#billy nayer show

[awayhere]

In 1990 - 1991 the Ketchup and Mustard Man was performed live by the Billy Nayer Show. The film adaptation was created in 1992. Written and directed by Cory McAbee.  Music by The Billy Nayer Show.

[walterfriendly]

[atomictiki]

It's time to party why don't we have a party

[wubble]

[mayoknave]

Must Be Santa - The Billy Nayer Show

[writerintheattic]

the nichest meme ive ever made

[sharkchunks]

The American Astronaut (2001, Cory McAbee)

[jimmyfissionart]

A fan poster I designed for The American Astronaut

[danburyshakes]

Handsome - The Billy Nayer Show

[trailerparty]

THE AMERICAN ASTRONAUT (2001), DIR. C. McABEE

In a future where cowboy-esque spacemen run the fringes of the solar system, space pilot Samuel Curtis becomes embroiled in a complicated, planet-hopping  get-rich-quick scheme, all the while being pursued by the psychopathic Professor Hess.

For quite a long time I confused the unassuming title of this picture with that of The Astronaut Farmer, a movie I have no interest at all in seeing. Consequently, it very nearly passed me by. But, since having seen it for the first time, I’ve become a convert to the cause, and maintain this to be one of the most scrappy, funny movies I’ve seen in recent memory, and a rare exception to the old saw that low budget filmmaking produces shoddy, over-reaching results. The acting is great, the songs are great, the grittyness of the production design masterfully disguises (or accents) the use of commonplace objects in unexpected circumstances… what more could one hope for? Certainly, at times the humor verges on the homophobic (or so it seems about half the time I’m watching--other times, I’m not so sure the movie itself isn’t overtly queer relationships) and an early gag seems to veer toward the scatological, but these are small concerns in the face of the larger accomplishments of the movie itself.

[sundancearchives]

Cory McAbee has been sharing his singular space cowboy vision to Sundance Film Festival audiences since 1995 when his band The Billy Nayer Show performed live along with a collection of short films. He attended the 1998 Screenwriters Lab to workshop the screenplay for his first feature The American Astronaut, which went on to premiere at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival. In 2004, he presented his serialized film Stingray Sam, and most recently, he attended the 2018 festival with Deep Astronomy and the Romantic Sciences, a live science fiction lecture featuring original music, animation, artwork, and live performance.

Credits:  Still courtesy of Deep Astronomy and the Romantic Sciences | Photo by Fred Kolouch; © 2018 Sundance Institute | Photo by Jonathan Hickerson; Poster courtesy of Deep Astronomy and the Romantic Sciences; Still courtesy of The American Astronaut; Still courtesy of Stingray Sam.

[downerpress]

rewatching this tonight. it's on the youtube if you look! i know i have a copy on dvd somewhere. it's so good.

I think about this scene a lot. I think about this movie a lot.

[theclosingtime]

Age-old myths and legends come true Ancient prophecies all come to pass All this, and all because of you The girl with the vagina made of glass

I just watched The American Astronaut, an off-beat space musical, directed/written/starring Cory McAbee, and featuring his band’s music, and I’m all over this shit. A must-see and a must-hear!

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[spectacletheater]

For your Friday, enjoy some hot kappa jams AND MORE from the episode 5 of Radio Spectacle.

https://www.mixcloud.com/SpectacleTheater/spectacle-radio-ep005-11262017/

Klaus Kinski - Vocoder monologue (Zoo Zero) Main Titles (A Story of Sorrow and Sadness) Cock Nell - コクシネル (Carnival in the Night) Gerhard Heinz - Disco Alternativ (The Practice of Love) Stereo Total - The Kappa Family (Underwater Love) Kino - A Star Called Sun (Assa) Karen Black - Nehor's Song (Plan 10 from Outer Space) Michael Nyman - Bird List Song (The Falls) Sentimentale Jugend & Einstuerzende Neubauten - wolltihr di totale befriedigung (???) Satisfaction - Dawn's brother Mark's garage band (Welcome to the Dollhouse) - Tomislav Babić - 2 (Astronaut of Featherweight) - Julian Józef Antonisz - garage rock theme (???) Alain Bashung - Imbecile (Car Cemetery) Stereo Total - Fish Factory (Underwater Love) Gangpol und Mit - Glissements Temporels (Cosmodrama) Sun Ra - I Am the Alter-Destiny (Space is the Place) Grethe Agatz - Ekkoleg (Long Live Death!) De Kalafe e a Turma - Guerra (Awakening of the Beast) Paul Giovanni & Magnet - The Anointing (The Wicker Man) The Billy Nayer Show - Ceres Walk (The American Astronaut) Wojciech Kilar - Dance (Salto) Yello - Oh Yeah (Ferris Bueler's Day Off) - Krystof Penderecki - score (The Manuscript Found in Saragossa) - Stereo Total - The Dance of All Characters (Underwater Love)**** Brian Eno - Golden Hours (The Falls)

[sharkchunks]

The American Astronaut (2001, Cory McAbee)