Make Your Own Damn Movie!: Secrets of a Renegade Director

I am going to start this book review with a quote I read on Amazon.com. Boaz wrote: “You don’t have to be prude to be fully offended by this piece of trash! The author apparently does not pocess enough English language prowess to write any one paragraph without lacing it with EXTREMELY rank, foul an …

The 13th Annual Tromadance Film Festival

Most of you people following the El Gore Blog regularly know that I am a huge fan of Lloyd Kaufman and Troma movies. Why this passion? I am not quite sure but I always had a weakness for feces briming over with passion and creativity. Sigmund Freud would probably explain that there went something wrong …

Reunion-News

2012 starts like a bat out of hell! First of all, post-hardcore-trendsetters At The Drive-In announced their reunion via Twitter yesterday. They will also be playing at this year’s Coachella festival in April! The same applies for hardcore and post-core legends from The Refused, who also announced a reformation for Coachella. For both bands it …

PRE-CHRISTMAS with the Ornette Coleman Double Quartet

So, as I don’t want to rank behind as far as the boasting with early Christmas presents is concerned, I proudly present to you my new flatmate. She’s already an older lady but still as fit as a fiddle. Her name is Sansui FR-5800 and my dad bought her in the mid-1970s. Now junior has …

The end of CDs – a personal commentary

Rumours are being spread for months now, you may have heard of it: the major labels are planning to give up selling mediums like CDs or Vinyl LPs in the near future. So-called insiders guess that the music album as we have known it until today will have disappeared within the next 2-5 years, except …