NFTV: 12/12

Fresh from the vault, an original episode of Night Flight that surveys early TV performances and visuals from rock canon, before the music video revolution. Check out some legendary Beat Club performances (in impeccable quality from the 2 inch masters), stick around for Night Flight Trivia and bonus: all the original commercials.

Before Rock ‘n’ Roll Nightmare, there was Zombie Nightmare! Adam West joins Tia Carrere (Wayne’s World) and the Legendary Rock Warrior John Mikl “Thor” (Rock ‘n’ Roll Nightmare,) in this macabre tale of voodoo and violence, terror and suspense, and revenge from beyond the grave! Tony Washington (Thor) foils a robbery at a local grocery store only to be run o...Read More

New Orleans Nutrias, Dusty and Treasure, win a vacation package to the North Pole - now a tourist destination built up as a Vegas-Style villiage. They enjoy a complimentary suite in the famed Ice Cave Hotel. The orange-toothed couple are even treated to a free musical extravaganza hosted by Santa Clause (played by Al Scramuzza). Is this free dream vacation too good ...Read More

"More than music, more than television: it's FM-TV!" Tonight, let us take you on an incredible journey through 1980s entertainment ephemera. FM-TV was Night Flight creator Stuart Shapiro's short-lived prime time cable companion series aimed at a slightly different demographic. Fresh from the archives, this relic from 1983 features a dance sequence in between ever...Read More

"More than music, more than television: it's FM-TV!" Tonight, let us take you on an incredible journey through 1980s entertainment ephemera. FM-TV was Night Flight creator Stuart Shapiro's short-lived prime time cable companion series aimed at a slightly different demographic. Part two features a lost Doors documentary, interview with members of Journey, rare Cat St...Read More

Released in early 1999, The Drum Buddy show – half spoof, half real infomercial – captures a special time in the New Orleans underground / weirdo scene. Ernie K-Doe, who scored a #1 hit in 1961 with the song “Mother In Law”, was at the beginning of an epic comeback, and the bohemian fantasy world of New Orleans’ 9th Ward was reaching creative Zenith. That scene was...Read More

Minimal electronic abstraction and '80s Japanese-inspired pop from Kate NV.

“intertwined etymologies of spirit and breath” from RVNG Intl.'s Ka Baird.

Beyond The Valley Of The Doll’s David Gurian is among the victims of Drugs & Alcohol in Classroom Scare-Film "A Crutch For All Seasons." A 1960's scare film portrays real-life situations where young people become addicted to marijuana and drug use or alcohol use. The destructive effects of drugs and alcohol are demonstrated.

Tonight, we’re opening Night Flight’s closely guarded vaults and dedicating a full hour to Video Classics. “The diamonds, emeralds, pearls, gold, frankincense and myrrh of video history” host Tom Juarez explains in one of his interstitial antics. Catch the episode in our 1990’s Syndication Episodes row!

Frank Zito (a career performance by co-writer/co-executive producer Joe Spinell) is a deeply disturbed man, haunted by the traumas of unspeakable childhood abuse. And when these horrific memories begin to scream inside his mind, Frank prowls the seedy streets of New York City to stalk and slaughter innocent young women. Directed by William Lustig (Maniac Cop) and fe...Read More

A look at conspiracy theory The Montauk Project, America’s satanic cult movement, how to build a working time machine and LA’s fetish ball.

Experimental filmmaker and author Kenneth Anger's discusses the work of Aleister Crowley at Richard Metzger's DisinfoCon, 2000.

L7: Pretend We're Dead takes us on an all-access journey into the 1990's grunge movement that took the world by storm, and the band that helped define it as the genre of a generation. Culled from over 100 hours of vintage home movies taken by the band, never-before-seen performance footage, and candid interviews, L7: Pretend We're Dead is an engrossing time capsule ...Read More

Rolling Stone: Life and Death of Brian Jones is the new documentary from acclaimed filmmaker Danny Garcia. Exploring the rise of Brian Jones and the Rolling Stones as well as the untimely death of Jones, Garcia paints an interesting and revealing picture of doomed pop star.