Comic, Vertigo, Graphic Novel, Eisner Award, Fables; 2007 VG Used condition
Pinocchio suffers seriously divided loyalties between his father, the evil Adversary, and his fellow Fable refugees in New York. Plus, Bigby Wolf reluctantly decides it's finally time to square accounts with his long-estranged father, the North Wind, and makes a journey with Snow White and their kids to find him.
Star Trek, Manga, Graphic Novel, Paperback, Comic; (2007) VG Used condition
Presents a collection of stories in which the crew of the Enterprise faces many challenges, including warrior-robot pilots turning to pillaging for thrills and machinery attempting to take control of the Enterprise.
Lee Ranaldo, Sonic Youth, Experimental, Minimal, Noise, Ambient; CD (1995)
East Jesus is a collection of material Lee Ranaldo recorded between 1981 and 1991. It was released on Atavistic Records. Tracks 2, 5, 8 and 10 are pieces that appeared on the CD version of his first LP "From Here To Infinity" or slight re-edits of that material. The rest of the collection ranges from obscure compilations and 7" releases, or previously unreleased material.
Minimal, Japanese, Experimental, Improvised, Improv, Avant Garde; Taku Sugimoto, Otomo Yoshihide, Sachiko M, CD
Toshimaru Nakamura and Tetzui Akiyama are two of the leading lights of the “new wave” of Japanese improvisers advancing their cause under the collective banner of “Onkyo”, which can loosely be interpreted to mean “less is more”. They perform together regularly at home, as well as in Europe. They have also collaborated with artists as diverse as Taku Sugimoto, Otomo Yoshihide, Keith Rowe, Gunter Muller, and Jerome Noetinger. Tetuzi is best known as a guitarist, having released albums solo as well as in groups with Taku Sugimoto and others mentioned above. His style is loosely blues-based, but stripped back to a very minimal and deconstructed base of isolated sonic elements. “Toshi”, as he is universally known, while starting as a guitarist, has evolved a unique style of sound performance based on the use of a small sound desk with no signal inputs. Instead this “no-input mixing board” as he calls it, is set up to loop outputs to inputs, running in outboard effects to produce a delicately constructed web of feedback tones and other “accidental” sonic raw materials. Much of the running in international improvisation is being made by Japanese artists, witness 2001”s highly successful “Japanorama” CD 'Meeting at Off-Site vol 1', on Reset [2002].
Free Improvisation, Improv, Free Jazz, Jazz, Experimental; 2 x CD (2000)
This is a double CD recorded immediately after the jazz festival in Appleby in July 1999 where the musicians performed both as a quartet and in separate combinations: the first disc recorded at the Gateway Studio; and the second, live at the Vortex - both in London. After Appleby is social engagement by four minds of equal stature sharing an equal commitment in an unequal world. Years of engagement by these musicians have inspired a massive vocabulary with an astonishing library of sound resources. If you are suspicious of music that defies description, then venture no further. These musicians reinvent their instruments, from primal bursts to a thrilling harnessing of sound converted into a viable music so exciting and different that it virtually defies categorisation.... (extracted from the extensive liner notes of Steve Kulak) The Parker/Guy/Lytton combination has been called arguably the greatest active improvising ensemble (Down Beat); and the incomparable Marilyn Crispell adds yet another distinctive voice to the trio.
The total times are: Disc 1 - 64'08 and Disc 2 - 68'02
Free, Improv, Jazz, Evan Parker, Barry Guy, Paul Lytton, Free Improvisation; CD (1998)
Performing live at London's The Vortex in 1996, two extended exuberant improvisations from the trio of Evan Parker on tenor & soprano sax, Barry Guy on double bass, and Paul Lytton on drums & percussion, perhaps the most ferocious and relaxed example of this trio on disc.
Outsider, Left Field, Experimental, Talentless, Various Artists, Compilation; 2 x CD
Outsider Musicians have come inside for a celebration of their art. This is a two CD compilation, SONGS IN THE KEY OF Z: THE CURIOUS UNIVERSE OF OUTSIDER MUSIC .The CDs feature songs from the uninhibited coyote howls of the Legendary Stardust Cowboy to the arrested-adolescent passion of Daniel Johnston; the flea-market cowboy soul of Buddy Max, to Joe Meek's ultra-rare, wobbly "Telstar" vocal demo; the Shaggs aboriginal backwoods rock to Lucia Pamela's vertigo-bent outer space lunacy -- the SONGS IN THE KEY OF Z CDs are unforgettable romps through music too strange for radio but too fascinating to ignore...
Nihilist Spasm Band, Noise, Abstract, Avant Garde, Experimental, Free Improv, Power Electronics; CD
Features: U can unlearn guitar, V/VM, Alan Licht, Smell & Quim, Carlos Giffoni, Reynols, Cock ESP, Wolf Eyes, Hijokaidan and much more playing covers of freeform noise unit Nihilist Spasm Band......Amazing!
Sex Pistols, UK, Punk. 70's; Book - Good Used Condition
In the 'Sex Pistols File' photographer Ray Stevenson brings together several hundred images from the group's early days. He covers several key moments from the band's history; its formation by Malcolm McClaren in 1975, the addition of Sid Vicious on bass guitar, the debut of their first album up to to the break-up and Sid's death in New York. The book was originally indended to be titled 'The Sex Pistols Scrapbook' but had to be renamed after Malcolm McLaren threatened to Sue for Stevenson's use of the colour yellow.
