note: all are brand new, unopened, unplayed. VERY LIMITED COPIES!

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HARDCORE-PUNK / HARDCORE
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AGNOSTIC FRONT
Live at CBGB's CD (with 2 bonus tracks with a bonus DVD)

Hardcore legends Agnostic Front brutalize their rabid fan base at New York's
famed CBGB's
with 19 ear-shattering classics, and now fans who may not have been able to
attend the
East Coast show can catch all the action with this release featuring the entire
set as well as
some bodacious bonus materials. After listening to the band tear through such
tracks as
"Your Mistake," "Last Warning," and "Friend or Foe," cameras take a look behind
the scenes
in a documentary entitled "Behind the Voice" and catch up with band member
Vinnie
Stigma for a rare, no-holds-barred interview. A photo gallery is also included,
and after
watching the live performance on television, fans can take the show with them
wherever
they go thanks to an additional live CD that also offers two bonus tracks. ~
Jason Buchanan

(RM55)

FUCKED UP
Hidden World CD

FUCKED UP's first release for Jade Tree is cloaked in shades of unconventional
aesthetics,
symbolic overtones and a self-proclaimed "culture of confusion." Hidden World,
the
band's first full length studio album, marks a turning point for the mysterious
Toronto
band, transcending the boundaries of punk with melody, aggression, expansive
structures
and enigmatic diatribes on what lies underneath the immediate, visualized world.
FUCKED
UP combine confrontational ideologies with deliberate misinformation to produce
a brutal
analysis on thought provocative punk. In a word, FUCKED UP and Hidden World is
dangerous and unpredictable in a time when punk has become a manufactured
commodity.

(RM47)

DAS OATH
Das Oath CD

This half NY/half Netherlands hardcore punk outfit got its start in 2000. Das
Oath is a fine
balance between classic hardcore, structuralized arty noise, and 70's punk rock.
Mix the
energy of The Germs and the progressive sound of earlier Killing Joke with the
gritty noise
overload of DC's Void and the anthemic undertones of Agnostic Front and you'll
hear Das
Oath - a sound no other band comes up with in the world of loud music.

(RM47)

DAS OATH
Das Oath Mini-album CD

This debut full-length contains fifteen songs, line-up includes ex and current
members of
Charles Bronson, Virgin Megawhore, Monster X, Mainstrike, Holy Molar, Devoid Of
Faith,
and Oil.

(RM47)

ASBESTOS DEATH
Dejection / Unclean CD (Southern Lord)

A collection of the complete recorded output from this late-'80s hardcore band
comprised
of pre-SLEEP members ALL CISNEROS (OM), CHRIS HAKIUS (OM), and MATT PIKE (HIGH
ON
FIRE), along with THOMAS CHOI (ITISL/OPERATOR GENERATOR).

Includes both tracks from the band's self-released Unclean EP, along with two
more tracks
taken from the Dejection EP originally released by Profane Existence. Carefully
mastered
from the original source material by MELL DETTMER (Earth, Sunn O))), Kinski) and
packaged with artwork designed by STEPHEN O'MALLEY.

(RM40)

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POST-ROCK / AMBIENT-METAL / DRONE
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RED SPAROWES
At The Soundless Dawn CD

Red Sparowes is a Los Angeles post-rock band comprising current and former
members
of Neurosis, Isis, Halifax Pier, Angel Hair and Pleasure Forever. Their sound is
characteristic of soundscape-influenced experimental rock, with an otherwise
uncommon
extensive use of a pedal steel guitar.

This is their debut album, a double-CD pack released by Neurot.

(RM47)

JESU
Lifeline CDEP

"Lifeline" contains four of Justin K. Broadrick's most refined tracks of
shoegazed metallic
abandon, one of which features Swans diva of doom, Jarboe. "Broadrick's music
comes
over the stereo like its own weather pattern, an experience with more layers and
detail
than even 10 or 20 listens can trace out" - Pitchfork. "Arguably the most
influential single
figure in extreme music over the last two decades" - Popmatters.

(RM40)

JESU
Conqueror CD

  Jesu returns with nearly an hour of weighty, otherworldly heaviness that
defies the default designation of metal. The opening titular cut has as much in
common
with early Pink Floyd as it does with band member Justin Broadrickís other
outfits, Napalm
Death and Godflesh. That said, there's plenty here to enrage the savage beast,
such as the
dark and detuned opening of "Old Year," the icy epic "Mother Earth" and the
recording's
centerpiece, the restless and imaginative 10-minute Flaming Lips-esque
"Weightless and
Horizontal," which displays the band's debt to space rock without apology and
without any
sacrifice of aforementioned heaviness. As good as Conqueror is, it's hardly the
band's
masterpiece. The work laid here suggests that Jesu has much more exploring and
refining
to do but this recording is as good a place as any for listeners to begin
anticipating the
moment when this outfit climbs up from the underground to reap the rich rewards
it so
clearly deserves. A fantastic and darkly inspiring work.ńńJedd Beaudoin

(RM50)

GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR!
Lift Your Skinny Fists 2xCD

Canada's Godspeed You Black Emperor raise the ante on their already ambitious
orchestral
rock by releasing a double CD of material as their second full-length album. The
group
combines the drums and guitar of typical rock-band instrumentation with horns
and
strings to create a music built around drones and slowly evolving melodic
figures. It rises
and falls from delicate introductory passages to unabashed grand climaxes. Their
juxtaposition of drums with violins and lush romantic tonality brings to mind
Rachel's, but
their compositional scale and the pounding repetitive intensity of their dynamic
peaks
evoke Glenn Branca's The Ascension.

Although the two discs are indexed at only two 21-minute tracks each, the
package
includes a handy road map to the movements into which each is subdivided. The
opening
piece starts with five minutes of a 15-beat circular melodic pattern that is
gradually
embellished as the volume swells to an ecstatic roar. The release drops down to
a pastoral
drone that rebuilds to support an acid-etched guitar solo, which in turn yields
to a unified
4/4 kraut rock pound that eventually explodes, leaving behind field recordings
of public
announcements mingled with wandering late-night Swell Maps piano. The other
pieces
use a similar set of sonic building blocks to take the listener on comparable
journeys.

Fans of Godspeed's previous work will be very happy, and the curious might want
to hop
on board as well. --Bob Bannister

(RM60)

PELICAN
City of Echoes CD

the band that brought you australasia and the fire in our throats will beckon
the thaw
(decibel magazine's album of the year for 2005) returns with opus number three,
a series
of (r) evolutionary instrumental ruminations on touring and the homogenous
effects of
globalization. with shorter songs and expanded catchiness, city of echoes is
pelican's "pop
album," according to guitarist laurent schroeder-lebec, a deftly executed
reminder that
these dudes can do whatever they feel like and still make those hairs on the
back of our
necks stand up like tiny little boners. which is a-okay by us, because whenever
lsl and
fellow guitarist trevor de brauw join forces with the now-la-based herweg
brothers--larry
(drums) and bryan (bass) --to form the ultimate instrumental quadrangle, it's
all shazzam!
and the next thing you know, they're dropping so many suckas with all those
sweet,
victorious riffs that it begins to feel like chicago in july, when everybody's
air-conditioners
simultaneously shit the bed and the old folks start piling up like logs at the
city morgue.
when the heat wave passes and the humidity subsides, the pelican dudes stand on
top of
the proverbial heap, possibly hoisting a chalice of some type--maybe even a
sword, but
not in a manowar kind of way--as the reverberations from their own amplified
gloriousness rain upon their heads (and all of our heads, really) like manna
from heaven.
amen.

(RM50)

SUNN O)))
Black One CD (Japanese pressing with Bonus CD!)

Sixth and darkest album yet from the Sunn0))) camp. They continue with their
collaborative efforts, inviting OREN AMBARCHI, John Weise (BASTARD NOISE), Wrest
(LEVIATHAN, LURKER OF CHALICE), and Malefic (XASTHUR, TWILIGHT). Progressive yet
primitive sub-sonic sounds from the deep.

(RM75)

KHANATE
Khanate CD (Japanese pressing with Bonus CD!)

Khanate was an extreme doom metal supergroup that brought together James Plotkin
and
Alan Dubin, two members of the defunct band OLD (AKA Old Lady Drivers), as well
as Tim
Wyskida (of Blind Idiot God and Manbyrd) and Stephen O'Malley (of Burning Witch
and
Sunn O))) fame).

Keeping some similarity to O'Malley's previous band Burning Witch, Khanate
produced
songs that usually exceeded the 10 minute mark, characterised by extremely slow
tempos,
harsh layers of feedback and vocalist Alan Dubin's torturous shrieking.

One of the most original and innovative bands in the field of doom metal,
Khanate took
fundamental elements of doom and took them to an almost abstract extreme,
creating
tension with dissonance, timing, and Plotkin's electronic effects.

Japanese limited edition issue of the classic album in a deluxe, miniaturized LP
sleeve
replica of the original vinyl album artwork.

(RM75)

KHANATE
Thing Viral (Japanese pressing with Bonus CD!)

Seriously, what kind of mind produces music like this? This is unbelivably slow,
and so far
beyond the typical "Doom" metal genre that they fall in, I don't know what to
call it. It's
also the BEST horror movie soundreack ever. Alan Dubin's vocals range from a
chilling
whisper, to a horrific scream. Check out the last track, Too Close Enough To
Touch. If you
don't feel like hiding in a corner and contemplating sucide, you are not human.

For fans of Boris, Earth, and The Melvins, this may or may not be for you. The
influences
are there, but Khanate have definetly taken these influences and made them their
own.
Listening alone at night is recommended.

(RM75)

KHANATE
Capture & Release CD (Japanese pressing with Bonus CD!)

Capture & Release was the final album (although there are rumours of another
as-of-yet
unreleased album) by the Drone doom metal band Khanate. It was released in 2005
and is
on the Hydra Head label.

The album contains only two tracks, "Capture" and "Release," both of which
provide the
album its name.

(RM75)

EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY
All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone CD (Japanese Pressing)

Sometimes Explosions in the Sky start with a whisper and end with a scream, but
on "Birth
and Death of the Day", they begin with a scream and proceed into a symphonic
odyssey
that Aaron Copland might have composed if he'd played electric guitar. Like
Copland, EITS
are cinematic, but with more kinetic drive than any film--except maybe
Koyaanisqatsi--
could match. Compositions like "It's Natural to Be Afraid" take you on epic
journeys that
roar like a Harley Davidson one minute and slip into taut contemplation the
next, using
the slow-tension build that EITS have perfected. All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
was
produced by John Congleton, who has worked with lo-fi groups like the Roots and
the
Mountain Goats. That might explain why the album lacks the atmosphere of EITS's
monumental The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place and their Friday Night Lights
soundtrack.
Instead, they rely even more on the arc of their compositions and the integral
twin lead
guitar lines that never solo but always drive the songs. They can shift from
power-chord
aggression to the sound of plucked mandolins in an instant. This is progressive
rock for
people who weren't even born when prog reigned supreme. It's the sound of King
Crimson, transmuted through punk and grunge aesthetics. --John Diliberto

(RM60)

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DEATH METAL / DOOM / GRIND
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DEICIDE
The Stench of Redemption CD

Many critics have praised this album as a return to form for Deicide, despite
the band
losing both Eric and Brian Hoffman, the two founding members. There is a
noticeable
change in the guitar work, as guitar leads are much more prevalent and sometimes
even
reach epic proportions (a good example being the closing cut, "The Lord's
Sedition", which
is not only the longest Deicide song to date, but also notable for the moody,
dark, clean
guitar intro). The style of the solos on the album is also drastically different
than it has
been on previous Deicide records. Ralph Santolla and Jack Owen utilize a
neo-classical
style of guitar soloing along with the traditional riffing of Deicide. Many fans
have also
noticed Glen's trademark double-tracked vocal style sounds better than it has in
years.

(RM47)

KATATONIA
Discouraged Ones CD

Now re-mastered and re-issued, here comes another classic offering from Sweden's
Katatonia in the shape of their third album from 1998. Features bonus tracks in
the shape
of 'Quiet World' & 'Scarlet Heavens'. The track 'Quiet World' comes from the
Discouraged
Ones recording session. 'Scarlet Heavens' is a rare track dating all the way
back to 1994.
'Discouraged Ones' was recorded July-August 1997 at the infamous Sunlight
Studios by
Fred Estby and Tomas Skogsberg (Entombed, Dismember, etc). The album saw a new
direction change with the epic compositions of old replaced with stripped down,
compact
structures to make room for new vocal harmonies courtesy of Jonas Renkse (who
also
played drums on the album), putting an end to the growling vocal style from
before and
giving the band a much broader appeal.

(RM47)

DEAD MEADOW
Feathers CD

Very few bands have what it takes to leaven their stoner rock with equal parts
melody and
exploratory noise. Their exhilarating fourth album, Feathers, is the DC-based
group's best
album by far, thanks in no small part to the addition of second guitarist Cory
Shane. Half
the album is so good--and so eclectic--it brings to mind the bass-heavy assault
of
classic Blue Cheer and Sabbath, the sweet confectioner's space-pop of Jack Drag
and Brian
Jonestown Massacre, and the locked groove swagger of Comets on Fire and Black
Mountain. Dead Meadow aren't afraid to melt genre conventions; "at Her Open
Door," for
instance, is very Zepp-y but trippy and sugar-y sweetóalmost like Bumble Puppy,
but way
better. "Stacy's Song" is levitating and beautiful, a reverb-saturated tune that
showcases
singer-guitarist Jason Simon's distinctive vocals. --Mike McGonigal

(RM47)

DEAD MEADOW
Dead Meadow CD

Dead Meadow are a retro stoner psych rock power trio playing fuzzed out
space-jams in a
heavy and rollicking yet still kinda mellow mode. For fans of Blue Cheer and
their fellow
Tolatta act Spirit Caravan. They're also reminiscent of a more jammed-out,
psychedelic
Sleep, but with some gentle touches -- there's even interludes of acoustic
guitar indie-
pop. This one grew on us! [See! ] It's definitely more "out-of-time" than most
other stoner
rock efforts, harking back not to the arenas of the '70s but to the garages and
hippie pads
of the late '60s. As such it stands apart from the current legions of Kyuss / Fu
Manchu
clones.

(RM47)

DEAD MEADOW
Shivering King & Others CD

Dead Meadow set a new high water mark for lunacy delivered with absolute
sincerity. More
cohesive, focussed, and mind-numbingly heavy than all their previous LPs put
together,
and that is saying alot. Like Spacemen3 and Black Sabbath getting stuck in the
Brundle
teleporter and coming out the other an improbable amalgam.

(RM47)

NAPALM DEATH
Scum CD (Special edition rerelease with a bonus DVD!)

The essential debut album with DVD featuring original member Mick Harris
recalling the
early days of Napalm Death, and re-visits the pivotal places in the history of
the 'Scum'
recording - Rich Bitch Studios, The Mermaid and old rehearsal spaces.

Additional interviews with Classic Rock journalist Malcolm Dome, Kerrang writer
Dom
Lawson, as well as Earache founder Digby Pearson and Turner Art prize 2006
nominee
Mark Titchner, all whom discuss the impact of the album on them and the music
scene in
general.

(RM65)

CANNIBAL CORPSE
Vile CD (Special edition rerelease with a bonus DVD!)

Cannibal Corpse's rerelease of their 1996 masterpiece "Vile" - a two-disc set
which will
include a bonus DVD containing live footage from the "Vile" era. The bulk of the
concert
material was filmed using three "old-school Hi8 cameras" on February 3, 1997 at
San
Francisco's Berkely Square, with four additional tracks shot the following night
(February
4, 1997) using only two cameras.

(RM65)

GALLHAMMER
The Dawn of... (Special edition rerelease with a bonus DVD!)

Gallhammer is three Japanese females heavily influenced by Hellhammer, Burzum
and
Amebix. And, as is often the case with Japanese acts, this is obscure and
unusual metal,
somewhere between black metal, doom and sludge.

This is a CD/DVD set featuring old & new demo and rehearsal tracks, plus a DVD
packed
with footage of the band's electrifying performances around Tokyo.

(RM60)

DARKTHRONE
Preparing for War 2xCD (Special edition rerelease with a bonus DVD!)

Features 2 CD's and a DVD in a clam box, complete with poster and booklet
containing an
in-depth interview with the band, conducted by UK journalist James Hinchliffe.

Disc 1 is the original Preparing For War CD that was released via Peaceville in
2001... Disc
2 is a continuation of the theme and is a collection of rare and highly sought
after
recordings of classic Darkthrone songs... The DVD contains a collection of
Darkthrone's
very rare live appearances, kicking off with their only TV appearance ever - a
two song set
for Oslo TV way back in 1989... Also on the DVD is one of the only fully filmed
gigs of
Darkthrone available, filmed in Riihimaki, Finland in 1991. There are also four
tracks
filmed live at a gig in Lahti, Finland in 1991 and three tracks filmed in Oslo
in 1996.

(RM65)

NIHILIST
1987-1989 CD

Nihilist was only a footnote in the burgeoning Swedish death metal scene of the
late '80s,
but they were an important footnote. Four of Nihilist's members -- singer L. G.
Petrov,
guitarist Alex Hellid, bassist Johnny Hedlund, and drummer Nicke Andersson --
went on
to become members of Entombed, one of the most important bands in the history of
Nordic death metal.

The main focus of The Nihilish Demos is, as the title indicates, demos that the
short-lived
band recorded in 1988 and 1989. Nihilist never provided an official full-length
album, and
these demos are the only chance to hear what they sounded like in the studio.
Not
everything on this disc is by Nihilist -- the last three tracks are from
Entombed's But Life
Goes On demo of 1989. But Nihilist is the main focus, and their demos capture
the primal,
raw, punk-minded spirit that death metal had in the beginning. ~ Alex Henderson,
All
Music Guide

(RM47)

REVEREND BIZARRE
II: Crush The Insects CD

"Crush the Insects" is finally here, the second full-length album of the Finnish
True Doom
trio (yes, 2nd, do not get confused, the band considers the 74-minute long
"Harbinger of
Metal" as an extended EP, and so is the case with the 65 minute long "Return to
the
Rectory" CD full of new material that was included as a free bonus in
Spikefarm's re-issue
of their debut album; so second it is, who am I to argue?). So, how's this album
compared
to the previous releases? Well, the main difference is that the speeds have
increased. In
the past, REVEREND BIZARRE has gotten us used in ultra slow doom metal
compositions
with occasional outbreaks. In "Crush the Insects" next to the creepy torturing
slow songs
we also find faster ones, yet still very much doom metal, and of course of the
true
authentic variety (it couldn't be otherwise!). So in other words, the new album
is more
varied. - Metal Invader (RM55)

REVEREND BIZARRE
In The Rectory of the Bizarre Reverend CD

At last! Itís been a lot of time since a really good new pure doom band has
appeared.
REVEREND BIZARRE is a Finnish trio, true believers of the cult of the Holy Four
(a. k.a.
BLACK SABBATH or simply the best band in the world ever!) that have studied the
teachings of their evangelists CANDLEMASS, SAINT VITUS, THE OBSESSED, TROUBLE
and
decided to pay tribute and follow their direction. Accordingly, REVEREND BIZZARE
play old
school traditional doom. In their music purity is the key word. The best
description that I
can give about their music is the following: Imagine something like CATHEDRALís
debut
ěForest of Equilibriumî but simpler and with clean vocals. - Metal Invader

(RM55)

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THRASH METAL REVIVAL!
======================

MUNICIPAL WASTE
Hazardous Mutation CD

Municipal Waste capture the sound of late 80s crossover in a superbly effortless
fashion
and combine it with their own originally juvenile sense of humour. The album
sprawls over
16 tracks that each nail the vibes of the 80s yet shine with a contemporary
energy and
appeal that make Municipal Waste stand out from the crowd.

(RM55)

MUNICIPAL WASTE
Hazardous Mutation CD (with bonus DVD) (RM60)

MUNICIPAL WASTE
Art of Partying CD (Special Edition with patch)

The kings of (new) thrash, Municipal Waste, show us 'The Art of Partying' on
their
sophmore album with Earache Records. Produced by the infamous Zeuss (Hatebreed,
Shadows Fall). First pressing comes with a limited edition Municipal Waste
patch!

(RM60)

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OTHERS
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QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE
Lullabies To Paralyze CD (Deluxe Edition with bonus DVD!)

Anyone looking for a band that can mix and match metal, blues, thrash, punk,
psychedelia, and grunge as the mood suits will be floored by Lullabies. Features
Josh
Homme with guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen (A Perfect Circle) and drummer Joey
Castillo
(Danzig). This fourth album also includes appearances by Brody Dalle, Shirley
Manson and
ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons.

(RM40)

OXBOW Love That Last CD

San Francisco's Oxbow showcase their aplomb at churning the time-tested rock and
roll
vocal/guitar/bass/drums formula into a noxious blend of Birthday
Party/Beefheartian
discord and Swans nihilism.

(RM50)

STEPHEN BRODSKY'S OCTAVE MUSEUM
Stephen Brodsky's Octave Museum (3rd Album) CD

Although Stephen Brodsky is nationally known as the frontman for Cave-In as well
as a fill
in bassist for Converge, his solo efforts are more of a step toward experimental
indie pop
than his normal array of Iron Maiden-influenced metal-core.

(RM50)

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REGIONAL STUFF
===============

BOMBARDE
Bombard CDEP
Singaporean brutal crust-grind, debut recording, recorded in 2005.

(RM 6)

SERINGAI
High-Octane Rock cassette
Jakarta's heavy hard-rock featuring members of early Indonesian hardcore/punk
bands.

(RM10)

BURGERKILL
Beyond Come & Despair CD
Bandung's legendary metal-core veterans.

(RM20)

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anyone who wants 'em through mailorder should email the shop (thericecookershop
- at -
gmail - dot - com) and if you're coming to the shop, we are open from 2pm to
10pm
everyday except for Mondays (closed!). Call us at 03-2031 2203

More listing coming up!

cheers,

Joe

BTW: if you have a band or a label/distro and you want us to sell your stuff, do
contact us!

HAVE A NICE DAY, BOSS!

FREE SCREENING at BAU-BAU CAFE, THE ANNEXE CENTRAL MARKET, KUALA LUMPUR

AT 9.30 PM, SATURDAY 20th SEPTEMBER 2008 - TONIGHT LAH!!

Taring Babi is an independent community, also known as Marjinal, AFRA (Anti Fasis, Anti Rasis), and Tempe Quality.

Mike, one of the founders of Marjinal says that one of their main aims is to fight against discrimination of all kinds by exposing the everyday discrimination against punks. ‘Because we have tattoos and piercings, people, and particularly the media, label us to try to dismiss our message. Punk is not a fashion statement. It is a way of life which is about being independent and opposing injustice.’

Marjinal has been agitating with their music and art in the outskirts of Jakarta for almost ten years. As a community, they are committed to fighting for equality and justice and often joins forces with local bands, media collectives, and workers’ organisations to build events and campaigns that are inclusive and creative. Their homebase also serves as a distro where they sell tshirts, badges, pins, and albums they have made, as well as a printing studio.

This is a FREE screening of a 36-minutes documentary made by Mash Vacano in 2005. Mash will be together with us at the screening and will talk about her experiences with the Marjinal Kolektif.

myspace.com/marjinalsapibetina | /koran-marjinal.blogspot.com

note: to those who would not be able to make it, you can stream the documentary from: engagemedia.org

Apa khabar good people!

It has been a while since we sent you anything! I know, it's a bit odd since we
have been
adding more and more of you into the list but there was no news forthcoming.

Well, things are changing. You will get a weekly report from our end from now
on.
Hopefully it wont take too much of your mailbox. And this is the first one.

Oh wait! We all are filled with much gratitude for you people for putting down
your
addresses on the mailing list. Thank YOU!

WHAT"S BEEN HAPPENING?

The shop underwent a bit of a shuffle recently. The core group of people taking
care of
the shop (me, Aiman & Bebe) is now being joined by another two. First, Encik
Shammir
who runs Basement Records (and many more sub-labels of the DIY punk rock
species).
Secondly, we got Encik Wan Hazril, a young man who have been running a very
successful
mail-order distro called Cactus Records.

So now we are five. And the shop has also been physically shuffled. The location
is still
the same but the layout of the store is now a lot more conducive for browsing.
Previously
it looked more like some cool kid's bedroom. Now it's optimised for full
consumer
experience!

Currently we have two sections. We created a room at the back of the store so
friends who
wanna hang out, have a discussions, use the computer etc. can sit themselves at
the back,
away from the browsing section. The store's info-shop/library and my cari-makan
workspace is gonna be there. My band can now jam behind there without disrupting
the
"traffic".

Surprisingly, the drastic "renovation" made the shop bigger! Come and check it
out soon.

WHAT'S NEW?

DVDs: We are now carrying a lot of titles from Da Huang Pictures. Yup, all those
hard to
get DVDs of local indie film scene are in the shop now.

LOCAL INDIE FILMS DVD TITLES AVAILABLE:

01 - Tan Chui Mui's Love Conquers All DVD - RM20
02 - Tan Chui Mui's 3 Shorts DVD - RM18
03 - Liew Seng Tat's Flower in the Pocket - RM20
04 - Amir Muhammad's Apa Khabar Orang Kampung - RM30
05 - Amir Muhammad's 6-Shorts DVD - RM20
06 - James Lee's Before We Fall in Love Again DVD - RM20
07 - James Lee's Waiting For Love DVD - RM20
08 - Woo Ming Jin's The Four: Short Films DVD - RM20
09 - Azharr Rudin's Amber Sexology DVD - RM25

you can find out more about these films from:
http://www.dahuangpictures.com/blogs/


OTHER DVDs:

We also stock some 2nd hand DVDs from friends who like their shelves at home
empty
and minimal. These DVDs are mostly DVD9 and comes with cardboxes. Titles are
mostly 1
unit each.

01. Chalkdust Memories DVD - RM10
- a compilation of instructional films shown to American high-school student
back in the
day, touching upon the dangers of sex, drugs, nuclear attack, driving etc.
Hilarious.

02. Seijun Suzuki's Tokyo Drifter DVD - RM15
03. Tadanobu Asano's Screwed DVD - RM10
04. Takashi Miike's Audition DVD - RM10
05. Masaru Konuma's Wife to be Sacrificed DVD - RM10

06. Tsai Ming Liang's What Time Is It There DVD - RM40
- features a nice packagin with postcards, poster & a making-of / director's
notes DVD.


MUSIC DVDs (2nd Hand - original releases)

01. Black Sabbath - The Last Supper DVD - RM30
- the original quartet of Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, and Ward reunited for a
string of shows
in 1999. 120 minutes of pure Sabbath magic!

02. Nirvana - Unplugged in New York DVD - RM25
- don't think we need to add to this. Features rehearsal footages, the original
MTV
broadcast and also their classic rendition of Bowie's The Man Who Sold The
World.


VCDs (anime)

01. Ghost In The Shell 2xVCD - RM3
02. Macross II - The Movie - RM3


PUNK ROCK-RELATED DVDs (original, sealed)

01. The Accused - Video Archives Vol. 1 - RM40
- 2 hours of The Accused's crazy "splatter-rock" shows from 1986-1991.

02. Punk Im Dschungel - Punk Nat Det DVD - RM70
- A documentary following a tour by German punk band Cluster Bomb Unit in
Indonesia.
Features a lot of commentaries, interviews and scenes from the huge DIY punk
rock
subculture there. Comes with a patch and a limited edition vinyl-single/CD
hybrid
(soundtrack compilation of the doco, with tonnes of Indonesian bands)


GRAPHIC NOVELS

01. Frederic Boilet's Yukiko's Spinach - RM29
02. Boilet & Takahama's Mariko Parade - RM29
- an amazing example of the "nouvelle manga" movement, wherein a group of
Franco-
Belgian and Japanese cartoonists attempt to blend the best elements of their
respective
comics cultures.

03. Guy Delisle's Shenzhen - A Travelogue From China - Hardcover - RM35
- the follow-up to Delisle's much-aclaimed Pyongyang: "Here he again finds
himself
working on an animated movie in a Communist country, this time in Shenzhen, an
isolated
city in southern China. Delisle not only takes readers through his daily
routine, but also
explores Chinese custom and geography, eloquently explaining the cultural
differences
city to city, company to company and person to person" - Amazon

04. Herge's The Adventures of Tin Tin Vol 4 - Hardcover - RM23
- features three different classic adventures compiled in one hardcover book.

05. Martin Wagner's The Collegiate Hepcats - RM10
- Hepcats is a comic book self-published in the 1990s by artist Martin Wagner.
It dealt
with the lives of four college students, rendered as anthropomorphic animals
(humanoid
bodies, but animal heads), and was inspired by Wagner's own college experiences.
The
Collegiate Hepcats compiles complete collection of all the original Daily Texan
strips, plus
Hepcats #1 and some pre-Hepcats work from the University of Houston paper.


MAGAZINES
we carry a lot of music, films, lifestyle and art magazines, mostly 2nd hand and
ranges
from RM3 to RM15. They are WIRE, WIRED, SELECT, THE FACE, SIGHT & SOUND, DAZE,
ID
etc.


ART & PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS
we also have several artbooks, but they do go pretty fast as college students
are keen to
grab them pronto.

01. David Bailey's If We Shadow Book - 216 pages Paperback - RM60
- "Sometimes tender and witty, often violent and disturbing, David Bailey's
photographs
have not lost their power to arouse and to shock, nor the aesthetic appeal which
makes
them linger in the mind. They constitute one of today's most characteristic
iconographies."
- Bnet

02. Sophie Calle's Exquisite Pain - Hardcover - RM80
- "Over the last two decades, Sophie Calle has made it her business to follow,
peek into
and illuminate the lives of people she barely knows, with results that both
illustrate human
vulnerability and tend not infrequently to pathos. In Exquisite Pain, Calle
turns her
attention to a life-changing and heart-breaking experience from her own past." -
Thames
Hudson

03. Gianni Versace's Men Without Ties - Hardcover - RM20
- "Shots from Versace's collections with commentary by Richard Martin
elucidating the
thought behind Versace's designs, a short story by Barry Hannah, notes from
director Bob
Wilson, and comments from Gianni Versace himself." SFC Book review

04. Fiction. Love - Ultra New Vision in Contemporary Art
Exhibition Catalogue - 3D cover - RM45
- "Are comics and animation becoming new art forms?". Featuring 39 artists,
mostly from
Japan and Taiwan, and their creations. The show was held in Taipei 2004.


BOOKS
2nd hand books, very good condition. Mostly in plastic covering and uber-mint!

01. Tom Holland's Lord of The Dead - paperback - RM15
02. Kevin Passmore's Fascism - A very Short Introduction - thick paperback -
RM10
03. Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being - paperback - RM19
04. Alan Fournier's Le Grand Meaulnes - paperback - RM13
05. Mario Puzo's Omerta - paperback - RM10
06. Neil Stephenson's Cryptonomicon - paperback - RM10
07. Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary - paperback - RM10
08. James Boswell's Life of (Samuel) Johnson - RM20
09. Wilkie Collins's The Woman In White - paperback - RM10

and many more sitting on our slated and enchanted book rack.

HELP THE SHOP!
Okay, guys & girls... if you have things you want to rid off, giveaway, sell
etc. Do send a
list over. We want comics, magazines, graphic novels, books, original DVDs/VCDs,
etc.
You can either donate them to us or donate the sales to our favourite gang (Food
Not
Bombs KL) or we can sell them for you. Do send us a list and we'll email you up.

If you want us to sell them for you, our terms is pretty simple: the shop takes
30% of
whatever retail price you put. And we'll pay you after 2 months of the date
delivered.

NEXT MAIL-OUT WILL BE ON MUSIC - Fanzines, Vinyls (7", 10" and 12"), CDs, CD-Rs
and
audio cassettes. After that we'll send you a list of the t-shirts, buttons and
patches we are
selling.

Any question, please direct it to thericecookershop@...

have a good week boss!


cheers,

Joe

call the shop: 03 - 203 12 203
come to the shop: 2.03, Mezzanine Floor, The Annexe, Central Market, Kuala
Lumpur
link to map:
http://ricecooker.kerbau.com/2007/03/10/the-ricecooker-get-yr-butts-there-people\
/

flyer URL:

http://carburetordung.kerbau.com/images/dungpixs/squatterpunk.jpg

Squatterpunk tackles the life of youth in urban poor communities living the punk lifestyle. The film is set in the slums of Manila where law enforcement is rare. The camera follows the lives of the youth as they scavenge the garbage beach for a living while still managing to play around. Images of riot and poverty are set against the background of a loud musical score that makes the film wild, pulsating and certainly punk. Yet despite the exploitative connotations of its title, “Squatterpunk” casts a tenderly poetic eye at the squalor of Philippine society.

more info: SquatterPunk Site | http://www.kamiasroad.com/khavn/squatterpunks.htm

8.30PM on the Verandah, The Annexe, Central Market | Free (but there will be a donation box)

discuss it: http://tinyurl.com/27p2wz

Flyer attached:

a friend of ours at the OZ Hi-Com is organising this:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Jul 16, 2007 11:09 AM
Subject: ruby's story

      
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       In conjunction with MY.OZ, the Australian High Commission's year-long
       cultural  program  to  celebrate  the  50th  anniversary of relations
       between   Australia  and  Malaysia,  and  in  collaboration  with  KL
       Performing   Arts  Centre,  Australia's  premier  contemporary  music
       ensemble,  the  Australia Art Orchestra (AAO) and renowned  musicians
       Ruby  Hunter  and  Archie  Roach will be performing Ruby's Storyon 31
       July at Pentas 1, KLPAC at 8.30pm.

       Described  by  the Sydney Morning Herald as "an uplifting affirmation
       of  the human spirit", Ruby's Story is a unique collaboration between
       some  of  Australia's  leading  jazz  musicians  – the members of the
       Australian  Art Orchestra – and Australian indigenous musicians, Ruby
       Hunter and Archie Roach.

       Ruby  Hunter  is   a  Ngarrindjerri/Kukatha/Pitjantjatjara woman from
       South  Australia.  With Archie Roach, she has become an inspirational
       performer  in  the  Australian  music  industry.  Archie  is  a poet,
       storyteller  and  singer/songwriter, internationally renowned for his
       poignant and passionate songs and performances.

       Ruby's  Story  is  a  very special musical experience full of humour,
       sorrow,  fun  and  love combining Ruby and Archie's country music and
       gospel  traditions  and  the AAO's own jazz and classical influences.
       Ruby's  Story  will  be performed in Kuala Lumpur for one night only,
       after  a  sold-out  premier  season  at  the  Sydney  Opera House and
       acclaimed performances across Australia and the world.


       Details of Performance

       31 July, 8.30pm
       Pentas 1, KL Performing Arts Centre
       Tickets: RM35, RM20 (50% off for Students, Senior Citizens &
Disabled)
       Box Office: 4047 9000 (KLPAC), 2094 9400 (TAS@BSC)


Rahel Joseph, Ms
Director, Cultural Affairs
Australian High Commission Kuala Lumpur
6 Jalan Yap Kwan Seng
50450 Kuala Lumpur
tel: 603 2146 5538
fax:603 2141 4323
rahel.joseph@...

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The Ricecooker Shop's Shitworkers are inviting you to the first visit
by Bandung's d-beat propagators KONTRASOSIAL, supported by four local
greats.

go here for more info:

<a
href="http://ricecooker.kerbau.com/2007/07/13/14th-august-2007-kontrasosial-in-k\
uala-lumpur/"
target="blank">kontrasosial kl show</a>

We have tonnes of shows lined-up at the annexe:

Sunday, 22nd July
CyClown Circus (travelling circus crusties! with circus tricks and
gypsy muzik and sheenanigans!) with KUCHALANA (punk/reggae party!
confirmed!) and KOMPLOT (Festive Malay Pop with 70s disko vibes -
still unconfirmed). RM12 donation. 8.30PM. Sunday.

Friday, 27th July
BODYSURF MUSIC Anniversary Gig with Bandung's Polyester Embassy,
Harmacy, KLPHQ, Furniture, The Televators, Couple & Sforzando. RM15
donation. 7.00PM. Friday

Saturday, 28th July
RAJASINGA (Bandung's grindcore crew) with locals, Tools of Trade, Fall
to Their Death, Killeur Calculateur, Quest of Quasar. RM12 donation.
3PM. Saturday.

Sunday, 29th July
PUNK PARADOX compilation CD launch show with locals; SkunkFix, Stick
No Bills, Brayok, Mindless Show, The Liberals, Killing Steward & Half
Asleep. RM12. 3PM. Sunday

AUGUST SHOWS:

Friday, 19th, 7PM - RANTAI AKUSTIK SHOW
Friday, 24th, 7PM - Aloe In The Bottle EP launch Show with bands, art
exhibition & films!
Saturday, 25th, 3PM - A gig organised by Boy Mass Separation with workshops!
Thursday, 30th, 8PM - Black's first solo CD launch! with Meor, Nik and
many more buskers.

SEPTEMBER SHOWS:
Saturday, 1st, 3PM - Theatrical Records Showcase Show
Sunday, 2nd, 3PM - All Go No Slow hardcore punk gig


thanks for your continuous support! See you there!

cheers,

Joe Kidd - Head Shitworker

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Come and join a very lepak night! All night acoustic show with
different acts, different genres.. Free also!

check the attached flyer, and updates here:

http://tinyurl.com/2pt5hs

see you there!

The Ricecooker Shop!

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come. 8.30pm a few indie-bands playing and at the end of the show, The
Cyclown Circus will rock the house!

go here for details:

http://ricecooker.kerbau.com/2007/06/13/wednesday-13th-june-2007-thats-music-the\
-annexe/

come!

joe
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details on the whole kaboodle is laid-out below.

the carburetor dung flyer is here:

http://carburetordung.kerbau.com/images/dungpixs/wpfd2007_dung.jpg

it's free, out in the open at the stage near the parking lot. do come!



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WORLDPRESSFREEDOMDAY2007
People's Arts Fest

Date: Sat 5 - Sun 6, May 2007
Venue: Central Market & The Annexe
Tickets: FREE OF CHARGE!

Web: http://worldpressfreedomday.blogspot.com/

Brought to you by
CENTRE FOR INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM, MALAYSIAKINI & CENTRAL MARKET
Supported by Bau-Bau Cafe, The RiceCooker and Troubadours

5 May (Saturday)

At the Outdoor Stage
(at the front of Central Market)

12pm
Launch of People's Arts Fest by CIJ
COMEBACK KINGS

7.30pm
Wayang Kadbod by Komuniti Anak Seni Kg. Berembang
PETER BROWN
TAN SEI HON
KAMASUTRA
Installation and Performance Art: Commemorating U Win Tin
SHANON SHAH
CARBURETOR DUNG

The Annexe Studio
(Above the Mezzanine Floor of The Annexe)

11am : Art Workshop for kids
1pm: Poetry Reading
3pm: Film screening

At The Open Space
(in between CM & The Annexe)

12pm till 6 pm
DIY & BBB Cultural Group: t-shirts printing

4pm
DIY Activism by katagender

== == == == == ==

6 May (Sunday)

At the Outdoor Stage
(at the front of Central Market)

7.30pm
Kajang Cultural Group: 50 Years MERDEKA!
PANDA HEAD CURRY
Wayang Kadbod by Komuniti Anak Seni Kg. Berembang
PAK PANDIR
AZMYL YUNOR
MEI CHERN
MODAR

The Annexe Studio
(Above the Mezzanine Floor of The Annexe)

11am: Art Workshop for kids
11am: Talking Cartoons Exhibition by Zunar
12pm: CIJ Radio Production Workshop
3pm: Wayang Kadbod by Komuniti Anak Seni Kg. Berembang
5 to 7pm: Talk with Zunar on cartoons

At the Open Space
(in between CM & Annexe)

12pm - 6 pm: DIY & BBB Cultural Group: t-shirts printing

Web: http://worldpressfreedomday.blogspot.com/

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Charles Bukowski & R. Crumb:
The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship
RM29.00

"Any collaboration between Charles Bukowski and R. Crumb is a notable
event. Each man is a consummate example of the anti-establishment
artist who calls society to task for its foibles and failures. With
humor and scathing satire Bukowski and Crumb have exemplified this
important tradition. These unpublished last journals by Bukowski
candidly detail the events of his daily life, which R. Crumb has
brilliantly illustrated with five full color hand printed serigraphs
and six full page black-and-white illustrations."

http://www.amazon.com/Captain-Lunch-Sailors-Have-Taken/dp/1574230581

Grant Morrison & Jon J Muth
Mystery Play (Graphic Novel)
RM28.00

"rom a thrilling, fast paced mystery story this mutates halfway
through to become something far darker & deeper, full of psychological
meaning & hallucinatory imagery. If you're hoping for an easy read,
with a simple resolution, forget it. Morrison writes a brilliantly
open ended story with layers upon layers of meaning. By the final
pages, you'll be almost breathless.

Evocative, cinematic, and dreamlike, The Mystery Play is a
multi-layered, tightly written & beautifully painted in
photo-realistic style by Jon J. Muth."

http://www.amazon.com/Mystery-Play-Grant-Morrison/dp/1563891891

Sigmund Freud
Art and Literature (Paperback)
RM15.00

including essays on Dostoievsky, Goethe, Ibsen, Leonardo,
Michelangelo, and Shakespeare

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Art-Literature-PENGUIN-FREUD-LIBRARY/dp/0140138048

Italo Calvino
If on a Winter's Night a Traveller (Paperback)
RM19.00

"For those with an amorous affair with books, this may, perhaps, be
the ultimate love letter to the reader. Calvino's novel, or more
precisely, his book of ten interrelated stories, is both masterfully
created and startlingly unique. Told alternately in second and third
persons, the book is a fascinating exploration of the relationship
between the author and the reader. Flawlessly composed, the novel
weaves together seemingly unrelated tales, all of which relate
directly to you, the reader. At its core is an ingenious concept the
likes of which could have only come from the unparalleled imagination
of Calvino. By the time you reach its dazzling conclusion, you'll be
wishing you could somehow read it again for the very first time."

http://www.amazon.com/Winters-Traveller-Everymans-Library-Classics/dp/1857151380


Edited by Adam Parfrey
Apocalypse Culture
RM28.00

Apocalypse Culture is is a collection of texts showcasing a variety of
examples of, and reactions to, eschatological madness, extreme
perversion, "conspiracy theories", and aesthetic nihilism.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypse_Culture

Douglas Coupland
Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
RM28.00

The novel, consisting of mostly brief anecdotes, portrays the
economically bleak and emotionally taut lives of three friends who try
to escape the overly commercialized world by living simply in
California's Mojave Desert. The often biting, ironic tone of the novel
and its pop culture allusions helped bring about a new era of
transgressional fiction, including the work of authors Irvine Welsh
and Chuck Palahniuk.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_X:_Tales_for_an_Accelerated_Culture

Serena Valentino
Gloom Cookie #1 & #2 (Comics)
RM 15.00 (for both)

"GLOOMCOOKIE is the cartoon series that Beetlejuice watches late at
night when he can't sleep. Like Wednesday Addams' wet dream, or that
one drink too many that puts you over the edge. Funny and real in a
surreal world. Mostly because I know the creators, I know that it
smacks of experience and heartfelt feelings..."

http://serenavalentino.com/gloomcookie/

Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Dave McKean
Violent Cases (Graphic Novel)
RM30.00

Violent Cases is a short graphic novel written by Neil Gaiman and
illustrated by Dave McKean. For both creators it was their first
published work in comics. First published in black and white by Titan
Books in 1987, it was originally drawn in shades of blue, brown and
grey, and later editions have been printed in colour.

A narrator, who is drawn to look like Gaiman, tells of how, as a small
child in Portsmouth, he was taken by his father to be treated by an
osteopath who was once employed by Al Capone. The nature of the
narrator's relationship with his father, the tales the osteopath told,
and the disturbing events that followed, are partially obscured by the
narrator's imperfect recall of things he was not old enough to
understand at the time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violent_Cases

Neil Gaiman & Michael Zulli
Creatures of the Night (hardcover)
RM25.00

Newly rewritten by Gaiman for this graphic novel, these two ominous
stories from the author's award-winning prose, Smoke and Mirrors:
Short Fictions and Illusions, feature animals and people not being
quite what they seem. In "The Price," a black cat like a small panther
arrives at a country home and is soon beset by mysterious and vicious
wounds. What is he fighting every night that could do this, and why
does he persist? "The Daughter of Owls" recounts an eerie old tale of
a foundling girl who was left - with an owl pellet - as a newborn on
the steps of the Dymton Church. She was soon cloistered away in a
local convent, but by her fourteenth year word of her beauty had
spread - and those who would prey upon her faced unforeseen
consequences.

http://www.neilgaiman.com/works/comic/creaturesofthenight

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: MC <medcsy@...>
To: msian-ngo@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 10:41:27 +0100 (BST)
Subject: [msian-ngo] Jobs at Malaysian AIDS Council

Dear Colleagues

  Greetings from Malaysian AIDS Council. The Council is looking for a
qualified and self–motivated individual to fill the following
positions:

  Executive Director
  Project Management Manager
  Head, Training and Resource Centre.
  MAF Grant Officer
  Admin & Finance Executive

  Interested parties, please submit your application by on-line (
http://my.jobstreet.com) or write directly with comprehensive resume
together with a recent photograph and copies of supporting documents
before 30 April 2007 to;

  The Executive Committee,
  Malaysian AIDS Council (MAC)
  N0.12, Jalan 13/48A, The Boulevard Shop Office, Off Jalan Sentul,
  51000 Kuala Lumpur.
  Tel: 03-40451033, Fax : 03-40426133 , E-mail:contactus@...


  In addition , we would appreciate the posting of this information on
your organisation's notice board.

  Please find attached Term Of References for further information.



  Thanks,


  Parimelazhagan Ellan
  Partner Organisation Manager


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