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Kembra Pfahler and Mike Kuchar are two of my favorite people. And, they have collaborated on a number of projects together. There is something especially messy, uncanny and sick about their film “Purgatory Junction”. A profound dark melodrama haunts all of the characters in this epic soap opera. Kembra stars as the fantastically tortured teen delinquent daughter of a tired porn star who orchestrates her child’s rape.

Mike actually bestowed Kembra’s band with their name: The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black. The bands performances are brutal and spectacular. One of my favorite acts is when eggs are smashed on Kembra’s vagina and ooze out colored paint. After Mike saw one of the bands early performances he mentioned to Kembra that it was like seeing “the voluptuous horror of Karen Black”. History was written.

Mike has one of the best vocabularies around; check out his intro in the bands c.d. book.

Mike was kind enough to lend me some pictures of him and Kembra from their days in the golden 80’s of New York.

Polaroid of Kembra and Mike

Cover for one The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black early albums.

Mike’s intro to the band (and Kembra’s vagina sewn up)

Paint filled eggs being cracked on Kembra’s vagina

Mike at train station in Berlin