Robin Fox, Experimental, Electronic, Synaesthesia, Rare, Digital, Australia, Melbourne; DVD - Ex Used condition
"Digital culture is obsessed with synaesthesia, especially sound/image convergence. From club ‘visuals’ to automatic ‘visualiser’ plugins for mp3 applications, there’s an ideal of sensory fusion at work which draws on cyber/psychedelic rave culture, and utopian new media discourse.
Ideals aside, digital media forms do create new potential for varieties of ‘machine’ synaesthesia–automatic mappings between sound and image. Visualiser plugins offer specific and more-or-less arbitrary mappings of image to sound. While they can’t (promise to) induce a synaesthetic experience, they do offer a machine synaesthesia that might challenge, reorder, or at least reflect on, our own audiovisual perception. Yet most synaesthesia machines are little more than bolted-on nozzles that turn all your favourite tunes into generic visual sludge.
By contrast Robin Fox’s Backscatter disc presents a highly specific and refined synaesthesia machine. He has assembled a simple audiovisual synthesizer using simple digitally synthesised audio and an old analog oscilloscope. The oscilloscope is in ‘polar’ mode, so instead of scanning left to right, displaying the conventional ‘trace’ of the waveform, the trace orbits the screen. Waveforms create woven circles, loops, twisting spirals, filigreed knots.
Response is instantaneous, so the screen jumps and twitches in sync with Fox’s audio signature skitters and blips. The sound-vision mapping is supple, the images beautiful and sometimes surprising. The pieces feel quite controlled, even composed, the way they seem to literally reveal new twists and tricks. Overall, the results are staggering."
Mitchell Whitelaw
Earbash
Porn, Parody, Erotic, Cult, Taboo, Spoof, HP LOVECRAFT; DVD with extras - Ex Used condition
BurningAngel.com icon Joanna Angel in her very first movie—a taboo-busting pornification of H.P. Lovecraft’s classic tale.
Winner of 2006 AVN award for "Most outrageous sex scene"!
Erotic, Violent, Gore, Boyd Rice, NON, Richard Wolstencroft, Rare, Special Edition, Cult; 2 x DVD set - Ex Used condition
Runtimes 82 mins & 96 mins. Special Features 'Pearls Before Swine': Trailer; Camera Test; Audio Commentary with Boyd Rice, Richard Wolstencroft, David Thrussell & Douglas P; 'Extremism Breaks My Balls' Short Film by Nicholas Debot. Special Features 'Bloodlust': Trailer; Camera Test; Deleted Scenes; Audio Commentary with Richard Wolstencroft & Jon Hewitt; Bloopers & Outtakes; Cast & Crew Interviews.
Rare, 151 Skateboards, VHS, Skate Punk, Skateboarding, GG Allin,1998; VHS Video - Ex Used Condition
Skaters
Chris Swanson, Eric Dressen, Matt Dycke, Neil Heddings, Pigpen
Soundtrack
Motorhead Over The Top
The Rolling Stones Monkey Man
GG Allin Scars On My Body
Judas Priest Screaming For Vengance
Motley Crue Live Wire
Battalion Of Saints I Want To Make You Scream
Tom Wolfe, New Journalism, Cult, Social Commentary; Paperback Book 144 pages (1989 reprint) - Good Used condition
“What Tom Wolfe has done is create an appallingly funny, cool, small, deflative two-scene social drama about America's biggest, hottest, and most perplexing problem--the confrontation between Black Rage and White Guilt.” ―Time magazine
“Wolfe's genius is that he is fair; he puts the Bernstein part in perspective against the background of New York social history. Read it and weep with laughter.” ―Houston Post
“A sociological classic . . . At Wolfe's hands the socialites get a roasting they will long remember.” ―Saturday Review
“Tom Wolfe understands the human animal like no sociologist around. He tweaks his reader's every buried though and prejudice. He sees through everything. He is as original and outrageous as ever.” ―The New York Times
“Uproariously funny and socially perceptive . . . a penetrating dissection of the confusion among the classes and the search for status.” ―Women's Wear Daily
“Tom Wolfe at his most clever, amusing, and irreverent.” ―San Franciscio Chronicle
“Absolutely brilliant. One of the finest examples of reporting and social commentary I have read anywhere.” ―Gay Talese
Julian Cope, Underground, Obscure, Reviews, Doom, Jazz, Experimental, Metal, Psych, Krautrock; Large Paperback Book - New
Eschewing the usual criteria of chart success or acknowledged influence, the Copendium — a collection of album reviews and themed track samplers — takes energy, originality and heaviness as its bearings. The result is a feast of obscure and neglected masterworks that together form a surprising but entirely credible new tradition. Krautrock, motorik and post-punk, stoner and doom metal, occasionally even jazz, spoken word and hair metal: they are all represented in a wholly persuasive sequence. Cope is the perfect guide to this novel terrain: impeccably informed, passionate, insightful and deeply funny. Copendium is his re-imagining of a useful canon of popular music, and it is set to become required reading.
Features reviews including Henry Flynt, Chrome, Magma, Melvins, Monoshock, Psychick TV, Sleep, Boredoms, Harvey Milk, OM, Sunburned Hand of the Man etc...
Psych, Experimental, Noise, Rare, Avant Garde, Argentina, Rock; 2xCD set - Ex Used condition (Jewell case damaged)
The Argentinian band Reynols wasn’t widely known even before they disappeared for some 17 years. They just don’t do the kind of music that gets a band known. Reynols represent everything rock pretends to be. The band has been around since 1993, although if you ask singer and frontman Miguel Tomasin, he might tell you that the band has been around since 1967 when, at age 3, he started banging on pots and pans in his mother’s kitchen. He might say something else, too, but he’s said that in the past. Tomasin is, by any definition, the visionary of Reynols. Without him, Reynols wouldn’t be the most important band in the history of rock. Rock has certain conventions—rhythm, instrumentation—that generally don’t vary all that much. But something more important that rock has, or should have, or at least pretends to have, is attitude. Rock is about the rise of the outsider. Rock is about breaking down power structures. Rock is about believing in yourself. And in that respect, Tomasin is a veritable rock hero. The fact that Tomasin has Down’s syndrome may or may not matter; We’d have to know what kind of band he’d have if he didn’t have Down’s syndrome to say for sure, and we don’t know that. But Tomasin is a visionary and in Roberto Conlazo, Pacu Conlazo and Anla Courtis, he has a devout ensemble ready, willing and able to do his bidding. And that’s what makes Reynols the most important band in the history of rock. Tomasin’s bidding hasn’t always brought home the bacon. Past releases have included recordings of chickens and an album of dematerialized music, housed in an empty jewel case. The band has also worked with Acid Mother’s Temple, the Nihilist Spasm Band and Pauline Oliveros, and has always stayed true to his wishes. That dedication is what gives the band its strength.
Anal Cunt, Grindcore, Noise, Rare, Early, Live, Collected recordings; CD - Ex Used condition
Old Stuff, Part Two is a compilation of early material. The 1st track is actually one side of a split with the Meat Shits. The tracks are completely blur noise, with sparse riffs and a cover of a ‘Siege’ song that you may recognize from later albums by AC. If you don’t care for Anal Cunt even when they have funny song titles, then you will hate this album for sure. This is pure noise, everything sounds similar, everything is too fast for consideration, but I love everything about this album. The real treat on this album though is the live tracks, from the early days when AC would still do live acoustic performances. They actually play their material with an acoustic guitar while Tim Morse plays his typical style of blast/stop/blast/stop, for a small crowd who gives big cheers after each song. It’s funny as hell and I wish I had been there.
The Wire Magazine, V/A comp,
The Wire 20 Years 1982–2002 is a various artists compilation album. The 3-CD box set was released on Mute Records for the 20th anniversary of British music magazine The Wire The tracks were selected by the magazine's publisher and former editor, Tony Herrington. It is now out of print. Andy Gill at The Independent named it one of the ten best box sets of the year.
CD 1
The Wire - Steve Lacy
Seguita - Ennio Morricone (with Gruppo Di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza)
Wrong Eye - Coil
Egress (excerpt) - Hands To
Buried Dreams - David Toop and Max Eastley
Tubby's Vengeance - Vivian Jackson & King Tubby
Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder) - Fennesz
M 5 - Derek Bailey
Cockfight - Trance In Paksabali And Kesiman - Gamelan Beleganjur - Traditional Musicians, Bali
Pygmaäen - Einsturzende Neubauten
After Rapidly Circling The Plaza (excerpt) - AMM
11,000 Volts - Mars
Breathe Deep - Cabaret Voltaire
The Death Of The Composer Was In 1962 - Tony Conrad with Faust
Vandal - Designer
Soaking Bodies In Dub - Torture
Shenshema - Fela Kuti
CD 2
Illistrum - The Art Ensemble Of Chicago
Expressway To Yr Skull - Sonic Youth
Salt - Spring Heel Jack / The Blue Series Continuum
Paper Hats - This Heat
Simple Headphone Mind - Stereolab / Nurse With Wound
Rock 'N' Roll Station - Jacques Berrocal
Ancient Ethiopia - Sun Ra & His Solar-Myth Arkestra
Jukebox Capriccio - Christian Marclay
Williams Mix - John Cage
Cathode #4: Soundcheck Version - Yoshihide Otomo
Headphones - Bjork
I (excerpt) - Pauline Oliveros
CD 3
Satan Side - Keith Hudson
Music For The Gift Part 1 - Terry Riley
Silver Smoke Of Dreams - William Burroughs (with Ian Sommerville)
Rocket USA - Suicide
4.2 - Supersilent
Vaihe (Fön)
Kebabträume - Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft
Khalid Of Space Part 2 - Welcome - Larry Young
Players With Circuits - David Behrman (with Gordon Mumma)
Archers of Loaf, Indie Rock, Documentary, Chapel Hill, Live Footage; DVD - New
Indie rock icons the Archers of Loaf reunited in 2011, and during the course of their reunion tour played two legendary concerts at Cat's Cradle in Chapel Hill, NC. Combining in-your-face concert footage along with rare interviews of the band, this film by director Gorman Bechard documents those concerts, and captures the excitement and explosive energy of what its like to see this extraordinary band perform live. Filmmaker Gorman Bechard and his production team have artfully captured the Archers' energy and skill on stage, the bouncing, lyrics-shouting revelry the band inspires among their audience, and the enveloping joy of just being in the room amidst it all. The reunited foursome is tight and well rehearsed, with spot-on timing and solid accuracy in their playing. Best of all, they seem to be having a great time once again cranking out these tunes after a decade-plus hiatus, and they seem to get real satisfaction from the fans' enthusiastic reactions (Bachmann confirms that notion in the film). The band's great performance also comes wrapped in some lovely packaging. Simply stated, this is a really well-done concert documentary. Courtesy of Brian Paulson (audio), Gorman Bechard (video), and their team, the film looks and sounds fantastic. The cuts between the six camera angles are skillful and unobtrusive, and the camera placements and movements are nicely used to convey intimacy and intensity. The interviews with the band, interspersed throughout the film, are funny, engaging, and even revealing.
Nick Zedd, Cinema of Transgression, Underground Film, No Wave Cinema, No Wave, Cult, New York; DVD - New
Throwing pearls before swine, Nick Zedd and MVD unleash ten never before seen additions to the groundbreaking filmmaker's legacy of celluloid subversion. Color and B&W film and video shorts with Muffinhead, Sylvia Pinal, Alexandra Guzman, Gio Guzman, Ernique Guzman, Monica Casanova, Zerak Zedd, Anaiis Djin, Athena Odosio and Ix Celita. This digitally restored and remastered Director's Cut features high resolution transfers of the original digital videos and one 8mm film. Included are two movies featuring Zedd's extremist Xenomorphic Entities (hand painted in oil) the most recent of which is fully animated! Includes Eclipse of the Ectoparasite, Demonica, The Death of Muffinhead, Attack of the Particle Disruptors, Paradise Lost, Love Always Love, The Extremist Manifesto, Cockfight, Frustration and Paintings 2009-11. With original music by Exploded View, Demonic Sweaters, Nick Zedd, Tim Gendron, Dr Shinto, Michael Slatky, Dr. Fanatik among others. Features a bonus interview with Brett Henderson Kreuzer aka Muffinhead and Nick Zedd.
UK Punk, Oi!, Live, 1998; VHS - Ex Used condition
Recorded live in Hollywood, California September 28th 1998. PAL Version for the European market. Comes in a cardboard slipcase.
1 Supermodels - 2Up Yer Bum - 3 Run Like Hell - 4 The Jinx - 5 Talk Show - 6Elvis Is Dead - 7 Spirit Of Keith Moon - 8 Keep Britain Untidy - 9 Transvestite - 10 Never Made It - 11 Vicars Wank Too - 12 Moped Lads - 13 Blown Out Again - 14 Banned From The Pubs - 15 Leader Of The Gang - 16 Maniac