Carcass - Complete Peel Sessions

I talked about Carcass a good while ago here, back when they originally started their "reunion" tour. Lucky for you, they're still on that very same tour and probably coming to a dive-bar near you, playing all of your favorite hits from Necroticism and Heartwork. How is it that Carcass is still doing this tour, but Sleep refuses to push their reunion beyond a couple dates in the UK? Does anyone care anymore?

...anyway--this is a complete collection of their John Peel recording sessions, dating from late '89 and '91. The entirety of the sessions wasn't circulated until their 'Best-of' album 'Choice Cuts' was released...and since most of you probably didn't bother with it, I packaged it on its own:

Carcass - The Complete Peel Sessions

1980's movie

The Fly (1986)
Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz.
Written by Charles Edward Pogue & David Cronenberg.
Directed by David Cronenberg.

Teleportation. It’s what scientist Seth Brundle (Goldblum) believes will change the course of mankind. And he’s probably right. But before he can unleash the technology onto the world - being unsatisfied with teleporting inanimate objects - he decides to zap himself through his teleportation “pods” in his funky downtown warehouse and inadvertently traps a common house fly inside during the process. Having recombined his molecular structure with that of the fly, he begins a slow metamorphosis into a hideous hybrid – all to the horror of a young writer (Davis) who has been detailing the experiments. At times a black comedy, it is doubtful that an actor other than Jeff Goldblum could have inhabited the character of “Brundlefly” so completely and elevated The Fly to the heights at which it resides (though he is given excellent support from the memorably sleazy John Getz). Director David Cronenberg’s claustrophobic updating of the 1958 film of the same name features the kind of raw, tactile gore that 80s horror was all about, creating an unnerving experience. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

SUN TATTO

Sun Tattoo:

Designer Yu-Chiao Wang created a stencil robe that leaves a very unique tan.

PETA2 Collaboration T-Shirt from Glamour Kills

A new T-Shirt from Glamour Kills raising awareness for Peta2 and opposing animal testing.

“Peta2 came to us after we won a Libby Award for “Most Animal Friendly Clothing Company”. The theme was “Animal Testing Breaks Hearts” so we took that idea and ran with it! We love what the people at Peta2 do and are extremely glad they asked to work with us on this design”.

Peta2 is a youth oriented action group that raises awareness about many issues related to animal cruelty. Check out their site Peta2.com and check them out on Twitter@peta2

“The Detournements of Wynn Miller” – Closing Reception (OBEY GIANT)

We couldn’t be happier with our success with “The Detournements of Wynn Miller.”

We would like to extend a notable thank you to all those who could attend and support our opening reception. If any show deserves an honorable conclusion, this would be it!

Please join us in celebrating our achievement by attending the closing reception for “The Detournements of Wynn Miller.”

25 out of 500 Limited Edition signed Obey Giant prints held over for the closing reception will be available.

Date: Friday July 31st 2009 7PM – 11PM

Featured Artists: Shepard Fairey, Mark “Gonz” Gonzales, Shawn Barber, Greg Gossel, Nate Frizzell, Chloe Trujillo, Axis, Lauren Bergman, Jon Chase, Richard Villa III, Nazrn, Eric Monson, Dennis Mcnett, Michael Ruiz, Mario “FDubs” Luevanos, Jeff Ho, Votan, Tony Meister, Jamie La Chappa

DJ: Al G

Open Bar Provided by Transphusion

Arctic Monkeys preview new 'Humbug' tracks during live webcast

Arctic Monkeys previewed five tracks from forthcoming album 'Humbug' during a live webcast yesterday .

Alex Turner and company performed live on a dramatically lit stage with giant blue screens behind them filled with images of blinking eyeballs. They didn't say a word during the short set, which lasted just under half an hour.

The band kicked off the streamed performance with the high-energy rocker 'Pretty Visitors' before launching into current single 'Crying Lightning'.

The Sheffield group then played 'Potion Approaching' which they followed with a cover of Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds' 'Red Right Hand'.

The band then wrapped up their short web broadcast with the slower, janglier 'Secret Door'.

Arctic Monkeys played:

'Pretty Visitors'
'Crying Lightning'?
'Potion Approaching'?
'Red Right Hand'
'Secret Door'

Blog - what do you think of Arctic Monkeys' new songs?

The band, who , release third album 'Humbug' on August 24 in the UK and a day later in the US,
are now gearing up for a series of North American dates this summer, kicking off at New York's All Points West festival on Saturday (August 1)

1984 T-Shirt inspired by Big Brother

For some time now I’ve wanted to design a shirt inspired by 1984. The newest member of the Assault team, John Staniforth took on the challenge to bring this entire deisgn to life, and this is the final product which I’m proud to say is some of our best work yet. 90% of the design work came from Stani’s mind, and the other 10% was myself adding color and a few other elements to, “take it to the next level.”

This Orwellian design’s focus is on the subject of totalitarian rule; rule brought about through the tyrannical control of thoughts, beliefs and ideals. By censoring and controlling the doctrine of which people live by, through the constant barrage of the oppressive propaganda machine, power is taken from the outreaching open hands of the many and tightly grasped by the clinching fists of the elitist few. Through surveillance, censorship, fear of random violence, fear of torture, fear of nuclear war and death, freedom becomes not only an unspeakable word but an unthinkable and unobtainable ideal.

This design was created using a combination of digital matte painting, as well as grafting images together in Photoshop to achieve the final look.