Johnnie To film on the big screen.

New Tsui Hark film, trailer, Detective Dee

2010-08-06T15:58:00.000-07:00

Tsui Hark was one of my favorite directors. From 1983 to 2002 he made many amazing films, The Blade, The Swordsman series, The Once Upon A Time In China series, Green Snake, Time & Tide, to name a few. He has made some ok movies in the last 5 years but his new film, Detective Dee, looks like a return to form. It stars Andy Lau, and has martial art choreography by Sammo Hung.

Closing early this weekend for Retro On Roscoe

2010-08-06T15:56:00.001-07:00

The store will close early Saturday and Sunday due to Retro On Roscoe. You don't have to pay the $5 suggested donation if you tell them you are going shopping.

Walking Dead trailer

2010-08-06T15:52:00.001-07:00

Here is a crappy cell phone copy of the Comic Con trailer. The image quality may suck but the tv show looks pretty good. It starts in October on AMC.

Diplo is having a block party at the Hideout

2010-07-23T11:37:00.000-07:00

Diplo is having a block party at the Hideout, Aug 21. His Major Lazer set was one of the highlights at Pitchfork. If you go to his website you can sign up for a free ticket to the show. From Chicagoist > Pitchfork

I'm djing at the Hideout Wednesday July 21st

2010-07-20T16:03:00.000-07:00

I'm DJing at the Hideout on Wednesday July 21st at 9pm with Darren Johnston Quintet and then Good For Cows. I will spin before, between and after the bands. The show is a critics choice for the Reader. Here is some footage of Good For Cows.

Closed this weekend for Pitchfork

2010-07-13T15:35:00.000-07:00

The store will be closed Friday, Saturday and Sunday for Pitchfork. We will have a booth at the North end of the tennis courts. Stop by and say hi.

Dogtooth trailer

2010-07-08T13:09:00.000-07:00

New bizarre Greek moving playing at the Gene Siskel Film Center starting on Friday. It is about a family that keeps it's children isolated from the world. Check out the trailer.

Ebert gave it three stars

Die Antwoord playing the Double Door July 14th

2010-07-08T13:05:00.000-07:00

South Africa's Die Antwoord is playing the Double Door. They are sort of a cross between Aphex Twin videos and Ali G. I have no idea how the show will be, they made their US debut at Cochella.

Insanely impressive stop motion graffiti by Blu

2010-07-06T17:41:00.000-07:00

It must have taken 1000's of hours of work to make this short film. Very impressive.

BIG BANG BIG BOOM - the new wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

Found on dangerousminds.net

The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi

2010-06-30T17:12:00.000-07:00

I just finished Paolo Baciglupi's first novel "The Windup Girl" and I liked it as much as I liked William Gibson's "Neuromancer". The Windup Girl is set in a dystopian future Bangkok where global warming is threatening to flood the city, oil has been used up, pandemics run rampant in humans and plants, agriculture is controlled by corporations and political factions are tearing the city apart. The book has many interesting ideas, energy is stored in springs (compressed using human or animal power), and wars fought over bio-diversity. There's lots to think about after reading this novel and I don't want to spoil the joy of reading it.

You can buy from Amazon or get it from the Chicago Public Library

Instore at Hard Boiled Records on Friday

2010-06-30T14:09:00.000-07:00

My friend Clark Paterson is playing at the store on Friday July 2nd at 6:30.

Here is a video of him performing at Sylvie's.

You can check out more info about Clark here

Sound added to the site

2010-06-20T16:07:00.000-07:00

Added sound to the website. For that version go to the revamped Hard Boiled site

Warren Ellis' FreakAngels online comic

2010-06-20T15:13:00.000-07:00

Warren Ellis is one of the best comic book writers working these days. He does high profile work (Astonishing X-men) to pay the bills, but most of his current output is for indie comic book companies that allow him and the artists to maintain ownership of their work. He also has a popular blog that is always worth daily reading. For the last two years he and Paul Duffield have published a weekly web comic called FreakAngels, 6 pages every Friday.

FreakAngels is the story of a group of superpowered twenty somethings who have flooded London and destroyed the UK government.

FreakAngels starts here

Hand painted movie posters

2010-06-20T14:38:00.000-07:00

Heather and I went to the Primitive art space a couple of weeks ago to check out the hand painted movie poster from Ghana. Primitive has a couple of hundred hand painted posters painted on the back of used flour sacks. The posters are mainly from American action movies, Hong Kong kung fu, a few Bollywood, and Nigerian religious dramas (which are usually part horror or action movies). The paintings were made as advertising for video screenings of the movies in rural Ghana. Traveling projectionists would go town to town and put up the posters to advertise the nights video projection.

The prices start at $7000 and go up to $30,000 for a really nice King Kong (1977 version) poster that could be a Lee Perry album cover.

Early short films from Bong Joon Ho

2010-06-13T13:48:00.000-07:00

The first of 4 short films from the director of The Host, and Mother.

Originally found on www.wildgrounds.com

Crazy lipsync video from the Phillipines

2010-06-13T13:43:00.000-07:00

It starts out bizarre and gets really weird after 3:30.

Thanks to Niall

New David Lynch short film

2010-05-20T10:34:00.000-07:00

It's better than Inland Empire.

Rough Trade store and label documentary

2010-05-04T13:47:00.000-07:00

Really interesting documentary on the Rough Trade store and the diy movement and then the history of the Rough Trade label. Originally found on DangerousMinds.net

Joy Division and New Order live concerts

2010-04-30T12:31:00.000-07:00

Check out this site for free downloads of Joy Division and New Order concerts. I own many of these on cassette.

http://joydivision-neworder.blogspot.com/

Record Store Day

2010-04-16T16:18:00.001-07:00

Saturday is Record Store Day and we are opening at 10AM. I don't have much of the Record Store Day exclusives, if there are titles that you are looking for I suggest Permanent Records (Chicago & Damen - and they will be open at midnight, tonight). Items are already selling for $50 and more on ebay.

At Hard Boiled the first 100 customers will get a gift bag slightly stuffed with stickers, buttons, posters, promo cds and vinyl. And if you are on this list and come by on Saturday I after I run out of gift bags I will make one up for you on the spot.

I do have a ton of used new arrival LPs and 45s. I just bought a stack of promo Rolling Stones releases, a Wilco 10" from 1997, The Kinks Village Green reissue with bonus 45, Beatles originals and reissues.

V/a - Pommegranates CD Comp of Iranian pop and funk from the 1970's.

Spacemen 3 - Perfect Perscription LP

Spacemen 3 - Performance LP

Wax Poetics - new issue

John Lee Hooker - I'm John Lee Hooker LP Reissue of his first album. On VeeJay.

Black Sabbath - s/t LP

Black Sabbath - Masters Of Reality LP

Lali Puna - Our Inventions LP Their first album in 5 years. On Morr Music.

Carl Craig & Martin Von Oswald - 10" On Deutsche Grammaphone.

Carl Craig & Martin Von Oswald - 12" RMX On Deutsche Grammaphone.

V/a - Fight On LP Blues comp on Mississippi Records.

Mekuria & The Ex - Moa Anbessa LP One of the stars of the Ethiopiques series teams up with avant garde Dutch punks.

Soundproof Productions - 3 Degrees 12" Dubstep

Can - Tago Mago CD

Can - Ege Bamyasi CD

Can - Soon Over Babaluma CD

Can - Soundtracks CD

Can - Delay CD

Jana Windern - Energy Field CD On Touch Records.

Eleh - Location Momentum CD On Touch Records.

Fennesz - Szampler CASSETTE

Delta Funktionen - Rad P2 12"

Shindig - Psychotic Reaction special issue.

Joker - City Hopper 12" On Tectonic.

Fucked Up - Couple Of Tracks CD/LP

Harlem - Hippies CD/LP

Ted Leo - Brutalist Bricks CD

Ted Leo - The Oldest House 7"

Arthur Russell - Calling Out Of Context LP

Titus Andronicus - The Monitor CD

Jonsi - Go LP/CD Singer for Sigur Ros.

Thanks
Mark

Used vinyl new arrivals

2010-04-15T17:20:00.001-07:00

Got in some good used LPs today in preparation for Record Store Day. Wilco promo only 10" from 1997, Dylan reissued on Sundazed, Brian Wilson's Smile, Pebbles Vol.2, Minutemen, Lush, Beatles reissues and originals, Syd Barrett tribute and more.

Heavy Metal Parking Lot is on Hulu

2010-04-15T10:54:00.000-07:00

This is definitely worth watching. A drunk teenage crowd interviewed before a Judas Priest concert in 1986.

11th Dream Day and Yo La Tengo at the Hideout

2010-04-10T11:19:00.000-07:00

From the Carrot Top Blog 11th Dream Day is playing every Sunday in May and May 16th they are playing with the Condo Fucks aka Yo La Tengo. This show will sell out. Tickets are only $8 at the Hideout site

tons of used lps bought today

2010-04-09T16:26:00.000-07:00

Here is some of the stuff that I bought today. Trashwomen - Live, Teengenerate/ Rip Offs split, GG Allin - Brutality, Butthole Surfers - Cream Corn, Hank Williams - Very Best, Esther Philips - Burnin'. Ray Charles and Betty Carter, several Charlie Parker lps, Sonny Stitt, Dead Kennedys - Frankenchrist, Modern Jazz Sextet, Jimmy Smith, several James Brown LPs. I also bought tons of 45s. I put out 30 James Brown 45s today. I have tons of used new arrival 45s. If you still have money left over from CHIRP you should stop by the store.

Thanks
Mark

Liquid Liquid on Jimmy Fallon

2010-04-05T13:53:00.000-07:00

10 years ago if someone told you about an appearance on a late night talk show and you didn't see it you would have to keep track of reruns and hope that you still remembered to record it. Now with youtube and hulu etc you can watch Liquid Liquid on the Jimmy Fallon show from April 2nd.

Bollywood acid house from 1982

2010-04-05T12:52:00.000-07:00

Bollywood Acid House from 1982.
Charanjit Singh Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat. I should have the reissue vinyl for the in next week.
I am impressed. And according to the theoriginalsoundtrack.com it is not a fake. The label that is reissuing this is the same label that put out the 2 Bollywood funk comps that we carry.

News article from the dailyswarm.com

Soup and Bread at the Hideout

2010-04-04T11:09:00.000-07:00

Heather, Niall and myself are making soup for the Hideout's Soup And Bread this Wednesday. We will be serving Mexican Corn soup (vegetarian) and Beef Stew. From 5:30 to 8pm. It is free but a hat will be passed to raise money for the Hull House food pantry. I will also give out 20% off everything at Hard Boiled coupons to anyone that shows up.

New martial art movie

2010-03-17T16:57:00.000-07:00

I don't know when it will come to Chicago (if ever) but if you get the chance you should watch Merantau, a new film from Indonesia. The action is very similar to Ong Bak 1, but with better acting. Here is the trailer.

New layout for the store

2010-02-26T13:19:00.000-08:00

Hard Boiled Update 2-26-10

2010-02-26T13:18:00.000-08:00

The store's layout has changed quite a bit. The records are now on one side of the store and books line the other. With 45s and cds down the middle.

Johnny Cash - American VI CD

Yeasayer - Odd Blood CD

The Clean - Mister Pop LP On Morr Music.

Sun Ra - Sound Sun Pleasure LP

Sun Ra - My Brother The Wind LP

V/a - Nigeria Afrobeat Special CD New comp of 1970's Afro Funk. On Soundways.

RSD - Over It 12" Dubstep

The Wire #313 - new issue

Vladislav Delay - Tummaa CD

The Ex - The Convoy Tour DVD 25 years of the best Dutch punk band.

V/a - Electric Cambodia LP Comp of pre Khymer Rouge rock from Cambodia.

Darkstar - Aidy's Girl 12" On Hyperdub.

Also on Saturday night (midnight) Facets is showing one of the best Korean films of the last 10 years, Save The Green Planet and one of my friends is going to leading a discussion about the film. For more info check out. http://www.facets.org/pages/nightschool.php#savethegreenplanet

Thanks

Mark

Punk rock to download

2010-02-25T11:03:00.000-08:00

Here is a link to a blog with 3 cds worth of good punk rock pre 1989.

Hard Boiled Update 2-5-10

2010-02-05T12:40:00.000-08:00

Some new stuff here and some changes in the store's layout.

King Midas Sound - Waiting For You CD New dubstep on Hyperdub.

V/a - Pop Ambient Vol. 10 LP+CD The latest is dreamy electronic ambience from Kompakt Records.

V/a - Electric Cambodia CD Compilation of 1960's Cambodian rock and roll. Put together by Dengue Fever.

Monolake - Silence CD

V/a - Shir Hodu CD Compilation of Jewish songs from Bombay in the 1930's.

Oh No - Dr. No's Ethiopian 2xLP Oh No remixing Ethiopian Jazz and Funk from the 1960's and 70's. On Stone's Throw.

B12 - Archive Vol. 2 2xCD

B12 - Archive Vol. 3 2xCD

Spacemen 3 - Perfect Prescription CD

Spacemen 3 - Performance CD

V/a - Minimal Wave Tapes Vol. 1 CD Compilation of minimal synth, darkwave music from the 1980's. On Stone's Throw.

BJ Nilsen - Invisible City CD On Touch Records.

Stefan Goldman - Haven't I Seen You Before CASSETTE On Tapeworm Records.

Tongues Of Mount Meru - The Delight Assembly CASSETTE On Tapeworm Records. Features Lasse Marhaug.

Wire - New issue

Wax Poetics - New issue with Fela Kuti on the cover.

Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Band - You Are So Beautiful LP 180 gram reissue of 1971 funk classic.

Clue Kid - Chicken Foot 12" Dubstep.

Cotti - Calm 12" Dubstep.

Broadcast & The Focus Group - Investigate Witchcults of the Radio Age CD On Warp.

Thanks

Mark

What if famous directors directed the Superbowl?

2010-02-04T17:03:00.001-08:00

From Slate.com via Flavorwire.com

What if Tarantino, Goddard, Wes Anderson and Werner Herzog directed the superbowl? The Herzog bit at the end is the best. Grizzly Man meets the Fridge.

Inglorious Basterds

2010-01-16T12:13:00.000-08:00

I watched Inglorious Basterds last night. I liked it but did not think it was a great film. Better than Death Proof but not by much. I might have liked it better if I hadn't read the script and knew what was going to happen. When I saw the soundtrack listing when the movie came out I did wonder if the "Eastern Condors Theme" was from the Sammo Hung film and it was. He takes the music from Sammo's jumping on metal springboards to kill a guard before he kill his friends. and uses for Eli Roth's buddy taking out one of Hitler's guards. I doubt many people would have gotten the reference and of course "Eastern Condors" is basically a remake of "the Dirty Dozen". The music starts at around 4:20 into the clip.

Mark

Big River Man

2010-01-08T13:33:00.000-08:00

I can't tell if this a fake documentary or a real film but I really want to see it.

True Legend 2010 kung fu film in 3-D

2010-01-08T13:20:00.000-08:00

Yuen Wo Ping returns to directing after spending most of the last decade doing action choreography for the Matrix and Kill Bill films. True Legend stars Chiu Man Cheuk who was the bad guy in Fong Sai Yuk and features Michelle Yeoh and David Carradine. Some of the action scenes were filmed in 3-D. Here is a trailer for it.

Hard Boiled Update 1-8-10

2010-01-08T13:16:00.000-08:00

Here are the new arrivals this week.

Orchestre Poly-Rythmo - Echoes Hypnotiques 2xLP on Analog Africa.

Twinsistermoon - Hollow Mountain CD

V/a - 5 Years Of Hyperdub 2xCD

Monolake - Silence 2xLP

Rev. Louis Overstreet - s/t LP Gospel reissue on Mississippi Records.

Clara Rockmore - Art Of The Theremin LP On Mississippi Records.

Spacemen 3 - Sound Of Confusion CD Reissue on Fire Records. One of my favorite records of the 1980's

Can - Soon Over Babluma CD Lower price reissue of classic Krautrock band

Can - Soundtracks CD

E-Man - s/t CASSETTE Limited release of 1984 project by Biosphere.

Wax Poetics #38

Yeti #8

2562 - Unbalance 3xLP Dubstep

Clouds - Spat 12" Dubstep

Quest - Stand 12" Dubstep.

Thanks

Mark

Neil Gaiman's Statuesque

2010-01-02T12:42:00.000-08:00

Here is the short film written and directed by Neil Gaiman for Sky TV in the UK. It stars Billy Nighy and Amanda Palmer.

Silkscreen posters celebrating "Lost"

2009-12-18T12:39:00.000-08:00

The producers of Lost commissioned a bunch of poster artists around the country to make a poster of their favorite Lost moments or characters. There are some pretty cool ones. I09 has a gallery of them.

Here is Jay Ryan's poster

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Mark's Top Ten movies that I watched in 2009

2009-12-08T17:06:00.000-08:00

I'll try to keep this to current releases but there are always films that come out at the end of the year that probably would be on the list (The Road) or that played the Chicago International Film Festival (Mother) that I did not get the chance to see, that probably would be on this list.

1. Love Exposure by Sion Sono (Japan)
A four hour film about sinning and the bible. And a character dresses up as "Female Prisoner Scorpion".

2. Thirst by Park Chan-Wook (South Korea)
For the second year in a row a vampire film made the list and neither of them are called Twilight.

3. Gomorrah by Matteo Garrone (Italy)
Amazing expose of the criminal life in Naples, Italy.

4. Ip Man by Wilson Yip
First of a trilogy about Bruce Lee's kung fu teacher. Wong Kar Wai is also adapting the teacher's story so look for it on my list in about 5 years.

5. Drag Me To Hell by Sam Raimi (USA
I was impressed by Raimi's return to his horror roots. If he makes another one I won't wait for dvd to see it. Sorry for the intro to the trailer.

6. Shinjuku Incident by Derek Yee (Hong Kong)
On this list for two reasons. Jackie Chan plays a bad guy and as a producer of the movie he refused to cut the movie's violence and scenes of criminal life to get released in China.

7. In The Loop Armando Iannucci (United Kingdom)
Some awesome swearing and put downs in this movie and it is scary how close to what really happened this is.

8. Beast Stalker by Dante Lam (Hong Kong)
The trailer has some spoilers. Good crime drama with good acting from Nick Cheung and Nicholas Tse.

9. Red Cliff 2 by John Woo (China)
The trailer is not subbed but shows John Woo's return to action.

10. Crank 2 by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor
Just watched this last night and it makes the list because twice during the movie I said "I haven't seen that before" Stupid over the top fun action. Much better than Transporter 3. If these directors could hire Corey Yuen to help film the action they might just find their way on to future top ten lists.

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Also the worst film I saw in a theater this year was "Ninja Assassin"

Mark's Top Ten movies 2000-2009

2009-12-08T16:29:00.000-08:00

Here are my favorite films of the last 10 years. I won't go into much detail on the films because I've probably already told you about them in the store. Or forced you to watch them.

1. Survive Style 5+ by Gen Sekiguichi (2004)
No US release in sight for this film. So many interlocking stories. Tadanobu Asano and Vinnie Jones. The director hasn't made a movie since. Here is the trailer. When you search for the film on youtube you will see several people pick segments of the film to be their favorite every.

2. Battle Royale by Kinji Fukusaku (2000) I used to import copies of the disc from the UK and sold quite a few. Oh the days before bootleg dvds.

3.City Of God by Fernando Mierelles and Katia Lund (2002)

4. Sympathy For Mr Vengeance by Park Chan-Wook (2002) My favorite of the Vengeance trilogy and the bleakest. Great performances by everybody in the cast.

5. Love Exposure by Sion Sono (2009)
My favorite film of 2009. 4 hours long.

6.Ichi The Killer by Takashi Miike (2001) It would a toss up between this and Audition if it had been released in the last 10 years. And it took me a year to find out that Yoshimi from the Boredoms did the soundtrack. Features Tadabanu Asano from Survive Style 5+. Rumor is that he will be featured in the Thor movie.

7.Memories Of Murder by Bong Joon-Ho (2003) Again a toss up between this and The Host. I prefer Song Kang-Ho's acting in this film.

8. Nowhere To Hide by Lee Myung-Se (2000) Saw this twice in one week at the Music Box. There is a US disc of this film but it is missing about 20 minutes. Two detectives tracking a mobster wanted for murder. This and Shiri were two the first Korean films that I watched.

9. 28 Days Later by Danny Boyle (2002) This was a good year for movies.

10. Mad Detective by Johnnie To (2008) I could write a list for the best 10 Johnnie To films of the last decade and still leave off some good movies.

Most of these movies are available on imported discs via ebay. You can also watch almost all of them on youtube.

Hard Boiled Update 11-13-09

2009-11-13T12:50:00.000-08:00

Lots of good records in the store at the moment. Here are some New releases

Savvas Ysatis & Taylor Deupree - Hour Glass LP On 12K.

Velvet Underground - s/t LP 4 Men With Beards reissue.

Post Human - Monsters Exist 12" On B12

Kirk Degiorgio - Isomer Shift 12" On B12.

V/a - B12 Archive Vol. 1 2xCD

V/a - Hyperdub 5.3 12"

V/a - Hyperdub 5.4 12"

V/a - Africa Boogaloo, The Latinazation Of West Africa 2xLP On Honest Jons Records.
The influence of Caribbean music in West Africa.

Johnny Trunk - Scrapbook CD On Trunk Records.

Sigur Ros - Gobbledigook 12" On Kompakt Records. Remixes by Gluteus and Flowing aka Thomas Fehlmann

Monolake - Atlas T++ Remix 12"

V/a - Mata La Pena LP Great comp of obscure vintage international music. On Mississippi Records.

Joseph Spence - Good Morning Mr Walker LP Bahamian guitarist. Licensed from Arhoolie Records and reissued by Mississippi Records.

Fred McDowell - s/t LP Essential Blues record. Again reissued by Mississippi Records from Arhoolie Records.

Zomby - One Foot Ahead of The Other CD On Ramp.

Group Bombino - Agadez Vol. 2 CD On Sublime Frequencies.

Group Doueh - Treeg Salaam CD On Sublime Frequencies. Their first release on Sublime Freq was one of my favorites of 2007.

V/a - Singapore A-Go-Go CD Comp of 1960's garage and pop from Singapore. On Sublime Frequencies.

Shindig #13 - Nov/Dec 09 issue

VHS Head - Video Club CD On Skam Records.

2562 - Unbalanced CD Dubstep on Tectonic.

Hildur Gudnadottir - Without Sinking CD Cellist from Iceland. On Touch Records. Played with Mum on their recent Chicago show.

Phill Niblock - Touch Strings 2xCD On Touch Records.

Van Patterson Quartet - Live At F.W. CASSETTE Another limited release on the Touch Records sub label Tapeworm.

Real Estate - s/t CD/LP On Woodsist Records.

Ras G - Destination There 12" On Ramp.

OOIOO - Armonica Hewa CD/LP On Thrill Jockey. Yoshimi from the Boredoms.

King Khan & BBQ Show - Invisible Girl CD On In The Red.

White Mystery/ Black Apple - split 45 White Mystery features Miss Alex White.

Atlas Sound - Logos CD/LP Deerhunter frontman on Kranky. Features vocals by Panda Bear from Animal Collective and Laetitia from Stereolab.

Disappears Live Over The Rainbow LP On Rococo Records.

Jesu - Opiate Sun LP.

Serge Gainsbourg bio pic

2009-11-12T14:33:00.000-08:00

It is released in France in January but I haven't seen any word of a US release. The trailer looks very good. And it is very French so it is NSFW.

Oz parodies

2009-11-06T15:54:00.000-08:00

Heather and I have been watching OZ and so here are some parodies.

There is a Jerry Seinfeld in Oz clip that they did for Saturday Night Live but I but NBC has taken it down from youtube.

Mark

Coen Brothers short film

2009-11-05T19:00:00.000-08:00

This week's Onion has an article about good short films in no so good anthologies. Here is the Coen Brothers film, made during No Country For Old Men.

There are also shorts by David Lynch, Wong Kar Wai, Ken Loach and more. If I see a good one on youtube I will add it as a link.

Hard Boiled 13th Anniversary

2009-09-25T12:00:00.001-07:00

Hard Boiled will be turning 13 in October and so we are celebrating with a 20% off sale this weekend, starting right now.

Lots more used LPs, 45s and books in the store, and we have some new items in as well.

Jay Reatard - Watch Me Fall CD/LP

Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs CD/LP

Times New Viking - Born Again Revisited CD/LP

Mission Of Burma - Innermost 45

Girls - Album CD

Jonsi & Alex - Riceboy Sleeps CD From 2 members of Sigur Ros.

Cluster & Eno - s/t LP

V/a - Science Fiction Dance Party CD Very cool collection of soundtracks from German sci-fi movies from the 60's.

Pax Nicolas - Na Teef CD/LP 70's reissue from member of Fela's band.

Jim O'Rourke - Visitor CD

Isolee - October 12"

V/a - Wayfaring Stranger : Lonesome Strangers 2xLP New Numero Collection of rare folk.

V/a - Shadow Music CD On Sublime Frequencies. CD version of last years vinyl. Collection of Thai bands from the 60's influenced by the British group, The Shadows.

V/a - Siamese Soul CD On Sublime Frequencies. More Thai music from the 60's to the 80's.

Shindig - Issue 12

Stephen O'Malley - Petite CASSSETTE From Sunn O))) member. Limited to 250 copies.

Simon Fisher Turner - De Dentro CASSETTE Another cassette on the Touch Records offshoot label.

V/a - Downriver 2xLP+DVD Another compilation from the Numero Group, this time focusing on a Detroit Recording Studio that put out some amazing gospel, R&B, and garage rock.

Thanks
Mark

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Hard Boiled Update 8-26-09

2009-08-26T19:58:00.000-07:00

Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground & Nico LP Reissue on 4 Men With Beards

Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground LP Reissue on 4 Men With Beards.

Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot - Bonnie & Clyde LP Reissue on 4 Men With Beards.

V/a - Sound Of Wonder CD Compilation on Pakistani soundtracks.

Andy Votel - A Twisted Nerve Mix CD Compilation mix by label honcho.

Soft Machine - Vol. 2 LP

Martin Von Oswald - Vertical CD On Honest Jon's Records.

V/a - Total 10 2xCD New comp on Kompakt Records.

24 Carat Black - Gone: The Promise of Yesterday CD/LP On Numero Group.

David Daniell & Doug McCombs - Sycamore CD On Thrill Jockey. Doug is a member of Tortoise and 11th Dream Day and David is a member of San Augustin.

Kurt Vile - Constant Hitmaker LP On Woodsist Records. New record on Matador Records this fall.

Meth Teeth - Everything LP On Woodsist Records.

V/a - Locked Groove: RRR 1000 LP 1000 locked grooves by 20 artists. On RRR records.

Galactic Zoo Dosier #8 - New issue of local zine with cd.

Axemen - Scary! Part 3 LP On Siltbreeze.

Blues Control - Local Flavor CD On Siltbreeze.

Tortoise - BOA Remixes 12" Remixes by Eye from the Boredoms and a member of Rhythm & Sound.

Faust - So Far 2xLP Essential Krautrock album. Reissue on 4 Men With Beards.

Pan Sonic/ Keiji Haino - Shall I CD

Mika Vainio - Aineen Musta CD On Touch Records. Member of Pan Sonic.

Philip Jeck - Spool CASS Very limited cassette only release by experimental turntablist.

Clark - Totems Flare CD/LP On Warp.

I also bought a bunch of Bollywood soundtracks on cassette and tons of used vinyl.

Battle Wizard

2009-07-29T11:31:00.000-07:00

I watched Battle Wizard last night and it is a crazy fun kung fu film. It stars Danny Lee, from The Killer, as a prince who journeys to the countryside to see if he can live without knowing kung fu. Along the way he encounters a Poison Clan, a snake charmer, a giant red python, a guy with lobster claw hands, and another guy with giant metal chicken feet who breathes fire. The final fight has Lee, who has become invincible by drinking the blood of the red python fighting a gorilla who knows kung fu, and then the lobster and chicken feet guys. Lots of fun fights packed into 72 minutes. There is a US disc of the film and you can rent it from Netflix.

Hard Boiled Records

36th Precint (France, 2004)

Claymation version of John Carpenter's The Thing

Radio Soulwax punk mix

Savior Of The Soul (Hong Kong, 1991)

New George Pelecanos novel for 99 cents

Best TV show of 2010 now on Netflix streaming

Michel Gondry's remake of Taxi Driver

Michelle Yeoh in Fearless

Sonny Sharrock on Space Ghost

2000 A.D. (Hong Kong, 2000)

Free Buddha Machine app

Fan made trailer for Drive

Dating A Vampire (Hong Kong, 2006)

Black Lightning (Russia, 2009)

No Mercy (South Korea, 2010)

New mix from Caribou

Trailer for Tsui Hark's Flying Swords Of Dragon Gate.

Failan (South Korea, 2001)

Flaming Brothers (Hong Kong, 1987)

Secret Of The Urn (Japan, 1966)

Tiger Cage 2 (Hong Kong, 1990)

The Magicians -for fans of Peep Show

Bodyguards and Assassins (2009, Hong Kong)

The Mafia, The Salesman, 2007 Korea

Herman Yau's On The Edge (2006)

Jennifer Lynch's Hisss

The pilot episode of Warren Ellis' Global Frequency

prequel to George Pelecanos' The Cut

Peter Watts The Thing short story from the point of view of the alien

Kongo - 1932 revenge film with Walter Houston

Record racks for sale

Free cd cases

For friends that have record labels, bands, or art projects. I have about 2000 empty slim cd cases that I would be happy to donate to any cause.

Dump covering Prince's Pop Life

Joss Whedon John Cassaday's Astonishing X-men motion comic

Russian films on youtube

The Russian film archive Mosfilm has upload a lot of Russian movies with English subtitles to youtube. There is an amazing selection of films. Start out with "Viy" a ghost story based on a Gogol short story. Found via dangerousminds.net

Stream the new Gang Gang Dance album

Record player made out of paper and a sewing needle

Some new used vinyl at the store

Some of the new used arrivals at the store today. Chakachas - Jungle Fever LP James Brown - Please Please Me LP Wilson Pickett - Right On LP The Impressions- Winners LP Joe Tex - I gotcha LP.

The video for the New Pornographers Moves

Open today

Hard Boiled Update 2-1-11

Good martial arts movie on Netflix on demand

Hard Boiled Gift Certificates

This year we have something different for gift certificates. I found a bunch of colored vinyl 45s with no labels and so I am using them as Gift Certificates. They can be purchased in any denomination.

14th Anniversary party

Hard Boiled's 14 Anniversary Party this Wednesday at Butterfly Social Club(Grand and Halstead). Starts at 8pm. At 10pm I will dj a livesoundtrack to John Woo's masterpiece Hard Boiled. $4 beer and shotcombos.

Hard Boiled update 10-22-10

Hard Boiled t-shirts

Made some t-shirts for the store. I have XL and L in dark blue, light blue, green, red, orange, white, and black. They are $10 each. Also the store celebrates 14 years in business next week.

Endhiran - Bollywood sci-fi

Bollywood sci-fi action flick opens today in the Chicago burbs. Endhiran is the biggest budget Indian film. Special effects by ILM and Stan Winston's company. Action choreography by Yuen Wo Ping. Music by A.R. Rahman. It looks pretty bizarre/fun.

New David Mamet short with Kristen Bell and Ricky Jay

David Mamet's Lost Masterpieces of Pornography - June Crenshaw: Sex Kitten To The Supreme Court. With Kristen Bell. Done for Funny Or Die.

Out take from David Bowie's Low

Out take from Bowie's Low album. Originally found on Dangerousminds.net

Jennifer Lynch's Hissss,

The Specials were on Letterman last night

Johnnie To's Vengeance at the Gene Siskel this week

New Tsui Hark film, trailer, Detective Dee

Closing early this weekend for Retro On Roscoe

Walking Dead trailer

Diplo is having a block party at the Hideout

I'm djing at the Hideout Wednesday July 21st

I'm DJing at the Hideout on Wednesday July 21st at 9pm with Darren Johnston Quintet and then Good For Cows. I will spin before, between and after the bands. The show is a critics choice for the Reader. Here is some footage of Good For Cows.

Closed this weekend for Pitchfork

Dogtooth trailer

Die Antwoord playing the Double Door July 14th

Insanely impressive stop motion graffiti by Blu

The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi

Instore at Hard Boiled Records on Friday

Sound added to the site

Warren Ellis' FreakAngels online comic

Hand painted movie posters

Early short films from Bong Joon Ho

Crazy lipsync video from the Phillipines

New David Lynch short film

Hard Boiled's 14 Anniversary Party this Wednesday at Butterfly Social Club
(Grand and Halstead). Starts at 8pm. At 10pm I will dj a live
soundtrack to John Woo's masterpiece Hard Boiled. $4 beer and shot
combos.