Paul Putner

This year, I'm creating a Halloween advent calendar! 👻WOooOOooo!!!👻 Each day of this month, I'll post a track from a favourite spooky-related record in my demonic possession. 1st OCTOBER The Dunwich Horror O.S.T. (1970) Check out the wonderful track titles. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwEf...

Like many of us, I grew up with the original Star Trek, but hadn't seen it in decades. More recently, I've been watching the series again with my elderly parents, like we used to in the 1970s, and it has brought us such joy. Thank you Walter Koenig for being part of that. R.I.P. Pavel Chekov

My Halloween advent calendar 26th OCT An Evening With Boris Karloff & His Friends LP (1967) Did you know this fine actor made EIGHTY ONE films before he landed 'Frankenstein' that made him star at age 44? He married six times too. I have a lot of catching up to do. youtube.com/watch?v=vwYt...

I see the Oxford St pedestrianisation debate is rumbling on. I have a solution! Yes, pedestrianise the road, but allow traffic to use the pavements instead. They are wide enough. You could have a multiple footbridge system to access the shops. Or maybe jetpacks? Job's a good'un!

My Halloween advent calendar. 25th OCT Witchcraft Magic, An Adventure In Demonlogy (1969) Your week's study notes for next Saturday. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q_o...

I saw this advert at London Victoria on Friday. I know RG is simply flogging his endorsed vodka using his own brand of cynical humour, but I feel as if we're slipping ever more into this self fulfilling dystopia, like we're all literally living in a 1980s sci-fi movie satire now.

My Halloween advent calendar 24th OCT Box Theme - Coil (1987) I bought this 10" on release because of the Hellraiser connection. I'd never heard of Coil but soon became a fan. They really opened up my musical tastes. The creepiest track in my countdown? youtube.com/watch?v=ssMr...

I found these Parma Violets at my folks today. Didn't realise they were still a thing, as I haven't eaten any since... Ooo, 1978? I remember thinking at the time they were rank. Certainly, no Refreshers. I'll now give them another chance. Nope, they still taste like lavender bath crystals.

My Halloween advent calendar 23rd OCT Outside The Old Abode by Ron Geesin from Ghost Story (1974) TRUNK re-issue 2025 Spooky British movie that featured Vivian MacKerrell, the direct inspiration for Withnail. Oh, and also stars the late Penny Keith. youtube.com/watch?v=CfFS...

Picture this. An alternate music chart universe where movie and pop stars hadn't changed their names. Béla Blaskó's Dead - Bauhaus 1919 Leonard Slye - Reg Dwight Maurice Micklewhite - Morris & The Minors Marion Morrison is Big Leggy - Healy & Garner Ian De Jenkins Waiting - Spud-U-Like

My Halloween advent calendar 22nd OCT Shadows Of Fear - Roger Webb (1970) Trunk 7" re-issue 2021 Sorry for late admission today. I think this is a contender for my favourite TV opening titles ever. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EknU...

Found this top Radio Times cover today The Goodies went above the call of duty for their comedy. Always hitting each other, throwing themselves about, having heavy props dropped on them. By the expressions on their faces here, this probably spontaneous photo opportunity may have been a step too far?

My Halloween advent calendar 21st OCT The Mummy - Bob McFadden & Dor (1959) U.S voice actor, Bob McFadden is all over this LP introducing each track, so just for a change I'm going to link a tune that isn't on the album pictured. Why? Coz I just love it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTvp...

I just read an article about a 'doomsday prepper' on BBC site. This bloke even has a YouTube channel advising people what to do in the event. Now. If I had an energy sufficient bunker with all this food, water & bog roll, I certainly wouldn't advertise it to the world, would you? Or use this pen.

My Halloween advent calendar 20th OCT Black Movement - Eric Peters (1974) off the library album Dramatic & Horror Vol 2 This sounds like a theme tune to a 1970s gritty ITV documentary series that is your signal to go to bed as it's school the next day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMm3...

Looking at this 2027 calendar makes me feel old and slightly confused. Probably how my father felt in 1982 when he saw my Marilyn Monroe calendar pinned on the bedroom wall.

My Halloween advent calendar. 19th OCT Voodoo Session - Tubby Hayes (1964) 7" Trunk reissue Taken from Dr. Terror's House Of Horrors (1965) which should've been titled 'Dr. Terror's Rail Carriage Of Largely Middling Tales Of Horror Apart From The Christopher Lee One." youtube.com/watch?v=Hexp...

This cat I saw last night looks like it's going on a first date and she hasn't turned up.

My Halloween Advent calendar. 18th OCT Creepy Crawly - Stan Medcalf (1970) One of my favourite library albums. Track title reminds me of seeing The Stranglers at a local leisure centre. Hugh Cornwell opened the gig with "Good evening, creepy Crawley!" www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b2n...

Yesterday, I saw this new fizzy pop advertised on posters and wanted to see if the slogan was correct. It's true, I could taste Silk Cut, Malibu and a hint of a Wendy cheese burger. We are already looking at engagement rings.

Eli Hourd AKA Kid Tempo R.I.P. www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6qA...

My Halloween advent calendar. 17th OCT City Of The Living Dead OST - Fabio Frizzi (1980) Astonishingly, this LP was a genuine, rarest of rare chazza shop finds. Cheap too! I nearly fainted on the premises. Sleeve art by the godlike Graham Humphreys. youtube.com/watch?v=sBke...

Caught up with Dave Robinson again tonight. "If it ain't Stiff , it ain't worth a f**k." The guv'nor!! youtube.com/watch?v=R2Zs...

My Halloween advent calendar 16th OCT Friday the 13th Part 3 title track - Henry Manfredini (1982) Have to post earlier today as I'm going out tonight on the even more unlucky Friday the 16th! Like the sleeve art, these opening titles might take your eye out. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOU0...

A new charity shop that specialises in vinyl/ CDs has just opened near me. I overheard a customer telling the manager, "I've got loads of albums you can have, good '70s stuff." The manager was delighted. "So... about how much will you give me for them?" Some people are so staggeringly thick.

My Halloween advent calendar 14th OCT Cosmic Abduction - Harry Bromley Davenport from XTRO (1982) The opening sting of this sounds like it comes from an 80s public information film about the dangers of storing bleach in an old R.White's lemonade bottle. Crazy film! www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWNc...

Watched Itch! (2024) last night. It was ok for a low budget horror, but not great. To its credit though, the film did make me scratch my skin all the way through. Haven't felt like that since watching the itching powder scenes in Carry On Teacher (1959), Carry On Girls (1973) & Carry On Crabs (1976)

My Halloween advent calendar OCT 13th Twisted Nerve (Main Theme) Bernard Herrmann A lot of people today only know this track as the whistling tune from Kill Bill (2003), but it originates from this 1968 thriller. Playing now, it's just made a dog outside start barking www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHos...

I remember once in an episode of ITV's Heartbeat set circa 1968, a character remarked that Aidensfield's new doctor's bedside manner was a bit "touchy feely". I'm pretty sure that expression did not exist back then. Are there any West Yorkshire village dwelling octogenarians here to confirm this?

My Halloween advent calendar 12th OCT Devil's Anvil - Eddie Warner (1972) Jazzman "7 Something a bit different today. I like the idea of Satan owning an anvil. I wonder if he uses it to make his own shoes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oyu0...

Here are the rushes from my 1984 unfinished student skinhead doc. Enj-Oi? www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYNy...

Bought this crap tonight. Reminds me of the time I designed a poster for a college production of Dr.Faustus in '83. It was a sub-Jamie Reid collage of images that included a '50s clipping, "IN SPECTACULAR 3D!" A fellow student asked if we needed 'them special 3D glasses' to watch the play. 🙄

My pitch for a new R4 show, 'Record Store Island' Each week, a guest is asked to imagine they have been marooned indefinitely in the HMV at Westfield. They must choose eight objects from a desert island, one austerity item, and in addition of a Booby, one seabird. Hosted by Marijne Van der Flugt.

My Halloween advent calendar. 10th Oct Apropos of my previous post about albums that made an impact on your life? This one. And it's horror related, so I'm 'avin it! The Mummy's Shroud - Scientist (1981) www.youtube.com/watch?v=edCY...

See a lot of people are doing this so, in for a penny..? The sounds that made you? Bit pretentious, but I sort of understand what they mean. Formative stuff. You have to be as honest as you can, and you can't add "It would be a completely different list tomorrow" like a big baby.

My Halloween Advent calendar. 9th OCT Another library album. Fear (1978) on the Bruton label. I particularly like the track Birdclusters by Paul Martin. This is "you're being secretly followed home by sinister goblins through a forest at night" music. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGFJ...

Spent a wonderfully fun and spooky evening at The London Palladium last night in the company of Prof. Reece Shearsmith performing his book tour show. We were also overjoyed by the surprise guests. No spoilers, in case they appear again. Reece's part storytelling, part memoir was published yesterday.

My Halloween advent calendar. 8th OCT Snakefinger & The Resident's 1980 cover version of the best track off of Ennio Morricone's score, The Exorcist 2: The Heretic (1977). www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kwow...

My Halloween advent calendar. 6th OCT A Nosferatu silver 7" from RSD 2016. Selections from James Bernard's 1995 score for the 1922 silent classic. That silhouette still remains one of the most chilling images in cinema. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcH3...

Last week, in conversation I stupidly said I needed one of those fluorescent 'hi res' jackets rather than saying 'hi vis' jackets. A FLAC jacket, perhaps? Gettin' old.

My Halloween advent calendar. 5th OCT 7" of the Hammer House Of Horror theme by Roger Webb. Saturday nights in 1980 were a treat for a young horror fan. A tune that still makes me feel excited, a bit anxious, but slightly melancholic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEBl...

Paul Putner (@realpaulputner.bsky.social) joins me for a chat about the Vectrex Arcade System, Treborland, Phone Home by Johnny Chingas, Holmes And Yoyo, Out Of Town (not that one), The Night Walker and more. Includes top TMWRNJ anecdotage! timworthington.org/2019/03/25/l...