New release: 'WELCOME TO FOREST ISLAND' by Bwana Spoons

Bwana Spoons has been making art, zines, comics, toys, shoes, t-shirts, cards, and pretty much anything you could imagine for a long long time.  He’s inspired a lot of us art-makers to take things to the next level.  It’s been a long time coming, but now he’s got a book “Welcome to Forest Island” published by Top Shelf.  Here’s a little sampling of what you’ll find in Forest Island, a monograph of paintings, comics, mushroom hunters, bagel eating vampire bats, exhibitions and illustration work from Bwana’s career.

If you’re in Portland check out the book release party at Grass Hut (the gallery that Bwana co-runs) Saturday night!

Portland Release Party:
July 11, 6-9pm
Book Signing, Pencil Fighting, Fart Knocking!!!

Grass Hut
811 E Burnside.
Portland, Oregon

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KING DARVES

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The man who calls himself King Darves was rather positively reviewed by C & D with Buzz Osborne of the Melvins (pictured above, holding his new favorite CD) last year in the pages of Arthur No. 30. Here’s the latest thing we could find on him: “King Darves under the NJ Transit bridge in Johnson Park in Highland Park June 12, 2009”

"This is Where We Take Our Stand" – Trailer

“In March 2008, 250 veterans and active duty soldiers marked the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq by gathering in Washington, DC, to testify from their own experience about the nature of the occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq. It was chilling, horrifying, and challenging for all who witnessed it. This is Where We Take Our Stand is the inside story of those three days and the courageous men and women who testified.”

More: http://thisiswherewetakeourstand.com/

Today's Autonomedia Jubilee Saint — GEORGES BATAILLE

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July 10– GEORGES BATAILLE
Radical French philosopher of the exuberant irrational.

JULY 10, 2009 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
*Bahamas: Independence Day.
*Ancient Greece: New Robe for Athena Day. Procession headed by model ship on wheels with her robe flying like a sail from the mast, followed by herdsmen with animals for sacrifice, musicians, slaves with trays of gifts, chariots and horsemen. At the Acropolis, sacrifices were made and robe was draped over Athena’s shoulders.

ALSO ON JULY 10 IN HISTORY…
1875 — Black educator Mary Macleod Bethune born, Mayesville, South Carolina.
1888 — Surrealist painter Giorgio de Chirico born, Volos, Greece.
1917 — Emma Goldman sentenced to two years for aiding draft resisters.
1962 — Philosopher of transgression Georges Bataille dies, Paris, France.
1987 — Musical producer John Hammond, Jr. dies, New York City.

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

Aug 30, L.A.: Jean-Jacques Annaud's THE BEAR w/ live score by NO AGE at Cinefamily

From Cinefamily:

8/30 @ 8pm & 10:30pm
The Bear
(w/ live score by No Age)
L.A.-based, world-renowned experimental noise pop duo No Age will appear live at the Cinefamily to perform their brand-new score for Jean-Jacques Annaud’s majestic 1988 film The Bear, a near-wordless cinematic expedition deep into the savagery and tenderness of the animal kingdom. Told from the titular species’ point of view, The Bear chronicles the journey of an orphan bear cub and a lone adult bear banding together to avoid two human hunters. Along the way, director Annaud has great fun with the storytelling possibilities from a non-human perspective, including dream sequences and an unforgettable psychdelic mushroom bear trip! With nearly no (human) dialogue, the film easily lends itself to live scoring, and No Age drummer Dean Spunt and guitarist Randy Randall have crafted a shimmering 90-minute set of sonic blasts and delicate textures that perfectly complement the peculiar, touching and altogether unique experience that is The Bear.

Tickets/info at Cinefamily website

Today's Autonomedia Jubilee Saint — U.G. KRISHNAMURTI

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July 9– U.G. KRISHNAMURTI
Indian philosopher, radical anti-guru.

JULY 9, 2009 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
*Call of the Horizon Day.
*Festival of Grand Unified Theories.

ALSO ON JULY 9 IN HISTORY…
1856 — Scientific genius Nikola Tesla born, Smiljan, Croatia.
1858 — Anthropologist Franz Boaz born, Minden, Germany.
1918 — Indian anti-guru U.G. Krishnamurti born, Masulipatam, India.
1936 — American poet June Jordan born, Harlem, New York.
1977 — Radical American feminist Alice Paul dies, Moorestown, New Jersey.

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

Today's Autonomedia Jubilee Saint — Ernst Bloch

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July 8– Ernst Bloch
Marxist philosopher of the utopian spirit of revolt.

JULY 8, 2009 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
*London, England: Vintners’ Procession. Porters in top hats sweep the path before the gold and black liveried beadle, the stavesman, Swan-Warden, Bargemaster, etc., all carrying nosegays. Has gone on for over 700 years.
* Rhineland, Germany: Lindenfest. New Wine Festival held under ancient linden tree.

ALSO ON JULY 8 IN HISTORY…
1822 — British romantic poet and rebel Percy Shelley dies.
1875 — Marxist utopianist Ernst Bloch born, Ludwigshafen, Rhineland-Palatinate.
1958 — U.S. / U.K. nuclear cooperation treaty signed.

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

August 13-15: Harvest Records Presents Transfigurations Festival in Asheville, NC

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If you have never scoped out the subtropical vistas of the Blue Ridge Mountains, August promises to be a sublime time to do so–and not only because its high altitudes provide natural relief against the summer heat. Asheville’s Harvest Records–part independent record shop, part record label, part curatorial team– will mark its fifth birthday with a three-day, multi-venue musical gathering, bringing in over a dozen artists from across the nation to celebrate the organization’s dual commitment to musical awareness and community-building in Western North Carolina. “Transfigurations,” co-owner Mark Capon explains, “brings together the spirits of the musicians that we have brought to this city, the artists who have displayed on our walls, the sounds people have found in our shop, and the togetherness that we have attempted to breathe into the community…hour by hour, day by day.” Featured acts include Akron/Family, Bonnie Prince Billy, The Books, Budos Band, Circulatory System, Mount Eerie, Espers, War on Drugs, Brightblack Morning Light, Kurt Vile, Ice Cream, Jonathan Kane, Coathangers, Villages, and Steve Gunn, along with a Saturday-afternoon panel discussion on musical documentation in the digital age by Eric Isaacson (Mississippi Records), Lance Ledbetter (Dust-to-Digital label), and Nathan Salsburg (Twos & Fews Records/Alan Lomax Archive).

Transfigurations 2009, August 13-15
The Grey Eagle, Diana Wortham Theatre, & Fine Arts Theatre
Asheville, NC
Festival Schedule