Surburbia, Punk, Heavy Metal, Satanism, Social Issue, Youth Culture; Paperback Book - Good Used condition (Ex Library book, has library stickers, external and internal)
Teenage Wasteland provides memorable portraits of "rock and roll kids" and shrewd analyses of their interests in heavy metal music and Satanism. A powerful indictment of the often manipulative media coverage of youth crises and so-called alternative programs designed to help "troubled" teens, Teenage Wasteland draws new conclusions and presents solid reasons to admire the resilience of suburbia's dead end kids. "The best book on contemporary youth culture."―Rolling Stone
Punk, Underground, Comic, Adults Only, Australian; Large Scale Paperback Book - New
COLLECTED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ONE VOLUME, HIGH VOLTAGE PUBLISHING PRESENTS A SELECTION OF DONNY RATS WORK GATHERED FROM THE LAST TWENTY YEARS. INCLUDING OBSCURE AND LONG FORGOTTEN MINI COMIX, FANZINES, MAIL ART, GIG FLYER'S, ONE OFFS AND D. RATS OWN NOTORIOUS PUBLICATIONS: HUMAN DOGPOUND, DEVIL WORSHIP AND DNA.
Specs: 160 pages printed on thick 200gsm paper • 230mm x 295mm
PLUS BONUS LIMITED EDITION STUFF: (see images)
1. Compilation CD with selected tracks from D. Rat's music career.
2. D. Rat Mini Poster for you to frame.
BE ADVISED: THIS BOOK CONTAINS ADULT MATERIAL AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN
Art, Street Art, Graphic Design, Skateboarding, Punk, Graffiti; Paperback Book - Ex Used condition
Berlin based graphic designer SUPERBLAST was immersed in the world of punk rock and skateboarding when he discovered graffiti in 1990 and quickly became addicted to the energy and vitality of the street art underground. As a logical evolution of writing with spraypaint, he started a career as graphic designer in 1999. While studying graphic design, he freelanced for several urban brands, had solo and collective art shows. In 2004 he honed his skills in the beautiful craft of creating letters, by attending lessons in Fontdesign from the world-famous Luc(as) de Groot. His unique iconic style and use of color in illustrations, lettering and wall pieces lead him to projects with some of the most interesting and innovative artists and companies in his field. Most notable are his collaborations with Playstation Portable, Ecko Unltd, Volkl Skateboards, Montana Cans, and many more. SUPERBLAST has designed clothing, graphics, magazine ads, and skateboard decks. Neo Utopia The Art & Work of Superblast is a fascinating career retrospective from a pioneer of the European graffiti world. Included is a personal selection of graphic design work, graffiti, illustration, ad campaigns, logo design, typography and related art of the past 17 years as well as sketches and full color photos of work in progress. 160 pages
Torture, Violence, Execution, Medievel, Grusome, Disturbing; Hardcover Book - VG+ Used condition (small tear in rear spine)
Erik Ruhling assembles an unmatched array of torture tools invented exclusively for the infliction of pain and the ending of life, each carefully researched with an accompanying full color, highly detailed rendering. This beautifully presented book features classics like the Iron Maiden and the Guillotine, as well as more rarified connoisseur's fare such as the Scavenger's Daughter and the Ear Chopper. And if the Tongue Tearer is not to your taste, there's always the Breast Ripper or the Drunkard's Cloak.
True Crime, Violent, Nasty, Serial Killer, Panzram, Self Published, Disturbing; Paperback Book - New
This book collects and represents the confessional statements of convicted and executed American serial killer; Carl Panzram. These writings were created by Panzram whilst in prison serving a sentence towards the end of his life, where he met an officer named Henry Lesser who provided him with writing materials. This provides insights into the mind of an unbound, destructive monster through a lens of nihilism. Ideal for Philosophy, Sociology and Criminal students to gain first hand knowledge of what makes some men do the things they do.The writing here contains a number of disturbing scenes and a large quantity of offensive language and racial slurs. They do not in any way represent the beliefs of the Author or Publisher of this book and are only retained to properly express the opinions and mindset of the original author, Carl Panzram in the social situations he existed within.
Disturbing, True Crime, Violent, Gore, RARE!, Nasty, Serial Killer, Cult; Paperback Book, rare as shit! 1995 Feral House reprint - VG Used condition
Truly this is the first time an; Evil, sadistic, psychopathic, serial killer has put his thoughts words and actions on paper like this. It takes you inside the selection, stalking, raping, killing, defiling and mutilating process. This is the Marquis de Sade in the real 20th century world of Florida U.S.A in the 60's and 70's. Schaefer is a product of warped Roman Catholic doctrine and beliefs , a sexual deviant who gets hold of a belief system and turns it into a depraved, prolific killing compulsion justifiable only to himself. You can actually; Sense, smell, see, hear, taste and touch every word on the paper once Gerard John Schaefer puts you in front of the object of his murderous desire. This book should come with a xxx rating ,not for the squeamish or the easily offended. Those who love it should probably seek therapy instantly..... Nasty!
Surrealism, Art, Max Earnst, Man Ray, Andre Breton, Dali; Paperback Book (1978 reprint) - Good Used condition (Some slight damage to cover and pages)
The character of Surrealism had been crystallizing over the previous five years when, in 1924, Andre Breton's Manifeste du Surrealisme defined the word. As conceived in those early days it was not so much a formal movement as a spiritual orientation, embracing ethics and politics as well as the arts. Recourse to dreams, to the unconscious, to chance factors, to automatism dictated the Surrealist mode. Patrick Waldberg prefaces this collection of key documents with an overview of Surrealism from its beginnings to the present time.
Waldberg sensibly gives the bulk of his space to the actual documents of the movement--the manifestos, the editorials, the outcries. Breton, Desnos, Eluard, Aragon, Ernst--these and others are represented. The pictorial documentation is even more lavish--here are all the major figures connected with the movement, 'taken from the life, ' often by the perceptive camera of Man Ray.
Patrick Waldberg (1913-1985) was a American surrealist poet and the first biographer of Max Ernst. Born in Santa Monica, he was educated in France.
Torture, Death, Gruesome, Shocking, Disturbing; Hardcover Book - Ex Used condition (280 pages)
The Beheading is the title piece of this spectacular collection of true stories and commentaries. It is an eye-witness account of a beheading in the desert kingdom of Saudi Arabia where the author witnessed savage and soul-destroying punishments. They are recounted in this book with great clarity and brutal honesty, but with the sensitivity and poignancy born of the insight of a man who has studied the culture and history of this land with meticulous care. But these stories are not for the squeamish. They are required reading for those who are concerned about the inhumane and barbaric practices carried out around the world and have the stomach to read of such chilling things. Included in this collection is a shocking account of an adulterous woman stoned to death. "Women Are Always To Blame" achieves a particular relevance in light of recent worldwide concerns about this practice. In "Extracts from my Diary," Bob Crew reveals how his predictions regarding what would not change in Saudi Arabia in the new Millennium have been remarkably prescient.
Local, Independent, Weird, Short Stories, Selp-Published; Paperback Book (2021) 110 pages
Local author Glenden Hickson's first published work is a collection of short stories with a twist in the tail... Illustrated by Chris Wyatt.
Ten seconds passed and the shape floated to the surface again, this time only a few metres from her. It made her gasp and she almost jumped to her feet, ready to run. It flipped its scaly tail and then its back came out, soft pale skin, and a head, wet blond hair, before bobbing below.When your teacher gets revenge, when Grandpa fights your schoolmates, when ghosts appear in selfies...
For those that love it twisted. These stories are dark, funny, philosophical and so weird that you will… HOLD YOUR TONGUE.
Mondo, Shockumentary, Deathumentary, Zine, Independent, Rare, USA: Zine - New
MONDO MYSTERIUM #1: Independent US Mondo photocopied zine including 3 ultra rare DVD-R Mondo films per issue + accompanying essays. This is fan made, bloody brilliant, and these films are rare and hard to find anywhere else... This is for collectors and those who know how truly cool this is.
Lee Ranaldo, Sonic Youth, Poetry, Prose, Grunge, Experimental, Diary: Paperback Book, 165 pages (2004) - New
Road Movies is poetry by the guitarist of the seminal punk (and beyond) band Sonic Youth, who paved the way for the explosion of Nirvana and punk on to the mainstream music scene in the early nineties. They are arguably the most influential rock band of the late 1980's, and are living legends today. Road Movies is the literary equivalent of the dark and noisy waters of Sonic Youth's early work. His words mirror the beauty that can be discerned in the band's emotive walls of noise. As the title suggests, large parts of the book are inspired by time spent on the road with Sonic Youth. His words evoke the strange suprises and almost out of body clarity that occurs during travel. Interspersed with grainy photographs of road side fireworks stands, cigarette machines, and tractor trailer wheels, the book recalls the everyday things that, when taken out of context, become absolutely extraordinairy. In this way he tells, in flashes reminescent of the absolute freedom attained in the literature of Kerouac and Bukowski, the story of one restless mind's journey across and through America.
Marquis De Sade, Taboo, Terror, Erotic, Torture, Extreme, Classic; Paperback Book - New
The name of the Marquis de Sade is synonymous with the blackest corners of the human soul, a byword for all that is foulest in human conduct. In his bleak, claustrophobic universe, there is no God, no morality, no human affection, and no hope. Power is given to the strong, and the strong are murderers, torturers, and tyrants. No quarter is given; compassion is the virtue of the weak. Yet Sade was a man of savage intelligence who carried the philosophy of the French Enlightenment to its logical extreme. His writings effectively release the individual from all social and moral constraint: for many, Sade is the Great Libertarian. The Victorians considered him `Divine' and Apollinaire called him `the freest spirit'; the Surrealists recognised him as a founding father, and he is a key figure in the history of modernism and post-modernism. With Freud and Marx, Sade has been one of the crucial shaping influences on this century, and reactions to him continue to be extreme. But he has always been more talked about than read. This selection of his early writings, some making their first appearance in this new translation, reveals the full range of Sade's sobering moods and considerable talents.
