-From: BloodLetter! Issue 4 4 August 97

"Surgical Stainless Steel is an offshoot of
Intrinsic Action. On the debut Intrinsic
Action CD, "Sado-Electronics," the final
20+ minute segment was the first time
SSS made itself known. Popping up
again briefly on the "Private Thoughts"
compilation (AWB), only a brief live
incarnation, complete with a notorious
though somewhat embarrassing
"Santeria" influenced bloodletting
session (Industry, Chicago 11/92) held
over the project until now. Self Abuse
Records has been kind enough to
include a submission by Surgical
Stainless Steel in their ongoing Murder
7" series. Our subject is the grossly
underrated Gerald Eugene Stano, and
the 7" includes three tracks: "Woman
Hater", "Unnecessary Ferocity", and a
special cover version of a classic bit
of Italian/Pacific Northwest power-
electronics."

Out now:

B!029 Intrinsic Action "Sado-Electronics" compact disc ($12.00 plus postage)

BloodLust! is happy to finally announce the re-release of the first Intrinsic Action compact disc, "Sado-Electronics." Originally released in 1992, in a limited, deluxe edition, the compact disc quickly sold out, turning up as a rare item in record stores and Internet auctions. Ten years after its initial issue, "Sado-Electronics" has been re-mastered, twice over, restoring the sound quality and the track spacing to how it was first intended. New photographs and artwork have been used, and Jonathan Canady of Deathpile was recruited as graphic designer for the project. Running just over 74 minutes in length, "Sado-Electronics" is comprised of 11 principal songs, followed by the 20+ minute long "Surgical Stainless Steel First Operation," a set of 11 additional tracks, ranging in length from 12 seconds to over four minutes. The dense Surgical Stainless Steel material serves as an indication of the direction that BLOODYMINDED eventually took on their first compact disc, "Trophy," and overall, it shows the origins of the style of power-electronics created for this year's release, "True Crime."

-The Z Film Festival website
has been updated, also reflecting
that Laminator is now Foammula
[http://www.zfilmfestival.com/].

-"Thanks" to Olivia for the
nice skybox seats for all of
BLOODYMINDED at the Tool
concert last Thursday. It
was interesting to see how
Mike Patton applied his Japanese
noise aesthetic to Tomahawk's
performance. Or maybe not...

-Recent listening:
Interpol "Turn on the Bright Lights"
Pelican (no title)
Primal Scream "Evil Heat"
"24 Hour Party People" OST

-B!029 release announcement
due tomorrow or Thursday.

-BLOODYMINDED has been
confirmed to play live at this
year's Z Film Festival
[http://www.zfilmfestival.com/].
The show will be with the
group Laminator, on Thursday
October 10, 2002, beginning
at 11:00 PM, at the Hideout
(1354 W. Wabansia)
[http://www.hideoutchicago.com/].
More details will follow...

-Jucifer played at the Empty
Bottle on Thursday night. The
volume was devastatingly loud;
the guitar player had no less
than 13 amps lined up behind
her. The typical description
runs something like Black Sabbath
with Portishead vocals, but the
sound was more Eyehategod, Earth,
High on Fire - with alternatingly
pretty then gutteral vocals, like
an ultra-heavy version of the old
Crisis sound, but made by only
two people.

-The Diesel sponsored Synth City
package turned Metro into a sort
of Electroclach festival on Saturday.
A lot of it was just bad synthpop,
industrial-techno, and electro-porn.
Soviet sounded a bit out of tune,
and without their backing video,
they were much less compelling.
ARE Weapons were interesting.
I like both of their CD singles, a lot,
but I had low expectations. They
definitely are a big put on, and
besides the obvious Suicide angle,
they reminded me a bit of Wiseblood
live. The electro/hip-hop element
(i.e. Afrika Bambaataa) helps them
beef up their sound. Green Velvet
puts on a good show, but aligning
him with this genre does not change
the fact that he is still a house
music artist.

Another busy several days...
-Friday: "24 Hour Party People"
is funny (pigeonicide) and morbid
(recreating Ian Curtis' suicide).
Went to see The Fire Show at
their last Chicago show. They
are a strange blend of (early)
Wire, (early) Cure, art rock stuff,
etc. Hard to put my finger on
what they are going on about.
-Saturday: "Signs" sucked
-Sunday: "Read My Lips" ("Sur
Mes Levres") was yet another
nice dark French film to follow
"The Piano Teacher" and "Fat
Girl." Damaged people...
-Monday: The Soundtrack of
Our Lives played a one-off
club show in between dates
with Oasis. Way more pop than
their forebearers, Union Carbide
Productions, but rather than
sounding like one band, TSOOL
sound like all bands from about
1968-1978. Great rock. Great
showmanship.

Busy weekend...
-Friday: Bats and Mice, the
very "Kid A" sounding the Race,
and the fairly crushing Portishead
meets post-emo Denali, who did
a pretty nice cover of "No Quarter,"
keeping up with the L.T.E. Jonses.
-Saturday: A couple of Ersatz
bands: Lowfish and Solvent. Not
sure which was which. One had a
grating female vocalist, the other
was instrumental synth-pop that
was not too bad as background music.
-Sunday: "Outside In: Self-Taught
Artists and Chicago" at the Smart
Museum - some nice Dargers, etc.

-Final art proofs for B!029 should
be ready for approval today. That
means the CD's could be here within
two weeks...

-An additional source for the
new BLOODYMINDED compact
disc, "True Crime," is Freak
Animal Records in Finland:
http://www.cfprod.com/farecs.htm
They have also been stocking
the "Buyer's Market" compact disc.
-The master for the BloodLust! 029
compact disc was sent to the
pressing plant today. Details to
follow shortly...

-I spent a few days in NYC
last week, running around
trying to cram stuff in.
-Art highlights included Amy
Gartrell's Joy Division-referencing
show at Greene Naftali and a
second look at Paul Etienne Lincoln's
work at Alexander and Bonin.
-Theo from the Lunachicks did
a weird live show with a backing
tape and go-go dancers at
Northsix, and she sounded a lot
like late 1980's/early 1990's
Siouxsie and the Banshees.
-"Stoked: The Rise and Fall of
Gator" is a rather dark look at
the 1980's skateboarding scene,
with a slight "American Psycho"
aspect to it. It played at the
New York Video Festival at the
Lincoln Center.
-Thank you, Pieter, for taking
so much time to hang out!

-News on B!029 should follow
after the first of the month.
The artwork looks amazing...

-Listening to the self-
explanatory "Darkness,
Darkness" over and over.
Lord knows, it could have
just as easily been a
cover of the completely
positive "Get Together."
No thanks...