New Album Coming Soon

Hello friends. In addition to new podcasts coming your way with guests like Author David Kopf who will be discussing REPO MAN and others with me, movie and Irish music enthusiast (and my #1 friend these days) Laurence (we’ll forgive his love of the Cranberries). and my friend in Canada who I always enjoy talking films with: Hermione. Stay tuned and subscribe only not in that order.

Furthermore, I have completed the first final version of a song for the new album. It’s called “I am Loving Awareness (Ambient version)” I will update you here on my blog. I anticipate it being finished quite soon. You’ll be able to buy all my newly drafted tracks at a very discounted price before Summer. The album is called “Guitar Infusion” -The music of Damien Riley 2022. It will be released asap. The first song is included below for free.

http://www.reverbnation.com/open_graph/song/33000598

Head Count (2016)

This is an indy film I defy anyone to disparage. Did it take a while to get going? Yes. Was it worth it in the house when the group starts freaking out, YES.

As usual I fail to identify with the blind allegiance to a sibling in a film. The “addict” is more grown up if you asked me. The preppie is a “shitehead” but that’s just my hippie perspective. Watching this film makes me want to grab my friends and go to JOshua tree to do shrooms. That’s what these dudes end up doing and as they say, shit goes down. Not all who wander are lost. Both brothers suck at acting but hey. hang in there it’s worth it.

You have a rental at Joshua Tree, the mystic place of retreat and LSD. Those parts are beautifully filmed. I live in Apple Valley which is one of the only places in the world where they grow. IN fact they are endangered and protected. But I digress. The prep is there for his bro (yeah right). The hippie is there for his own spine and getting blazed.

Chicks show up as you would imagine. Drugs start coming out and everybody gets stoned and fried. Again, shit acting but hang in there.

In the climax, we see something so cool that I refuse to spoil. What makes it so scary to me is that I have been in charge of people a lot in my life. To just have one pop up and then disappear willy nilly would scare the fuck out of me. There isn’t anything else redeeming about it. I gave it a hugely high score because the climax idea and writing is so good. It was as if the director said, don’t worry about dialog or acting until the thing starts to happen. When it does, everybody spins around it religiously and that when the shit acting improves and the film becomes one of my favorites. What did you think of “Head Count?”

Update from Damien Riley – Blue Skies Ahead for Riley on Film

Hi listeners, friends, and family I wanted to let you know I am creating my web presence here at this new site on WordPress.com The only one I’m posting is the last on my main site and the first here on the lovely and furious WordPress.com My latest one is below. Enjoy.

I wont be uploading past episodes, the here and now begins soon 😉 Note: all past present and future episodes live on Anchor.fm for your earholes. I will cross post them here at rileyonfilm.com You should not have to change your previous bookmarks.

For your info: This site is cross-posted material. The pure source of this podcast is at https://anchor.fm/damien-riley

I hope you know you can enjoy my podcast on 9 platforms so try me on yours. My top choices are Google Podcasts and Spotify. Here’s recent post of mine. More to follow. Wanna be in my gang? JUst subscribe and listen pal!