MYSTICS IN BALI (1981); DVD
Asian/Cult/Supernatural/Underground DVD, New
"Mystics in Bali" is a wonderfully bizarre, off-the-beaten path Indonesian horror/supernatural flick about an American writer researching black magic. She's experienced the voodoo of the Caribbean, but she runs into some real trouble as a student of the Leak in Bali. A woman researches a book that takes her to the black magic cult of Leák in Bali. She meets an evil witch who promises to train her dark arts. But she is tricked and turned into a flying vampire with internal organs hanging from her neck.
AMERICAN GUINEA PIG: Bouquet of Guts and Gore (2014); DVD
Underground/Disturbing/Extreme Gore - Unearthed Films, DVD
As the unsuspecting young women, Erika and Amy, get in their car, a sadistic predator in black equipped with a gas-mask knocks them out and abducts them. From this point on, an endless nightmare of unspeakable torment awaits the helpless victims--who are drugged and chained down by their throats to wooden tables--through a wide assortment of sharp instruments and common household tools. Always starting from left to right, the butchering begins, as a savage trio of desensitized executioners film the abominable act of sacrifice with their Super-8 camera. Is death the only means of salvation?
FRITZ THE CAT (1972) Animated; DVD
Rated X (R), Robert Crumb DVD, New
Cult classic piss take of the protest movements of the 60s. It's hero is the bold and sex-obsessed tom-cat Fritz the Cat, as created by the legendary underground artist Robert Crumb. Quitting university Fritz the Cat wanders through the hash, Black Panther and Hell's Angels scenes to find to himself. We're not rated X for nothin', baby!
COSY COOL (1977- Australian Biker Film); DVD
Cult/Ozploitation/Biker DVD, New (Rare as rocking horse shit)
Australia 1975. Gas station attendent Cosy Cool has had enough of his dead end job, his boss and living in a country town. He hooks up with his old biker buddy Gracious Grytt, leaves town and the straight life, and heads for a car show in the city. With their winnings they decide to hit the road, and look for kicks. However they don't realise that some sinister rednecks are on their trail and have a secret agenda that involves them. Features Jack Ross and the Comancheros MC Club. Is this the film that caused the Milperra Fathers Day Massacre?
UN CHIEN ANDALOU - Louis Bunuel and Salvador Dali (1929); DVD
Surreal/Art/Cult, DVD, Used
Un Chien Andalou(1929) was an artful collaboration between two surrealistic masters in Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali. These two artists were part of a surrealism movement in Spain that influenced the country's art. Bunuel and Dali had a fruitful but short film partnership that ended once each wanted to go their separate ways. After the early 1930s these talented artists would never work with each other again. For Un Chien Andalou(1929), Bunuel and Dali created images of eccentric force based on their day and night dreams. Surrealism was very popular in early 20th Century art especially during the 1920s. The surrealist movement took shape in places like France and Spain where it flourished for a period of time before falling apart in 1930s. Un Chien Andalou(1929) is a good example of what made the surrealist movement tick. Salvador Dali designs images with social and symbolic meanings. Bunuel's skills as a surrealist as first shown here would become more abstract once he started mastering his craft. Plotless short film that is basically a series of images. Un Chien Andalou(1929) is an 'Absolute Film' which relies on abstract imagery in an attempt to unnerve the viewer. In Bunuel's early films, imagery took precedent over things like dialogue and plot. In the history of cinema its a rarity especially since the beginning of the sound era for pure imagery to be the sole existence in a motion picture. Un Chien Andalou(1929) contains images that ranges from the erotic, frightening, funny, strange, and symbolic.
MOM'S MONGREL LOVER; XXX Paperback Novel (Rare)
(1982) Greenleaf Classics - "A Pet Book" Hardcore Erotic Novel, Used
Rare as shit and wrong as shit Greenleaf Classics XXX novel from 1982.... "Mom's Mongrel Lover"...work it out for yourself. One for the hardcore collectors.
I HATE: The art of Todd Bartrud; Paperback
96 pages (2011), New
Todd is one of the most prolific artists working in skateboarding. After getting his start at Consolidated, he’s gone on to produce work for companies such as Flip, The Skateboard Mag, Nike, Volcom, Enjoi, Teenage Runaway, and of course his own company The High 5. 'I Hate – The Art of Todd Bratrud' contains a selection of Todd’s personal favorite works from recent years for companies including: Flip, The Skateboard Mag, Nike, Volcom, Enjoi, Teenage Runaway, The High 5, and more.
POP ART 1955 - 70; Paperback
(1985) 199 pages, Used
Australian print of this excellent overview of the culture of POP ART. Pop art started with the New York artists Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist, and Claes Oldenberg, all of whom drew on popular imagery and were actually part of an international phenomenon. Following the popularity of the Abstract Expressionists, Pop's reintroduction of identifiable imagery (drawn from mass media and popular culture) was a major shift for the direction of modernism. The subject matter became far from traditional "high art" themes of morality, mythology, and classic history; rather, Pop artists celebrated commonplace objects and people of everyday life, in this way seeking to elevate popular culture to the level of fine art. Perhaps owing to the incorporation of commercial images, Pop art has become one of the most recognizable styles of modern art.
THE INTERNATIONAL CULTIVATORS HANDBOOK Coca, Opium and Hashish; Paperback
William Daniel Drake (1974) 139 pages, Used
"Bill is an expert incredibly versed in the uses and cultivation, both historically and in modernity in a myriad of other entheogenic plants and substances. Take for example his recently revised manual: The International Cultivators Handbook: Hashish, Coca, and Opium. One quick look at this book will reveal to you the breadth of Bill's valuable Shamanic knowledge and how it can be adapted the times of crisis that are soon and sure to come to our country. Throughout the book Bill places a deep emphasis on focusing solely on the raw product of these historic "Third Eye Opening" plants as opposed to the highly concentrated derivatives or low quality drug dealer/government cartel supply derived thereof, and for good reason; it's time that both the laws were changed via the flow of information and time we realize just where the cartels make their connections. Bill also does a fantastic job of highlighting historical texts in each chapter discussing the legitimate medical research and medical uses of each substance on the list with information which will absolutely blow your mind!." Now with the International Cultivators Handbook, the seeds are flung much much further in both time and space. Drawing from his great respect for the ancient traditions surrounding these three great therapeutic medicinal plants, Bill Drake offers the reader broad, bold insights into worldwide traditional cultivation practices and medicinal uses of Coca, Opium and Hashish that they will find nowhere else.
DRUGS ARE NICE: A Post-Punk Memoir Lisa Crystal Carver (Lisa Suckdog), Paperback
(2005) 220 pages, New
In this eye-opening memoir, Lisa Crystal Carver recalls her extraordinary youth and charts the late-80s, early-90s punk subculture that she helped shape. She recounts how her band Suckdog was born in 1987 and the wild events that followed: leaving small-town New Hampshire to tour Europe at 18, becoming a teen publisher of fanzines, a teen bride, and a teen prostitute. Spin has called Suckdog's album Drugs Are Nice one of the best of the '90s, and the book includes photos of infamous European shows. Yet the book also tells of how Lisa saw the need for change in 1994, when her baby was born with a chromosomal deletion and his father became violent. With lasting lightness and surprising gravity, Drugs Are Nice is a definitive account of the generation that wanted to break every rule, but also a story of an artist and a mother becoming an adult on her own terms.
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NEW WAVE (2012); Hardcover
Daniel Bukszpan 304 pages, New
"This colorful and wildly entertaining look at the Punk and New Wave era in pop music (roughly, late 1970s through the end of the 1980s and defined within as “a straightforward songwriting approach relying heavily on synthesizers and other electronic equipment”) covers more than 150 artists and bands. Influential music-related personalities of the era, including Malcolm McClaren and Brian Eno, are featured. A foreword by Gerald Casale, of the band Devo, and the introduction by the author serve to define New Wave and explain who was included as well as what was left out. Entries range from one column to three page spreads. The longer entries are made up of many photographs, with larger, well-known bands getting more coverage. The text is highly subjective and meant to be more for entertainment than research. A snarky-but amusing-tone is found throughout. The eye-popping graphics-featuring a massive amount of photographs-will delight any fan of the music and the time period. Interesting sidebars are peppered throughout the text, such as 'Gender-Bending,' 'NY Clubs,' 'Heartthrobs,' 'Men's Fashion,' 'The Many Sounds of New Wave,' 'Music Videos,' 'Female Sex Symbols,' and 'Movies.' Appendixes include several 'Best of New Wave' lists, including 'Fifty Most Essential New Wave Singles,' 'Top Ten New Wave Bands with the Most Ridiculous Hair,' 'New Wave Timeline,' 'Ten Weirdest New Wave Singles,' and 'Top Twenty Essential New Wave Albums.' A bibliography and an index of artists and song titles round out the book..Cheeky yet incredibly informative, this is an inexpensive must-have for any music collection and will do especially well in circulation."
THE LEATHER NUN and Other Incredibly Strange Comics; Hardcover
(2008) 128 pages, Used
Entertaining, erotic, and utterly surreal, this eclectic collection is a delirious collage of the 50 most weird and wonderful comics ever published. From leather nuns, surreal Japanese baseball dramas, gigantic alien monsters in swimming trunks, hip-hop superheroes fighting street crime, and peasant girls worshipping the swastika, this amazing collection is the result of a trawl of the strangest comics worldwide. Containing titles such as Barnyard of Fear, Chaplains at War, Amputee Love, and Cannibal Romance, these bizarre tales are not for the faint of heart. Alongside each comic is a colorful double-page spread and an informative introduction that places the comics in context. This is the perfect quirky gift for collectors of curiosities, anyone with a taste for offbeat humor, and comic fans who think they've seen it all.
