The Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film by Michael J. Weldon

The same goes for copies of the two books - which are out of print. If you can get ahold of any of the old issues of Psychotronic Video magazine - I highly recommend grabbing them up. Michael and Mia Weldon in the Augusta Georgia Psychotronic store.

Again, it took him a little time - but he recently launched the third iteration of the Psychotronic Store - and he took to the airwaves again - another Friday night radio show, this time on Rock 95 in Augusta. Weldon moved again - this time to Augusta Georgia. The second iteration of the Psychotronic store, Chincoteague Island, Va.Īfter a couple of years - Mr. After that I listened to his show most Friday nights on the interweb - his playlist was just as eclectic as his taste in movies, thank goodness! I called the request line one night during the show and we had a nice chat.

Weldon for several years, but eventually caught up with him thanks to social networking - discovering he was running a Psychotronic record and movie shop and doing a Psychotronic radio show from Chincoteague Island in Virginia - a move he'd made in the late 90's to avoid Y2K, believe it or not. I was over the moon at this honor!Įventually, publishing a magazine like Psychotronic Video - with its niche audience - was no longer financially viable - so it folded.

I opened it up in the bookstore soon after its publication - and guess who got Special Thanked up front in the book - that's right - ME! (Along with all of the magazine's contributors over the years). Weldon published a second book - a sequel to the Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film called The Psychotronic Video Guide. I went on to get interviews with Dean Stockwell ( Quantum Leap), Maxwell Caulfield ( Grease 2), and Dan Roebuck ( Lost) for the magazine, as well as celebrity photos holding the magazine - Edward Woodward ( The Wicker Man), Dan Roebuck, Joshua Jackson ( Fringe), Miguel Ferrer ( Robocop), Michelle Williams ( Oz the Great and Powerful).ĭuring this time Mr. (I'm also proud that on the not often maintained Psychotronic Video website - my Brion James interview was one of only a few from the magazine to be published on the website.) But that interview got finished and appeared in the next published issue of Psychotronic Magazine! I had my name in print - plus I got a lifetime subscription to the magazine, as well as several copies of the issue my interview appeared in.

The Psychotronic Encyclopedia of Film by Michael J. Weldon