The Sin Syndicate – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Hike up that skirt and show a little leg, we’re entering the world of psycho killers and girl boss pornographers for Episode 13 of The Sin Syndicate Podcast, “The Smut Picture Racket.” This week Gentry and Casey are joined by Toronto-based author Will Sloan, who has written a new critical reappraisal of Edward D. Wood Jr. entitled “Ed Wood: Made in Hollywood USA.” Join us as we discuss Wood’s career heading into the 1960s, as well as his final mainstream film, the sexploitation crime thriller, “The Sinister Urge,” a movie both ahead of and behind the times—anticipating the Roughie by half a decade through its depiction of a nudes-obsessed, knife-wielding sex maniac, while simultanously splicing in awkward footage from an unfinished delinquent youth picture, “Hellborn.” Put on your favorite angora sweater, grab a slice of pie from the cool kids pizza parlour, and come along as we investigate “The Smut Picture Racket.”

Buy Will Sloan’s book from OR Books
Instagram with us at The Sin Syndicate
Follow us on Letterboxd: Gentry & Casey
Check out the Something Weird Channel
Listen to other podcasts on Someone's Favorite Productions
Contact us: thesinsyndicatepodcast@gmail.com

Timestamps:
(00:00:31) Opening
(00:01:39) Pete Perry Updates
(00:06:22) Will Sloan Intro
(00:22:25) The Sinister Urge
(00:31:22) Pornography
(00:38:12) Psycho
(00:49:14) Post 1960
(00:55:43) The Players
(01:06:22) The Wood Estate
(01:17:06) Buy the Book
(01:18:07) Final Thoughts

Think like a normal, clean living man and join us for “Too Much Sex Fizz,” Episode 12 of The Sin Syndicate Podcast, where Gentry and Casey teleport to Dr. Breedlove’s laboratory high in the mountains of Broadaslavia for a well-rounded (ahem) discussion of director Pete Perry's 1964 monster mash nudie-cutie, “Kiss Me Quick!” In this episode we discuss the early career of legendary producer Harry Novak, the origins of the dumbest films ever made, and peek behind the pseudonymous curtain of Seymour Tuchus. Listen as Casey outs himself as a “Little” Jack Little apologist and Gentry gets schooled on the difference between a general release film and an adults only picture. Don’t forget to shoot your sexbomb into the pool before it explodes.

Instagram with us at The Sin Syndicate
Follow us on Letterboxd: Gentry & Casey
Check out the Something Weird Channel
Listen to other podcasts on Someone's Favorite Productions
Contact us: thesinsyndicatepodcast@gmail.com

Timestamps:
(00:00:31) Opening
(00:01:32) Shannon's Women exists
(00:04:12) Cathy Crowfoot news items
(00:07:02) Intro to nudie-cuties
(00:13:28) László Kovács MVP
(00:17:20) Wonderful World of Girls
(00:20:35) The Novak catalog
(00:23:00) The Kiss Me Quick! production
(00:25:32) Who is Pete Perry
(00:33:30) Buckalew/Pete team
(00:41:42) Breedlove's girls
(00:47:20) The strange men
(00:52:15) The surf rock 
(00:54:47) Monster Nudies
(00:59:23) Sexist?
(01:14:14) Our favorite nudie-cuties
(01:23:18) Director of Peter's Pets
(01:28:04) What's next

The Sin Syndicate presents The Short Ends, the first in a series of bite-sized bonus episodes. This minisode includes further discussion from Episode 4 around the cast of Andy Milligan's "Seeds" as well as conversation about his rarely seen Caffe Cino-shot film, "Compass Rose." 

Instagram with us at The Sin Syndicate
Follow us on Letterboxd: Gentry & Casey
Check out the Something Weird Channel
Listen to other podcasts on Someone's Favorite Productions
Contact us: thesinsyndicatepodcast@gmail.com
Special thanks to Alex DiSanto

The Sin Syndicate, film critic Gentry Austin and adult film historian Casey Scott, are joined by Andy Milligan obsessive, Alex DiSanto, for a discussion about Andy’s lost 1960s sexploitation films before a deep dive into the production of 1968’s messy family masterpiece, “Seeds.”

Instagram with us at The Sin Syndicate
Follow us on Letterboxd: Gentry & Casey
Purchase the disc at Vinegar Syndrome, Severin
Check out the Something Weird Channel
Listen to other podcasts on Someone's Favorite Productions
Contact us: thesinsyndicatepodcast@gmail.com

https://letterboxd.com/manofsteel26/Timestamps:
(00:01:24) Corrections
(00:04:41) Alex DiSanto Intro
(00:08:05) The Promiscuous Sex
(00:15:04) The Naked Witch
(00:25:32) The Degenerates
(00:33:42) Depraved!
(00:47:03) The Filthy Five
(01:06:22) Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me
(01:15:41) Tricks of the Trade
(01:32:15) Gutter Trash
(01:40:28) Seeds  

The Sin Syndicate, film critic Gentry Austin and adult film historian Casey Scott, try to uncover the invisible mysteries of Doris Wishman photographer C. Davis Smith's 1966 toe-sucking, kung fu fighting, milk modeling, sexy spy thriller, “The Girl from S.I.N.” 

Instagram with us at The Sin Syndicate
Follow us on Letterboxd: Gentry & Casey
Purchase the disc at Vinegar Syndrome, Severin
Check out the Something Weird Channel
Listen to other podcasts on Someone's Favorite Productions
Contact us: thesinsyndicatepodcast@gmail.com
https://www.somethingweird.com/Additional research by Alex DiSanto

The Sin Syndicate, film critic Gentry Austin and adult film historian Casey Scott, take a look at their namesake, Michael Findlay's 1965 sex trafficking noir, "The Sin Syndicate."

Instagram with us at The Sin Syndicate
Follow us on Letterboxd: Gentry & Casey
Check out the Something Weird Channel
Listen to other podcasts on Someone's Favorite Productions
Contact us: thesinsyndicatepodcast@gmail.com

An introduction to The Sin Syndicate, the ONLY podcast dedicated to 1960s sexploitation, hosted by film critic Gentry Austin and adult film historian Casey Scott. In this episode we briefly introduce ourselves, attempt to define sexploitation, and discuss our overall aim with this project. 

Instagram with us at The Sin Syndicate
Follow us on Letterboxd: Gentry & Casey
Check out the Something Weird Channel
Listen to other podcasts on Someone's Favorite Productions
Contact us: thesinsyndicatepodcast@gmail.com

In the second bite-sized episode of our Short Ends series, Gentry and Casey try to navigate the choppy waters of minority depiction within sexploitation, specifically with regard to white actors playing other races, which is central to the plot of Ed Forsyth’s “The Ramrodder,” which was covered in Episode 11. We recommend you listen to that episode first, then join us for this discussion, however awkward it may be, and hopefully you'll meet us meet us halfway in trying to understand this ever-evolving issue.


Instagram with us at The Sin Syndicate
Follow us on Letterboxd: Gentry & Casey
Check out the Something Weird Channel
Listen to other podcasts on Someone's Favorite Productions
Contact us: thesinsyndicatepodcast@gmail.com

The heat is on. Join us for “Do It In the Dust,” Episode 11 of The Sin Syndicate Podcast, where Gentry and Casey take a hike to Topanga Canyon and learn to love the lash as they ride with Ed Forsyth’s 1969 Nudie Western, “The Ramrodder.” In this episode we discuss the film’s Manson Family connections, if it was really shot at the infamous Spahn Ranch, as well as dig deep into the sexploitation careers of its key players: Kathy Williams, Jim Gentry, Julia Blackburn and Marsha Jordan. A naughty oater that places as much emphasis on the rites and rituals of the Native people as it does Kathy’s firm body, it is a film both deceptively progressive, and per the times, routinely thorny (and horny). So saddle up your steed, watch out for toothless bandits, and join us as we try to make sense of this slick and sexy cowboy picture.

Instagram with us at The Sin Syndicate
Follow us on Letterboxd: Gentry & Casey
Check out the Something Weird Channel
Listen to other podcasts on Someone's Favorite Productions
Contact us: thesinsyndicatepodcast@gmail.com

Timestamps:
(00:00:31) Opening
(00:01:12) Milligan at Tribeca Recap
(00:18:18) Intro to The Ramrodder
(00:35:43) The Production
(00:43:02) Spahn Ranch
(00:49:54) Jim Gentry
(00:56:14) Kathy Williams 
(01:03:30) Julia Blackburn
(01:05:36) The Whip
(01:07:40) Don't Watch Brand of Shame
(01:14:00) Marsha Jordan, Medicine Woman 
(01:22:37) Other Nudie Westerns
(01:35:29) Closing Thoughts

Swing your hips, lick your lips, and take “A Vacation from Men” with Episode 10 of The Sin Syndicate Podcast, where Casey and Gentry take their Corvette down Hollywood Blvd and spend some time with writer/director/raconteur William Rotsler’s lesbian-yearning sexploitation film, “The Girl with Hungry Eyes.” This wild ride from 1966 stars Native American actress Cathy Crowfoot, common law cabin girl Adele Rein, and Rotlser himself as a great, white, heterosexual savior. Join us as we scratch only the surface of Rotsler’s multifaceted career, discuss his relationship with sleaze distributor Harry Novak, and talk the joys of casting yourself in sex films. 

Instagram with us at The Sin Syndicate
Follow us on Letterboxd: Gentry & Casey
Check out the Something Weird Channel
Listen to other podcasts on Someone's Favorite Productions
Contact us: thesinsyndicatepodcast@gmail.com