Why do some ideas spread like wildfire, while others resist being seen — despite their importance? A new book by Nadia Asparouhova explores the emerging phenomenon of antimemetics.
ANTIMEMETICS. Details and sales page here.
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Abraxas Publishing were kind enough to send me a copy of their facsimile edition of Aleister Crowley’s TANNHAUSER, in a gorgeous A4 form. Abraxas are doing all kinds of weird and occult stuff, and their website is really worth a look if you’re into that stuff. Lovely looking objects.
This should be the product link, in Finnish and in English.
I was so taken with Imperial Valley’s record AMERICAN MEMORY that, when I learned there was an opportunity to be put on a waitlist for a six-piece handmade CDr collection of the entire Imperial Valley project, I reallocated a non-trivial sum of money and sent the email. A week later, a sizeable package arrived from Ireland. And look at them all. Lovely A5 folders, and a note to handle the CDs by their edges only.
This IG post is where I heard about the waitlist for these physical editions. This Bandcamp page is where the entire catalogue can be streamed and purchased as digital albums. I am very happy to have them as real objects to play and preserve.
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I’ve never actually read Houellebecq – I have a vague and probably false notion of him as the controversialist French version of Franzen – but this kept showing up in my recommendations. I have known people far cleverer than me who insist Lovecraft is in fact the defining writer of the 20th Century. I am not one of them. I am willing to be convinced.
HP LOVECRAFT: AGAINST THE WORLD, AGAINST LIFE (UK) (US+)
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I’m acquainted with the wonderful Finnish band Paavoharju. I’m woefully behind on all logging, but a couple of weeks ago I took delivery of a care package they and their friends put together for me. I’ll try to break down each piece individually here over the next few weeks.
In the meantime, here’s Paavoharju’s most recent, and the last time I bought a bunch from the fine Finnish label Fonal. I discovered the Finnish scene back in the 00’s, I think, and I have been buying music and art from there ever since.
Unexpected gifts like this leave me lost for words. Thank you.
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“Humans have always looked to animals to understand ourselves better, and though the bones may be the same, our needs and meanings have changed. This is like a modern day Medieval Bestiary in sound, but instead of collecting the real and imagined animals and beasts of the past to teach morals, I am trying to capture the feral essence of the beasts for a few minutes before setting them free again.
It feels like a catch and release of emotion, of sound and of understanding. The animals serve as inspiration for my playing, the instruments I play feel like creatures to me, they breathe and fly and spin off in unexpected directions.”
I remain in awe of the beauty of her work and her insane production speed. I love that she can generate a year of EPs as well as full albums scattered through each year. Absolutely inspirational.
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