SEPTEMBER 1 — MERIDEL LE SUEUR
Radical American agrarian socialist writer.
SEPTEMBER 1st HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
Orthodox Christian NEW YEAR. New Mexico: FEAST OF THE HERMIT.
Mexico: FEAST OF MACUILXOCHITL, the Five Flower God.
ALSO ON SEPTEMBER 1st IN HISTORY…
1807 — Former U.S. Vice-President Aaron Burr is acquitted of treason.
1864 — Irish patriot Roger Casement born, Sandycove, near Dublin, Ireland.
1875 — “Tarzan” writer Edgar Rice Burroughs born, Chicago, Illinois.
1914 — Last passenger pigeon dies in U.S. at age 12.
1979 — Pioneer 11 flies past Saturn.
1983 — Errant Korean Airlines flight 007 shot down by Soviets.
Matthew Lock’s artwork has been seen recently in gallery shows, minicomics, and cd booklets. Nieves recently published a zine of his work, Hey I’m Tryin’. I was surprised to find that he hasn’t really made many comics before. Passageways may be one of the first. May the journey continue!
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.
AN INSTALLATION BY MIRA BILLOTTE
AUGUST 21st – SEPTEMBER 4TH
THE CREATIVE ALLIANCE AT THE PATTERSON
3134 EASTERN AVENUE, BALTIMORE, MD
WWW.CREATIVEALLIANCE.ORG • 410.276.1651
Artist and musician Mira Billotte (White Magic), focuses on the harmony of the divine ratio between ourselves and the Kosmos. The installation transforms into an environment of spiritual exaltation, a place of ritual, a temple of commune with the Kosmos, bringing forth an ancient instinct, theurgy; the ritual practice of uniting with the divine.
As within us there is a microcosm, so created in this space, a microcosm of the divine macrocosm; sand, sand paintings, Mandalas, fabrics, elements, incense, projections, altar objects, plants, other organic materials and esoteric symbols create a secret diagram of the Universe.
Closing Ceremony
Friday September 4 • 8PM • 10$, 8$ For Members
WHITE MAGIC w/ Zomes (Asa Osbourne from Lungfish) and Daniel Higgs
Led by the haunting vocals of songwriter Mira Billotte, with Sleepy Doug Shaw on guitar, NYC based (and Baltimore connected) White Magic was formed in 2003 and has toured with the likes of Animal Collective, Sonic Youth and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, and has released two EPs and one full length album on the Drag City label, among other limited releases. The band covered “As I Went Out One Morning” for Todd Haynes’ recent Dylan film, as well as appearing on Hal Wilner’s “Rogue’s Gallery” compilation last year. Tonight Billotte offers new spectral sounds, complete with visuals and full regalia, celebrating the close of her mystical exhibition in the Main Gallery. Zomes (with Asa Osbourne from Lungfish) and Daniel Higgs open. Doors @ 8pm. Show @ 9pm. $10. All ages. $8 mbrs, stus.
“this is something i recorded on monday august 24th live in the marriage studio just letting it roll. no edits. raw as fuck. i had just downloaded all of these hip hop drum sample packs on http://4thehood.blogspot.com/search/label/Samplez got the manny fresh, polow da don and three 6 kitz, hence all the killer hand clap samples”
White Rainbow’s next release is New Clouds, a 2LP/1CD/MP3 via Kranky out October 19, 2009.
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.
AUGUST 31 — RAYMOND WILLIAMS
British Marxist literary theorist, cultural critic, novelist. August 31st, 2009 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS:
Trinidad and Tobago: INDEPENDENCE DAY. SCHMOOOZE THE DAY AWAY DAY.
ALSO ON AUGUST 31st IN HISTORY…
12 — Murderous Roman emperor Caligula dies.
1643 — Antinomian Anne Hutchinson killed by natives, Long Island, New York.
1867 — French decadent writer Charles Baudelaire dies, in mother’s arms, Paris.
1909— Spanish anarchist educator Francisco Ferrer captured, hiding in cave.
1919 — American Communist Party formed, Chicago, Illinois.
1997 — Britain’s Princess of Wales, Diana, killed in car crash, Paris, France.
2005 — Stampede on Al-Aaimmah bridge in Baghdad, Iraq kills 1,199 people.
AUGUST 30 — MARY SHELLEY
British anarchist, and daughter, wife, & mother of anarchists.
Above: Illustration from an 1831 edition of Shelley’s Frankenstein.
AUGUST 30, 2009 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
Great Britain: SUMMER HOLIDAY.
Gallup, New Mexico: INTERTRIBAL POWWOW CEREMONY.
ALSO ON AUGUST 30 IN HISTORY…
30 BC — Cleopatra commits suicide, bitten by an (on her?) asp.
1797 — Novelist Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley born, London, England.
1907 — First meeting of Society for the Study of Socialism held by Chinese anar-
chists, Tokyo, Japan. Ninety attend speeches by Liu Shih-p’ei & Shusui Kotoku.
1918 — Vladimir Ilyich Lenin shot, wounded at factory rally, Moscow, USSR.
1963 — “Hot line” telephone link established between Kremlin and White House.
Like we said before, these treesitters are HEROES. We were really just kidding around about the tunes, but this video has some jams from HELLA and it’s totally great. Thanks to SPAZ at http://www.climategroundzero.org for the update. Don’t let the bastards get you down! Sit strong for real.
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