a couple of recommended documentaries

I enjoy watching documentaries for education purposes, knowledge and sheer curiosity. There`s always something to learn in life. The day you stop learning is the day where apathy sets in, you`re jaded, and you`re intellectually dead. Regarding documentaries, I buy them, trade them and download them. You can find lots of interesting and challenging stuff here:

www.youtube.com

www.ubu.com

www.archives.org

I download documentaries because I watch most of them before my shift on my small 16 Go Ainol portable player (with a nice 5 inch screen). Here`s some of my recent discoveries. Let`s see, we have:

The Book that Can't Be Read                                                                                                                          
The subject of the matter is the Voynich manuscript. It is described as "the world's most mysterious manuscript", it  dates to the early 15th century (1404–1438). It is named after the book dealer Wilfrid Voynich who bought it in 1912. It is written in a mysterious, unknown language (possibly some form of encrypted  ciphertext). All efforts to translate it were vain. There`s some plants illustrations but most of the plants do not match known species. What`s it purpose? Is there a purpose? Is it an alchemical document? An esoteric, occult document? Could it be a hoax? You be the judge. I also discovered that `the book that can`t be read ` is part of `Naked Science` which is a series of documentaries from National Geographic (9 seasons with approximately 141 episodes). I `ll see if can find some more on www.youtube.com . I`m hooked.
My overall quote: 8/10
The beer factor: to quote the intellectual savior Damien Sandow, SILENCE ! I`ve watched it sober, before my shift.
You can also read and/or download the Voynich manuscript here: 
http://archive.org/details/TheVoynichManuscript
You can also watch it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgALlSPlZC8




The devil`s bible
The Codex Gigas (and no it`s not what you`re thinking big E) is the world's largest and most mysterious medieval manuscript. It`s a huge book too it weighs 165 pounds (it`s allegedly made from the skin of 160 donkeys, so they say). There`s an incredible image of the devil, the book is filled demonic spells and satanic imagery. Legend says the text was written in a single night by a doomed monk`s pact with the Devil himself. National Geographics follows a team of scientists who are trying to unravel all the Codex Gigas hidden secrets. This is extremely interesting. I will try to find an english version of the Codex Gigas online. I have a fascination for ancient occult, esoteric literature.
My overall quote: 8/10
The beer factor: irrelevant, I`ve seen this one before my shift, you`re welcome.                                                                       You can watch it here:                        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oqABkyNQL0




The revelation of the pyramids
I won`t give you a description this time around, yes it`s that mind challenging i.e good. No oerall quotes, no beer factor included, just watch it this I command!!! More information here:  

 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2124189/?ref_=sr_1                                                                                                                                                               You can watch it just here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgZRKxd5dEY

postcards galore

Here's some scans of some postcards that where lying around my place. Some are rare, some are cool (in a kitsch way you might say) and one' s a favorite of mine featuring one of my best horror movie villains, yes, the amazing, the mighty, the scary, Pinhead himself. Enjoy!

 old school baby

 old school sexiness, with class & attitude

 if I can be serious for a minute 'Leslie Nielsen'

 our long lost brother

 remember this one ?

Now that' s what I'm talking about, testify this baybee !!!

Gaulo Foshit + Jamegumb + Hell Garbage + Raketor – 4-way split (CD-R)

A really limited edition (30 copies) 4-way split consisting of four Florida based experimental \ noise artists. Let`s start things of with:

1- Gaulo Foshit delivers one track which is a mix of cutup noisy bursts + vocals (sounds more like an incantation) + animal samples (chickens, donkeys). This is an incredible ambient noise piece with meditative undertones. Definitely standout material indeed.

2- Jamegumb does four harsh, abrasive and highly pitched (screams included baby) noise pieces. It`s vocals with microphone sodomy.

3- Hell Garbage does a track where a guy is banging something while singing songs he invented. After every song he keeps saying `that was a good one`. Retardo noise it makes `Hearseberry Taco` sound like Stephen Hawkin. Now I need a cold beer and it will definitely be a good one indeed. All sarcasm aside, I like this `81 tilted songs`, damn straight.

4- We end this album with a track courtesy of Raketor. This is rumbling lo-fi distortions, a sonic thunderstorm, with some type of rhythmic pattern included. Chill-out noise dudes. More info here:

 http://sluggisha.blogspot.com

Hell Garbage – aso (recycled Bill Monroe tape)

Hell Garbage is a noise project from Lakeland, Florida. Formed in August of 2011. The line-up is Dylan Houser (aka Dylan Hell or Dyllo Von Hellshit VI or Dolan Hoser) and his girlfriend, Kat (of Norse Shit Band/Nordic Snow/ShaMaMo fame).  This recording is an extremely rare edition of 13 copies (and I`m one of the lucky dudes to own this).  I like the idea of recycling, re-using and re-appropriating stuff, especially when it comes to commercial music (hell, they might sound better after all). You can recycle tapes. Unfortunately you can`t do that with CD`s they`re one shot only (except for cd-r`s of course). This is a mildly short tape (33.46 minutes) consisting of two sidelong tracks. The music is a mixture of screams + lotsa good feedback and distortion. In your face hardcore noise with movements and tonality (no static repetitive, redundant shit noise).  It feels like you`re being gangbanged and pummeled by a big ass wall of noise.Traumatizing and intense to say the least. 

I got used, I got used, I got used, yeah baby!!!

His blog:

http://sluggisha.blogspot.com

and email:

ladyanthropophagus@gmail.com

Lovebrrd - 911 tribute (cassette)

Lovebrrd hails from Sarasota, Florida. It is the solo mummy rock / harsh noise / casio dirge project of Patrick McBratney. This short tape (under 10 minutes) consists of two sidelong noisy tracks. Explaining what noise is all about is never an easy task (it`s noise so it`s  not music, DOH). It would be easier to give a brief description of both tracks. Here goes:   

1- side A: starts off with low-fi grinding \ grating static (there`s some type of banging going on in the background) which slowly becomes a huge wall of noise. It`s meditative, dare I say relaxing  for the first minute or so. Then it`s so damn hardcore, gimme some more, my ears are bleeding and I like it!

2- side B;  some more banging in there mixed with grating \ rumbling distortion. The heaviest, noisiest track indeed. There`s no traces of 911 samples anywhere. I think this a good tribute to the human tragedy that was 911. Which proves that when it comes down to self-destruction man (woman included of course) is the most dominant specie on this planet. Highly recommended.

Lava Church Records:

 http://www.lavachurch.com/

his soundcloud page:

http://soundcloud.com/patrickmcbratney

and also shit faced :

http://www.facebook.com/Lovebrrd

Hiroshima Yeah! # 96 – feb2013 (zine)

This is a monthly (yes, you heard me right, it comes out every month, damn straight) cut & paste, black & white, 8.5 by 11 inches, 4 to 6 pages long zine. There`s lots of reading material in there: some amazing poems, music + book reviews, a short story (savage world)  and `1.5 years behind bars – selected dispatches from an unwilling contestant of the British `Justice` system`, written by  Gary Simmons, the partner `in crime` of Mark Ritchie, publisher of this fine little publication. Hiroshima Yeah! Is the only zine which makes me  thirsty for any type of alcoholic beverages. Mark`s writing is truly unique. He`s an original urban beast no doubt. It reads like Bukowski with an urban \ punk attitude. I love this. He`s  putting out a CD compilation with HY! #100 (coming out in a couple of months). And guess what? Yes, Minimal Frank will be on that said comp. The Canadian invasion is just starting baby !

Contact: 

Mark Ritchie, 

94 Main Street, 

Forth, 

Lanark, 

ML11 8AB, 

UK.                                                               

Aliens Come From Hell (youtube.com)

About three to five times a week, I go on www.youtube.com and check out movies, videos , short movies and documentaries. I usually download a lot of stuff  for later viewing purposes . Aside from the title (aliens come from hell), the description caught my attention (Real NASA footage of fallen angels in space & a look into ancient structures on the moon). This is a pseudo documentary which was probably produced by right wing Christians (shield of the son productions). It states that aliens  are extra-dimensional beings (that dimension being… hell), they`re fallen angels, by abduction they try to convince folks that they shouldn`t believe in Jesus & the bible, there`s a nazi base on the moon (Iron Sky anyone), there`s ancient high tech & structures on the moon and that humans are transforming themselves as cyborgs, yeah right. If you have 1h40 minutes to lose, watch this. Even a cheap six pack of beers is better than this religious piece of visual garbage. The quality of the ancient structures on the moon image is so damn blurry, it looks like one of those homemade, badly produced movies. The only part I partially agree is that aliens (if they  exist, since there`s no solid evidence yet) are extra-dimensional beings (but not from hell). It would explain why those ufo pictures are blurry, probably because they appear \ disappear on our planet. Next time around I gotta check if  there`s a muslim  version of this pseudo documentary . I can imagine the title `aliens are beer drinking & pig eating  homosexual infidels`, damn straight. Don`t recommend it but if you`re so damn curious:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnEgv9gl06A 

Quotation system;

credibility: 2

makes sense: 3

quality of alien images: 1 (fucking blurry dude)

overal:3.5

The beer factor: irrelevant. I've watched this before my shift every day, last week. No alcohol consumption which is a shame maybe this would have been bea-rable. 

Wrong Number Zine #5 (comes with 60 minutes mixtape)

This is a 8.5 by 11 inches full color 8 pages zine

After reading this I truly believe that Ms Belka Belochka is a fan of recycling. Theres some found pictures, found notes, some street stickers, thrift store book reviews, zine reviews, a poem, a tale of cassette love \ dubbing. I like the nice, kinda naïve but sincere, deeply honest writing style. After reading this I felt like going to the Salvation Army or any thrift store to scope up stuff. The mixtape is a collection of her favorite songs culled from various thrift stores cassettes. Upon reading this I couldn`t help myself. I though oh no not a collection of crappy one hit wonders \ bad pop songs. Boy was I wrong this tape is like an international world music extravaganza. Let`s see. There`s Japanese pop (Chiemi Hori, Seiko Matsuda, Akina Nakamori and Iyo Matsumoto), traditional Greek music (M.Hadjidakis), disco from the Philippines (Boyfriends), fiddle music (Hawks And Eagles), a funny and moronic cartoon song (Ren & Stimpy), experimental music from Ukraine (PlasticFantastic And Electric Psychedelic Pussycat), Hawaiian ukulele (Ohta-San), Hawaiian music (Makaha Sons Of Ni`Hau, Ledward Kaapana), an old school English punk band (X-Ray Spex), and some German zither music (Joseph `Sepp` Diepolder). I can`t wait to read more issues of this amazing zine and I hope she does another amazing mixtape. Write her godammit!

Ms. Belka Belochka

1021 Lowella Ave

Pearl City, 
Hi

96782, 
USA

email: bisforbelka@etsy.com

The sinking process

Dealing with shit. Life is full of ups and downs. We have good moments and shitty moments. It's all about the attitude. I wrote this beautifully dark and haunting poem a long time ago (more than ten years in fact). It seemed relevant during those dark days. Unfortunately the darkness has come back to haunt me again. I use poetry, writings, drawings, music, noise has a catharsis to open that internal sickness of the heart and soul and to break the pattern. Enjoy the poem. I think this is the best thing I wrote so far. Almost everyone had to deal and survive various bad moments.   

The sinking process

It`s snowing outside

The cold wind sets in

The snow keeps falling and falling

Dancing an invisible ballet

Drifting away

Drifting apart slowly

Slowly and silently

The wind becomes louder

It`s almost screaming now

Pushing me

Pulling me

For I feel like a piece of paper

In it`s hands

An instrument

An object

I am a strong man

And I feel powerless in this situation

A mere thorn

On the side of nature

The snow`s falling faster now

I see these big snowflakes

Dropping in front of me

Thick white bullets

An encompassing blanket of whiteness

A blinding whiteness

Blinding everything

Everyone in it`s path

WHITE SHADOWS FOR DARK DAYS

There`s also that damned humidity

The kind that makes me feel naked

It passes through my clothes

As if I`m wearing nothing

Nothing at all

It makes my body shiver

My bones are cold, they feel frozen

It gives you a kind of

Feeling of emptiness, loneliness

A loneliness in front of the void

In front of a bottomless pit

Ready to jump

Too scared to actually do it

It`s too dark down there

Anyways

Why jump

When you could slowly sink into oblivion

The sinking

Is a slow daily process

Painful

A place where events,

Memories are buried deep within

Where they lay there

Forgotten

Trying hard to forget them

Forgetting the past

The present

Where was yesterday ?

Are we today ?

When was tomorrow ?

Feeling empty

Left in nothingness

Sinking even more into darkness

Blind

Blinded by darkness

Surrounded by darkness

Sensing it`s powers

Being submerged in it

Adoring it

Loving it

Getting hornier just thinking about it

Oh sweet oblivion

I love you so

You`re my mistress

My lover

But

You`re mostly my tool of amnesia

You help me forget

The bad moments in life

You help me forget the pain

The loneliness

And it`s snowing again

The snow covers everything

The cars

The streets

The buildings

Thick white sheets of nothingness

Emptiness

Emptiness of the heart

Emptiness of the soul

Desperation

Despair

The snow and the wind blend together

Everything looks grey
Urban decay

Mother nature`s got the blues

I know the feeling

When you`ve been hurt so much

That you don`t have any tears left

Nothing left to cry for

Nothing

Nothing except the pain

The pains of the heart

Sickness of the soul

Which is pretty hard

To explain in the first place

It`s like dying from the inside

The outside looks just fine

So people think you`re alright

Because you don`t look sick

And appearances are saved

But inside…

Inside it`s a turmoil

A never-ending struggle

The never-ending struggle

A fight between loathe

And self-destruction

Where happiness is rarely seen

Always drifting away

A big empty nothing

You`re insecure

Shy

Lacking in self-esteem

Always feeling left out

By others

By yourself

Always alone

The more you`re alone

The more you`re drifting

Can`t get laid

Can`t find a girlfriend

Nobody seems interested

Can`t help it

It`s a loop, a circle

A damn vicious circle

The sinking process

The sinking process

The sinking process

The sinking process

Sinking ?

Endlessly…

Tales from Tom the drunk hustler part 7

Da brawl

During those troubled times

Mid nineties I think

I`m not sure because I`m getting old

And my memory

My eyesight

My sex drive

My hair

They all seem to disappear slowly

Dying isn`t that bad, getting older

Now that`s something in itself

What were we discussing ?

At `Chez Margot`  we have some newcomers

Hot blooded latinos

A little loud maybe, but cool folks nonetheless

Most of them where really bad pool players 

Easy trimmings I say

More pitchers of beer for us three

I remember this guy

Small, chunky with short black hair

I think he was in his mid fifties or something

A Peruvian named Nunez

He was the worst player I met

Easy to beat when sober

It gets worst when he`s drunk

It`s not even like taking candy from a baby

More like taking money from a quadriplegic child

It`s bad and sad at the same time

Because he`s losing and the more it happens

He becomes aggressive like hell

A Peruvian Tasmanian devil if you will

I hate to win against folks like him

Believe you me

I`m a hustler with a conscience

Not

But I have a reputation which speaks for itself

And I like my reputation, dammit

It was one of those nights

I beat big Tony

One of the calmest persons

I`ve met

He speaks real s-l-o-w

D-a-m-n  I j-u-s-t  l-o-s-t  a-n-o-t-h-e-r   p-i-t-c-h-e-r

Thanks for the game big guy

I-t-`s  c-o-o-l

Hey Nunez you`re next my man

Not this loser again me think

Pplay you for a pitcher

Say what ?

Wanna pitcher

You want to pay me a pitcher

Nno play for a pitcher

He says

Or so it seems

You want to play for a pitcher

Is that it Nunez

Ffuck yeah

I don`t think it`s a good idea bro

I beat you when you`re sober

Now you`re drunk as a skunk

I mean

It`s not worth it

WADDYA MEAN IT`S NOT WORTH IT !

AM I NOT WORTHY ENOUGH FOR YOU ASSHOLE ?

I shouldn`t have said that I think

Now he`s pissed off

That`s not what I mean my friend

You sure you are able to play ?

Ffuck yeah

You sure ?

Look at you, you`re gone dude

I DON’T CARE ILL BEAT YER SORRY ASS

Then let`s go`

My break Nunez

If I could be totally honest

This will be the last time

After this game  

You will never

And I mean never

Want to play pool

With me again

Bang!!!

Three low balls on the break

The two cross side

Four top corner pocket

Six bottom right corner

Five top right corner

The eight ball`s left

It`s near the side pocket

The white ball is just in front

I bend down

Look Nunez straight in the eyes

Told you this was your last game

Eight side pocket

I sink the eight

Without looking at the white ball

MOTHERFUCKER!!!!

He breaks his stick on the pool table

Pierre arrives fast

Ready to throw him out

It`s alright Pierre

It was an  accident

It was ?

Wwaz an accident Nunez stutters

Okay then

Nunez Pitcher if you please

Thank you

Greg

Yo Greg you`re up

Bet a beer pitcher Tom ?

Sure thing

That`s what I came here for

I light up a smoke

Look around

Something`s happening

Near the jukebox

I see Gerry screaming

At one of the new guys

He`s  Mexican I think

I despise Gerry

He represents

Everything I hate about the

Whole goddam human race

He`s arrogant and ignorant

At the same time

Just like

Salt and pepper

Bread and butter

The perfect mix indeed

One of them loud mouth assholes

Which sounds something like this…

You know if I was GM

I would trade  

Ed Ronan, Lyle Odelein, Turner Stevenson

To the Pitsburg Penguins

In exchange we would get

Jaromir Jagr and maybe a second round draft pick

Yeah right

In your wet dreams dickhead

He knows everything

He has all the answers

And yet

Such a genuine Einstein

Who is so smart and intelligent

Is on fucking welfare

He talks the talk

But doesn`t

Walk the walk

I hate idiots like him

Unfortunately

The world is full of them

Just look around

They usually become in charge of something

And I`m thinking

Wouldn`t it be great

If somebody would kick his ass

If his mouth was full of stitches

He would finally shut the fuck up

Nobody would hear his constant nagging

Hey Tom stop daydreaming and play

Sorry Greg

I got distracted

You`re hearing Gerry`s loud mouth again

Tell me something I don`t know

You think they`re gonna fight

Naw Gerry`s a wuss

All talk and no action

Anyways

Gotta go take a leak

I`m near the washroom

What the hell is this ?

They`re blocking the entrance

Still screaming at each other

I go near them

Sorry guys I gotta piss

It`s an emergency

I push them lightly

I`m almost inside

Next thing I know

Something or someone

Hits me on the back of me head

I fall on my knees

Then

Beer is poured on me

I lose my glasses

I`m blind as a bat

I get up

Still confused

It`s all a blur

There`s some sorth of commotion happening

I still have to piss goddammit!

I enter the washroom

Empty my bladder, wash my hands

Grab the handle and open the door

Damn my glasses are under the pool table

Got to get them

I pick them up and put them on

What the fuck is this ?

Everybody`s fighting

Whites, blacks, latinos, everyone

Pierre`s kicking this small guy

He looks at me and screams

Tom Julian needs help

I look around

I can`t see her

I see this huge latino guy near the bar

He`s holding Julian and feeling her nipples

Motherfucker I`m thinking

Good for me I like them big

Lotsa room to hit them

As long as they don`t connect first

You`re okay

I go behind him

`mamma ma la verga cabrone`

Huhh,

I punch him in the face

He laughs and throws Julian on the floor

He turns around

I give him a left hook

He starts to laugh

Is that your best shot cabrone he asks

No this is

I kick him in the balls

It never fails

He lands on a table

They both fall loudly on the floor

I kick his head a couple of time

Just to make sure

He`ll stay down

King Kong`s dead I`m thinking

Then

A fist hits me on my right shoulder

Wrong side bitch

I`m left handed

I grab an unidentified bottle

Bash it on the head of my unknown aggressor

I hit him twice for good measure

Feels good

Amidst all this violence and chaos

I do feel alive for once

Must be the adrenaline rush

Or something

I hear sirens in the distance

Closing in fast

Come on guys we have to get out

The cops are coming

I can`t afford to get arrested

We use the back door to exit

Best idea I`ve ever had

We arrive at the corner of Jean-Talon street

There`s about ten police cars

Parking in front of our favorite dive

We split up

Going separate ways

What a night

Free pitchers of  beers and a bar room brawl

To end it

Too bad I didn`t get laid

There will be another night

With girls, hustling and beers

In no particular order

That was the last time

I went at `Chez Margot`

After Nunez`s antics and the brawl

It just didn`t feel right

Going back there

Time to move on to new territory

Next stop `Pizza Plaza`

End of part one.