Monthly Archives for June 2009

Today's Autonomedia Jubilee Saint — GUSTAVE COURBET

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June 10 — GUSTAVE COURBET

Anarchist painter, Proudhonist, Parisian Communard.
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The Meeting or Good Day, Monsieur Courbet

JUNE 10, 2009 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
*Festival of the Forgotten.

ALSO ON JUNE 10 IN HISTORY…
1682 — First tornado witnessed by whites in New World hits New Haven, Connecticut.
1809 — French painter and communard Gustave Courbet born, Ornans, Doubs.
1898 — U.S. Marines begin invasion of Cuba in Spanish-American War.
1927 — Libertarian great Victoria Woodhull dies, Worcestershire, England.
1935 — Alcoholics Anonymous twelve-step cult founded.
1940 — African liberationist Marcus Mosiah Garvey dies, London, England.

Excerpted from The 2009 Autonomedia Calendar of Jubilee Saints: Radical Heroes for the New Millennium by James Koehnline and the Autonomedia Collective

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Wed June 10 Brooklyn: volume, sludgey core, heavy rock power…

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Pat D writes:

Wedz, June 10 : @ Union Pool

pollution : http://www.myspace.com/pollutionpollutionpollution – aggressive seasickness with nasty volume.

Medusa : http://www.myspace.com/rainunthunder – off-kilter sludgey core, on tour from bloomington, indiana. members of Racebannon.

Bloodhorse : http://www.myspace.com/bloodhorse – modern heavy rock power trio. ex-members of Converge. REC. RELEASE SHOW (Translation Loss Rec’s)

Today's Autonomedia Jubilee Saint – Cochise

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June 9 — Cochise
Chiricahua Apache chief, resistance leader.
Listen to Dan Carlin’s awesome podcast about the the Chircahua and Apache wars.

JUNE 9, 2009 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
*Shillingstone, England: Tallest Maypole Day.
*Feast of the Birth of the White-Breasted Giantess

ALSO ON JUNE 9 IN HISTORY…
1870 — British social novelist Charles Dickens dies, Kent, England.
1874 — Great Apache chieftain Cochise dies, Chiricahua, Arizona.
1893 — Witty, gay American songwriter Cole Porter born, Peru, Indiana.
1902 — Anti-anarchist law passed in Washington.
1934 — Animated film star Donald Duck born.
1974 — Guatemalan novelist, diplomat Miguel Angel Asturias dies, Paris, France.

Excerpted from The 2009 Autonomedia Calendar of Jubilee Saints: Radical Heroes for the New Millennium by James Koehnline and the Autonomedia Collective

FWAF 2009 – 'THE PARACHUTE ENDING' by Steve Scott & Will Sweeney

BIRDY NAM NAM – THE PARACHUTE ENDING from Steve Scott on Vimeo.

Check out this incredible video for ‘The Parachute Ending‘ by French DJ group Birdy Nam Nam. All the illustrations are designed by Will Sweeney and the song is produced by Justice!  We’re very proud to screen this video at our Animation Fest later this month.

The 3rd annual Floating World Animation Fest features senses shattering video art and psychedelic animation from the secret world of motionography. 3+ hours of mind melting, soul loving psychedelicanimation… this summer’s ultimate videocation!  Floating World Animation Fest 2009 – Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison, Portland OR – June 25th.

Today's Autonomedia Jubilee Saint — TOM PAINE

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June 8 — Thomas Paine
Propagandist, “Founding Father” of American revolutionism.
View the complete works of Thomas Paine.

JUNE 8, 2009 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
*China: Dragon-Boat Races commemorate search for Ch’i Yuan (3rd century B.C.) who threw himself in river. No finish line, no judges. Arguments & fist fights always break out, but ends with merry feast.
*Name Your Poison Day.

ALSO ON JUNE 8 IN HISTORY…
632 — Islamic prophet Mohammed dies, Medina, Arabia.
1809 — American revolutionary great Tom Paine dies, New York City.
1876 — French feminist, novelist George Sand dies, Nohant, France.
1997 — Nigerian novelist Amos Tutuola dies, Ibadan.
2006 — Dr. John Money, sexual identity physician, dies, Towson, Maryland.

Excerpted from The 2009 Autonomedia Calendar of Jubilee Saints: Radical Heroes for the New Millennium by James Koehnline and the Autonomedia Collective