Sept. 25 Autonomedia Jubilee Saint – NORMAN O. BROWN

SEPTEMBER 25 — NORMAN O. BROWN
American philosopher, cultural and political critic.

“… In the unconscious, cerebral is genital. The word cerebral is from the same root as Ceres, goddess of cereals, of growth and fertility; the same root as cresco, to grow, and creo, to create. Onians, archaeologist of languate, who uncovers lost worlds of meaning, buried meanings, has dug up a prehistoric image of the body, according to which head and genital intercommunicate via the spinal column: the gray matter of the brain, the spinal marrow and the seminal fluid are all one identical substance, on tap in the genital and stored in the head. The soul-substance is the seminal substance: the genius is the genital in the head.”

–Norman O. Brown, Love’s Body

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
NATIVE AMERICAN DAY.
Old China: SALUTE THE SUN DAY.
Chemehuevis, California: FEAST OF NARIWIINYAPAH: God of Immortal Water.
Asia Minor: FEAST OF NAMMU, Sumerian Goddess of the Primeval Sea.

ALSO ON SEPTEMBER 25 IN HISTORY…
1513 — Spanish explorer Vasco Nuñez de Balboa “discovers” the Pacific Ocean.
1881 — Revolutionary, writer Lu Xun born, Shaohsing, Chekiang, China,
1913 — Radical psychoanalytic critic Norman O. Brown born, El Oro, Mexico.
1932 — Anarchist Catalonia becomes “autonomous” region of Spain.
1957 — Eisenhower orders army to escort 9 Black children to Little Rock school.

'44 PRESIDENTS' by MZA & Maria Sputnik

Forty Four Presidents by MZA & Maria Sputnik. Available in hardcover from Garrett County Press.

A brief illustrated history of the U.S. presidency told by the presidents themselves in the style favored by modern social networking web sites, Forty Four Presidents imagines 220 years of presidential succession pancaked into a single moment — documented simultaneously by each commander-in-chief in status updates designed for easy consumption by their Facebook friends. Each status update is accompanied by a jaunty, high-contrast profile picture intended to reflect something of the essential personality (and hotness) of the president.

Sept. 24 Autonomedia Jubilee Saint – ANDRÉ GORZ

SEPTEMBER 24 — ANDRÉ GORZ
Austrian and French theorist of liberation from work.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
New York State: AMERICAN INDIAN DAY.
Southern Pennsylvania: Schwenkfelder Sect celebrates thanksgiving in America with the same menu as 1734—bread, apple butter & water.
Paressi, Brazil: FEAST OF MAISÖ, Pre-Existent Mother Goddess.
San Carlos Apache, Arizona: FESTIVAL OF NAFULECTU DILXILN, Big Black Spider.

ALSO ON SEPTEMBER 24 IN HISTORY…
1794 — Washington orders militia to put down Whiskey Rebellion.
1960 — Melanie Klein, renowned child psychoanalyst, dies, London, England.
1991 — Anarchist-inspired American children’s writer Dr. Seuss dies, La Jolla, CA.
2007 — Zerowork activist, ecologist André Gorz commits suicide, Vosnon, France.
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Friday, September 25th at The Arm in Brooklyn, NY

Above: Stills from Nathaniel Dorskys’ film Sarabande

Hermitage is very pleased to announce the screening of Nathaniel Dorsky’s films Sarabande & Winter this Friday at The Arm in Brooklyn. Both of these films were completed in 2008, and shot on 16mm kodachrome.

“The films of Nathaniel Dorsky blend a beauteous celebration of the sensual world with a deep sense of introspection and solitude. They are occasions for reflection and meditation, on light, landscape, time and the motions of consciousness. Their luminous photography emphasizes the elemental frisson between solidity and luminosity, between spirit and matter, while his uniquely developed montage permits a fluid and flowing experience of time. Dorsky’s films reveal the mystery behind everyday existence, providing intimations of eternity. The latest films of this master filmmaker—Song and Solitude, Winter and Sarabande—continue his development of these profound traditions.” (Steve Polta, San Francisco Cinematheque, 2009)

Friday, September 25th – 9pm sharp (running time is 35 minutes)
The Arm
281 North 7th St. / Brooklyn, NY 11211
$7

Sept. 23 Autonomedia Jubilee Saint – VICTORIA WOODHULL

SEPTEMBER 23 — VICTORIA WOODHULL
Proponent of Free Love. Spiritualist leader.
First woman to run for U.S. presidency (with Frederick Douglass).
Member of the First International (until expelled by Marx).

ALSO ON SEPTEMBER 23 IN HISTORY…
1838 — Communist, spiritualist Victoria Claflin Woodhull born, Homer, Ohio.
1926 — Jazz great John Coltrane born, Hamlet, North Carolina.
1952 — U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon gives “Checkers” speech on TV.
1973 — Chilean poet and communist cultural hero Pablo Neruda dies, Santiago.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yanU4dFC7lU

'44 PRESIDENTS' by MZA & Maria Sputnik

Forty Four Presidents by MZA & Maria Sputnik. Available in hardcover from Garrett County Press.

A brief illustrated history of the U.S. presidency told by the presidents themselves in the style favored by modern social networking web sites, Forty Four Presidents imagines 220 years of presidential succession pancaked into a single moment — documented simultaneously by each commander-in-chief in status updates designed for easy consumption by their Facebook friends. Each status update is accompanied by a jaunty, high-contrast profile picture intended to reflect something of the essential personality (and hotness) of the president.

Sept. 22 Autonomedia Jubilee Saint — Marcel Marceau

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SEPTEMBER 22 — MARCEL MARCEAU
Masterful mime, French Resistance fighter.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
Wiccan MABON.
Inuit FESTIVAL OF THE SEAGODDESS. Sedna the Shaman goes to her abode at the bottom of the sea and makes a deal for good hunting weather.

ALSO ON SEPTEMBER 22 IN HISTORY…
1692 — Eight “witches” hanged, Salem, Massachusetts.
1792 — New calendar adopted in revolutionary France, with ten-day weeks,
three-week months, and 12-month years, starting at Year One.
1862 — Emancipation Proclamation signed by Abe Lincoln in U.S.
1991 — Huntington Library makes Dead Sea Scrolls public for the first time.
2007 — Famed French mime, Resistance fighter Marcel Marceau dies, Cahors, France.

'44 PRESIDENTS' by MZA & Maria Sputnik

Forty Four Presidents by MZA & Maria Sputnik. Available in hardcover from Garrett County Press.

A brief illustrated history of the U.S. presidency told by the presidents themselves in the style favored by modern social networking web sites, Forty Four Presidents imagines 220 years of presidential succession pancaked into a single moment — documented simultaneously by each commander-in-chief in status updates designed for easy consumption by their Facebook friends. Each status update is accompanied by a jaunty, high-contrast profile picture intended to reflect something of the essential personality (and hotness) of the president.

PREVIOUSLY ON SPECTRE

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HELLO AND WELCOME
TO OUR EXCITING NEW SITUATION

WE ARE ONLY HERE TO HELP
THIS WILL JUST TAKE A MINUTE
IF YOU BELIEVE IN TIME, THAT IS
(HUMANS DON’T WELL UNDERSTAND IT)

MEANWHILE SOME OF YOU LOOK CONFUSED

HERE’S WHAT WE ARE :
A SAMPLING

A WARNING SHOT
WE LOVE YOU ALREADY
HELLO

'44 PRESIDENTS' by MZA & Maria Sputnik

Forty Four Presidents by MZA & Maria Sputnik. Available in hardcover from Garrett County Press.

A brief illustrated history of the U.S. presidency told by the presidents themselves in the style favored by modern social networking web sites, Forty Four Presidents imagines 220 years of presidential succession pancaked into a single moment — documented simultaneously by each commander-in-chief in status updates designed for easy consumption by their Facebook friends. Each status update is accompanied by a jaunty, high-contrast profile picture intended to reflect something of the essential personality (and hotness) of the president.

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Sept. 25 Autonomedia Jubilee Saint – NORMAN O. BROWN

'44 PRESIDENTS' by MZA & Maria Sputnik

Sept. 24 Autonomedia Jubilee Saint – ANDRÉ GORZ

Friday, September 25th at The Arm in Brooklyn, NY

Sept. 23 Autonomedia Jubilee Saint – VICTORIA WOODHULL

'44 PRESIDENTS' by MZA & Maria Sputnik

Sept. 22 Autonomedia Jubilee Saint — Marcel Marceau

'44 PRESIDENTS' by MZA & Maria Sputnik

PREVIOUSLY ON SPECTRE

'44 PRESIDENTS' by MZA & Maria Sputnik