(Photo by Matthew Cooke.)kaRIN: The primary song writing for Collide is still primarily Statik and myself. Over the years, we are just trying to evolve as much as we can and not make the same songs over again. We were very lucky to have gathered up some great live players, so the live influence and the fact that all of our live members contributed to each of the songs is definitely evident on Two Headed Monster.
Earth
The primordial Earth transformed, once a hot ball of liquid fire, now dry and cold. Shooting forth black bile, an individual of melancholic disposition sits in solid darkness, all sensations tell of thickness and quietness. The gnomic sphere has an outer core that generates a magnetic field, convection movements in the core are chaotic, sometimes reversing alignment.
Earth is open to recieve and swallow up the physical, sensual aspects of life the feminine and masculine together. The azure blue of a clear sky illuminates the lower left point of the pentagram.
About kkoagulaa
A convergence of creative paths crossed in the final days of Manes, pointing to the inevitability of the birth of kkoagulaa. The projects inception is an answer to the restrictions placed upon bands of any genre. When it comes to stretching out beyond genre considerations, kkoagulaa represents what happens when the walls between modes of expression are forgotten. Central visionary ccernn, began with gathering the kkoagulaa kkollektivv of likeminded creative people: eemersonn (Choronzon, Veil of Thorns) and vvindd (Atrox). The next layer to be added around the kkollektivv is the kkontributorr kkaball consisting of hatlen, hoemsnes (The 3rd and the Mortal), trstn (Chton).
The mission of kkoagulaa is to work in an expanded range of media and even to step outside conventions of what constitutes avant-garde art and music. The art of kkoagulaa is the embodiment of art called into question, and the answer. Brought into focus through a heaping of phases of history, kkoagulaa is the deconstruction of art and a distillation of the soul found at the creative center. As the canon of rock music and prevailing sub-genres crushes the possibility of revelation, and certainly any pretense of revolution, the ubiquitous elements of the medium are examined.
Emerging from a history of leading and defining genres and movements like Avant-Garde Metal, Post-Blackmetal, Psychedelic Industrial Blackmetal and Post-Rock, kkoagulaa has truly moved beyond genre, genre hybrids and the now common game of the mix-and-match patchnwork approach so often called progressive or avant-garde.
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Today on The GSpot, Wes Unruh discusses R6XX - aka R6volutionary Xchange with artist Nemo Boko. Wes and Nemo veer out across a wide expanse of topics, from the evolutionary tools that Nemo has stocked his online store with to his captivating live performances of ambidextrous painting, while along the way discussing the myriad influences that inform his work. Stay tuned after the interview for an assemblage of the piece “You Are God, Guard Your Mind” by elements of M^2.D
Director John Carpenter
Year: 1988
Cast Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, George ┤Buck┤ Flower, Peter Jason, Raymond St. Jacques, Jason Robards, John Lawrence, Susan Barnes, Sy Richardson, Wendy Brainard, Lucille Meredith
Length 89 min
Video Pal
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Languages Dolby Digital Stereo: English, German, Spanish
Subtitles English, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
DV9 to DVD5: Decrypter + Rebuilder (9 pass)
Sinopsis:
An economic crisis brings unemployed Nada (Roddy Piper) to L.A. in search of work. What he finds instead is that the ruling elite of the world are aliens in disguise, their aim being to keep humans in a state of mindless consumerism. His discovery comes when he dons a pair of special sunglasses made by a resistance group and sees for the first time reality unadorned. Billboards, store signs, magazine covers–all bear subliminal messages to OBEY, to CONSUME, to have NO INDEPENDENT THOUGHT. Money itself says THIS IS YOUR GOD. But worst of all, with these glasses you see which of us are really hideous, bug-eyed aliens. The conceptual breakthrough is hilarious while keeping its roots in darker matters. Although some fault the film for settling into its action plot, the ending has a great payoff. And the direction by John Carpenter is handled with superb workmanlike aplomb. One unforgettable set piece has Piper in a back-alley fistfight with a friend who won’t put on the glasses that goes on and on, and just when you think it’s over it goes another round. One of the most subversive films ever made in Hollywood, They Live was released on the eve of the 1988 elections. The first TV ads had two hideous alien politicians debating, then one accusing the other of being “No John Kennedy!” –Jim Gay
Palerider sez: “Special bonus points to those who catch the name of the special lenses that allow you to see things as they are and what the name implies as a metaphor.”
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A few more additions to the Special Greylodge Edition of Raymond Salvatore Harmon: The Philosopher’s Stone
Torrent of an MPG RIP of the DVD
Pilotlite “Press to Play” Version
Podcast version below
Also: Greylodge podcaster Tracy Twyman http://greylodge.org/gpc/?cat=36 on Coast to Coast AM Sunday night. http://tracyrtwyman.com/blog/?p=419
Raymond Salvatore Harmon: The Philosopher's Stone- Podcast Edition: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadThe rand corporation published this white-paper on the subject that I think many of you may find interesting. (Not surprisingly, many of these are ideas I played with liberally during the creation of Fallen Nation.)
“Editors’ abstract. As with other new modes of conflict, the practice of netwar is ahead of theory. In this concluding chapter, we suggest how the theory of netwar may be improved by drawing upon academic perspectives on networks, especially those devoted to organizational network analysis. Meanwhile, strategists and policymakers in Washington, and elsewhere, have begun to discern the dark side of the network phenomenon, especially among terrorist and criminal organizations. But they still have much work to do to harness the bright side, by formulating strategies that will enable state and civil-society actors to work together better.”
It`s a little known fact that there was a 13th apostle, who like Jesus was a midget. His name was Edgar and Jesus used to stand on his shoulder`s so that you could only see Edgar’s feet. That way Jesus looked tall and noble. Sadly Jesus never mentioned Edgar in his teachings because he was jealous of the time that this smoking hot whore called Mary washed Edgar`s feet with her hair thinking they in fact belonged to Jesus.
So this thirteenth episode of the HalfCast is dedicated to Edgar and his sterling leg work.
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Playlist after the clickety clack
American Lesley Jane - George W. Bush is our man
Hanay - Joe Le Taxi
Intro
Flying on Acid
Dengue Fever - Monsoon of Perfume
The Revival of Mrs Winters
Ripe Avocadoes
GPS of the heart part I
Aphex Twin - Petiatil Cx Htdui
The Sweetest Stalker
Optiganally Yours - You’re Something Special to me
Dirty Old Man
Quincy Jones - Ridiculous Scene
GPS of the heart part II
SMS Doctor
Blonde Redhead - Misery is a butterfly
Frustration Donor
Everett-Wheller-Graham explained
Gangpol Und Mit - Notre Vie N’est Pas Simple Vous Ne Devenez Pas Jeune
Lady Watching
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However, in this case the other members, who often get referred to in the reviews as “the live band,” are all talented musicians in their own right. Who knows the names of the band that played with Tori Amos when touring for Little Earthquakes, or PJ Harvey’s bandmates on Rid of Me? (Don’t check with Google. I’m just making a point.) This is a fault purely of the press- and the simple bottom line of what sells tickets and records.
I don’t know the other members of Collide’s band well enough to talk about them, though Kai Kurosawa’s muscianship is clearly impressive. However, having known, worked with, and on several occasions lived with Scott, I wanted to share a little of that, and some reflections of my own work with him and how he influenced me- before jumping into a review of Collide’s album on its own ground.
I first met Scott in 98 or 99 during my Sophmore year at Bard College. Our mutual friend Jim introduced us, and he promptly blew me away with the intensity of his playing- and in the process snapped at least one of the strings on the Mexican strat that I owned at the time.
From that point on, we began a many-year long collaboration which oftentimes veered into the obscure or plain bizarre. Scott got me to take music more seriously- it was hard not to, what with how passionate he is about it. He would literally stay up all night playing until his fingers bled. (And then keep playing.) One part of what motivated me to take Jazz harmony and music theory classes was so that I could keep up with him on my chosen instrument at the time, bass. On the other hand, I’d like to think that I helped him learn to take music a little less seriously. Oftentimes, we would have absurd jams so ridiculous that we’d fall over laughing. These first meanderings took the form of Bile Shower, a truly awful concoction which was a great deal of fun to create, and which wreaks pain and havoc upon whomever has the poor sense to subject themselves to it.
This did eventually lead to more serious projects, such as Babalon, but throughout I would say that there’s always been an underlying comedy in most of the work we’ve done together, even those which got more production attention, like subQtaneous. (Here is a live recording of Waiting and a demo of Save The World, two of my favorites from what we recorded with Babalon).
After Babalon broke up, Scott joined forces with Collide, and a little while thereafter, with Mankind Is Obsolete. I had MKIO stay at my apartment several months back, when they were still on their colossal year+ tour, and got to briefly reconnect with him and meet some new faces. Here is a band operating completely without a label, living out of a van, playing gigs varying in size and grandiosity from Warp tour dates to some people in a corn field. (Read Part 1 and Part 2 of my review and interview with Mankind is Obsolete from last year before they hit the road.) Living off of tuna and celery and playing music every night. It just goes to show that though the days of excess Guns N’ Roses got to experience might be gone, if you are committed enough, you can hit the road and find an audience.
I’ve been involved in several musical projects since Babalon, and some studio work with Scott since. However, I’ve yet to meet someone with his singleminded passion, dedication and drive for the art. It is truly a rare thing. If you have the opportunity to see him perform with Collide, Mankind Is Obsolete, or any other bands that he chooses to work with, I highly suggest you take it. I always look forward to seeing him on stage, or having another opportunity to collaborate.
Look for a review of Two Headed Monster next week.
(As a final note to the Fallen Nation readers out there- yes, the character of Cody was based- in part - on Scott.)
In this very special edition of The GSpot, Joseph Matheny talks to Raymond Salvatore Harmon about the special release of his movie, The Philosopher’s Stone on Greylodge as a torrent to be followed by a “Press to Play” version being released on Altertube.tv and Pilotlite.com, and then a podcast edition to be released on Alterati, Greylodge and Pilotlite. Joe and Ray discuss art on the fringe, how Ray came to film making, the Chicago art scene, and why the economy means nothing to artists working on the fringes.
The Philosopher’s Stone tells the story of Jacob Fausstman, a scientist and early alchemist who searches for the key to curing man of the disease of death. In his frustration Jacob stumbles onto another path to achieve his goals. Turning to the dark arts Jacob conjures the demon Mephistopheles and is given the key to eternal life. But his perceptions of ‘life eternal’ and the nature of his existence comes into question once he has obtained his desire for true knowledge.Base in equal parts on the Faustian archetype and the biographical story of Dr. Albert Hoffmann’s accidental discovery of LSD, The Philosopher’s Stone is an homage to early German Expressionist cinema and the psychedelic visualizations of drug culture.Courtesy of Greylodge.org+++What critics have said about Harmon’s work:’For Harmon, the visual density of the abstract imagery used will enable the viewer to enter an almost hypnagogic, liminal state, and become perceptually distant from the sense of the real. Once the enveloping visual content has become the landscape of the mind to the viewer, the subliminal content will have access to the subconscious mind.” - Jack Sargeant“Accentuating the trio’s vibrant performances with colorization, layered collages, dense textures and split-screen effects, Harmon becomes a virtual fourth member of the ensemble.” - All About Jazz, on Chronicle’The subdued flame-like flashes and sounds reinforce the feeling of quietly smoldering passion. Together, these elements come together to create a delicate composition which is abstract, yet full of feeling.’ - FilmThreat.com on Tiny Inconsistencies
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A letter from the director;
In choosing to distribute this film I have decided to skip the theatrical presentation stage and go directly to sourcing the film via the bit torrent network. By giving the public full access to this film I hope to encourage other filmmakers to realize the potential of their audience by abandoning the outdated model of cinematic distribution in favor of an open relationship with the viewers themselves.
After years of struggle with the format of distribution cinema has found an ever evolving platform of distribution on the internet. Years of so called ‘format wars’, first between film gauges and then between dv formats, have ended in the wake of widening broadband access for the average person.
The ability for anyone to simple download and watch a film already exists, as does the ability for anyone to make a film and allow the world to experience it directly. The filmmaker has a wide range of encoding practices available that allow them to maximize video quality for each project’s distribution on the web. As further technologies and better codecs are develop the filmmaker will be able to expand on the available sources for the cinematic presentation.
As much as the Philosopher’s Stone visually represents a historic period in early 20th century cinema it looks forward to a future unfettered by lack of distribution and a platform for broadcast that gives everyone a chance to experience cinema to its fullest.
This film is meant as a mirror, reflecting what has been onto what will become.
Obviam lux Lucis
Raymond Salvatore Harmon
October 3rd - 2008
Additions 11-06-08: More file formats available here - http://greylodge.org/gpc/?p=1583
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Download Torrent of the movie: The Philosopher’s Stone (new torrent added 11-03-08)
Download the special GSpot interview with Raymond Salvatore Harmon below:
The GSpot #44- Greylodge, Alterati and Pilotlite Present: The Philosopher's Stone [46:58m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
