if their aim in musical life was to create an utterly anonymous record then supersilent have come pretty close to that beige achievement. in addition to the usual faceless brandless detailless sleeve design, the aural aesthetic has been pared to the bloody bone. drummer’s gone, so no beats. trumpet and voice abandoned in favour of [...]
Released in 1982 and often reincarnated in the years since, Ridley Scott's film Blade Runner speaks to a future that only a futurist of a certain bent could love: a world so used up that anyone who can afford to leaves it to inhabit space colonies off the shoulder of Orion, while those who cannot afford to---and the ill, the elderly, and, by appearances, most non-native speakers of English---are stuck...
the splash band - "the end (disco)" (download) Great cover of the the end theme from John Carpenter's "Assault on Precinct 13" by German "disco" band The Splash Band. Released in 1984, this stuff is more 80's electro than disco. The Music of John Carpenter features some pretty impressive covers of themes from Starman, Big Trouble in Little China, The Fog, and the extremely...
While I am on the subject of Science Fiction I have to throw this in! I recently re watched John Carpenter's "The Thing" but this time on bluray! It was everything I had remembered and more: Kurt Russel is still a total dream boat, the dog is still the most intense animal actor ever and the thing is still alive! A Friend told me about a short stop motion film that featured music from the...
A new image of Amber Heard (The Informers, Pineapple Express) from John Carpenter's (Halloween, The Thing) latest, The Ward, has just popped up online. Hit the jump for the full image and...
John Carpenter is currently working on his upcoming thriller "The Ward," and the folks at Dread Central spotted a new promo image for the film, which stars Amber Heard and Danielle Panabaker. As you can see above, Heard looks a bit messy and alarmed in the pic. She plays Kristen, a beautiful but troubled young woman who finds herself held against her will in a remote ward of a psychiatric...
Fright Master Tom Holland and Hitmaker David Chackler Reunite to Create Dead Rabbit Films Pic right (L-R): Tom Holland, Mrs. Faltermeyer, Harold Faltermeyer, Whoopi Goldberg and David Chackler (circa 80s). Horror buffs beware: a new production company has been formed by a couple of the most influential minds in the entertainment industry.
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The red idiot tick-like thing which grazes in the night, spirals and whorls throughout its skull and rasp-plates: alfabulin leschi forza gondwana mota | | | | | | 8th Century B.J. Sogo ... "The first thing I picture is the image of the happy, perfectly, or imperfectly human, mermaids and centaurs, tritons, and mermen having a frolic in the sea." as connected to "an image of contemporary...
It’s that thing again… There’s much to loathe about this time of year—the short and dismal days whose appalling weather will persist until mid-March, the trees denuded at last of their leaves, the Chinese Water Torture of Xmas trivia—but the post this week at least brought some compensations. As well as the copies of Dodgem Logic [...]
This is potentially a part 1 of 2, there may depending on additional contributor selections (Christian, Jonathan, and our two new contributors, Ben and Dorian!). Carry on and check out what we've selected, and let us know your favorites of 2009 in the comments! Marilyn's Picks 1. The Horrors - Primary Colours 2. TwinSisterMoon - The Hollow Mountain 3. Manic Street Preachers - Journal For Plague Lovers...
Rob Zombie backstage at the Aragon Ballroom on Sunday.Rob Zombie has made a name for himself outside of music by writing and directing four horror films, including two "Halloween" movies, but now the 44-year-old heavy metal legend feels it's time to make a name for himself outside of the horror genre.Zombie doesn't know what his "coming out" project will be. He's busy touring, his...
Lissie will be performing tonight at the Orpheum Theatre | Picture via Lissie's Myspace Our Pick: Ray LaMontagne, Lissie @ Orpheum Theatre Tonight legendary New Jersey-based horror punk progenitors the Misfits ( LAist Review ) will be headlining the Key Club . Eisley , a familial, Texan indie rock quintet, are poised to grace the Troubadour with none other than Miniature Tigers (LAist Interview ,...
Watching "Escape From New York" makes you yearn for more dark science fiction movies like this to be made. This John Carpenter directed monument of a film paints a crime-overrun and dystopian United States of America in the year 1997...
Jessica Alba is outside Cartier in New York filming scenes for her new movie Valentine’s Day . The Sun is reporting that Jessica is being considered for the lead in the remake of Jane Fonda’s ‘ Barberella ‘ which John Carpenter is rumoured to be directing. Along with Jessica it is reported that Sienna Miller and Katherine Heigl are also being considered. Who would you prefer to see as Barberella? Pics...
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