#andy kubiszewski

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[mitjalovse]

Ed Buller is a jobbing producer and he probably accepts anything that they offer to him as he most certainly has a lot of large bills to pay. I'm trying to explain him somehow ending up on a tune by t.A.T.U., which was actually similar to what they did before with more polish. Then again, one can consider them to be the dark mirror to what the pop scene was at the time, they were just more direct about that. I understand their controversies overshadowed their work, but listen to their pieces again – there's a certain ramshackled raggedness present there, one feels like someone checked the early noughts pop and got many things wrong, yet the whole thing functions thanks to that. Maybe them working with the foreign producers was a bad call, because they made them what they distorted.

[middleeasternpeopleloveus]

Nine Inch Nails + Texts From Last Night

[cameo by Andy Kubiszewski]

[ihategaysforever]

Andy kubiszewski on planet

[ultraheydudemestuff]

Homestead Theatre Block (The Phantasy Entertainment Complex)                       

11794-11816 Detroit Ave.

Lakewood, OH

The Homestead Theater in Lakewood, OH, first opened in 1918. John De Frasia purchased the complex in 1965 when he opened a restaurant inside called Piccadilly Square. After seeing the 1962 film Mutiny on the Bounty, De Frasia built a pirate ship inside the restaurant, which was converted to a music club in 1973.  One side of the ship is used as a DJ booth, while the second half is a sound stage. The walls of the complex contain early new wave posters and stickers from most bands that have appeared at the complex since its opening.  The theater played movies until 1979 and at one point was referred to as the Detroit Theater. Between the years 1976 and 1977 it was called The Last Picture Show. In the eighties, the theater was renamed the Phantasy, with a focus on alternative, goth and industrial rock groups.

     The Phantasy Entertainment Complex, consisting of the Phantasy Nite Club, The Chamber, Symposium, and Phantasy Theater,  has been a staple in the Cleveland music scene since the early 1980s. The Phantasy helped launch nationally recognized bands Anne E. DeChant, Devo, Exotic Birds, Filter, Lucky Pierre, the Adults, The Pagans, Stabbing Westward, and was the debut location for Nine Inch Nails. It was also a stopover for other major acts like Iggy Pop, Jesus and Mary Chain, The Pogues, The Psychedelic Furs, the Ramones, and Psychic TV and has hosted reunion shows for bands including Lestat, among others.

     Michael J. Fox and Joan Jett performed at the Phantasy Theater in 1987 a day before their film premiere of Light of Day.  Within the same complex The Chamber dance club began in 1996 under the joint management of D.J. Cable and Michele De Frasia and has since been the local haven for Alternative, Goth and Industrial subcultures. Notable artists that frequented The Chamber and are from the area included Andy Kubiszewski, Marilyn Manson, Kevin McMahon, Lorin Morgan-Richards, Larry Szyms and Textbeak.

     In 2009, the complex was investigated by paranormal researchers who claimed to have captured audio of spirits.  In 2010, a fire swept through the complex.  In 2015, the De Frasia family announced that the Phantasy Nite Club complex was for sale.  A deal to sell the venue fell through at the last minute in 2018.  As of June 2020, plans for the Phantasy to become a community hub and entertainment complex were nearing completion. On July 8, 2020, ownership was transferred to the West 117 Development- Phantasy LLC as part of the Studio West 117 complex. The complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Homestead Theater Block on June 18, 2021.

[rainingmusic]

Nine Inch Nails - Closer 

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                        ☠️You are the reason I stay alive☠️

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[mitjalovse]

Ed Buller did a lot of things in his interesting production career. However, I would claim many wouldn't dare to suggest he also made a certain behaviour happen in an American rock scene. Hear me out – he produced the eponymous album of Stabbing Westward, which became their pivot towards the mainstream acceptain with all the latter phrase entails. I mean, I can imagine their peers checking the LP and trying to do something similar. Ironically, I might add, because Stabbing Westward actually broke up afterwards, which mean all the collective attempted to succeed with their failed model. To be honest, some of them – see Disturbed – actually managed to do so, which shows Buller and the group were a bit ahead of the curve.

[rainingmusic]

Stabbing Westward - What Do I Have To Do?

[rainingmusic]

Nine Inch Nails - A Warm Place