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Olle Eksell: Swedish Graphic Designer (Designers)
$39.95
Olle Eksell is a designer that seems to be under the radar here in america. This book is a healthy collection of much of his works. There is hand-lettering, package design, children s illustrations, paintings, drawings etc.
I love Olle's spare use of color, and his pen line is deceptively simple. Brilliant designer and this book is really fantastic. The writing is in Japanese but it should not deter you from purchasing this book.

Naive (Edited Version / +5 Bonus Tracks)
$13.98
So this original album was taken off of the shelves due to copyright infringement. The follow up "safe" re-release version, "Hell To Go" was clever, because it remixed almost all of the songs from the original Naive version, keeping the out of print version unique. That album went out of print as well because the label that it was released under decided to take on a parent company, TVT, who then decided to completely neglect all of the legendary material on the Wax Trax! Catalog shortly after.

As a side note, long time on and off KMFDM member Raymond Watts put out an album around the same time under his performance name, "PIG" called "A Poke In The Eye... ... With A Sharp Stick", which used the same Carl Orff sample that buried NAIVE. That album is out of print as well. I'll leave it up to you to figure out why. I would strongly suggest that one too, if you can find it, for KMFDM fans.

Here, we have the next logical step in trying to have a justified product free of copyright infringement charges from someone who wants money where it shouldn't be due: The original Naive missing the illegal Carl Orff sample on "Liebeslied" along with the highlights from Hell To Go as a bonus. If you ask me, Liebeslied is certainly not the strongest song on the album, so this formal re-release is welcome as far as I'm concerned. I still have both NAIVE the original release on Wax Trax and the Hell To Go remix album, and I prefer those because I'm always weary of albums that are "Remastered" but if you can't acquire those, the mastering isn't that inhibiting on this one.

KMFDM is one of the few bands who have done industrial dance music type stuff in the 90's that I think pulled it off well with guitars in the mix. In their best moments, they have this empowering yet nonchalant nihilistic march feel to them. "Go To Hell", "Disgust", and "Friede" are good examples of that from this album.

Naive
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Naive. Super
$11.45
This is one of the few books that a person can zip right through without even knowing about it. The writing style is blog-style which is free-form and first person. Erlend Loe gives the reader a window into the mind and soul of the main character. Since he does not conform to the conventional and formal writing style of most fiction writers, the formation of the main character is very fluid and natural. After reading a few pages, it feels like I know the main character very well and this gets me hooked into the story even more.

Give this book a read! It is unique and creative. Although it may not be for everyone, it is definitely worth giving a chance.