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September 28, 2007
Get Illuminated Fra kjetter.com: 18.10.2007: Historiker Øystein Sørensen snakker om
Den største sammensvergelsen: Illuminatus, verdenshistoriens skumle herskere.
Norgesmesterskap i konspirasjonsteorier.
Vi feirer også utgivelsen av Ulvers nye plate Shadows of the Sun.
Dette blir en helt spesiell kveld for oss Kjellermennesker, fordi vi endelig har slått kloa i en foredragsholder vi har ønsket oss i årevis.
Øystein Sørensen er professor i historie ved Universitetet i Oslo, og kjent som en eminent forsker og formidler. Hans nye bok heter ”Den store sammensvergelsen - Historien om det hemmelige selskapet Illuminatus og dets mange ugjerninger.” Dermed var det klart at vi måtte feire denne utgivelsen med en skikkelig Illuminatus-aften.
I 1776 grunnla bayeren Adam Weishaupt Illuminatus-ordenen. Ordenen var en hemmelig losje som forsøkte å infiltrere og overta frimurerlosjer, for slik å kunne utbre sine opplysningsidealer. Illuminatene var ikke mange, men blant dem var storheter som dikteren Goethe.
Noen år etter ble ordenen forbudt av bayerske myndigheter, og Illuminatus-ordenen forsvant. Eller gjorde den det?
Allerede på denne tiden dukket det nemlig opp påstander om at Illuminatus var mye mektigere og skumlere enn noen skulle tro. Disse påstandene har fortsatt til våre dager, og har sine talsmenn også her i Norge. Disse påstår at illuminatene sto bak både den franske og russiske revolusjon, begge verdenskriger, globalisering og normoppløsning. Målet er et verdendiktatur under Illuminatus’ onde idealer.
I sitt foredrag skal Sørensen ta oss med på en reise gjennom de mest mørklagte sidene av verdenshistorien. Og siden våre gjester etterpå vil vite det meste som er å vite om skumle sammensvergelser, tenkte vi like godt å la dem teste kunnskapene i vårt annet NM i konspirasjonsteorier.
Her kan du lansere dine egne konspirasjonsteorier, få dem vurdert av vårt dommerpanel ledet av Sørensen selv, og vinne eksemplarer av boken hans. Hver deltager eller lag får to minutter på mikrofonen, og det er en åpen hemmelighet at humor er et godt våpen i kampen om tittelen som norgesmester i konspirasjonteorier.
I tillegg blir det selvfølgelig en masse musikk, og når vi først er inne på musikk, har vi også celebre gjester denne kvelden. Ulver er et band vi Kjellermenneskene har stor sans for, noe som blant annet har gitt seg utslag i at Ulvers egen Storeulv har gjestet Kjelleren som gjestesnurrer flere ganger.
Rundt denne Kjelleren kommer Ulver med sin nye plate ”Shadows of the Sun”, og det er noe vi må feire. Denne kvelden blir dermed også en slippefest for ”Shadows of the Sun”, som vil inngå i premiene for norgesmesterskapet. Ulvene vil også være med i dommerpanelet.
Velkommen til en Kjettersk Kjeller vi virkelig har gledet oss lenge til!
Stedet er kjelleren under Den Gode Café i Fredensborgveien 13 i Oslo, tiden er torsdag 18. oktober kl. 19:00. Det koster 50 kroner å komme inn og du må ha fylt 18 år.
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September 25, 2007
Iconoclast The MovieLarry Wessel's documentary about Boyd Rice has now finished shooting, and some of the 200 hours of interviews will also be distilled into a book, also titled "Iconoclast". The dvd is planned to be released in summer/fall 2008, with the book to follow.
From the Iconoclast website:
 Larry Wessel: "I am now editing approx. 200 hours of interviews with Boyd Rice, Daniel Miller, Ray Dennis Steckler, Allison Anders, Bob Larson, Jeffrey Vallance, Coop, Johanna Went, Adam Parfrey, Blanche Barton, Don Bolles, Z'EV, Douglas P, Vadge Moore, Beth Moore-Love,Moore, Jim Morton, Richard Wolstencroft, Steve Hitchcock a.k.a. Ferrara Brain Pan, Tom Griswold, Bob Ferbrache, Gidget Gein, Michael Uhlenkott (Monitor), Frederik Nilsen (B People), Brian Clark, Shaun Partridge, Giddle Partridge, James "Papa Partridge" Fairley, Snow, Lorin Partridge, Stanton LaVey, Ed Colver, Johnny Strike, Little Fyodor, Michael Sheppard, Rubber O Cement, Diane Bartley and Mike Bartley and many others mastered to DVD and released by Summer/Fall 2008. Oh, did I mention Rodney Bingenheimer and Kitten Natividad? How about the people that protest Boyd's shows? They are also in ICONOCLAST!!
ICONOCLAST, the documentary will be followed by ICONOCLAST, the book, a big fat book of these interviews I did with Boyd Rice and his friends and associates that I will be putting together which is even more interviews and material that I didn't have room to squeeze onto the DVD!!"
From mute.com: "The records made by Boyd Rice under his own name and that of NON, are probably the most extreme and certainly the most unique in the Mute catalogue. From the early experiments with modified instruments to his recordings of distressed and destroyed vinyl, the self styled "King of Noise" has constantly pushed at the envelope of possibility. His wilful deconstruction of the relationship between artist and consumer and between performer and audience has created an impressive catalogue of work that stands as true testimony to his singular vision."
Larry Wessel MySpace // boydrice.com // Rice at Mute.com // Mute Audio Documents 1978-84, box set incl. many early Non/Rice recordings
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September 21, 2007
It's Alive - again! On Oct. 2nd, Rhino releases the much anticipated "It's Alive!" concert by The Ramones on dvd, shot on film at the same gig that's on the "It's Alive!" album. As it turns out, this whole thing is a luxurious live anthology, tracing The Ramones' entire career, presenting 118 songs recorded from 1974-96, at 33 different occasions. Included are a little bit of Ramones' performance at the US Festival in '82, footage mentioned by Arturo Vega in February when he came to Norway to show slides and talk about his years with the band, having attended all but two of their concerts. That's 2261 concerts!
From Rhino's press release:
Blitzkrieg through over 4 hours of live Ramones on Rhino's new 2-DVD set that unleashes a marathon line-up of rare, historic and previously unreleased concert footage with featured selections in 5.1 Surround Sound. Spanning over two decades of shows and more than four years in the making, IT'S ALIVE 1974-1996 was produced with music supervision from Ramone's drummer Tommy Ramone. From the band's earliest club gigs in lower Manhattan to international festivals in front of hundreds of thousands of fans, this is your VIP ticket to the loudest show on earth.
The DVD compilation rockets through performances from around the world, opening Disc One with seminal early shows from legendary clubs CBGB and Max's Kansas City in the band's hometown, New York City. The disc closes with a 5.1 Surround Sound mix of the concert the collection was named for, IT'S ALIVE, filmed in the U.K. at London's Rainbow Theatre on December 31, 1977 - what more festive way to bop into the new year than with Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee, Tommy, Marky, Richie, and C-Jay Ramone?
 In between is '70s-era footage from an assortment of Ramones dates in Ann Arbor, MI, Austin TX, Chicago, IL, Cambridge, MA and other locales. Also featured is a 1977 performance for Don Kirshner's Rock Concert filmed in Los Angeles.
Disc Two kicks off with a 1978 full set from Musikladen - Bremen, Germany and spotlights other international dates in Argentina, Finland, Italy Spain and Sweden. Also featured are U.K. television performances including several tapings for the BBC2's acclaimed live music show The Old Grey Whistle Test as well as Top Of The Pops appearances from 1980 and 1995.
Disc Two's Stateside dates include shows in Los Angeles and San Francisco, as well as a 5.1 Surround Sound mix of their previously unreleased set at the US Festival in San Bernardino, CA in 1982. The set closes out IT'S ALIVE 1974-1996 with the Ramones' last-ever international performance, captured in Buenos Aires, Argentina as they bid Adiós with “I Wanna Be Sedated,” “R.A.M.O.N.E.S.” and “Blitzkrieg Bop.”
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002, the Ramones rank #26 on Rolling Stone Magazine's list “The Immortals: The Fifty Greatest Artists Of All Time” (right in between Fats Domino and Nirvana). The world's first punk rock band, they formed in NYC in 1974 and were already on their third LP when the Sex Pistols spit out their first. Outlasting all who followed, The Ramones relentlessly delivered their signature (and catchy) chainsaw-level sound for over twenty years via a string of now-classic punk LPs and a phenomenal 2,263 concerts.
The Ramones are no more - Joey, Johnny and Dee Dee all passed away within eight years of the group's '96 breakup - but their sound and influence and indestructible. Don't wanna grow up yet? - put it off for 262 minutes with IT'S ALIVE 1974 - 1996!
It's Alive dvd mini-site // It's Alive dvd at amazon // Ramones.com // Vega pics // Vega's Ramonesworld.com // Ramones at wiki // R.A.M.O.N.E.S. in Lego
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September 20, 2007
In Gowan Ring, TJ Juryen og Coph NiaI tillegg til at White Lord Jesus varmer opp for Nitzer Ebb på Betong fredag 21/9, spiller også pagan folk-artisten In Gowan Ring i Maridalen kapell. Dette er første konsert i Norge med denne artisten. [MySpace site for konserten // IGR at MySpace // B'eirth at wiki]
 På Sound of Mu 21/9 er den gjenoppståtte støyartisten JURYEN TJ, altså Tape Jockey. Mu skriver (hey, det var faktisk JEG som skrev mesteparten ...) : DJ/TJ Juryen: Bjørn Torskes inspirasjonskilde nr. 1! Før Lasse Marhaug var Nordlands støy-meister no. 1 den ufortjent glemte JURYEN. Han snurrer ufattelig obskure kassettutgivelser fra sin unike samling: Opplev den analoge gullalderen på 80- og tidlig 90-tall! Låter som aldri er spilt i det offentlige rom hverken før eller senere! Det blir dessuten synthpop, pønk, The Stooges og andre behagelige overraskelser for ører og dansegulv, og hvis ikke folk vil danse, lover Juryen å gjøre det selv.
Den 22/9 er det konsert med Coph Nia, Solblot, Ksatriya og Yantra i regi av Kjettersk Kjeller. Fra kjetter.com:
Kjelleren under Den Gode Café i Fredensborgveien 13, Oslo • Lørdag den 22. september • Tidspunktet blir kl. 21. • Billettpris kr. 100,-
Siden to av Kjettersk Kjellers styremedlemmer gifter seg med hverandre i slutten av september, har vi besluttet å markere dette med en blanding av felles utdrikningslag og mini-festival. Det blir musikk av platesnurrere fra Kjettersk Kjeller og Gotham Nights, og konferansierer fra Kjettersk Kjeller og vår bergenske søsterklubb Absalong.
På scenen stiller:
 Coph Nia; industrial/ambient fra Göteborg. Coph Nia har gjennom en rekke plateutgivelser på Cold Meat Industry befestet navnet som et av den industrielle undergrunnens mest spennende navn. De er også kjent for sine coverversjoner av band så forskjellige som Rolling Stones, Bauhaus og Front 242.
Solblot; dark folk fra Malmö. Solblot har enda ikke gitt ut noen plate, men det bunadskledde boy-bandet har allerede rukket å markere seg som noe av det mest spesielle man kan oppleve på en scene i Skandinavia.
Ksatriya; dark folk fra Oslo. Vår gode venn Henriks prosjekt Ksatriya henter navnet fra hinduismens krigerkaste, og blander kassegitar med indisk harmonium. Dette blir hans etterlengtede debutkonsert.
Yantra; ambient fra Oslo/Gdansk. Vår venn Jans prosjekt Yantra får æren av å ønske gjestene velkomne med sin verden av magiske klanger og meditative stemninger, vokal og elektronisk eksperimentering. Yantra har kun en spillejobb i Stavanger bak seg, så dette blir deres Oslo-debut.
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September 17, 2007
All Conspiracy. No Theory. #23. Kenn Thomas' renowned magazine STEAMSHOVEL PRESS has been on a long hiatus, but is now trying to crawl its way back into business. Only a couple of issues have been published after 9/11.
Contents of the new issue #23:
-- Charles Fort: Dogma be Damned, by Skylaire Alfvegren (Author of "Weird Nevada" with Tim "Torture King" Cridland.)
-- Southern California, Cult Mecca, by Adam Gorightly (incl. info on Krishna Venta's Fountain of the World)
-- Parapolitics in Popular culture: The Prisoner, by Kenn Thomas
-- Notes on Conspiracy Theories, by Jim Keith
-- Correspondence with Jim Keith
-- Freeplay Excerpted , by Len Bracken, author of "The Shadow Government: 9-11 and State Terror"
-- Short Shrift: Beatnix & Comix, by Kenn Thomas
-- Caries, Cabals & Correspondence
-- RAW RIP
-- The O’Reilly Factor in the JFK Assassination by Bill Kelly
-- Dark Matters, by James Romberger
This new issue is available as a pdf file for $7 and printout for $10. Contact Thomas at editor@steamshovelpress.com.
From wikipedia:
Kenn Thomas is a conspiracy theorist, writer, university library archivist, and editor & publisher of Steamshovel Press, a parapolitical conspiracy magazine. He has written books on the Inslaw affair, co-authoring The Octopus with the late Jim Keith, and on Fred Crisman and the Maury Island Incident.
Thomas has authored over a dozen books on various conspiracy topics, including NASA, Nazis & JFK; Maury Island UFO, about possible John F. Kennedy assassination-connected personality Fred Crisman; and The Octopus: Secret Government and the Death of Danny Casolaro, about the Inslaw affair. (Kenn Thomas on Casolaro at disinfo.com) In 2004, Feral House published a new edition of The Octopus, extending its connections to the post 9/11 world and al Qaeda. Thomas calls his research interest “parapolitics,” the study of conspiracies of all colors -- from alien abductions and the Illuminati, to the John F. Kennedy assassination and the September 11, 2001 attacks (parapolitics). The New Yorker called his work “on the cutting edge” of conspiracy.
JR: Thomas also has a new dvd and two collections of articles for sale on his site. Check it out. // Other books by Kenn Thomas: Parapolitics (2006) // Popular Alienation (1995) // Popular Paranoia (2002) // Cyberculture Counterconspiracy (2000)
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September 14, 2007
Zamora - The Torture King - On & Off The Midway Astonishingly, James Taylor's unique series of books about freak- and sideshow culture, both historic and current, has reached its NINTH volume, soon to be published this fall. And yes, the sideshow is still a part of American culture, although increasingly marginalized and moved away from fairgrounds into the nightclub and rock'n'roll venues.
In this volume: On & Off The Midway!
-- Interview with Tim "Zamora the Torture King" Cridland (Cridland, formerly of Jim Rose Circus Sideshow, is one of the most deadly serious people working in this field. He's trying for seemingly impossible body-skewering techniques mastered by Middle Eastern shamans through the ages. One of Cridland's role models in this regard is the Dutch fakir Mirin Dajo a.k.a. Arnold Gerrit Henske, who could take multiple skewerings right thru the body without visible pain or injury. He can be seen in the mondo movie ECCO.)
-- Interview with Manuel King (once billed as the World's Youngest Animal Trainer when he was 10yrs. old back in the '30s)
-- Interview with Karen Forsythe
-- Excerpt from RATTLING YOURS - THE STORY OF SNAKE KING (the man who supplied pretty much all the carnival shows with the bulk of their exotic animals, especially reptiles, in the first half of the 20th century)
-- Excerpt from John Strausbaugh's BLACK LIKE YOU on the historical origins of minstrelsy medicine shows!
-- Next installment of "The Strand," on variety entertainment at the turn of the century
-- Next installment of Walt Hudson's "Coney Island Baby" (art by freak artist Jim Mundie)
-- Large photo essay tracing the history of Ken Harck's Bros. Grim Sideshow
-- Piece on Joseph Pujol (yeah, Le Petomane) and our discovery that, in spite of the urban myth to the contrary, he really existed (as opposed to: he was a hoax) and farted for a living (art by artist Jim Mundie again)
-- "Lingo" has art by Kevin Gerrone this go 'round
-- Cover art by Mark Frierson ... AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!
Can be pre-ordered from Atomic Books, prob'ly the best bookstore in the world, with very nice and helpful staff. If you think collecting these nine volumes is a bit much, try Taylor's Shocked & Amazed Book of the best articles from the early issues. As Atomic puts it: James Taylor is the world's foremost authority on the lore and history of the sideshow, perhaps the greatest expert on the subject ever to have lived, if we may be so bold. He has appeared everywhere from the front page of the WALL STREET JOURNAL to PUBLIC EYE WITH BRYANT GUMBAL.
James Taylor's Palace of Wonders in Washington DC // Zamora // Zamora book
Post-Labour-Day-Season at Coney Island: This weekend only - September 14-16 - See the Black Scorpion! A Gen-U-Ine lobster man from the great state of Texas. Live on our stage. You won't see him anywhere else, folks! // Bindlestiff Family Circus // 999 Eyes // Ward Hall's Sideshow World // 6th Annual Sideshow Gathering Nov. 2nd thru 4th, at MySpace // Marc Hartzman's "American Sideshow" A-Z Encyclopedia.
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September 13, 2007
That guy from Scanners The latest issue of Steven Puchalski's Shock Cinema (#33) has an interview with the iconic film villain Michael Ironside, a canadian method actor perhaps most fondly remembered by cult film fans as the evil Darryl Revok in Cronenberg's "Scanners". Other interviewees are actress Belinda Balaski (Piranha, The Howling), director/producer Arthur Marks (Detroit 9000, Bucktown) and actor Austin Pendleton (Skidoo, Catch 22).
There are also dozens and dozens of informative film, video and DVD reviews, covering such titles as Leonard Nimoy in Jean Genet's Deathwatch, directed by Vic Morrow; Juraj Jakubisko's An Ambiguous Report About the End of the World; the caveman comedy double-bill RRRrrrr!!! and Grunt!; John Cassavetes and Peter Falk in Machine Gun McCain; Neville Brand, Vince Edwards and Carol Lynley in Death Stalk; the surreal Mexican fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood And The Monsters; Cem Yilmaz in the Turkish sci-fi/comedy G.O.R.A.; Judd Hirsch in The Night That Dracula Saved The World; Eric Thornett's Fifth City, with Cash Flagg Jr.; Shusuke Kaneko's manga-adaptation Death Note and Death Note 2: The Last Name; Orson Welles in Harry Kumel's Malpertuis; Joe Don Baker and Sonda Locke in Curse of Demon Mountain; Timothy O'Rawe's no-budget zombie-comedy Ghoul School; Michael Herbig's gay sci-fi/comedy (T)raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1; the Vietnamese fantasy The Little Crab Carries Sand On The Beach; Dunderklumpen!; Jean-Louis Trintignant in Enki Bilal's Bunker Palace Hotel; Georg Koszulinski 's Silent Voyeur; Al Adamson's Five Bloody Graves and Nurse Sherri - and MANY more!
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September 11, 2007
Anger Me A new canadian documentary on cult filmmaker Kenneth Anger is out on dvd, titled "Anger Me". His earliest films came out on dvd this year, struck from newly restored and digitally remastered prints. A second volume is supposed to be out Oct. 2nd. This vol. includes the films Scorpio Rising (1964), Kustom Kar Kommandos (1965), Invocation of My Demon Brother (1969), Rabbit's Moon (1979 version) and Lucifer Rising (1981). A few shorts and fragments have been worked on after '81 but haven't been widely shown.
The documentary and new 35mm prints of some films are shown at Henie-Onstad, Oslo, Sept. 15th.
From FilmJournal's review of "Anger Me": "... Anger Me, Elio Gelmini‘s fascinating, skillfully crafted documentary, which stars Anger himself. Anger is perhaps most known today for his book Hollywood Babylon, that compilation of scandalous Tinseltown tales, but, from 1947 to 1980, he also made underground films, introducing his singular brand of surrealism, homoeroticism and guerrilla technique, which influenced the likes of Jack Smith, Andy Warhol and David Lynch."
Reviews of "Anger Me": Variety // FilmJournal // Rotten Tomatoes // Village Voice // Anger at imbd // "Anger Me" on dvd
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September 05, 2007
Norsk Pønk var ikke død ... ... men lukter nok ennå rart. 27. september er det slipp for Trygve Mathiesen (ex-Lik & Ym-Stammen) sin etterlengtede bok om norsk pønks barneår fra 1977-80, "NORSK PUNK - Tre grep og sannheten". En del av boka følger Rock Mot Rasisme-turneen i 1979 m/bl.a. den Trotskistiske gruppa Crisis (UK) og punkband og miljøer som oppstod i kjølvannet av den turneen. (Crisis' konsert på Hulen i Bergen er utgitt på samle-CD'n "Nous Sommes Tous Des Juifs Et Des Allemands".) Boka inneholder også omfattende lister over pønkkonserter i perioden, og hundrevis av bilder.
Fra forlaget: "Sommeren 1977 spilte Sex Pistols på Pingvin Club i Oslo og Samfunnet i Trondheim. Etter det ble aldri ting det samme. For en helt ny ung generasjon ble ikke bare fanget av energien og råskapen i punken, de fikk også med seg budskapet den etablerte generasjonen ikke fikk med seg: Nå kunne ALLE spille i band! Tre grep og sannheten er historien om punkens inntog til Norge, om opprøret, bandene, personlighetene og om hvilken samfunnsinnflytelse bevegelsen har hatt i ettertid."
 Slippefest på Parkteatret 27/9, Øresus fra Porsgrunn spiller, Hærverk gjør en one-off reunion, og det blir film, lysbilder, DJ's og annet. I tillegg slippes også "Anarki & Kaos Vol. 2" (m/bl.a. TAV!, Kjøtt, 1984, Babij Jar, Feber, Anfall, Z-Off, Svartedauen og DePress) og en CD med liveopptak av The Aller Værste! fra Hulen 7. oktober 1980.
Fans av norsk pønk som ikke kjøpte alt av singler fra '78-'85 OG samlet på demoteiper har kanskje utbytte av denne uoffisielle CD-R platen: HURRA FOR NORGE.
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