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my dearest readership,

again i havent found the time to write a blog for over 14 days now, so i have plenty to say - therefore, im gonna try to spoiler all the stuff only the really interested among you will actually really want to know of.

first, these last two weeks were gorgeous. the time of the big rain has finally passed, and we have a wonderful fall coming up, with the brightest colors ranging from green to orange to brown one could ever think of. therefore, i just had to go outside a bit and take some dozen pics...
on the other hand, we had some great shows coming up and im still looking forward to a couple of most interesting gigs within the next weeks - yay, concert saison has started again!
so i think you already got the idea what this blog will be about again: some mental house-cleaning for myself and a lot of music i am most proud of being able to recommend to you

music: the famous sleepytime gorilla museum (also to be seen here) - some of you might heard of them or already downloaded stuff from the bunglefever ftp (if youre interested & still need the link, please let me know) - feat. genius nils frykdahl and carla kihlstedt will be playing at the alter schlachthof in wels, austria, on nov. 11th, 2007 at the socalled music unlimited festival (which itself is curated by carla). so if any of you have the chance, go and have a look at their shows, sgm will be touring throughout europe in fall/winter this year.
here, as a teaser, is a video i took at their last show in austria, at the fluc (vienna), in april 2007:


plus, a recently posted video from the latest album of book of knots (also there), featuring two SGM-members, and who are wonderfully unique as well:


another two albums i can warmly recommend to you are:
the sunn O))) + boris project "altar"

which is the best album ive ever heard from both those bands, and perhaps the best of all newcoming stuff from within the last half a dozen of moths;

and, of course, ulvers (or here) "shadows of the sun" ltd. vinyl edition (with this alternate front cover, compared to the cd edition), whose pre-order has already started some days ago and which should be out in stores since oct. 2nd already (talking of the cd):

though i loved their blood inside album the best - and most likely always will -, this album without much doubt is a masterpiece of experimental music (one can barely figure out their black metal roots nowadays anymore), again.

so, much for your own sake, please go and have a look at them at your local music dealer of trust.

the other day, i went to a show of fresnel (or t be looked up on their myspace), monno (+ here, too) and knut (+ myspace) at the arena wien - who all in all played a great gig!
heres some pics and viddies i took at the show:
fresnel:

and the viddy i took:


knut:

video:


unfortunately, i didnt take any photos and/or videos of monno, who did a great job aswell - sorry guys!!

but if i may provide you with an older live-viddy of fresnel (with a much better audio recording underneath):


besides, fresnel just recently released their new 7 inch split with vancouver (CH), which i have to recommend you warmly:

i know, i still havent posted the viddies made at ok kings and kimeras concert, but some day in nearest future, i surely will
for now, i can only leave you with kimeras first video clip, Push Reset:


talking about the tiny rest of my private life, as you may have heard before, im going to be married, yay! ive already tried to set up a list of the people to be invited, as to find a superb location for the civil marriage thing and the after-party...
but still, im not quite sure about how i gonna dress - perhaps this would give you an idea of what im looking for?

and im still waiting for my new set to be shot (now that my ink finally healed up completely)... come on, dearest of all my photographers, lets have our date fixed!!

AND, talking bout shootings: im totally in love with Meshells new set, emerald eyes!
its even the first one i ever felt the need to do some fan art about... though, i havent come very far for now...

but on the other hand, im extraordinarily sad that Rrrrudies set magic flip got rejected - and i really cant say why this had to be... PLEASE all of you people out there, take a look at it and leave her some love, that girl is such a sweetheart and absolutely deserves to go pink!!!

plus, last but not least: im looking forward on attending a blocked course on sound design, held by Angelo D'Angelico and Jan Dietrich (GER), whom to work with i guess will be really exciting!!

For the rest, i hold that all EANs shall be shattered.