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Nanao Sakaki passed away into the stars on, December 21, in Nagano prefecture, Japan, nearly two weeks shy of his 86th Birthday. His best known collections were Let’s Eat Stars and Break the Mirror.  One of Allen’s most cherished friends, he was also very dear to Gary Snyder. Gary wrote on Tuesday:
“Last night I [...]

is a lie for those whom are
nae strong enow in them selves to stand hearing an other’s real opinion.

Muntadar al-Zaidi is the Iraqi journalist who was arrested for throwing his shoes at President Bush. This is a photo project devoted to letting al-Zaidi know that people from all over the world share in his outrage over the war in Iraq. We do not condone shoe-throwing, but we prefer it to war.
http://www.thankyouforthrowingyourshoe.com/index.php
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1868099,00.html

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I kept watching movies recently and would like to mention some of them.
A while ago I saw "Stranger Than Fiction" and find that one absolutely brilliant. It’s something for people who liked "Being John Malkovitch" or "The Big Lebowski" for excample. I liked that the topic of "hearing voices" was dealt with so light-heartedly and funny in "Stranger Than Fiction". I don’t think the film-makers lost respect for psychotics either. The problem of this kind that the main character has leads into what’s more of a fantasy-comedy plot. Great actors, too!
The humour in this film reminded me of the novels of a writer I like very much – Matt Ruff. Ruff has some similarity with comedy-fantasy writers like Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams or Robert Rankin – but: he also weaves plots around serious human situations, puts more reality into it. I urgently recommend reading his novel "Fool On The Hill". Probably you’ll never forget or regret reading that book. There are several plots in it, one about fairies, a love story about a writer, one plot about speaking cats and dogs and a lot of humourous stuff about subcultures and university life. All in one brilliant novel that even has some action passages. Let me add: with his later novel "Set this House in Order" Ruff has changed his style into a more serious direction.
So what else did I watch? If you have an interest for the topics trauma and revenge, you should watch "The Brave One" with Jodie Foster, an intense thriller-drama by Neil Jordan who has made many good movies before ("The Crying Game", "Interview with the Vampire" etc.). This one is kind of like a mixture of "Talk Radio" and "Taxi Driver" in some way, but that’s OK. It’s still a valuable statement about a certain topic. I feel Jordan makes the viewer keep a cold eye on the topic for very long up to the resolution of it all. He kind of leaves it open to judge for yourself with some distance most of the time. At least the film had that effect on me.
And I watched "Departed". Now, a few days after I saw it I think it’s brilliant. I was not quite as impressed instantly, though, but liked it. Well, Scorsese is just one great old beatnik in film who just fucking knows what he does and is capable of having an immense power over the viewer. One could think: please not the same gangster clichés over and over! But it just damn works again in "Departed". Scorsese still knows the importance of "catharsis" in any drama. Does that mean he’s a moralist? Maybe!
And then I watched Luc Besson’s "Leon" again. And like it always was, it’s still a masterpiece! I had the most wonderful dreams the night after I watched it. "Leon" can touch you deeply. Luc Besson is amazing. I would like to thank him for all of his films.
And last night I watched a film that I hate! There was such a hype about it in Germany. I am talking of the German romantic comedy "Keinohrhasen" (somwhat like: "No-Ear-Bunnies"). If there was an international hype about it, too, I don’t know. I just wanna publically say NO to this movie! Don’t watch it! The funny children in the film and the actor Jürgen Vogel were aspects I liked, but it doesn’t excuse the bullshit of the main plot. The film is such a celebration of assholeness and superficiality it’s almost fascist.

Going AWOL, Trees of Life, Life, & AWOL life in trees.
by Lucas
As a kid I used to go hiking in the mountains and cliff jumping and fishing at the lake I used to live near. I remember people would share food from their gardens, and they would play bluegrass in the middle of town three [...]

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Following my forced departure from the bourgeois liberal occult forum Liminal Nation, I’ve set up a new general forum
Subliminal Republic http://subliminalrepublic.forumhog.com

This is just a further facet of the occultural spectrum and has links to all other allied site on it (including this one) so will serve as my hub site if nothing else.

Kao

It is rare that I put a call out to raise money for an
important cause, and whilst I am aware that not
everyone on this group has excess cash to donate,
I am equally sure that everyone here can do one
or both of the following to help this vitally important
cause to help end the suffering of our brothers and
sisters in Haiti:

a) Donate some money to vodouaid.org
b) Spread the word to other internet groups in
order to encourage others to do so…

see http://www.vodouaid.org/

Thanks,

A good Saturnalia to all…

Anton

Hello Dear Children Of The Apple,

It has been a very exciting first year for us here at PagAnarchy Press. Not only has our first book release been a pleasantly surprising success on the occult scene, but we now have a few more items lining up ready to be released in the new year. I’ll post more about that when the details are confirmed but let’s just say it is going to be bloody and awesome.

What I really wanted to tell you is that we now have a big stash of Liber Malorums sitting in our warehouse(1) and we are able to shift them at discounted prices. Whilst you can still get Liber Malorum over at Amazon.co.uk, we are able to get it to you cheaper than they are. Check out our new Ordering Page for details.

So a big nyah nyah nyah to them, and a big happy Solstice, Chrimbo and Hannuka to you.

Best wishes to all from us all here at PagAnarchy Press.

Seani Fool

(1) – my spare room!

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