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Tunjum, Anal Vomit, Bestial Warfare and Infected Youth
[#1058]
I haven't had flyers to share with you in quite a while. There are several reasons for this, one being that everything has gone digital. *Puke*
Here is the reverse of the Tunjum flyer...
[Above: 'Anal Vomit'... hmm... maybe this sounded better in Spanish? They've been around since 1997, but I've never heard of them. But there are a ton of wicked bands from South America, so who knows, maybe they are good? And what's up with this 'BLACK BAG' they are offering? I WANT IT!!!]
[Above: Bestial Warfare. I must be behind the times because I've never heard of this band either. I like how the bend in the paper looks like the guy is spitting out something.]
[Above: Okay, I fixed it!]
[Above: Here is the reverse of the Bestial Warfare flyer. Here we learn the band is from Germany, the holy altar wet with millions of Germans' blood. There are a ton of killer German bands... so maybe this band is good too? I don't know though, I am pretty faithless regarding 'new' bands. It seems no one has ingenuity or creativity and it all sounds the same. But what in the hellfire does 'In line & row with label mates GOATBLOOD & Blasphmachine' mean?
[Above: Here is a sticker of Infected Youth. I guess the album is called 'Passages From the Fungi From Yuggoth'? The whole Yuggoth thing is from H.P. Lovecraft's mythos, which I adore. His short stories set a wonderful mood. There is no one else like him and if you look here you'll see that he is still inspiring people almost ninety years after his death (he died on March 15, 1937). He was a wizard of words and had an imagination beyond this bland world.]
[Above: A page from Lovecraft's dark mind. This is from The Call of Cthulhu published in Weird Tales in 1928.]
[Above: One of the thousands of editions of The Call of Cthulhu.]
[Above: There are many comics of The Call of Cthulhu.]
[Above: Another comic.]
[Above: An edition of The Call of Cthulhu made to look like Dr. Seuss. Wonder what Lovecraft would think of them trashing his art?]
14/88!
[#1058]
It's great to see white people standing up against the evil system bent on our destruction. Blood & Honour are an awesome outfit, with super cool guys who have been active for decades. Growing up, my circle of friends didn't listen to RAC music, so I was late to the genre. After sampling a few hundred bands I found a bunch that are truly gems. Music that speaks to the soul. People like Ian Stuart, who founded Blood & Honour, are titans in our fight for survival. Some years back, in the years proceeding his death, I was blessed with the opportunity to speak with a hero of our fight -- Gary Yarbrough. A truly beautiful person, a hero and inspiration, but also a super down-to-earth guy. In one letter Gary told me "Ian Stuart used to write me, I don't know what happened to the letters or else I would give them to you." !!!!!! Can you imagine? Letters from Ian Stuart to Gary Yarborough! He said he probably gave them to someone, so somewhere out there someone has the letters. I hope one day they scan them and share them with the world.
And so it goes...
Mexican Tarot?
[#1059]
These are very strange. I stumbled upon these in the belongings of a Mexican friend whom passed away. I had never seen them before, so my first guess was they were some form of tarot. As you might know, many Mexicans are very superstitious and have a lot of occult practices in their society. They say 'Loteria - Gallo de Don Clemente' which means 'Lottery - Don Clemente's Rooster'.
Okay, that doesn't tell us much. So I looked them up and found this:
'Mexican loteria is a wonderful, traditional card game similar to bingo. Loteria is also a form of folk art, as each of the colorful cards has an image of popular Mexican figures including "el catrin" (the gentleman), "el borracho" (the drunk), "la calavera" (the skeleton), "la chalupa" (the flower boat), etc. Great fun for the entire family.'
They forgot about the family favorites of DEATH, the DEVIL, the SKULL and the NEGRO, all family favorites, I'm sure.
So this isn't a tarot deck, it's bingo. Very odd indeed.
[Above: Gallops Island, which this letter was sent to, was used for training and discharging Union soldiers.]
One Hundred and Sixty Years Ago
[#1060]
This envelope and letter within is 160 years old! The American Civil War had been raging since April 12, 1861 and ended April 9, 1965. It's interesting that the letter mentions paying money to avoid being drafted. As always, it was the poor man fighting the rich man's war, not so much the south, the Confederates, however. They acted in a perfectly legal manner, seceding from the Union. It was laid out that any state could leave the Union for any reason, at any time, when it was first made into a country. Abraham Lincoln, curse his name, wanted war and pressed and pressed until he got it, even after congress decided the South had every right to secede.
What followed was the deadliest war the USA would ever see. Deaths range from 620, 000 - 850,000. Anyway, you can read the contents below.
[Below: Stamp of Andrew Jackson, perhaps the best American president in history, he was the 7th president and was in office from 1829 - 1837. His image is also found on the American $20.00 bill, something they no doubt did to spite him, as he was a fiery opponent of the private banking system in the United States. He nearly destroyed this corrupt and evil system and was quoted as proudly saying 'I killed the bank'.]
[Below: Letter page four and one.]
[Below: Letter open to page three and two.]
First, we'll look at Tunjum. I like them using their own culture (Ancestral Death Metal from the Land of the Inca), 'Deidades del Inframundo' translates to 'Deities of the Underworld'. For far too long South American bands have used the cultural and religious beliefs of Europe. Although they should wear something more akin to their ancient culture, not the typical bullet belts. Anyway...
Another question: Why do Americans pronounce 'bestial' like beastial, while English people pronouce it BEST-ial. Clearly the English are right in this. I've noticed a lot of English spelling and grammar is more logical than American English. ENGLISH ÜBER ALLES!]
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