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So in the lead-up to the publication of A Woman Alone at Night, its author Tamara Faith Berger's been writing up a storm—check out her story Key West on Nerve and, on Nerve's new sister site Babble Tamara's got something quite lovely on being chastised by the Sleep Lady: Train Wreck.
Like the book itself, a mild excerpt of which you can read here, her writing is hot, fierce, smart so check them out...
A rather obscure headline for some of our readers, no doubt, but a very exciting one for a few, so it behooves us to spread the word:
COSTES USA Tour 2007
"Les Petits Oiseaux Chient" or “Little Birds Shit”
starring: Jean Louis Costes and Lisou Prout
with support act: Mr Natural (on most dates)
www.costes.org www.radoncollective.org
www.glkweb.com
The return of Jean-Louis Costes to the USA is
certainly one of the most highly anticipated noise
tours of the year. His 2003 presentation of “Holy
Virgin Cult”, both thrilled his long-time fans and
earned him a legion of new listeners. After surviving
malaria, the Paris riots and the authoring of his
first book, this historic cult figure tours the USA in
2007.
“Little Birds Shit” is the story of an ordinary
couple. They meet...they flirt…they fuck…They make a
baby. Gradually they find themselves falling into
the trappings of normal existence. Working to make
money becomes their new focus. As they grow weary
from the struggles of life, they find solace in
bizarre acts of S&M sex.
Yet cruel, earthly fates conspire to keep them down.
The couple must finally come to
The logical conclusion of this journey, finishing in
Hell.
FEBRUARY
Fri 9 : Johnson City, TN @ Heather's Hideaway
Sat l0 Asheville, NC @ Static Age w/ Mr Natural
Sun ll Hickory, NC @ Chez Marque w/ Mr Natural
Mon l2 Chapel Hill, NC @ Nightlife w/ Mr Natural, Klang Quartet, Jason Crumner
Wed l4 Jacksonville, FL @ Yesterday's Pre-Party International Noise Conference w/ Mr. Natural and 15+ artists from the INC line-up
Sat l7 Miami, FL @ Churchill's Hideaway International Noise Conferance
Mon l9 Tallahasse, FL @ Full Circle Gallery w/ Realicide, Rotten Milk, Mr Natural
Tue 20 Atlanta, GA @ Eyedrum
Wed 2l Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree w/ Mr Natural, U Can Unlearn Guitar
Fri 23 Houston, TX @ Superhappy Funland
Sat 24 Austin, TX @ Scott's Red Inn
Wed 28 Los Angeles @ The Smell w/ Captain Ahab, Mr Natura;
MARCH
Thu l San Francisco, CA or Oakland, CA tba
Sat 3 Portland, OR @ Someday Lounge w/ Mr Natural
Sun 4 Seattle, WA @ Rebar w/ Mortii, Mr Natural
Wed 7: Rapids City. SD @ tba
Thu 8: Sioux Falls, SD @ Dischordia w/ Question, Thrash Wave
Saturday 10: Minneapolis @ The Church
Sunday 11: Chicago @ 3219 s morgan st w/ Cock ESP, Panicsville, Mr Natural
Wed l4 Pittsburg, PA @ Smiling Moose w/ Plastered Bastards, Cock ESP
Thu l5 Rochester, NY @ The AV Room w/ Cock ESP
Fri l6 NYC @ House party! w/ Cock ESP, Rubbed Raw
Sat l7 Boston @ School of the Museum of Fine Arts w/ Cock ESP
Sun l8 Providence, Ri @ InZane Gallery w/ Two Dead Sluts One Good Fuck
wed 21 New Brunswick, NJ @ Plum Street
thu 22 Philladelphia, Pa @ Pageant Gallery w/ Rubbed Raw
fri 23 Washington DC @ Velvet Lounge
The wonderful Oh Pure and Radiant Heart has been shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award (the major British SF award.)
...a nice review of our fella George Tabb's second volume of his memoirs Surfing Armageddon: Fishnets, Fascists, and Body Fluids in Florida (George, if you click through, is further proof there are worse things than bankruptcy) here at a very interesting British webzine PEOM (aka Positive Energy of Madness)—you'll enjoy their interview with Dave Courtney, "Celebrity Gangster."
Sorry for the light posting, occasioned by the fact that there is presently too much news, much too much news, and digesting it, and reacting to it, and adjusting to it has to be my primary responsibility. If you don't know what I mean, see this and this on our distributor's bankruptcy filing.
But, to keep perspective, see this and this (Helen and Paul are friends of mine from college, ditto of Jenny D.'s). It's an instance of pure evil at work in the world.