The GSpot: Solipsistic Nation

Joseph Matheny interviews “another Joe”, AKA Bazooka Joe, from Solipsistic Nation and formerly of the smallWorld. They talk about music, podcasting and get into a weird Joe to Joe cross interview feedback loop.

Also, another episode of In Your Ear, this week reviewing “Variant Frequencies” a podcast of (mostly) short fiction in the horror/subgenre sci-fi vein. From Puske: I pay special attention to the podcast novel which they debuted - “The Failed Cities Monologues” http://www.podiobooks.com/title/the-failed-cities-monologues/) - link is to the podiobooks version.

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Veil of Thorns had the pleasure of playing live on Bazooka Joe's show on WMFO in Massachusetts way back in the dark ages. I'll include those here:


Veil of Thorns first radio appearance one dark Saturday night on Tufts college free-form radio. The second guitarist was Jarrett Laitinen, who I recently learned died of a heroin overdose in 2004. In his final year he lost his father and stepmother in fucked up circumstances. I wish I had recordings that could give a good example of what an otherworldly amazing guitarist Jarrett was. He was the second guitarist on the first two Veil of Thorns demos from 1991 and 1992 respectively.

This is the original lineup:

P. Emerson Williams - Vocals, guitar
Jarrett Laitinen - Guitar
Catherine Chenoweth - Bass
Ruddy Bitch - Drums

Sourced from a reference tape recorded at the station. Some glitches and noise were minimized to the extent possible.

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Veil of Thorns - Live WMFO 1991- 2 Tear the Cities Down	16.4M	6.2M	3.3M
Veil of Thorns - Live WMFO 1991- 3 Utopia	15.1M	5.7M	3.0M
Veil of Thorns - Live WMFO 1991- 4 Study In Decay	16.5M	6.3M	3.3M
Veil of Thorns - Live WMFO 1991- 5 Youll Never Know	8.1M	3.0M	1.6M

Veil of Thorns radio appearance a stormy night, Halloween, 1992 on Tufts college free-form radio. On second guitar we borrowed Dave, (can't remember his last name), the guitarist from Chuck.

This is the lineup:

P. Emerson Williams - Vocals, guitar
Dave (From the excellent Boston funk rock band Chuck) - Guitar
Catherine Chenoweth - Bass
Ruddy Bitch - Drums

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Veil of Thorns - Live Halloween WMFO - 2 Possession	4.9M	1.9M	981.6K
Veil of Thorns - Live Halloween WMFO - 3 Utopia	15.9M	6.0M	3.2M
Veil of Thorns - Live Halloween WMFO - 4 Void	15.8M	5.7M	3.2M
Veil of Thorns - Live Halloween WMFO - 5 Nothing Is Real	19.3M	7.6M	3.9M
Veil of Thorns - Live Halloween WMFO - 6 Sanctify (Drowning)	24.1M	8.7M	4.8M
Veil of Thorns - Live Halloween WMFO - 7 Souls In Flight	19.1M	6.7M	3.8M

THAT'S ROMANCE

THAT'S ROMANCE.... 1 (2009)

Two many tracks were entered for this simply to be a one download deal. So, the release has been split into two. Assembled by me, and then all artwork was done by P. Emerson Williams. And as anyone who know, who has done artwork for me before - I goof up regularly so the Artwork is never really done...

This release is on the Foamin' Sodomy Records. And, if it ever gets pressed... that's it's label for the pressing as well.

The final deal on the pressing IS....

I will press it at no charge to me. But the only way that you can get a copy is to buy one. I know that sucks... but, what can I say. It's the best I can do on a budget (did I tell you I am laid off for 50 days.). All the profits will be given to a charity. It is a charity that helps Polar bears. John hooked me up with it. I don't know the specifics. Because I can't find them. But I will get it straightened out and up on the page as soon as it is available. There will be no pressing of your musick unless I get an email from you saying I can do it. No email - then your not on the release.

There will be no attempt at a pressing for at least a week, possibly two, until I get all the details worked out and emails in. I will be purchasing 2 copies of each of the two releases to start with. One for me, and one for John Zewizz. By the way, again so everyone knows this release was made with his blessing.

Label:	Foamin' Sodomy Records
Catalog#:	FOAMIN999
Format:	File/mp3
Country:	US
Released:	2009
Genre:	Unclassifiable
Style:	Unclassifiable

Track Listing;

1		Methel Zone by Tearpalm
		www.myspace.com/tearpalm
2		Kum Kleopatra by Kosmokrator featuring Kat Wild
3		The Nun (Fetish Convent) by Veil Of Thorns
		www.myspace.com/veilofthorns
		www.veilofthorns.com
4		Courtfield Road by Salakapakka Sound System
		ikuinen-kaamos.blogspot.com
5		Kiss The Whip by Batcheeba
		www.myspace.com/batcheebalyd
6		Way Ov The Flesh by darksouldealer
		www.myspace.com/dreamcell_labs
7		Inspiration by Noir Magnetik
		www.myspace.com/noirmagnetik
8		No Ones Heart Beats Harder by Bonequinho
		www.bonequinhologia.blogspot.com
		www.myspace.com/bonequinho
9		Zewizz by Mark Bradley
		www.myspace.com/downloaded1
10		Vivisection by Gadgetto
		www.gadgetto.com/
11		Dream Ov Life by Choronzon
		choronzon.org
		www.myspace.com/choronzon333
12		Fetish by Grammal Seizure
		www.myspace.com/grammalseizure
		theebradmiller.wordpress.com/theetransmissionary-movement-records
		grammalseizure.blogspot.com
13		Site Ov Pain/Site Ov Pleasure by 4 Years Of Suffering
		www.myspace.com/4yrsofsuffering

Get it HERE

THAT'S ROMANCE.... 2 (2009) FIXED

TRACK TWO IS FIXED!

The problem with putting things on to two releases is that people my think that the second release is not as good as the first release. Well, about 10 seconds into this release you will realize that's not the case. From Stpocold's hard driving first track all the way through mrtvi hypnotic (and loopable) final track - download two is just as good as download one.

A couple people have mentioned that they want to post the release on their site...

POST IT FAR AND WIDE... let it be like feathers in the wind...

Label:	Foamin' Sodomy Records
Catalog#:	FOAMIN1000
Format:	File/mp3
Country:	US
Released:	2009
Genre:	Unclassifiable
Style:	Unclassifiable

Track Listing;

1		Nightshade And Lemonade by Stpocold
		www.myspace.com/stpocold
		theebradmiller.wordpress.com/stpocold
		www.coldgraey.com/main.html
2		Submit To Desire by Habeeb
		www.myspace.com/lkerr
3		Bring Us The Nun by Kraken
		www.myspace.com/krakenrijovego
		rijovego.blogspot.com
4		Thee Eye Inside by Black Ark Psychedelick Soul And Jazz Revue
		theebradmiller.wordpress.com/the-black-ark-psychedelick-soul-jazz-revue
		www.myspace.com/blackarkpsjr
5		Twenty Three by Power Through Will
		www.myspace.com/powerthroughwill
6		The Distant Cry by @mpersand 2.0
7		Secret Initiation Ov Maiden by Mort Douce
		www.myspace.com/mortdouce
8		Monkeyman by Grimm
		www.myspace.com/thefuturelooksgrimm
9		Kiss The Whip by Gothick
		www.myspace.com/gothicknowledge
		www.gothick.co.uk
		theebradmiller.wordpress.com/gothick/
10		Erotik Apparition by Jake Shields
		www.myspace.com/jakeshieldsplace
11		El Topo by A Forgotten Tale
		www.myspace.com/aforgottentale
		aforgottentale.blogspot.com/
12		A Synthetic Woman by The Day Of The Antler
		www.phinnweb.org/finndiscog/STA/
B4		Insufflation by Kryptdust
		www.robbyrd.com
B5		Forever & A Moment (Loop- 4 clippings, 18 repeatings & 8 voices) by mrtvi

Get it HERE

The Eye of Mr.Slin

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Tension and disappearing. Sailors drown, crew die, people are replaced. Might I take the liberty to enquire that you have found your replacements? To fill in for you and keep the memory of who you are alive and well, as it were. Of course you have! Good. Very sensible indeed! Now listen, can you hear that wonderful noise? Two villages are fusing as a bridge of molten uranium connects two landscapes into one geographic location. Dear táttipáni, welcome to the Windscale Works Atomic Factory.

CIRXUS

25th May - 13th June 2009

Starting time:

8.30pm & 9.15pm

STUDIO K

Written and directed by John Harrigan

1957- Seascale, the North of England. Cirxus is an old English circus lost in the shadows of the smoke stacks of Calder Hall, the world's first commercial nuclear power station. FoolishPeople will use mythology, shamanism, music and dance to bring the darkness of an atomic circus to life. The performance will allow audience members to step into the world of an old English circus lost in the 1950s, explore its sideshows and meet extraordinary characters from the past and future.

Athalia the ballerina waits in the ring for Loudon the Clown to return with directions to the Black Pool, the mythic site of the Home Sweet Home, the final show of the season. Join her as she begins a bizarre and wondrous search for Loudon through the irradiated secrets of Cirxus, where she must face the macabre atomic menagerie, haunted by circus animals and navigate her way through the maze of strange, hallucinogenic sideshows on the other side of time. Immerse yourself in the world of Cirxus, where theatric arcana and Atomic fallout irradiate the sawdust arenas of our inner worlds.

Presented by FoolishPeople

Written and Directed by John Harrigan

Creative Team

John Harrigan

Lucy Allin

Victoria Karlsson

P. Emerson Williams

Claire Tregellas

Tereza Kamenicka

This is a promenade performance in Arcola's new industrial space, Studio K. Cirxus is based on fact: the German Bremen University confirmed that radioactive contamination by Americium-241 found in some soil samples taken by Greenpeace 11.5 km south of Sellafield, were 400 times higher than those taken 11 km from Chernobyl. 51 years on, the villagers of Seascale still live with the ramifications of the accident at Pile 1 of the Windscale Works Atomic Energy Factory.

Cirxus will be FoolishPeople's first London performance run since the critically acclaimed Dead Language at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in 2007.

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TICKET INFORMATION:

• Ticket Prices £14/£10

• Tuesdays 'PAY WHAT YOU CAN' (subject to availability)

• Free tickets are available for under 26s under the Night Less Ordinary Free Ticket Scheme Monday-Thursday evenings for the first 2 weeks (please ring box office more information) PLEASE NOTE:

• No concessions on Fridays and Saturdays

• Proof will be required for concessions

• All tickets are NON-REFUNDABLE

Cirxus Image by P. Emerson Willliams

The GSpot: User’s Manual for the Human Experience- CIRXUS

The GSpot: User’s Manual for the Human Experience- CIRXUS

Joseph Matheny talks to Michael Dean about his newest book, A USER’S MANUAL FOR THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE. Also in this show: Sleepchamber and and excerpt from the Foolishpeople production of CIRXUS.

Show dedicated to my dearly departed friend: Dave Szulborski

Information: In the SLEEPCHAMBER bit, John Zewizz and co. gives updates on the band, shares tracks from the forthcoming album “Stolen Sleep”, and thanks the fans and collaborators who have supported the return of SLEEPCHAMBER.

Exerpt from Cirxus, a FoolishPeople production written and directed by John Harrigan. This psycho-audio sequence is produced and performed by P. Emerson Williams and directed by John Harrigan. A promenade performance will run from 25th May - 13th June 2009 in Arcola Theatre’s new industrial space, Studio K in London.

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Veil of Thorns - Notes From the Apocalypse Salon I

The first rough mix of the next Veil of Thorns album. All instrumental but for one bit. You'll find as I post developments that this will mutate greatly over time as I turn these ideas into an organic whole.

A bit more philosophizing shall no doubt ensue, with some conversion with you I hope. Some collaborators will be announced anon.

I must say we done gone groovy with this one...

-P. Emerson Williams 2009ev

This audio is part of the collection: Open Source Audio

Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States

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GSpot- Falcon, Falcon, Burning Bright?

Joseph Matheny talks to Nick Thacher and Linda Miller about Falcon Press and why there appears to be two Falcon’s selling virtually the same catalogs since the death of Dr. Hyatt.
Also in this episode: A new In Your Ear with Psuke, and a special bonus track at the end: James Curcio presents the first installment of the Join My Cult audiobook, and releases Join My Cult as a Creative Commons PDF that you may download at Original Falcon. Also, as a side note, we were contacted after this show was recorded by an organization calling itself the New EII. Keep an eye open for an interview with them in the future.

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