Jim Van Bebber. One helluva filmmaker……

So here’s this guy, this underground filmmaker. Jim Van Bebber. With such films as the classic revenge film DEADBEAT AT DAWN, KATA, ROADKILL: THE LAST DAYS OF JOHN MARTIN, MY SWEET SATAN, DOPER and a few music videos such as SKINNY PUPPIES video collection and NECROPHAGIA’s -Through The Eyes Of The Dead. Make-up on DB A D, which you have to see is pretty savage, acted in many a films. edited, and whatever else brings on indie mayhem. So as you can see, or read about if anyone here hasn’t heard of this dude, he’s into some pretty crazy shit. He’s always referenced in magazines for his links to killer music and taboo subjects. So I thought i’d throw him a few questions because I just need to know……..

So Jim, what’s been goin’ on with yourself lately?

You love music, especially some dark shit. what have you worked on?

You’ve been workin on the manson family film for a while, finally finished correct? Phil Anselmo helped with the soundtrack correct?

Deadbeat at Dawn has become such a cult underground hit, what was with doin’ a sort of vigilante film instead of a horror which you seem to be quite associated with. Continue reading…

Local doomsters Sound Asleep. I had to find out…

Like I usually do, I surf and surf and surf for new bands on almost a daily basis. Seriously, if i’m not fuelled up by any new sounds, guitars, space searing keys then i get bored fast. Maybe it’s my severe case of a.d.d. but thats how I work people. Mental illness is a serious issue and i crave new tunes like I jonse for RID. So here i am cruisin’ through live venue 73′s myspace (www.myspace.com/73stpaul), which i totally dig cause tons o’ tunes go through this place and let me tell you, in my fried state of mind, when i came across this band, YOB came to my head the instant some arterial feedback began dirging my ears. Then like a fuckin bulldozer, slow creeping doom? Oh boy, right up my alley. From around here? Are you kidding me? God damn yaaaaaa, and on the record, the first few YOB albums are among the most killer doom ridden psychedelic albums ever. AAAAAmazing.

Shane Tyrer (drums) goes on to tell me that their direct influences come from NEUROSIS, YOB (i knew it), HIS HERO IS GONE, ASUNDER and BURIED AT SEA, which totally show. This band, which was created over a year ago really take the sludge impact seriously.

From what Shane spews out about the band, “I feel we all wanted to create something louder, darker and heavier than anything else ever heard in Niagara. We wanted to write music that could deliver a relentless sonic assault on the listener from beginning to end. From the reaction we’ve received, I feel we’ve been effective in what we’ve been trying to create. “and It certainly is.

Nothing has been officially released as of yet, but you can download their ep here (www.mediafire.com/?nt1zzzvmjiu )and check out their tunes and info at www.myspace.com/iamsoundasleep. Shane has informed myself that they are working on a follow-up as we speak and would love to have it out by early 2010. So what I’m gonna do is try and save up as much weed as possible, maybe even a few brownies and fuckin crank that shit when it comes across my ears. God dam ya, it’s lovely to see bands that i really appreciate form in this area. I don’t have to go far at all, especially when i’m high as fuck.

Deluxe Galaxie 500 Reissues

Dream pop enthusiasts rejoice. Hazy New England originators Galaxie 500 are set to get the deluxe reissue treatment on March 22, when Domino UK releases the group’s three albums as 2CD sets with plenty of extras. Their 1988 debut, Today, is augmented with a career-spanning rarities disc called Uncollected (which was originally released in 1996 as part of a Galaxie 500 box set). 1989′s On Fire comes with a CD of Peel Sessions (originally released in 2005), and 1990′s This Is Our Music is coupled with Copenhagen, a live album originally available in 1997. All three albums will also be reissued on heavyweight vinyl.

http://www.myspace.com/galaxie500official