If you were at the NuArt Theater in Los Angeles on May 15 or 16, you could have gotten a ticket for a tat. If that tattoo was based on the work of H.R. Giger, that is, and you wanted to see the premiere of 'Dark Star: H.R. Giger’s World.' H.R. Giger was a relatively obscure surrealist artist until 1979 when the world saw his design work in Ridley Scott’s 'Alien'. From that moment, the world of science fiction and horror, rock music album covers, punk and goth culture, and tattoos and fetish art was changed forever.
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Interview with Craig Lew, Author of The Goths
"Steven Spielberg once told me that I should build a strong body of work, because that will speak louder than anything I could say about myself."
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The fourth volume collecting the chaotic misadventures of the Cute Li’l Dead Girl is as grotesquely amusing as ever.
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Well-done book about The Cure from French author Michael Fargier.
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A dark journey with one of San Francisco's finest bands.
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The Little Dead Girl gets her third collection of color comic reprints.
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The Cult's classic Love has been given the deluxe vinyl reissue treatment.
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Exquisite vinyl reissue of Lisa Gerrard's first solo album.
Read More »Music Review: Dead Can Dance – Dead Can Dance
Excellent remastered 180 gram pressing of the classic first album.
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