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The “Video Nasties” was a tabloid campaign of moral panic across Britain in the 1980s, barring the sale of obscene images on home video. Softcore snuck by, however, if deemed “educational.” Basilisk Productions, known for their work with Derek Jarman, saw the loophole and roped in experimental music outfit, Coil (Jhon Balance and Peter “Sleazy” Christopherson), to soundtrack two sizzle reels that purport to train viewers about safe sex and sensual massage. Dirty Looks is thrilled to return to The Lab, reteaming with Dark Entries, to co-present the tapes in their entirety: The Gay Man’s Guide to Safer Sex and Sara Dale’s Sensual Massage: The Stroke of Pleasure.

David Lewis, The Gay Man’s Guide to Safer Sex, VHS, 49mins., 1992

David Lewis, Sara Dale’s Sensual Massage: The Stroke of Pleasure, VHS, 43mins., 1992

Few groups in recent history forged as confounding and alchemical a body of work as Coil, the partnership of Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson and John Balance. From album to album and phase to phase their recordings spelunk perplexing depths of esoteric industrial, occult electronics, and drugged poetry.

David Lewis was part of the stable at the production company Basilisk, founded by James MacKay. There, he assisted Derek Jarman in directing The Garden (1990) and Blue (1993). He currently works as an editor on British broadcast television programs, including Antiques Roadshow.

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