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Favorite Films: Point Break 2 Frontman Cops to His Guilty-Pleasure Movies: ‘Mortal Kombat,’ ‘Terror,’ ‘Elvis,’ More

Posted in Favorite Films, Features, Guilty Pleasures, Interviews, Lists with tags , , , , , , , on 09/19/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

Earlier this month saw a new release by Point Break 2 – no, not a sequel to the immortal 1991 surfing-undercover-cop-thriller-pseudohomoerotic-unintentional-comedy-action masterpiece starring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze, but rather a fresh record by a band using that amusing name as its moniker. Featuring members of Brooklyn indie bands These Are Powers and The Flag including Ted McGrath, Point Break 2’s self-titled EP dropped on Naturally Records.

McGrath originally assembled Point Break 2 to bide his time while The Flag’s second LP was in the works. But he hit it off so well with Flag bandmate Ryan Crozier, Jason Robira of Sunwatchers, Fixtures’ Kris Liakos and Billy Bouchard (Ice Balloons, Dancehall Crashers) that they decided to formalize Point Break 2 as a full-fledged project.

And how could they not, with a fuzzy, skronky song as infectious as lead single “Hall of Justice”?

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Top 20 Touch and Go Bands of All Time

Posted in Lists with tags , , , , , , , , , on 09/06/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

(Note: The number of releases and duration of time spent by the bands on the label factored into this ranking. Nor did it take into account bands that issued records through Touch and Go‘s sister label, Quarterstick Records.)

1. Shellac
2. The Jesus Lizard
3. Big Black
4. Slint
5. Scratch Acid
6. Die Kreuzen
7. Don Caballero
8. Girls Against Boys
9. The Black Heart Procession
10. The Delta 72
11. Killdozer
12. Blonde Redhead
13. Didjits
14. Quasi
15. The New Year
16. Silkworm
17. Man or Astro-man?
18. Laughing Hyenas
19. Brick Layer Cake
20. CocoRosie

(PS: Fuck Butthole Surfers)

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Best New Music Videos (August 2025): Packaging, Spaceface, Runnner, Cosmic Reaper, Oruã

Posted in Lists, Videos with tags , , , , , , , , , , on 08/31/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

We hear ya here at The Bad Penny: We cover too much metal, not enough metal, etc. One common denominator across all genres is that artists are capable of creating captivating, innovative, original, hilarious and harrowing music videos regardless of genre. With that in mind, here are the clips we enjoyed the most in the month of August, two thousand whatever.

1. Packaging’s “In Your Pocket”

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Tool’s 68 Songs, Ranked From ‘Invincible’ to ‘Disgustipated’

Posted in Lists, Reviews with tags , , , on 08/01/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

Because I said so. Order never subject to change.

1. “The Grudge”

2. “Invincible”

3. “The Patient”

4. “Sober”

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Best New Music Videos (July 2025): Spinal Tap, Deftones, Ozzy Osbourne Tribute, Kayo Dot

Posted in Lists, Videos with tags , , , , , on 07/31/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

Reading is such a bummer, man. Supposedly it leads to blurred vision and other maladies. Rock videos, on the other hand, are so much more fun – and, according to America’s beloved and revered Secretary of Health and Human Services, actually regenerate eyesight instead of damaging it. With that in mind, here’s a test-pilot of a potentially recurring series on The Bad Penny: The 10 most entertaining, hilarious and depraved videos of the month. Here are the ones that captivated us most in July:

1. Spinal Tap’s “Stonehenge” (feat. Elton John)

2. Orbit Culture’s “Hydra”

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Hollywood Vampires’ 17 Songs, Ranked

Posted in Comedy, Lists with tags , , , , , , on 07/31/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

Congratulations to Alice Cooper for cranking out the first album in a half-century with the original lineup of his band last week! As expected, The Revenge of Alice Cooper is a rollicking (or should we say “ROlliCKing”?!) good time. Album highlights include “Crap That Gets in the Way of Your Dreams” and “Intergalactic Vagabond Blues.”

But, sadly, the reunited band’s got nothing on the crowning achievement in Coop’s career (which, fun fact, got rolling in 1964, three years before Ozzy’s). That feat of cosmic — oops, “intergalactic” — magnificence is, of course, Hollywood Vampires.

In case you’ve been living in a cave, or better yet a mansion, Hollywood Vampires co-stars Johnny Depp and Aerosmith’s Joe Perry along with studio musician Tommy Henriksen, the guy who, of course, famously played bass for German power-metal band Warlock from 1987 to 1988). The “supergroup” — and, honest to God, has that term ever been used more loosely? — assembled in 2012. In what must be a shock to the “King of Shock Rock” himself, they’ve never broken up.

In honor of … I dunno, whatever … here’s a list of all the original songs Hollywood Vampires have composed in their 13 years of existence, over the course of two studio albums, ranked below from “best” to “worst.”

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The Jesus Lizard’s 103 Songs, Ranked From the G.O.A.T. to the … Just Don’t

Posted in Lists, Reviews with tags , , , , on 07/27/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

Because I said so. Order never subject to change.

1. “Gladiator”

2. “Destroy Before Reading”

3. “Monkey Trick”

4. “Boilermaker”

5. “Dancing Naked Ladies”

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Bad Penny Bests: Top 10 Best (And Worst) Meats

Posted in Comedy, Lists with tags , , on 07/11/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
Meat Puppets

You people can’t seem to read a full article these days unless it’s a Top 10 list. So The Bad Penny is jumping on the bandwagon from time to time and see if ours are as riveting as “Top 10 Substitutes for Mayonnaise,” “Top 10 Best Bob Seger Songs,” “Top 10 Ways to Sneeze Politely in Public,” etc.

Here’s our second one. We think. The first was abut clubs. We’re too lazy busy to comb through our labyrinthian archives to see if we’ve posted an edition during the sordid history of this website.

Top 10 Best Meats

1. The Meat Puppets

2. Meatwound

3. Meatballs

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Bad Penny Bests: Top 10 Best (And Worst) Clubs

Posted in Comedy, Lists with tags , , , , , , , , , on 07/05/2025 by Kurt Orzeck
Deaf Club

You people can’t seem to read a full article these days unless it’s a Top 10 list. So The Bad Penny is going to jump on the bandwagon from time to time and see if ours are as riveting as “Top 10 Substitutes for Mayonnaise,” “Top 10 Best Bob Seger Songs,” “Top 10 Ways to Sneeze Politely in Public,” etc.

Here’s our inaugural one. We think. We’re too lazy busy to comb through our labyrinthian archives to see if we’ve posted an edition during the sordid history of this website.

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15 Best QOTSA Parody Ideas for ‘Weird’ Al Yankovic to Create

Posted in Comedy, Doppelgängers, Lists with tags , , , on 06/15/2025 by Kurt Orzeck

Sure, they may be one of the biggest rock bands in the world, but let’s get real: Have Queens of the Stone Age truly “made it”?

Some would argue no for the simple reason that, some 30 years into their career, “Weird” Al Yankovic still hasn’t made a parody of even one QOTSA song. It’s a critical rite of passage in pop music, and until it happens, a musical act really hasn’t achieved irrefutable commercial success.

In an effort to help QOTSA finally break that glass ceiling, and to inspire Al to write some quality new parodies, here are The Bad Penny‘s Top 15 choicest ideas for QOTSA parody songs:

Original: “Regular John”
Parody: “Regular John Tesh“

Original: “Go With the Flow”
Parody: “Go With the Flomax“

Original: “Better Living Through Chemistry”
Parody: “Better Living Through Home Ec“

Original: “I Think I Lost My Headache”
Parody: “I Think I Lost My Keys“

Original: “Avon”
Parody: “The Avon Lady”

Original: “I Sat by the Ocean”
Parody: “I Sat by Billy Ocean (On a Plane)”

Original: “You Can’t Quit Me, Baby”
Parody: “You Can’t Quit Me, Baby Ruth“

Original: “The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret”
Parody: “The Lost Art of Wearing Secret Antiperspirant“

Original: “The Way You Used to Do”
Parody: “The Way You Used to Do the Mountain Dew“

Original: “Sick, Sick, Sick”
Parody: “Mick, Mick, Mick” (tribute song to Rocky Balboa’s deceased trainer/ manager)

Original: “My God Is the Sun”
Parody: “My God Is the Hamburger Bun”

Original: “Long Slow Goodbye”
Parody: “Long Slow Fart“

Original: “Keep Your Eyes Peeled”
Parody: “Keep Your Oranges Peeled“

Original: “How to Handle a Rope”
Parody: “How to Handle a Rope-a-Dope“

Original: “No One Knows”
Parody: “Owen’s Nose” (referring to actor Owen Wilson’s unusual facial appendage)
• Fun fact: QOTSA frontman Josh Homme told me he especially enjoyed this one.)

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