me and the devil

it's been a moment or two since i've payed attention.
so here we are, catching up on payments...
here's gil scott's new digs... me and the devil


...and a bunch of (17) songs pulled at random via a word search on my computer.

"devil"
Jeroen Van Veen-Solodevilsdance IV (S.t. Holt)
Misfits-Devilock
High On Fire-Devilution
Antony & The Johnsons-Shake That Devil
bruce haack-Mean Old Devil
Texas Gladden-The Devil & the Farmer's Wife
The Dramatics-The Devil Is Dope
PJ Harvey-The Devil
Scary Sounds - Sound Effects and Music-devils ride
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds-Up Jumped The Devil
Charles Manson-Devil man
Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs-Devil do
Sufjan Stevens-In The Devil's Territory
Daniel Johnston-Devil town
INXS-devil inside
Brownie McGhee-Dealing With The Devil
Electric Wizard-Devil's Bride
Cowboy Junkies-Me And The Devil Blues

with jaded eyes and features... you think they really care?

anybody who's anybody is a busybody everybody. as evidenced in the plethora of mediums Maximilla Lukacs' work shows up in. good stuff all around, but i'm particularly taken by these two videos at present... the first because it reminds me of the intro to the wonder years via my childhood (read as: small town punk rocker with nothing to do)... the second (done for her boyfriend Guy Blakesle's Entrance Band) because it feels like a psyched out Maya Daren treatment of sorts...

most of what she does are shot for shot remakes of well known experimental awesomeness... but she grabs from good places, and if Tarentino can make a career of it, why not someone more attractive?
pajo-where eagles dare mp3
the entrance band-grim reaper blues mp3

wisconsin death trip has a flikr.

seriously amazing.




Wisconsin Death Trip is a non-fiction book by Michael Lesy, first published in 1973. It has been adapted into a film.
The book is based on a collection of late 19th century photographs by Jackson County, Wisconsin photographer Charles Van Schaick, mostly in the city of Black River Falls, and local news reports from the same period. It emphasizes the harsh aspects of Midwestern rural life under the pressures of crime, disease, mental illness, and urbanization.

the film is currently available streaming on netflix... so you might want to get on that...

and here are some reading's from Lesy's book... this was put out on CDR some years back... (link to mp3's)

"Hillbilly noir from Butchertown Allstars; i.e. - 10 musicians reincarnate Wisconsin Death Trip. 46 tracks range from 20 to 90 seconds, comprised of male and female spoken stories accompanied by sounds spliced of vast scope ranging from old-timey dust bowl blues to free jazz to alien forcep electronics (all performed by the Butchertown Allstars). The result is timeless, sounding as if it was recorded anytime over the last 100 years. Highly reccomended for suicidial introverts! Based on Michael Lesy's classic book "Wisconsin Death Trip", an intimate, shocking and sometimes hilarious account of the disasters that befell one small town in Wisconsin during the final decade of the 19th century. Lesy discovered a striking archive of black and white photographs in the town of Black River Falls dating from the 1890's and married a selection of these images to extracts from the town's newspaper from the same decade. It is from these extracts that Butchertown Allstars bring back to life the tropes of hidden lives, suicide, familial disaster, cross-dressing, acute paranoia, drug addiction, schizophrenia, 'crazy socialists' and myriad tales of ordinary madness."

side b... still have a fever. thought i'd try DayQuil.

side b... still feverish... dayquil, so a bit less of a mess. (mp3)

air:suicides underground.
acid mothers temple:universe of romance.
tamaryn:mild confusion.
suede: asphalt world.
john cage:radio music (edit).
goblin:suspiria.
bauhaus:the three shadows part 2.
silver mt. zion:13 angels standing guard 'round the side of your bed.
allen ginsberg:america.
cranes:in the night.
mum:the land between solar systems.
low:words.
caretaker:reflection

like i said... it's on a cassette... so if you want it... you got it.

i have the flu.

sippin' on sizzurp: NyQuil mix side a (mp3)

coil:original chaostrophy.
butchertown allstars:9 (readings from wisconsin death trip).
zola jesus:sinfonia and the shrew.
songs of green pheasant:fires P.G.R.
transient waves:paradise.
animal collective/beachboys: i'm waiting for my banshee.
animal collective:loch raven.
death in vegas:girls.
coil-light shining darkly.
the caretaker:it's all forgotten now.
daniel knox:ghostsong.
paavoharju:ikuisuuden maailma.
fever ray:stranger than kindness.
black dice:roll up.
death in june:fields of rape.
the caretaker:cloudy, since you went away.
stevie nicks:rhiannon (piano demo).
salem:frost.
coldcave:our tears help the flowers grow.

too much cough medicine does some fucked up shit... as in way too much... i could barely stand by the end.
...and it shows.

(if you want a copy of this on cassette, just send me your address)

life in san francisco

sorry it's been a busy couple weeks... here's an i-phone photo update.
(...and of course the b-side for lust for life single, life in san francisco. for those of you that live outside of san francisco, 'album' comes out tomorrow.)


















girls- life in san francisco mp3

CLEAR DARK

clear dark is a perfect li'l image based zine featuring the work of daniel hipolito... and it feels like trying to remember dreams.
you should contact him and order one.


amber asylum- garden of love mp3


xasthur- a walk beyond utter blackness mp3


april march and los cincos- theme for the lime cafe mp3


townes van zandt- our mother the mountain mp3


"I began Clear Dark in 1995. Originally it was a freeform, non-linear, semi-autobiographical, narrative, noir, comic book-style zine. I always intended to suggest things as a story and not tell events directly.

As time went on I began to increase the production value, to draw without dialog, and with less and less panels per page, until ending up with something more abstract yet photorealistic, and psychedelic yet less delirious. The last issue, number 8, took many hours over many years to complete. As with many artists, I imagine my work to be a distillation of what I am and what I've seen. I suppose there's been a lot happening."

the above is the statement daniel gave in explanation of clear dark... i also asked him for a few songs to sketch out a soundtrack. spending time with these images and sounds stimulates some very strange and particular feelings... as though these are my panels of moments having happened in my life... or, again, in some sort of dream i've had... incidentally, here are the songs i was listening to before daniel sent me his list.
silver mount zion- 13 angels standing guard 'round the side of your bed mp3
jimmy scott- sycamore trees mp3
elvis presley- blue moon (sun records)mp3
daniel knox- ghostsong (johnsdemo)mp3