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Image courtesy of Curtis Godino   The hype over plain wax is over. Vinyl can be made out of chocolate, or filled with blood, leaves, glitter, oils, human ashes , and even decorated with wax and hair. Usually aimed at hardcore collectors, these distinct records are frequently produced in limited batches and, with the collaboration of artists, can be shaped into any design and tailored to hold a range of materials. Recently artists have mastered a sealing technique that involves trapping liquids inside vinyl, allowing them to flow and spin as the record is playing. Take Mondo�s Aliens record, for example, filled with fluorescent yellow �Xenomorph blood,� an imaginative retake on James Horner�s classic 1986 score and limited to only 75 copies.   Image courtesy of Lissette Emma Commissioned by Waxwork Records, FRIDAY the 13th is a clear-pressed vinyl filled with 'blood.' Talking about the record, CEO and Founder of Waxwork Records, Kevin Bergeron, tells The Cre...

We are now exactly as far removed in time from the 1986 release of Heavy Metal Parking Lot as its sleeveless truants and zebra-print daytrippers were from Elvis Presley's gyrations on The Milton Berle Show . In other words, the world's greatest 16-minute documentary about Judas Priest fandom currently stands at the precise midpoint�almost to the day�of the filmed history of rock 'n' roll. HMPL is one of the VHS era's unassailable cult classics, although it's hard to know what that term means since the creation of YouTube and the evergreen availability of nearly everything. The thrill of discovering a copy in a friend's tape collection or at a rare DC-area screening is gone. That the film continues to reward viewers in its freely available .MP4 incarnation is a testament to its weird goodness, its good weirdness, and the unscripted enthusiasm of its stars: a Chaucerian succession of hilarious caterwauling youths. It's hard to imagine a le...