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Some note­wor­thy news for fans of outré cul­ture:  Headpress will be releas­ing Shade Rupe’s Dark Stars Rising on December 14th.  This tome col­lects in-depth inter­views with some of the most off­beat celebri­ties around — every­one from cult film icons like Divine and Alejandro Jodorowsky to per­for­mance artists like Johanna Went and musi­cal prova­ca­teurs like Genesis P-Orridge.  It runs over 500 pages and is lav­ishly illus­trated with over 500 pho­tos that cap­ture its sub­jects in all their eccen­tric glory.  Read on for all the outsider-art details…

*ON SHELVES DECEMBER 14!*

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DARK STARS RISING

Conversations from the Outer Realms

by Shade Rupe

OVER 550 PAGES OF DARK DELECTABLES! 27 FAR-OUT ARTISTS FROM AMERICA, AUSTRIA, AND BEYOND: DIVINE, TELLER, CRISPIN GLOVER, ALEJANDRO JODOROWSKY, GASPAR NOÉ!

The smaller half of Penn & Teller ends his silence for a lengthy dis­cus­sion of magic and false­hoods, Divine opens the closet dur­ing his tran­si­tion to play­ing male roles, Crispin Glover gives love to Fassbinder, Faster Pussycat! Kill, Kill!’s Tura Satana tells it like it is from bur­lesque shows to Hollywood, Alejandro Jodorowsky show­ers cin­ema lovers with psy­chomagic, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge lays down the gaunt­let with his cre­ations Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, and much much more.

DARK STARS RISING: CONVERSATIONS FROM THE OUTER REALMS is a col­lec­tion of 27 can­did inter­views span­ning 24 years with unique, free-thinking artists, from America, Austria, and beyond. Working in dif­fer­ent media, coun­tries, con­straints, and free­doms, the vor­tex here is cre­ated by New York film writer Shade Rupe, known for his avant inter­ests and the cul­tural realm he inhab­its with his Funeral Party books. Everyone in this col­lec­tion has pro­duced arti­facts that affect the heart, mind, soul, and future.

With over 500 stun­ning pho­tographs and illus­tra­tions, many pre­vi­ously unpub­lished, DARK STARS RISING is a visu­ally sen­sa­tional pul­sat­ing miasma—a hearty feast for the mind!

QUOTES

• “The most fear­some crea­tures in the trans­gres­sive cin­ema.” – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times“

• “An untamed grab bag of gonzo weirdos in one lov­ingly sculpted col­lec­tion. A must-have for mis­cre­ants of almost every per­sua­sion.” – Chris Alexander, Fangoria

• “There is a smarter uni­verse out there and Shade may just have inad­ver­tently mapped its man­i­festo.” – Steven Severin, Siouxsie and the Banshees

• “Nobly hor­rific. I loved it!” – Ken Russell, direc­tor Altered States

Shade Rupe lives in Manhattan and pub­li­cizes, assists, and attends film fes­ti­vals the world over, includ­ing Sundance, Toronto, Sitges, and Cannes. His screen­play Fear Factory will be pro­duced in 2011.

DARK STARS RISING by Shade Rupe

ISBN 978–1-900486–69-9 Binding Paperback Size 9.5” x 6.9” x550pp

Market Art/Biography Price $27.95

Illustrated 500 b&w pho­tos and 8 color plates

Publication Dec 8, 2010 Publisher Headpress

Trade dis­tri­b­u­tion: SCB

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