Breakdancing, Hip Hop, Pop Culture, Instructional; Hardcover (1984) Used
First edition. Quarto. 60 pages. Colin and Venol show you how to break dance, everything from the Wave to the Windmill. Illustrated throughout with photography by Clare Muller.
Rare, Classic, Kiss, Rock 'n Roll; Book (1980 reprint)
The Savoy Kiss of Death. Robert Duncan gives the lowdown on the glam-rock band who rose out of Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx. Savoy's 1980 reprint of the 1978 US edition with different photographs and an updated Kronology.
Manuel Alvarez Bravo (1902-2002) is undoubtedly the tutelary figure of Mexican photography. In many ways,
much of his work reads like the exact mirror of a country and even more of a civilization. From Mexico, he
explored everything, showed everything, interpreted everything without ever yielding to the picturesque: from
the mythical sites of the Mayan civilization to the muralist frescoes through the dramas of the Zapatista
revolution (cf. The murdered worker), he passionately questioned the essence, the texture, the subtle alchemy
of a country and a nation of which he paints the definitive philosophical portrait.
Over the last almost three decades, a bizarre and violent musical subculture called Black Metal emerged in Norway. In the early-mid 1990s, members of this extremist underground committed murder, burned down medieval wooden churches, and desecrated graveyards. What started as juvenile frenzy came to symbolize the start of a war against Christianity, a return to the worship of the ancient Norse gods, and the complete rejection of mainstream society.
American documentary photographer Peter Beste has spent the last eight years working in the milieu of this insulated and secretive community. Beste’s access and insight has been absolutely without precedent, resulting in an amazing photographic journey.
Large scale, beautifully presented, Limited edition of 666 copies. New.
DAN MELCHIOR Black Night/New Morning (tape) & Biro Crimes (Zine); Limited Edition
Experimental/Abstract/Melchior/Garage/New York, Cassette and Zine, New (2015)
2015 Limited Edition, Tape & Zine. The tape comes along with a riso-printed art-book containing some of Mr. Melchior' s fine drawings. limited edition of 80 copies.
BARBARIANS ON WHEELS Sam Wilde (1977); Hardcover
160 pages 1st Edition (1977) Biker/Hells Angels/Charles Manson/Choppers, Hardcover - ULTRA RARE!
(Possibly the rarest item we have in the store - and possibly the cheapest copy available anywhere online)
A seriously good documentation of the underground world of motorcycles and the gangs. Illustrated throughout with some fantastic images including Sonny Barger, Skip Workman, Terry The Tramp, and the rest of the iconic Californian Angels. The volume also includes interviews and texts by Mick Norman, Alex R. Stuart, Peter Cave and others with sections on choppers, drag racing, Charles Manson and the biker image. A very good plus copy, with only some sun fading on dust jacket. (Please contact for photos)
TIMELESS No5: Female Flesh and other Fucking Fetishisms (French); Zine
77 pages (2003) Peter Sotos/Zine/Underground/XXX, Zine - RARE!
Excellent issue devoted to the female body, with rich and varied contributions. Interviews with fetish artists such as Ti5dur, Le Boul'ch as well as Bruno Richard and Pascal Doury.
TAKASHI NEMOTO: Monster Men Bureiko Lullaby; Paperback
194 pages Controversial/Underground/Japanese/Comic/Manga/Obscene, Paperback - RARE!
If you can't tell from the cover and synopsis, the book is fairly obscene. The humor is sub-scatological. The drawing style is brutally ugly. But it is an incredibly unique and entertaining work that is well worth your time. Nothing escapes Nemoto's scathing, misanthropic satire here, from radiation victims to hyper-masculinity - even the manga industry itself gets torn apart. This is an absolute must for any lover of underground and alternative comics, or outsider art in general. You will have never read anything like it. A seminal work of manga from the mid-1980s, Monster Men Bureiko Lullaby is a Candide-esque tale--if you can picture Candide as a mutated sperm brought to life by radioactivity. Unremittingly explicit, direct, honest and insightful while simultaneously beautiful and grotesque. Due to his unapologetically squalid subject matter, surreal drawing style and pessimistic, satirical stance, Nemoto has long been a controversial figure in Japan.
TOTAL ABUSE Collected Writings, 1984-1995 (Peter Sotos); Paperback
(1995) Large Scale Paperback, Used (Ex-)
(Goad to Hell Enterprises) 1st Edition. If you know Sotos, then you know not only what to expect herein, but also how extremely rare and reasonably priced this is.
PROXY Peter Sotos Pornography 1991-2000; Paperback
Large Scale Paperback, Used (Ex) *This is an incredibly rare item and sells for up to 3 times the asking price elsewhere
Peter Sotos is one of the most controversial authors in America. A former member of the noise band Whitehouse, his writing has appeared in periodicals such as Answer Me! and Apocalypse Culture. He provided the afterword to Feral House's Gates Of Janus, by Moors Murderer Ian Brady. His other publications have included Pure and Parasite.
INDEX Peter Sotos (1998); Paperback
Large format paperback - Used, (Ex)
Sotos is one of a kind and his shocking and confrontational work is a sexual ground zero; he writes the most disturbing, provocative material (this book, as well as his other ones - TOTAL ABUSE, SPECIAL, and LAZY) about sex and pornography available today. As precise and articulate as he is (possibly) insane, Sotos may well be the De Sade or Bataille for the 21st century.
OSAKA INTERNATIONAL PIRATE RADIO v/a comp (Exile Osaka); CD and Zine
(1996) Garage Rock/Noise/Punk/Japan/Osaka CD and Mini Zine,Used
Fucking amazing International compilation featuring American and Japanese noise, experimental, garage and lo-fi, junk bands. Assembled back in 1996 by an american expat publishing a zine witnessing the dynamic Osaka underground scene, this CD was sold cheap and serves both purposes of an audio fanzine or an underground radio show captured on CD, most of the bands featured here are pretty diverse, obscure and sometimes difficult to some ears... Contains 25 songs and the 16 page "Exile Osaka" mini zine booklet including band bios and pictures, more info and some excerpts of the Exile Osaka Fanzine.
