DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND TICKETS TO AN AFTERNOON SHOW IS NOW AVAILABLE: Buddhist punks, Japanese trio Buddhadatta create a tribal rock sound using their own interpretation of harmonic overtones. Centred around active punk monk Vogli Bonze, the band also features the drummer from one of Japan's first punk bands, SS, Dr. Takami Isono.
We are incredibly privileged to have been included on Buddhadatta's Australian tour.
The devilishly handsome boys and local punk heroes, Harold Holt Search Party will also be along for the festivities.
This is going to be an awesome experience - not to be missed!
Buddhadatta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29YpqwtIfhk
Harold Holt Search Party: https://hhsp.bandcamp.com/album/footy
Tickets through Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/arvo-gig-buddhadatta-harold-holt-search-party-saturday-1st-april-2023-tickets-547400097427
Five of Bendigo's finest STONER/DOOM bands (Cement Pig, Astrofuzz, Sleeping Giant, Saturnine and Dog) will be gathering to penetrate some eardrums at the church of TRASH CULT on March 4th...some long established heavies, through to some recent line-ups will be sharing the floor for the evening. Doors open at 6pm. This one is destined to be legendary!
Set times:
8pm Dog
8.45pm Sleeping Giant
9.30pm Astrofuzz
10.15pm Saturnine
11pm Cement Pig
Tickets through Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/doom-cult-dog-sleeping-giant-astrofuzz-saturnine-and-cement-pig-tickets-545936680307
Buddhist punks, Japanese trio Buddhadatta create a tribal rock sound using their own interpretation of harmonic overtones. Centred around active punk monk Vogli Bonze, the band also features the drummer from one of Japan's first punk bands, SS, Dr. Takami Isono.
We are incredibly privileged to have been included on Buddhadatta's Australian tour.
The devilishly handsome boys and local punk heroes, Harold Holt Search Party will also be along for the festivities.
This is going to be an awesome experience - not to be missed!
Buddhadatta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29YpqwtIfhk
Harold Holt Search Party: https://hhsp.bandcamp.com/album/footy
Tickets through Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/buddhadatta-harold-holt-search-party-saturday-1st-april-2023-tickets-540989543287
Pierre Henry, Musique Concrete, Avant-Garde, Noise, Experimental, Composition; DVD - New
An essential video to discover Pierre Henry's rich work through his words of the often rare and precious archives taken from the depth of a long career, from the composer's early days with Pierre Schaffer until the 2000s. Pierre Henry appears not only as the great musician we know, but also as a visual artist creating amazing reliefs paintings in which he reconverts elements detached from his old instruments, mixing consoles, etc., according to a very singular artistic approach. Henry is visited by the film team on the occasion of a house concert, so you get a kind of “home story” which, thanks to many insights into Henry's work, has been extremely interesting. There are also excerpts from several concerts and long interview passages. This is how the portrait of a mysterious, fascinating musician is created. In addition to the main film, the DVD also features a complete performance from 2005, the recording of a rehearsal (uncut, very interesting to see Henry adjusts to room acoustics) and a short film from the 1960s, in which Henry contributed music and image editing.
Disturbing, Spoken Word, Interview, True Crime, Underground; Limited Edition CDr - New
Mysterious CDr release from Magik Crowbar Deplorable Editions. Dennis Rader (BTK Killer) gave a dramatic, televised confession on June 27, 2005 in which he described killing 10 people.
(Dennis Lynn Rader, better know as the BTK Killer, is an American serial killer who murdered ten people between 1974 and 1991.)
Gainsbourg, French, Jazz, Pop, Playboy; Paperback Book - VG Used condition (Light creasing in covers)
In this, the first English biography to capture Gainsbourg in all his contradiction and gleeful outrageousness, Simmons tells the fascinating story of the Gallic star. Drawing on hours of new interviews with his intimates-among them Jane Birkin, Sly & Robbie, Marianne Faithfull, and celebrated producer Philippe Lerichomme-Simmons describes in crackling prose the scope of Gainsbourg's achievement while doing full justice to his complicated emotional life. Simmons's work will stand as the definitive take on a dizzying genius.
Supernatural, Horror, Slasher, 80's, Cult, Classic; 2 disc (Blu-ray / DVD) - Ex Used condition
In the mid-70s,the members of the love cult Unity Fields sought the ultimate joining by dousing themselves with gasoline and committing mass suicide. A young girl blown clear of the fiery explosion was the only survivor. Thirteen years later, Cynthia awakens from a coma inside a psychiatric hospital with only buried memories of that horrific day. But when her fellow patients start committing suicide one by one, her past slowly begins to come back to terrifying life... "Bad Dreams" is a classic 80's horror/slasher flick with plenty of blood and gore including knife through hand and some nasty self-mutilation. Nice '88 films' 2 disc (Blu-ray/DVD) release with all of the trimmings....
Erotic, Australian, Cult, Classic, Porn, Nudity; Bluray - Ex Used condition
FELICITY: Felicity (the gorgeous Glory Annen) is a sheltered teen who surrenders her blossoming body to a world of bold sexual adventure in this homegrown erotic sin-sation from sexy Ozploitation auteur John D. Lamond. From taboo-breaking pleasures at an all-girl Catholic school to wanton delights in the exotic underground of Hong Kong, come join Felicity as she finally liberates her libido in the Far East with the help of Penthouse pet and Bond girl Joni Flynn (Octopussy).Hailed as Australia's most erotic screen odyssey and celebrated in the documentary Not Quite Hollywood, Felicity captures the sensual and sumptuous flavour of Bilitis, Emmanuelle and Story Of O in its classic tale of burgeoning sexuality and the ultimate search for forbidden ecstasy.
CENTRESPREAD: In a world at the brink of the 21st century, where strict social stratification is rigidly enforced, where spending power is related to social utility rather than to productivity, and the only manifestation of violence is in magazine pages, a photographer whose special talent is mixing violence and sex, is told to find a new girl whose freshness will rejuvenate the pages of the magazine. Gerard (Paul Trahair) not only fulfils his task but also rediscovers innocence and a world left behind by advancing technology when he uncovers Niki (Kylie Foster, Quigley Down Under). But love is not in the Editor's plans and he offers Niki a choice - stardom or the love of a redundant photographer....The directorial debut of Tony Peterson (veteran Ozploitation editor behind Mad Max, Fantasm Comes Again and The Survivor) Centrespread depicts an ominous new society where old-fashioned love battles against sexual availability in a world invaded by rules, regulations and computer control.
Cronenberg, Surreal, Experimental, Shocking, Short Film, Cult, Sci-Fi, Horror; Arrow Video Blu-ray - New Sealed
One of the most singular auteurs of the horror and science fiction genres, David Cronenberg has wowed audiences with his depictions of body transformations and explorations of society, this collection of his early short and feature films shows a master learning his craft and exploring many of the themes that would dominate his most celebrated work. Transfer (1966), Cronenberg’s first short film, is a surreal sketch of a doctor and his patient. From the Drain (1967) finds two men in a bathtub, which may be part of a centre for veterans of a future war. Stereo (1969), Cronenberg’s first official feature film, stunningly shot in monochrome, concerns telepaths at the Institute for Erotic Enquiry where patients undergo tests by Dr. Luther Stringfellow. In Crimes of the Future (1970) Cronenberg worked in colour and with a larger budget, where we find the House of Skin clinic director (Ronald Mlodzik, returning from Stereo) searching for his mentor, Antoine Rouge, who has disappeared following a catastrophic plague. Cronenberg’s early amateur feature films, shot in and around his university campus, prefigure his later films’ concerns with strange institutions, male/female separation and ESP, echoing the likes of Videodrome, Dead Ringers and Scanners.
Mondo, Shockumentary, Mixtape, Gore, Real Footage, Disturbing; Zine + 3 DVD-R set - New
Mondo Mysterium is a monthly published U.S. zine showcasing marginalized mondo films (and the occasional shockumentary or other fellow traveler) that been somewhat neglected (which will mean they have never had a DVD release, or at least not the particular version) and are deserving of recognition for their contribution to the genre. Each month, the zine comes with three curated DVD-R's of obscure and unreleased mondo films from the Mondo Mysterium collection archive, complete with essays about the selected films.
The three DVD-R titles included with in Mondo Mysterium Vol 2 are the esoteric mondo film 'Il piacere e il mistero' (1964); one of the more obscure US shockumentaries, 'The Underbelly of America' (1998); and finally something extra special: 'Death Fest' (ca. 1996), a '90s homebrewed gore mixtape.
Jim O'Rourke, Documentary, Experimental, Special Edition; 3 Disc set + Booklet + Extras - Ex Used condition
"The Creeping Garden" is a feature length documentary exploring the work of fringe scientists, mycologists and artists, and their relationship with the extraordinary plasmodial slime mold. This is not a documentary for everyone. Granted, documentaries themselves are an acquired taste, but this is not the sort that has a lot of action, preaches social justice, or focuses on a forgotten piece of history. Even if we classify it as a nature documentary, it may not appeal to the same people who enjoy lions hunting giraffes. That disclaimer aside, hopefully you are not scared off, because this is a one of a kind film about a topic you probably never considered before. This is where nature meets science, which meets art, and even psychology and a little bit of history. Who knew that one of the most beautiful things on earth is mold? Special mention has to be made of the soundtrack / film score from Jim O'Rourke, which Arrow Video has so kindly included with their release. I actually listened to the score before watching the movie, and it really sets the tone. You feel like you are slowly entering an alien landscape that is both friendly, but somehow terrifying... foreign, and still welcoming. It is a score like no other. I wish more films were released with their soundtracks. Grindhouse Releasing is very good about this (thank you, Bob Murawski) so maybe Arrow is following their lead? If the soundtrack alone was not reason enough to pick up the Arrow release, the copious amount of bonus features should be. We have audio commentary by directors Tim Grabham and Jasper Sharp, essentially doubling the information. There is "Biocomputer Music", a short film by Grabham on the first biocomputer music system, allowing a two-way musical dialogue between man and slime mold. "Return to the Fungarium", a featurette revealing further treasures of the fungarium at Kew Gardens. "Feeding Habits of Physarum", a featurette on the feeding preferences and dislikes of slime molds. If that is still not enough, there are still three cinema iloobia short films: "Milk" (2009), "Rotten" (2012) and "Paramusical Ensemble"
