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outrage , i saw this when i was a kid . it got 8 outta 10 stars on imdb . its on you tube , we were watching it and both realized robert culp looks a lot like a certain psychorasinbear !

i was looking for this pcp made for tv movie , the kid in the charger chanting "gotta get the devil" as he drives it into a train . couldnt find it ! anyone remember that , was it robbie benson , white hot maybe ?

going to have to find some more of these classics !

check it out :

Outrage (1973) Part 1

Wow--thanks so much for posting this.  Treme is a great show, and the role of Nawlins Music in it is huge.  So amazing that John Goodman's character is Ashley!  Wow. 
Steve

It sure has been a while since anyone has posted anything. Just checking the pulse. Is there any new news in 'dot land? I was pleasantly suprised to see a new Graveblankets EP is out, with a album to follow(?). Here's to keeping this site alive and well, seeing as a lot of work was put into it to keep it up and running.
Cheers!
Peter

This is incredibly cool and a great tribute. I'll have to pick it up on DVD sometime.

Most of you know that Ashley Morris was the creator of the original psychodots web site and a longtime fan starting in the late 70s. He died suddenly and unexpectedly about two years ago, way too young.

For some reason I was thinking about Ashley today and for the first time in a long time I checked his old blog, which his widow Hana still updates occasionally. Turns out that there's a new HBO series called Treme, about life in New Orleans post-Katrina, and it features a character played by John Goodman, who is primarily based on Ashley! Pretty freakin' amazing. Has anyone seen the show?

Here are some links to find out more:

http://www.nola.com/treme-hbo/index.ssf/2010/04/blogger_ashley_morris_provides.html

http://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2010/04/after_katrina_when_every_day_w.html

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/apr/07/entertainment/la-et-treme-goodman7-2010apr07

http://www.hbo.com/#/treme

and Hana's reaction at:

http://ashleymorris.typepad.com/ashley_morris_the_blog/2010/04/so-i-am-watching-the-interview-with-david-simon-about-treme-and-watching-the-bit-with-john-goodman-listening-to-him-saying.html

If you never saw Ashley's blog, he used it as an activist in reaction to the bungling of the Katrina disaster. His style was confrontational and profane, which no doubt rubbed a lot of people the wrong way (at the time I first saw it, I must admit I was a little put off by the level of his vitriol, deserved or not). Ashley was also a huge fan of the TV show The Wire, and he corresponded with and ended up befriending the show's creator, David Simon. Simon is the creator of Treme, and he added the character based on Ashley late in the development of the series. I haven't seen it, but apparently Goodman spews some dialog that's taken almost directly from one of Ashley's best-known blog entries entitiled "Fuck you, you fucking fucks." -- you can read it as reposted recently by Hana on Ashley's blog here:

http://ashleymorris.typepad.com/ashley_morris_the_blog/2010/05/fuck-you-you-fucking-fucks.html

As a bonus the series is apparently presented mainly from the perspective of musicians.

Ashley was quite a guy, and he never stopped being a Raisins / dots fan.

-scooob

In the past it has been on the Coke Zero Stage on the Pagoda Plaza, which is right behind the timing tower.
Kevin

Thanks for the heads-up, I'll get it fixed ASAP.

Jeff, you have the Indy Speedway show listed on the front page as May 15 but it's actually Sunday May 16. There was confusion over this because Bob's MySpace page was showing dates incorrectly.

Also I think the start time is 2:00, not 2:30, in the Pagoda Plaza, not the Coke Zero Pavilion, but you may want to check with Bob on those details.

Finally got these on the front page.  I'm hoping to make it to the Cincy Zoo and Indianapolis Motor Speedway this year in addition to Canal Street. Here's hoping to see most/all of you on the 22nd.

Jeff, you have the Indy Speedway show listed on the front page as May 15 but it's actually Sunday May 16. There was confusion over this because Bob's MySpace page was showing dates incorrectly.

Finally got these on the front page.  I'm hoping to make it to the Cincy Zoo and Indianapolis Motor Speedway this year in addition to Canal Street. Here's hoping to see most/all of you on the 22nd.