WELCOME TO V. VALEÕs RE/SEARCH NEWSLETTER #53, October
2006. HEREÕS THE NEWS FROM SAN FRANCISCO... ALL READERS ARE INVITED TO SEND
CONTRIBUTIONS AND FEEDBACK!
1. Sat Oct 14, 2006, 7:30pm: RE/Search presents the
COUNTER CULTURE HOUR featuring V. Vale discussing ÒArtÓ with questions from
Lola Be, SFAI student. Channel 29 (S.F. only), 6:30pm
2. RE/SEARCH PRANKSFEST (PRANKS 2 Book PARTY, Sat Nov
4, 2006 7-10pm at S.F. Art Institute, 800 Chestnut St/Jones, S.F. RE/SearchÕs
new PRANKS 2
book is finally here! ... Nov 18, RE/Search PRANKSFEST (PRANKS 2
Book Party) at Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA, with Reverend Al, Frank Discussion
and Jihad Jerry.
3. John Shirley (Science-Fiction writer) Interview
& a recent Blondie show, by Stephane von Stephane
4. What WeÕve Attended: Ryoichi Kurokawa & PAN
SONIC at RML, Mark Mothersbaugh Art Opening at SuperSeven (still up). And more.
5. What WeÕve Been Listening To, Reading, etc... Andy
Warhol. Jihad JerryÕs ÒMine Is Not a Holy War.Ó
7. Recommended
Links - thanks to: You Know Who You Are
8. J.G. BALLARD NEWS: new novel Kingdom Come
released September, 2006! (order from amazon.ca)
9. Feedback from Readers
10. COMING EVENTS in the BAY AREA
**Pre-Order
PRANKS 2 & get free shipping! (U.S. only; Save $4.00)
Offer extended to eNews readers! Includes Billboard Liberation Front, Yes Men,
Cacophony Society, Suicide Club, Ron English, Margaret Cho, Joey Skaggs,
Reverend Al from the Art of Bleeding, Jerry Casale, Frank Discussion, John
Waters, and more. You will get the first copies, before they hit stores! In
stock; will ship immediately! Go to https://www.researchpubs.com/orderform.php or call 415-362-1465, or fax 415-362-0742.
First,
the commercial:
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1. Sat Oct 14, 2006, 6:30pm: RE/Search presents the
COUNTER CULTURE HOUR featuring V. Vale discussing ÒArtÓ with questions from
Lola Be, SFAI student. Channel 29 (S.F. only).
This is a pilot episode ÒinstigatedÓ by two classes V. Vale taught recently at
the San Francisco Art Institute, discussing questions like ÒHow to become an
ArtistÓ and ÒWhat is Art?Ó In an attempt to give real world advice and
inspiration, V. Vale quotes from the Surrealists, Andy Warhol, J.G. Ballard and
William S. Burroughs: ÒIf it wasnÕt documented, it didnÕt happen,Ó etc. Please
give us your feedback. This idea is now in development for more episodes.
The Counter
Culture Hour airs the 2nd Saturday of each month, 6:30pm,
Cable Channel 29, San Francisco. If anyone can help show it elsewhere, please
contact us: info@researchpubs.com. It
runs 58:30. WeÕre especially interested in public screenings and television
venues that pay (yes, we need an agent!).
2. PRANKSFEST celebrating RE/SearchÕs new book, PRANKS
2
Sat, Nov 11, 2006 - 7 PM (doors open 6:30pm)
San Francisco Art Institute, 800 Chestnut/Jones - tel 415-362-1465
$5 (get in free with purchase of new PRANKS 2 book)
PARTY, SHOW AND SPECTACLE: Due to the ÒillegalÓ nature
of Pranks, key speakers (Cacophony Society, BLF [Billboard Liberation Front],
SRL, hackers, etc) must remain anonymous! We CAN promise you that Monte Cazazza
will appear, and that Prankster-Godfather Mal Sharpe will emcee. Rare and
inspiring Pranks Video Clips and Visual Presentations will be narrated live,
and questions from the audience will be answered. Cyclecide has promised a
bicycle merry-go-round, and a party will follow the show. Other guests/events TBA.
Videos will include
Jihad Jerry and the EvildoersÕ ÒArmy Girls Gone Wild,Ó and Reverend AlÕs ÒArt of Bleeding
Safety Film,Ó PLUS excerpts from Ron
EnglishÕs ÒPopaganda,Ó the ÒYes
MenÓ Film, and Scott BealeÕs
ÒYouÕd Better Watch OutÓ documenting the
Cacophony SocietyÕs wild ÒSantarchyÓ escapade in Portland. The evening will encompass
a Mad Celebration, Reunion, Party, Film Showing, Panel, and Q&AÕs with
local Bay Area artists who appear in RE/SearchÕs newest book, PRANKS 2. All interested in RE/SearchÕs 30 year
history, pranks, and cultural subversion in general are urged to attend.
Hard-to-find RE/Search Publications will be available for sale, and can be
autographed, as well as other pranks-related videos, CDs and books.
ÒIn todayÕs current surreal political landscape, a
well-executed prank can do much more than yelling theater in a crowded fire! In
that spirit, RE/Search and [S.F.A.I.] present the Pranks Festival. This is a
rare opportunity to engage with prankster pioneers, while supporting the
counterculture RE/Search publishing team.Ó—Boing
Boing
RE/SearchÕs new ÒPRANKS 2Ó book is now available fromwww.researchpubs.com or call 415-362-1465
to order! Review copies are available; email info@researchpubs.com (8x10Ó, 196pp, 200
photos, glossy paper, $19.99)
Thanks & Best,
V. Vale
founder of Search & Destroy/RE/Search in 1977, San
Francisco -www.researchpubs.com
(Our thanks to Mark Van Proyen for sponsoring this event)
() Sat, Nov 18, 7pm - RE/Search PRANKSFEST (Party celebrating PRANKS 2 Book Release) at
Beyond Baroque, 681 Venice Blvd, Venice, CA.
with Reverend Al (L.A. Cacophony Society; Art of Bleeding), Frank
Discussion, and Jihad Jerry (formerly
Jerry Casale, DEVO founder). More TBA. Google
ÒBeyond BaroqueÓ to find out more...
3. John Shirley [Science-Fiction writer] Interview and
a brief Blondie review, by Stephane von Stephane, ex-Search & Destroy
staffer. [Google ÒJohn ShirleyÓ to
find his website]
Stephane: I am interested in knowing what got you started
as a writer? What age were you, where were you?
John Shirley: CouldnÕt help myself. Started publishing an
alternative school newspaper when I was in Jr High, in mimeograph. School paper
was called the Piper so
I called it the Sniper.
Not well received by school admin. Published in high school underground
newspapers (HIPS: High-school Independent Press Syndicate, I think it was) and
then regular underground papers, mostly in Portland Oregon, and then went to
Clarion WriterÕs workshop, where Frank Herbert and Ursula LeGuin and Harlan
Ellison and Robert Silverberg and Terry Carr and Avram Davidson taught me, and
encouraged me. I wrote for various little literary mags, I forget the names of,
now defunct, too, and published in science fiction anthologies partly because
they provided a ready market and partly because you could make any kind of wild
statement in those things in those days, it was very progressive (there was the
science fiction new wave, Dangerous visions, and so forth), and you could write
surreally and get paid for it. I got kind of stuck in it, though.
Stephane: Earliest inspirations? (People, Films, Books,
Artwork, etc.)
JS: As a kid I read adventure books of all kinds, whatever
my parents gave me, including C.S. Forester, and I got a good sense of diction
from P.G. Wodehouse. I remember reading the
Mouse that Roared books and Betty MacDonaldÕs The Egg and I, and Mary Poppins and lots of
Heinlein juvenilia. But what inspired me later were the early works of J.G. Ballard because he took me
out of the mindset of the world I felt trapped in, he ended limitations, in
some sense, and he made dreams, phantasms, the surreal, seem as concrete as the
grit in your mouth when youÕre a kid and someone knocks you flat on the
playground. His language enchanted me too-especially in books like Vermilion Sands
and the Crystal World.
Then I started to read more progressive, avant garde stuff-associated
with the art I liked in art books, the Surrealists and Dadaists. So I read
Celine and Baudelaire and Rimbaud
and got into that decadent thing, at the same time as listening to Frank Zappa
and Captain Beefheart. I was an awkward, alienated, misfit of a kid, whose
father had died early on, though I had my talents, and wasnÕt a bad looking
little fellow, in a spindly way, and the Mothers of Invention, Bonzo Dog Band,
early King Crimson, Alice Cooper in his ÒKillerÓ phase, the Velvet underground,
the Stooges, Bowie, all those ÔoutsideÕ people in rock, seemed to repudiate the
mindset I felt so oppressed by, the point of view that made me feel alienated.
This became even more pronounced when Patti Smith and then Punk came along. And
then filmmakers like Bunuel, Roeg, Fellini. I was always more influenced by
filmmakers than writers. I used some psychedelics in high school and when I was
like 20, 21, so that had its effect. IÕm not a big pro-drug guy but it was
somewhat liberating I suppose, up to a point. I also read Alan Watts, D.T.
Suzuki, Zen people�that
affected my point of view, so I was looking for a way to combine the surreal
with the philosophically liberating.
S: I believe you were around San Francisco during
the initial Punk Rock period - give us one outstanding memory of those days?
JS: I came down to the Mabuhay, hitch-hiked down, saw the
last Sex Pistols show here, went to the ÒDeaf ClubÓ. Got into trouble, if thatÕs
the word, with the trannies on Taylor street, in those days. Lived on the streets
some. Knocked around almost randomly. I was like a bumbling bull in a china
shop in my early life but I did pick up a lot of impressions. One memory is at
the Deaf Club there were punk shows where actual deaf people were dancing
because they could FEEL the loud music though they couldnÕt hear it. They could
feel the beat and the airÕs compression with the loud amps. That impressed me -
rock as a physical substance. My rockÕnÕroll-flavored novel CITY COME A WALKINÕ-about the
collective unconscious mind of the city of San Francisco possessing and
transforming a man -- relates largely to that chaotic period. I remember
I sent the novel to Lenny Kaye of the Patti Smith group and he was nice and
wrote back, said he liked it, but cautioned me against megalomania or something�I was sure I was the Rimbaud
of punk rock/science fiction. Maybe I was: Rimbaud ended badly. The Rimbaud in
me ended badly, but I survived.
S: Were you always attracted to the Horror/SciFi genre? If
so why?
JS: I have mixed feelings about it. WhatÕs good in it,
people like Moorcock, Ballard, Gibson, Sterling, Wells, Orwell, P.K. Dick,
LeGuin, Ellison, Huxley, early Vonnegut, is that it gives us a way to
re-evaluate our world through this other lens, to process the future before it
comes, to critique the present. There are and were some fine writers in it,
like Alice Sheldon aka James Tiptree. Jack Vance at his best. But some sci-fi
can be very oriented toward engineer-mind, right-wing libertarian militarism
(not that IÕm a pacifist), even some racism with some of the straighter
science-fiction writers. The genre is a great set of tools for allegory,
satire, and escapism, though.
S: Did you have an initial fear or rejection, or fear of
success?
JS: Who doesnÕt, if theyÕre anything like sane, but I
tended to have a near-maniacal belief that I was going to click, going to
matter, I had
to believe it because it was (along with music, I also write songs, and have
had record deals) all I had. I was kicked out of high school (I only locked the
teacher in a closet as a joke, temporarily), got through not quite two years of
college before drifting away in a psychedelic haze (left all that behind long
ago), had little to offer an employer, was pretty freaky altogether�what else did I have? I had
to be a success as a writer. ItÕs been variable. IÕm having my greatest success
lately though IÕve always managed to publish and make inroads. IÕm not so madly
confident now-youth needs the denial, the blindness to the odds against them,
or they do nothing-but IÕm also very, very doggedly persistent.
S: Do you feel the artist has a responsibility to
enlighten the audience, or is just being entertaining enough?
JS: It varies, from person to person. If you have the call to be the Woody
Guthrie of writing then you do, you sing that song. ItÕs in your inner nature.
I feel IÕm supposed to help wake people up. We walk about in sleep and we do
atrocious, selfish, destructive things as a matter of policy in our sleep -
especially our group sleep, our consensual sleep. IÕm not so very awakened, but
itÕs a matter of degree - IÕm struggling to wake up and wake others around me.
WeÕre like people in a coal mine succumbing to gas. I get up and stagger around
and shake the other miners. ÒWake up!Ó ThatÕs in my nature. BUT I always want
to entertain. Why be tedious when you write?
S: Do you attempt to address social issues in your work?
JS: I try to make such a perfect (try, again, is the word) fusion of the issue and
the story that it wonÕt seem like thatÕs what IÕm doing. I havenÕt achieved
that perfect fusion, perhaps, yet. Some things I wrote, like my stories in Black Butterflies or Really Really Really Really Weird
Stories are mostly just shocks to get people to see how other people
are trapped, how they might be trapped themselves, to see outside the dream�other stories are,
ironically, dreamlike, but theyÕre really about a search for a higher reality
through dream imagery.
S: Talk a bit about your new novel, The Other End.
JS: THE OTHER
END is the Òalternative apocalypseÓ novel. When you have
dominionists, armageddonists, right-wing theologies and theocrats creating this
end-times paranoia, like the Left Behind books, youÕre letting them create a
paradigm that affects peopleÕs decisions. YouÕre letting them justify a world
in which gays are oppressed and even moderate Muslims are not tolerated and art
is put through an ideological filter, and people are submissive to the power
brokers claiming to be Christians. Like the ÒChristianÓ corporation, Wal-Mart.
So what if you could create your OWN end-times, your own Judgment Day. What
would you create? This is mine. It isnÕt God, per se, and definitely not
aliens, behind it all, but it is a kind of Judgment Day-a Judgment Day that the
left, instead of the ring-wing, is envisioning. The first edition is out
from Cemetary Dance books late in October-the mass market editions are being
negotiated for now.
S: Talk a bit about the film based on your book Demons, due to start
production—
JS: There are several films based on my allegorical horror
novels in the works. ThereÕs In
Darkness Waiting, coming from Gold Circle (White Noise, My Big Fat Greek Wedding), thereÕs Demons from the Weinsteins
(formerly Miramax), and thereÕs Her
Hunger which IÕve just optioned to a director but canÕt talk about
that yet. My novel Crawlers
is going out as a script this week called
The All of Us. Demons
is about a kind of worldwide invasion of giant demonic beings which comes about
as a result of a massive program of human sacrifice by industrial big shots�Big Business has in real
life shown for years that theyÕre willing to sacrifice human life for profit.
Why not sacrifice it to the Dark Ones? I donÕt know if there are any Dark Ones-itÕs an
allegory, but one rich with scary imagery, intensity, encounter, entertainment.
ItÕs sort of like Independence Day
with Demons and a
social/environmental message, I guess. But I think of it as a much more
multilayered tale of the fantastic, going back to the French imagist poets in
tone in many places�My
next novel is THE GAUNTLANDS
about a huge famine in America caused by ecological disaster. ItÕs about social
meltdown and people like Paris Hilton starving�
S: What could be more delightful? [end] - Stephane von
Stephane
() The Blondie
show was great [Conocti Harbor, Northern California]. The venue was bizarre!
Must have been one of the first Indian Casinos built, kinda funky, old-fashioned,
not posh, no booze, tons of security. Very bizarre, out in the middle of
nowhere. The band put on a great show considering everyone was knackered from
the pace of the tour and being in so many time zones in such a short amount of
time. Debbie looked fabulous as usual. No time to hang out though - minutes
only. By the time John and I were half-way home we questioned whether or not it
even happened - so dreamlike and nightmarish at the same time...too long a
drive. Probably good you gave this one a miss. - S.v.S.
4. What ÒWeÕveÓ Attended: () Sept 8, Japanese New Music
Festival.
() Sept 23, Ryoichi Kurokawa & PAN SONIC at RML
() Oct 7, Mark Mothersbaugh Art Opening at SuperSeven
(still up).
() Sept 8, 2006
/|\ Japanese New Music Festival @
Bottom of the Hill, S.F. - Acid Mothers Temple SWR/RUINS
alone/Zoffy/Seikazoku/Shrinp Wark/Zubi Zuva X/Akaten - an incomplete account by Eidorian Kado:
ÒI arrived in time to catch the last bit of the 1st
or 2nd? of 7 ÒensemblesÓ = variants of 3 musicians [Yoshida Tatsuya
of RUINS, Kawabata Makoto and Tsuyama Atsushi from Acid Mothers
Temple] touring as the Japanese New Music Festival, perhaps the smallest
festival in the world. This 3-man, 7-band idea was spawned by Yoshida and has
been carried out as the JNMF since 1999 or earlier.
ÒAs expected, BotH was sold out and leaking with resonance
from KawabataÕs guitarrorizing and YoshidaÕs drumming. It would be safe to
say I caught 1/4 of Shrinp Wark or Seikazoku before the trio clustered into
their a cappella group Zubi Zuva X - which was like listening to a triple
layer of complex and unique languages, each rocking hard in their distended
rhythms (definitely a personal favorite). Was it Akaten after them? IÕm sorry I
canÕt tell you.
ÒRUINS alone (RUINS sans bassist since 2004)
is Yoshida on drums/bass samples and was the Òmantle pieceÓ for me that
Friday. After missing a RUINS show at the Hemlock some years ago, as well as
last yearÕs stop for the RUINS alone Òbass player wantedÓ tour, seeing Yoshida
play live reinforced my current re-kindled love and indulgence in harsh prog
(particularly of but not limited to the late 70Õs/early 80Õs Magma, Heldon, and
early 70Õs less heavy Il Balletto di Bronzo).
ÒSome of the hearty laughter from the crowd was a
result of Zoffy - Kawabata and Tsuyama as one of the greatest Òstupidist duos
in the worldÓ, armed with small strings, interpreting ÔSmoke on the WaterÕ like
Capt. Beefheart and the Magic Band might, and singing ÔImmigrant SongÕ as if
Tsuyama were the last Mongolian to be heard under snow. Aside from the popular
covers, they parodied Miles Davis with a toy trumpet and played an obscure
traditional Japanese folk tune that Ònobody knowsÓ...
ÒThe SWR version of Acid Mothers Temple delivered the
expected psychecore bliss-out, and I kept wondering what it would be like if
Tsuyama had also been a bassist in the RUINS hall of fame. The three are a
tight unit in all their variations and I was glad that for once i bought my
ticket in advance.
ÒPS: for the means behind the names see link below - also
Acid Mothers will be touring as Acid Mothers Gong w/ Daevid Allen (Gong,
University of Errors, Soft Machine) early Oct. Japan.Ó http://www.acidmothers.com/Cgi-bin/live/liveen.html
[end]
() Sept 23, Ryoichi Kurokawa & PAN SONIC at RML
(Recombinant Media Labs)
RML is the only rectangular room weÕve ever experienced with
ten video ÒsurroundÓ-screens and 16-channel sound, including both wall and
floor speakers. Curator is Naut Humon, a composer/musician/theorist in his own
right.
Ryoichi Kurokawa is a slender pony-tailed Japanese man
from Osaka (2nd largest city in Japan) who grew up playing with
computers and software to test their limits (he uses Apple). He said he has Òa
lot of equipmentÓ in his home studio - we are guessing a scanner, a mixing
board, other audio equipment, and definitely some kind of ÒvideosynthesizerÓ
set-up whereby audio is linked to video image.
During last nightÕs concert, his first ÒpieceÓ (each piece
segued into the next without a break) had lightning-fast video editing with
super-fast syncopated matching sound. This piece was described as ÒaggressiveÓ
by someone we met recently. The imagery appeared urban, like whizzing through a
city on a train, although we could not determine the actual Òcontent.Ó
Subsequently we could discern a number of layered images (the most recognizable
being a woman in a shopping center?) but nothing concretely Òidentifiable.Ó
Layered images, layered synthetical sounds, including
little ÒsqueaksÓ and ÒprocessÓ sounds were accompanying the changes in the
video, which often morphed in 3-D, adding to the interest.
Now, because of the speed of the visual imagery
(particularly in the first piece), we began to wonder if the speed in itself is
the true ÒcontentÓ of the experience. Because if not, then what IS the content?
To recap:
VISUAL: The visual program included contrasting ÒpiecesÓ
of organic beauty - what appeared to be crystals being formed and vague
colorful flowery shapes morphing and a painting (semi-abstract) transforming,
plus geometrical evolving of patterns.
AURAL: Besides relentless jet-propelled yet jagged sonics,
there were moments of aural Òbeauty.Ó At a certain point, we heard what
emulated a beautifully rich organ ÒchordÓ... and at another point, what sounded
like the songs and sounds of synthetic birds.
To adequately ÒreviewÓ the Kurokawa performance, we must
have access to a videotape of the event! There was just too much vision and
sound hurtling by...
PAN SONIC.
The ÒbestÓ rock music dance rhythms. ÒIt was really a rock concert,Ó remarked
one woman. Wonderful mid-range-rich ÒanalogÓ synth sounds, not digital,
generated on their home-made ÒsynthÓ equipment with intuitive controls (move a
knob back and forth rapidly, and you hear the equivalent of a guitar vibrato).
Hints of even Jimi Hendrix, Motown choruses, and of course weÕve been told that
Hasil Adkins is a big favorite. The same woman really liked the simplicity of
the visuals - just a sine wave of the actual music being played, projected
behind the band. Another woman wished there had been a total video experience—for
her, just the live ÒmusicÓ and sine wave visual was not varied enough. Well,
historically Pan Sonic has made quite a variety of recordings (and concerts)
with everyone from Ryuichi Sakamoto to Alan Vega of Suicide, and plans to
continue changing, so ... we look forward to their next ÒprojectÓ...
RE/Search video-interviewed both Ryoichi Kurokawa and
Pan Sonic ... if interested, write us!
() Oct 7, Mark
Mothersbaugh Art Opening at
SuperSeven (uberhip) store, Post/Buchanan in Japantown, S.F. Some ÒgreatÓ
mix tapes of obscure music played - they were apparently compiled by Mark
Mothersbaugh himself.
We had an all-too-brief conversation with Mark
Mothersbaugh about one of his current book projects - trying to husband into
print a photo/text book by Nelson Lyon (sic) who seemed to have known William
S. Burroughs, Terry Southern, Andy Warhol, et al. We tried to comprehend MarkÕs
artworks - this time they were all in color - but the press of the crowd was
distracting and we couldnÕt concentrate, so weÕll have to return. It was a
pleasure to see Johnny Brewton of
X-Ray (profiled in our
ZINES, Volume One book), who is now working to help Mark realize his
various enterprises, one of which apparently involved producing Òaction figuresÓ
based on certain characters in his art. Incidentally, DEVO will be playing Oct 28 at the Bill Graham
Civic Auditorium...
5. What WeÕve
Been Listening To, Reading, etc... The Philosophy of Andy Warhol, by Andy
Warhol. Even more prophetic than when first read, some 20 years ago.
Particularly chilling: ÒIn the future, no one will read [books].Ó Well, there
goes our income...looks like we need a new survival strategy! Next weÕre going
to dust off Popism (by
Warhol)...
Meanwhile, our cohort
ÒWednesdayÓ wrote us recently, after giving us a copy of Part II of
the recently-aired-on-PBS Andy Warhol documentary by one Ric Burns:
ÒI own the
Philosophy of Andy Warhol from A to B and Back Again 2nd
printing hardcover (no dust jacket) inscribed and signed by Warhol. ÒBÓ is
Brigid Berlin aka Brigid Polk. Bought it in 1988 or 89 from the Strand
Bookstore after my first trip to NYC (mailorder avoided tax). DonÕt think I had
ever spent $150 on one single item other than a payment to a school in my
entire life at that point. Forgive me for what I am about to unload, but I was
on a path of being a Warhol buff by 1986 because Nick Rhodes in Duran Duran was
a fan. My mind began then in my teens to
focus on getting to the source and I still am that way but much more
jaded. I would spend time in my H.S. library, OCDÕing on any video about Warhol
and any books I could check out on his art... as well as videos about the
Method actors. I was not a typical H.S. girl at lunch who used it as social
hour. The librarians were tortured by my raving tangents on NYC and neither of
us had ever set foot outside of New England. I had a guidance counselor and
media director to go to about all my ambitions to be an actor and my plans to
be in the movies one day. What a piece of work I was because IÕd get home and
would have to complete pre-college course level math homework, calling my
friend who had advanced to the same math class for help who was a year younger
than me, when I only wanted to watch Bette Davis, Liz Taylor, Marilyn Monroe and
Katharine Hepburn for hours or watch MTV or the series ÒVÓ about the reptilian
humanoid aliens that ate rodents. I had a neighbor in Salem, MA that showed me
the movie Trash for the
first time in my sophomore/junior year of college and he was so in the closet
but wanted to be Joe Dallesandro and he was obsessed with the movie Carrie because Sissy Spacek
looked like his sister. The poor guy had tight, kinky hair that could never be
chemically straightened enough to help him emulate JoeÕs image. I endured his
ravings for hours as payback for what I did to those poor librarians.
ÒBack to the documentary. I know people want to see more
interviews WITH Warhol as the subject and that this documentary didnÕt provide
that, but if you see the other documentary (which I own) called Andy Warhol:
Superstar, youÕd see that heÕs really boring and doesnÕt say a whole lot
because heÕs a RECEIVER and not a GIVER.
ÒI was disappointed, though, in the fact that Holly
Woodlawn, Joe Dallesandro, Sylvia Miles, Gerard Malanga and Brigid Berlin were
not interviewed (I think because they wanted to be paid—anyway shall we
find out really why they were not interviewed?). I think you would gain a lot
of insight into the Factory by watching a movie called Pie in the Sky which is a documentary about
Brigid Berlin, if you havenÕt already seen it. We need to have a WARHOL night
and watch movies like that one,
Superstar, read from the book
Popism and read WarholÕs diary and read some of Joe DallesandroÕs
autobiograpy, Holly WoodlawnÕs biography, Paul MorrisseyÕs film book and also
watch Chelsea Girls. I
have all these things except
Chelsea Girls if you are interested, that is, if you donÕt already
own these and want to do this. I donÕt think we could turn it into an event
because I think many other people also own these things if they were interested
in Warhol at all in the 80s/90s. We could drink black tea and rich coffee to
get that sort of mild amphetamine high going for a few hours...Ó [great idea, Wednesday...]
() ART OF
BLEEDING: the latest ÒPrank?Ó from Reverend Al of the Los Angeles
Cacophony Society. Beautiful lasses in abbreviated nursesÕ outfits, a perfectly
restored vintage ambulance, and grisly-outfitted Òpatients initiate the core
madness stemming from the improv groupÕs Òperformances.Ó Music from the Magic Ambulance, Gory Details,
and a Video Sampler may
be available from artofbleeding.com - a review or
two from yours truly, V. Vale,
may also be found there. Reverend Al will appear at the RE/Search PRANKSFEST Sat Nov 18, 7pm, at Beyond
Baroque in Venice, California.
() A crowning
plug for Jihad JerryÕs ÒMine Is Not a Holy War.Ó The release date
was Sept 12, 2006--the day after 9/11. This album from DEVO founder Jerry
Casale and his ÒheavyÓ friends is unhesitatingly recommended by us as a
classic. As a friend and recent listener put it, ÒIf Jihad Jerry doesnÕt win a Grammy, there ainÕt no
justice!Ó
Jerry Casale was recently in town and visited RE/Search
headquarters, where we taped a mini (audio only) interview which we hope to
transcribe soon... You can google ÒJihad JerryÓ and find stimulating weekly
blogs, a MySpace mini-encyclopedia of hipness connected to Jihad Jerry; a
manifesto, and other food for your brain. You can watch the 3-minute Jihad
Jerry ÒArmy GirlsÓ video, and (as of now) still
listen to free full 12-track CD: http://music.aol.com/songs/new_releases_full_cds?defaultTab=19
6. QUOTES
- Sorry, next time; this newsletter is long enough! On second thought, how
about ÒThe limits of your language are the limits of your worldÓ—Ludwig
Wittgenstein. Or, ÒConversation can be an art if real artists are talking.Ó Or,
ÒEvery detail is important,Ó or ÒEveryone counts or no one counts.Ó Or the
neologistic pun ÒFauxtographyÓ: that is, all post-PhotoShop photography (now itÕs
impossible to tell if a photograph is ÒrealÓ or has been ÒdoctoredÓ). Wanna
know the formula for a portrait of yourself?: ÒItÕs got to be mysterious, and
as good-looking as you can look.Ó How about ÒContradiction is the foundation of
existence.Ó Or (thanks to Monte Cazazza), ÒWho gives the contract has the
advantage.Ó Or, ÒEverything is negotiable.Ó Or, ÒLanguage seeks economy.Ó We
liked the Warhol idea that everyone should bring to the dinner table a new
scientific idea, notion or concept to discuss...
On third thought, here are some more quotes, gleaned from
the Wall Street Journal:
() ÒWeÕve reached the
Too-Much-Information Age.Ó
() ÒAn estimated 84 billion email message are sent
world-wide each day.Ó
() ÒEmail is
terrible for conversations—for that you need the telephone
[and, you donÕt have to use a keyboard] ...Email, stripped of paralinguistic
cues (intonation) and nonverbal messaging (eye-rolling), can lead to ambiguity,
naturally requiring more email. ThatÕs why email conversations can drone on as
much as five times as long as a telephone call.Ó
() ÒIn Japan, people donÕt talk on cellphones in
restaurants and in subwy cars—and rarely on subway platforms. They speak
quietly while chatting on mobile phones in public...Ó
() ÒThe United Potato Growers of America aspires to be to
potatoes what OPEC is to oil, by carefully managing supply to keep demand high
and constant...One farmer recently buried $100,000 worth of perfectly good
potatoes...In the past year, United Potato [that sounds ÒDEVOÓ] helped erase
6.8 million 100-pound potato sacks from the U.S. and Canadian markets...Ó (Is
this criminal, or what?! People are still starving in this country, Africa,
Middle East, et al.)
7. Recommended Links:
() Some may find the discussion amusing: http://mondoglobo.net/neofiles/?p=64
() RU Sirius has posted Part 2 of his mp3 interview with
writer Chris Nakashima-Brown:
http://download.mondoglobo.net/neofiles/shows/neofiles-050.mp3.
They talk about J.G. BallardÕs influence on cyberpunk, progressive rock, etc.
() from a comic by Basil Wolverton, who did a lot of work
for EC Comics, Mad, etc. HeÕs a ÒroughhouseÓ style artist, and must have been a
major influence on Crumb:
http://www.glatz.com/images/hothead.gif
Other links include: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Wolverton
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Plain_Truth
http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/wolverton01.htm
() ÒMy name is Luciano Parodi and IÕm the literary agent
of Ivan Chirivella, the flight instructor of 2 of the terrorists of 9/11. Ivan
published a book in Spain, the country where he is from. The name of the book
is ÒComplice InocenteÓ - you can find the book on this page, among many others:
http://www.agapea.com/Complice-inocente-n123723i.htm
In that book he tells, with details, all his experiences
with the 2 terrorists. He also thinks that they were not really the authors of
the attacks since they were not good pilots and they were really [unable] to
learn the flight lessons. He also gives his conclusions about who he thinks
were the real authors of the attacks. The book is really good and generates
controversy with the version the government says about 9/11 in the media...Ó
() The Nairobi Trio: Maxwell was not interested in using
his harp in just ÒanyÓ orchestral setting. He knew precisely what he wanted. He
wanted to build the ensemble around an accordion quartet—three accordions
and a bass accordion—combined with guitars, in order to get a very hard,
driving rhythmic sound. http://www.spaceagepop.com/maxwell.htm
() My name is Joe Butch and IÕm with BrainDamageAttorneys.com.
Our site is dedicated to informing the public about brain damage cases as well
as providing the service of locating local attorneys and law firms for anyone
in the United States. Description: Find brain injury lawyers and law firms that
specialize in brain injury cases. Including the invisible injury, moderate to
severe TBI, concussion in sports and organic brain injury/post traumatic stress
disorder. Our site information is: http://www.BrainDamageAttorneys.com
() Kal
Spelletich of The Seemen [seemen.org]
writes: ÒCome on by, youÕre on the guest list! I have some shows in The
Balkans/the former Yugoslavia in the next 3 weeks. Sept. 27-Oct.20, Zagreb, Croatia - 15 machines and
robots along with a talk and gallery installation at KONTEJNER | bureau of
contemporary art praxis, Zagreb, Croatia http://www.kontejner.org
- also an exhibit Oct 4-20 at:
http://www.culturalprofiles.org.uk/slovenia/Units/5454.html
and Oct 5-20 in Belgrade.Ó
() Why
Independent [Print] Publishing Is Endangered: Ò...journalist Michael Weldon stopped
publishing Psychotronic Magazine
in July... Excerpt from WeldonÕs farewell letter follows: http://plantweed.blogspot.com/2006/07/rip-psychotronic.html
ÒSelf-publishing (except as a hobby) has become harder
than ever. IÕve been writing Psychotronic movie reviews now for indie
publications (mostly my own) since
1977 in Cleveland. It was a struggle to self-publish in the Ô80s and
Ô90s but now itÕs nearly impossible.
ÒWhen [Psychotronic
Magazine] started (in late 1989) issues were sold in many independent
record, book and comic shops. [same was true of RE/Search] Since then, most of
them have gone out of business. In an attempt
to adapt and grow, I started using more distributors to send more copies to
several big national chain book stores. This works fine for high-circulation
glossy publications but it can be deadly for smaller, lower-budgeted ones. Even
with a high % of sales, after returns youÕre lucky to break even. Meanwhile, the larger distributors (including
several that went bankrupt owing us large sums of money) have figured out how
to alter their policies, rig their complex contracts, add in hidden
costs and fees, and squeeze every penny from
the publisher - just like banks, insurance companies [last year our office
insurance ÒdoubledÓ from $200 to $500/year—now how was this ÒlegalÓ?!],
and credit card companies.
ÒIt gets worse every year. Last year, a distributor that I
had been forced to use a lawyer to collect from went bankrupt, and the one I
thought would replace it turned out to be even worse. I love researching,
editing and writing, and plan to continue, but can simply no longer afford to
publish...
ÒIf you wonder how some other magazines that are maybe
comparable to Psychotronic manage to continue - here are some reasons. Be
backed by a company or corporation. Have a full-time paid staff including ad
sales people, bill collectors, and circulation, subscription, and shipping people.
Have special insider deals with a printer. Be subsidized by a government (not
the U.S.A.!). Be in full color. Have many full-page full-color ads. Give positive reviews to releases from
advertisers. Run interviews and / or cover pictures that promote current
releases (often from advertisers). Concentrate on and promote current releases. Concentrate only on nostalgia.
Feature lots of nudity or gore. Have (usually unpaid) contributors write all or
most of the reviews. Leave out politics and references to controversial current
events. Censor swear words and
anything else that might offend. Be independently wealthy and not
care about profits and loss. Be a workaholic with little or no life outside of
self publishing. Sell a LOT of your own self generated products (t-shirts,
public domain dupes of movies...) and / or make % deals with advertisers.
Promote and sell your publication frequently at conventions. Always publish on
schedule. Be extremely well-organized... Thank you for your patience and
support. Michael J. Weldon - July 2006Ó
() Hey Music Nerds, Check this out... (thanks, Stacey M.) http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1712031
() something bad: http://humor.beecy.net/misc/jobad/index.aspx?n=10
() floral urinals: http://www.clarkmade.com/urinals.html
() Superhero quiz: http://www.thesuperheroquiz.com/
() From ÒPaul H WilliamsÓ: ÒA real-life rocket man is AmericaÕs latest weapon in the war
on terror. A German engineering firm has developed turbo jet wings for US Special Ops forces.
The fixed-wing parachute system, codenamed Gryphon, will allow elite troops to
zoom behind enemy lines at speeds of up to 250 mph when a conventional
parachute drop is impossible. The carbon fiber glider features twin jets which
will let commandos bail from a plane at 33,000ft carrying 200lbs of gear and
soar for up to 120 miles, creator ESG says. A modified helmet pumps oxygen to
the
pilot at high altitudes and a protective suit keeps out
subzero temperatures. It is also fitted out with a GPS satellite system to keep
the pilot on target. And a fuel tank built into the wing - which has a
span of 1.8 metres - holds up to half a gallon of jet fuel. The pilot can guide
his flight path thanks to a twist-grip throttle. A parachute allows him to land
safely when he has reached his intended destination.Ó
() Mr GuoÕs Emporium: file under strange... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/5371500.stm
() Justo Gallego Mart�nez
is building his very own Cathedral in Mejorada del Campo near Madrid, Spain.
This is no ÒmodelÓ cathedral and he is neither a qualified architect, nor
engineer, nor bricklayer—he is a farmer. ÒThe plans have only ever
existed in my headÓ and have evolved over time in response to opportunity and
inspiration. Nor does he have formal planning permission from the authorities
of Mejorada del Campo—the town in which it is located (20 km from Madrid
under the flight-path to the Barajas airport).Ó Text and amazing pictures at: http://www.citynoise.org/article/732
() Have you ever heard Bruce HaackÕs song ÒBlow JobÓ? I
think it has to be one of my all-time favorites... You can hear it on the player
on this MySpace page:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=4846364
Òyou left your courage in a tree and history gave you a
blow job...Ó
Òsuffer good ol ones that always knew...that you were me
and I was you...Ó
ÒPS - I think you would like the interview with Kool Keith
in September The WIRE magazine -
he knows what ÒlivingÓ is all aboutÓ - [sent by] Eidorian
Kado
() ÒHere is another piece of ridiculous marketing gimmekry
that just makes me nauseous (and laugh, but IÕm not sure which one is
worse...). From a plastic bag of an Òallergy-freeÓ mattress cover from Target: ÒYouÕre
free at last. YouÕre a free spirit. YouÕre free like the wind. You are now free
to move about. You put things in the freezerÓ (my fave). ÒYou drive on the
freeway. You shoot free throws. You have free rein. You only wish you had more
free time.Ó
ÒThis is definitely up there with Washington MutualÕs
marketing approach which is completely idiotic. If you ever wanted a bank to
scare you away from their services, thatÕs the one.Ó—Eidorian Kado
() BABALOU
on MATTHEW BARNEYÕs Cremaster 3
film: ÒTo understand a bit of what is going on in the movie one should first
read the synopsis on the Barney site:
http://www.cremaster.net/crem3.htm
Then you need to brush up on your Freemason symbols and
history:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemason#Organizational_structure
The film utilizes the degrees and symbols heavily. Third,
you should know who Hiram Abiff is. That is who Richard SerraÕs character is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiram_Abiff
Barney is the apprentice... If you donÕt know who Richard
Serra is...well, then read about him as well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Serra
Then go look up the definition of the Cremaster muscle in
wikipedia.
() sent by FRANK
DISCUSSION (Feederz; he has an interview in PRANKS 2): ÒBushÕs ÔNo ChildÕs Behind LeftÕ
Plan. This may explain a few things: http://feederz.com/NoChild.html Ò
() Street Artist
DAN WITZ (interviewed for The
Counter Culture Hour a few months back) has a website with
new/recent art on it - check it out & send Dan some feedback: http://www.danwitzstreetart.com/bway1.html
and http://www.danwitzstreetart.com/kilroy.html
() From our pal Graham Rae: Vale, hereÕs a coupla things
you might find interesting that just went up on Laura HirdÕs site (will
interview you about the Burroughs book for the next one, okay? I havenÕt
forgotten!):
www.laurahird.com/newreview/kingdomcome.html
www.laurahird.com/newreview/bedroomsecrets.html
www.laurahird.com/newreview/irvinewelshinterview.html
- Catcha shortly, G.
() Rene Magritte ÒFauxtographÓ: meeting of the minds: http://www.worth1000.com/emailthis.asp?entry=254582
() In Hoc Signo Vinces http://www.users.cloud9.net/~bradmcc/IHS.html
I have fought the good fight/I have finished my course/I
have kept the faith. [ ] --Motto of ÒThe CrusadersÓ: <http://www.users.cloud9.net/%7Ebradmcc/chapel.html>
- St. PaulÕs School for Boys,
Brooklandville, Maryland
() Into the valley: http://www.toddschorr.com/Home/index.html
() From Ian Haig: I thought you maybe interested in these:
sex machines made from household appliances at: http://www.ianhaig.net/futurotic
() the guys get shirts - thatÕs just the fuckinÕ way
it is:
http://www.noisetank.com/integrity/
() What Iggy wants (thanks, Kent!) http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1004061iggypop1.html
() DJ Ponak is back - The Nice Age on Luxuria Music: http://www.luxuriamusic.com - sent by
Kent.
() a Òharmless prankÓ: First Fox News ÒaccidentallyÓ
labelling Mark Foley [accused child molester] as a Democrat, now this: http://mediamatters.org/items/200610060004
- James Dobson, founder and chairman of Focus on the Family [conservatives,
natch], declared that the Foley affair has Òturned out to be what some people
are now saying was a—sort of a joke by the boy and some of the other
pagesÓ who had reportedly come forward with sexually explicit instant messages
that Foley allegedly sent. Similarly, in his October 6 column, Wall Street Journal deputy
editorial page editor Daniel Henninger wrote that Òa rumor emerged that in fact
Mark Foley had been pranked by the House pagesÓ and then added: ÒIt is the
first plausible thing IÕve heard in seven days.Ó
() The Nietzsche Family Circus: http://www.losanjealous.com/nfc/ not to be
confused with:
http://www.drivenbyboredom.com/gallery/gallery.php?x=26
() talk about cheesy - and Google paid 1.6 billion for
this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTKL8MNH95Q
() http://apocalypseoz.com/Main.aspx#
- Francis Ford Coppola talks about copying other artists to get started -
Sandra D.
8. J.G. Ballard News: (Order J.G. BallardÕs new novel, Kingdom Come
from amazon.ca - itÕs not published in the
U.S.A. Ordering from Canada may be cheaper than ordering from the U.K.)
() ÒA new type of delirious consumerism is
breeding a new type of human being...Ó - J.G. Ballard
A new interview with J.G. Ballard on Ballardian
(thanks, Simon Sellars!) :
http://www.ballardian.com/rattling-other-peoples-cages-the-jg-ballard-interv
iew
J.G. Ballard
talks about the politics of his new book, Kingdom Come - about the Ikea riots; BritainÕs
loss of empire; his distaste for horror films; being beyond psychiatric help;
and his relationship to Playboy
magazine.
ÒI wanted the protagonist - the narrator - to be more
involved professionally, and emotionally, in the events that are unfurling. If
you go back to my previous novels, something like
Super-Cannes - the narrator of that finds himself in this strange business
park in the south of France by chance, really, whereas the narrator in Kingdom Come is directly
involved. I wanted to show how disaffected and deracinated intellectuals often
get drawn into political conspiracies that turn out badly. We have a clear
example at the present time with many of the leading American intellectuals who
are
involved with President Bush and his neo-cons -
someone like Francis Fukuyama, although I think heÕs recanted. These think-tank
intellectuals in America provided a lot of the rationale for the whole neo-con
response to 9/11.Ó - J.G. Ballard
Again, we
recommend you order RE/SearchÕs J.G. Ballard Conversations from http://www.researchpubs.com
9. Feedback
from Readers:
() Letter
from Jean Jacques Perrey (RE/Search presented a concert by the
musique concrete genius at Recombinant Media Labs on August 29, 2006):
ÒHello, my good friends Marian, Valentine and Vale,
(and Joanne) (and Jello)! At least, after a very hard and difficult jet-lag,
I can find some calm time to write to you!
First, so many thanks for your kind help and
interventions; I am very grateful to you for your kindness. Marian has also
been a GREAT help, thank you Marian. My gratitude to you both. I am happy you
all liked the Show.
I received your newsletter, thank you for your nice
report in it. Please, forward also my thanks to beautiful Joanne for her nice
lines in your newsletter. She is so sweet! I LOVE HER ...
Thanks also to Jello for having been so kind
to write and to make a so REMARKABLE presentation on
stage. His presentation is really a fantastic Òpiece of artÓ. I
appreciate it very much and will save it. By the way, I did not know that
Jello and I had a Friend in common in Japan: Morgan Fisher.
These shows on the West-Cost
were very exausting, but so gratifying! Patricia [Jean JacquesÕ
daughter] also enjoyed her stay a lot, in San Francisco. She is the ÒSun of my
lifeÓ!
Autumn is now progressively coming, and I am going to
take some quiet rest in Switzerland for a while, but I already miss you ALL! My
love to you all, I hope IÕll be able to come back as soon as possible.
And, once more:
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING
Your sincere friend and Buddy from the Old Europe, Jean-Jacques PerreyÓ
() From Tom
A. RE Jean Jacques Perrey concert: ÒJJP was awesome. I really liked
his stage presence and his interaction with the crowd... The absolute best part
of the show was seeing how much JJP enjoyed being there.
ÒThe Venue was very tight space-wise. They had
technical issues in the secondary (video feed) room. If there was another
show IÕd go for a larger venue, but not too much larger because the
audience/JJP chemistry has to remain.
ÒI would definitely go to see another show, even if it
was in the same venue. I got as many of my friends as were available to see the
show—unfortunately it was during Burning Man, so quite a few people were
in Nevada already. Thanks!...Ó
() From Ken
Knabb: A couple days ago I sent many of my friends a link to a remarkable
spiel by comedian George Carlin...
People like Carlin are, of course, if not exactly part
of the ruling ÒclubÓ he refers to, very comfortably situated players who serve
a rather dubious social role as
tolerated court jesters. Part of that role is to occasionally reveal
a few scandalous truths in such a way that the audience is titillated enough to appreciate the
revelation without being sufficiently challenged to do anything
about it. Nevertheless, credit where credit is due: CarlinÕs spiel, which some
people will take as comic exaggeration, is in fact almost literally true, and
it is refreshing to hear such forthrightness amid all the usual political
blather. It wouldnÕt be a bad thing if it circulated much more widely...
The video clip (3 minutes) can be accessed here: http://media.smays.com/Video/Carlin_edu.wmv
A somewhat longer excerpt, but only in audio, can be accessed here: http://www.trumpetamerica.org/audio/georgecarlinthetruth.mp3
() From Mason Jones: Here are some good sources of
info on upcoming shows in Tokyo:
() Tokyo Gig Guide (pretty good overall, but doesnÕt
hit some of the more
obscure spots): http://www.tokyogigguide.com/
() Real Tokyo (occasionally interesting pointers): http://www.realtokyo.co.jp/english/
() Ongakuweb (my own small site, with links and info
about some venues):
http://www.ongakuweb.com/tokyo_guide/live_houses.html
() Improvised Music from Japan (click on artists to
see upcoming events): http://www.japanimprov.com/
() Tokyo Damage Report (punk, rock, etc info): http://www.hellodamage.com/tdr/schedule.htm
() PRANKS 2 can be pre-ordered - free shipping
(save $4), PLUS get the book a month before it hits stores! http://www.researchpubs.com
() From
BOING-BOING (thanks, David/Mark!):
ÒRE/Search Pranks 2
book coming soon: This fall, iconic counterculture chronicler
RE/Search will release the long-awaited sequel to their seminal Pranks! book published in 1988.
The new book features inspirational interviews with The Yes Men, Ron English,
John Waters, monochrom, Billboard Liberation Front, and many more tricksters.
Hit the RE/Search site for excerpts and pre-order information. From the
introduction: ÒWhat are pranks? For us, pranks are any humorous deeds,
propaganda, sound bites, visual bites, performances and creative projects which
pierce the veil of illusion and
tell the truth. Pranks
unseriously challenge accepted reality and rigid behavioral codes
and speech. Pranks deftly undermine phoniness and hypocrisy. Pranks lampoon
sanctimoniousness, self-glorification, selfmythologizing and
self-aggrandizement. Pranks force the laziest muscle in the body, the
imagination, to be exercised, stretched, and thus transcend its former self.The
imagination is what creates the future; that which will be.Ó http://www.boingboing.net/2006/08/25/research_pranks_2_bo.html
10. COMING EVENTS in the
BAY AREA:
() Oct 18,
7pm at S.F. Art Institute Auditorium:
Bill Owens (with B. Ulrich). Free!
() Oct 21
2pm Lennon Art Expo with NO ALTERNATIVE, SOTHIRAÕs band Proud Flesh plays
Lennon studios: http://www.myspace.com/proudflesh
() Fri, Oct 27, 7:30pm, Jeff Ross announces: ROCK N ROLL HORROR SHOW - A benefit for the 9th SF Independent Film Festival (Feb 8-22, 2007): - Movie at 8p: STREET TRASH (Ô87) ÒEraserhead meets Night of the Living Dead on the set of The Texas Chainsaw MassacreÓ. Bands to Follow: SIK LUV, WIRE GRAFFITI, CHARM SCHOOL DROP OUTS, MADELIA @ Rickshaw Stop, 155 Fell at Van Ness, 18up $5-10 donation, all proceeds benefit SF IndieFest - info: 415.820.3907,
