play there has made jokes about playing in a church

It's funny because the place that 90% of metal bands who go through Pittsburgh play in, Mr. Smalls Theater, is an old 19th Century or so church. Almost every band I've ever seen play there has made jokes about playing in a church

That's funny. The venue this show was at is seriously the basement of a functioning church, although they usually have hardcore and indie rock shows, as opposed to metal shows.

Solid set, though pretty much the same as when I saw them with Marduk back in November, just with High On Hate in the place of Cold Tormentor (I Become) and no GG Allin cover at the end. I'm looking forward to seeing them on a future tourFantasmagorie and dozens of other influential early films can be found on Gaumont Treasures Vol. 2: 1908-1916, with over 10 hours of glorious raw material.

2. MÉLIÈS: THE PROLIFIC EGG (1902)

French filmmaker Georges Méliès is known as the first cinemagician for his early use of special effects in cinema. Between 1896 and 1914, he directed some 531 films, ranging from one to 40 minutes in length, usually featuring single in-camera effects throughout each entire film. In 1902, he appeared in one of his own films, l'oeuf du sorcier (The Prolific Egg)—a groundbreaking exploration of scale, multiplication, and transitions that truly sealed his reputation as a "cinemagician" and the father of special effects in film.

Méliès's seminal work can be found in Georges Méliès: First Wizard of Cinema (1896-1913), an outstanding