Australian, Experimental, Nonsense, Parody, Comedy, Synth Pop, Melbourne, Home Recorded; CD (Dual Plover) - VG Used condition
"For most of the '90s, the now defunct New Waver were one of the strangest and most entertaining bands in Melbourne - two unassuming public-servant types lurking behind cheesy synthesisers, with a singer who began most gigs naked, putting on an item of clothing after each song in a deadpan inversion of rock'n'roll behaviour. The music consisted of dinky covers of Top 40 hits with the lyrics changed to address the life of the office loser. Thus AC/DC's Jailbreak becomes Tea Break, a tale of workplace bullying around the water cooler, while the Rolling Stones' Start It Up becomes an ode to the socially stunted computer geek. This CD compiles the pick of New Waver's hilarious work. Key Track: Chadstone - in this remake of June Carter and Johnny Cash's Jackson, a suburban couple use their favourite shopping centre as a sex-life replacement." - Guy Blackman
Psychedelic, Charalambides, Avant Garde, Rock, Noise; CD on Australian 'Camera Obscura' Label - Excellent used condition
Primordial Undermind is led by ex-Crystalized Movements guitarist Eric Arn and features members of Charalambides. Active for more than a decade in different forms and in different cities, PU create a dense smattering of heat-influenced psychedelia containing oscillating whirly sounds, woven guitars and twin drumming. PU have toured and played shows with Kinski, Major Stars, Bardo Pond and Acid Mothers Temple. Leader E Arn also created the Texas Psych Fest, a sort of miniaturized version of the sporadic Terrastock festivals, of which they are two-time veterans.
Original cassette release of this Avant Free Jazz release from 1974 in Excellent used condition.
Of the handful of varying styles Santana recorded during his career, none reflects his nomadic musical exploration better than his 1974 collaborative LP with Alice Coltrane, Illuminations. The two came together very much due to Santana’s preoccupation with jazz, but both shared a common vision of expressing their spirituality through music. Coltrane’s musical path had been colored by spiritual exploration. She had explored Eastern spirituality and its music with her husband John Coltrane before carving out her own catalog of forward-thinking jazz. Santana’s own musical path also began in the San Francisco’s Mission District in the late 1960s – ground zero for free love and recreational drug use. The resulting record is as strange and fascinating as the pairing would suggest, although Illuminations fits better within Coltrane’s varied catalogue. By the mid-1970s, Coltrane had already released a number of free-form records that married avant-garde jazz, gospel, blues and devotional Hindu music. For Santana, it’s a work that was completely incomparable to anything else he had ever done. None of his previous releases hinted at the improvisational release that was to follow. Illuminations is the deepest Santana would ever delve into the world of jazz. Santana explained years later in Rolling Stone magazine, “This shit is not for me, I don’t care how enlightening it is.”
Australian, Experimental, Jazz, BJ Moriszonkle, Melbourne; Self released CD - Ex Used condition
"IMPOSSIBLE" is a good word to describe this Australian hooligan jazzcore quartet with 2 amazing tenor saxophones. They are impossibly terrible in everything that they do including the cover of their album and the volume of their recording! )))
I know only a few bands with THAT fantastic powerful energy, and THE IMPOSSIBLE NO GOODS shows it so easily! Absolutely crazy guys! ))) The only defect of this album is that it lasts only 17 minutes and 24 seconds. As for the rest, it is magical )) Favorite track: THE BULLSHIT. - OLGA KIVIUS
Rare, Conspiracy Theory, New World Order, Illuminati, Australian, Underground, Independent; A4 Handmade Paperback Book - VG cond - has some marks on front cover, perhaps where someone has erased pencil....
This rare as shit conspiracy theory nut-job publication is chock full! 169 pages of rants, some of which are incredibly intelligent, some not so.... Try find out any information about this publication or the author/editor Steven Adams. Almost impossible. This one is for the real collectors of the obscure....
"Dante and Shakespeare divide the modern world between them. There is no third." - T. S. Eliot
"Dante's poem is, for many, the greatest single work of Western literature." - Ian Thompson.
"I love my Dante as much as the Bible. He is my spiritual food, the rest is ballast." - James Joyce.
In the middle of our life's journey, I found myself in a dark wood/Bewildered, and I knew I had lost the way: so opens Dante's Divine Comedy, "the best book literature has achieved" as Jorge Luis Borges writes.
Dante's Inferno, one of the greatest works of European literature, and "the most original and audacious treatment of the afterlife in Western literature" dazzles with its vivid and inventive storytelling and imagery. However, it contains much more than poetry and theology; it displays Dante's wide and comprehensive learning, and his deep understanding of contemporary politics and society. "All life is contained in the poem, for Dante's was an all-encompassing imagination, that interwove classical philosophy with Catholic doctrine and contemporary politics," (Ian Thompson).
The thirty-three cantos of Inferno follow Dante, as, guided by the epic poet, Virgil, he travels through the nine descending circles of a freezing Hell, until he meets Satan trapped at the bottom. The Inferno is the most gripping and engaging book of The Divine Comedy, as Dante meets those damned for forbidden love, and all manner of human vices. (The damned, amusingly, include many of Dante's enemies!) Inferno is the logical conclusion of all that is worst in human life. It is bearable only because Dante eventually emerges. The Divine Comedy was written over a period of twenty years towards the end of Dante's life. It was appreciated as a masterpiece soon after its completion, and it has captivated both readers and the Western imagination ever since. The Inferno is the most widely translated book after the Bible. This edition is translated by the celebrated poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Conspiracy Theory, Illuminati, Freemasons, Culture, Sociopolitical; Paperback Book - New
James Shelby Downard, who died at the age of eighty-three in 1996, is one of the most compelling conspiracy theorists of the twentieth century. Robert Anton Wilson wrote that Downard’s “King-Kill” essay, regarding the involvement of Freemasons in the murder of John F. Kennedy, is “the most incredible Illuminati theory of them all.” Marilyn Manson wrote a song based on “King-Kill 33°,” and even two rock bands, one in Atlanta and the other in Seattle, named themselves after Downard’s piece. The Carnivals of Life and Death is James Shelby Downard’s thrilling life story, detailing the skullduggery and ritualism of the KKK and Freemasonry and how they imposed themselves on the young Downard and his family in Depression-era Deep-South America in the 1930s. Editor Elana Freeland writes in her introduction, “Downard’s tale is a piece of the puzzle of a very important period when networks of fraternal orders were front and center in consolidating techniques of sociopolitical control.” Interest in the hidden aspects of Freemasonry is reaching boiling point today, and James Shelby Downard’s eagerly awaited contribution to this secretive and little-known aspect of American culture will be widely read and discussed.
Horror, Gore, SOV, Independent, Bloodthirsty, Gruesome; DVD - New
Doug Ulrich made some amazing shot on video movies back in the day, like “Darkest Soul” and “Scary Tales” and this one, “Snuff Kill”. Doug is an avid horror fan and Ralis is the lead singer of a theatrical rock band. Together they set out to make their own “Horror Movie”. But during the filming of a murder scene, the special effects turn out to be all too real and Doug discovers the sinister side of his partner Rallis and his own fascination with real like horrors.
Grindcore, Documentary, Punk, Metal, Underground, Independent; DVD - New
Slave To The Grind is the very first documentary on Grindcore. It tackles its complex history, charting its rise from both punk and metal in the 80s. It was shot over 4 years in 9 countries on 4 continents. It was strictly DIY, with zero funding from studios or any corporate funding.
Hardcore, Grind, Noise, Shit-core, Chicago; Cassette (2015) - As new
Brutal 2015 release from Chicago’s power violence battalion. Bitter resentment and rancor straining under a harsh suffocating wall of brutish noise. Ruined and invalidated by the mundane carnage of daily existence. The demise of hope. Limited to 50 copies, this is the original cassette version from 2015 which was released as a 7" on Nerve Altar Records in 2016.
Noise Punk, Noise Rock, Melbourne, Lo-Fi, Garage Punk, Hardcore; Limited Edition Cassette - As new
This is the original 'Blowblood' release from 2015, limited to 50 copies - later re-issued in 2016 on 'Pissfart Records'.
Thrash, Death, Black, Grind, Punk, Metal, Melbourne; Cassette - As new
Brilliant death/thrash from Melbourne, this cassette is the long sold out second release from this heavy thrash trio. Cassette comes with glossy fold-out cassette card - a nice 7 track release for the black death thrash crowd....
