https://www.noisextra.com/2024/08/14/noise-intent/QuoteMike and Tara have another loose noise discussion for today's episode. Topics include the second Death Squad book, the "RRR 5th Anniversary Box Set Thing," a recently-scored Seka skin mag, and more!
Seka mag would be great to see! DS book and RRR 5th Anniversary box, and plenty of topics they discuss is very relatable, so episode is good backing chatter for wrapping up orders and listening them talk about noise.
https://www.noisextra.com/2024/08/21/in-conversation-with-ross-synder-of-saturns-core/QuoteToday we take another look at the "extra" of Noisextra with Ross Snyder of the Saturn's Core movie label. The movies that Saturn's Core release run parallel to the DIY noise underground of yore... in this case it's the DIY shot-on-video homemade movie underground of the 90s. Home dubbed tapes, zines, mail order, and regional scenes all come into play with Ross's story. It's a great discussion on a world that may not be familiar to some listeners, but well worth visiting.
I have this love-hate relationship with movies. I don't watch that much, but I like the idea of odd transgressive movies, hah. This shot on video scene is something I am of course aware of, but its cultural significance and how it blossomed back then, I am not expert at all. The whole era of "local movies", and VHS stores filled with this total underground stuff next to big company films creating unusual situation where people could end up checking out these things in different way than they do now.
Toxic Avenger must be one of those "generation things", that just about everybody seen that, but even most of other Troma stuff, I doubt there was much of it available in Finland, unless in couple very specialized cult video stores.
Very interesting is the strangulation video scene and all that stuff that basically just revolves around odd fetishes, but are not pornography.
I remember people with video store experience mention there was people like... getting pile of films that would include Pippi Longstockings, Pretty Baby, Maladolescenza... and it's like "hey dude! what's up...". In this episode they mention less harmful things like customer who seek movies with women wearing pink socks, hah..
Normally, movie themes podcast, I tend to avoid, but this was very good! It dives so deep in underground video culture, that there is indeed similarity to noise culture.
