TMBDOS! Episode 155: "Truck Turner" (1974).

This week Lee and Daniel hitch a ride with Isaac Hayes as "Truck Turner" (1974), in this highly entertaining blaxploitation film, co-starring Yaphet Kotto, Nichelle Nichols, Scatman Crothers and the recently departed Dick Miller! Coors Beer, KFC two-piece meals, over-the-top pimp fashion sense, and quality squib work are among the topics brought up. Listener comments are also gone through, where we talk about how we can make or break a writer's career. Stick with us - we got beer and we'll buy you a (cheap) chicken dinner. "Truck Turner" IMDB  Check out our friend Kit Power's work. Daniel's other fine podcasts: Wrong With Authority I Don't Speak German  Featured Music: "Hospital Shootout" & "Main Theme" by Isaac Hayes.

TMBDOS! Episode 154: "The Black Klansman" (1966) & "...Tick...Tick...Tick..." (1970).

Lee and Daniel tackle two proto-blaxploitation films this week. First off it's well-known shlockster Ted V. Mikels' "The Black Klansman" (1966) and then they look at a far more well-made effort in Ralph Nelson's "...Tick...Tick...Tick..." (1970). They learn about rural racists, more details about the internal politics of the KKK, whiteface doing blackface doing whiteface, double hairpieces, terribly inappropriate theme songs, and the exalted cyclops! Also, going into listener comments, they discover that they are hipster bores. What they've watched as of late is also covered. "The Black Klansman" IMDB  "...Tick...Tick...Tick..." IMDB  The Psychosemantic Podcast  Featured Music: "The KKK Took My Baby Away" by The Ramones; "Theme from ...Tick...Tick...Tick..." by Tompall & The Glaser Brothers; and "The Black Klansman" by Tony Harris.

TMBDOS! Episode 153: "BlacKkKlansman" (2018).

Lee and Daniel check out Spike Lee's Oscar-nominated "based on a true story" drama "BlacKkKlansman" (2018). Just how true to life is it really? Does it tackle it's subject matter in an effective manner, or does the lighthearted tone undermine the serious race issues being talked about. Is it no more than just a slickly-made propaganda piece? This and more is pondered by the hosts, who also tackle more listener comments, as well as talking about what they've watched as of late. "BlacKkKlansman" IMDB  Daniel's podcast about Alt-Right and Nazi shitheels, "I Don't Speak German"  Feature Music: "Blut Und Boden (Blood and Soil)" by Terence Blanchard & "Ball of Confusion" by The Temptations.

TMBDOS! Episode 152: "Coffy" (1973) & "Foxy Brown" (1974).

Lee and Daniel kick off a month looking at Blaxploitation films with two iconic Jack Hill-directed and Pam Grier-starring films: 1973's "Coffy" & 1974's "Foxy Brown". Grier as an actress and cinematic icon is mulled over. Pimps with moose knuckle, dyke bars, rape, racism & Sid Haig are also touched upon. On top of that there's an extended segment of responding to listener comments and a brief mention of what Daniel has been watching that leads into a rant about how shitty Netflix's interface is. "Coffy" IMDB  "Foxy Brown" IMDB  Featured Music: "End of Sugarman" & "Exotic Dance" by Roy Ayers, and "Whatever You Do (Do it Good)" & "Theme of Foxy Brown" by Willie Hutch.

Blood on the Tracks Episode 20: Back in Blaxploitation.

Lee has finally returned back to a topic he first covered in episode 2: Blaxploitation. This episode and the next will cover a whole hell of a lot of music Lee couldn't fit into that first episode. Get ready to open your ears to cuts from films giving us some of the baddest motherfuckers and fine-ass ladies to ever grace the exploitation genre. Playlist: --Easin' In from "Hell Up in Harlem" (1973) -- Edwin Starr --Good to the Last Drop & Blacula Strikes from "Blacula" (1972) -- Gene Page --Theme from Shaft from "Shaft" (1971) -- Isacc Hayes --Blowin' Your Mind from "Shaft's Big Score" (1972) -- Gordon Parks --Shaft In Africa (Addis) from "Shaft In Africa" (1973) -- Johnny Pate --Theme From Three Tough Guys from "Three Tough Guys" (1974) -- Isacc Hayes --Mr. Jonathan from "Black Shampoo" (1976) -- Gerald Lee --The Rumble from "Dolemite" (1975) -- Soul Rebellion Orchestra --"T" Stands for Trouble from "Trouble Man" (1972) -- Marvin Gaye --A Good Man is Gone from "Sheba Baby" (1975) -- Barbara Mason --Keep On Movin' On from "Willie Dynamite" (1974) -- Martha Reeves --Across 110th Street (Instrumental) from "Across 110th Street" (1972) -- J.J. Johnson --Little Child Running Wild from "Super Fly" (1972) -- Curtis Mayfield Opening and closing music: Money Orgy from "Danger Diabolik" by Ennio Morricone & Main Theme from "The Horror of Dracula" by James Bernard.