The life and times of a boy on fire, with all that he absorbed in order to dream himself into becoming one of the darkest, and then one of the brightest, of our rock n' roll stars. Light enough for the many to share...
Rough and raw 1980s West Heidelberg was not a place for the faint-hearted. But it was the right time and the right place for a kid who became the writer known as Wisp.
Graffiti was an adventure. Creative freedom meant stealthy late-night missions, escaping street gangs and keeping a step ahead of the law.
This is the true story of Wisp and his cohort, originators of a dazzling array of the very first burners Melbourne ever saw, a creative contribution that lay the foundation for those who followed.
We are super excited to launch our very first release on Trash Cult Records: Affordable Repayments; Can't Win For Losing Some Days.
Took them long enough (well there was lockdown...), but moody punk rock outfit, Affordable Repayment’s first full album, “Can’t Win for Losing Some days” is set to be released early March 2023 via Trash Cult Records. To celebrate this, a string of shows will be announced so stay tuned.
A mash of old early post punk, an 80s, 90s cross over of indie rock with a hint of prog and stripped back psychedelia, the band employs simple formulas, wiry abrasiveness and leans to a sound vaguely reminiscent of Wipers meets early Sonic youth. Additionally tipping their hat to earlier sounding Hüsker Dü, B-52s, Wire, Pylon and Arcwelder.
Recorded at Sound Studios by Alex Bennett, the album was achieved via full analogue tape, 8 track, a recording that delivers a warmness and nostalgic quality of older style recordings which adds a level of colour and throws back to a more retro sound.
The band in this particular incarnation, consists of guitar, drums, bass, sax and synth. Wusty’s distinct guitar style focuses on building soundscapes and textures with rhythmic repetition. Harmonically complex riff structures and irregular chords create some interesting sonic elements- a prominent feature of Wusty’s ability to get the most out of a single guitar sound.
Providing rhythm, harmony and pulse, Liam’s drumming is purposely restrained, holding back to compliment the guitar tones, an offering of uncomplicated, precision drumming and fast fills from the human metronome. Similarly, driving, downstroke bass (by Prue) is warm, simple, stripped back and honest, relying on the organic tones of a custom-made valve amp for distortion.
Lending her immeasurable talent and punk sensibilities to this variation of the band, Jenny Diversion accentuates and enhances with turbulent saxophone and moody synth. Completing this recipe are brief, raspy, trenchant vocals with a lyrical content that is both indifferent and earnest, nonsensical and vulnerable, meaningful and meaningless.
Collectively this band achieves an album of simple structure and frenetic conclusions. Offering differing shades, a collection of contradictions with honest, repeated formulas that simultaneously reflect multiple feelings of nostalgia, moodiness, belligerence, absurdity and sublimeness.
Digital download available via bandcamp: https://trashcultrecords.bandcamp.com
Check out the video clip: https://youtu.be/x41J5QfrRvQ
Skate, Skateboard, Art, Rare, Fine Art; Hardcover Book - New
Artisan United (skateboard illustration and fine art) - Complied by Jason C Arnold and Edited by Kevin Wilkins
Hardcover (debossed)
122 pages
16 Artist interviews
Featured Artists: Sean Cliver, Todd Bratrud, Philip Morgan, Marc Mckee, Thomas Campbell, Rob Mathieson, FOS, Mako, Jim Phillips, Chris Reed, Jason C Arnold, Yaia, George Yarnton, Pitchgrim, Benjamin Deberdt, Johnny "MOJO" Munnerlyn
Nasty, Disturbing, Violent, Serial Killer, True Crime, GJ Schaeffer; Paperback Book - New
25 years on, Florida's first serial killer GJ Schaefer returns with a new expanded volume of illustrated killer fiction, featuring the stories used to convict him of double murder in 1973. The ex-cop and serial killer was doing two life sentences for the murder of two teenage girls, when he himself murdered in 1995. Sondra London first published a collection of these stories in 1989, under the imprimatur of Media Queen. Feral House published Killer Fiction in 1997. Now comes the new expanded collection, that also includes the stories Schaefer wrote in prison for Sondra London. 73 illustrations include drawings by Schaefer seized by police in 1973 and used as evidence to convict him of murder; impressionistic sketches of Schaefer by Sondra London; and facsimiles of his handwritten statements. True-Crime Author Michael Newton: “Grabs the reader in a stranglehold & never lets go... smacks of a collaboration between Elmore Leonard & Jack the Ripper... an extended walk on the dark side with no holds barred... required reading for students of serial murder.” Time Magazine: “Incredible... real or imagined acts of murder, necrophilia, dismemberment & burial.” Miami Herald: “Lurid accounts of sex with cheap women followed by gruesome murder.” True Detective: “Depraved fantasizing from a horrendously vivid & morbid imagination.” Inside Detective: “Lurid & violent sex stories.” Robert Ressler: “Right on target to what happens in serial homicides.” State’s Atty. Rodney Smith: “Personally offensive.” State’s Atty. Robert Stone: “He’s a madman... he’s dangerous. If he gets out it’s like signing people’s death warrants.” Fla. Dept. of Corrections: “Graphic presentation of sexual behavior & graphic violence in violation of state law.” Fla. Bar: “Inappropriate in the hands of a prisoner.” Mike Gunderloy, Factsheet Five: “The most revolting book I’ve reviewed... the real thing.” John Wayne Gacy: "Schaefer’s writing is good. It’s graphic and keeps the reader wanting more. Even in fiction, it has to be done that way. You can tell he has done his research, but it almost reads like he has tried it all too. I can see how they used it against him. I know sometimes being honest is not always the best policy, as you can see how it worked against Schaefer." Lawrence 'Pliers' Bittaker: "Schaefer has a gift for creating a readable story. His subjects are predominantly morbid or bizarre. Whether that relates to his own interests, or he merely seeks to shock and offend, is unknown. Such (allegedly “fiction”) stories seem knowledgeable on the subject of murder, but they also indicate some exaggeration; whether his expressions are based on experience or simply fantasy, or a combination of both, only he knows for sure."Danny Rolling: "This guy has got real problems, doesn’t he? Schaefer’s twisted and delusioned writings left a bitter taste in my mouth. He boasts he is ‘The Greatest Killer of Women This Century.’ How could anyone blatantly brag about such a thing? ‘I loved killing whores.’ What an awful self-professed statement! This stuff is well-written puke. I can write better than Schaefer, period." William 'Catch-Me Killer' Heirens: "Schaefer can write, but I’m afraid he’s misusing his talent. I can see what he is trying to do – saturate the public with “kinky” fictionalized murder accounts to offset the writings that were used to convict him. But what Schaefer might be trying to do (if I’m correct) is very dangerous. A person could read one of his stories and come away with the conviction that he is a bad person, instead of an entertainer. Researchers who might peruse his work as a window to the criminal mind could be put off by his claim that it was all fiction."