Count Stenbock/Current 93: Faust
And long last this book is underway, with all technical problems solved. We have been informed we will be receiving copies before Christmas.
We were also told by the technical department that the head- and tail-bands that were listed as being part of the book's specifications were technically possible but would be ęsthetically displeasing due to the gilt page-edging and the size of the book so we have cancelled that feature of the book; our apologies for this minor adjustment. Thank to all of you for your patience.
Once the book is in stock, all pre-ordered copies will be sent out. The book/CD set will then be re-added to the Durtro shop page, as well as the CD which will also be available separately for purchase from the Durtro and Jnana shops.
222 copies have been printed of this volume, of which around 160 have been pre-sold, leaving around 40 or so copies for sale at the moment of writing.
Flemish/Dutch reviews of NWW, Baby Dee, Julia Kent & ‘Wild Tigers I Have Known’ soundtrack CD on Dark Entries
These reviews are listed under October 2007: www.darkentries.be/index.php?nav=cds
Beautiful and mysterious records by Tommy Roundtree and Arian Sample
I was recently sent two records from an address in Chicago, in plain brown sleeves with the artist's name stamped using a rubber stamp, one by Tommy Roundtree called ‘Jungle Blood’ and the other by Arian Sample which appears to be untitled. There was no letter with the package and no return address.
I was especially curious by the use of the word ‘Arian’, which refers to the teachings of the great Egyptian Christian thinker Arius (AD c.250/256–336)—now regarded as heretical by mainstream Christian thought—and the huge ChristologicaI debate he initiated on whether Christ was eternally co-existent with the Father, summed up in the phrase “There was a time when He was not”. This is an element of Christian theology which has always particularly fascinated me: the relation of the Father and the Son, and how it bears on the Crucifixion: what exactly was the nature of the Christ Who died on the Cross? This relates directly to Patripassianism.
Anyway, I digress. Both records are very haunting and moving, reminding me of Simon Finn's ‘Pass the Distance’ and a couple of other beautiful and obscure albums which usually get lazily classified as ‘loner folk’. I haven't been able to find anything out about them at all from the internet or from record collectors. But thank you to whoever sent them. I was touched and intrigued.
What I have loved and am loving recently
- <LI class=bodytext>Michel Faber: The Scarlet Petal and the White <LI class=bodytext>The Gospel of Judas Critical Coptic text edition: Kasser/Wurst/Meyer/Gaudard <LI class=bodytext>Culture: Two Sevens Clash <LI class=bodytext>The Eagles: The Long Road out of Eden <LI class=bodytext>Andrew WK: Party Till You Puke; Close Calls with Brick Walls <LI class=bodytext>Price Far-I: Under Heavy Mannners <LI class=bodytext>Om: Pilgrimage <LI class=bodytext>Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry with Andrew W.K.: The Pum-Pum Song <LI class=bodytext>Amy Winehouse: Back in Black <LI class=bodytext>Jim Steinman: Bad for Good
- Beowulf: the new film directed by Robert Zemeckis