2000s Archives - Desperate Living

Lost Television: Journeyman

A TV series that faced lots of problems that led to its premature demise – but is worth a second look.

The Satanic Sluts Live On Stage

The Satanic Sluts goth dance troupe with Georgina Baillie captured live and uncensored at Nottingham’s Rock City.

R-awk ‘n’ Roll: The Tazmanian Devils – Live Psychobilly Action!

German psychobilly rockers The Tazmanian Devils filmed live in Nottingham in 2006. Uncut, unedited and as it happened.

Raw-k ‘n’ Roll: Bitchfits Live In 2008

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Bitchfits – raw and alive in Nottingham 2008. Part of our new collection of lost live performances and video footage from our archives.

Classic Albums Revisited: Kraftwerk – Tour De France Soundtracks

Kraftwerk’s classic 2003 tribute to the Tour de France cycle race and the technology that drives it is re-examined.

The Rise And Fall Of John Stagliano’s Fashionistas

The curious mainstream theatrical dance spectacular based on an extravagant adult movie from the artist best known as Buttman.

David Lynch’s Darkened Room

An unsettling short film from the director’s experimental 2000s era.

Sharon Mitchell Takes Aim

A vintage video chat with one of the icons of adult cinema.

Classic Albums Revisited: Sinéad O’Connor’s How About I Be Me (And You Be You)?

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An unexpectedly great later album from the controversial and provocative star.

The Christopher Lee Enigma: Meeting A Childhood Hero

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Your Reprobate editor’s first encounter with the great man while filming a Wicker Man documentary.

Give Me Something To Break! Limp Bizkit At Finsbury Park

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Remembering how the nu-metal superstars came close to killing your editor.

Shattered And The Rise Of Reality TV

As Channel 4 broadcasts hand-wringing documentaries about the mental health of reality stars, a reminder of how it has routinely made dangerous and exploitative TV shows for ratings and profit, fatuously disguised as ‘social experiments’.