I am Damo Godzooky

@clearwind.bsky.social

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🇵🇱/🇮🇪 🇺🇸, SW VA to SF (stops in CT and MI), leftCath, yimby renter, and FromSoft fan navigating the borderland of demSoc and socDem. My kungfu is stronger than yours

Smaug in the 1977 Rankin-Bass Hobbit TV movie, a burly reddish-gold dragon with a thick mane of fur and cute little cat ears
Production photo from Close Encounters (1977), with a guy (ARP representative?) at the controls of the ARP 2500 modular synthesizer used in the film's climax
Cement, spoof of Paul Chadwick's classic comic protagonist Concrete. Cement is a big burly lump with a cinderblock for a head chillaxin' on a similarly cement chair fashioned into a bunch of goofy faces. From Dark Horse's short lived Insane, a collection of comic parodies - in this case, spoofing Dark Horse's own Dark Horse Presents anthologies
Disc cover for Gakuryu/Sogo Ishii's 2001 movie Electric Dragon 80,000V: half-metal Thunderbolt Buddha vs rock n'roll superhero Dragon Eye Morrison, with a mighty electric guitar between them
Black Lizard (Hong Kong, 1981) - three swordsmen in a standoff in front of ghostly sheets of calligraphy
Hsu Feng as Yang Huizhen in King Hu's Xia Nü/A Touch of Zen (Taiwan, 1970) - a striking stone-faced woman holding a saber in a bamboo forest
Music from the 21st Century, a compilation of Tangerine Dreamish music (and featuring TD themselves) released in 1982 on GNP Crescendo, a label with a really eclectic catalog. Cover is a Michael Whelan @michaelwhelan.bsky.social painting of a spaceman with glowing eyes in a decaying spacesuit, fingers on a book in a ramshackle control center. Discogs link: https://www.discogs.com/master/333892-Various-Music-From-The-21st-Century
Electronic musician Michael Stearns looking very much the Arizona to California type with a Serge synth and big ol' flowing shirt, from an Audio magazine Dec 1985 article on him, Steve Roach, and Richard Burmer
What I believe is the first Ace Double edition: Samuel W. Taylor's The Grinning Gismo and Keith Vining's Too Hot for Hell (1952). Both covers feature tough he-men and sexy dames (the one in the former brandishing a gun at the he-man, the one in the latter naked and carried over the gun brandishing he-man's shoulder) The cover text helpfully tells us to "Turn over book for 2nd novel"
Clark Oppenheimer, normally mild-mannered secret identity of the Caped Wonder, confesses his deep loathing for the obnoxious Woody Woodpecker. Panel from The Tick #2 1988 (Ben Edlund writing/pencils, Maxfield Banks inks, Robert Polio lettering)
Gossamer, the sneaker-wearing fuzzball monster from Looney Tunes, here seen in "Hair-Raising Hair" from 1946 (dir. Chuck Jones, written by Ted Pierce and Michael Maltese). He looks much like plush Hedorah
The cyclopean yet Muppet-like alien from The Atomic Submarine (Bennet, 1959), a kind of furry tube with one big ol' eyeball. This was in the Saturday afternoon rotation at WKBD 50 Detroit when I was a young Yooper
Joe Flaherty as Count Floyd, Dracula-caped, werewolf-howling host of Monster Chiller Horror Theatre, where he was fond of pushing things towards the camera for 3D. SCTV, unknown year
Theatrical poster for Malatesta's Carnival of Blood (Christopher Speeth, 1973), with a roller coaster climbing up to a skull. A very bizarre movie, thought lost for many years
Two of the Alien Pitt from Ultraseven (1967), humanoid bodies and smooth egglike heads with downward facing mouths filled with sharp teeth. They can also take the form of cute girls, the better to bamboozle Earth men with
Cover from the not yet published magazine Fantastica #1, with Godzilla on the cover. This would be delayed for a while and eventually released under the new title Fangoria. Image from a Starlog Press catalog for booksellers, listing their upcoming products for 1979
Scene from King Hu's Xia Nü/A Touch of Zen (Taiwan, 1970), showing Yang Huizhen (Hsu Feng) and Shi Wenqiao (Bai Ying) drawing sabers against Ming secret police in a bamboo forest
Giant green Star Wars bunny Jaxxon, kicking a fool in the face while saying "I ain't no rodent!"
Friendly little kaiju Lim Eleking and his buddy Konomi Amagai, from Ultraman Mebius. They are the most adorable pair ever
From Godzilla Minus One (2023): four guilt wracked WW2 survivors on a dinky little boat that they're going to be shooting mines from, as well as taking on Godzilla
Dijiang, a six legged, four winged blobby thing from the Classic of Mountains and Seas. It is very cute and very very scientific
Power Man and Iron Fist #83, April 1982, artists Denys Cowan and Josef Rubinstein Luke Cage is holding an injured Danny Rand, with the blurb "In two seconds, Luke will put Danny down. Then *somebody's* gonna get hurt"
Cover art for the 1979 boardgame The Creature that Ate Sheboygan, written by Greg Costikyan and published by SPI. A Godzilla-esque monster smashes the city's downtown while munching on a bus
Akihiko Hirata as Dr Serizawa from Godzilla (1954): a scientist with a patch over his right eye, much as Mikester has in his photo
Cobra Commander kicking a puppy from a character pinup in GI Joe issue 150 (1994), art by Sal Buscema (I don't know who the inker etc. may have been). He looks rather like he's dancing to a ska band as he does so. Writer Larry Hama previously had Cobra Commander kicking a puppy in GI Joe issue 100 (1990)
Evil Sexy Space Lady Randeth (Kaoru Ukawa) taunts the famished G-Guard commander with wine and a meal. Will G-Guard transform her Smile of Evil into a Pout of Evil? From Godzilla Island episode 203, "Spiritual Powers"
As Telly Savalas was in Horror Express (1972) along with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee, behold: the 1970s Kojack action figure. Capable of realistic action and posing in any position, he also comes with lollipops, cigar, and hat. The removable costume does not include a Cossack outfit. Image edited from The Collector Gene 17 April 2012 http://collectorgene.com/2012/04/kojack/
Godzilla, from the Polish poster of the 1954 movie. The bright blue and deep green Goji has a very happy expression and appears to be sheltering a Japanese town rather than leveling it. Dog Rates would give this good boi a 14/10. Up to the 80s Polish movie posters were often very artsy and nonliteral, this is one of my favorites because Happy Godzilla
The robot Gort from the classic The Day the Earth Stood Still (Robert Wise, 1951). Gort's a big shiny 1950s style robot, firing a death ray both incredibly powerful and incredibly precise from its very ominous, glowing eyeslit.
Artist and writer Jack "King" Kirby - revolutionizer of comic art, creator of many of the greatest comic characters, and puncher of Nazis - looking extremely cool in suit and with cigar on a New York street
The battered Spider-Mobile, with a pretty bow and being delivered to a 14th floor office via webshooter. From The Amazing Spider-Man number 130, cover date Sept 1976, one of the earliest comics I have a good memory of
Scarfolk Council Public Safety poster, informing us that it is illegal to gather in groups of one as of the 5st of April 1970. Poster is in an unnerving 70s-ish style From the 31 March 2020 entry at https://scarfolk.blogspot.com/
1979 ad "The Adventures of Gritboy," showing in comic book form a kid selling Grit, "America's only national full-family newspaper," to get rollercoaster money and prizes like binoculars. The ad assures us that "Girls sell Grit too," but I don't believe there were any "Adventures of Gritgirl" Image resized from Comic Book Ads Blog 9 August 2019
Reptilicus, from the 1961 US/Danish movie of the same name. A big green prehistoric snake thing smashes through adorable models
Debbie Googe of My Bloody Valentine, gazing at the camera
An ad for Silver Streak (1976) as it appeared in the April 9 1977 edition of the Marquette Mining Journal. Not only is it held over for the 7th big week, not only is it the most hilarious suspense ride of your life - no, it is traveling into its 7th week without any Academy Award winners or gruesome sharks and apes because it has that wonderful old fashioned relaxing humor
Promo pic from the movie Gog (1954), with three people standing in front of soon-to-be killer robots Gog and Magog
Picture of Colossus:The Forbin Project (1970). Eric Braeden as Charles Forbin stands in front of a control panel for his nuclear weapons controlling supercomputer Colossus. It doesn't work out the way Forbin was hoping
Page 14 of Fantastic Four 91 (Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott, Sam Rosen) where Ben Grimm tries to escape Skrull slavers only to have his NERVE COLLAR activated in a display of Kirby Dots
Poster for Bill Rebane's 1975 film The Giant Spider Invasion, showing building sized spiders destroying a metropolitan downtown area. The actual movie is a bit less "giant" or "invasion"
Marquette Mall - a very 70s looking mall with only a few small oranged-roofed buildings. Pic is from 1983, the Twilight Zone movie playing on the single screen
Olivier Messiaen, Turangalila Symphony performed by the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Naxos, 2000) - this may be my favorite recording of one of my favorite pieces of music
Randeth and Zagreth from Godzilla Island: two smokin' space ladies who just want to take over the world
Flying Saucer Attack's 1995 "Outdoor Miner/Psychic Driving" EP
Takako Minekawa and Dustin Wong's 2013 dreamy electronic pop album Toropical Circle
The Mood Meter chart - Y-axis of high energy vs low energy, X-axis of unpleasant vs pleasant. "It's so over" and "Mom would be sad" are unpleasant low energy, while "Fuck it we ball" is unpleasant but high energy. Other categories are the middling "It is what it is", the low energy but pleasant "We vibing", and the pleasant and high energy "We are so fucking back" and "LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOO"
Predator handshake meme baby: Robert Wise as Dillon, Kinji Fukasaku as Dutch, shaking hands on "Bangers no matter the genre" Wise was the director of The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951), The Set-Up (1949), West Side Story (1961), Sound of Music (1963), etc Fukasaku was behind Battles Without Honor And Humanity (1973), Black Lizard (1968), Battle Royale (2000), Message From Space (1978), etc
King Hu Jinquan (1932-1997), great film director, and director of one of the *greatest* films, the absolutely incredible Xiá Nǚ/A Touch of Zen (Taiwan, 1970)
Murong Ziying, nicknamed Ice Cube for his cool, aloof demeanor, as played by Mao Zijun in Sword and Fairy 4 (2024)
Roxy Music's self-titled 1972 debut
Sword and Fairy 4 (2024) main cast: Mao Zijun as Murong Ziying, Mao Xiaohui as Liu Mengli, Ju Jingyi as Han Lingsha, and Chen Zheyuan as Yun Tianhe. All in traditional Chinese outfits at a festive nighttime scene
Sword and Fairy 4 (2024) main cast: Mao Zijun as Murong Ziying, Mao Xiaohui as Liu Mengli, Ju Jingyi as Han Lingsha, and Chen Zheyuan as Yun Tianhe. All in traditional Chinese outfits at a festive nighttime scene
Gorilla-Man, lifted up by 1950's robot M-11, blasting away with assault rifles and submachine guns in all four paws to rescue Jimmy Woo, from Agents of Atlas #1: Jeff Parker/Leonard Kirk/Kris Justice/Michelle Madsen/Dave Lanphear, Oct 2006
Area's 1987 album Radio Caroline
Doctor Who from the animated 1966 King Kong Show - a typical egghead mad scientist type
Chaos Witch Quelaag from Dark Souls, a hot human female body atop a hot (flaming) spider body
Richard goddamn Roundtree, in turtleneck and fine, fine 'stache
Heathcliff the cat, wearing a MEAT helmet while a HAM flag waves. Birds remark that "things seem a little off today" - they are wearing CRUMB and WORM helmets
Predator handshake meme - Dillon and Dutch have been replaced by Orthodox and Catholics, who are plagued by weird adult converts