CASTLEGREYSKULL

2011-02-16T18:49:00.001Z

2010-09-30T19:57:00.002+01:00

A screenshot from what CGM is currently working on... The first CGS Wedding Video. The Wedding industry doesn't know what hit em.

2010-09-29T01:06:00.003+01:00

THIS IS ENGLAND '86Back before I went to University and moved to London I saw This Is England in the cinema, with my girlfriend at the time. I had seen a few Shane Meadows movies and shorts before this point, having studied Room For Romeo Brass (which I thought was pretty lame) and for the most part I felt I had unpacked his standard writing format, which still seems to stand as the same:1.

2010-08-31T19:20:00.002+01:00

Return(editor's note - This was written by CGJ before we had finished "Stoned" [which will be hitting YouTube soon, I promise]. Excuse the lateness.)Sometimes it’s difficult to write a web based article like the ones we provide you here for free at CGS. To write for here on top of essays and scripts as well as keeping up with general life (which I’ve not been too great at recently) has proven to

2010-03-27T19:00:00.002Z

2010-01-09T19:37:00.014Z

CGM's Records Of 2009In my opinion 2009 was a pretty good year for music. Not only was heavy/alternative/interesting music pretty good but also pop music wasn't that bad. In 2008 pop music was bad, very very bad. Apart from swathes of terrible identikit indie bands twanging away we also had Coldplay releasing new material. I hate Coldplay so very very much. But, 2009 had some really good

2009-12-19T21:03:00.005Z

Rage Against The X FactorIn the recent turn of current events potentially resulting in what might be the coolest Christmas number 1 ever, I decided to FINALLY post Rage Against The Machine's 1991 demo that I've had sitting in my mediafire for bloody ages.It is an interesting demo, in that it is pretty much the same as their first album, but with the addition of a few extra songs. I personally

2009-12-13T16:14:00.011Z

All of 2009's free shit from CGSOver 2009 we have posted quite a few different treats to download for free. Just in case any of you lovely loyal readers missed these posts I thought I would put them all up. Think of it is an "it's almost Christmas" present. All the stuff is great, so I'd recommend just downloading all of it and discovering some new stuff. Keep a look out for some more free

2009-12-12T15:30:00.005Z

Some PicturesThere are some photographs from recent times that I would like to share with you, as a little CGS behind the scenes view.The top photo is from the end of the BOILING POINT shoot. The others are examples of why we don't get more done.NewsAs CGS Productions we are currently in the pre-production stages of our next film. In an attempt to not reveal tooo much it is psychological horror

2009-11-08T15:52:00.012Z

POST HALLOWEEN RECOUPERATIONHi everyone, sorry for the heinous lack of updates for the last month, but hey ho, on with the show.A bunch of really good music has been released recently, so I'll give a little run down of the releases and which ones tickled my fancy, in no particular order of course.Maths - DescentIve been a fan of Maths since hearing their side of the fantastic split with Throats

2009-10-05T08:48:00.002+01:00

“Little hand says it’s time to rock and roll!” It’s been a little over a month since my last article, which featured no reviews at all and was in fact really only a response piece to the article written by Max just before. We’ve been extremely busy here at Castle Grey Skullz as the

2009-09-12T22:58:00.003+01:00

Soon

2009-09-06T18:55:00.011+01:00

Banned In The UKYesterday I sat down in bed and watched the latest two films to kick up a storm, concerning on screen violence, in the UK: Antichrist (2009) and Grotesque (2009). Both of these films kicked up a fuss due to graphic on screen violence, but they are extremely different films.Grotesque (2009)After a string of horrors movies, dubbed "torture porn", came out around 2005, such as Saw

2009-08-22T15:15:00.003+01:00

BOILING POINTA week ago we shot our first film for CGS Productions: "BOILING POINT". I won't elaborate upon the content further than it is a suspense horror, set in one room with only one character. We filmed it over two days, in HD, and are planning upon having it finished for the first week of September. Here is the trailer, to get you all excited and worked up.Boiling Point Trailer from Max

2009-08-10T20:06:00.004+01:00

“It's just, you know. You're just funny, it's... funny, the way you tell the story and everything.”Welcome, it’s been a while. We’ve been pretty busy here at CGS working and shooting and writing. I’ve been quite deeply (and unusually) involved in a number of writing projects that I’m hoping to bring to fruition at some point in the near future. I’ve just finished a script for a short film called

2009-08-08T21:23:00.003+01:00

Thursday's ProducerJamesJames was our producer on Thursday, it was great. Read about it HERE.More to follow about our Who's Jack exploits soon. In the mean time buy issue one to see our shout out, and mourn John Hughes, the most important Teen Drama director of all time.

2009-07-19T21:01:00.007+01:00

CGS MIXTAPE: VOL II01. Asher Roth - A Milli (Remix)02. Lil Wayne - Paper Planes (Remix)03. Ol' Dirty Bastard - Operator feat. The Clipse and Pharrell04. Confucious Mc - Track 4 demo05. Fergie vs. Sonic - Glamorous06. PoleJR - Chocolate Rain: An Original Remix by PoleJR07. Alkaline Trio - Burn (65daysofstatic Remix)08. Soulwax - Beatles vs. Kraftwerk09. CGM - My Violent Heart (Remix)10. The Locust

2009-07-15T23:23:00.008+01:00

Wu-Tang Clan's 1991 DemoI really love finding original demos of well established bands. It is like being transported back to when they first started, and were vunerable recording artists, not huge untouchables that will always sell records. It is also interesting to hear where some of your favourite songs have come from and how they evolved before being re-recorded at a later date.Ever since

2009-07-09T21:57:00.009+01:00

Summer Has StartedWith the summer blockbusters being rolled out in blockbuster fashion, I decided to finally write up my feelings on the films out of this summers shitsandwich of cinema that interested me enough to leave my cave and pay big dorrah to sit in a dark room full of people who have no interest in movies or maners.How to make nerds cream or...Transformers: Rise of the FallenI am a huge

2009-06-23T12:13:00.005+01:00

“So that's what death tastes like.”Terminator: Salvation (2009) I think we can all agree that the original two Terminator films are pretty damn cool. Not the best movies ever created mind you, but fun and original while always breaking borders with their special effects. I’m of the personal opinion that Terminator 2: Judgement Day is the best of the originals. Robert Patrick as the T-1000 is

2009-06-13T15:39:00.017+01:00

Ellie GouldingA few weeks back I was turned over to Ellie Goulding by my girlfriend, who went mad for her cover of the Sam Sparrow track "Black and Gold". After listening to all the tracks available I too fell in love with Gouldings voice, it is wondefully unique, clean and distinctly feminine, specifically the aforementioned Black & Gold cover and also her wonderfull track Starry Eyed. Ellie

2009-06-12T00:28:00.005+01:00

“Why are we wasting our time with this guy? Let's just go.”It’s been a little while. I’ve been occupied with exams and essays for the last month or so, and have not really had the chance or the energy to write an article. I haven’t even really watched many movies lately so this week will be mostly brief looks at what I have managed to view.The movies...Dragonball Evolution (2009) And I thought

2009-05-06T12:45:00.003+01:00

Team Castle Grey SkullTerm is almost over, so expect many more posts, much more frequently.Max

2009-04-20T16:35:00.005+01:00

"I mean, I'm not saying that you don't know what you're talking about, but I don't know what you're talking about.”I’ve been feeling very reflective recently and it’s possibly the reason my blogs have been shorter (or in some cases just not there at all). I can’t say I’m depressed, but both the future and the past weigh heavily in my mind.That actually sounds a lot more dramatic than it is but I

2009-04-15T00:40:00.008+01:00

Karen O at Home - The DemosAs I promised when reviewing the latest YYY's album (which still hasn't grown on me, sorry), here are the fairly unknown Karen O demos, which have been labelled Karen O at Home.The demos have an interesting leak story, which was made very public on the internet. Karen O gave the disc to Dave Sitek (TV on the Radio, and super mega producer) who must've forgotten about

2009-04-11T13:08:00.008+01:00

I'm still alive! Sorry for the lack of updates from me, I don't really have a valid excuse, Joe is just much more on top of his life than I am. I have a few different articles in the work, and have been requested, by Joe, to write a focus on Inland Empire after his frustration and bemusement, as outlined in his last review. But for today, I will be doing a much more musically focussed article.

2009-04-06T22:44:00.005+01:00

“The Marilyn Levens Starlight Celebrity Show will be back next week. From Hollywood, California - where stars make dreams and dreams make stars.” – AnnouncerThis last week has been uneventful. University is finished for the moment and I’ve just been enjoying the good weather. A handful of reviews for you today, most of which are from the horror genre. I figure this constant fascination Max and I

2009-03-30T21:35:00.008+01:00

We've got to survive! Somebody's got to survive! Last time on Castle Grey Skullz... So it’s been an interesting last few weeks. The creative juices have been flowing, university has been smooth sailing and everything’s just pretty good. I turned 22 recently which made me feel both fantastic and awful

2009-03-28T01:16:00.007Z

CGS MIXTAPE: VOL 1Welcome to the first of (hopefully) many mixtapes that we're going to compile for all you lovely people!When deciding how to approach this I thought I'd just throw together some shit that I liked, but then I realised theres no much point to that because a load of it would be fairly easy to find and most people would have heard of it. So I decided to collect together some tracks

2009-03-23T16:26:00.005Z

Heroes aren’t what they used to be…(This article was written over a period of a few weeks so might be a little bit like patch work. Apologies in advance.)To start…I think its time for some TV love. Before a list of what I like on the box at the moment, and how I’m feeling/have felt during their run here’s my list of what a good TV show needs, nay, MUST have…1) An interesting and well thought

2009-03-12T14:48:00.007Z

Free SamplersNow, for all our adoring fans out there, we have a little treat. Both Holy Roar Records and Deathwish Inc. have put out free sampler CDs for people to download and thoroughly enjoy. After to speaking with Holy Alex, I have been given his blessings to repost the HRR sampler here, so I thought "why not put up Deathwish's too, they probably wouldn't mind." So here they are with

2009-03-11T18:59:00.003Z

The Bronx / Fucked Up / Rolo Tomassi - Electric BallroomHaving seen The Bronx relatively recently before this show was announced, I didn't buy tickets at the time. Usually, I would have snapped up tickets straight away, but I felt eating was more important. But two night before the show, thinking how much I'd love to see all three bands again I was offered a spare ticket! YES! After arriving

2009-03-09T01:03:00.008Z

JOE'S TOP 10Now, as promised, Joes half of the Top 10. Interesting to see some lap over between our two lists.You’re Number One…Difficult Decisions...It didn’t take long to write down a list of my favorite films, it was whittling that 21 strong list down to 10. I wont lie and say these are the best films ever. Some of them aren’t, but this is my top 10 list *drum roll* in order (Including almost

2009-03-05T21:22:00.005Z

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's BlitzSo a few days ago the new Yeah Yeah Yeah's album leaked onto the net. The press for the album has had the band saying something along the lines of its different but will "still sound like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs." and have talked about recording it in an abandoned barn in the snow or something stupid, while predominately using old analogue syths. Now, already it sounds

2009-03-01T14:04:00.032Z

Joe and I decided that a good way to give people a handle on where our tastes and sensibilties lie would be to both put out a Top 10 films list. It was tricky for both of us.I have managed to whittle my list of favourite films into a solid 10, which I feel very happy about.The only problem I face with writing this list is that I just cannot put one film at the top spot. I just can't. So I have

“Bitch! Learn how to fuckin' make coffee, you fucking whore!”

2009-02-05T19:00:00.021Z

Cookie to those who know where that quote comes from… Oh what a wonderful life… This is really quite sad but at the moment there is practically nothing going on in my life that is interesting enough to talk about. I had a day off today and spent most of it doing nothing. Awful. So to make up for it I had to sit down and write

So you like Horror Movies then.

2009-01-24T22:38:00.003Z

No not really...(ha, as if)

Popping that Cherry

2009-01-21T12:19:00.036Z

I have never done this before, so I’m quite excited. I seem to spend most of my life doing the three C’s (Complaining, Comparing and Critiquing) so I figure I’m about as qualified as the next person to do it. I’ll mostly be reviewing the movies and shows etc that I’ve seen recently, while touching on a few aspects of my life and others that I find to be of interest. Be warned, spoilers and rants

We're BACK!

2009-01-21T12:13:00.002Z

Sorry for the ridiculously long hiatus, what can I say, I'm a lazy person.To help me be less lazy, I have enlisted the cooperative help and assisstance from my good friend Joe. He is a fellow film student with me and holds many of the same ideals and attitudes towards film that I do. He first article is to follow shortly.In greater news, I have a lot of pent up film and music related rage and

Awesome Music: SEASICK STEVE

2008-09-13T15:36:00.002+01:00

Hello again everybody, sorry for the lack of updates. Theres more to come I promise!I used to call this feature Band of the Week, but I'm too lazy and eradic to remember to update it each week. So from now on this feature will be called...Awesome Music(it sucks, I know)SEASICK STEVESeasick Steve's music is blues. However, the curious thing about Steve's Blues is that it is happy, uplifting and

Band of the Week: ROLO TOMASSI

2008-08-21T13:05:00.004+01:00

Hello everyone, sorry about the lack of frequency in my posts on here, but girlfriends and job hunting have been of the utmost importance recently, but nonetheless I am here to inform you lovely people (if you're there) of this weeks Band of the Week:Rolo TomassiI have heard alot of strange classifications of Rolo Tomassi, like Spazzcore and Indie Metal (wtf?) and their myspace doesn't help much

WELCOME BACK! new BotW

2008-08-13T20:10:00.016+01:00

Sorry for the month long hiatus on this thing. A month ago I moved into our new house in London, and only just got the internet, which is awesome. So for my first post back, a bit of a stock one but nonetheless; (belated) Band of the Week!DEAD SWANSDead Swans are awesome. I have been fucking stuck on them since I saw them supporting Gallows at the Diamond Skulls launch party gig at the Camden

Disturbing Dreams and BotW - CPWK

2008-07-17T01:42:00.007+01:00

The other night I dreamt that I was in a living complex with everyone I went to secondary school with, and I desperately needed to take a shit, but was worried people were going to watch me. I ran to the toilet, which was like a swimming pool toilet, and used a cubicle that had two doors. As I was shitting, the boy who committed suicide at my secondary appeared in front of me, with razor blades

RIP George Carlin

2008-06-24T01:18:00.002+01:00

Today we lost a great comedian and critical thinker.RIP

Awesome

2008-06-23T03:00:00.005+01:00

The Great Office WarHe Said It FirstSkinny Puppy - Smothered HopeTomorrow I have a job interview, so maybe I'll have more to do with my time, than just watching 80s movies and writing on this. I have been playing a shitload of drums as well. I am in no position to complain.ATM I am listening to -Skinny Puppy - Cleanse, Fold and ManipulateAlkaline Trio - Agony and IronyThe Ghost of a Thousand -

Loose Change

2008-06-22T00:17:00.006+01:00

This is a subject I have been wanting to write about on here since I got bored enough to start it. That subject is the superb documentary Loose Change and the theories surrounding 9/11 being a terrorist attack, that was not orchestrated by Osama Bin Laden, but the American Government. Now, I can imagine that you're thinking that I am some mad conspiracy theorist, or that this is a crazy, no real

2008-06-20T19:09:00.009+01:00

Like most people of my age, and indeed of other ages, I watch a lot of comedy shows, ranging from sitcoms like Peep Show and The Inbetweeners, to cartoons like Family Guy and South Park, and also a lot of stand up, like Bill Hicks, Richard Pryor and Lee Evens, and not to forget panel shows such as QI and Never Mind The Buzzcocks. One things that strikes me with the most of these shows are that

Coldplay are plagarists.

2008-06-20T14:31:00.003+01:00

So, as you know, I fucking hate Coldplay, and in one of the previous items I wrote I pointed out that lack of being able to write their own melodies, anymore. Well, with the release of their latest shit sandwich even more unoriginality has popped up, included straight out plagiarism:Fucking shocking.Luckily, the media have picked up on this one, The Independent has an article on it here. As

Britain is the World's biggers arms dealer

2008-06-19T16:53:00.004+01:00

The Times Online has today reported that Britain, NOT America, is the worlds largest arms exported:"London Britain was the world’s biggest arms seller last year, accounting for a third of global arms exports, the Government’s trade promotion organisation said.UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) said that arms exporters had added £9.7 billion in new business last year, giving them a larger share of

Bad Movies Ruin The Environment

2008-06-18T23:40:00.004+01:00

Today, I am adding the first article by a guest contributor, my good friend Jess, who hopefully will write some more posts as this is brilliant. She hates M Night bananarama, just read and see: Bad Movies Ruin the Environment Bad Movies Ruin the Environment