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invasion of the thunderbolt pagoda

( culture and image and aberrations )

Push another item onto the ever-growing, never-overflowing media stack: Ira Cohen’s Invasion of the Thunderbolt Pagoda (more about it here and a trailer here. A more intense and arguably freakier preview over at The Wire.)
This hyperinsane-looking film was recently released for the first time on DVD by Saturnalia, an offshot of […]

firth of july 2006 demos

( projects and culture and sound )

By now you’ve heard of Lipplestock, or Lipplefest, or the Firth/Fourventh/Sorxth of July parties held on a nearly annual basis at TJ’s parent’s place in Altoona, PA. Ulf Magnet got itself together, barely, to play a few tunes this year. Here are the demos of the three originals in case you’re really jonesing […]

atavistic childhood psychedelia

( culture and image and sound )

Former WPRB music director Dan Ruccia posted this to the cassettemythos mailing list and I couldn’t resist… nothing makes you happy like your life’s first encounter with bizarre-itude.

the burgs, then and now

( places and culture and image )

My current hood, Williamsburg, Brooklyn — horse-and-buggy vs. hipster-and-bandmate. [curbed via brownstoner via nyc-architecture.com]

And my old hood, Pittsburgh, glitter vs. soot.

(by the way, did you know that Ben Roethlisberger has a blog? lo, the 21st century!)
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NO MORE NOISE

( culture and sound and aberrations )

Can it really be real? Mothers Against Noise. They seem to have their shit together — maybe they infiltrated No Fun Fest earlier this year down at The Hook. I feel like I might have seen their leader there, trying to look kind of goth:

This is some strident cultural criticism if I’ve […]