Hell is other people?
July 8, 2007
“Crowd Porn 2″ by xtrapop (from the “Coachella Porn – Dante’s Orgy” series)
The idea that the Red Hot Chilli Peppers could inspire anything but catalepsy in an audience is beyond both my belief and understanding but, sometimes, it takes a photograph to show you what is in front of your eyes.
For me, this beautiful photo series of crowd scenes at Coachella, by Flickr member xtrapop (a.k.a. Thomas Brodahl), immediately brings to mind the listless rutting depicted in the orgy scene of the movie “Perfume” rather than Dante’s diabolical torments.
More:
- Coachella Porn – Dante’s Orgy (flickr.com)
Zabina
May 16, 2007
Cover artwork for Whitehouse ‘Racket’, by Stefan Danielsson.
When it comes to album cover art, William Bennett of Whitehouse has the uncanny ability to consistently work with artists whose work I immediately and unreservedly fall in love with – Trevor Brown, Romain Slocombe and now, for the forthcoming “Racket”, Stefan Danielsson.
Luckily for me Stefan has a blog which features lots of high quality scans of his work. Though my art budget is small I presently own a brace of Trevor Brown originals and more Romain Slocombe prints than I currently have room to hang. I look forward to adding some of Stefan’s work to my collection in the near future.
More:
- Bite Dead: Stefan Danielsson (blogspot.com)
- Official Whitehouse website (susanlawly.freeuk.com)
- BabyArt: Official Trevor Brown Website (pileup.com)
- Romain Slocombe (experimental.com)
An old and badly laid out site but with a good selection of older RS photographs and paintings.
Can the world be as sad as it seems?
April 2, 2007
An excellent promotional video for “We are the massacre” by World’s End Girlfriend.
I’ve been listening to a lot of World’s End Girlfriend (a.k.a. Katsuhiko Maeda) lately and this video perfectly complements the beautiful track from his 4th album, “The Lie Lay Land” (2005).
More:
There’s surprisingly little of interest/substance out there but here’s a start:
- World’s End Girlfriend at Noble Records (noble-label.net)
“Nothing will delight us more than to see your life and spirit enhanced with our music.” - World’s End Girlfriend interview (autresdirections.net)
A short interview from the time of the release of “The Lie Lay Land”. - “Scorpius Circus” live (youtube.com)
Not his most original work but worth watching to see him perform live with a full-size band.
100 photographs you didn’t know were great #11: Gaahl of Gorgoroth
February 4, 2007
“Gaahl of Gorgoroth” by Peter Beste (2003)
“You are what you came from.
It is your mission to go forth and to grow – to stay awake and to whisper.”
Gaahl
More:
- Peter Beste Photography (peterbeste.com)
- The Official Gorgoroth Website (gorgoroth.org)
- “Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground” (feralhouse.com)
The definitive account of the Norwegian satanic metal scene in the 1990’s, written by Michael Moynihan and Didrik Soderlind.
“a fantastic realm where Satanism, neo-paganism and National Socialism energized a musical scene in which fantasy was actualized” - “Lords of Chaos: The Movie” (roadrunnerrecords.com)
A fictionalised movie version of the Feral House book.
“Equal parts music, true crime, occult, and subcultural anthropology” - 100 Great Photographs (davidwaterston.com)
The rest of the photographs in this series.
Compounded
January 26, 2007
A new Consumer Electronics album “Nobody’s Ugly” (vinyl only?) has been announced.
Released by No Fun Productions of New York there is no firm date yet but you can add yourself to their mailing list to be notified when it becomes available.
More:
- Philip Best (philipbest.blogspot.com)
- No Fun Productions (nofunproductions.com)
An interesting island
January 20, 2007
“Did you know there’s a girls’ school with 400 girls just round the corner? Very nice, I’ll tell you, it really is lovely. I mean they’re so beautiful those little girls are. My conscience won’t let me tamper – feel I might damage their lives if I do anything.”
A short, but unusual, 1974 interview with Brian Eno. Conducted by then journalist Chrissie Hynde.
More:
- Everything you’d rather not have known about Brian Eno (hyperreal.org)
- EnoWeb (hyperreal.org)
- Brian Eno at Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
- Brian Eno Official Store (enoshop.co.uk)
- Brian Eno official site (brianeno.com)
“Experiment appearing shortly”
Resolved
January 1, 2007
“Know from henceforth that for the kind of person whom destiny calls the ordinary rules of life are reversed and become quite different. Good and evil are transferred to another and higher plane, then virtues which might be applauded in an ordinary person would in you become vices, simply because they would only be the source of obstacles and ruin.
“While the great law of the world is not to do this, or that, to avoid one thing, or pursue another: it is to live. To enlarge and develop our most active and sublime qualities in such a way that from any sphere we can always strive to reach another one that is wider and more airy, more elevated. Do not forget that.
“Go straight ahead. Simply do as you please insofar as it serves your interests. Leave weakness and scruple to the petty minds and to the rabble of underlings. There is only one consideration worthy of you: the elevation and greatness of yourself.”
- Boyd Rice “Some Colussus” (extract).
More:
- Boyd Rice (boydrice.com)
- Scorpion Wind lyrics
- Listen to Scorpion Wind music (last.fm)
Previously:
Completion
October 18, 2006
Just turned up on Dime-A-Dozen, a performance length video of Whitehouse recorded live in the United States earlier this year, namely:
live action 143
05 mar 06
bar – new haven, usa
william bennett, philip best
avalanche, dans, ruthless babysitting, cruise (force the truth), philosophy improv, nzambi ia lufua, cut hands has the solution, munkisi munkondi, a cunt like you, tit pulp, why you never became a dancer, movement 2000
This one is not yet available officially from Susan Lawly. The performance was videotaped but I have no reason to believe that this is the “official” recording.
More:
- Whitehouse Live Action 143 torrent (dimeadozen.org)
- Susan Lawly (susanlawly.freeuk.com)
- William Bennett blog (williambennett.blogspot.com)
Previously:
Infrequent “Quote of the Day” #4
September 6, 2006
“The East Germans had it right. Every group used to have a permit. They should bring them in here.”
Mark E Smith on the Artic Monkeys.
More:
- The Official Fall Website (thefall.info)
- The Unofficial Fall Website (visi.com)
- Artic Monkeys (arctic-monkeys.com)
- Who is this guy?
Teenaged Artic Monkeys fans combine their considerable brain-power to try and determine exactly who Mark E Smith is.
Pissed-on shark meat
August 27, 2006
The release of a new Bonnie “Prince” Billy (a.k.a. Will Oldham) album is always something to be happy about and the new promo ad (the first of three) for “The Letting Go” couldn’t be any better:
“Sounds like something that would come out on September 11th”
More:
- Bonnie “Prince” Billy videos (youtube.com)
- Official videos and discography (dragcity.com)
- The Royal Stable (bart.nl)
An obsessively detailed BPB/Palace fan site. - Dime-A-Dozen (dimeadozen.org)
Bit Torrent site with a good selection of live BPB recordings, including live radio appearances from his recent “Free Bonnie” tour.
