g h o u l s o n

Fiskargubben

2010-08-03T13:13:00.002+02:00

FISKARGUBBEN (Kjartan Slettemark 1974)

Döden

2010-08-03T13:00:00.002+02:00

Intervju med jättefarliga noise/dödspunkarna Döden från farliga 80-talet.

Acts of Interstellar Lollipop Torture

2010-07-08T14:36:00.002+02:00

FanzinEra / Back to Human Nature

2010-07-08T12:43:00.003+02:00

I've had a very busy but enjoyable week in Sundsvall together with Carl Abrahamsson, curating his FanzinEra exhibition. It contains photographs taken between 1985-1988 for his zines Lollipop & Acts of Interstellar Torture. They capture sensational moments of the eighties underground movement that otherwise are condemned to fall into oblivion or fade as stapled xeroxed paper in a closet... the historic value of these photographs can't be denied. FanzinEra contains photographs of legendary underground personalities such as Richard Kern, Genesis P-Orridge, Leathernun, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Thurston Moore, Freddie Wadling, Joe Coleman, Lux Interior, Lydia Lunch etc. All issues of his old zines are also on display in a glass cage. Great reading while killing time in the gallery!

For those unable to visit the exhibition, I can reveal that a book is in the making, featuring a large amount of live & backstage photos, quotes, trivia and texts dealing with the sleaziest aspects of the eighties underground. Keep yourself updated on his activities through http://www.carlabrahamsson.com

Yesterday we held a screening of the film program "Back to Human Nature". I was completely carried away by the stunning "Taiwaskivi" by Halo Manash from Finland. This alone makes it a must-have in your collection!

“Back to human nature!” contains new cinematic work by four Swedish artists and one Finnish audiovisual group. Dynamic, consciousness-expanding and awareness-raising, these films range from minimalistic meditations, animated analyses, over ritualistic reverence and psychic soulsearching, to primordial possession. With minimal means, these artists have created unique multidimensional visions of an inner state of mind and, more importantly, of experimental magical attempts to overcome the frustrations we all experience in contemporary culture, urbanized globalisation and technological stress. Their results are colourful cinematic talismans, beamed from five highly creative mind-entities to the world outside.

”Intermediate” (Fetish 23, Sweden, 2009, 12 min)
An ever fluctuating diptych with images of urban and natural landscapes in interaction. With a stunning soundtrack by Moljebka Pvlse, the impact is one of serene beauty and transformative power.

”Taiwaskivi” (Halo Manash, Finland, 2009, 50 min)
Halo Manash’s audiovisual shamanism spellbinds our apprehensions and breaks open our heads. With an archaic and atavistic animism straight from our primordial psyche, these groundbreaking Finnish artists seduce and impregnate the viewer with a stern sense of ritual force.

”Stress call of the stinging nettle” (Christine Ödlund, Sweden, 2009, 8 min)
A potently poetic display of organic beings gearing up for survival. The intricate defense- and intercommunication-systems of plants take us on a journey within ourselves. What can we learn?

”Decennial Celebratory Solidarity Ritual” (Nadine Byrne, Sweden, 2009, 17 min)
Five priestesses/goddesses congregate in a deserted quarry to perform a ritual of sacrifice. Intuitive, beautiful and thought-provoking actions take place. We may not be able to change history’s twists and turns, but (sub)conscious magic can certainly help heal emotional wounds.

”Where is here?” (Gustaf Broms, Sweden, 2009, 42 min)
In this incredibly ambitious psychedelic epic, we follow a protagonist on his magical trip from despair to hope. With an overflowing visual texture, Broms weaves a truly multidimensional web of strong impressions. Where are we heading? Is there a direction at all?

More information can be found here: http://www.njutafilms.com/film-backtohumannature.html

Vertige Vision

2010-07-08T12:31:00.003+02:00

Anne van den Linden

Joko

Fear of God & Filthy Christians

2010-06-17T15:36:00.003+02:00

One of our favourite bands from Switzerland is Fear of God... Per Tuna (Bruce Banner / Protes-Bengt / Filthy Christians) told me that he had done some digging in his archives and just found photos from a show in Germany 1988.07.03 where he shared stage with F.O.G. I couldn't resist posting some of them here... Make sure to get a copy of "The End of the Fear of God" from Tochnit Aleph - intense!

More random things...

2010-06-16T16:28:00.001+02:00

Forgotten odds and ends from the Ghoulson archives

2010-06-16T16:16:00.001+02:00

The Scarlet Woman & A Very Special Woman

2010-06-16T16:03:00.001+02:00

Deviation Social

2010-06-16T15:53:00.002+02:00

From some early Ppresence catalogue... waiting impatiently for the Deviation Social retrospective LPs on Dais Records. Together with Ultra, Factrix, XX Committee and Coup De Grace, one of the best industrial / post-mortem units to emerge from America in the 80s.

I arbetslöshetens spår

2010-06-16T15:42:00.001+02:00

Svenska bordeller

2010-06-13T12:41:00.008+02:00

During my exhibition in Sundsvall last year, I xeroxed pages from the book "Svenska Bordeller" by Ragnar Åslund, a pocketguide to swedish bordellos in the late 60s... what made it unique was the clearsighted portrayal of Sundsvall as the lowest place on earth. In mid-90s one of my favourite zines was Black / Salong Finess - this is where I first came to learn about the existence of this book.... Thanks to David for the nice scans.

Below is a text by Norrlands own Hunter S. Thompson - Erik Jonsson dealing with Ghoulson boss & the mystic life of Ragnar Åslund. Published in Sundsvalls Tidning 14/12 - 2009:

TIDIG UNDERGROUND I SUNDSVALL

 Multikonstnären  Kristian Olssons  originella och oroande vernissage på Galleri Granen avslutades under  den gångna veckan.

En salig röra  subversivitet och  obscenitet rördes runt i hans kollagekonst, varav särskilt ett verk  manade till skratt och eftertanke. Bland bomber och granater satt ett  försiktigt uppslag ur författaren Ragnar Åslunds kryptiska kultbok  Svenska bordeller, från 1967, uppspikat.
Den  ursprungliga boken  var tänkt som ”En kartläggning av etablissemang i Sverige, till tjänst  för resande och turister” och täcker av 55 bordeller runt om i landet –  samtliga poängsatta och recenserade.
Frågan  är ifall man även kan  se den som ett debattinlägg mot en då liggande motion om statliga  bordeller? Hur som helst innehåller boken en mycket speciell humor, inte  minst i kartläggningen av städernas kringliggande kulturklimat.
Sundsvall,  får vi genom Kristian Olssons försorg lära oss, ”karakteriseras bäst  med begreppen materialism, obildning, egoism, råhet. Invånarna har grova  och frånstötande drag, och deras intresse kretsar huvudsakligen kring  poker, boxning och hästspel. Trakten, som är den tätast befolkade i  Sverige, vimlar av tattare, skojare, dagdrivare och gangsters, speciellt  koncentrerade till förorterna Skönsberg och Svartvik.”
”Hur den  store konstnären och esteten Lars Ahlin kunnat utvecklas i denna  ohyggliga miljö” är för Åslund en gåta men, konstaterar han, ”det sägs  ju för all del att det växer rosor på gödselhögar.”
Hemlig bordell  hade i alla fall Sundsvall. Det skulle ha legat på adressen ”Utfarten  36” och drivits av en Ingvar Nyhlén. Förmodligen är den, som med andra  städer i boken, bara ett falsarium. Lustinrättningarna i boken har med  högsta sannolikhet aldrig existerat. Snarare skrevs Svenska bordeller i  syfte att chockera och underhålla.
Det hade  också kunnat uppfattas  som förmätet med en Sundsvallssågning av detta slag, om det inte vore  för att den mystiske författaren – om vilket mycket litet hittills varit  känt – fötts just i Sundsvall. Ragnar var adoptivson till  fabriksarbetaren Carl Åslund och Hanna Boman. Han förde ett  kringflackande liv och byggde under tiden upp en märklig bibliografi.
Utbildad  på handelsgymnasium, men med humoristiska ambitioner, kom Åslund endera  stunden att författa pedagogiska manualer, för att vid nästa tillfälle  sätta ihop ekivoka handböcker som Ju fler vi är tillsammans: Modärn  lekbok i erotik, från 1966. Utöver detta skrev han precis som den  personlige vännen Birger Norman samt mentorn Jan Fridegård diktsamlingar  och romaner.
Alla sticker på något vis ut.  Pingvinstaten [1975]  är en fantastisk samtidssatir över ett samhälle snarlikt vårt men  befolkat av just pingviner, och Kära barn! [1978] är en novellistisk  nidbild där karaktärerna Fabian Yhr och Oxford är tänkta som porträtt av  författarförbundets dåvarande envåldshärskare Jan Myrdal respektive  Lars Gustafsson.
Åslund publicerade sig även  i Lasse O'Månssons  tidskrift HjäLP!. I samma veva skrev han för TV, körde bryggarbil och  läste av elmätare runt landet runt. Först när han under en  mätaravläsning träffade sin fru Ulla-Britt tog ett lugnare liv vid, med  anställning som redaktör för Sparbanken vid Sergels torg. Författandet  blev alltmer av en sidosysselsättning.
En av  de senare böckerna,  Ådalen: En motbild [1981], är likväl värd att nämna. Den behandlar  förstås katastrofen femtio år tidigare. Ragnars adoptivfar Carl hade  gått med i den ödesdigra demonstrationsmarschen och nästan känt skotten  vina runt öronen. Han var en av de som försökte väcka liv i de skjutna.  Sonen, som föddes samma år, har förstås skrivit en gripande skildring av  dessa ögonblick.
Ragnar Åslund dog 1986  hjärtinfarkt. Hans bitska  och humoristiska skriverier blev oerhört älskade bland ett fåtal  invigda, men texterna finns knappt att få tag på idag. På biblioteken är  flera ovannämnda verk stulna. Vore det inte för att uppkommande  kulturarbetare som Kristian Olsson visste att värdera tidigare  pionjärarbetare inom undergroundlitteratur och -konst skulle ingen veta  vem Ragnar Åslund var idag.

Lonely Violent Beach

2010-06-12T21:13:00.003+02:00

Order is again established in my daily life after a long and painful divorce. For the moment I am still without a proper home, but I have made sure that my collection is in safety. One of the advantages with moving after all these years has been the insane amount of material that comes up to the surface after being buried in piles of tapes and books... I found a vhs copy of Ernesto Gastaldis great "Lonely Violent Beach". Over the years I have separated with women, friends, personal belongings, my freedom and so on - something I never parted with though is the few videocassettes I have from the swedish Baroness label. One of the titles on this label was Våldets Strand.... I found this tasteful poster for it and had to share it. Eventually I'll add the cover artwork for the swedish rental too. I also found a few copies of the DVDR bootleg of this title we did under the Skvader Film label (actually most for our own enjoyment)... if anyone is interested I can part with them for a resonable price. Me and Tony (Alfarmania) did this years ago and actually managed to put out a few ultrarare / impossible titles. Sourced from original vhs to dvdr and custom dvd artwork based on posters and rental boxart. I list a few here for examples:
Shadows Unseen, Prostituzione / Street Angels, Giallo a Venezia, The Hokey-Pokey Gang, Violence for Kicks, Ready for Anything, Cop-In, The Eye in the Labyrinth, The Tunnel / Eroina, The Hawk & The Dove, Lucky the Inscrutable, Rat Savior and many others.... however, this was years ago and is hardly something there is time (or need) for nowadays. Most titles can be downloaded from some of the nice torrent communities or bought through reliable mailorders such as Videodrome in Sundsvall (best supplier of exploitation & horror in northern europe!)

Den öppna konsten i Sverige

2010-06-11T16:29:00.002+02:00

Selten gehörte musik

2010-06-09T14:36:00.001+02:00

Ain Soph & related

2010-06-08T20:23:00.000+02:00

Influence - Brio Gysin by CM von Hausswolff

2010-06-08T20:22:00.000+02:00

Superdiktatorn

2010-06-04T17:12:00.001+02:00

Devil's Angels

2010-05-31T16:53:00.003+02:00

Summer is approaching, I'm the final stage of separating with my childs mother and found this old record while moving my collection... not exactly mint condition, but wonderful artwork. I love the way that the old owner "Hardy" has decorated the sleeve.

Alamut

2010-05-26T01:40:00.002+02:00

"The would-be killers are called 'Ashishin', and that word provides the clue to the real identity of Aloadin, the Old Man of the Mountain. The castle really existed; it was called Alamut, meaning Eagle's Nest, and is perched on a rock in the Elburz mountains of Iran. There was probably some form of landscaped garden below the castle, in the valley, for a narrow slit in the rock of Alamut leads to a green enclosure with a spring. The Old Man of the Mountain was called Hasan bin Sabah, and it was through him that the word 'assassin' entered the European vocabulary. It is reived from 'hashishim', for it was widely believed that his followers nerved themselves to kill -and be killed- by smoking hashish. (Colin Wilson, A Criminal History of Mankind)"

Photo taken by Carl Michael von Hausswolff.

Jos Vulto 1984-87

2010-05-26T01:31:00.002+02:00

Interesting fashionable outfits made by dutch artist Jos Vulto, taken from the pages of Force Mental #15...

Swastika Sleaze part 3

2010-05-26T01:11:00.003+02:00

X-rental of "Holocaust 2" from Finland + detail from some weird comic book featuring Hitler as Satan....

Popeye

2010-05-26T01:02:00.002+02:00

Couldn't resist to post this wonderful tattoo... also just ordered a copy of Floyd Salas book "Tattoo The Wicked Cross" after a friend recommended it. Check here for some excerpts: http://www.floydsalas.com/tattoo.html

L'enfant Sauvage

2010-05-25T12:27:00.002+02:00

Min far är kannibal

2010-05-24T10:00:00.001+02:00

russian criminal tattoo

2010-05-24T09:37:00.000+02:00

X-rentals again

2010-03-23T23:14:00.002+01:00

Beckomberga

2010-03-23T22:44:00.001+01:00

Kollage av Kristian Olsson 2009

Girls who want to get on

2010-03-14T00:23:00.001+01:00

Eva Ionesco

2010-03-14T00:22:00.000+01:00

Kladderadatsch

2010-03-14T00:13:00.001+01:00

Viva la muerte

2010-03-13T23:50:00.001+01:00

Video Tape Center

2010-03-11T22:44:00.009+01:00

Some excerpts from another catalogue with a glimpse of swedish x-rental heaven.... This time it is VTC. Janne Loffe Karlsson is the Devil!

Milo Sacchi

2010-03-11T22:39:00.001+01:00

From article by Andrea Cernutto in Funeral Party #2

Hank Williams

2010-03-11T22:25:00.001+01:00

Arch

2010-03-11T22:24:00.000+01:00

Walthers Video catalogue 1983

2010-03-08T23:02:00.008+01:00

Some examples of films that Walthers Video introduced to the Swedish market in 1983. Most of them were licensed from Cinehollywood and are more known under other titles. This was mandatory viewing for myself in the golden days of vhs. I got really sentimental when I scanned this catalogue... heavy pornographic value for eurotrash addicts.

Kill all hippies

2010-03-08T22:57:00.001+01:00

Piska djävulen ur kroppen

2010-03-08T22:50:00.000+01:00

Cinemax Home Video Erotica

2010-03-08T22:44:00.001+01:00

Kardinalen

2010-03-08T22:42:00.000+01:00

Pre-cert mania

2010-03-08T22:30:00.001+01:00

Europas giftigaste luft

2010-03-08T22:21:00.001+01:00

X-rentals part 14

2010-03-08T10:13:00.001+01:00

X-rentals part 13

2010-03-08T09:57:00.002+01:00

Thunder

2010-03-08T09:55:00.000+01:00

Teorema

2010-03-08T09:54:00.000+01:00

Force Mental #14 1986

2010-03-06T11:27:00.001+01:00

Arrabal

2010-03-06T11:08:00.003+01:00

Maffian i Sverige + Evert med stiletten

2010-03-06T11:01:00.002+01:00

G.I.S.M. Human Condition

2010-03-06T10:45:00.000+01:00

Sade Recidivus / The Eyes: Emetic Fables by the Andalusian De Sade

2010-03-04T22:27:00.000+01:00

http://www.scribd.com/doc/10949760/The-Eyes-By-Jesus-Ignacio-Aldapuerta

Something Weird catalogue extract

2010-03-04T22:25:00.000+01:00

Mexican flea market

2010-03-04T22:24:00.000+01:00

Bruce Louden

2010-03-04T19:05:00.000+01:00

Photos from Swedish prisons

2010-03-04T18:43:00.000+01:00

Property of Alfarmania. Use without permission and get shanked!

Barebacking in the USA!

2010-03-04T18:41:00.000+01:00

Semestertipset: Gabriele d'Annunzios underbara museum vid Gardasjön!

2010-03-04T18:39:00.000+01:00

Dr. Drek in Attack of the Creepy Crawly UFOs

2010-03-04T18:37:00.000+01:00

Colpo in Canna / Loaded Guns

2010-03-04T10:21:00.000+01:00

Scandinavian Blue: The Erotic Cinema of Sweden and Denmark in the 1960s and 1970s

2010-03-04T10:14:00.000+01:00

Scandinavian Blue
The Erotic Cinema of Sweden and Denmark in the 1960s and 1970s
Jack Stevenson

ISBN 978-0-7864-4488-5
95 photos, appendices, notes, bibliography, index
304pp. softcover (7 x 10) 2010

This book traces the development of modern Scandinavian erotic cinema as it evolved in Denmark and Sweden, from the gentle Swedish naturalist films, starting with One Summer of Happiness in the 50s, to the controversial groundbreakers like I Am Curious (Yellow) of the 60s and on through to the dawn of “Liberated Denmark,” where, in the early 70s, the abolition of censorship was celebrated in films like 24 Hours with Ilse and the production of a number of other films that were blatantly pornographic.

Also considered is the influence of these films on other countries, particularly the United States, where Scandinavian erotic cinema helped to set in motion the sexual revolution and contributed to the end of film censorship.

Relationships in the Cinema in a Climate of Permissiveness part one

2010-03-04T10:03:00.000+01:00

Röda Brigaderna

2010-03-03T22:50:00.000+01:00

...and Blood Ov Thee Christ are sharpening their knives for Italy.

Flesh for Frankenstein / Flesh for Flash

2010-03-03T22:44:00.000+01:00

The Corruption of Chris Miller

2010-03-03T22:41:00.000+01:00

Excellent film... Robert Monell writes better about it at I'm in a Jess Franco State of Mind...

Con-Dom

2010-03-03T22:39:00.000+01:00

revisiting the "sermons" after excellent concert in göteborg last week...

Mesrine - Public Enemy no. 1

2010-03-03T22:36:00.001+01:00

Colonel Muammar

2010-03-03T22:34:00.000+01:00

A Tout Casser

2010-03-03T22:29:00.001+01:00

Lustans och plågornas hus

2010-03-01T11:41:00.000+01:00

Artwork used for Blådåre "Dåndimpen" C60

Hans Bellmer

2010-02-24T00:00:00.001+01:00

From the article "Anatomy of Love" by Hans Bellmer that appeared in Funeral Party 2. The new book from Shade Rupe should be out any week now - get it!

Post-mortem culture treasures

2010-02-23T23:55:00.000+01:00

Saló

2010-02-23T23:49:00.000+01:00

Sadistiska sexualriter i Bayern

2010-02-23T23:38:00.000+01:00

Savage Man - Savage Beast

2010-02-23T23:34:00.000+01:00

Russ Meyer

2010-02-23T23:33:00.000+01:00

Promo photo from Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

Max Andersson

2010-02-23T23:30:00.000+01:00

http://www.maxandersson.com

Footprints on the moon

2010-02-23T23:28:00.000+01:00

Fritagningar från Svenska fängelser - något som kommer?

2010-02-23T23:24:00.000+01:00

Bash the Rich

2010-02-23T23:18:00.000+01:00

Something Weird Postcards

2010-02-23T23:11:00.000+01:00

Postcards from Something Weird, late 90s

Zoom

2010-02-23T23:08:00.000+01:00

Photos from French photo magazine "ZOOM", don't remember year...

Gloria Guida

2010-02-23T22:58:00.000+01:00

Swedish Sin of Hson

2010-02-23T22:23:00.000+01:00

X-rentals part 12: Giallo

2010-02-23T22:05:00.000+01:00

Tom Zacharias

2010-02-23T22:00:00.000+01:00

One of the best Swedish exports of 1970s, Tom Zacharias "Belinda & Belindas Döttrar". Warning for very sleazy listening...

Belinda blir sex-drogad

2010-02-23T17:13:00.000+01:00

Thriller - En Grym Film

2010-02-23T17:02:00.000+01:00

Original catalogue for sale. This is just some sample pages. Contact for more info.

Tango-greven, 41

2010-02-23T16:58:00.000+01:00

Les nuits rouges / Shadowman [Georges Franju 1974]

2010-02-23T01:26:00.000+01:00

Wolfman

2010-02-23T01:24:00.000+01:00

X-rentals part 11

2010-02-22T23:32:00.000+01:00

X-rentals part 10: Eurocrime

2010-02-22T00:41:00.001+01:00

X-rentals part 9: Paul Naschy

2010-02-22T00:38:00.000+01:00

X-rentals part 8: WIP / Swastika sleaze

2010-02-22T00:34:00.000+01:00

X-rentals part 7: Kommissar X

2010-02-22T00:29:00.000+01:00

Tony Kendall died recently... he will always be remembered for his efforts in the Kommissar X movies.... here are some Swedish x-rentals from Mickes Video Tape AB, early 1980s.

Gestapos blodiga nätter

2010-02-21T23:38:00.001+01:00

Alain Robbe-Grillet: The Game with Fire

2010-02-21T23:33:00.001+01:00

Sex Chok!

2010-02-21T23:28:00.000+01:00

Africa - Blood and Guts

2010-02-21T23:23:00.000+01:00