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10th ANNIVERSARY
CELEBRATING A DECADE OF DECADENCE!

 

MARCH/APRIL 2006
A NOTE IN A BOTTLE FROM THE CONTENTED CASTAWAY

FALL/WINTER 2006
THE THRILL AIN'T GONE

November/December 2005
N'AWLINS LIVES; BLOODY BEATNIKS & TIKI MONSTERS

January/February 2006
HISTORY DELETES ITSELF; OUR SOUTHWESTERN ROAD SWING; BEASTS, BELLY DANCERS & BIKINIS

JULY/AUGUST 2005:

HOLLYWOOD/PALM SPRINGS ROAD TRIP REPORT; THE SHATNER 'IMPULSE': I JUST CAN'T HELP IT; THE RETURN OF THE DEVIL-ETTES

SEPTEMBER /OCTOBER 2005:
FASTER PUSSYCAT, THRILL, THRILL!; CONNERY IS FOREVER; DRACULA, FRANKENSTEIN, ZOMBIES & EL SANTO

MARCH/APRIL 2005
ALOHA ALAMEDA!; EIGHT YEARS OF THRILLS!

MAY/JUNE 2005
ISLAND OF LOST THRILLS; MORE THINGS THAT "BUG" ME

November/December 2004
FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN IN WASHINGTON; THE CORPORATE CONSPIRACY AGAINST COOL CONTINUES; MOST THRILLING MOVIES OF 2004; MARTINI MADNESS, MARINE MAYHEM & JAMES BOND’S WEDDING!

January/February 2005
THRILLVILLE SECEDES FROM UNION!
FLEEING TO THE COCKTAIL NATION; MYTHICAL MONSTERS AND INTERGALACTIC INTERCOURSE!

July/August 2004
“CITIZENS! CALM YOURSELVES!”; ILLEGAL EVICTION BLUES; ANOTHER WEEKEND IN PALM SPRINGS; THE TWO BIG G’S, THE HOLIEST OF BATMEN AND THE QUEEN OF CULT

September/October 2004
WHY EVEN BOTHER? IT'S A NOIR WORLD; THE HORROR OF IT ALL!

April 2004
THRILLVILLE: PARTY OF ONE! WACKY WEEDHEADS! SLAPSTICK SHENANIGANS! & THE SEVEN YEAR THRILL!

May/June 2004
OUR OWN FUN IN ACAPULCO (MEXICO CITY & GUADALAJARA, TOO!); CHILIEAN CHILLS & NAUTICAL UNDEAD NAZIS; SHATNER CAMP & A SHANTY TRAMP

February 2004
MORE GRIPES FROM GRANDPA GRUMPY; A FEW THINGS THAT DON’T SUCK; STRANGE LOVE: BEWITCHING BEATNIKS & BI-SEXUAL BLOODSUCKERS!

March 2004
IN DEFENSE OF DEAN: PASSION FOR THE PEOPLE!; SCHLOCK IT TO ME!

December 2003
EXPLAIN THIS FOR ME...; "FRIENDS" OF BIG BROTHER? BEST THRILL-SANCTIONED FLICKS OF 2003; THE THRILLVILLIAN CANDIDATE!

January 2004
THE THRILL YEAR (AND CAREER) IN REVIEW; HOPE FOR CHANGE IN 2004?; FASHION TIPS FOR LIBERALS; & ANN-MARGROCKS AT THE KING’S 69th BIRTHDAY!

October 2003
OOOOO, IT’S A SCARY WORLD! DEAN/CLARK 2004! & HORROR HOST-PALOOZA!

November 2003
REPUBLICANS RULE, DEMOCRACY DOOMED! MOVIES BY MAIL: RETURN TO SENDER; ALOHA JULIE PARRISH; & THE LOUNGE-SOUL CONNECTION!

August 2003
TERMINATE ARNOLD! "AVANT-GARDE", MY ASS! EXOTIC EXPLOITATION & THE KILLERS ARE LOOSE IN THRILLVILLE!

September 2003
BLAH BLAH RECALL BLAH BLAH; HOW TO BEAT BUSH; TRASH AS ART?; SMOKE, SHADOWS, SIRENS & SNIPERS

June 2003
THIS MONTH: THE THEME TO "THRILLVILLE"; CRAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN! HOWARD DEAN FOR PRESIDENT! & SUPER SEXY SCI-FI ROCKET ROLL SHOW, PARTS 1 & 2!

July 2003
I GOT YOUR 'THERE' RIGHT HERE, BABY!; RETURN OF THE ATTACK OF THE ATOMIC ANIMALS!

April 2003
MY OWN PRIVATE IRAQ; THE THRILL GOES ON, & TOUGH GUYS WEAR TOUPES!

May 2003
IMPEACH BUSH, AND FUCK EVERYBODY ELSE! MY 40TH BIRTHDAY ROAST; & CASTLE IS KING!

February 2003
JUST SAY NO TO WAR!; B MOVIE POSTERITY?; BIG TITS KICK ASS!

March 2003
SOME THEORIES ON WHY THE WORLD AND PEOPLE SUCK; DUELING ALIEN BRAINS & HEAD-HUNTING RUBBER MONSTERS!

December 2002
ELEVEN THINGS THAT BUG ME; TOP 10 OR SO MOVIES OF 2002; RING-A-DING-DING DOGMA!

January 2003
MORE FODDER FOR MY F.B.I. FILE; THE THRILL YEAR IN REVIEW; ATTACK OF THE ATOMIC ANIMALS; & THE RETURN OF RAY DENNIS STECKLER!

October 2002
THE NIGHT I NEARLY KILLED TOM WAITS; WHY I (AMERI)CAN’T BE PATRIOTIC, (JUST NEUROTIC), BECAUSE BUSH IS IDIOTIC; THE RETURN OF CAPTAIN COSMIC!

November 2002
WHY CRITICAL MASS IS A CRITICAL MESS; TEASE-O-RAMA REPORT; MINORITIES RETORT!

August 2002
THE ROAD TO CHILLVILLE; RIP-ROARIN’ REDNECK ROYALTY!

September 2002
CHUMPY WALNUT, VIC VALENTINE, & THE THRILLTHAT NEVER WAS (YET); A BAD GIRL GOES TO HEAVEN; VINTAGE NOIR WITH CHEESE

June 2002
SWORD & SCANDAL!

July 2002
AMC: RIP; THRILLVILLE 101; SATAN, SIN, & SWING!

April 2002
OLD VS. NEW SCHOOL; LEFT VS. RIGHT; WASPS IN AFRICA, AND SEX IN SPACE!

May 2002
THE R.I.P. LOUNGE; THE FUTURE OF RETRO; SPACE AGE SWINGERS; & ARACHNID ANARCHY!

February 2002
DVDELIRIOUS; B MOVIES LIVE!; THE RETURN OF RAY DENNIS STECKLER; & TURA SATANA KICKS FARRAH FAWCETT'S SKINNY ASS!

March 2002
DRIVE-IN-TEGRITY: MONSTER MORALITY; YOUTHFUL ANGST, AND HIPPIE KUNG FU

December 2001
THE YEAR IN REVIEW; BEST MOVIES OF 2001; THE LAS VEGAS REPORT; THE BOYCOTT BEGINS; & FRANK'S BIRTHDAY PARTY
January 2002
THE PROTEST MEETS THE PRESS; BAD CAR-MA; MOTHRA IN ENGLISH, HARRYHAUSEN IN THE MOON AND A VISITOR FROM VENUS
October 2001
Bigotry Exposed; Reel vs. Real Terror; RIP AIP; One Atom Brain, Thirteen Ghosts, Two Godzillas and the Last Dracula
November 2001
FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT TO LAUGH; ROBOTS, RAY GUNS, AND THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS
August 2001
WHY BIG CORPORATIONS SUCK; A TEENAGE WEREWOLF, HAUNTED HILLBILLIES, THE KING GOES TO JAIL, AND HELLS ANGELS GO TO CAMBODIA

September 2001
The Meaning of Cool; The Return of the Shadow; A Crimson Kimono; and the Original Taxi Driver

June 2001
Aloha Gidget, A Honeymoon in Hawaii, and The Devil-ettes on Wheels
JULY 2001
The Full Wedding/Honeymoon Report; Dolemite Meets. Infra Man on Planet X

April 2001
The Conspiracy Against Cool Continues; Ed Wood, Bogart, Demons, Aliens, and Androids

May 2001
A Blood Feast, a Bachelor Party and Bettie Page

February 2001
Bush sucks, KABL lives, an Angry Red Planet, and A Bucket of Blood

March 2001
William Shatner , Tramps, Playgirls, and a Vampire

December 2000
THRILLVILLE HISTORY 101

January 2001
ALIENS INVADE THRILLVILLE!

October 2000
CREATURE DOUBLE FEATURES
and
THE RETURN OF BOB WILKINS!

November 2000
MONDO MUSICALS

August 2000
CRASS 'N' CLASSY COMEDY CLASSICS!

September 2000
LOST & LONELY: B MOVIE NOIR

June 2000
70's ASS KICKERS!

July 2000
BOND, JAMES BOND - 007 in 7/00

April 2000
INCREDIBLY STRANGE FILMS!
Featuring an interview with RAY DENNIS STECKLER!
(Damaged but rebuilt)

May 2000
BITCH FEST!

February 2000
TWISTED LOVE STORIES
(Damaged but rebuilt)

March 2000
BIKERS AND REBELS!

December 1999
END OF THE CENTURY
BLOW-OUT!

January 2000
FUTURE SCHLOCK!

   
   
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