Killer Plants 4: Courage The Cowardly Dog--Dome Of Doom

Courage the Cowardly Dog 3111 - Dome Of Doom by bananatv

Silent Horror: Les Vampires--The Severed Head (1915)

This is the first episode of a ten part French crime serial (that is also counted as an early horror because of the all the graphic violence alluded to, and some infamous "bat costume" scenes) from 1915, which almost didn't survive.  The entire ten parts bring the total running time to just about 400 minutes even.  So it's quite the crime adventure--the fact that the first episode is entitled "The Severed Head" gives a glimpse of the criminal horrors to come.  It relies heavily on variously coloured tinted still frames to manipulate the mood of the film:  Police Station--warm sepia, criminal lair--night, blue outdoor shots--bright green, etc.  This does not refer to the classic vampire as we've come to know them in film (such as Nosferatu).  This "vampire" or "vamp" for short is referring to a brilliant & very brutal female criminal mastermind that "vampirises" by living a comfortable life off of her crimes.  This, to my knowledge, is the first time the female characterization of the "vamp" was committed to film.  It later became all the rage in the late 1910's & 1920's and the most recognizable of the Vamps is Jewish American actress Theda Bara--some of whose films were actually banned (most have not survived unfortunately). All ten of the episodes can viewed online.

Below Signed Publicity Still Of Bara:

Now that's "Vampy!"

This is just part of a much longer interview from last year by The Guardian, but it's a cool and amusing clip, if not for the part where some young lady in 1970 thought Jimmy and Robert were a couple.  Whole interview below.

Zeppelin On Letterman 2012

From His Solo Album Outrider

Features a young Jason Bonham on drums.

Jimmy Page & Robert Plant: Sun Arise

Okay, if anyone watched the Part 2 Black Dog performance of this (which is awesome due to the Aboriginal didgeridoo player!), you'll have noticed that they were made to take a musical challenge.  In case anyone was wondering if they followed through...

Zeppelin At Knebworth 1979

Selection from the 1979 Knebworth festival.  I chose to put this on in part because their is a performance of "In The Evening" live (pretty rare), and secondly I have the poster for the festival framed on hanging in my den (that's right, girls can have "man caves" too!), it's not really there because of Led Zeppelin, but rather for the last name on list list of acts--just for one day, one of my all time favorite bands EVER Fairport Convention.  They have a festival of their own!  Cropredy!  I've been once, they made a live album of the affair and I managed (very accidentally) to get my photo on the cover, along many other folks (not kidding!).  

The Firm: Satisfaction Guaranteed

Another Firm video from their debut album.  This was partial written by Jimmy and was part of a tribute performance during the awarding of his honourary (I know honorary) doctorate from Berklee College Of Music last year.

Page & Plant Interview With Black Dog Performance

This two part interview from Australia is from the duo promoting  No Quarter.  

Plant & Page 1990's

From the mid 1990's unplugged (or rather "unledded") project that MTV got Page and Plant to agree to.  I guess, happier times, given that there seems to be a reft between them these days.  

The Firm Radioactive Video

Obviously from his project with Bad Company's Paul Rodgers (who still performs this song as a solo artist--after all he wrote it).

Led Zeppelin 1969

Jimmy Page 2014 Post-It Interview Promoting New Releases

Paris, France May 2014

Jimmy Page Playing In 1957

Incidentally, here is the full video clip of Jimmy in 1957 that is briefly featured in It Might Get Loud.

Couple Of Zappa SNL Appearances

Peter Gabriel Live Athens 1987

Youssou N'Dour Athens 1987

Shock The Monkey!

Mirabal's Stiltwalker

Blackfoot Live 2007

Being a mixed blooded Native American from Florida, no way I'm lettin' this music day pass without getting some Blackfoot in!!  This is the lineup with Greg T. Walker (Muskogee Creek) and original lead guitarist Charlie Hargget (Native Heart), not a Rickey Medlocke (Lakota Sioux/Choctaw).  Original drummer Jackson Spires (Tsalagi Cherokee) passed away in 2005 RIP broheme. A-gwa-tsv-weh-so-lu:-s-di!