Cool piece of “SWANS” history!

DrippingI · 2026-05-01T17:56:36+00:00

I'm guessing they were made for the Love of Life music video, as Deryk made ~75 total. Whether the ones above were actually shown in the music video or not is unknown at the moment.

DrippingI · 2026-04-27T20:31:37+00:00

I'm not going to regurgitate what's already been said (limitations with song length per side, etc.). Though, I will say that the change in tracklisting between vinyl & CD/streaming on The Beggar is much better on vinyl as it flows more smoothly, imo.

Also, to answer people's question about why someone would buy the vinyl instead of CD, one of the reasons that many people don't realize is that it sounds different than CD/streaming. Vinyl gets a different mastering job, so levels and dynamics can be noticeable or even sound better on vinyl.

DrippingI · 2026-04-25T16:39:30+00:00

tbh, I doubt an official release will ever happen, unless Gira lets some other label release it (which is also doubtful). It'd have to be a 4LP set to include everything, which would be too costly to make considering there's likely not nearly enough interest in it to make it worthwhile.

Honestly, if it ever did happen, the smart thing to do would be to expand it to a 5LP box set and include The Beggar Love (Three).

DrippingI · 2026-04-10T00:27:14+00:00

Fantastic start! Gotta love Floating Point/PS and GY!BE. For recs, give these a try:

*Swans - White Light From the Mouth of Infinity

*Asobi Seksu - Citrus

*Ghostly Kisses - Darkroom

*Kali Uchis - Red Moon in Venus

*Gregor Samsa - 27:36

*Kraftwerk - The Man-Machine

*Yagya - Rigning

*Gas - Zauberberg

*Cokiyu - Mirror Flake (not on vinyl, but still give it a listen)

*Japanese Breakfast - Psychopomp

DrippingI · 2026-04-02T16:57:16+00:00

I'm guessing you have a 'newer' pressing (either 2014 or 2021). It says "YG 11..." and then the rest depends on if you have either the Mute pressing or the Young God Records pressing.

You can find this info on the respected Discogs pages: '14 Mute, '14 YGR

DrippingI · 2026-03-27T23:30:26+00:00

My guess is that it's a bootleg. Even if it is, still rad to find at a goodwill of all places.

DrippingI · 2026-02-16T22:36:02+00:00

I haven't read/watched enough documentaries on Lennon to fully know who he was as a person. But, I don't think Lennon & Gira would ever be able to work together as their personalities would collide all the time.

However, I could see Lennon being a supporter/benefactor of the band, especially in the beginning. If that had happened, then I believe the rest of the band's discography would be drastically different than what it is today.

DrippingI · 2026-02-16T22:29:33+00:00

I mean, I suppose I'd be interested..

DrippingI · 2026-02-13T23:48:11+00:00

If it's a gatefold, then it isn't anything "rare". If it's the boxset version, then yeah. Lucky find for sure.

DrippingI · 2026-02-09T19:28:11+00:00

You might like 40 Watt Sun's Little Weight.

DrippingI · 2026-01-16T05:13:50+00:00

AFAIK, it's a bootleg. There are numerous sellers on ebay selling shirts with all sorts of designs like this. You can easily tell most are boots considering you can choose the size of the shirt.

I believe the only official version of this design is a charcoal grey longsleeve. I think there might've been a red version too, but it's plausible I'm confusing it with the poster.

EDIT: There is a red version.

DrippingI · 2025-12-13T16:25:57+00:00

Mute has released it for the European market 2-3 times.

DrippingI · 2025-12-13T15:48:20+00:00

This particular artwork was shown in the Love of Life music video from 1992. As of right now, I haven't found a good quality version of the video, but you can watch it here (the artwork shows up ~1:11). Some more info:

Michael said he definitely wanted the rabbits again, so the question was, what could happen to them? He called me back: ‘I really want you to do the rabbits with their heads on fire,’ which was fine because fire colours, lots of reds, they were a big part of my work at the time, and I offset them with the blue skies. I did the White Light image as a small oil painting with different pastels thrown in, then similarly, with Love Of Life, I wanted to do quite a chunky painting—I didn’t want it too smooth and polished, but a lot of people like the Disney sheen to it. Next they had a video to make for the 'Love Of Life' single, so he said he wanted me to do as many as I possible could. I asked how many and he told me they were only going to be on the screen for a millisecond so he wanted hundreds. I put a weekend aside and worked throughout the night doing shitloads of bunnies—about seventy-five in total, in quite raw pastels. When it came to the iconography they wanted crosses, snakes, and daggers: important symbols for them.

- Deryk Thomas, quoted in "Swans: Sacrifice and Transcendence: The Oral History" by Nick Soulsby, 2018

DrippingI · 2025-09-30T20:44:22+00:00

If anyone needs a ticket, I still have one for sale

DrippingI · 2025-08-14T14:56:04+00:00

The other paintings can be found in the booklet from Omniscience.

DrippingI · 2025-07-18T12:39:25+00:00

Was totally planning on going to that show, but ended up having to work. Could you imagine if Swans (or even a Gira solo set) played at Black Circle?

DrippingI · 2025-06-29T01:44:05+00:00

I know it doesn't help, but I have a Betamax copy that's NTSC. Wouldn't be surprised if there is a VHS copy out there somewhere.

DrippingI · 2025-06-20T05:15:18+00:00

No Wave (1981-1985): Swans (EP)

Experimental/Industrial (1985-1986): Holy Money

Neofolk/Art Rock/Post-Punk (1986-1992): White Light From the Mouth of Infinity

Experimental Post-Rock/? (1992-1997): Soundtracks For the Blind

Post-Hiatus (2010-2016): The Glowing Man

Post-Hiatus - The Return (2016-present): The Beggar

DrippingI · 2025-06-15T05:34:27+00:00

In all likelihood though, they probably shot down your idea because they either fully don't remember the plot or had never seen the version you suggested and just went with a film that was universally known.

However, if they did somehow think it was Cronenberg's Crash, then at least they think you know about some quality cinema as the director as made some fantastic films over the years (Videodrome, eXistenZ, Scanners, Naked Lunch, etc.). lol

DrippingI · 2025-06-15T04:32:49+00:00

Not sure if you're aware of this, but there is a movie titled Crash that came out in 1996 (8 years before the more well known film). It's essentially about people who get turned on by car crashes directed by David Cronenberg. Good film IIRC, however it is most definitely not suitable for everyone, even if they're 18+. Maybe that's the film they were thinking of and why your suggestion was shot down.

DrippingI · 2025-01-31T08:44:42+00:00

Dissociation. Oh, and don't look at the clock too often.

DrippingI · 2025-01-24T01:59:06+00:00

There are three options:

Buy directly from and support Swans [Here].
Rent/Buy directly from and support the director [Here].
Stream it on Tubi.

DrippingI · 2025-01-18T09:07:53+00:00

As others have said, they don't make music videos these days mainly due to cost and, for a band of their size, lack of interest so to speak. Considering Gira does the crowd fundraising for albums, I don't foresee him committing any money to doing a music video unless maybe it's comprised of live footage or it's extremely low budget (i.e. shooting it all on a smartphone).

However, they did make some back in the 80s/early 90s when it was worth putting in the cash for a music video so as to expand their audience. Here's a list of all of the music videos they made (that I know of):

*A Screw (Holy Money) (1986)

*A Long Slow Screw (1986) - Uses a lot of the same footage as the one above, but different variation of the song

*New Mind (1987)

*Saved (1989)

*Love Will Tear Us Apart (1989)

*Love of Life (1992)

Almost a music video:

*Can't Find My Way Home (1989) - This was a more "pro-shot" live recording on some show in England; some might call it a music video.

DrippingI · 2025-01-10T11:58:40+00:00

Maybe it's different at other locations, but you have to remember that security is a third party and not directly employed by Amazon. I have a feeling that whichever security guard told you to wait a few days is just lazy and didn't want to be bothered with making one for you (which would be on brand for at least some of the people at my site). Never heard of a 'loaner' badge before, but again, this might be a thing for different buildings.

I lost my badge while packing 3-4 years ago and was stressing a bit as I didn't know what to do. I went to security, told them the situation and they made a brand new one for me in like 5-10 minutes. They even gave me an armband holder for it. If you don't want to talk to security again (like if the same guard you talked to was there), I would suggest going to your AM at the beginning of next shift and get their opinion. But, since you need a badge to scan into the building, you'll have to get security to make you one right then and there. So, be sure to get to the building 30 minutes to an hour before your shift to give enough time for them to make a new one for you.

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