Scream and Writhe, online comp, podcast

Scream//Writhe is a new co-op distro between myself and Black Banana Records attempting to fill the void of a generally distro-less Vancouver area.

Our labels remain separate, but both online mailorders have merged under http://screamandwrithe.storenvy.com

For general updates and news, visit http://screamandwrithe.blogspot.com or http://facebook.com/screamandwrithe

This page will still be updated with Absurd Exposition related information.

Speaking of which, second volume of the AE online comps was posted on April 3rd: http://absurdexposition.bandcamp.com

This time around features tracks from: ALOKA, SIX BREW BANTHA, GRUDGEHOLDER, SIGIL, POTIER., WTCHDR, WAGE GARNISHER, SEMINARY, GOOD THINGS, and OCRA.

Volume 3 coming October 2012.

Podcast #13 was also posted recently: http://soundcloud.com/absurdexposition

Just music, no interviews.

IN DISGUST - Alone (IN DISGUST / MASS GRAVE, 2008)

WTCHDR - The Preacher (2012)
ALOKA - Forced Vaccination (2012)
SIX BREW BANTHA - Fisgard Block Party (Six Brew Bantha, 2012)
GAS CHAMBER - Prone (Corpse with Levity, 2011)

AHNA - I Have No Future (AHNA / WOLBACHIA, 2012)
COOKED AND EATEN - There's a Lot Left in the Body without a Head... (2011)
WOLBACHIA - No End (Children of God, 2012)

HATRED SURGE - Inoculation (2012)
PIG HEART TRANSPLANT - Weapon (Weapon b/w Gut Pleasures, 2011)
WALLS - A Piece of Rope (The Future is Wide Open, 2012)

DEAD KENNEDYS - Saturday Night Holocaust (Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death, 1987)
EMPTY CONVERSATIONS - The Typical D-Beat (Raw In Dirty, 2012)
DEAD KENNEDYS - Do The Slag (Bedtime for Democracy, 1986)

PRISON - As Soon As You Get Out, Just Keep Running (Shortcuts to Nowhere, 2012)

DRUG PROBLEM - Wearing Your Wife's Dressing Gown (Drug Problem, 2009/2012)
PURITY CONTROL - Sympathy Pains (Revisiting, 2012)
COLUMN OF HEAVEN - Barghest Jugend (Mission from God, 2012)
GODSTOPPER - Everybody Writes Good Songs (2012)

THE K-TELS aka THE YOUNG CANADIANS - I Hate Music (live 1979)
POINTED STICKS - Apologies (live 1979)
DISGUST - Disgust ("Time Ruins Everything...", 2010)


Playlist as of late:
Aldebaran - Dwellers in Twilight
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath / Vol. 4
Blood Axis - Blot: Sacrifice in Sweden
D.O.A. - Disco Sucks / Something Better Change / Hardcore 81 
Gerry Hannah - Songs from Underground
Osk - Wretched Existence // Bleak Future
Young Canadians - No Escape

Watchlist:
The Baader-Meinhof Complex
Bloodied But Unbowed
To Live and Die in L.A.
The Lives of Others
The Sunset Limited
Z

Absurd
–noun
2. the quality or condition of existing in a meaningless and irrational world.

Exposition
-noun
2a. a statement or rhetorical discourse intended to give information about or an explanation of difficult material.

WINTERS IN OSAKA - Red Passage CS out now

The first release on Absurd Exposition: WINTERS IN OSAKA - Red Passage: The Cassette Years Discography Part 1 CS is out now. Spans 2007-2009 and compiles material from “Pierced Ears, Pierced Eyes”, “Mechanics”, split with DEATH AGONIES, and collaboration with P.T.M. Limited to 50 pro-done tapes with pseudo-xeroxed covers.

Cover assembly playlist:
CURSED - One
DRUG PROBLEM - Drug Problem
GODSTOPPER - Empty Crawlspace
WALLS - The Future is Wide Open

THE ENDLESS BLOCKADE - final tape now in stock.

The final tape from Toronto's THE ENDLESS BLOCKADE is now in stock.

Now you can all send me your money instead of weekly "is this in yet?" emails.

This is the only place you can get it in Canada. 20 Buck Spin will soon have them for US folks. The rest of the world may order from me or 20 Buck Spin, take your pick.

"Last ever release for The Endless Blockade, an 11 minute cassette of the only recording of the final line up of Bloomer, Carroll, Edgar, King and Nolan. Recorded in our practice space the week before we dissolved the band this cassette represents the set list we played at pretty much every show in 2010; though it lacks the extended noise and closing song of either Do Not Resuscitate or Qabalistic Zero."

Twitch of the Death Nerve. 2011. Survivalist.

Other recent distro additions from Black Banana Records:
AHNA LP (repress with new art)
WAKE THE MACHINES / OCKSEN 7"

Tomorrow should see the delivery of the WINTERS IN OSAKA tapes to my door, copies will then be available from myself and from Adam shortly as well.

Submission deadline for the second AE online comp is April 1st.

PLAYLIST:

ADOLESCENTS - Adolescents
JOHN CALE - Fear is a Man's Best Friend
CONVERGE - No Heroes
CULT OF YOUTH - Cult of Youth
DRUG PROBLEM - Drug Problem
THE ENDLESS BLOCKADE - final tape
KOREISCH - This Decaying Schizophrenic Christ Complex
POINTED STICKS - Perfect Youth
plus various DEAD KENNEDYS, POINTED STICKS, PETE SEEGER, NEIL YOUNG, YOUNG CANADIANS bootlegs

Void Sacrifice #1

It's been a busy couple of days over here. The first issue of VOID SACRIFICE, a sublet of Void Seance, now in stock. Interviews with White Gimp Mask, Waterpower Electronics, Richard Ramirez. Gear discussion with The Rita and Vomir. 14 pages, b/w. Hand numbered, limited to 100 copies. Printed on Mohawk Britehue 60lb Gold Velum Text Weight.

Podcast #12 - with guest Howard Bloom

Absurd Exposition Podcast #12 with special guest Howard Bloom.

Howard Bloom is the founder of the Space Development Steering Committee, a former visiting scholar to NYU’s Graduate Psychology Department, author of several books; The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition Into the Forces of History, Global Brain: The Evolution of Mass Mind From The Big Bang to the 21st Century, and The Genius of the Beast: A Radical re-Vision of Capitalism, his list of credentials goes on.

On this program, Howard talks about finding your passions in life at a young age, sticking with them, and achieving goals you had for those passions while you are still young. He also talks a fair amount about space: what it can do for us, why we as humans need to get there, what’s preventing us from doing so, why the private sector appears to be the answer, and what average people like you and I can do to further its cause.

Playlist:

- COLUMN OF HEAVEN - The Future of War (Ecstatically Embracing All That We Habitually Suppress, 2011)
- solar x-ray flares from the sun
- NEIL YOUNG - Don’t Be Denied (Time Fades Away, 1973)

http://www.howardbloom.net
http://www.facebook.com/howard.bloom
http://www.twitter.com/howardxbloom
http://www.spacesolarpower.org
http://www.spacex.com
http://www.spacexc.com
http://www.heliotown.com/Radio_Sun_Introduction.html

Podcast #13 will be an interview with Justin Oakey of Burial Offerings.

All previous podcasts available here.

Distro, podcast, label, and compilation update

Copies of Special Interests #7 now in stock. Finnish import. In this issue: Fumio Kosakai, Dave Phillips, Jason Crumer, Encephalophonic, Cult of Youth, Phage Tapes, Christian Stadsgaard, Klaus Hansen, noise documentaries. Essentials: Con-Dom, Wertham, Dieter Muh.

I also have restocks of issues #4 through #6, plus one remaining copy of #3. All of these and more available in the webstore.

Podcast #12 should be online tomorrow, Thursday at the latest. Interview is being conducted tonight, very excited about this one.

Watch this space or the soundcloud page to catch it when it goes up.

Winters In Osaka - Red Passage: The Cassette Years Discography Part 1 C75 should be out by the end of April at the very latest. Another release or two in the pipelines, nothing concrete as of yet.

Submissions for the second Absurd Exposition free online compilation have been pouring in at a steady rate since I made the call out last week on Facebook. While it is nearly full already, I am still seeking out a couple noise tracks, so if there's anything you'd like to submit, please do so.

Guidelines for submission:

- must be a Canadian band/artist
- track does not have to be exclusive to this compilation
- track length must not be much longer than 5 minutes
- track must be in lossless format (WAV/FLAC/ALAC/AIFF) -- no MP3s!
- send to absurd.exposition [[[at]]] gmail ]]]dot[[[ com

I am also in need of someone who wants to do artwork for this volume! Please get in touch.

Check out Volume One here.


Playlist:
The Body - All the Waters of Earth Turn to Blood
Godstopper - Empty Crawlspace / Everybody Writes Good Songs
Bill Plummer and The Cosmic Brotherhood
Neil Young - Time Fades Away / Tonight's the Night / Zuma
Zola Jesus - Stridulum II

Reading:
Howard Bloom - Global Brain

Watching:
Awake
Everybody Writes Good Songs
Primer
Take Shelter
Waco: The Rules of Engagement