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MC Yallah & Debmaster
Alex Paxton
Gina Birch
Pharaoh Overlord
I’m Being Good
DJ DIE SOON
Ellen Arkbro
PSYCHE NAH
Gnäw
Rainy Miller
Nina Garcia
Rip Van Winkle

 

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MC Yallah & Debmaster Deception
‘There are a few times through Gaudencia, Ugandan hip-hop artist Yallah Gaudencia Mbidde’s latest fiery collaboration with French producer Debmaster, where you might be hit with a thought: “Who else would sound as good rapping over this?” These are layered, unruly beats, caked in more dirt and detritus than anything we heard on their last project, 2023’s Yallah Beibe. There are strong grooves laced into them, but the rhythms are often skewed or slippery. MC Yallah speeds through them, finding new pockets to thrive in. Her delivery is addictive, at once smooth and acrobatic. It sounds as though she’s making space for herself on beats other rappers could well disappear within.’ — Skye Butchard

 

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Alex Paxton Kite
‘GENRE-DEFYING…electronic music; hints of contemporary classical music and moments that sound like a film score…inventive mind…unlike anything I’ve heard before…like being in a musical amusement park with thrills, twists and turns that are guaranteed to delight.’ — Cultural Attache

 

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Gina Birch Doom Monger
‘An artist, filmmaker, and founding member of the game-changing late 1970s collective The Raincoats, Birch is an artist who is not afraid of tackling difficult subjects. She goes straight to the point with the first track, ‘I Thought I’d Live Forever’. While the lyrics address solemn matters such as ageing and mortality, the comically squeaky backing vocals and a deliberate pastiche of Portishead’s ‘Sour Times’ deliver the message instantly: Birch doesn’t give a damn. Spectral dub with sci-fi effects a-la King Tubby on ‘Doom Monger’ is a sedative antidote to the narrative about “crazy monsters screwing us more each day”, hinting at the madness of contemporary politics and those who define its course.’ — Irina Shtreis

 

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Pharaoh Overlord Louhi
‘In many ways, Pharaoh Overlord are themselves something of a time machine, as the band concur. “One could think of this album as our homage to the Finnish traditional folk music and musicians, with instruments like Hurdy Gurdy or Esseharpa. By combining the traditional with modern and experimental, we are trying to travel in time, to reach out to some ancient core or find a starting point of something unknown, genuine and real.”’ — Rocket Recordings

 

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I’m Being Good A Greener Shade Of Teal
‘Like forebears Polvo and contemporaries Part Chimp, I’m Being Good’s world is one where curious riffs seemingly leading nowhere will suddenly explode into violence, but Shapeshitter’s more menacing moments are also its most restrained. Opener ‘Parasol’, for example, plucks spindly lines strung across a sinewy, skeletal rhythm-section negotiating challenging terrain, Andrew Clare sounding like a maudlin Damon Albarn as he ruminates about something at a volume drowned out by the tolling guitar chime. An electrifying tension pervades: is a sudden explosion of noise waiting just around the corner? I won’t spoiler it for you, though if this kind of anxiety is your bag, then boy do I’m Being Good got the Sado for your Masochism.’ — Stevie Chick

 

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DJ DIE SOON SAQ4IME
‘DJ DIE SOON is the apocalyptic alter-ego Daisuke Imamura, whose performances of masked malice have been a fixture in the Berlin underground for the past decade. His latest record My Brothel The Wind takes inspiration from Sun Ra at his most grotesque, conjuring a distorted phantasmagoria with an eclectic crew of compatriots like Rully Shabara, Sara Persico, and longtime collaborator Kiki Hitomi.’ — Drowned By Locals

 

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Ellen Arkbro Chordalities
‘Ellen Arkbro is a composer, musician, and sound artist working with precision-tuned intervallic harmony and installation. She focuses on the qualities of harmonic sound that reveal listening as an active process of creative participation, inviting the listener to gradually transform into the sound itself.’ — Blank Forms

 

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PSYCHE NAH BARWARS
‘PSYCHE NAH is a project by NAPPYNAPPA and psychedelic ensemble. which, at the time of this release, has produced four self-titled EPs.’ — Live at the Clinic

 

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Gnäw Karavan e Rahzanan
‘Gnäw is the duo of Finnish modular synth explorer Simo Hakalisto and Iranian multi-instrumentalist Arash Ghasemi. Their first encounter in Milan planted the seed, but it took root in the Czech underground, where their warped take on Persian and Finnish folk instruments—setar, santoor, kantele—collides with throbbing bass, film-noir guitar lines, and Hakalisto’s deep synth arsenal. The result? A drone-fueled, borderless sound that reshapes traditional music into something unrecognizable yet eerily familiar.’ — Psychedelic Baby Magazine

 

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Rainy Miller Vengeance
‘Rainy Miller is a producer and artist known for crafting emotionally charged, atmospheric music that feels both intimate and expansive. Collaborating with vocalist Graham Sayle from High Vis and Christ Bryan, along with composers Alex Currie, August Rosenbaum, Christopher Bryan, J Ludwig III, and More Eaze in the past, his sound blends raw vulnerability with textured sonic landscapes, creating work that feels deeply rooted in personal reflection.’ — Sleek

 

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Nina Garcia Live at Wharf Chambers Leeds
‘Parisian Guitarist Nina Garcia experiments with improvised noise music. A simple set up of guitar, one pedal and an amp.’ — Mint

 

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Rip Van Winkle Six Black Horses
‘This is the latest curveball from Robert Pollard’s ever-expanding universe, this time under the banner of Rip Van Winkle. Pollard leans harder into indie art territory here, with scratchy textures, jagged guitar lines, and smaller arrangements. The album thrives on spontaneity and grit—each track sounds like it was captured mid-thought, but with a clear melodic backbone. The instrumentation is rough-edged but never lazy, with snappy transitions and that unmistakable Pollard vocal swagger holding it all together.’ — The Fire Note

 

 

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p.s. Hey. ** scunnard, Hey. I’ve been functioning properly, thank you. Sure, send it over. I’m hungry, and we’ll figure it out, yes. Anticipatory. ** _Black_Acrylic, Hi, Ben. I think the vast majority of Ron Mueck’s work is quite empty and just a cheap trick, but once in a while something of his seems almost accidentally more than that. Kawakubo does Play-Doh … the mind boggles. ** Isabelle, Hi! Welcome! Thank you for tip on Käthe Kollwitz’s drawings. I’ll go see what I can find. Have a swell day. ** Connie, Hi, C. I found HAA’s work on pixiv. There’s quite a bit of their work there. I do know that gif, yes. I think I even posted it here in some context or other at some point. People’s vibes can be so fragile, but I’m weird. Like you, I guess. I don’t know how long we’ll be in Chicago. We haven’t figured that out yet. I don’t know if the festival will give us a guest-list. I can let you know when they do. If I can get you guys in, I will, but I don’t know. Sometimes festivals are generous on that front, and sometimes they’ll just give one comp or two for your mom and dad. I’lll try. ** Dominik, Hi!!! Death trips are one of my specialties, don’t you know. Haha, Zac felt the same about ‘JW’ as you did. Really hated it. I think I just wanted an amusement park ride-like thing, and the last hour got close enough or something. But yes. You too on the rising heat? So sorry. But have a super sweet time with your dad and brother, and see you again at the conclusion. Love trying to get The Jam’s ‘Private Hell’ to stop looping in his mind for almost a week now, G. ** Sypha, I do update the lists, it’s true. Haha, dude, I’m a lister too, so high five. I just listed my all-time favorite amusement park rides here the other week for goodness sake. I am honored that you read forty of my faves. There can’t literally be any other person in the world who’s even thought to do that. Our minds are soulmates. Except that if I knew your 50 favorite novels, I probably would have read only about 2 of them. ** jay, Hey, jay! Oh, great, ‘Totes Haus u r’ is amazing. Every once in a while Gregor Schneider makes something quite incredible. That Bataille was quite the word (and idea) spinner, yep. If you like anime snuff stuff check out the site pixiv if you don’t already know it. Having known some pedophiles, I think it’s more complicated than just the power attraction and varies from case to case, but that’s definitely in there for sure. Serious and powerful and laser targeted luck on the job interview today should you need mystical intervention. So … how did it go? ** alex, Hi, alex! Really nice to see you! Paris’s summer has been really mild, but it’s supposed to get traditionally summery for a while starting today, so say the forecasters. I’ll look for you on Instagram and vice versa. Yeah, I was finally sort of ordered to join Instagram to support our film. It’s okay. I like it. Nothing secret about the Toronto screening. It’s being hosted by the film series Bleeding Edge on September 24th. Zac and I will be figuring out how long we’ll be there soon. Thanks! Sure, I’d like to read your story. Everyone, Here’s the very talented alex with a hot tip: ‘(L)ast month my friend Fan and I recorded a sound poem for SUDS, this audio zine out of California. that one’s online for anyone who’s interested in giving it a listen: here. Um, hm, I’ve thought about trying to play guitar again, but I can easily predict it would be too hard and time consuming, so I haven’t. Otherwise, gosh, maybe not. Enjoy (or hope you enjoyed) the wedding. ** Mari, Hi! Yeah, I’m quite interested in guro. If you don’t already know them, the sites pixiv and gurochan are good resources. What’s the favorite childhood band? Did they live up? The last gig I went to was Nina Garcia, who’s actually in the gig post today. The last actual concert was Neil Young. I think my favorite local venue is this experimental music one called Les Instants Chavirés. Tumblr wouldn’t let me look at that image because I’m not a member. But I’ll search for ‘sinnykitt’. Thanks! I hope your day is as great as mine, and, if mine isn’t great, please don’t let that stop the greatness on your side. ** julian, Hey. Cool, glad you liked those. Awesome that you can come see ‘Room Temperature’! It’ll be nice to get to meet you. Thanks! ** Roma, Hi, Roma. Welcome! Thanks a lot for coming inside! That’s a really good painting. Powerful, yeah. I’ll see what else I can see by Ojārs Pētersons. I don’t know that work. You’re in Toronto. Come see our film. Thank you, and I hope to get to say hi to you at the very least. What’s going on with you? ** Steeqhen, I think the word you’re looking for is guro. ‘Happy Tree Friends’, no. Worth checking? No, it wasn’t me with Thomas at the photo show, but I did see that show a while back. Meh. When I actually click start on ‘Stray’ I will pass along the news good or bad. ** horatio, Hi. Happy you liked the array and especially that you liked the Aki Onda. He’s so great. I wish noise music made me thrash around, but it tends to make me dead still but with very lively eyeballs. Thanks about the festival. Yeah, we’re thrilled, and that it’s the Official Opening Night Film is wild. Big day to you and to your all and sundry. ** Ryaha, Hi! Good to meet you! Horatio has a lot of roommates, it’s cool. I did watch and greatly like Gay Church, you are correct, and kudos directly to you. ‘It’s funny how the music, when shifted to a more queer space, the music sounds like it is singing from a glass closet’: what an excellent sentence not to mention result. Is it okay for a non-puppy to say woof to a puppy and have that woof have any power or meaning? If so, woof! I’ve seen some furry porn, for sure, but not enough to get a grasp on the … genre? I should buckle down. Thank you about ‘Frisk’. Have a happy day or woof, whichever you prefer. ** HaRpEr //, I think that’s what I read about the new version of ‘The Tunnel’, but I’m not 100% sure. I remember the years when there was heavy anticipation about ‘The Tunnel’, when would it come out, would it ever come out, what would it be, etc. It was the literary equivalent of when everyone was waiting for the follow up to ‘Loveless’. Oh, god, the Didion, how totally dreadful and predictable. Ugh. I’ll majorly skip that. ** Justin D, Hi! Yeah, I went back and forth with the color or b&w version of the Sally Mann photo and wound up agreeing with you. Cool you watched ‘Luna’. I love that film, but, yeah, it’s not perfect. My hump day! I forgot about that characterisation. Well, it was in fact kind of a hump day, so good instincts there. How was your day? I hope it was like a slide. ** Bill, She did a series of photos that she took at one of those ‘farms’ where they lay out dead bodies and then study the way they decay. And, yeah, very unlike her other work. ‘Old People’s Home’ was here at the Pinault for while. Pretty fun. Cool about the gig you saw, much less so about the poorly timed second one. Grr. ** Right. Today I made you another gig consisting of YouTube representations of some music I’ve been liking recently, and that’s that. See you tomorrow.

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Sally Mann Untitled (Maggots), 2000
Gelatin silver print with varnish

 

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Marc Swanson Untitled (Black Fabric & Wreath), 2012
Wood, fabric, artificial flowers, flexible slip, and paint

 

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Salman Toor Dead Dad Puddle, 2024
Charcoal, ink, and gouache on paper

 

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Eugenio Merino Aqui Murio Picasso, 2017
‘Picasso’s lifeless body forms the basis for a work by the Spanish artist Eugenio Merino, titled Aquí Murió Picasso (Picasso Died Here). Rather than being based on Picasso’s actual corpse, it draws inspiration from the image of the artist that many associate with him: the blue-striped Breton shirt, white linen pants, espadrilles. The work is also quite literally larger than life. Picasso was said to stand 5 feet 4 inches tall, whereas the sculpture is just over 6 feet long.’

 

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Stuart Brisley Arbeit Macht Frei, 1973
‘The words Arbeit Macht Frei were wrought in iron and placed on or above the entrance gates to some if not all Nazi Concentration Camps in the period of Nazi rule in Germany and its conquered territories between 1933 and 1945.’

 

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Caroline Kampfraath A day in the Woods, 2019
Herbs and food cans, wax and animal skin

 

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Līga Spunde When Hell Is Full the Dead Will Walk the Earth, 2019
‘Līga Spunde focuses on the ruthlessness hidden behind forms of everyday communication and information exchange on the internet. She analyses “hate culture” not just online, but in various forms where users exchange chillingly inhuman texts, images and videos that can sometimes also turn into real, horrifying acts.’

 

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Mark Dion The Life of a Dead Tree, 2019
‘Appropriately sourced from a cemetery, the dead tree will be the central host for a “live” and sensory experience. Visitors can observe and participate in a kind-of autopsy of the tree that will unfold over the course of a two-month exhibition period. This shared investigation will remove, preserve and document all the various life forms the tree continues to support.’

 

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Mladen Stilinović Exploitation of the Dead, 2007
‘The “Exploitation of the Dead“ Collection by the self-educated neo-avantgarde artist Mladen Stilinović was compiled in socialist Croatia in the period from 1984 to 1990. It is a cycle of paintings dealing with the theme of dispersal or disappearance of symbols, both those widely accepted, such as the Christian cross, as well as the symbols of the Yugoslav socialist period, such as the red star. The author detects changes that affected the socialist system at the symbolic level in the 1980s and puts them in the context of art in a subversive way by using ideological and political reality.’

 

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David Fathi Wolfgang, 2017
Photo, manipulations

 

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Ed Ruscha Rusty Signs – Dead End 3, 2014
Mixografía® print on handmade paper

 

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Calvin Marcus Were Good Men, 2019
‘On uniformly ochre backgrounds, smears of green grass blades loll in flat clusters and fields. On some lay the mangled carcasses of decorated soldiers, each in a casually rendered uniform. Their tongues fall from gaping mouths. Their skin is mottled and discolored; blood seeps from bullet wounds, crushed skulls, peeling flesh.’

 

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Robert Smithson Dead tree, 1969
Installation

 

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Qiu Anxiong The Doubter, 2010
‘Qiu Anxiong’s The Doubter replaces the subject of Jacques-Louis David’s The Death of Marat (1793) with a synthetic chimpanzee, which lies limp in a bathroom-cage with a (fake) gun on the tile floor.’

 

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João Paulo Feliciano Deface Dead, 1994
Ink on paper

 

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Steven Shearer Fuck I’m dead, 2004
Oil on paper

 

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Sun Yuan & Peng Yu Honey, 1999
Bed, old man’s face sample, fetus sample, ice

 

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John Miller The Corpse, 2006
Mirror, plastic fruit, wood, synthetic materials

 

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Artem Loskutov Belarus, 2020
‘On Friday, the Russian protest artist Artem Loskutov held an auction on his Facebook page for a work he created with a nightstick (police baton) instead of a paintbrush. He used red paint on a white background (the colours of the Belarusian flag). The sold for 3m rubles (about $41,000).’

 

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Ron Mueck Dead Dad, 1996-1997
Silicone, polyurethane, styrene, synthetic hair

 

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Tatiana Leimkueller Death of Caligula, 2023
mixed media

 

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Rashid Rana Dead Bird Flying, 2006
C-print

 

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Aki Onda,Charmaine Lee, Zach Rowden A Letter from Souls of The Dead, 2021
‘The soundtrack for Aki Onda’s exhibition “A Letter from Souls of The Dead” at Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA) from July 10 – September 4, 2021.’

 

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Lawrence Carroll Donald Judd is Dead, 1987
mixed media collage on paper and chair

 

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Isabelle Frances McGuire Sleeping Vampires, 2024
‘Rather than trying to crack some hidden cultural code, in the end McGuire is playing a more unscripted game, intent on conjuring up possibilities or following new forking paths. As digital source materials are given embodied form, something unexpected is born.’

 

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Ben E. Ward Come From The Four Winds O Breath, and Breathe into these Slain, that they may Live, 2007
Oil on canvas

 

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HAA The Dead Are Still Alive, 2003-2006
computer assisted

 

 

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p.s. Hey. ** jay, Triple hey, jay! Well, yeah, I’m an anarchist so I tend to think power relationships/dynamic is at the root of virtually everything. That was Duvert’s experimental novel. Later he adopted a more straightforward, romantic-ish way of writing, and I’m not as interested in that work. Things became a little too plain for me. No, I love writing even more than constructing things with gifs, and I think my talent, such as it is, is really to do with using language — the gif novels are me trying to turn looping visuals into language basically — so I’m sure the Cycle would have been word-based at whatever point I might have started it. Good about ‘Bring Her Back’. I’ll try to finally dig in today maybe even. Thanks! I’m aiming for a good day. I trust you are as well. ** Dominik, Hi!!! Yes, I like some of Almodovar’s earlier films too. Good question about ‘bristling pinecone’. I can’t remember where I saw that phrase used or heard it spoken but it obviously popped up yesterday for some weird reason. Curious what love thought of ‘Jurassic World’. I thought that last hour was fun and that the first, whatever, hour or ninety minutes was mostly a slog. Love dreading the predicted return of normal summer weather starting here tomorrow, G. ** Sypha, I think there must be a number of my 50 fave books that you wouldn’t get through if you tried. Just a semi-educated guess, haha. Right, you and cat abuse. I never have a problem distinguishing between harmless fiction and harmful non-fiction. When I read something objectionable in fiction, I see it as an opportunity to try to understand it safely, I guess. ** Dr. Kosten Koper, Hi, Dr. I’ve been known to try to make people uncomfortable with my output, yes. Don’t know the Mieli book (yet), thank you. My take on that topic is quite complicated, and varies considerably depending on whether it’s a fictional construct or reality-based, but it’s true I’m not a Dworkin guy. Thanks! ** Tosh Berman, Thanks, Tosh. Everyone, Tosh Berman alerts you to two Durvert books in English that are totally gettable: ‘District’ and ‘Odd Jobs’, both from the always very valuable Wakefield Press. And of course Semiotext(e) has published two or three Duvert books that I think are still in print? ** _Black_Acrylic, My pleasure. Interesting. I should try to do a fragrance-oriented post even though I know little about such things, but then again there’s the reason. ** julian, Hey. lotuseatermachine discovered that ‘Strange Landscape’ is on InternetArchive and, thus, readable, and I’ll put the link down below. Don’t know of smartschoolboy9. I’ll see what’s still out there, thank you. Oh, yes, please try your hand at gif fictioning if the inclination sticks. ** Carsten, Thanks, man. The Spanish festivals I’ve found are not in their submission periods, so I’ll have to wait. A couple of them seem possible maybe. ** Steeqhen, My day was seeing my friend Thomas Moore and accepting a disappointing film opportunity rejection and this and that. Yes, that sounds like ‘Stray’. Seems to be fun and peaceful. Hope to find out pronto. ** Hugo, That Duvert novel is on InternetArchive, it turns out. Link below. I think if your friend got into writing, it would probably help? I had a fairly horrendous growing up and dedicating myself to writing pretty much saved me. I’ve been in Toronto twice and it didn’t make much of an impression. But we’re going to show the film there this fall, so I’ll have another chance. Mm, I think the script probably should stay private until we’ve finished it. It needs to settle. Thanks for asking though. ** Steve, Okay, well, may the hematologist sort you out asap. Yeah, so spooky, death of a parent. It’s huge. ** Mari, Well, hi! You’re like I am with art and music. I had what seemed like such good ideas, but then my hands wouldn’t cooperate. But absorbing is just as important as outputting, I think. Yes, I do revisit my work sometimes in the way you describe, but I would never actually try to change anything in my old work. I suspect that one of the reasons they worked was because of my naivete and mistakes. There’ve been times when I told a writer how much I loved some particular thing they did in one of their books and they’ve gotten all embarrassed because it was something they now thought was dumb or primitive or something. Interesting to think about. Thank you! Same to your day. What did you end up doing? ** HaRpEr //, Gotcha, but if you’re not mediocre, you’re not, you know? It’s like a part you couldn’t play convincingly if someone had a gun to your head. Yes, and I guess it’s some definitive version of ‘The Tunnel’ that Gass intended but his publisher at the time wouldn’t implement? Ozzy was very charming. Maybe too charming sometimes. I saw Black Sabbath a few times in their heyday, and they were incredible, but I always did wish that Ozzy wasn’t running around amidst all that powerful doom like a cheerleader flashing the peace sign all the time. ** Charalampos, It is a book that disappeared permanently into a friend’s hands. Do I wish I still had it? Sure. Punctuation would ruin it, I think. Will do once I watch ‘Lily Chou-chou’. Buzzcut. Well, it is the summer. Well, for only a bit longer. Love from the predictable locale. ** horatio, Haha, yes. Hierarchies are the root of all evil. As the innumerable shitstorms currently going on the world prove. Really smart read on Duvert and the novel, thank you. I’m going to look further into pixmix. I think it might be beyond my abilities, but it’d be nice to learn something. Fingers very crossed about AIFVF, yeah. Ooh, make elephant ear crafts. Might be hard to make them the right kind of droopy? But I don’t know. Wonderful day right back at you! ** lotuseatermachine, First, very ace for finding that ‘SL’ online availability. Everyone, lotuseatermachine directs you to a way to read ‘Strange Landscape’ without undo burden. It’s on InternetArchive and, more precisely, right here. I don’t recall ‘Odd Jobs’ having anything that would strike authorities as being controversial unless his name is generally flagged. Please do try re: the gif fiction making front if the mood strikes. I write the same way you write and try to make music. I had no formal training as a writer at all. It took quite a while to figure out my own system of writing fiction, but then it got not only easier but endlessly fun and adventurous. So, obviously, hang in there. Makes sense: what you say about Jarman, yes. The Abu Dhabi hotel was literally in the airport. I think that stopover thing is pretty standard there because they had a bunch of hotels inside the airport building. But, yeah, a loud alarm clock is still necessary. ** Okay. Today you get the third entry in the blog’s ‘Deads’ franchise. See you tomorrow.