Sorry I haven't replied to posts from the last 2 entries - been sick with some stupid bug...

- Thora Zine

Merry XXXmas!
Blessed feast of Osiris!
Mewy Catmas!
Happy Saturnalia!
Merry Mithramas!
JOYEUSES FÊTES!!!
Happy post-Hanukkah
Joyeux Noël!
Buon Natale!
Merry Midwinter!
Happy Kwanzaa
Joyous Yule!
And a freaking fun Festivus for the rest of us!!!



one earth

one chance

happy holidays

- Thora Zine

Christian Propaganda at my doorstep...I advertised my holiday CD, Protea, The Osiris Tree, in the lobby of my apt. building and as I left today I stumbled over a Chinese take-out box full of candy (yes, I ate it despite the poisoning risk, I was hungry) - a tiding of the season that no one else in the building had to endure, a jolly accessory complete with a message about my lost soul - and there are other Pagans here (but none at the moment who advertise their Pagan media with their apt. #'s listed)!
Good times!
And good news - I have more recording projects with Attrition in the works!
Also, they will be at the Black Sun Festival in New Haven CT in March and I need a place to stay besides the co$tly convention hotel - anyone out there?

- Thora Zine

Happy Winter Solstice, SG~*

This is what I will be doing ~ it's an amazing acoustic multi-artist performance event that takes place annually at the mausoleum near my house. Last year I made a guest appearance:

Saturday, December 22, 2007
6:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Chapel of the Chimes
4499 Piedmont Ave.
Oakland, CA, California
Category
Music
Description
Now in its third year, this Winter Solstice performance at the Julia Morgan-designed Chapel of the Chimes and Columbarium features an evening of solo performances with an expanded program of projected light.

$20 general admission | $10 students / seniors

dress warmly | bring a flashlight

with solo musical performances on three candle-lit stages
featuring music performances by:
steve adams
mamadou sidibe
mark deutsch
yueh chou
steven dye
nils bultmann
go mi sook
maryclare brzytwa

with performative projection and installations from

alfonso alvarez
keith arnold
hugo ballroom projections
steve dye

and a program of live and screened work by

patrice scanlon [ 6:00 ]
kadet kuhne [ 6:30 ]
cj borosque [ 7:00 ]
sarah lockhart [ 7:40 ]
joshua churchill and paul clipson [ 7:50 ]
jen cohen [ 8:20 ]
benito bautista [ 9:00 ]
Homepage
www.acousmatic.com/sol/

Joy!
Martin from Attrition asked me to submit a song for his cover album project.
He's having different musicians record interpretations of his band's songs and will be selecting the ones he likes for an upcoming CD.
This is unusual in that an artist or band doesn't normally cast for cover versions of their own material - it is not only unorthodox, but egoless - and way cool, if you ask me!
When I was with this one band a decade ago, we opened for them while on tour, and more recently I gave Martin a copy of my Protea Holiday CD. He tried to get in touch with me after hearing it but my email didn't work. Fortunately, I found his profile on Myspace and posted a comment letting him know he was indirectly thanked in my book. He came to my page to reply, saw the blog about my Protea album, put together that Protea=me and "propositioned" me.
Any Attrition fans out there? I originally thought I'd do Dreamsleep or Into the waves but it looks like he already has a few Dreamsleeps and believes my voice is well suited to Into the waves. He also needs a Two Gods.

- Thora Zine

So I posted an image of my back piece after I had it filled in but I never showed you guys a picture of my recently completed arm/shoulder lotus mandala. The tattoo was happily black for 13 years, but needed an overhaul after the ink started to fade and bleed.
Here it is:



And I listed another Protea holiday CD up on Ebay. For those curious about the specs or interested in bidding, here is the link! They are also available via Paypal for $13, shipping included. Let me know if you are interested. They make great gifts for the iconoclastic Xian and kooky Pagan alike!
Again, if you purchase/have purchased my book, Evangeline And The Drama Wheel, from http://www.lulu.com/content/1153339 the CD is 1/2 off. Just send me the receipt or thank you note and I'll deduct the $6.50.

- Thora Zine

HAPPY HANNUKAH!!!

So... should I chop my hair off?
Me with short hair:

A few things have happened since my last post, including that enigmatic American holiday known as Thanksgiving. Although I do find it important to be mindful of gratitude, and while I did go to my friends' house to shove food in my face, the holiday bugs me in that it unfairly portrays the dynamic between the oppressors/invaders and the natives, glorifying some feast that may not have even happened and ignoring the real issue - a bloody invasion. And all the turkeys slaughtered for the occasion just drive the aversion home.
It must be said that I am beyond thankful for the wonderful, wacky, sweet and supportive friends I've made in my years here. You guys make the serial rejection of my sets worth it.
And right now I'm dealing with some pretty serious shit, such as a friend undergoing chemo (another pet peeve) for her acute myeloid leukemia (that was in remission - and they still pushed the chemo on her) and a whole family drama in the mix. It's her family's drama, not mine, but she is like family to me, so I feel a personal attachment to the drama, and while I would like to go into it in further detail, this may not be the place - and besides, my next book is a sequel to the first, and it would surely take a novel to explain this mess.
Anywho, on to the good stuff:
my holiday CD, Protea, The Osiris Tree. It's dark, it's crazy, and it's up on Ebay. And if you purchased my novella (described in a previous entry) it's 1/2 off if you send me the receipt or thank you note.

- Thankfully Thora