Jeff Brown
@jeffbrown82
Musician, Writer at RESURA, effects pedal and weirdo synth builder, passing interest in stuff
The weekly loop/soundscape series is back for at least August & September. Every Wednesday check out jeffbrown1.bandcamp.com/music #soundscapes #experimental
2LDK (2003) The stress of being an actress & the pressures of society break two roommates going for the same part. A dark comedy that takes place in one apartment with the tension rising steadily. Directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi & is part of the Duel Project. Just over an hour & is pretty darn good.
Did a marathon this weekend and finished Frog For Whom The Bell Tolls on my old GBA (via flashcart & translated rom). Fun stuff. Gonna write up a bit for @yokoikids.bsky.social
Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead (2011) Fulci style rise outta shit, Raimi/Jackson gore homages. Tapeworms sticking outta buttholes…I have no clue about modern cinema. Yuki was in Mighty Lady as Yumi Agawa’s daughter. 7 yr run, eternal schoolgirl, Noboru Iguchi surely tried to recruit her for JAV.
My phone randomly highlighted the former champ & her pig pants. 100% always found my camera when I covered AWG. 2024 at the Shinkiba station, while wheeling her suitcase, she broke away from the group to walk over to me & politely interrupted my convo to thank me for always writing about the crew.
Beat this the other day, found the majority of the game super easy except Captain Silver himself. Took multiple tries & culminated in my yelling “go to Hell you stupid fucking tree ghost!” I was so mad “no I can’t beat this fucking game. I beat Holy Diver! I no death run Wanpaku Graffiti for fun!”
Kunoichi Hunters - Sentenced to Female Hell (2014) Sleaze that’ll alienate normal folk while frustrating the pervs. Asami a really good actress who debuted in a theatrical film but quickly went JAV & pink films. Later years found a home in straight to video scuzz. I kinda want to interview her.
Baby Assassins (2021) Been on my list since I went to Act’s Time Machine Girl screening. The theater had a screening of all 3 Baby Assassins films. A darkish comedy/action film about 2 young assassins coming of age. Somehow Chisato & the villain Himari are the same person, & that is Naho Yamada.
Red Blade (2018) Bullied girl enters fantasy world to become a kunoichi. Noteworthy is Ryoko Sakimura is the cool villain. Had a nice chat w/ her backstage at First Dream 2025, also have a one off portrait via my ring side photographer from her match. Maybe dig it out soon. I used to do stuff.
Tokyo Gore Police (2008) The sister film to The Machine Girl. A movie that is like STARDOM, it’s influential, has high-level work, a good intro to the genre, & is flashy, but for many Westerners, it's the only thing that they’ve seen (often via clips on SNS). Still great.
The Machine Girl (2008) JAV director does massive blood-soaked revenge at the start of the 2010s Japanese gore wave. Never seen this one, really fun.
I mentioned both, but I really hoped people would try for this end screen, which you only get via the English version.
Per Roman’s IG story a big noise comp coming soon. I’m gonna be among some of the heaviest hitters & pioneers. I’m contemplating retiring again from the noise scene after this hits the streets. Being a part of Brainbusters will be hard to top.
Surf Nazis Must Die (1987) My go-to film after my mom died in 2008. I would zone out to the Warren Miller-style surf sequences used as padding. Jon McCallum score is one of the best of the 80s. Weirdly relaxing brutalist coastal architecture. King Crimson graffiti the cherry on top.
Warriors of Virtue (1997) This is VALKYRIE ACTRIUM with Kung Fu Kangaroos. The kid has a leg brace in our world but doesn’t need it in the land of Tao. Warren Moon has a cameo as the school football coach. I would suggest you watch VALKYRIE ACTRIUM first.
The Exterminator (1980) - Glickenhaus made scuzzy as fuck movies before being known in the auto racing world. Part vigilante justice, part Namsploitation, all Robert Ginty. Mobsters, pimps & chickenhawks. Christopher George, Steve James & Stan Getz. Yes, the jazz musician Stan Getz.
Erisa gonna recreate this and put in her IG story set to bullet by the misfits w/ caption “thanks internet guy!”
Prisonfood from Washington state has been doing it this way for years and, as always, is ahead of the curve. Abraham Moses keeps everyone at least one lap down.
Like an absolute sadist I tried to quickly match the blue for my date/time to her gear
Watch the noise set tonight & I loved it. I loved it partially because there will be Facebook groups & discord rants from angry men that hate she was having fun & being creative. I won’t be seeing any of those rants but it makes happy knowing it’s happening. Why in the late 90s Endo upended it
Fuck it. Now that it’s officially out that Shinjuku Face is closing might as well post it. Here is an unused photo I took as Syuri was getting in the zone as her entrance music played at Sareee-ISM Chapter VII