2001
December 2001
Whilst reading Alan Sillitoe’s introduction to the 1964 Pan Classics edition of Arnold Bennett’s The Old Wives’ Tale, I came across the following:
“His first novel, emphasizing the importance he attached to his advent upon London, was called A Man from the North, and was published in 1898, when he was thirty-one. It was fairly well reviewed, but brought Bennett the total profit of one guinea, with which he purchased a new hat.”
Merry Christmas.
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November 2001
This all began when I was watching “Dangerously They Live” (1942) featuring John Garfield in a funny hat. Then the other day I caught “The Fallen Sparrow” (1943), again with John Garfield, and this time there was a whole scene set in a milliners - lots of funny hats. I consulted the imdb to see if there was any connection between the two films, perhaps in the costume department, but there was none, bar John Garfield. I sought out information on the web concerning the actor in order to see if he had any transformationalistic connections. I found a page, which led me to another, this one concerning the Hollywood blacklist (of Communists, not Transformationalists - although I was surprised to find Orson Bean listed among the blacklisted), and there I found a mention of the distinctly transformationalistic film, “Go Tell The Spartacus” (1978). Back to the imdb, but no mention of it there and so I wandered off the point and began a search for another great masterpiece of transformationalistic cinema, “Zombie in the Attic” (?). Again, nothing on the imdb, but google threw me onto a website which held the screenplay of “It’s In The Bag” (1945)(a distinctly surreal opus which has a whole scene devoted to “Zombie in the Attic”). This site also has the scripts of “Charade”(1964) and “The Hustler”(1961), as well as the greatest Twilight Zone episode ever, “Nick of Time”. Finally, I wound down with a visit to a film noir site and came across the 1947 film, “Bury Me Dead” - which is a wonderful title, and the cinematographer is the great John Alton, so it’s definitely one to look out for. I’m gradually cooling on the subject of John Garfield and his funny hats and wondering whether to let it go when I suddenly realise, as I’m typing this, that “The Fallen Sparrow” and “It’s In The Bag” were both directed by Richard Wallace, whom the Radio Times in its wisdom refers to as a ‘studio hack’, despite his having made “A Night To Remember” (1941) - the comedy thriller starring Loretta Young (and featuring the blacklisted Gale Sondergaard), not the film about the Titanic made in England in 1958 (with Laurence Naismith as Captain Smith, the lad from Stoke). Which, when you think of it, makes a nice transformationalist circle, a balloon-shaped affair with pieces of string trailing off - one to “Jason and the Argonauts” (1963) where it could be said that Captain Smith, by some temporal anomaly, learnt his seafaring trade, and one back to “Dangerously They Live”, which has John Garfield leaping out of an ambulance wearing a hat that says ‘Surgeon’ - John Garfield, not the ambulance, that is, and the hat doesn’t speak. It never does.
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October 2001
A recent survey declared Stoke-on-Trent to be the worst place in England. So that’s all right then.
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September 2001
After last month’s excitements in Newcastle-under-Lyme, it is now time to return to the mundane. I received the following email from China. The subject line declared, “About us flour machine”, and it was this intriguing use of the local vernacular that caused me to open the email and thus unleash a virus into my system.
Dear Sir,
We know you import flour machine from your site and we thought of taking this opportunity to introduce ourselves to you.Our business scope are mainly in manufacturing the equipment processing 30-200T wheat a day, and our main products are as follows:1. cleaning equipment including vibrating sift, gravity separator, scouring machine2. conveyor equipment including elevator, screw conveyor3. milling equipment including roller mill, bran brushing machine, double plan sifter, flour loosener 4. subsidiary equipments such as hydraulic fluting machine We not only can produce complete set of equipment of flour, but also can produce corn processing equipment, storage equipment and oil processing equipment. For more details please visit our site http://www.shuangshi.com. We are also able to provide complete engineering design and installation.If any interested please don't hesitate to contact us. We would like to provide our high quality products and good service.We look forward to hearing from your good news.
Thanks and best regards.
Mr.Xu Yinbao
ANYANG GRAIN & OIL MACHINERY FACTORY
Why the Chinese are targetting the Transformationalists in this way I have no idea. I am also receiving emails from Nigeria detailing vast amounts of money held in Swiss bank accounts that I am invited to help liberate. As far as I know the Transformationalists never had any dealings with the Chinese or the Nigerians, although I am currently researching the work of Harold Owen, a writer from Stoke-on-Trent who penned the melodrama, 'Mr. Wu', about an evil Chinaman, which in these more enlightened times would doubtless be deemed racist in tone. It is a bit of a stretch, I admit, but that is the only thing I can think of (although the local Chinese takeaway keeps getting his windows smashed, although I am entirely blameless in the matter). As to the Nigerians, I am at a complete loss.
The virus, which according to a very efficient virus encyclopaedia site, is found in the wild in China, presumably nesting among the rice paddies and lotus blossoms, and its official title is "VBS.Happytime.A" (presumably this is meant to be ironic). Anyway, it attacks html files and turns those pretty pictures of clouds and such which decorate our desktops into blank sheets, dark grey in hue. Not happytime at all, but yet another indication of the true state of existence.
Speaking of which, I was saddened to hear of the death of Troy Donahue. The name will mean little to any but those ladies d'un certain age, or the brothers of such ladies, who remember the likes of 'Hawaiian Eye' and 'Surfside Six' with some affection. I once wrote a song about Troy Donahue:
Troy Donahue come out with me tonight
Troy Donahue come out with me tonight
Tab Hunter the moon and stars so bright
We can sit on the sand and watch the sea
Sand and the sea, Sandra Dee
Troy Donahue, Troy Donahue
Perhaps I will sing it to you next month (if the Tongs don't get me first). In the meantime, you could listen to this:
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August 2001
Browsing through a book of postcards of Newcastle-under-Lyme, I came across the following:
According to the book: “The local clergy are seen leading this Civic procession in the Ironmarket. This postcard has no caption and is undated, so it is difficult to pinpoint the actual occasion.” I pondered on the passage of time and wondered, if, during the next millennium, this postcard were to turn up in some collection of memorabilia of the 20th century, with the conflation of history and the smoothing of facts to fit common misconceptions, perhaps it would be seen as photographic evidence of The Transformationalistic Silent Reading In A Corner Of Newcastle-under-Lyme Library Event which took place on Tuesday, 17th. July, in the year of Our Lord, 2001. Considering the enormous success of this project, judging by the vast numbers of Transformationalists who took the time and trouble to make their varied ways to Newcastle Library in order to read, silently, in corners, it seems inevitable that it will become an annual event. And in the years to come as The Transformationalistic Silent Reading In A Corner Of Newcastle-under-Lyme Library Event loses its simple origins and becomes the focus of media attention, attracting the interest of those great and good among us who will do anything to wear a funny hat and cut capers for the cameras, then surely it is conceivable that some poor student of Transformationalist history will look upon the postcard above, undated and uncaptioned, and will simply draw the most obvious conclusion that this was the start of the Newcastle Library’s involvement in matters transformationalistic. And where will Tom Flemons be then, we wonder?
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July 2001
I am pleased to announce that on Tuesday, 17th July at Newcastle Library (situated in The Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire), there will be held
‘The Transformationalist Silent Reading In A Corner Of Newcastle-under-Lyme Library Event’.
As we used to say in the olden days, “Be there, or be somewhere else, it really doesn’t matter.”
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June 2001
Whilst searching for Transformationalist Postcards in “Postcards From The Past: The Villages Of Manchester” by Chris E. Makepeace (published by Sigma Leisure ISBN: 1-85058-671-3), I came across the following.
Whether this is a Transformationalist Postcard is a moot point. I have included it here because of the text which accompanies it:
“BILTON’S MARIONETTES, HYDE GROVE, CHORLTON-ON-MEDLOCK
This is a good example of a postcard that was used for advertising purposes. In the directories, Percy Bilton was described as a ‘musician’ and is recorded as living at Hyde Grove between 1927 amd 1969. The Marionettes were probably part of an entertainment provided by Mr. Bilton at parties such as those organised by schools and Sunday schools. Presumably, Mr. Bilton is the gentleman standing on the right of the card, whilst his audience appear to be seated in a hall and the marionettes are on the stage.”
Any photograph of marionettes is unsettling, but with one word, ‘presumably’, the author manages to conjure up a whole other world, full of nightmarish possibilities.
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May 2001
I’ve had the following email hanging around in my inbox for months now. It came out of the blue, but as it declares, this is not a spam, this is punk rock! Since it emanated from Argentina, home of that erstwhile Transformationalist, Jorge Luis Borges, I include it here.
I direct your attention to C.P.#01 which declares that “Punk’s Not Dead” - personally I feel that punk died at the first (and last) performance of ‘The Killer Proles’ in Stoke-on-Trent circa 1974 - and to C.P#09 “We Are A Fuckin Shit” which seems to sum up the human condition quite nicely.
******************************************************************************** Hello! First of all, I'm sorry for this intromission to your mailbox. If you don't want to receive this kind of mails, please send me a blank e-mail or with remove on subject field, and you will not hear from me anymore. This is not a spam, this is punk rock! ******************************************************************************** Here is a list of all of our releases as well as the forthcoming ones.
Aquí está la lista de todas nuestras ediciones así como de las próximas.
Check the CABRITEN PANCHEN DISCOS web page at:
Visiten la página web de CABRITEN PANCHEN DISCOS en: WWW.CABRITENPANCHEN.50MEGS.COM
RELEASES / EDICIONES:
C.P. #10: ARGIES : "LA FRONTERA"
FINALLY FROM APRIL 01, THE LATEST RECORD BY ARGIES WILL BE IN THE STREETS BEFORE LEAVING FOR THEIR EUROPEAN TOUR. IT INCLUDES THE PARTICIPATION OF BOOM BOOM KID (NEKRO, ex-FUN PEOPLE) AS SPECIAL GUEST ON VOCALS. 12 NEW SONGS INCLUDING TWO COVER VERSIONS FOR PARABELLUM (SPAIN) AND M.M.D.C. (BRAZIL), PLUS 1 INTERACTIVE TRACK WITH THE STORY OF THE BAND, PICS, LYRICS, ETC.
FINALMENTE A PARTIR DEL 01 DE ABRIL, ESTARÁ EN LAS CALLES EL ÚLTIMO TRABAJO DE ARGIES ANTES DE EMBARCARSE EN SU GIRA EUROPEA. EL MISMO CUENTA CON LA PARTICIPACIÓN DE BOOM BOOM KID (NEKRO, ex-FUN PEOPLE) COMO INVITADO ESPECIAL EN VOCES. 12 NUEVOS TEMAS INCLUYENDO 2 VERSIONES DE PARABELLUM (ESPANA) Y M.M.D.C. (BRASIL), MÁS 1 TRACK INTERACTIVO CON HISTORIA DE LA BANDA, FOTOS, LETRAS, ETC.
C.P. #09 : "WE ARE A FUCKIN SHIT" WITH EX-MEMBERS FROM RATOS DE PORAO AND SEPULTURA (BRAZIL) DOING SOME COVER SONGS PLUS AN OLD REHEARSAL BY R.D.P. OUT IN APRIL.
CON EX-MIEMBROS DE RATOS DE PORAO Y SEPULTURA (BRASIL) HACIENDO VARIOS COVERS ASÍ COMO UN VIEJO ENSAYO DE R.D.P. SALE EN ABRIL.
C.P. #08: U.Z.ZU. : "NO FUTURE" AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN CD, THE 2 DEMOS (FROM 1988 AND 1991) RECORDED AND NEVER EVER RELEASED BY THIS GREAT BULGARIAN BAND. PUNK AS IT WAS IN '77, WILD AND SCREAMING. EDICIÓN POR PRIMERA VEZ EN CD DE LOS 2 DEMOS (DE 1988 Y 1991)
GRABADOS POR ESTA GRAN BANDA BÚLGARA Y NUNCA ANTES EDITADOS. PUNK CRUDO Y SALVAJE COMO LO ERA EN EL '77.
C.P. #07: ABORT / TARAN : "SPLIT CD" AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN CD, RADE DEMO MATERIAL OFF THE END OF THE '80S, FROM THESE TWO PUNK BANDS FROM VARNA. ABORT'S SOUND CAN BE EASILY COMPARED TO BANDS SUCH AS EXPLOITED OR G.B.H.,WHILE TARAN ARE CLOSER TO THE '77 SOUND OF BANDS SUCH AS SEX PISTOLS.
EDICIÓN DE VIEJOS DEMOS GRABADOS A FINALES DE LOS '80s, POR PRIMERA VEZ EN CD, DE ESTAS DOS BANDAS PUNKS DE LA CIUDAD DE VARNA. EL SONIDO DE ABORT PUEDE SER COMPARADO CON BANDAS COMO EXPLOITED O G.B.H., MIENTRAS QUE TARAN ESTÁ MÁS CERCA DEL SONIDO '77 DE BANDAS COMO SEX PISTOLS.
C.P. #06: SKIMMED : "NEW INSANITY" GREAT MUSIC FROM THIS LEGENDARY CZECH BAND. OUT IN APRIL.
LEGENDARIA BANDA PUNK CHECA. SALE EN ABRIL.
C.P. #05: NEW YORK AGAINST THE BELZEBU : "BYE BYE PITTA" BLASTING NOISE/GRINDCORE ASSAULT BY THIS BRAZILIAN BAND WITH SEVERAL RELEASED RECORDS. INCLUDES LIVES TRACKS FROM AN APRIL / 2000 SHOW.
NOISE/GRINDCORE TOTAL DE ESTA BANDA BRASILERA CON VARIOS DISCOS EDITADOS. INCLUYE UN SHOW EN VIVO DE ABRIL DEL 2000.
C.P. #04: ARGIES : "HISTORIAS & CORRIDAS" RE-RELEASED OF THE FIRST ALBUM BY THE BAND FROM 1996. '77 STYLE PUNK WITH REGGAE AND LATIN MUSIC TOUCHES. INCLUDES TWO COVER SONGS, "POLICE ON MY BACK" BY EDDIE GRANT AND "WHITE RIOT" BY THE CLASH, WITH SPANISH LYRICS. BONUS TRACK : FIRST SPEECH BY MARCOS SUB-COMMANDER.
RE-EDICIÓN DEL PRIMER DISCO DE LA BANDA DE 1996. PUNK ESTILO '77 CON TOQUES DE REGGAE Y MÚSICA LATINA. INCLUYE DOS COVERS, "POLICE ON MY BACK" DE EDDIE GRANT Y "WHITE RIOT" DE THE CLASH, CON LETRAS EN ESPANOL. BONUS TRACK: PRIMER DISCURSO DEL SUB-COMANDANTE MARCOS.
C.P. #03: BBS PARANOICOS : "HARDCORE PARA SENORITAS" RE-RELEASED OF THE THIRD ALBUM BY THE BAND, FROM 1997. FAST MELODIC HARDCORE. INCLUDES FIRST DEMO FROM 1991 "DULCES BEBES PARANOICOS"
RE-EDICIÓN DEL TERCER DISCO DE LA BANDA DE 1997. HARDCORE MELÓDICO RÁPIDO. INCLUYE EL PRIMER DEMO DE LA BANDA DE 1991 "DULCES BEBES PARANOICOS"
C.P. #02: V/A : "YOUTH AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY" HARDCORE/CRUST COMPILATION WITH 16 BANDS FROM 9 CONTRIES : HOLLAND, U.S.A., JAPAN, BRAZIL, CHILE, SWEDEN, FINLAND, ITALY AND PERU.
COMPILADO HARDCORE/CRUST CON 16 BANDAS DE 9 PAÍSES : HOLANDA, ESTADOS UNIDOS, JAPÓN, BRASIL, CHILE, SUECIA, FINLANDIA, ITALIA Y PERÚ.
C.P. #01: D.D.T. : "PUNK'S NOT DEAD" COLLECTION OF SONGS FROM OLD DEMOS BY THIS BAND NEVER EVER RELEASED. RAW STREET PUNK / OI STYLE.
COLECCIÓN DE TEMAS DE VIEJOS DEMOS DE ESTA BANDA NUNCA ANTES EDITADA. EN UN ESTILO PUNK / OI.
Mail for details, wholesale prices, questions, trades, etc.
ARGIES ON TOUR! They will be touring Europe this year (April, May, June). Don't miss this great band alive...if you want to know the complete tour, please write. Already confirmed shows in Spain, France, Germany, Portugal, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, Slovenia, Poland, Holland, Croatia, Czech Rep. and Italy.
CABRITEN PANCHEN DISCOSC.C. 95RAMOS MEJIAB1704ZAAARGENTINA punk_HC@ciudad.com.ar
www.cabritenpanchen.50megs.com
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April 2001
A postcard from Wales, courtesy of Dean Hammersley (no relation):
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March 2001
And sometimes we just wait for messages to arrive from out of the ether. Perhaps a key, with which to unlock the mysteries of the world. We are invariably disappointed. I recently received the following email. I have no idea why.
DEAR SIRS;
WE ARE A MANUFACTURER FOR THE PADLOCKS. WE HAVE BEEN SPECILIZING IN THE PRODUCING THE PADLOCKS FOR MANY YEARS. AND WE CAN SUPPLY MANY KINDS OF IRON AND PADLOCKS. THEIR BRANDS ARE "A88"; "AA88"; "TRI-NINE"; "OLYMPIC"; ""PANDA" AND SO ON. WE ALSO CAN PRODUCE AND SUPPLY THE PADLOCKS ACCORDING TO YOUR DRAWING AND BRANDS NAME. IN THE MEANTIME, WE ALSO CAN SUPPLY MANY KINDS OF SEWING MACHINES; HARDWARE AND TOOLS; POWER TOOLS;CIRCULAR SAW BLADES; DIAMOND SAW BLADES; BAMBOO MATS AND SO ON .WE CAN SUPPLY ALL THE PRODUCTS IN GOOD QUALITY AND COMPETITIVE PRICES. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THEM, PLEASE VISIT OUR HOMEPAGE: WWW.CHINA-PADLOCK.COM. THANK YOU.
BEST REGARD.
MR.ZHU JIAN-JIN
JINYUN LOCKS FACTORY
E-MAIL: JYSJJ@MAIL.LSPTT.ZJ.CN
Http:// WWW.CHINA-PADLOCK.COM
FAX: 0086-578-3157775
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February 2001
You should also take time to read the brief history of the theremin on the BBC site although it makes no mention of the Transformationalists. Why should it? There is no evidence that Professor Lev Sergeyvich Termen, the inventor of the theremin, had any connection with Transformationalism. However the nature of the instrument itself, its weird construction, its method of operation - wave your hands around and the air is filled with sounds and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not - are so transformationalistic in design that it would be remiss not to try and forge some link. Thus I consulted google and searched for theremin in conjunction with transformationalism. Nothing. Transformational. Nothing. Transformation. Now that's a different story. Theremin and Stoke-on-Trent threw up one particularly intriguing hit, a Danish techno band called Armitage Shanks with a song called "Stoke-on-Trent". The song itself does not appear to have anything to do with the Stoke I know, but then again what does? Also, the Danish Armitage Shanks should not be confused with the punk band with the same name. In fact the Danes have now relinquished the Armitage to avoid confusion and are now just Shanks which seems to lose far more than one would imagine. But, I digress, which is perhaps more to the point.
Theremin and transformation threw up over 300 hits on Google and I noted down several of the more intriguing ones. I stopped at page 23 because it seemed appropriate. Here are just a few of the highlights. Note the recurring themes, the theremin as agent of change (seemingly sexual but that could just be an internet thing), as magical device, as religious artefact, as instrument of war. Who are the "Followers of Theremin from Siberia"? What is the Monk connection? What is the Wonder Woman videotape of either 5 minute 50 second or 6 minute duration? How does one interpret the statement that 'To complete their transformation, the band has adopted ice cream'?
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... to gold lamay a theremin found out the hard way what happens. The moment he turned it on he turned into Joan Crawford. The transformation was irreversible, and ...
PRINT-OUT CATALOGUE <http://www.weirdvideos.com/catalog.html>
... the Dead In Christ, then after the Transformation, we hang around for awhile as the ... now found and restored! Has a 1960's Theremin performance by Lincoln. 90m. ...
Willkommen bei Adobe GoLive 4 <http://www.aktionsgalerie.de/post2000/program.html>
... imagine freezing the moment of transformation, when particles are carrying ... Live irritainment spectacle featuring theremin karaoke , party schmalzmusik, zombie ...
The Bottom Line #37 <http://oyt.oulu.fi/tbl/archive/VOL2/0-99/bl37.html>... instrument nowadays. Anybody heard about a theremin bass for sale? Did the Romans ... for the upright bass. Unlike the transformation of TBL since "Fingers" has ...
NTONYX Announce Cakewalk Plug-ins <http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/news/9810_103/>... Extended number of the parameters of transformation: Tempo, Start Time, Velocity, Expression; ... 1996 as a "Followers of Theremin from Siberia", became the first ...
disquiet: articles: page-spotter <http://www.disquiet.com/page-spotter.html>... named after himself. Lesser known is Theremin's professional experience as a spy ... Rick Doblin Ecstasy: Dance, Trance & Transformation (Quick Trading, UK, 1996). b ...
NewStandard: 6/21/97 <http://www.s-t.com/daily/06-97/06-21-97/digest.html>... films. An early advertisement describes the theremin as "Not like anything you have ... Church, thus completing the external transformation of what once had been a ...
Anomalous Records - mail order stock list - compilations <http://www.anomalousrecords.com/comp.html>... Sugar Belly, Darrel de Vore, Leon Theremin (performed by Clara Rockmore), Barry Hall ... form of an ongoing sequential transformation, but to parallely transform an ...
The Dvorak Society - Newsletter 43 snippets <http://www.musicweb.force9.co.uk/music/dvorak/snip43.htm>... t much care for the sound of the Theremin but the capacity audience at St. Agnes ... As for Michel's transformation to Mischa, "the thing is called Juliette or Key ...
NTONYX - SEM1.2(8) Press-release, November, 1998 <http://www.ntonyx.com/press-release1198.html>... in 1996 as a "Followers of Theremin from Siberia", became the first research team ... and others. The result of the transformation is either simulation of a live ...
THE NEW YORK OBSERVER <http://www.observer.com/pages/story.asp?ID=3111>... Once you have achieved Theremin mastery, invite a few of your friends ... a "Kate" is not the kind of beauty transformation you can self-administer in the Hamptons ...
Welcome to GoLive CyberStudio 3 <http://library.emerson.edu/media/np/right.html>... on Chaos, Program 1. V785A. Transformation of Motorola. V1115. Using Consulting ... Monk: Straight, No Chaser. V1014. Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey. V1317. Thin ...
Cool & Strange Reviews from Issue #13! <http://www.coolandstrange.com/Reviews/reviews13.htm>... patented formula of Comic Shamanics, the transformation of consciousness through humor to promote ... a slide guitar has simulated a theremin ("Buddy I Ain't Buyin ...
September Film Notes <http://www.sirius.com/~sstark/org/pfa/pfa-fall96.html>... will demonstrate a new device, the Video Theremin.--Steve Seid. ... isolated TV sequence, Birnbaum's seminal Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman (1978, 5:50 mins ...
Emerson College Library <http://library.emerson.edu/media/np/npt.html>... Tim O'Kelly. V351. Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman [videotape]. 1978. 6 min ... of the Heart series. V1371. Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey [videotape]. 1995 ...
Chateau Babylon <http://partners.nytimes.com/library/magazine/specials/20001029mag-mcquaid17.html>... nicknamed Peanut. Amanda Lepore, whose flawless transformation from male to female is almost ... who is learning to play the theremin. The actor Tobias Maendel is ...
Zero News Datapool, Erik Davis, Spiritual Telegraphs and the ... <http://www.t0.or.at/davis/davislec1.html>... actually touching anything physical. The theremin basically has two rods---I ... doesn't exist. Because this transformation of electrical energy into information ...
Untitled <http://ems.music.uiuc.edu/news/spring95/newsletter.html>... THEREMIN. First demonstrated in 1920, the Theremin is played by moving one's hands ... air, suggesting peace, time and transformation. This sound is an environment ...
Movies Beginning with 'T' <http://www.findthefun.com/lists/mlt.htm>... Organizer Them! Theme: Murder Theremin Theremin - An Electric Odyssey They Drive ... 2 Trainspotting Tranny TV The Transformation Trash Traveller Treasure Island ...
JSBX - Magnet interview <http://www.matador.recs.com/bands/jsbx/magnet.html>... deep-funk beats and eerie blasts of theremin punctuated by Spencer's shouts of "Blues ... There's a Jekyll & Hyde-like transformation when he hits the top step ...
December CD Archive <http://www.starvox.net/crypt/dec.htm>... and contractions to imbue the transformation of a soul crossing past the ... in sound. Beautiful instrumentation including theremin and cello, (featuring Rasputina ...
006 <http://www.auricle.cc/006.html>... The rave space for concerts featuring theremin and ondes martenot, films, and ... the groove. Existence is meta; change, transformation. Who we really are always ...
THE IDEA OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD <http://www.ccel.org/o/orr/view/appendix9.html>... of Doctrine, says of a writer (Theremin) who maintained the possibility of such ... the world, working for its spiritual transformation; sometimes it is the mixed ...
Industrial Bible Review Archive Index Page <http://www.bitstorm.net/dachar/reviews/Index.htm>... Controlled Fusion; Unnatural Causes; Covenant; Theremin; Crocodile Shop; Beneath; Cubanate; ... Alive; Tinfed; Hypersonic Hyperphonic; Total Transformation; In Thru Out;Trust ...
Cleveland Scene Online -- clevescene.com | Calendar | Sex ... <http://www.clevescene.com/issues/1999-09-23/nd.html>... wind machine and the rarely heard Theremin that wooo-ee-ooo instrument used ... vampire, singing an ecstatic aria of transformation as she becomes a card-carrying ...
Request Magazine <http://www.requestmagazine.com/reviews/previous/9911/poprock_mid.html>... s finest keyboardist Page McConnell on theremin. Add strings, falsettos, and a bevy of ... of a Carolina barn. Yet the transformation is only partial; the Hang Ups ...
The Biggest Online Text Dictionary on the Web <http://www.orchy.com/dictionary/bigdic-t.htm>... thereinafter thereinbefore thereinto theremin theremins therencephalous thereof ... transfixt transforation transform transformation transformations transformed ...
PRESSTIME <http://www.press.uillinois.edu/presstime/3.html>... Rockabilly. The Baroque guitar. The theremin. Doowop. Western Swing. Opera ... Battlefields. Linenthal surveys the transformation of five American battlefields into ...
Djangomusic.com - What Goes Around Comes Around! <http://www.djangomusic.com/features/feature_s1_1.asp>... spy/guitar themes. To complete their transformation, the band has adopted ice cream ... use of the electronic instrument the theremin, which has a haunting, howling ...
King-Kill 33: Masonic Symbolism in the Assassination of John ... <http://www.hoffman-info.com/kingkill33.html>... from the occult significance of the Theremin musical instrument to the sorcerous ... for moral excellence. It is the transformation of human beings which is the ...
ommm's talk in accd world on Nov. 21, 1998, at Avatars ' ... <http://www.mheim.com/html/av98/accdtalk.html>... the virtual is the process of transformation ommm: to a new culture ommm ... theramin sally: theramin, i think "bfd": Theremin Vector: but shouldn't each avatar be ...
TWAS 129: Verbow, Radiohead, Michael Penn <http://www.furia.com/twas/twas0129.html>... of the game undergoes an interesting transformation. The first few times you try it, you ... Jim Morrison, or perhaps like a theremin bolted to a firing Thompson ...
Senior Women Web: Current Reading <http://www.seniorwomen.com/reading6.htm>... Coleman, from Boston, will play the theremin (remember the spooky electronic overlay in ... cell. The possibility that the transformation might be for the better ...
Welcome to the Flicks! <http://www.theflicksboise.com/video.html>... Synthetic Pleasures Thelonious Monk; Straight No Theremin: An Electric Odessy Thin Blue Line ... My Dinner with Andre Powaqqatsi: Life in Transformation Tantra: ...
Diversions <http://www.unc.edu/dth/archives/1996/01/012596/div.html>... job by herself, undergoing a fierce transformation from "the Tiffany of Canada" into ... Transistor Model E electric organ, theremin, Disco Light Machine and water ...
Do these elisions in the text hold a secret world? Perhaps only Rasputina has the answer. Or maybe we should try another search for Lev Sergeyvich Termen's alter ego, Rick Doblin Ecstasy (his secret identity within the Siberian brotherhood), ridding the world of zombies and vampires like Jim Morrison with his trusty theremin bolted to a tommy-gun.
Of course, if you click the links then all will be revealed, the connections will slide into place, the world will be ordered once more. Which is why I have removed the links. If you wish to return to the mundane, then you will need to type in the addresses. For a few moments longer the strange worlds of Lev Sergeyvich Termen and Frederick Hammersley will be allowed to continue, united by chance and restless imagination. Instead I would suggest you download the virtual theremin and as you wave the professor's hands, wave your mind as well.
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January 2001
As ever, Christmas is a time to bolt the doors and retreat from the incessant clamour of the world. So whatever has been happening in a transformationalistic vein during the past month has passed me by completely and all I can do is wish you all a very happy new year.
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