The latest issue of Silver Star, the online journal of magick, mystery, mysticism, is now up and contains two works by me and many works by friends and colleagues. My pieces are called "Dianetic Clones of the Collective Unconscious" and "I am a Cat". Check it out here: http://www.horusmaat.com/silverstar/SILVERSTAR7.htm
Also the improvisational electronic outfit I play with, Neato Torpedo will be appearing alongside other local heroes the freakout free-jazz and noise collective, Gordy Horn, and experimental rock group 24 Hour Flu all accompanied by video projections at the Gypsy Hut in Northside (Cincinnati) on Springrove Ave., Wed. April 4th. Hope to see some familiar faces...
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Friday, March 23, 2007
On The Way to the Peak of Normal
Set List from the March 22nd Broadcast. My lovely girlfriend Audriel joined me on the airwaves last evening. Here is what we played (from memory... I don't recall at this time what the fourth song was...) :
1. DJ Muggs and Tricky - Wash My Soul
2. Cocteau Twins - Pepper Tree
3. Death In June - 13 Years of Carrion
4. Bonnie "Prince" Bill - Strange Form of Life
5. Antony - If it Be Your Will (Leonard Cohen cover)
6. Tiny Tim and Brave Combo - I Want To Stay Here
7. Slim Whitman - Twelfth of Never
8. from the musical HAIR - Sodomy
9. Bob Braun - Close To You
10. Frank Zappa - Sy Borg
11. Chris and Cosey - Infect Us
12. Cirque De Soleil - Marelle
13. Raison D'etre - Euphrosyne
14. Arvo Part - Salve Regina
15. Spires That In the Sunset Rise - Rattlesnake
16. Current 93 - Immortal Bird
17. Squirrel Nut Zippers -
18. Nina Simone - Four Women
19. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Into My Arms
20. Low - Will the Night
21. Shirley Collins - Adieu to Old England
22. Sorrow - Angel
23. Mum - the Ballad of the Broken Birdie Records
24. Dead Can Dance - In the Kingdom of the Blind the One Eyed Are Kings
1. DJ Muggs and Tricky - Wash My Soul
2. Cocteau Twins - Pepper Tree
3. Death In June - 13 Years of Carrion
4. Bonnie "Prince" Bill - Strange Form of Life
5. Antony - If it Be Your Will (Leonard Cohen cover)
6. Tiny Tim and Brave Combo - I Want To Stay Here
7. Slim Whitman - Twelfth of Never
8. from the musical HAIR - Sodomy
9. Bob Braun - Close To You
10. Frank Zappa - Sy Borg
11. Chris and Cosey - Infect Us
12. Cirque De Soleil - Marelle
13. Raison D'etre - Euphrosyne
14. Arvo Part - Salve Regina
15. Spires That In the Sunset Rise - Rattlesnake
16. Current 93 - Immortal Bird
17. Squirrel Nut Zippers -
18. Nina Simone - Four Women
19. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Into My Arms
20. Low - Will the Night
21. Shirley Collins - Adieu to Old England
22. Sorrow - Angel
23. Mum - the Ballad of the Broken Birdie Records
24. Dead Can Dance - In the Kingdom of the Blind the One Eyed Are Kings
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Sidewalk Transmission #1: a dream microfiction
REHABILITATED AND UNDER CONSTRUCTION
I am in a house empty of furniture, under construction. Dry wall dust floats in the air. If you breathe in too deeply the grit will catch in your nostril hair, in the linings of your lungs, putting cilia to work. Push the chalky stuff out. This building is being rehabilitated.
Kids are playing on a mound of dirt piled high in what used to be the dining room. I stand in a doorway, looking, listening to the laughter. The door is laying on the floor and we jump over it.
I go into the kitchen pantry. Ancient moths have multiplied on voluminous cobwebs. There is a black ball floating in the air, dense with a latent electricity: it is a piece of tektite, a pockmarked fragment of an asteroid fallen to the earth. Hovering, it moves towards me, seeking me out.
I duck to avoid it., back out into the room. I tell my partner, in the other room, "this apartment is infested with moths!"
Stumbling over the door, I walk backwards and go outside.
The shed skin of a copperhead snake is stuck between the cracks of the sidewalk squares. Shed between the spaces, in between places.
Dead snakes lay on the ground their heads chopped off, tossed aside like old pieces of meat.
The building is in need of extreme rehabilitation.
I am in a house empty of furniture, under construction. Dry wall dust floats in the air. If you breathe in too deeply the grit will catch in your nostril hair, in the linings of your lungs, putting cilia to work. Push the chalky stuff out. This building is being rehabilitated.
Kids are playing on a mound of dirt piled high in what used to be the dining room. I stand in a doorway, looking, listening to the laughter. The door is laying on the floor and we jump over it.
I go into the kitchen pantry. Ancient moths have multiplied on voluminous cobwebs. There is a black ball floating in the air, dense with a latent electricity: it is a piece of tektite, a pockmarked fragment of an asteroid fallen to the earth. Hovering, it moves towards me, seeking me out.
I duck to avoid it., back out into the room. I tell my partner, in the other room, "this apartment is infested with moths!"
Stumbling over the door, I walk backwards and go outside.
The shed skin of a copperhead snake is stuck between the cracks of the sidewalk squares. Shed between the spaces, in between places.
Dead snakes lay on the ground their heads chopped off, tossed aside like old pieces of meat.
The building is in need of extreme rehabilitation.
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Book Review: The Tin Princess by Philip Pullman
Philip Pullman is always a good read. He starts his books off with a bang and keeps them moving through intricate plot twists. "The Tin Princess" revisits charachters from the Sally Lockhart trilogy, starring Jim and Adelaide in the lead roles. This book was one of political intrigue involving the fictional country Razkavia, plots against the throne, mad princes being locked away in dark grottoes, assasinations.
Pullman, I have noticed, is very fond of portraying powerful women, a heroine who is capable of holding her own, and in the "historical" settings of these books, such a woman is usually at odds with the dominant paternalistic society -despite or because of - knowledge and education and the men not wanting them to "rise above their place."
The story held my attention admirably. I wish that Pullman -as well as many other writers of his caliber- would not be relegated to the "confines" (imaginary and arbitrary as they may be) of writing young adult fiction. To label a book "young adult" seems to be as much of a marketing scheme whether or not young adults are the intended audience. I find in his novels very much that people of all ages would enjoy, the elements of a classic story: mystery, romance, adventure, all told in a well crafted prose that doesn't mince words nor fill the mental gullet with them unnecessarily. I especially like the cockney english that Jim and Adelaide relapse into speaking when not talking to the aristocrats of Razkavia or when in duress.
I look forward to reading the rest of his published work as I shall in due course.
Pullman, I have noticed, is very fond of portraying powerful women, a heroine who is capable of holding her own, and in the "historical" settings of these books, such a woman is usually at odds with the dominant paternalistic society -despite or because of - knowledge and education and the men not wanting them to "rise above their place."
The story held my attention admirably. I wish that Pullman -as well as many other writers of his caliber- would not be relegated to the "confines" (imaginary and arbitrary as they may be) of writing young adult fiction. To label a book "young adult" seems to be as much of a marketing scheme whether or not young adults are the intended audience. I find in his novels very much that people of all ages would enjoy, the elements of a classic story: mystery, romance, adventure, all told in a well crafted prose that doesn't mince words nor fill the mental gullet with them unnecessarily. I especially like the cockney english that Jim and Adelaide relapse into speaking when not talking to the aristocrats of Razkavia or when in duress.
I look forward to reading the rest of his published work as I shall in due course.
Welcome to Sothis Medias
Hello Friends, Strangers, Friendly Strangers, Fellow Stars:
You have arrived at the Sothis Medias blog. This is a home for the muse-ings of Justin Patrick where you will find information about his various projects and activities. These include his 'zine the Dyslexicon, other writing projects (short stories, novellas, novels, poetry and essays) forthcoming in book and chapbook formats. You will also find updates about his musick (new releases or upcoming live shows) whether it relates to his solo work or that of the various outfits he is involved with: Neato Torpedo, WildCraft, Astral Surf Gypsies, etc. Further he will post set lists from On the Way to the Peak of Normal, the radio show he is one of the rotating hosts of, which airs every Thursday night from 10pm - Midnight on WAIF, Cincinnati 88.3 FM (and streaming live at www.waifstream.com ) playing musick so ahead of its time it is standing behind you right now.
Other topics will include neologisms (coined, defined, analyzed), dreams, esoteric literary delvings, book reviews, poetry, fiction, essay.
The book reviews are generally my thoughts about the qualities of a book and its writing. They will not always go into specific detail about plot or charachter. They may contain spoilers. Nothing is certain, everything is possible. This is a rock and roll blog session where we can do what we want to do.
Thank you for tuning in, and happy reading.
You have arrived at the Sothis Medias blog. This is a home for the muse-ings of Justin Patrick where you will find information about his various projects and activities. These include his 'zine the Dyslexicon, other writing projects (short stories, novellas, novels, poetry and essays) forthcoming in book and chapbook formats. You will also find updates about his musick (new releases or upcoming live shows) whether it relates to his solo work or that of the various outfits he is involved with: Neato Torpedo, WildCraft, Astral Surf Gypsies, etc. Further he will post set lists from On the Way to the Peak of Normal, the radio show he is one of the rotating hosts of, which airs every Thursday night from 10pm - Midnight on WAIF, Cincinnati 88.3 FM (and streaming live at www.waifstream.com ) playing musick so ahead of its time it is standing behind you right now.
Other topics will include neologisms (coined, defined, analyzed), dreams, esoteric literary delvings, book reviews, poetry, fiction, essay.
The book reviews are generally my thoughts about the qualities of a book and its writing. They will not always go into specific detail about plot or charachter. They may contain spoilers. Nothing is certain, everything is possible. This is a rock and roll blog session where we can do what we want to do.
Thank you for tuning in, and happy reading.
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