Japan, Noise, Experimental, Music., Harsh, Electronic, Underground; Paperback - David Novak 304 pages (New)
Noise, an underground music made through an amalgam of feedback, distortion, and electronic effects, first emerged as a genre in the 1980s, circulating on cassette tapes traded between fans in Japan, Europe, and North America. With its cultivated obscurity, ear-shattering sound, and over-the-top performances, Noise has captured the imagination of a small but passionate transnational audience.
Comedy/Cult/Comic/British/Silly; Hardcover Annual (1990 Used)
Viz is a popular British comic magazine which has been running since 1979. The comic’s style parodies British comics of the post-war period, notably The Beano and The Dandy, but with incongruous language, crude toilet humour, black comedy, surreal humour and either sexual or violent storylines. It also sends up tabloid newspapers, with mockeries of articles and letters pages. Essential for idiots.
Porn, Encyclopedia, Reference, Weird, Rare; Large scale Paperback (1978) Used Ex
Any definition of anything relating to sex is in this book, plus 100's of filthy pictures throughout make this a one of a kind reference and a bold conversation piece, if you choose to leave it upon the coffee table instead of underneath the bed! Shocking, weird, wonderful, offensive, and above all thoroughly entertaining! Not for the the prim and proper folks.
Occult, Theosophy, Classic, Rare; Hardcover (1969)
In 1880, the Founders of the Theosophical Society visited the Sinnetts at their summer home in Simla, the summer capital of India. It was during this visit that most of the phenomena so fully described in The Occult World occurred. Over a period of a few years Alfred Sinnett received letters from highly evolved Adepts living in Tibet, some of which he used to outline esoteric teachings in this, one of the earlier theosophical books. This is the preface to the second edition introduction occultism and its adepts the theosophical society recent occult phenomena teachings of occult philosophy conclusion. In VG+ condition
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.
Gore, Violence, Disturbing, Shocking, Bloodthirsty; DVD Toe Tag Pictures (2007) Used
Penance, the final part in the "August Underground" trilogy is pure unabashed gore! Blood, guts, intestines, nails through the head, disembowelment, cigarette burns, limb sawing and heads being opened like Christmas presents! August Underground's Penance is a shockingly gruesome movie filled with anger, torture, and ejaculation. Every last second of each hideous act is unflinchingly captured by the roving camera, and watching without wincing is not an easy trick. The gruesome effects are top notch and praise must be given to effects man Jerami Cruise.
Rare to find this DVD in Australia.
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.
ANDREW SHERWELL Approaching (2019) UK; Cassette
Electronic/Dark Ambient/Abstract/Experimental UK, Cassette
Pro-dubbed cassette with a solid white shell and full-colour artwork. Limited to 40 copies. Mastered by Stephan Mathieu.
"I would always wake with the taste of blood in my mouth and a pounding headache. I would be dehydrated and disorientated. Simultaneously elated and deflated. Every time. It would always start the same way too. My vision would judder as the world turned silver and white. Dizzy and staggering, my ears ringing, I felt I was being pulled through a wall. I could hear them calling, terrifying voices urging me on. When I learnt to let go, to accept, it got easier. And then everything would stop. What happened next is confused. It was at the time, even more so now. Trying to explain is like trying to recall a dream, vivid in the instance, but the moment you awake, confused and fleeting. It is difficult to believe it actually happened. But it did. So I will try. Clouds of smoke and incense cloaked them as they circled, swirling in their wake, their forms obscured. The voices were now a whisper, words in no language I recognised. But at the time, I felt their message. One minute urging and insistent, other times mocking and accusatory. Occasionally, they would pay me no attention. I would hear them scream at one another and only rarely glimpse them among the billowing clouds. I would feel alone and lost. The final time was different. I could hear many voices, far more than usual. They appeared to be singing. Slowly the voices rose to a crescendo and then fell away as a single voice took over. Clearer than normal yet still obscure, it filled me with a tranquillity and joy the like of which I had not known and which I still crave now. And then, for the first and final time, the being appeared. And I wept. I was still weeping when I awoke, shaking and bloody-mouthed. Grandfather was sitting in a chair that he had pulled up to the sofa where I was lying under a sweat-soaked blanket. He stared intently then lent back and smiled. “They have gone,” he said. “They won’t be back. Cherish the honour, boy.” He was right. And I do."
Words by Andrew Sherwell
KISS Puffy Stickers 1980 (Aucoin) Australian issue; As new, mint on card
Kiss/80's/Rock'n'roll/Strutter/Cult, Puffy Stickers, New Old Stock
New old stock, Rare KISS 1980 Aucoin Australian Puffy stickers still sealed on card in Mint condition. Very Rare piece of Vintage KISS memorabilia! Very limited stock of this item.
