Thrillville meets Creepy KOFY Movietime

With hosts Balrock and No-Name


Monica and I just taped a guest shot on our local horror host show, Creepy KOFY Movie Time, hosted by Balrock and No-Name. They show the cream of public domain crap with folksy, funny wraparounds. The head-banger meets hipster meets horror aesthetic is fun and informal. We met some cool folks there, as well as some old friends. It's a small, strange, swingin' little world we live in, mutually populated by ghouls, gals, geeks 'n' goons. I love all these goofy bastards!With James of the Deadlies and unidentified sexy blondeWith my pal Strephon
The "Naked Clothing" gals


The backstage atmosphere is very loose and fun, a real party. They tape a bunch of segments for various episodes all in one day. Their "house band" is the Deadlies, who've appeared in Thrillville before and will again on October 29 for THRILLVILLE'S GORE 'N' SNOREFEST at the Balboa. I've also booked these raucous retro rockers at Forbidden Island, where they encore October 11. We ran into our pals (and former Creepy KOFY guests) Dottie Luxe and Strephon and Heather Taylor who just stopped by to cheer on everybody else. There were some crazy funny comics and bawdy burlesque performers on the bill, as well as the folks behind "controversial" enterprise Psycho Donuts (hey, my natural mother was certifiably schizophrenic, and I don't take any offense - you gotta have a sense of humor about these things, they don't call it "funny farm" for nothin'!). Witch's Brew was there to plug their upcoming benefit for The San Francisco Ghost Society at El Rio. We also met talented "one man band" The Slow Poisoner, and some sexy models from Naked Clothing. It was like being on the set of an Ed Wood flick. We felt right at home. Or I did. Monica had trouble staying awake, but that's her role in Thrillville - the Bored Mommy. TBalrock and No Name couldn't have been more gracious hosts. They're good guys. Ghouls, whatever. In their intro they referred to us as "American icons." News to us. I plugged the Conga Lounge Oakland Mai Tai campaign and gave them copies of Bachelor Pad Magazine. I'll let you know when to set your TiVos. Cheers. With one man band "the Slow Poisoner"
With the Psycho Donuts medical team
Will Viharo

WILL "THE THRILL" VIHARO is a freelance writer and the author of several "gonzo pulp" novels including "A Mermaid Drowns in the Midnight Lounge," "Freaks That Carry Your Luggage up to the Room," "Chumpy Walnut," "Lavender Blonde," "Down a Dark Alley," and the “Vic Valentine, Private Eye” series, the first of which, "Love Stories Are Too Violent For Me," has been optioned for a film by Christian Slater, reissued in 2013 by Gutter Books, which also published the new Vic Valentine novel "Hard-boiled Heart" in December, 2015.

Two science fiction novels, "It Came from Hangar 18" and "The Space Needler's Intergalactic Bar Guide," were written in collaboration with Scott Fulks, who added real science to Will's pulp.

Will's own imprint, Thrillville Press, has issued a three volume anthology series featuring all of his standalone novels called "The Thrillville Pulp Fiction Collection," along with another omnibus called "The Vic Valentine Classic Case Files," which include four novels from the 1990s, "Fate Is My Pimp," "Romance Takes a Rain Check," "I Lost My Heart in Hollywood," and "Diary of a Dick," plus a recent short story, "Brain Mistrust."

More recently published books include the Vic Valentine "Mental Case Files" trilogy comprised of "Vic Valentine: International Man of Misery," "Vic Valentine: Lounge Lizard For Hire," and "Vic Valentine: Space Cadet"; the original story collection "Vic Valentine, Private Eye: 14 Vignettes"; the erotic horror noir novella "Things I Do When I'm Awake"; and a collection of erotic horror noir stories, "VIHORROR! Cocktales of Sex and Death."

Additionally Will has had stories included in a variety of anthologies including "Fast Women and Neon Lights: Eighties-Inspired Neon Noir"; "Mixed Up!"; "Long Distance Drunks: A Tribute to Charles Bukowski"; "Deadlines: A Tribute to William Wallace"; "Dark Yonder: Tales and Tabs"; "Knucklehead Noir" and "Weird Winter Wonderland" (both Coffin Hop Press); and "Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror."

Viharo's unique brand of "gonzo pulp fiction" combines elements of eroticism, noir, fantasy, and horror. For many years he has also been a professional film programmer/impresario and live music booker. He now lives in Seattle, WA with his wife and cats

https://www.thrillville.net
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