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"Roxy & Elsewhere" by Frank Zappa / The Mothers released this day in 1974.
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"Roxy & Elsewhere" by Frank Zappa / The Mothers released this day in 1974.
#FrankZappa #RoxyAndElsewhere #TheMothers #VintageVinyl -
"Roxy & Elsewhere" by Frank Zappa / The Mothers released this day in 1974.
#FrankZappa #RoxyAndElsewhere #TheMothers #VintageVinyl -
"Roxy & Elsewhere" by Frank Zappa / The Mothers released this day in 1974.
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The Censor Keeps a Copy
Twenty years ago, give or take, a friend told me a story he expected me to admire. He was a Latter-day Saint who worked in technology, and he was, as I understood it then, the bishop of his ward, an unpaid office the church gives to laymen who keep their day jobs, so he kept a company's hours all week and presided over a congregation on Sundays. There was a Mormon bookstore he went into often, and one day he walked in and found a new display for Goosebumps, the paperbacks with the dripping green logo about haunted masks, a ventriloquist's dummy with a mind of its own, and a werewolf in a Florida swamp. He spoke to the owner. The owner told him the books were selling well and that those sales were keeping the store alive. My friend pressed him on content, judged the whole series blasphemous, an invitation to the occult at a child's price, and let it be understood that if the titles stayed on the shelf a report would go to the stake president. A week later he came back. The books were gone, the owner was distant and cold, and my friend bought a couple of books, in his own phrase, to make up the difference. He told me this the way another man might tell you he had coached his kid's team to a championship. He was proud. The word I have settled on, twenty years later, is forensic: he had investigated, prosecuted, and won, and he walked out of that store on the high of it. […] -
Cryptic Shift – Overspace & Supertime Review By Andy-War-HallWith the same swirling whammy lick opening “Moonbelt Immolator” gracing the opening minute of “Cryogenically Frozen,” Cryptic Shift have returned. Visitations from Enceladus was a monolithic record that rocked my world in 2020, taking me to the most vile reaches of the universe in a technical death/thrash expedition of cosmic horror. Six years later, the group from Leeds, UK aim to expand on their already expansive debut regarding both their sci-fi theming and musicality with their sophomore. They didn’t skimp out on us either: Overspace & Supertime is one track greater than Visitations and nearly twice as long, boasting two twenty-plus-minute epics.1 A feature film’s runtime of borderline avant-garde extreme metal is no small feat, but if designed and shaped with singular vision, patience and skill, then anything can happen. And in the strange aeons Cryptic Shift occupy, anything happens all the time.
An undertaking like Overspace & Supertime demands top-notch performances to survive: Cryptic Shift couldn’t have done much better. Keeping true to the mix of Atheistic death, Vektorian thrash, and King Crimsonian progressive sensibilities that made the debut a knockout, Cryptic Shift have opened another wormhole of technical death/thrash immensity. But if you’re imagining Visitations II: Eldritch Boogaloo, stop. Overspace takes what made Visitations great and kicks it into warp speed. The guitar duo of Xander Bradley and Joss Farrington (Cryptworm)2 tear through an embarrassment of mind-bending, neck-breaking riffs across Overspace, bending across their whole fretboards, soloing on “Stratocumulus Evergaol” and putting their entire asses behind the chugged-up “Hyperspace Topography.” Drummer Ryan Sheperson pummels his kit in time I can only guess at on “Overspace & Supertime” while bassist John Riley fretlessly glides over “Cryogenically Frozen” into solos traded off between the guitars, amounting to a finessed, yet relentless attack. Topped off with Bradley’s cavernous bellows, Overspace & Supertime is a tour de force of musical expertise.
Overspace & Supertime by Cryptic Shift
What carries Cryptic Shift’s longform songwriting is that their music is always in flux. Whenever the band seems lost in their own prog-sauce—like in the effect-heavy openings of “Hexagonal Eyes (Diverity Trepaphymphasyzm)” and “Cryogenically Frozen”—they always swing back with a bruiser riff that helps keep Overspace more approachable than it ought to be. Like on Visitations, Cryptic Shift employ clean guitar passages and eerie atmospheres to outline the heavy bits. But on Overspace, they are woven smoothly into the distorted parts to create dynamic passages, like the shimmering clean strums between monstrous death hits on “Stratocumulus Evergaol” or the blackened surf-rock tremolos of “Hyperspace Topography.” But Cryptic Shift’s greatest dynamic on Overspace is that of light vs. dark. While their debut was a pitch-black exploration of space-born horrors, Overspace injects a healthy dosage of awe into their mix, including strangely bright conclusions to “Cryogenically Frozen” and “Overspace & Supertime” and a passage at ~16 minutes into “Stratocumulus Evergaol” that’s so boppy that it could pass for Rise Against. It’s in the name: Cryptic Shift change in some strange ways over the course of Overspace & Supertime, and I’m here for it.
And this leads me to the true wonder of Overspace & Supertime and where its immensity is most benefited: the beauty of the off-kilter. This is an album of purely aggressive, dissonant, esoteric, and oddly-timed stuff; Cryptic Shift made no obvious move, and they’re clearly not gunning for radio play. So why is it so beautiful? Solos that effortlessly slide from Slayer-like chromatic bullshittery into soaring melodicism. Patient ambiances both tranquil and unsettling, belligerent thrashing as exhilarating as it is hostile. The brilliant production best described by Dolphin Whisperer as “tone porn,” where all cleans are crystalline, and everything dirty is disgusting. How easy it is to fall under Cryptic Shift’s spell and let the freeform journey take you on its many twists and turns. The fact that Overspace & Supertime gets weird and takes its precious time doing so allows the listener to immerse themselves in Cryptic Shift’s world, making for a simply sublime experience.
In retrospect, Visitations from Enceladus feels like Cryptic Shift’s proof-of-concept for Overspace & Supertime. Yes, this is an exhausting record. Trying to catch everything on it during your first listen could make you go blind. Maybe 80 minutes is too damn long. But Overspace & Supertime is a better record than my wildest expectations, six years in the making, ever dreamed up. Like Frank Zappa at his best, Cryptic Shift on Overspace left me frequently confused, sometimes just plain tickled, but never unmoved before their showcase of the bizarre and the otherwordly. In the stranger aeons Cryptic Shift occupy, anything has happened.
Rating: Excellent
#2026 #45 #Atheist #CrypticShift #Cryptworm #EnglishMetal #Feb26 #FrankZappa #KingCrimson #MetalBladeRecords #OverspaceSupertime #ProgressiveMetal #Review #Reviews #RiseAgainst #Slayer #TechnicalDeathMetal #ThrashMetal #Vektor
DR: 7 | Format Reviewed: 256 kbps MP3
Label: Metal Blade Records
Websites: cryptic-shift.bandcamp | facebook.com/crypticshift
Releases Worldwide: February 27, 2026 -
more from/about the 1978 nova convention
https://youtu.be/ThRFmwUsJc0?si=offGLQtiHh9N43Y2
William S. Burroughs delivering his keynote address on December 1st, the first night at New York City’s Entermedia Theatre, during the sold-out, three-day Nova Convention, held on November 30, December 1, and 2, 1978.
Excerpt from NOVA ’78 Directed by Aaron Brookner and Rodrigo Areias.
Produced by Pinball London and Bando a Parte.Premiere Locarno 78 – August 2025 –
Archive Copyright Pinball London Ltd. All rights reserved.
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https://youtu.be/Ed9dj4BC-Dc?si=HQq_5rbvo3L6_jUG
In this the legendary 1978 Nova Convention, we hear interviews with organizer/poet John Giorno, followed by the uncut Nova Convention panel discussion unheard for decades. Moderator Les Levine masterfully guides panelists William S. Burroughs, Robert Anton Wilson, Timothy Leary and Brion Gysin. Listen to them re-imagining science fiction and foreseeing a culture yet to come.
The Nova Convention was a three-day event, taking place in New York City on November 30, December 1 and December 2, 1978. Intended as a homage to William S. Burroughs, the “convention” included seminars, music performances, readings and more. Attending were an odd mixture of academics, publishers, writers, artists, punk rockers and counterculture disciples. The event had a small hitch. The organizers had announced Keith Richards’ attendance, which made the event a sellout. Richards’ last minute cancellation, however, gave the event an antagonistic oscillation between performer and audience.
The series was originally produced by Giorno Poetry Systems for WBAI radio. The 2013 restoration comes from John Giorno’s private tapes. The effort is to restore, as completely as possible, the entire three-day event for for broadcast by the Clocktower Gallery radio station: https://clocktower.org/show/nova-convention-1978-the-third-mind
#1978 #AaronBrookner #AaronBruckner #AllenGinsberg #BandoàParte #BrionGysin #cinema #Cineuropa #doc #documentary #EntermediaTheatre #film #FrankZappa #JamesGrauerholz #JimJarmusch #JohnCage #JohnGiorno #LaurieAnderson #Locarno #MarkoStojiljković #NakedLunch #NewYork #Nova78 #OutOfCompetition #PattiSmith #PauloFurtado #performer #PhilipGlass #PinballLondon #PinballLondonLtd #poet #RodrigoAreias #SylvèreLotringer #TheLegendaryTigerman #TheNovaConvention #TimothyLeary #TomDiCillo #TomásBaltazar #UncleHoward #WilliamBurroughs
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“nova ’78”, a documentary on william burroughs, at the locarno film festival
https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/482127
Aaron Brookner and Rodrigo Areias take us back in time to a convention where leading intellectuals and artists gathered to celebrate William S Burroughs
#1978 #AaronBrookner #AaronBruckner #AllenGinsberg #BandoàParte #BrionGysin #cinema #Cineuropa #doc #documentary #film #FrankZappa #JamesGrauerholz #JimJarmusch #JohnCage #JohnGiorno #LaurieAnderson #Locarno #MarkoStojiljković #NakedLunch #NewYork #Nova78 #OutOfCompetition #PattiSmith #PauloFurtado #performer #PhilipGlass #PinballLondon #poet #RodrigoAreias #SylvèreLotringer #TheLegendaryTigerman #TheNovaConvention #TimothyLeary #TomDiCillo #TomásBaltazar #UncleHoward #WilliamBurroughs
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“nova ’78”, a documentary on william burroughs, at the locarno film festival
https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/482127
Aaron Brookner and Rodrigo Areias take us back in time to a convention where leading intellectuals and artists gathered to celebrate William S Burroughs
#1978 #AaronBrookner #AaronBruckner #AllenGinsberg #BandoàParte #BrionGysin #cinema #Cineuropa #doc #documentary #film #FrankZappa #JamesGrauerholz #JimJarmusch #JohnCage #JohnGiorno #LaurieAnderson #Locarno #MarkoStojiljković #NakedLunch #NewYork #Nova78 #OutOfCompetition #PattiSmith #PauloFurtado #performer #PhilipGlass #PinballLondon #poet #RodrigoAreias #SylvèreLotringer #TheLegendaryTigerman #TheNovaConvention #TimothyLeary #TomDiCillo #TomásBaltazar #UncleHoward #WilliamBurroughs
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What are you watching tonight?
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1987 Late Show Commercial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Late_Show_(1986_talk_show)
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What are you watching tonight?
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1987 Late Show Commercial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Late_Show_(1986_talk_show)
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What are you watching tonight?
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1987 Late Show Commercial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Late_Show_(1986_talk_show)
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#TheLateShow #FrankZappa #SuzanneSomers #luciearnaz #jackeeharry #MartinSheen #EstelleGetty #MarlaGibbs #TvShow #Television #TalkShow #Retro #Vintage -
What are you watching tonight?
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1987 Late Show Commercial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Late_Show_(1986_talk_show)
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#TheLateShow #FrankZappa #SuzanneSomers #luciearnaz #jackeeharry #MartinSheen #EstelleGetty #MarlaGibbs #TvShow #Television #TalkShow #Retro #Vintage -
What are you watching tonight?
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1987 Late Show Commercial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Late_Show_(1986_talk_show)
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#TheLateShow #FrankZappa #SuzanneSomers #luciearnaz #jackeeharry #MartinSheen #EstelleGetty #MarlaGibbs #TvShow #Television #TalkShow #Retro #Vintage -
This morning's hodgepodge of listening.
#danmangan - Being Somewhere
#frankzappa - Hot Rats
#rycooder - Paradise and Lunch
#alabasterdeplume - To Cy & Lee: Instrumentals Vol. 1
#patmethenygroup - Still Life (Talking)#indierock #indiefolk #cancon #jazzfusion #bluesrock #saxophone #jazz #guitar #patmetheny
