Lowlife ex-Dead Neighbors

Smack dab in the middle of the 80's. It was a rough time to be a teenager, no longer living at home. Everything was new, different, everything was so fucked up. It was all over the top. All overkill. Plastic. Bright lights.
Bands like Joy Division, New Order, Cocteau Twins and Lowlife made it a wee bit easier to get through the night. They didn't sing about shiny, happy people. The didn't drone on about Pleasantville, boy-meets-girl, white picket fences or dancing the night away. Most of the time I didn't know what the hell they were singing about, I just knew that for the first time I felt something I never knew possible. Their music struck a deep cord within me, and still does to this day.
The Dead Neighbors were a Scottish psychobilly band. They went through some tough times as well. Members came and went. Brian Guthrie managed them, he was Robin Guthrie's brother. Yes, Cocteau Twins. Founding member of the Cocteau Twins, Will Heggie left their band. Some time later, thanks to Brian, Will joined up with Dead Neighbors. The band slowly evolved into what we now know as Lowlife. God bless Lowlife.

Oda Valle aka Odina Design

Kickin' it with Norwegian Illustrator and Graphic Designer, Oda Valle.

See more from her website HERE and Oda's Flickr HERE



Werner Herzog 'Bells From The Deep (1993)'

Traditional Tuvan throat singing from Werner Herzog's controversial docu-film "Bells From The Deep: Faith and Superstition in Russia" (1993).

Angel'in Heavy Syrup

Lately I've been thinking a lot about Japanese psych-rock goddesses Angel'in Heavy Syrup. I first crossed paths with them nearly 20 years ago, back in Honolulu, Hawaii. Shit. It seems like just yesterday but, 20 years is nearly a lifetime...and that's twice as old as Justin Beiber.
My friends Guy (Funk Pistol) and Stacey (Fine) brought them to Honolulu to play some shows at their very 'underground' and very 'after hours' nightclub 'My Favorite Eggplant'. The ladies spoke little-to-no English and my Japanese is juvenile, at best. That didn't stop us from having way too much fun.

R.I.P. Kodachrome

Thursday marked the end of an era, as the very last lab to develop your Kodachrome film shut it all down, selling the last of their processing machines for scrap metal.

Get the full story HERE

Vampyros Lesbos

Jesus Franco's Vampyros Lesbos is the purest example of the 70's B-Movie/ Horror genre. The jazzy-psychedelic soundtrack is the cherry on this lesbian-camp, cult classic. Tune in, turn on, drop out. Watch the flick. Listen to the soundtrack.

Chris Silas Neal

Chris Silas Neal's work is a nice little retreat from the overworked and super polished digital world. He's a Brooklyn based artist & instructor at the Pratt Institute, whose illustrations and hand-drawn type are reminiscent of styles and aesthetics of early last century. It is seriously refreshing to see that there are still artists who take the time to lay it out by hand, who don't settle on programs & nanobots to write their art for them...'cause brother, this fella likes it old school!

See more of C.S. Neal's work HERE