Inspired by this week's Jewish pastime of movies and Chinese food, the Los Angeles "Rocky Horror Picture Show" cast Sins o' the Flesh is hosting an inaugural Jewish-themed send-up of the midnight cult classic at the Landmark Nuart Theatre in West Los Angeles on Saturday, Dec. 22.

Each week, the Sins troupe performs a synchronized below-the-screen recreation of the film with sarcastic social jabs, bawdy sexuality and biting fan in-jokes. And the "Hebrew Horror" will be no different.

The event marks the first time the players have devoted an entire evening to poking fun at the Jewish community, said Sins co-cast leader Bernie Bregman, 28, who plays the title role of Rocky. He added that "Hebrew Horror" is likely the first Jewish theme night for any "Rocky Horror" cast since audience participation began in the late 1970s.

Read the rest at jewishjournal.com

SHOCK AND AWE SOUND OFF

We, that is KevJB and myself, recently reviewed the "Filthy Horror Show" cd.  While we were true to our opinions, we were a bit brutal (would you honestly want it any other way) and we received a response from Shock and Awe's "Teenage Bobby Awe" about our review:

I've just stumbled across this review - its cracking !

My band recieve all the flames, the world famous Shock and Awe, I thought you might be interested to hear how we were selected to play the most famous song from the movie.

We'd done a cover of a Replacements song for a previous filthy little angels compilation that had gone down really well with them. I'd ignored all requests for a rocky horror tribute as I'd never watched the movie, although I'd been subjected to the timewarp on numerous occasions.

They got in touch days before the album was due to come out and asked us again if we'd contribute. Seeing it as a bit of a challenge, I thought we might as well say yes. Our bassist had the album so we could work it out. But how to do it ?

If you're doing a cover version, you're in trouble from the start - if its an unknown song, its easy to impress people, but something as iconic as the timewarp theres no point in trying to cover it straight, otherwise it'll just be "not as good as the original" - pointless. Which is probably the reason why none of the other bands attempted it.

I looked at the words and to my surprise it was really well written - I'd written off rocky horror as that panto crap that people with no lives dress up to go and participate in

Its a joyous song in the soundtrack, so the obvious thing (for me) to do was to do a version that was devoid of joy. Part of the hook was the stop/start bits. We dropped them. Another hook was the big choruses, so I didnt even multitrack my voice. Basically I was trying to create the ANTI-Timewarp. I think the review proves that we were very succesful !

Cheers !
Teenage Bobby Awe

The Filthy Horror Show Available Now And Our Reviews

• Read Summers Review
• Read Kev JB's Review

That's right, the folks over at filthylittleangels.com have released a new collection, much like the "Absolute Pleasure" and "Rocky Horror Punk Rock Show" cd's.  Best of all, they are offering it to you, the fans, for absolutely nothing.  Free!  So, download it today.

Captain Polaroid - Science Fiction / Double Feature
Control-R - Dammit Janet
Kelly Kapowski - Over At The Frankenstein Place
Shock And Awe - The Time Warp
Roman Rappak Feat. Ian Simpson - Sweet Transvestite
Glasgow Glam Bangers Feat. Scunner - Sword Of Damocles
Later - I Can Make You A Man
Billy Ruffian - Hot Patootie (Bless My Soul)
The Star Fighter Pilot - I Can Make You A Man (Reprise)
Colette McKendrick - Touch-A Touch-A Touch Me
Start The Fans Please! - Once In A While
Alex Tornado - Eddie
Scunner - Planet Schmanet Janet
The Housewives - Rose Tint My World
The Sexual Hot Bitches - Floorshow / Fanfare / Don't Dream It (Be It)
FAUXfoe -Feat. Dorian Wood - I'm Going Home
Kissing Kalina - Super Heroes
Wojtek Godzisz - Science Fiction / Double Feature (Reprise)