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Tuesday, May 19, 2009 Icelandic Insanity Just a brief photo update on the craziness from last week that EK and I attended, which, again, was from this show, Melanie Bonajo's "As Thrown Down From Heaven". I thought it was just going to be a photo exhibition, but, while there were indeed MB photos, it turned out to be some totally mental and insane performance art. This first photo, taken on my iPhone, shows the beginning of the show where Melanie, in tie-dyed onesie, gave the crowd a warm-up during some technical difficulties by singing a Whitney Houston-esque ballad. She then told us that the show was ready to begin, which meant she began bleating crazed, guttural scream-vocals over a tribal-hardcore techno beat until the collapsed on the floor in a heap.  At this point EK and I decided to leave but as we headed into the hallway we saw this train of people we realized were "performers" and it became immediately obvious that we needed to go back inside:  Little known fact: pans work just as well as underwear at protecting yr junk, and also keep out unwanted visitors. Ummmmmmmmm... Yes. Your eyes are not deceiving you: that is indeed a naked woman with household objects--including a chair, lamp, and broom--tied to her body and a bucket on her head. What. The. Fuck. ...? And you can't tell from the photo but there were three other equally crazily dressed people standing with these two; obviously, I was mesmerized. A moment after snapping this photo, these folk then walked into the gallery and upon exchanging, "We can't not go back in, right?" glances, EK and I followed them inside. Thankfully at this point, EK pulled out and handed to me her nice point-and-shoot so I could take some shots above the standard crap-level of the iphone camera. It was really crowded and the crazy people had left me momentarily stunned, so I'm not entirely sure how Melanie made it from the front room with the mic to this next room, but when we arrived inside the room, the scene looked something like this:  Yes. A full on altar on the ground like something out of Twin Peaks' Black Lodge. The five performers were kneeling on the ground around Melanie performing what appeared to be funeral rites, until after a moment the fifth (and, incidentally only semi-normally dressed) person got up and began floating around the room blowing sage incense on people. She was then followed by the other naked girl, this one clothed only in a red hat pulled down entirely over her face but cut out on top so that her long dark hair came out. The "hat" had long, blobular tassle-like pieces that on some tiny level covered parts of her upper body, but she was largely exposed to the elements and looking mega crazy. All of which you can see in this next photo:  Our naked friend then began looking even crazier as she commenced "dancing" across the room, locomoting in a semi-rhythmic too-nuts-for-modern-dance motion that consisted of graceful bodily improvisation alternating with primal body-grunt thrusts. This resulted in her frequently landing on the floor with a bang, including in the above photo, in which she fell upon a pile of dirt at my feet. Of the other three fairies, the furniture-bound naked one continued with the funeral rites, while the other female seemed to disappear (at least from my view) from sight. The last "performer", a large terrifying-looking man wearing an adult-sized pink Care Bears costume (complete with bear-eared hood) then stood up and walked over toward me. Picking up a shovel along the way, he began scooping up dirt from the pile at my feet and placing it on another part of the floor nearby. After 5 or 6 scoop dumps, he then began scooping up dirt and carrying it back to the altar where he dumped it on Melanie's stomach. Every single minute and movement of this was blowing our minds and EK and I continually looked back at one another mouthing "Seriously?!?! What the fuck!??!". Finally, after about 20 minutes of nonsense, all five fairies rejoined Melanie in the center circle (the disappeared one appearing from nowhere crawling on all paws) for the conclusion, which you can see here:  This may look like same photo as the one above but it isn't. I don't remember exactly what happened to end things but basically they started humming and then finally collapsed forward and the music stopped. I'm sure by then many people were just wondering when it would be over, but I couldn't keep my eyes off the Care Bear's foot, which was so close to the candles that I expected his costume to ignite at any minute (see photo above). And then a minute later it was over and all six performers immediately filed out of the room to who knows where. So, all in all: keeping real, keeping it crazy, keeping it Beaumont. Labels: art, CRAZY, fucktactics, INSANITY, photography, quicksnaps, REAL LIFE IMs, thoughts posted by Nihilist Loves Hate, Hates Everything at 5/19/2009 12:24:00 AM 0 comments Thursday, April 16, 2009 Ana vs Digita Nice article today on Gizmodo about Michael Fremer, audiophile extraordinaire. Amazing that these guys exist, really: Shouldn't a $350,000 stereo system be completely free of such impurities as pops and crackles?Ha! I love it. Fremer is a longtime reviewer for Stereophile magazine, but you can find his personal site here, which gets into not only component equipment but also music itself. Included among those reviews is this one on Deerhunter's Microcastle: More fun than that though is this great video of Fremer on MTV News back in '93 discussing the merits of analog vs. digital--aka vinyl vs. cd--in music production. Not only is the video an interesting timepiece, but for whatever it explains more clearly and succinctly than I've ever seen before what the difference in these two mediums are and why analog people still wah-wah over wax. Enjoy: Labels: curiosities, INSANITY posted by Nihilist Loves Hate, Hates Everything at 4/16/2009 10:44:00 AM 0 comments Friday, April 10, 2009 Lisztomania al Cine  Tonight I saw one of the most unexpectedly insane movies ever, Ken Russell's Lisztomania. Russell's follow-up to the cinematic version of The Who's Tommy, Lisztomania is a "far out" ode to the life and times of Hungarian composer Franz Liszt, starring Who frontman Roger Daltrey as Liszt. And I swear to any available god: not only does "far out" fail to even begin to hint at the state of mind of this film, but there are literally no words that could possibly do justice to the out-and-out insanity of Lisztomania. It is truly a film that must be seen to be believed.  I am certain you cannot guess what is actually happening in the film at this exact moment. Which is not really to say that Lisztomania is a "great film"--in fact, it's pretty indisputably not. For starters, Daltrey isn't much of an actor, and many of the other cast members--including Ringo Starr as the Pope (!!!)--are much, much worse. Also, the score, which melds and recontextualizes the musics of Liszt and Wagner with 70s prog (erm) was crafted and performed by Yes-mastermind Rick Wakeman (which I believe is says everything). And course, the entire film is fantastic to the point of absurd--Nazis, photographers, giant expanding penises, and so forth. In fact, just about every nuance of the film is preposterous--the subject, the context, the cast, the fact it's shot in the superwide anamorphic 2.35:1 format, the fact that it can only be watched in the US on out-print VHS (the version I watched was a bit-torrented rip of a European LASERDISC!!!). Everything about Lisztomania makes it pretty much impossible to walk away from a viewing saying to yourself, "Wow, that was one of the best films I've ever seen--I would recommend that to anyone!" And yet... WOW.  "My, what big appendages you have, Franzi!"  Richard Wagner as Hitler-Frankenstein Jew-killing Culture Leader. Seriously. Because, truly, Lisztomania is, honestly, an absolutely amazing picture. I have seen so many of films, feature-format or otherwise, and Lisztomania is easily one the most unique and bizarre cinematic spectacles i've ever taken in. The considerable pageantry of craziness and bombast is something to behold, and the fact that most all of the story ties at least loosely to actual historical truths gives the film a kind of confidence and authoratative panache that, again, is actually quite impressive. In fact, every one of the facets named above that work to label it preposterous are also what make it unique and precious, and immensely enjoyable.   It is late and I am too tired to go on about this film any longer, but just try and find it and watch it if you can. I wish that there was some easy way I could just make this film available to you right from Slang, but it's far too big for me to host anywhere (>4GBs). The best thing I can recommend doing is downloading the torrent file here. It actually went a lot faster than I expected, and again, it's worth the wait--you won't see anything else like it. Labels: curiosities, INSANITY, la cine posted by Nihilist Loves Hate, Hates Everything at 4/10/2009 01:36:00 AM 0 comments Thursday, March 26, 2009 A CONVERGENCE OF BAD VIBES  JeffreyBeaumont: DEAR GOD, oh ho!! http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4016566 JeffreyBeaumont: you should love that one JeffreyBeaumont: this is like a confluence of the three worst people in basketball (according to Bill Simmons): "Isiah Thomas is actively seeking work again, and he spoke several weeks ago with Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling in a meeting arranged by current coach/general manager Mike Dunleavy, ESPN.com learned Wednesday." hotdorknobs: good god hotdorknobs: what a shit show JeffreyBeaumont: just throw in pete babcock for consulting and you might have the most inept collection of front office non-talent ever JeffreyBeaumont: it just seems too fucking horribly appropriate JeffreyBeaumont: for the historically worst franchise in the NBA to hire (one of?) the worst GMs ever JeffreyBeaumont: "to add another executive to the Los Angeles front office to alleviate some of Dunleavy's responsibilities in his dual role as coach and general manager." hotdorknobs: SPREAD THE SUCK AROUND JeffreyBeaumont: All they gotta do is trade Baron Davis and Marcus Camby away for Jerome James and Jamal Crawford and sign Marbury to a max contract and they will have literally the worst team in the history of the NBA. JeffreyBeaumont: YES, EVEN WORSE THAN THE '07-'08 KNICKS. Labels: CRAZY, fucktactics, IMs, INSANITY, quickthoughts posted by Nihilist Loves Hate, Hates Everything at 3/26/2009 05:30:00 PM 0 comments Monday, March 16, 2009 Sometimes All You Can Say Is "Wow"  And to some people all you can say is, "No, SERIOUSLY?" Some completely fucking crazy dude actually made an SNES style RPG game on the Columbine events called "Super Columbine Massacre", looking as it does in the image above (for a few more screen shots, go here). I'm generally not one for "shock and uproar", as I think most people tend to overreact about controversial things and bring the issues too close to home, but this time SERIOUSLY DUDE WHAT THE FUCK? I am thankful for the world's great diversity of attitudes and mindsets, but sometimes I just wonder if they are only meant to serve as an ultimate teardown to ensure that, at least at some point, we will wipe ourselves off the entire planet. Labels: curiosities, fucktactics, INSANITY, junkjunk, quickthoughts posted by Nihilist Loves Hate, Hates Everything at 3/16/2009 01:39:00 AM 0 comments Tuesday, February 24, 2009 So LeBron Is Crazy, But This Is Just Insane... This fucking shot is OUT OF CONTROL. It's not just a 3pt buzzer beater, or just a half court shot, but a 3pt buzzer beater halfcourt shot that he fumbles, catches and then lobs, with only a tenth of a second before the buzzer expires. Basketball!!!!!!!!!!! oh yeah, and the obligatory, "fucking jason kidd!" Labels: basketball, INSANITY, VICTORY posted by Nihilist Loves Hate, Hates Everything at 2/24/2009 11:49:00 AM 0 comments Thursday, February 19, 2009 The Onset of the Age of Universal Deafness     Labels: CRAZY, deafness, fucktactics, god letters, INSANITY, junkjunk, thoughts posted by Nihilist Loves Hate, Hates Everything at 2/19/2009 08:35:00 PM 1 comments 1
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Friday, February 06, 2009 Pains of Being Awesome I must give a tremendous shout today to the Pains of Being Pure at Heart. Their album is dropping next week and the results are in: it's great and they are winning! Alex, I love you too much. Congratulations. Here's a bonus mp3 not on the actual album: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart -- "The Pains of Being Pure at Heart," b-side from Everything With You 7" And watch the "Everything With You" video if you somehow haven't seen it already: Labels: friends, INSANITY, loved sounds, mp3 posted by Nihilist Loves Hate, Hates Everything at 2/06/2009 10:49:00 AM 0 comments Friday, November 07, 2008 BURNING EXPLODING BREAKING LIVING  JeffreyBeaumont: i am trying to break myself open i think JeffreyBeaumont: sticking to The Heart Beats. mantra "never stop" jaychampvinyl: you are overheating jaychampvinyl: this always happens when you go into hyperdrive jaychampvinyl: you're burning the candle at both ends and in the middle and below jaychampvinyl: basically, you are tossing the candle on to the floor and torching it with a flame thrower jaychampvinyl: while laughing maniacally Labels: case studies, fucktactics, INSANITY posted by Nihilist Loves Hate, Hates Everything at 11/07/2008 02:42:00 PM 0 comments |
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