Happy Halloween from Wretched Worst

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Pieter Schoolwerth - Portraits of Paintings

A very special art exhibition begins tomorrow night at the Miguel Abreu Gallery in New York City:

Pieter Schoolwerth - Portraits of Paintings

October 30 - December 23, 2010

Opening Reception Saturday October 30th, 6 - 8 pm

For further info and to see much more of Pieter's work go to miguelabreu.com

Note: I couldn't manage to get an image of one of Pieter's new works for this post. The above painting is an earlier work in the same series - I don't believe it is part of this exhibition.

William S. Burroughs: A Man Within

Finally, there may just be a proper documentary on William S. Burroughs. There was "Burroughs" from 1983 that was good, but a little disjointed and incomplete (here's the best bit). Let's hope this new documentary, "A Man Within," fills in the blanks.

There have been screenings all over and the film will be at the IFC Theater in NYC starting Nov 17th.

For more info check out the official website at burroughsthemovie.com

Cyclobe

Out now, "Wounded Galaxies Tap at the Window," the long-awaited new album by Cyclobe (featuring Stephen Thrower, ex-Coil, current UnicaZürn, etc, and Ossian Brown, also ex-Coil and Current 93 collaborator). If you are unfamiliar with this group they make exquisite and complex dark experimental music of the highest order. The previous releases by Cyclobe are pretty much the soundtrack to the Colors of the Dark universe. The limited edition LP is available now at cyclobe.com and the CD version is coming soon.

You can read a review and listen to an MP3 sample over here at Brainwashed.

Last but certainly not least, check out that beautiful artwork by Fred Tomaselli (you can see more of his work here).

Tutti Box v1.0

Tutti Box v1.0 from Chris Carter on Vimeo.

For you slow folks the Tutti is Cosey from the mighty Throbbing Gristle.

Maniac 30th Anniversary!

One of the greatest horror films of all time is now 30! To celebrate Blue Underground is releasing a special edition with a new uncut transfer and hours of new extras October 26th.

You can read more, watch the trailer, and order Maniac at the following links:

Maniac standard DVD version

Maniac Blu-ray DVD version

Also check out this news from the Blue Underground Facebook page...

In celebration of MANIAC’s 30th Anniversary, Blue Underground is proud to announce MANIAC’s theatrical re-release in select cinemas across North America! Blue Underground has partnered with Grindhouse Releasing for this exciting endeavor. The new release of MANIAC begins Oct. 29 & 30 at the Egyptian Theatre in Seattle. Director William Lustig will introduce screenings in Los Angeles (Nov. 5, Nuart Theatre, presented by Bloody-Disgusting.com), New York (Landmark's Sunshine Cinema, Nov. 19 & 20), and San Francisco (The Castro Theater, Dec. 10 & 11). Visit grindhousereleasing.com/maniac for additional info and a complete list of play dates as they are confirmed.

Acts of Contrition (zine)

Acts of Contrition (zine) from Terence Hannum on Vimeo.

Michael Perry

Michael Perry is an up and coming designer / sculptor with a unique style.

You can see much more of his work at thegrayhouse.net

What you missed Wednesday night...

Philadelphia Film Fest - The Graveyard Shift

The 19th Annual Philly Film Fest begins this week. Check out the official site at pff10.org

You Colors of the Dark readers will be particularly interetsted in their program "The Graveyard Shift" (click here for schedule).

They are also showing THIS amazing little gem as part of their "From The Vaults" category.

Paul McCarroll - Animus Unhinged Book

Irish artist / designer / musician Paul McCarroll has just had a beautiful book of his work published.

Here's a few words from Paul about it:
It's been over two years in the making and under my hat for most of that but I'm now proud to announce that my first artbook 'Animus Unhinged', from the good people at Speedlines Publishing is available to buy now. It's a 23cm square format hardcover edition with gold foil graphics. Over the 170 pages there is very little text. I wanted to present the art as cleanly as possible and have removed all graphic elements such as titles and logos from cover art and design that I've done for bands over the years. So a lot of things look a bit different. There are also some new and old unseen works included and some works from as far back as 1990. Foreword is by my Scald comrade Pete Dempsey and the endwords have been eloquently penned by Martin Walkyier.

To see more images / or to order "Animus Unhinged" click here.

To see the previous Colors of the Dark feature on Paul's work click here.

Tape 211

Unearthly Trance / Jonathan Canady / Suma / Batillus - Live in Philadelphia

A very special show will be taking place in Philly next week:

Unearthly Trance
Jonathan Canady (who will be joined by Unearthly Trance during his set for an onstage collaboration)
Suma (from Sweden)
Batillus

Wednesday, October 13 at 8:00pm - $10 - 21+ w/ID

Kung Fu Necktie
1250 North Front Street
Philadelphia, PA
Tickets and info at kungfunecktie.com

Le Dernier Cri in Tokyo

As always, you can see more at lederniercri.org

Matthias Lehmann

(Artwork ©Matthias Lehmann - click image to view larger)

Matthias Lehmann is a very talented artist and illustrator currently residing in France.

You can see more of his work at blocmatthias.blogspot.com

Heavy Metal Picnic

Check out heavymetalpicnic.com for more info.

Thanks to Roach for the indirect suggestion.