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Top 13 (of the Week)

Sure,you know what's cool. But do you know what's really fuckin' FAR OUT? That's where Advanced Demonology comes in. Every week, (K)en and (S)wilson trudge through the murky waters of the pop culture hellscape, dredging up sparkly morsels of wonder. These are the result of our latest foray into the world of the weird, our wildest, wiggest-out picks of the week. Call it our 13 Point Program.

13. Captain Beyond bitchin' live footage! 
A whole set, live from Montreux. Far fuckin' out. (K)

12. Super Ego 
These are my friends down in Brazil who make a most amazing cosmic witches brew of psychedelic free funk.  Like everything musical that comes from Brazil, it's awesome. Cosmic Moods / Mystic Groove is the latest, and I can tell you that the title is apt. Get down!! (S)


11. Camp Meeting Jubilee
From 1916. The first documented use of "rock n' roll" in a song. Pretty spooky, too. 1916 sounds nutty.  (K)

10. Wendell Harrison - Organic Dream
Wendell's organic dream is not the same as say, Whole Foods organic dream.  His dream is infinitely more cosmic and intensely sexual. Involving ginseng, love juice and a green meadow. Sounds like my kinda organic dream. Can you believe this space funk was recorded and released in the profoundly un-spacy year of 1981? It's sounds totally 1972. Speaking of 1972, Wendell Harrison put out a record called: An Evening With The Devil.  It just made this years Christmas list. (S)

9. Infandous
As close to a full-on nervous breakdown as I've ever heard in a "song". Outsider black metal from from the locked ward. (K)



8. Krypts - Unending Degradation
The first full length by Krypts is a never ending juggernaut of constantly interweaving death and doom metal.   For those of you who are hip to that world view but you can't decide if your more into personal individual death or the destruction of the entire planet and maybe even the universe. This record will help you figure it out.  (S)


7. Creepy 1920's Photos of the Boogieman
Ever wonder what was lurking under your great-grandparent's beds? Now you know. Sleep tight. (K)

6. Arrowwood - Beautiful Grave
This is sorta like if those two twins in The Shining that keep showing up asking Danny boy "to come and play with us" teamed up with Fairport Convention in an enchanted forest. Skip right to the title track, you're sold. (S)



5. Warning
Holy fuck, mask-wearing German early 80's death-disco freaks Warning have an actual VIDEO for their crazed "hit" Why Can the Bodies Fly, and it's as insane as you'd imagine. (K)


4. Keshco - The Blood, The Horror
They claim on the bandcamp page that they are influenced by Lalo Schifrin, NASA flight recordings, Elvis Costello, Lord Sutch and Iggy. I don't know but this is the closest thing we have to the Deviants in 2013 or maybe the Holy Modal Rounders. This thing get's more outside with each progressing track.  Is LSD still available on the streets of London? If it is contact Keshco cause they got it. This is real! (S)



3. Turmoil in the Toybox
Pastor Gary Greenwald was infamous for his 80's rants against backmasking and the "satanic" messages in songs as innocuous as Queen's 'Another One Bites the Dust'. He pretty much found satanic panic everywhere, even in kid's toys. This completely fucking bonkers show finds Gary exposing the terrible truth behind everything from He Man figures to Yoda dolls. Spoiler alert: God don't like 'em! (K)


2. Sabbath chopped and Screwed
Ever just drink too much cough syrup and smoke so many blunts that even Black Sabbath sounds too fast for you? I'm not sure who made this and to be honest I didn't bother to look into it. But whoever it is they did a great job, mixing in samples form movies, bong water bubbles and classical music fills. Wildly relaxing. (S)



1. Laibach documentary
The scariest joke band of all time? The world's most militant anti-militants? Tongue-in-cheek fascism? Disco for people forbidden to dance? The death and rebirth of rock n' roll? Yeah, all of that.

Top 13 (of the Week)

Sure,you know what's cool. But do you know what's really fuckin' FAR OUT? That's where Advanced Demonology takes over. Every week, (K)en and (S)wilson trudge through the murky waters of the pop culture hellscape, dredging up sparkly morsels of wonder. These are the result of our latest foray into the world of the weird, our wildest, wiggest-out picks of the week. Call it our 13 Point Program.


13.Scorpions - In Trance
I dig the Scorpions but I  haven't gone over them with my Advanced Demonological fine toothed comb. I had recently been enjoying the early stuff because I realized that they are basically a Krautrock band and I love Krautrock. I also was familiar with some of the early 80's "Metal" records, who isn't, but I missed this mid period when they became "Hard Rock". I had Virgin Killer, I bought it like every good creep does just to shock people, but the record to get from this period is In Trance.  Wow! Pure proto-NWOBHM way better than Deep Purple, kinda like Sad Wings Of Destiny Judas Priest. It vacillates between total depression and complete unbridled lust. That's why it's a hit with the teenagers.  Old news to some new news to me. (S)




12. Kenneth Higney – Attic Demonstration
Just picked up this crucial reissue from One Kind Favor Records and it's full-on amazing. Ken Higney is a spaced-out crooner from Nowheresville,  and Attic Demonstration is his cry for help. Recorded in 1975, but something tells me it could have been recorded in '81 or '97, and it would still sound exactly the same, like the Shaggs had a big brother who was locked in the closet for a long time and now he's out and he's got a guitar. Run for your life! (K)




11. Them - Now and Them
Who's interested in Them after Van Morrison? The Answer: Nobody. Which is a shame because yes, the magic of the Irish pub blue eyed soul is completely gone, but in it's wake the post-Van Them churned out TWO mammoth acid rock monsters that belong high up in the british psychedelic cannon with  my friend jack, my white bicycle, and matilda mother.  The first being "Walking in the Queens Garden" a brain hemorrhaging LSD stomper, the second, an almost, and I mean almost, kraut-rock (before there was such a thing) grooving "Square Room".  On a weird side note the  the post-Van Morrison Them,after recording a Swedish Only Lp(?) produce by Kim Fowley (look for a review on a future Top 13),  relocated to Amarillo Texas!! I guess at the time it was better than Northern Ireland?(S)





10. Demon Lover Diary
Speaking of 1975, this grungy, lo-fi documentary follows a group of regional filmmakers as they attempt to make a low-budget backwoods horror flick called Demon Lover. Everything goes wrong and things turn ugly. It ends in a hail of shotgun fire. This is woozy, fuzzy, doomy, and groovy. It's also way more entertaining than the actual movie they were making. (K)



Demon Lover Diary (1980) from Film Ape on Vimeo.


9. Spring - Sping (1971)
Mellow mellotron music from the UK in the early 70's. The first half of this sole output by the unknown "prog" act is pure bliss. Side two doesn't reach the dazzling heights of the A side but is still worth a spin. Track it down on any number of obscure-oh blogs on the inter-web. (S)



8. Anicent Wisdom – Deathlike
Speaking of Demon Lover Diary, those guys were super into Ted Nugent. But if I was going to remake the film – and I totally fuckin' would – Ancient Wisdom would provide the soundtrack. This is a whole new sorta black metal – semi-acoustic, grungy, pretty in spots, but still Satanic and grim as fuck. And it's about as 1975 as you can possibly get. (K)




7. Love - Black Beauty
Recored as a "solo" album for Buffalo records in 1973, it only made it acetate and stayed that way until now. High Moon records did a fantastic job of releasing this lost Love, soon to be classic. Arthur Lee and his gang of psychedelic brothers turn it on in a heavy drugged out funk mode, a little Hendrix, a little Sly, but all undeniably Arthur.  Boss!!! (S)





6. When Albums Ruled The World
Also speaking of 1975, remember when everybody consumed music via vinyl records? Double-albums, gatefolds, fold-out posters, picture discs, hiss, pops, crackles? Fuck man, good times. If you haven't already switched back to vinyl, this sweet, star-studded BBC doc will probably send you straight to the used record store. (K)




5. Imperial State Electric - Pop War
It's Nicke Andersson from the Hellacopters new band. And guess what? It rocks hard! Basically a sequel to Rock & Roll Is Dead. Consume with can beer only, no fancy bottles. (S)




4. The Slayer Mag Diaries
Back when I was a teenager, I wrote for a metal fanzine called Suck City. One of the other dudes who wrote for it was my old buddy Ian Christe, who, among many other notable things, now runs Bazillion Points Press. One of their latest releases is the Slayer Mag Diaries, which basically compiles 20 years of Norwegian extreme metalzine Slayer in a mammoth 800 page collection. Last weekend I had to go to LA to interview Alice in Chains for Classic Rock magazine, so I picked it up and read it on the plane. While the text is pretty basic (English isn't the Slayer mag dude's first language, after all), the interviews and splotchy photos and screwy logos and first-account reporting of the Norwegian black metal scene are all fascinating, and it inspired me to listen to a lot of really rippin' jams that I haven't heard for almost 30 years. Turns out Sodom and Destruction and Iron Angel are still awesome! Read this book! (K)




3. Rockabye Baby
So my daughter was born last weekend. She rules! She digs Sabbath and Kiss already and she doesn't even know it. Thanks to the Rockabye Baby rock 'n roll lullaby series.  I actually recommend these album to you non parents if you just want to put on some really soothing dinner music, or maybe if you've been up all night getting loaded and you need something to help you come down easy. Lot's of cool bands in the series. Collect 'em all! (S)




2. Lullaby – Satan My Master
Probably the weirdest band in the Slayer Diaries, and that's saying something. Lullaby is a pretty, flame-haired Brazilian chick who fronted a mysterious lo-fi doom/occult rock band in the early 90's. Big deal, you say, there's dozens of female-fronted doom-rock bands around these days. True, but you have never heard anything like this in your life. Her vocals are COMPLETELY INSANE. Listen to this and pretend she's hiding in your closet. Holy fuck. (K)



1. Hydra Vein - Rather Death Than False Faith
Ken turned me onto these guys just yesterday! Woah!! Really outstanding late 80's thrash,  with super weird guitar "solos". Things like Denim battle jackets, junior mustaches, and suicidal rage come to mind. I got to get me a Hydra Vein back patch because I'd rather be dead than have false faith, maaaaan….wait let me think about that one. (S)

Top 13 (of the Week)

Sure,you know what's cool. But do you know what's really fuckin' FAR OUT? That's where Advanced Demonology comes in. Every week, (K)en and (S)wilson trudge through the murky waters of the pop culture hellscape, dredging up sparkly morsels of wonder. These are the result of our latest foray into the world of the weird, our wildest, wiggest-out picks of the week. Call it our 13 Point Program.

13. Stoned Jesus
How many times have you almost gotten off the couch (of woe) and formed a band called Stoned Jesus? Me too, man. Well, these lude snorting behemoths from the Ukraine have gone and fuckin' done it, and the results sound exactly how you'd expect: like a snowblind Sabbath lost in the woods, getting their frostbitten toes chewed off by mangy wolves. They have a new(virtual) record out, Seven Thunders Roar. You should get (download)  it. As we sometimes say here in Boston, wicked sick. (K)




12. Effects Database
Monster website dedicated to the wild wonderful world of guitar effects pedals. Outsider rock and roll would be nothing without these cool looking devices that basically fuck up your guitar sound, creatively of course. There are thousands of different pedals out there and the boutique pedal making market has really exploded in the new millennium. Navigating your way to the right choice of pedal for your stoner rock meets cuddle core death metal band can be daunting. This is your road map. (S)

11. Bonnie and Clyde 2012
So, Serge Gainsbourg has a hairy kid named Lulu (!). His music is bascially the same as his dad's: breezy, smoky, and sinsiter. And, also like his dad, he likes to collaborate with sexy blonde actresses. So it should come as no surprise that he would cover dad's classic “Bonnie and Clyde”, and that he would cast Scarlett Johannson in the Brigitte Bardot role. Tres cool, daddy-o. (K)

10. Camel - Mirage
Camel is becoming my go-to prog-rock band when I'm looking to feel really stupid by listening to smart music. Does that make any sense? Anyway… this record is amazing. It's as good as any Pink Floyd record of the day. Check out the last two minutes of "Nimrodel-The Procession-The White Rider" Awesome!  And for all you guys born in the 80's I included an 8-bit version that some psychopath did.(S)

9. Enceladus almost certainly has life on it
Forget Titan. Astronomers now think that Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons, is the most likely place in the solar system to find some form of alien life. It's only 310 miles around and encased in ice, but there's water, water everywhere (even shooting out of the surface), and the water's got organic compounds in it. I'd say it's time to stop with all the fuckin' wars already and build a rocket to Enceladus pronto! (K)

8. Sylvain Sylvain (1979)
The New York Dolls are the like the Beatles for scumbags. All the members of this band are super cool in their own right. Sylvain Sylvain is basically the George Harrison of the bunch. Johnny and Johansen have always eclipsed Syl and although I've seen him live a few times and he rules, I never really got one of his records. It doesn't have the same swagger to the production (or lack thereof) as, say, L.A.M.F,  but the tunes are boss. Teenage News will have you and you girl/boyfriend dancing around the portable turntable. (S)

7. The earliest known recorded music...in existence.
It's an Edison tube recorded in 1888.  It's an excerpt from Handel's “Israel in Egypt” sung by a chorus of 400(!) and recorded (for whatever crazy reason) from the distance of 100 yards. I know, you want it to sound like something David Lynch would come up with. Well, it does.

PS: Some folks will tell you that this is not the earliest music in existance, that there's a paper recording from 1860 of someone singing vocal scales. While this is technically true, it's not actually music. And it sounds like some kind of terrifying ghost. (K)

6. Black Sabbath Live In Asbury Park New Jersey 1975
I've been a Sabbath fan since I was twelve. I wake up every morning and I wish that they made 20 records between 1969 and 1975 instead of five. But they didn't. I have even learned to like Technical Ecstasy and Never Say Die.  This is the closest thing you'll get to a lost Sabbath record. It's a bootleg that sounds like it was pro recorded. The band is in top freak form and the concert took place about 4 miles from the town I grew up in New Jersey, but I was too young to go…..bummer. If you know anything about Jersey you can imagine the sea of feathered haired, doper, dirt farmers, that made up the audience. A tear comes to my eye.(S)

5. Bear Hunting in Siberia
This is a photo of a bear hunting unform used by maniacs in Siberia in the 1800's. Put all of that stuff together in your head: 1800's/Siberia/fucked up leather suit covered head to toe in spikes/bear hunting. How did anybody ever survive back then? Also, now that everyone knows this exists, how long until kids start showing up at Slayer shows dressed like this? (K)

4. Gems Off The Cutting Room Floor
I've been on the hunt for homemade super 8 films of kids in the 60's and 70's smoking pot.  It's an image that I find relaxing. Like some people like to watch sports, I like to watch people get high, I guess. So I'll be posting my findings on the Top 13 from time to time. This week's installment comes from Long Island, believed to be filmed around 1969 or 1970. (S)

3. Lui Magazine
Basically, Lui was the French Playboy. I'm sure you understand the implications of that. I don't understand it, but I LIKE IT. (K)

2. Drugs Are Like That
This really is the weirdest Anti-drug film ever made. It's like to Kill A Mocking Bird meets a Hasbro commercial made by NYU film school hippies on acid. I really don't know what to say about it. It's slightly abstract? What the fuck? I guess drugs are like that.(S)

1. A dingo eating a shark.
Just when you think Australia has run out of what-the-fucks, this happens. (K)

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