Amazon Women

05.31.05

Top ten lists are always fun, so I thought I'd rank some of my current favorites.

Sheila's Random Top Ten

1. Amazon Women On The Moon (1987)

This film has been slammed as "wholly unfunny" but I wholly disagree. It's a series of ludicrous skits featuring '80s champions Arsenio Hall, Steve Guttenberg (someone please locate this genius and give him the retrospective he deserves!), Rosanna Arquette, Kelly Preston. My fave scene: charity infomercial with Don "No Soul" Simmons and B.B. King to help blacks born without soul.

2. Sylvie Vartan "Est-ce Que Tu Le Sais?" (1962)

I've had some pretty harsh words for Sylvie Vartan's poor handling of American pop and R&B, but after watching Sylvie twist to this ubiquitous Ray Charles cover on her first Scopitone (the sixties equivalent of a music video) I grew to love this track.

3. 野良猫ロック：セックスハンター (1970) (Stray Cat Rock Sex Hunter)

Japan's sexy good witch, Mieko Kaji (pictured) was a major influence on Tarantino and KILL BILL. Sex Hunter, the third in a series of five Stray Cat Rock films, casts Mieko Kaji as the leader of a vicious yet kind-hearted girl gang caught in a battle between the "pure" Japanese and the half-breeds. Real half-breed girl group Golden Half make a live appearance.

4. Kishin Shinoyama: NUDE (1970)

There are blonde girls baking in the desert, Japanese cuties posing on Tokyo rooftops, and an Afro girl running in the mountains. Possibly the most gorgeous photo-erotica I've ever come across. I promise to post some shots soon.

5. UNCUT magazine

America will never do music magazines like the British. We just ain't got the historical perspective nor the guts to dismiss what's bad (although the excess of four stars in UNCUT tells me the British are going a bit soft as well). Try to overlook the incessant gushing about Bob Dylan and the Band, because there's some really great writing in here.

6. Stevie Nicks

Maybe it was the drapes of flowing black lace or her bearded band-mates (too much facial hair reminds me of the '70s- one era I have yet to appreciate) that turned me off Stevie Nicks, but all of a sudden I feel the need to know more about this woman. Any Stevie experts 'round here who can suggest where to start? E-mail me- editor@chachacharming.com

7. Corinne Charby: Pile Ou Face (1987) + Boule De Flipper (1986)

'80s French idol pop- all synthesized all ultra-melodic. Thanks to Nassim and Antoine for the introduction.

8. School Of Rock (2003)

Jack Black's facial expressions make me smile from start to finish (well except during Sarah Silverman's parts cause somebody forgot to tell her that not all comedians can act).

9. Lionel Richie: Running With The Night (1983)

With the Toto boys on guitar, Richard Marx on background vocals, and '80s cheeseball Lionel Richie, it could've all gone so horribly wrong (like "All Night Long" and "Dancing On The Ceiling"), but Brill Building couple Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann rarely wrote a bad song.

10. http://thesuperficial.com/

The anonymous way to indulge in celebrity voyeurism.

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I'm off to Chicago on Thursday for work, so I'll check in from there.

Sheila

Posted by Sheila at 07:38 PM