"As bottom-feeders set the agenda, everyone is reduced to being treated no better than the lowest rung by a dumbed-down, idiot-proofed nanny state. It's not that the lunatics are running the asylum, but with democracy's deification of Victimhood, lunatics are coddled and subsidized, and the productive are their slaves."
- Boyd Rice
My life, even when i endeavour to simplify it, has had a tendency to be particularly dramatic, especially at the most inopportune moments. so, here i am, unemployed. again.
However, this time it's sort of a celebratory occasion, even if is inconvenient and sort of a reason for me to begin panicking. since july, i'd been working in the warehouse for a company that sells used high-end hifi stereo and home theatre gear. the owner of this company is a small man. his affinity for betting on the horses and fucking prostitutes, addiction to cocaine and heroin, and general attitude that he doesn't care about anyone or anything was at first somewhat interesting and amusing. as the months drew on and his behaviour became more erratic and actually began to have an impact on my existence outside of work, i started to understand more clearly that someone like him was not to be trusted.
when he fired my good friend, who'd helped me get my foot in the door and who was actually the company's most valuable employee, with absolutely no legitimate grounds for doing so, it became obvious that my time there was going to be short-lived — at best.
business has declined considerably during the past several weeks, ever since the company was blackballed from a prominent site where literally 90% of his sales had been generated. the hifi establishment seeks to rub him out, but his personal view is that he is a "god" and can't be stopped. anyone who challenges this skewed vision of the world is expendable to him. since i was a threat and a friend of someone he'd previously used to prove to his tremendous staff of 9 people just how much power he had over them, it was time for me to go as well.
The fact is, i'm much better off. my initial impulse had been to quit after he fired my friend, but i knew i needed to be working. however, it became very clear that the business was floundering due to his insane misdirection and lack of humility, and i knew it would only be a matter of time before i was gone. in fact, two days prior to my firing (the stated reason for which was, "i don't have to explain myself to you"), i was told that because business was slow, he didn't need two shipping guys, but he kept me around to go to the local otb for him to cash out stubs from his winnings over the weekend. it was at this point that i really knew i could go at any moment.
So, here i am...
it was my intention to refuse to allow this to get me down, but events and circumstances that have unfolded in the single day since i lost my job are such that optimism is not particularly easy to muster at this moment. nevertheless, i shall — as always — press on.
The ANNIHILVS site and related domains have been down for over a week now, with no real set date for a return in sight. however, the blog and the webstore remain functional and active, so i'm not viewing it as an emergency so much as a minor irritation.
http://apexarmouries.bigcartel.com
I am pleased to report that i've been steadily shipping preorder items (and other orders) out during the past few weeks. i'm very interested in having feedback from people who receive their items in the following weeks, about how they feel the releases turned out.
The WILT shirt is going to be printed this week, and the IRM shirt is coming shortly after. preorders will continue to ship until all orders have been filled. please note that the MARTIN BLADH SPECIAL EDITION has been temporarily marked as sold out, pending the production of more copies.
I'm very excited to announce the following items, available now for preorder:
THEOLOGIAN+STEVE MOORE.
INTO THE UTTERMOST FIELDS OF ETHER CDR-PREORDER
$5
PRODUCED ON-DEMAND-SHIPPING LATE FEBRUARY 2010
love is nothing.
WITHOUT ME CDR-PREORDER
$5
PRODUCED ON-DEMAND-SHIPPING LATE MARCH 2010
THEOLOGIAN+INSWARM.
OBLITERATE THE HEART, LIBERATE THE SPIRIT-PREORDER PACKAGE
$20
C60+INSWARM TSHIRT
LIMITED TO 36 COPIES-SHIPPING LATE MARCH 2010
More new items are coming soon, including:
THEOLOGIAN+SKINCAGE.
THE MUSIC OF ERICH ZANN-PREORDER PACKAGE
C60+SKINCAGE TSHIRT
THEOLOGIAN+STROM.EC.
HUBRIZINE-PREORDER PACKAGE
$30
C60+STROM.EC HOODIE
Several distro items have been added to the webstore, including my very last personal copies of the VTERVS LIMITED BOXED EDITION from NTT, which i discovered while cleaning last weekend.
I've had to increase international shipping rates for the newest batch of items, because it's become obvious that i can't afford to continue eating shipping as i increase my active stock. the average 1-2 pound priority mail shipment overseas is around $15-$20, so i've had to make adjustments to reflect that.
More is coming. thanks to everyone who continues to show support and interest in my activities.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
THE GOSPELS OF THE GASH - 01.21.10
"Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure."
- Edward Lee Thorndike
Things are coming together nicely, if not a bit haphazardly. the first
batch of the special edition of STUDY FOR A THEATER OF CRUELTY by MARTIN
BLADH will ship tomorrow. THE FINAL PAGE/WRETCH REIMAGINED will ship
shortly after. it turned out that the cassettes i had were actually
c20s, not c30s, so i had to order new blanks. because i was in a hurry
and didn't want to waste time looking for deals, i had to settle for
c60s, which means that the two tracks on WRETCH REIMAGINED, at 15
minutes each, will now both appear on each side, instead of one on each
side as the tracklisting on the layout states. no big deal, it just
means i'm just delayed in dubbing the copies, which i'll begin doing later today.
After these items begin to ship, i'll be adding some new preorders,
around early february. in the meantime, i've added some new distro items
to the webstore and more are coming.
My personal life is again in a bit of turmoil, as my boss descends into
a cocaine-fueled spiral of narcissistic self-destruction. the label
activities may suffer as a result, but i'm trying to put in place some
things to allow it to sustain itself. i have been working on a move into
my own place during the past month, but these workplace issues may also
derail this important step, as they seem to have done many many times in
the past. my life never seems to just be smooth sailing, there's always
some kind of bullshit, but i continue onward toward the unattainable
horizon, seeking - what, i wonder - valhalla or nirvana?
More music is coming. more releases are in the works. amazing things are
being discussed with amazing artists. one thing i can state officially
is that a new vinyl lp from SKINCAGE is coming later in 2010:
"If all goes well, new skincage record by the end of 2010, brought to
you by the fine folks at Annihilvs. "Wounded Galaxies Tap at the
Window." 44 minutes of Lovecraftian audio, on vinyl. Stay tuned."
- Jon Ray, Skincage
http://www.myspace.com/skincagedronezone
Coming late february: the WILT shirt/A ROOM WITH NEITHER ENTRANCE, NOR
EXIT c60 from WILT vs THEOLOGIAN, and the IRM CULT OF THE YOUNG MEN shirt.
Other stuff in the works for 2010:
SUFFERING BODIES (collaboration between myself, KRISTOFFER NYSTROMS
ORKESTER and EIDULON - label TBA)
THEOLOGIAN. THE FURTHER I GET FROM YOUR STAR, THE LESS LIGHT I FEEL ON
MY FACE CD (label TBA)
Collaboration releases with STEVE MOORE (ZOMBI), INSWARM, CONTENT
NULLITY, SEWER GODDESS, COREPHALLISM, XIPHOID DEMENTIA, and more...
I have done an update on the MARTIN BLADH page at the ANNIHILVS site, with some new imagery and a link to his blog. i suggest you take a look to gain more insight into the mind of this incredible artist.
http://www.annihilvs.org/m-bladh
That's all for now, thanks for looking and listening.
- Edward Lee Thorndike
Things are coming together nicely, if not a bit haphazardly. the first
batch of the special edition of STUDY FOR A THEATER OF CRUELTY by MARTIN
BLADH will ship tomorrow. THE FINAL PAGE/WRETCH REIMAGINED will ship
shortly after. it turned out that the cassettes i had were actually
c20s, not c30s, so i had to order new blanks. because i was in a hurry
and didn't want to waste time looking for deals, i had to settle for
c60s, which means that the two tracks on WRETCH REIMAGINED, at 15
minutes each, will now both appear on each side, instead of one on each
side as the tracklisting on the layout states. no big deal, it just
means i'm just delayed in dubbing the copies, which i'll begin doing later today.
After these items begin to ship, i'll be adding some new preorders,
around early february. in the meantime, i've added some new distro items
to the webstore and more are coming.
My personal life is again in a bit of turmoil, as my boss descends into
a cocaine-fueled spiral of narcissistic self-destruction. the label
activities may suffer as a result, but i'm trying to put in place some
things to allow it to sustain itself. i have been working on a move into
my own place during the past month, but these workplace issues may also
derail this important step, as they seem to have done many many times in
the past. my life never seems to just be smooth sailing, there's always
some kind of bullshit, but i continue onward toward the unattainable
horizon, seeking - what, i wonder - valhalla or nirvana?
More music is coming. more releases are in the works. amazing things are
being discussed with amazing artists. one thing i can state officially
is that a new vinyl lp from SKINCAGE is coming later in 2010:
"If all goes well, new skincage record by the end of 2010, brought to
you by the fine folks at Annihilvs. "Wounded Galaxies Tap at the
Window." 44 minutes of Lovecraftian audio, on vinyl. Stay tuned."
- Jon Ray, Skincage
http://www.myspace.com/skincagedronezone
Coming late february: the WILT shirt/A ROOM WITH NEITHER ENTRANCE, NOR
EXIT c60 from WILT vs THEOLOGIAN, and the IRM CULT OF THE YOUNG MEN shirt.
Other stuff in the works for 2010:
SUFFERING BODIES (collaboration between myself, KRISTOFFER NYSTROMS
ORKESTER and EIDULON - label TBA)
THEOLOGIAN. THE FURTHER I GET FROM YOUR STAR, THE LESS LIGHT I FEEL ON
MY FACE CD (label TBA)
Collaboration releases with STEVE MOORE (ZOMBI), INSWARM, CONTENT
NULLITY, SEWER GODDESS, COREPHALLISM, XIPHOID DEMENTIA, and more...
I have done an update on the MARTIN BLADH page at the ANNIHILVS site, with some new imagery and a link to his blog. i suggest you take a look to gain more insight into the mind of this incredible artist.
http://www.annihilvs.org/m-bladh
That's all for now, thanks for looking and listening.
Monday, January 11, 2010
THE GOSPELS OF THE GASH - 01.11.10
" Because I love you
You can trust me now"
- SWANS
This is my first update of the new year, so allow me to extend the appropriate sentiments to those of you who care. let us hope that 2010 is vastly more painless, pleasant and productive for all of us than 2009 was. i shall certainly hope to make it so for myself.
In my last update, i stated that i'd post again when preorders were assembled. i am pleased to announce that - at least in part - this is the case. after work tonight, i picked up the printed matter for the special edition packaging of STUDY FOR A THEATER OF CRUELTY by MARTIN BLADH, as well as THE FINAL PAGE/WRETCH REIMAGINED by THE VOMIT ARSONIST. i have assembled several copies of both and will continue to do so through this week. the shipments will begin to go out on the weekend. please note that THE VOMIT ARSONIST release is now sold out!
This will leave the WILT tshirt/WILT/THEOLOGIAN collaboration cassette and IRM tshirt as the remaining preorder items to be produced. i need to hold on to a bit of cash in the coming months, in preparation for a particularly important personal expense, but it is my plan to have both these items out in the world by the end of february at the very latest.
New developments and plans for new releases are in the works, if things go the way i hope, it should be pretty exciting news when the time comes to share.
That is all for now. thanks for looking and listening.
You can trust me now"
- SWANS
This is my first update of the new year, so allow me to extend the appropriate sentiments to those of you who care. let us hope that 2010 is vastly more painless, pleasant and productive for all of us than 2009 was. i shall certainly hope to make it so for myself.
In my last update, i stated that i'd post again when preorders were assembled. i am pleased to announce that - at least in part - this is the case. after work tonight, i picked up the printed matter for the special edition packaging of STUDY FOR A THEATER OF CRUELTY by MARTIN BLADH, as well as THE FINAL PAGE/WRETCH REIMAGINED by THE VOMIT ARSONIST. i have assembled several copies of both and will continue to do so through this week. the shipments will begin to go out on the weekend. please note that THE VOMIT ARSONIST release is now sold out!
This will leave the WILT tshirt/WILT/THEOLOGIAN collaboration cassette and IRM tshirt as the remaining preorder items to be produced. i need to hold on to a bit of cash in the coming months, in preparation for a particularly important personal expense, but it is my plan to have both these items out in the world by the end of february at the very latest.
New developments and plans for new releases are in the works, if things go the way i hope, it should be pretty exciting news when the time comes to share.
That is all for now. thanks for looking and listening.
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