• Linkage to the strange and curious

    by  • 7/7/2007 • art, geek, insanity • 0 Comments

    Reminds me a bit of the Museum of Jurassic Technology, but in HTML… Steampunk, Ancient Ones, beat generation, religious propaganda, audio plays, drugs, piracy, insanity, and films you should see but likely couldn’t without the Internet. I’ve barely begun to scratch the surface at Greylodge, but the first thing I stumbled on was worth a much closer look at their other offerings.

    Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains was a 1981 film shot in (Vancouver ) Canada about three teenage girls, including Diane Lane and Laura Dern, who start a punk band. The film also featured ex-Sex Pistols Steve Jones and Paul Cook, along with Paul Simonon from The Clash and Fee Waybill from The Tubes. L.A. punk icon Black Randy from Black Randy and the Metrosquad also makes an appearance. There is also a brief cameo by a Elizabeth Daily as the hotel maid. Download

    The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft, narrated by Garrick Hagon
    Publisher: Landfall Productions (December 1989)
    Side 1 (MP3 – 47:01 – 32.3MB)
    Side 2 (MP3 – 46:43 – 32.0MB)

    Nothing So Strange is a film shot in the style of an “independent documentary” directed by Brian Flemming. It centers on the fictional assassination of Microsoft chairman Bill Gates on December 2, 1999. Download

    At last, the stars are finally right…The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society presents its all new silent film of The Call of Cthulhu. The famed story is brought richly to life in the style of a classic 1920s silent movie, with a haunting original symphonic score. Using the “Mythoscope” process — a mix of modern and vintage techniques, the HPLHS has worked to create the most authentic and faithful screen adaptation of a Lovecraft story yet attempted. Download

    A Clockwork Orange
    A BBC Radio 4 dramatization of Anthony Burgess’s novel, starring Jason Hughes & Jack Devenport

    A Radio 4 dramatization of Anthony Burgess’s novel which became a controversial film in the 1970s. In a nightmare world of the near future, packs of teenagers run wild, beyond the control of their families or the police. Alex is a gang-leader, addicted to drug-fuelled assault, torture and rape. Download

    Another podcast that I’ve been enjoying, that features horror stories;
    http://pseudopod.org/

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