Lawrence English — The Rest Is My Ghost

Long before the current wave of musings on the ruinous city, before actual skyscrapers were sliding into oblivion, there were those Continental intellectuals who worried about the new metropolis as a monument to amnesia more than cultural advancement. Fast forward to the present, and ruins are again everywhere, this time around, according to sonic polymath Lawrence English, as spurious expressions of nostalgia. And like those before him, English ties this disingenuous form of remembering — nostalgia — to the past, but more importantly, to impoverished visions of the future. English gives this all a name: Acid Nostalgia. His most recent album, The Rest Is My Ghost, is a corrective and critique of the poverty of future thinking, and in typical fashion, English crafts a captivating work of abstraction and ambience filled with moments of tension and conflict, refusing easy resolution or premature release.

Scream Dream — Scream Dream( Blu Ray)

Scream Dream is an ultra-low-budget slice of 1980s heavy metal horror shlock. It’s a SOV offering from long-time active horror ‘n’ sleaze merchant Donald Farmer (Cannibal Hookers, Red Lips, Shark Exorcist, Scream Queens Weenie Roast )- focusing on a long-clawed, horned, and big-teethed demon connected to a up & coming/ female fronted metal band… and every time they roll into town, fans seem to disappear. Here from Visual Vengeance is a recent Blu-ray featuring directors' commentary, a few interviews, and a heavy metal horror primer.

Walls For Eerie, Haunted, & Darkly Hopeless Vistas

Vacant Align Interview

Active since October 2025, Wisconsin’s Vacant Align is one of the more atmospheric and texturally inventive wall noise projects to appear in some time. It’s a project that takes its time in releasing work, and you can certainly hear it, as each of their releases so far is a perfectly crafted blend of expressive and engaging textures. Behind the project is John Engman, who very kindly agreed to give us an email interview

Creative ‘n’ Inventive sleaze- The world of Roman Porno

Jasper Sharp interview

In the year 1971, Nikkatsu, the oldest/ at one point, the biggest film production company in Japan. Did something quite daring/ some would say crazy- they completely switched over their production to softcore adult films, which would become known as Roman Porno. Between 1971 and 1988, the company produced around 850 of these titles. The thing that made these films stand out from general softcore films is the often creative & inventive choices made- yes, the films primal focus is sleaze, but great examples of the genre are so much more than that. In the last year or so, there has been a spate of reissues of films in the genre from labels such as 88 Films, Third Window Films, and Klubb Super 8. One of the key figures/contributors behind these releases is Jasper Sharp- one of the world's experts on the genre, and the wider Pink genre it’s connected to. Jasper kindly agreed to give us an email interview discussing his history with the genre, his contributions to releases, and the new/updated edition of his book Behind The Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema on Fab Press.