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Great news for art punks and weird wave fiends it has just been announced that the second annual Mutant Transmissions Festival will take place in NYC on April 5th and 6th, 2009.

Last years MTF took place in LA and spotlighted a slew of excellent west coast bands as well as some interlopers. This year mutant Transmissions hits NYC which will give a an opportunity for the east coast weirdos to join in the fun. MT is a DIY event and invites local art and music community to get involved in planning and production. The younger crowd is also not excluded since the festival is traditionally an all ages event and every one is embraced with equal id not all together sane enthusiasm. Watch for the line up and updates on Mutant Transmissions Myspace. To join in the fun email mutanttransmissions at gmail dot com.

Partial Reprint from DDM Issue 3 (Subscribe HERE)

In issue 3 we did a 12 page feature on Alien Sex Fiend Art. It’s a little known fact is that Nik Fiend does all the art for the ASF records. Although Alien Sex Fiend art has defined the creepy, campy visual counterpart to the batcave, deathrock, goth and gothabilly music movements, most people are still in the dark about exactly how much credit Nik deserves. You can find the full feature in the print magazine where Nik talks about his art, his music and the the batcave club connection. but here is an exurb from the In the mean time check out part of the interview and some of his incredible art here.

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