STANDING IN TWO CIRCLES

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STANDING IN TWO CIRCLES is the first defintive and comprehensive compendium of the works of Boyd Rice, one of the most provocative and controversial underground figures of the post-punk era. A pioneering noise musician and countercultural maven, from the late 1970s to the present Rice has worked in an array of capacities, playing the roles of: musician, performer, artist, photographer, essayist, interviewer, editor, occult researcher, filmmaker, actor, orator, deejay, gallery curator and tiki bar designer, among others.
First coming to prominence as an avant-garde audio experimentalist (recording under the moniker NON), Rice was a seminal founder of the first wave of industrial music in the late 1970s. In the 1980s, through collaborations with Re/Search Publications, Rice further established his position in underground with recountings of his uproarious pranks and the promotion of “incredibly strange” cult films and “industrial” culture. Rice’s influence on subculture was further exerted through his vanguard exhibition of found photographs and readymade thrift store art, as well as his adamant endorsements of outsider music, tiki culture and bygone pop culture in general. Rice is also notorious for his public associations with nefarious figures both infamous and obscure, including friendships and ideological collusions with the likes of cult leader Charles Manson and Church Of Satan founder Anton LaVey, among others. His work continues to profoundly affect the countercultural underground at large, inspiring and enraging in equal measure.
STANDING IN TWO CIRCLES contains the following:
Essays 1986–2007:

Over 30 provocative essays, many previously unpublished, on subjects ranging from Mondo Films to Charles Manson, Savitri Devi to the Hellfire Club, Cocktail Culture to African Atrocities, and from Abraxas to Rape. Of the 33 essays contained herein, 11 appear the first time ever. Of the remaining 22 previously published texts contained in this volume, most are revised, updated and expanded from their original versions.

Lyrics:

The complete words to the Boyd Rice recording catalogue, including such CDs as: Music, Martinis & Misanthropy, In The Shadow Of The Sword, Hatesville!, God & Beast, Wolf Pact and Alarm Agents. 17 years worth of Rice’s albums, EPs, singles, collaborations and compilation cuts, the vast majority of which have never before been published, and are printed for the first time.

Art & Photography:

A collection of 40 original plates, including Experimental Photographs, Fetish Photographs, Documentary Photographs, Manipulated Halftones and Abstract Paintings, most never before published.

STANDING IN TWO CIRCLES also includes an extensive illustrated biography of Boyd Rice from the 1970s to the present, by the book’s editor, Brian M. Clark.
ISBN: 1-84068-085-7/118-7
Pages: 292
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"A refreshingly diverse, eclectic and immensely compelling compilation - kids novelty bathtime soaps share pages with tales of predatory exercises and break-and-enters, Gomer Pyle singing "Shazam" and Charles Manson imparting philosophy firsthand within the walls of prison. Lighthearted and not-so-lighthearted, Pop and Unpop. A treasure trove of entertaining and thought provoking writings, photographs and artworks. What more could one ask for?
This is complemented by a detailed, balanced and engaging introduction by the book's editor, Brian M. Clark. My recommendation: order a copy pronto, and then pour yourself a drink, put your feet up, turn the page and enter the wild and way-out world of Boyd Rice."

-- Martin McIntosh
Outré Gallery and Outré Gallery Press (Australia)