Music
Atari
Teenage Riot + (Sorry to send you to Amazon, but there aren't any good
websites for these guys.) ATR and their guru, Alec Empire, are at the head of Germany's
hardcore electronica scene. Kick ass!!!!!!!!!!! Best newbie album, "Burn,
Berlin, Burn!"
Leonard Cohen + Montreal poet turned folksinger Cohen has been hip as hell for a long time. In a bad review, a critic once said that "the only thing that seems to be keeping Cohen from ending his utterly painful trek through life is his obsession with sex." If that's wrong, Cherry Red doesn't wanna be right. Best newbie album, "I'm Your Man."
Dropkick Murphys + Fucking madmen. Best oi band to emerge in years. Best newbie album, "The Gang's all here."
Ec8or + Part of the digital hardcore gang spearheaded by ATR, this band is not for everyone. Gina D'Orio's shrill shreiking delivery has forced a number of retarded "But the Washington Post said this play would be good"-stylepatrons to cover their ears. Best newbie album, "All of Us Can Be Rich."
Marianne Faithful
Korn
Lunachicks + Great foulmouthed all-girl punk band. Lead singer, Theo, is hot as shit. Catch them live every chance you get. Best newbie album, "Jerk of All Trades."
Melt-Banana + A Japanese girl shrieking--in Japenese--to jarring, non-sensical hardcore. What's not to love? Best newbie album, "MxBx1998/13,000 Miles at Light Velocity." (And not just because she covers "Surfin' U.S.A.")
Roy Orbison
Pissing Razors
Mary Prankster + Great potty-mouthed cupie doll diva from Baltimore. Quoted her in our Cannibal Cheerleaders on Crack program: "Once you've given head, nothing ever tastes the same. Her albums are cool enough, but don't even BEGIN to capture how muchs she really rocks live. Catch her any chance you get. Best newbie album, "Blue Skies over Dundalk."
Project 86
The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black
Ween + Cherry Red's artistic director, Ian Allen, found a ratty cassette tape for this band's first album, "The Pod," at the bottom of a used bin in the East Village in 1990. Thus began a love story that is now part of Cherry Red history. Never miss a chance to catch this band live. Best newbie album, "Pure Guava."
Leonard Cohen + Montreal poet turned folksinger Cohen has been hip as hell for a long time. In a bad review, a critic once said that "the only thing that seems to be keeping Cohen from ending his utterly painful trek through life is his obsession with sex." If that's wrong, Cherry Red doesn't wanna be right. Best newbie album, "I'm Your Man."
Dropkick Murphys + Fucking madmen. Best oi band to emerge in years. Best newbie album, "The Gang's all here."
Ec8or + Part of the digital hardcore gang spearheaded by ATR, this band is not for everyone. Gina D'Orio's shrill shreiking delivery has forced a number of retarded "But the Washington Post said this play would be good"-stylepatrons to cover their ears. Best newbie album, "All of Us Can Be Rich."
Marianne Faithful
Korn
Lunachicks + Great foulmouthed all-girl punk band. Lead singer, Theo, is hot as shit. Catch them live every chance you get. Best newbie album, "Jerk of All Trades."
Melt-Banana + A Japanese girl shrieking--in Japenese--to jarring, non-sensical hardcore. What's not to love? Best newbie album, "MxBx1998/13,000 Miles at Light Velocity." (And not just because she covers "Surfin' U.S.A.")
Roy Orbison
Pissing Razors
Mary Prankster + Great potty-mouthed cupie doll diva from Baltimore. Quoted her in our Cannibal Cheerleaders on Crack program: "Once you've given head, nothing ever tastes the same. Her albums are cool enough, but don't even BEGIN to capture how muchs she really rocks live. Catch her any chance you get. Best newbie album, "Blue Skies over Dundalk."
Project 86
The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black
Ween + Cherry Red's artistic director, Ian Allen, found a ratty cassette tape for this band's first album, "The Pod," at the bottom of a used bin in the East Village in 1990. Thus began a love story that is now part of Cherry Red history. Never miss a chance to catch this band live. Best newbie album, "Pure Guava."
Movie Directors
Pedro Almodovar
David Chronenberg
Sam Fuller
Hal Hartley
Todd Haynes
Radley Metzger + Made erotic, well-crafted softcore porn with a straight guy's piggy penchant for lesbians (and a bit for the boys, too). Getting more attention recently, but still pretty obscure. Cherry Red faves are The Lickerish Quartet and Score.
Bruce LaBruce
Russ Meyer + Meyer is a genuine American genius, so, it's all fucking great. The X-rated flicks are better than Meyer's R-rated and best-known film, Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! Cherry Red favors Vixen, Supervixens, and Cherry.
Errol Morris
Paul Morrissey
Quentin Tarantino
David Chronenberg
Sam Fuller
Hal Hartley
Todd Haynes
Radley Metzger + Made erotic, well-crafted softcore porn with a straight guy's piggy penchant for lesbians (and a bit for the boys, too). Getting more attention recently, but still pretty obscure. Cherry Red faves are The Lickerish Quartet and Score.
Bruce LaBruce
Russ Meyer + Meyer is a genuine American genius, so, it's all fucking great. The X-rated flicks are better than Meyer's R-rated and best-known film, Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! Cherry Red favors Vixen, Supervixens, and Cherry.
Errol Morris
Paul Morrissey
Quentin Tarantino
Books
Post Office by Charles Bukowski
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole + Awsomely funny, and a must-read for natural-born freaks. Toole killed himself after the book was rejected by hundreds of publishers and agents. His mother submitted a few years later. He won a Pulitzer. Life fucking sucks.
Journey to the End of Night by Luis-Ferdinand Celine + Many credit Celine with the invention of modern dark comedy. Branded as a Nazi collaborator, Celine has languished in semi-obscurity. Don't miss this book.
63: Dream Palace by James Purdy + One of America's living geniuses, Purdy is much more famous in Europe than he is here. His first novel(la actually), 63 is a surreal look at a the narrowing of perspective that can happen when someone is in love -- in this case, a lonely man and a boy he met in the park. Also cool is Malcom, which is considered his masterpiece. Was adapted for the stage by Edward Albee. Cherry Red also recommends Narrow Rooms.
Frisk by Dennis Cooper
One Hundred Dollar Misunderstanding by Robert Gover + Brilliant satire of race relations in America. Written in 1961 but could not seem more current. Look for this title in upcoming Cherry Red shows...
Hunger by Knut Hamsun + One of the most depressing books ever written. Also one of the best. With steel clarity, Hamsun describes the stuggle of an artist to survive. He got a Pulitzer for a later book, but, that was really just because this one was overlooked.
Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathanael West + Best-known for his Day of the Locust, West was proably the best satirist produced in the U.S. Miss Lonelyhearts is a sort of Love Advice comumnist whose readers' incessant problems send him off the deep end. Brilliant. Also check out his novella, A Cool Million, which is recently back in print.
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole + Awsomely funny, and a must-read for natural-born freaks. Toole killed himself after the book was rejected by hundreds of publishers and agents. His mother submitted a few years later. He won a Pulitzer. Life fucking sucks.
Journey to the End of Night by Luis-Ferdinand Celine + Many credit Celine with the invention of modern dark comedy. Branded as a Nazi collaborator, Celine has languished in semi-obscurity. Don't miss this book.
63: Dream Palace by James Purdy + One of America's living geniuses, Purdy is much more famous in Europe than he is here. His first novel(la actually), 63 is a surreal look at a the narrowing of perspective that can happen when someone is in love -- in this case, a lonely man and a boy he met in the park. Also cool is Malcom, which is considered his masterpiece. Was adapted for the stage by Edward Albee. Cherry Red also recommends Narrow Rooms.
Frisk by Dennis Cooper
One Hundred Dollar Misunderstanding by Robert Gover + Brilliant satire of race relations in America. Written in 1961 but could not seem more current. Look for this title in upcoming Cherry Red shows...
Hunger by Knut Hamsun + One of the most depressing books ever written. Also one of the best. With steel clarity, Hamsun describes the stuggle of an artist to survive. He got a Pulitzer for a later book, but, that was really just because this one was overlooked.
Miss Lonelyhearts by Nathanael West + Best-known for his Day of the Locust, West was proably the best satirist produced in the U.S. Miss Lonelyhearts is a sort of Love Advice comumnist whose readers' incessant problems send him off the deep end. Brilliant. Also check out his novella, A Cool Million, which is recently back in print.
