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Propaganda publisher and editor-in-chief Fred Berger spied this raven-haired temptress at a Taschen Books sponsored party for fetish photographer Eric Kroll in New York City in March 1990. She was one of the Kroll girls who attended the event, and with her pistol necklace really stood out from the rest, demanding Berger’s undivided attention. Although Propaganda was primarily a goth-industrial magazine, there was a significant amount of fetish fashion owing to its dark and decadent aesthetic. PHOTO BY FRED H. BERGER, 1990. (Posted Mar. 20 ’19)

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Blixa Bargeld of the experimental German industrial band Einstürzende Neubauten (Collapsing New Buildings) at Danceteria, New York’s leading alternative club of the 1980s. This 1984 performance was covered by Propaganda Magazine publisher and editor Fred Berger, with his photos of the event appearing in Propaganda Issue #3/Summer 1984 and #8/Winter 1986-87. Not only was Neubauten one of the earliest industrial bands, but they made a name for themselves with their notoriously dangerous stage acts, involving flaming oil barrels, blowtorches, buzz-saws and jackhammers. In fact, at this show they had erected metal scaffolding onstage, and then knocked it down with sledgehammers, causing part of the structure to collapse on several members of the audience, including Berger. Luckily, no one was injured, and it made for excellent reportage on the pages of Propaganda. PHOTO BY FRED H. BERGER, 1984. (Posted Jan. 29 ‘19)

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*Punts him*

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Keira Knightley photographed by Nathaniel Goldberg for Marie Claire Magazine. (2013)

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sometimes your distress does indicate you should stop and respect your limitations. at other times it's more of a baby aquatic mammal being introduced to water for the first time thing. Too bad the difference is so hard to tell.

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This pigeon is having a vision about its future.

Hohltauben (stock doves) am Pumpsee im Rosensteinpark, Bad Cannstatt.

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The Addams Family (1991) dir. Barry Sonnenfeld

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I cannot finish these ACOTAR books I’m not strong enough

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The comforting weight of Dad's boob

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Ianthe Tridentarius the First, Saint of Fucking Your Mom

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99% of nose-blowers quit right before the one rip where they hit their sinus cavity's resonant frequency and spend a solid 15 seconds blasting a thumb-sized wad of yellow phlegm straight out of their pineal gland and can suddenly smell colors

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L.A. goth boy Leo at Helter Skelter, L.A., 1992. From the late ‘80s to early ‘90s the club was at several different locations, and always boasted the biggest and best clientele of goths, rivet heads and dark wavers. It was run by Michael Stewart and Bruce Perdew, the latter of whom created the magnificent skeletal and cadaver artwork for the club’s fliers, advertisements and murals. This photo was published in an article about Helter Skelter in Propaganda Magazine Issue No. 19/Fall 1992. PHOTO BY FRED H. BERGER, 1992. (Posted June 20 ’18)

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Was loudly talking about Buffy The Vampire Slayer with the bartender (as one does) and a woman sitting at the bar with her daughter jumped in with the absolutely delightful story about how when the show was originally airing, after each episode her and her friend would sneak into a nearby cemetery to practice their vampire-stsking technique and form.

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Alfred Kubin (1877–1959), “Plague”

ink on cadastral paper, 1902

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“Beatrice is Coming for You, 1913” & “Loveley Beatrice, 1913”

© Benz and Chang, 2022

watercolour on paper