TG24: I Hope Your Ears Don't Bleed

Thanks to Ubu Web for making the Throbbing Gristle TG24 set available. For hardy souls only...Listen here.

TG24 was originally released as a cassette boxed set in 1980. The set contained the first of Throbbing Gristles 24 shows in addition to two C90 cassettes taken from a Throbbing Gristle radio interview. The set was presented in a small attache case with a personalised handmade collage and various autographed pictures.

Movie of the Week: Test Dept - Program For Progress (1984)

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Documentary of Note: Industrial Soundtrack For The Urban Decay

Fact mag reports: Industrial Soundtrack for the Urban Decay is a new documentary on the history of industrial music that’s due for release later this year.

Directed by Amélie Ravalec (who was behind 2012′s Paris/Berlin: 20 Years of Underground Techno) and Travis Collins, the film promises to “take you on a journey through the crumbling industrial cities of Europe to America’s thriving avant-garde scene” and features interviews with a roll call of key figures from the early days of the industrial subculture, including Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire, Test Dept, Clock DVA, NON and SPK.

Other talking heads tapped for the doc include V. Vale of RE/Search, Z’EV, Click Click, Sordide Sentimental, Hula, In the Nursery, Winterkälte/Hands Production, The Klinik/Dive, Ant Zen, Orphx and Prima Linea.

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Movie of the Week - 23 Skidoo: Seven Songs (1982)

Directed by Richard Heslop for 23 Skidoo (1982)

The Sound of Progress - Pop Music according to Foetus, Coil, Current 93 & Test Dept

 A Dutch documentary (around '88) originally aired on Dutch television. Includes interviews with JG Thirlwell, John Ballance, David Tibet, and Test Dept, with live performances.

I've always loved the idea of industrial bands better than the reality. There always seemed to be a great air of mystery about them, and of course they existed in black & white. They also always seemed to have the idea of the complete package down - not only did they make records, but they usually had some sort of political agenda, uniforms, the vaguely fascistic logo, the whole thing. The fellows in this film talk a whole lot bollocks about pop music, western music, etc, and its enjoyable for a few minutes...but in the end they're pretty much the same as what they fancied themselves being against.



Websites:
http://www.foetus.org/
http://brainwashed.com/c93/
http://testdept.org.uk/