Horrorfest 2021 Presents: Black Roses (1988, John Fasano)

Black Roses is one of those 1980s cult movies that you either think is fun or you feel is really dumb. I thought it was sort of both, and even though I can’t say I recommend this movie at all I still enjoyed it here and there. The movie has a goofy charm that makes it watchable at least, and the songs are actually pretty decent for a silly horror movie.

The Devil’s music comes to a small town, causing the kids to all go insane and murder the adults. I watched a dad get killed by a record player, and also witnessed the most ridiculous gun kill in the history of cinema. Plus one kid runs his own mother over and another tosses a guy out a window!

The main teacher, Matt (John Martin) ends up having to fight one demon monster and then battle the evil rock band on their own stage near the end. I can honestly say I have now viewed a movie that only exists thanks to 1980s Satanic panic and people thinking rock and roll is, well, the Devil’s music. Stay in school, kids!

2020 Music Log

Here we go again! All songs from my beloved public library unless noted.

January:

1. And the Anonymous Nobody.., De La Soul-8.5
2. 13 Songs, Fugazi-9.5
3. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: Awesome Mix Vol. 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Various Artists-10.0
4. Tijuana Moods, Charles Mingus-9.0
5. Ready To Die, Notorious BIG-9.5

February:

6. Lotta Sea Lice, Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile-9.0
7. If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears, The Mamas & the Papas-10.0
8. Singles, New Order-9.5
9. Chelsea Girl, Nico-9.0
10. Aerosmith, Aerosmith-8.5
11. Speak Like a Child, Herbie Hancock-10.0
12. Nothing Fragile, Bachman Turner Overdrive-9.0
13. Thank Your Lucky Stars, Beach House-9.5
14. On The Third Day, Electric Light Orchestra-9.5
15. Soul Station, Hank Mobley-8.5

March:

16. Eye In The Sky, The Alan Parsons Project-8.0
17. Cosmic Thing, The B52’s-10.0
18. Blue Train, John Coltrane-9.0
19. Time Out Of Mind, Bob Dylan-8.0
20. Out of the Blue, Electric Light Orchestra-10.0
21. Pony, Orville Peck-9.5 *YouTube*

April

22. Mask, Bauhaus-9.5 *YouTube*
23. Miles In The Sky, Miles Davis-8.5 *YouTube*
24. Turbulence, Miami Nights 1984-9.5 *YouTube*
25. Redline, Lazerhawk-8.5 *YouTube*

May:

26. Total Devo, Devo-7.0 *YouTube*
27. Viet Cong, Viet Cong-9.0 *YouTube*
28. Hounds of Love, Kate Bush-9.5 *YouTube*
29. Sonic Youth EP, Sonic Youth-7.5 *YouTube*
30. American Water, Silver Jews-9.5 *YouTube*
31. Strange Trails, Lord Huron-8.5 *YouTube*
32. Seven and the Ragged Tiger, Duran Duran-8.5 *YouTube*
33. This Old Dog, Mac Demarco-9.0 *YouTube*
34. 2, Mac Demarco-9.0 *YouTube*

June:

35. They Call Me Country, Sanford Clark-10.0 *YouTube*
36. Animals, Pink Floyd-9.5 *YouTube*
37. Script of the Bridge, The Chameleons-10.0 *YouTube*
38. Marquee Moon, Television-10.0 *YouTube*
39. Pink Flag, Wire-9.0 *YouTube*
40. Chairs Missing, Wire-9.5 *YouTube*
41. Worlds Apart, Saga-8.0 *YouTube*
42. The Dreaming, Kate Bush-8.5 *YouTube*
43. The Stone Roses, The Stone Roses-9.0 *YouTube*
44. Offering, Cults-8.5 *YouTube*
45. Man-Machine, Kraftwerk-9.5 *YouTube*
46. Warsaw, Joy Division-10.0 *YouTube*
47. Bad Brains, Bad Brains-9.5 *YouTube*

July:

48. Starlite Walker, Silver Jews-8.5 *YouTube*
49. The Natural Bridge, Silver Jews-9.5 *YouTube*
50. 154, Wire-9.5 *YouTube*
51. Spirit of Eden, Talk Talk-9.0 *YouTube
52. Borderline, Asylum Party-9.5 *YouTube*
53. The Colour of Spring, Talk Talk-9.5 *YouTube*
54. Mere, Asylum Party-9.5 *YouTube*
55. Author! Author!, Scars-8.0 *YouTube*
56. Picture One, Asylum Party-10.0 *YouTube*
57. Haywire OST, David Holmes-9.0 *YouTube*

August:

58. Nocturnal, The Midnight-9.5 *YouTube*
59. Love Panic, The Echo-Friendly-9.0 *YouTube*
60. Homeland, Middle Class-8.0 *YouTube*
61. Just Another Diamond Day, Vashti Bunyan-9.0 *YouTube*
62. Melted, Ty Segall-5.0 *YouTube*
63. Vaults of Eternity: Japan, The Mattson 2-9.5 *YouTube*
64. Lonely Generation, Echosmith-8.0 *Barnes & Noble*
65. Pyromania, Def Leppard-8.5 *Wal-Mart*

September:

66. Planet Waves, Bob Dylan & The Band-9.0 *Barnes & Noble*
67. Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Elton John-9.5 *Wal-Mart*
68. The Information, Beck-9.0
69 Women in Music Pt. III, Haim-8.5
70. Hopeless Fountain Kingdom, Halsey-9.0
71. Eight Miles High/Makes No Sense At All (4-Track Maxi-Single), Hüsker Dü-9.5
72. Wolf’s Law, The Joy Formidable-5.5

October:

73. The Nylon Curtain, Billy Joel-9.5
74. Mirage, Fleetwood Mac-9.0
75. Minor Threat, Minor Threat-9.0
76. The Monkees, The Monkees-9.0
77. Everything All The Time, Band of Horses-9.0 *YouTube*
78. Foreplay, Mild Orange-9.5 *YouTube*
79. Nothing to Fear, Oingo Boingo-8.5
80. Flash Gordon OST, Queen-9.5
81. Cease to Begin, Band of Horses-9.0 *YouTube*

November:

82. Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago-9.5
83. Rain Dogs, Tom Waits-9.0
84. After Hours, The Weeknd-9.5
85. Popular Songs, Yo La Tengo-4.5
86. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, Neil Young and Crazy Horse-9.5
87. Blood Loss, Puma Blue-8.5 *YouTube*
88. Spell #6, Part Time-9.0 *YouTube*
89. Etazhi, Molchat Doma-9.5 *YouTube*
90. Floating, Sleep Party People-9.0 *YouTube*
91. One Way Ticket, The Nerves-8.0 *YouTube*
92. 80s Underground SynthWave & Minimal Wave Hits, Hot Nights Vol. 1, The Robot Scientists-9.5 *YouTube*
93. Night Lights, Gary Mulligan-9.0 *YouTube*

December:

94. Roots, Ian Carr’s Nucleus-9.5 *YouTube*
95. Introduction, Witch-9.5 *YouTube*
96. Big Fun, Miles Davis-9.0 *YouTube*
97. Dreamlab–9.0, Mythos *YouTube*
98. Bundles, Soft Machine-9.5 *YouTube*
99. Tim, The Replacements-10.0 *YouTube*
100. Avalon, Roxy Music-9.5 *YouTube*

Music Log 2019

While I fell short of 100 albums last year, I still tried to expand my horizons a bit. This will continue in 2019. All albums are from my local public library unless indicated below.

January:

1. Head Hunters, Herbie Hancock-9.0
2. The Spy Who Loved Me OST, Marvin Hamlisch-8.5
3. Superfly, Curtis Mayfield-10.0
4. Are You Serious, Andrew Bird-8.0
5. Billion Dollar Babies, Alice Cooper-9.5
6. Idlewild South, The Allman Brothers Band-9.0
7. Wildflower, The Avalanches-9.0
8. Sabotage, Black Sabbath-9.5
9. Diamond Dogs, David Bowie-7.5, Barnes & Noble
10. Let’s Dance, David Bowie-9.0, Barnes & Noble
11. The Very Best of The Animals, The Animals-8.0
12. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Black Sabbath-9.0

February:

13. The Clash (US Version), The Clash-9.0
14. Everyday, The Dave Matthews Band-8.5
15. Within The Realm of a Dying Sun, Dead Can Dance-8.0
16. Hotel California 40th Anniversary Edition, The Eagles-9.0
17. The Photo Album, Death Cab For Cutie-9.0, Half-Price Books
18. Donovan’s Greatest Hits, Donovan-8.0, Half-Price Books
19. So Tonight That I Might See, Mazzy Star-9.0, Half-Price Books
20. Heathen, David Bowie-9.0, You-Tube
21. Boston, Boston-9.0
22. Teens of Denial, Car Seat Headset-8.0
23. Thank You For Today, Death Cab For Cutie-9.0
24. The Soft Parade, The Doors-9.0
25. The Electric Light Orchestra II, Electric Light Orchestra-9.5
26. Shakedown Street, The Greatful Dead-10.0

March:

27. The Black Album, Jay-Z-9.5
28. Escape, Journey-8.0
29. The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, The Kinks-9.5
30. Trans-Europe Express, Kraftwerk-9.5
31. The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Red Hot Chili Peppers-6.5
32. Astral Weeks, Van Morrison-9.0
32. Groovin’ High, Dizzy Gillespie Big Band-9.0
33. Depression Cherry, Beach House-9.0 *Barnes & Noble
34. The Now Now, Gorillaz-9.5 *Barnes & Noble
35. Savage Young Dü, Hüsker Dü-8.5
36. DAMN., Kendrick Lamar-10.0
37. Band On The Run, Paul McCartney and Wings-9.5
38. Piano & a Microphone 1983, Prince-9.0
39. 22, A Million, Bon Iver-6.5
40. Blues For Allah, The Greatful Dead-9.0
41. Through The Years: The Best of the Fray, The Fray-8.0
43. Turbo, Judas Priest-8.0
43. Bitter Rivals, Sleigh Bells *Half-Price Books-8.0
44. Easter, Patti Smith-9.0 *Half-Price Books

April:

45. The Runaways, The Runaways-9.0
46. Queen of Noise, The Runaways-9.0
47. No Jacket Required, Phil Collins-8.5
48. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels OST, Various *Half-Price Books-9.5
49. Naked, The Talking Heads *Half-Price Books-9.0
50. Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, The Cure-8.5
51. Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King, Dave Matthews Band-8.5
52. The Dictators Go Girl Crazy! 40th Anniversary Remastered & Expanded, The Dictators-8.0
53. Oh, Mercy-Bob Dylan-9.0
54. Self-Portrait, Bob Dylan-9.5 *Half-Price Books
55. Away From The World, Dave Mathews Band-8.5
56. The Basement Tapes, Bob Dylan-10.0
57. Supa Dupa Fly, Missy Elliot-8.0
58. Something To Tell You, Haim-8.0
59. Low End Theory, A Tribe Called Quest-9.0
60. It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll, The Rolling Stones-9.0

May:

61. Seventeen Seconds, The Cure-9.0
62. Wasteland, Baby!, Hozier-9.0
63. Dusty in Memphis, Dusty Springfield-9.0
64. The White Stripes, The White Stripes-7.5
65. Cosmo’s Factory, Creedence Clearwater Revival-10.0 *Barnes & Noble
66. Tonight, David Bowie-8.5 *Barnes & Noble
67. Trouble, Ray Lamontagne-8.0

June:

68. Do You Want More?, The Roots-8.5
69. The Best of Roxy Music, Roxy Music-9.5
70. Songs Of Experience, U2-9.0
71. 1984, Van Halen-6.5
72. Tonight’s The Night, Neil Young-9.5
73. Deeper, The Soft Moon-9.0
74. The Lion the Beast the Beat, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals-8.0
75. Shulamith, Poliça-9.0
76. Midnight, Grace Potter-6.0
77. Let It Be, The Replacements-9.5

July:

78. Bridge Over Troubled Water, Simon & Garfunkel-9.5
79. Drunk, Thundercat-10.0
80. Starcrawler, Starcrawler-8.5
81. Make It Big, Wham!-8.0
82. Tea for the Tillerman, Cat Stevens-10.0
83. Dare To Be Stupid, Weird Al Yankovic-8.0
84. I’m Still In Love With You, Al Green-9.5
85. Teaser & the Firecat, Cat Stevens-9.0
86. Crosby Stills & Nash, Crosby Stills & Nash-10.0
87. After Laughter, Paramore-8.0
88. Violent Femmes, Violent Femmes-9.5
89. For Your Pleasure, Roxy Music-9.5
90. Actor, St. Vincent-8.5
91. Give Up (Deluxe Edition), The Postal Service-9.0

August:

92. Stage Fright, The Band-9.5
93. In The Flat Field, Bauhaus-10.0
94. Further, Chemical Brothers-8.0
95. Tell Me How You Really Feel, Courtney Barnett-9.0
96. I’m Your Man, Leonard Cohen-8.5
97. A Band Called Smith, Smith-8.5
98. Layers, Kungs-9.0
99. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood OST, Various Artists-9.5 *YouTube
100. Era Vulgaris, Queens of the Stone Age-9.5

September:

101. Hallowed Ground, Violent Femmes-9.0
102. Get Behind Me Satan, The White Stripes-9.5
103. Off The Deep End, Weird Al Yankovic-8.5
104. Love Is Dead, Chvrches-8.0
105. Stories Don’t End, Dawes-6.5
106. Salad Days, Mac DeMarco-9.0
107. Hootenanny, The Replacements-9.0
108. Help Us Stranger, The Raconteurs-9.5
109. Most Messed Up, The Old 97s-6.5
110. Atlas, Real Estate Atlas-7.5
111. Don’t Tell a Soul, The Replacements-8.5

October:

112. Country Life, Roxy Music-9.5
113. From The Beginning, Small Faces-8.0
114. Elliot Smith, Elliot Smith-9.0
115. Dirty, Sonic Youth-9.5
116. Alvvays, Alvvays-9.5
117. Bat for Lashes, Bat for Lashes-8.5
118. Surf’s Up, The Beach Boys-9.0
119. Shake It Up, The Cars-9.5

November:

120. Desire, Bob Dylan-9.5
121. Songs From A Room, Leonard Cohen-10.0
122. Supernova, Ray LaMontagne-8.5
123. Love it to Death, Alice Cooper-8.5
124. Parade, Prince-9.0
125. I Am Easy To Find, The National-9.0

December

126. Prince, Prince-9.0
127. You’re Gonna Get It!, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers-8.5
128. Let’s Rock, The Black Keys-8.0
129. Norman F***ing Rockwell!, Lana Del Rey-10.0
130. Your The Man, Marvin Gaye-9.0
131. Blue the Lines, Massive Attack-9.5
132. My Dear Melancholy, The Weekend-8.5
133. Camp, Childish Gambino-9.0
134. So Far, CSNY-9.5
135. Photographs & Memories: His Greatest Hits, Jim Croce-8.5
136. The Essential Sade, Sade-9.0
137. Washing Machine, Sonic Youth-9.0

Music Log 2016

Okay let’s try this again. And I’m not bothering with months or anything. Just a straight list. Out of 10 score for all discs.

Top 10 Albums Of The Year:

1. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, Neutral Milk Hotel-10.0
2. Tusk, Fleetwood Mac-10.0
3. Moondance, Van Morrison-10.0
4. Horses, Patti Smith-10.0
5. Fear Of A Black Planet, Public Enemy-10.0
6. Sandinista!, The Clash-10.0
7. The Wall, Pink Floyd-10.0
8. Quadrophenia, The Who-10.0
9. “Heroes”, David Bowie-9.5
10. Secret Diary, College-9.5

1. The Hurting, Tears For Fears-9.0
2. Secret Diary, College-9.5
3. The Cars, The Cars-9.0
4. Elvis Costello: The First Ten Years, Elvis Costello-9.5
5. Four, Bloc Party-5.5
6. El Pintor, Interpol-8.5
7. Vitalogy, Pearl Jam-8.0
8.  Emotional Rescue , The Rolling Stones-7.0
9. Neck of the Woods, Silversun Pickups-8.0
10. Tunnel of Love, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band-9.0
11. Next Day, David Bowie-8.5
12. Boxer, The National-9.5
13. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, Neutral Milk Hotel-10.0
14. The Voyager, Jenny Lewis-9.0
15. Sandinista!, The Clash-10.0

16. Beggar’s Banquet, The Rolling Stones-9.0
17. Aladdin Sane, David Bowie-9.0
18. Young Americans, David Bowie-7.5
19. “Heroes”, David Bowie-9.5
20. Lodger, David Bowie-9.0
21. Kintsugi, Death Cab For Cutie-7.5
22. Centipede Hz, Animal Collective-4.0
23. Underneath the Rainbow, Black Lips-7.5
24. Low, David Bowie-9.0
25. Tusk, Fleetwood Mac-10.0
26. Especially For You, The Smithereens-9.5
27. Tell Me I’m Pretty, Cage The Elephant-7.5
28. Lungs, Florence + The Machine-8.0
29. Pablo Honey, Radiohead –7.0
30. Apartment Life, Ivy –9.0

31. Young & Old, Tennis –7.5
32. Human Performance, Parquet Courts –9.0
33. Abacab, Genesis –8.5
34. Brothers In Arms, Dire Straights –9.0
35. Yours, Dreamily,, The Arcs –8.0
36. Pioneers Who Got Scalped , Devo –9.5
37. Yeezus, Kayne West-9.0
38. Outlandos d’Amour, The Police-9.5
39. The Sound of The Smiths, The Smiths-9.0
40. The Mouse and the Mask, Danger Doom-9.5
41. Heartthrob, Tegan and Sara-8.0
42. Thank Your Lucky Stars , Beach House-9.0
43. Quadrophenia, The Who-10.0
44. This Is All Yours, Alt-J-8.5
45. Nashville Skyline, Bob Dylan-9.5

46. Human After All, Daft Punk-9.0
47. Untitled Unmastered, Kendrick Lamar-9.0
48. Fear Of A Black Planet, Public Enemy-10.0
49. Education, Education, Education & War, Kaiser Chiefs-6.5
50. Let England Shake, PJ Harvey-7.0
51. Random Access Memories, Daft Punk-8.0
52. Gossamer, Passion Pit-8.0
53. Midnight Sun, Ghost of a Sabertooth Tiger-8.0
54. Sunbathing Animal, Parquet Courts-8.5
55. Siamese Dream, Smashing Pumpkins-9.5
56. Toys In The Attic, Aerosmith-9.5
57. Violator, Depeche Mode-9.5
58. New Morning, Bob Dylan-9.0
59. Vacation, The Go-Gos-8.0
60. Paul’s Boutique, The Beastie Boys-9.0

61. Pretty Hate Machine, Nine Inch Nails-9.0
62. Moondance, Van Morrison-10.0
63. The 1975, The 1975-9.0
64. I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It, The 1975-7.5
65. Between The Buttons, The Rolling Stones-8.0
66. Marry Me, St. Vincent-8.5
67. A Quick One, The Who-8.5
68. White Light/White Heat, The Velvet Underground-9.5
69. Controversy, Prince-9.5
70. Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Red Hot Chili Peppers-8.0
71. Hands of Glory, Andrew Bird-7.0
72. The Pretender, Jackson Browne-9.0
73. Destroyed, Moby-9.0
74. The River, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band-9.0
75. Lazaretto, Jack White-8.5

76. Ocean Rain, Echo & the Bunnymen-9.0
77. Fleetwood Mac, Fleetwood Mac-9.5
78. Surrealistic Pillow, Jefferson Airplane-9.0
79. Heart Shaped World, Chris Isaak-9.5
80. So, Peter Gabriel-9.0
81. Hello Nasty, Beastie Boys-8.0
82. Horses, Patti Smith-10.0
83. Comedown Machine, The Strokes-6.5
84. L.A. Woman, The Doors-9.0
85. Speaking In Tongues, The Talking Heads-8.5
86. To Pimp A Butterfly, Kendrick Lamar-9.5
87. Texas Flood, Stevie Ray Vaughn and Double Trouble-9.0
88. My Dark Twisted Fantasy, Kayne West-9.5
89. Takk, Sigur Ros-9.0
90. Strange Days, The Doors-9.0

91. A Moon Shaped Pool, Radiohead-9.5
92. Stars: The Best of The Cranberries 1992-2002, The Cranberries-9.0
93. Dead Can Dance, Dead Can Dance-8.5
94. Tragic Kingdom, No Doubt-7.5
95. Strangers To Ourselves, Modest Mouse-7.0
96. Room For Squares, John Mayer-8.5
97. Sunflower, The Beach Boys-6.0
98. Motion, Calvin Harris-8.5
99. Catch a Fire, Bob Marley and the Wailers-9.5
100. Dirty Mind, Prince-9.0
101. The Wall, Pink Floyd-10.0

Music Log 2015

I’m going to attempt this again as previously logs went un-updated. Ratings out of ****

January

1. Failure, The Posies-**
2. Turn Blue,  The Black Keys-*** 1/2
3. Kind Of Blue, Miles Davis-****
4. Birth of the Cool, Miles Davis-*** 1/2
5. Document (25th Anniversary Edition), R.E.M.-****
6. No Cities To Love, Sleater Kinney-***
7. Sketches of Spain, Miles Davis-***
8. Round About Midnight, Miles Davis-****
9. Zuma, Neil Young-*** 1/2
10. Definitely Maybe, Oasis-****

February:

March:

11. In A Silent Way, Miles Davis-****
12. American Hustle OST, Various-***
13. Paranoid, Black Sabbath-****
14. Reflektor, Arcade Fire-****
15. Rated R, Queens of the Stone Age-*** 1
/2

April:

16. Raiders of the Lost Ark OST, John Williams-****
17. For The Whole World To See, Death-****
18. Dark Magnus: Live At Carneige Hall, Miles Davis-*** 1/2
19. Migrant, Deerhunter-** 1/2
20. The Physical World, Death From Above 1979-*** 1/2
21. Music From Big Pink, The Band-*** 1/2
22. Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey-*** 1/2
23. To Bring You My Love, P.J. Harvey-*** 1/2
24. 1989, Taylor Swift-***
25. Rocky Horror Picture Show OST, Various-****

May: