“For hundreds of millions of Sufi followers worldwide, music is at the heart of their tradition and a way of getting closer to God. From the Whirling Dervishes of Turkey to the qawwali music of Pakistan, Sufism has produced some of the worlds most spectacular music celebrated by Muslims and non-Muslims alike. “SUFI SOUL: The Mystic Music of Islam” traces the shared roots of Christianity and Islam in the Middle East and discovers Sufism to be a peaceful, tolerant and pluralistic bastion against fundamentalism.
KUTI “is a free full colour comic newspaper that is published quarterly and distributed in Finland by Kutikuti and our friends. Our aim is to provide a publication format for new free form graphic literature and art. Kuti is bi-langual, in Finnish with English translation. Along with comics we sometimes include articles about authors, publications and phenomenons that we like. If you feel you have something to say and think you’re open-minded, feel free to offer us material by e-mail or post copies/cd to the address Kutikuti, 4. Linja 24 (katutaso), 00530 Helsinki, Finland. You can also subscribe Kuti for a year with the price of postage.”
KUTI9 – Autumn 2008 [cover pictured above]
“Probably the best Kuti so far. 28 pages from us + 8 pages more from the Finnish small press distributor Toivo. They did a catalogue that gives our readers a glance to the new Finnish publications this year. Sorry, the catalogue is in Finnish only.
“Featuring art from:Lilli Carré (USA), The Duuzers (FIN), Martin Ernstsen (NOR), Roope Eronen (FIN), Tom Gauld (UK), Matti Hagelberg (FIN), Kaltsu Kallio (FIN), Bendik Kaltenborn (NOR), Kapreles (NED), Tommi Musturi (FIN), Sami Myllyniemi (FIN), Jyrki Nissinen (FIN), Aapo Rapi (FIN), Anna Sailamaa (FIN), Bart Schoofs (BEL), Olivier Schrauwen (BEL), Jerry Scoundrel (FRA), Walter Schifftate (USA), Petteri Tikkanen (FIN) and Jari Vaara (FIN).
“Includes an article about Yuichi Yokoyama (in Finnish) and Dutch Extrapool (in English).
Sept. 28, 2008 Florence VFW 18 Meadow Street (route 9) Florence, MA
$7 – All Ages
Music starts at 6:30pm SHARP!
No Neck Blues Band (playing very early – not last) Sunburned Hand of the Man Dredd Foole & the Din (featuring J Mascis, John Moloney & Justin Pizzoferrato) Fat Worm of Error Northampton Wools (Bill Nace & Thurston Moore) Tarp (Joshua Burkett & Conrad Capistran Noise Nomads Bunny Brains Matt Krefting Band Franklin’s Mint Jow Jow maybe one more act if they can make it
the band order hasn’t been set yet but No Neck and Northampton Wools are on early so come early to have your head checked.
This is a benefit show for Adam’s family so any donations beyond the entry fee will be beautiful.
Adam Nodelman – member of Sunburned Hand of the Man – died suddenly on Monday August, 25, 2008
Adam Nodelman, age 43, married and father of 3 girls, died suddenly at his Woodstock, NY home on Monday, August 25th. The cause of death is yet to be determined. Adam had a huge heart and the musical energy of 10 men. This is a huge loss for his family and friends.
If anyone has any photos or video of Adam please contact sunburnedhand@gmail.com
Adam began playing with BORBETOMAGUS at age 18 in 1984. He appeared on LIVE IN ALLENTOWN(RECENTLY REISSUED), 7 REASONS FOR TEARS,and FISH THY SPARKLING BUBBLE He joined MISSING FOUNDATION IN 1987 appearing on various recordings, he was in MOTHERHEAD BUG with DAVID OUIMET, he joined the west coast band CRASH WORSHIP in 1996-97. Since 2005, Nodelman has been a core member of SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN & FRANKLIN’S MINT and appears on ton’s of each band’s recent recordings and live shows. Adam has been a sometimes member of Bunny Brains in the past year, and In 2008, Adam became the front man of the pioneer valley assault band – SHITSWEAT.
Since Wall Street is asking us to give them money for their worthless investments, some folks are planning to bring their OWN junk to Wall Street and see if they’ll buy it.
TODAY, Thursday, September 25: 4pm
Gather at the southern end of Bowling Green Park, in the plaza area, by the bull statue
Bring your collectible mugs and limited edition Thomas Kinkade prints and add ’em to the pile!
Sept. 22, 2008 — An egalitarian Neolithic Eden filled with unique, geometric art flourished some 7,000 years ago in Eastern Europe, according to hundreds of artifacts on display at the Vatican.
Running until the end of October at the Palazzo della Cancelleria in the Vatican, the exhibition, “Cucuteni-Trypillia: A Great Civilization of Old Europe,” introduces a mysterious Neolithic people who are now believed to have forged Europe’s first civilization.
Little is known about these people — even their name is wrapped in mystery.
Archaeologists have named them “Cucuteni-Trypillians” after the villages of Cucuteni, near Lasi, Romania and Trypillia, near Kiev, Ukraine, where the first discoveries of this ancient civilization were made more than 100 years ago.
The excavated treasures — fired clay statuettes and op art-like pottery dating from 5000 to 3000 B.C. — immediately posed a riddle to archaeologists.
“We do not know the meaning of those painted symbols, and what is the significance of those zoomorphic and anthropomorphic statuettes. Everything seems to be wrapped in mystery.
“Most of all, we do not know how these people treated their dead. Despite recent extensive excavations, no cemetery has ever been found,” Lacramioara Stratulat, director of the Moldova National Museum Complex of Iasi, told reporters at a news conference recently at the Vatican.
Before their culture mysteriously faded, the Cucuteni-Trypillians had organized into large settlements. Predating the Sumerians and Egyptian settlements, these were basically proto-cities with buildings often arranged in concentric circles.
They extended over 350,000 square kilometers (135,000 square miles) in what is now Romania, Ukraine and Moldova.
The Neolithic buildings often featured walls and ceilings decorated with drawings painted in black and red. Inside, the houses were filled with pottery and statuettes whose quasi-modern design has become the Cucuteni-Trypillians’s most identifiable trademark.
This unique artistic production, dominated by repeating lines, circles and spirals, amazingly echoes modern op art, also known as optical art, which is a genre of visual that makes use of geometric shapes and optical illusions. The unusual art offers the best glimpse into this mysterious civilization.
None of the enigmatic statuettes seem fearsome or fearful. The rare male statuettes have faces often covered by masks, while the abundant female statuettes are gracious and mask-free, with tattooed bodies and long feet.
There are no chained slaves or sacrificial figures — a sign of a rather egalitarian culture, according to historians.
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