TWO WHEEL TERRORS (Custom Motorcycle), DVD
Kustom/Choppers/Lowbrow/Skate/Culture DVD; New
The Two Wheel Terrors Collection is filmed by Arie and Mark Van Schyndel. These two brothers have traveled around filming some of the Industries top dogs as well as new up and comers. This collection is a must have. Grab a cold beverage, your warm chick and watch these guys rip it up with their bad ass builds. Two Wheel Terrors DVD by The makers of the Hot Rod Havoc series. A motorcycle film featuring: Kutty Noteboom (Sinners) Max Schaaf, Jasin Phares, Master of Disaster (Duane Peters) Matt Davis, Dean Micetech (Dice Magazine) and many more! Knuckles, Pans, Shovels, Triumphs, Choppers, Bobbers, Skateboards, Girls, guns...all the good shit!
BRITTOWN (Custom Motorcycle Documentary); DVD
Kustom/Lowbrow/Chopper/Culture DVD, New
The second award-winning motorcycle movie from the directors of infamous biker documentary Choppertown... A modern-day homage to On Any Sunday, Brittown features Meatball from the Hell On Wheels bike shop in Anaheim, CA. As a master mechanic, vintage Britbike connoisseur and motorcycle racer, Meatball splits his time between family, his shop and his rock band Smiling Face Down. Join Meatball for several months as he runs his old BSA in vintage motocross races, hits the desert with the No Gooders bike club, flies down the Willow Springs straightaways on his Norstar, and uses all his skill to rebuild a vintage 650 Triumph Bonneville motor into a blazing road-ready screamer. Featuring an insider's view of the SoCal Britbike culture including vintage motocross, dirt track, road racing, custom street bikes, and even a wild vintage lingerie beauty contest! Brittown is a ride you won't soon forget. WINNER - BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY - 2009 EOTP Film Festival, England
DEVILS AND ANGELS (Lowbrow Customs) Japan; DVD
Hot Rod/Kustom/Lowbrow/Culture DVD, New
Lowbrow Customs Presents: Devils & Angels: Kustom Kulture is Alive and Well. Lowbrow Art, Hot Rods, Customs & Girls. We got interviews with all sorts a cool folks. We've corralled Japan's masters of striping Makoto, Mr. G and Grimb. Take a close-up look in studio with the amazing Doug Dorr, get a peek inside the twisted mind of Jeral Tidwell and spend the day with Hot Rod/Surf Art legend Damian Fulton. See up close the artists at work, and at play, and see what makes these characters tick... Take a ride with the Straight Jacket Kustoms car club to the Grand National Roadster Show, 'Weld This' Art Show, and finally Gasoline Gallery's 'California Screamin' Art & Hot Rod Show.
DARK DIVORCE (Dard Divorce) Olaf Ittenbach 2007; DVD
Olaf Ittenbach/Gore/Voilent/Horror DVD, Used
Natalie Stein, a successful lawyer, emigrated with her parents from Germany to the USA at a very young age. The last things that stand between her and a happy life with her daughter and son, are the divorce settlement with her lowlife husband Tim and a nasty drinking habit. But a lot more is about to happen that she didn't bargain for when her dog goes missing and her mortally wounded husband appears on the doorstep, informing her that the children have been kidnapped. By the time the police arrives at her house, Tim's body has mysteriously vanished. When not much later one million dollars, a bag of cocaine and some gangsters enter the game, Natalie finds herself in less than no time tied to a chair in her own kitchen. Let the torture begin.....Original title is 'Dard Divorce' this English version"Dark Divorce".
ANTHROPOPHAGUS 2 Disc Special Edition (Joe D'Amato); DVD
Gore/Horror/Video Nasties DVD (1980), Used
Antropophagus has been described as having "a noted place in the annals of the escalation of gore". The film has gained Cult status - if only "amongst fringe horror video audiences". It has been argued that the reason for its cult status lies in its theme of cannibalism, hence "consumption of humans", which lends itself to cult reception. The scene in which the titular man eater strangles a pregnant woman, tears out the fetus from her womb and bites into it, made it become one of the infamous "Video Nasties" that were prosecuted in the United Kingdom in the early 1980s, and the "controversy greatly aided its cult reputation" as well. 2 disc special edition extras include Joe D'Amato documentary film, Trailers, Photo gallery and additional footage.
HOTROD HAVOC 3 (2009), DVD
Hot Rod/Kustom/Lowbrow/Culture DVD, New
Third Installment in the totally cool HH series, features Choppers Car Club - Bottrop Kustom Kulture Show - London Hotrod Hayride - Rumbler Thunder Albq. Nm - Michael Perrech's '36 Ford Truck - Bob Hill's(aces) Santa Fe Coupe - Tyler Pullen's Coupe - Pocket Nick's Model A Truck - Guido's Von Zipper - Anthony's Brown Neck Bandito - Skoty Chop's Money Shot - Jay Dean's Copper Penny Pusher - Follow The Squires Car Club To Paso Robles.
Walldorf Rock 'n' Roll Weekender (2008); DVD
Hotrod/Rockabilly/Lowbrow/Kustom DVD, New
A fabulous DVD of live performances from the 2008 Walldorf Rock 'n' Roll weekender, with plenty of bonus footage and interviews included too. Featured Bands : Danny and The Wonderbras - The Dirty Robbers - Domestic Bumblebees - Wes Pudsey - The Booze Bombs - Rebels Revenge - Cherry Casino & The Gamblers - Texabilly Rockets - Hank Cash - Marshall Scott Warner - Blue Rockin' - The Crystalairs - The Good Fellas - Black Raven - Bloodshot Bill - Sunny Bottom Boys - Blue Flames - Johnny Bach and The Moonshine Boozers.
Bret Easton Ellis's Controversial Fiction: Writing Between High and Low Culture (2013); Paperback
238 pages (Literary Studies), Used
Both literary author and celebrity, Bret Easton Ellis represents a type of contemporary writer who draws from both high and the low culture, using popular culture references, styles and subject matters in a literary fiction that goes beyond mere entertainment. His fiction, arousing the interest of the academia, mass media and general public, has fuelled heated controversy over his work. This controversy has often prevented serious analysis of his fiction, and this book is the first monograph to fill in this gap by offering a comprehensive textual and contextual analysis of his most important works up to the latest novel Imperial Bedrooms. Offering a study of the reception of each novel, the influence of popular, mass and consumer culture in them, and the analysis of their literary style, it takes into account the controversies surrounding the novels and the changes produced in the shifty terrain of the literary marketplace. It offers anyone studying contemporary American fiction a thorough and unique analysis of Ellis's work and his own place in the literary and cultural panorama.
CONFUSION IS NEXT: The Sonic Youth Story (1994) Paperback
Music/Punk/Sonic Youth/Experimental 274 pages, Used
The unconventional history and experimental music of Sonic Youth, a seminal, New York-based post-punk band, should make a compelling story. Emerging from the punk-rock culture and avant-garde New York art scene of the 1970s, Sonic Youth has produced a myriad of records and side projects, and inspired scores of other bands with its glamorous bohemian poses, dedication to the underground art world and a noisy punk sound marked by unorthodox guitar tunings and screeching feedback. An unabashed admirer, Spin contributing editor Foege's solemn panegyric fails to pierce the band's cool veneer, throwing little light on its enigmatic members and aesthetic inconsistencies. Through interviews with the band's friends and collaborators, Foege meticulously charts its links to New York's "no wave" music scene of the late '70s, the grass-roots punk culture of the early '80s and the widespread assimilation of "indie" rock by the mainstream music industry in the early '90s. By contrast, he gives short shrift to the band's private lives (sorely absent are details of the marriage and recent parenthood of vocalists Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon). This will be of significance mainly to record collectors and fans
TYPE PLAYER (2009); Paperback
256 pages Art/Design/Font/Graphic, New
Type can be commonly seen in our everyday lives, from covers of books, contents of commercial posters, to prints on T-shirts. Despite its commonness, it is still one of the most favoured elements that designers love to play with. The talented type players always inject life and sprit into the letters and characters, making type more appealing and fascinating. Type Player collects the world's latest and creative typographic design and their applications and presents them in their full glory. This book is expected to be an indispensable resource to any designer who looks forward to original and high quality work in typography, regardless of the medium.
HIP ART: The French Touch (2004); Paperback
164 pages English/French (bi-lingual) language - Art/Street Art/Graffiti, Used
With Hip Art the French Touch, graffiti changes its status. We are a long way from a succession of badly organized and more or less blurred images. On the contrary, Kriss Montfort's photographs provide us with an artistic vision of an urban phenomenon. This book was motivated by the desire to contribute to giving its lettres de noblesse to a major art form. If we've entitled it "Hip Art", it stems from a desire to pay tribute to Hip Hop, a culture which has inspired artists throughout the world. The sub-title, "French Touch", is an indication that this work deals with the French style we find in our environment, a particular art in that everything is blended (lettering, figurative art, diverse interventions, collage and a mixing of material, stickers, etc) and an art specific enough to warrant an entire volume. Hip Art is a copiously documented photographic study of French style (color, lettering). It also includes interviews from representatives of the French school: Jay, Mazout, and Bab2, an extensive bibliography, and an index permitting one to identify artists and their works.
STREET ART: The Spray Files (2005) Paperback
192 pages Art/Street Art/Graffiti, Used
Stunning and vibrant artwork can be found on buildings, sidewalks, street signs, and other surfaces in cities from New York to London to Barcelona. Street Art presents a comprehensive overview of this movement that began in the late 1960's with anonymous spray-can art in New York and Philadelphia and that has since grown into a cross-cultural phenomenon over the last four decades. Street Art begins with an explanation of the difference between street art and graffiti, along with new trends and styles. Each medium is then explored in a different chapter—stickers and posters, stencils, textured surfaces, traffic signs, buildings and furniture. Also included are chapters on street art characters and panoramic murals. Woven throughout are biographies of the artists—all internationally known—and an interview with each one. Street Art is an exciting look at an art movement that has been around for decades but that is just now beginning to emerge in the mainstream.
