I recently made this podcast for Halloween.
It features retro-horror radio ads mixed in with the dark and macabre sounds of Post-Punk and Goth music.
stream it or download for later!
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Posted in Music with tags ads, download, goth, halloween, horror, horror show, horrorshow, music, podcast, post-punk, radio, retro, soundcloud, spots, stream on October 29, 2012 by elgraysoNick Blinko
Posted in Art, Death, Music with tags nick blinko, outsider art, rudimentary peni, schizophrenia, the magits, the primal screamer on October 18, 2011 by elgrayso
Not only was Nick Blinko the musical drive behind the brilliantly twisted Rudimentary Peni, he was an amazing artist. Blinko’s works are very recognizable by their extreme amount of detail, dark subject matter and disregard of formal composition. He is considered as an “outside artist” as he suffers from schizophrenia and supposedly once believed himself to be the Pope. Many of his nightmarishly detailed drawings focus on religion and death. Unfortunately, nobody has published a book of his art, which is so painstakingly detailed that Google images do not do them justice. So far, the only way to obtain his art is by buying the Rudimentary Peni albums (as well as his earlier band, the Magits) and his book, The Primal Screamer, which contains a few illustrations.
*this is an improved version of an early post that I felt was lacking in content.
The Art of Nick Blinko
Posted in Art, Music with tags nick blinko, outsider art, rudimentary peni on January 19, 2011 by elgraysoNick Blinko (born 4 September 1961) is a British musician, lyricist, and artist best known as the lead singer, lyricist and guitar player for the British band Rudimentary Peni. He is also known for being an “outsider” artist who creates all the drawings used by the band for its artwork. [from wikipedia]
- One of Blinko’s drawings
Nick Blinko suffers from schizophrenia and supposedly once believed himself to be the Pope. Many of his nightmarishly detailed drawings focus on religion and death. Unfortunately, nobody has published a book of his art, which is so painstakingly detailed that Google images do not do them justice. So far, the only way to obtain his art is by buying the Rudimentry Peni albums (I own them all 😉 ), aside from a few illustrations in his book, The Primal Screamer, which is a hard to obtain novel.
A small collection of his artwork can be viewed here, and a popular article on Nick Blinko can be found here.
As far as his music is concerned, I would recommend Rudimentary Peni’s EPs of RP. (Which apparently goes for about $60 nowadays!)
