Friday, November 22, 2002
Shit. I just spent the last forty-five minutes or so writing an entry and then my frelling browser locked and crashed and the whole thing was eaten.
It's shit like this that prevents my love-hate relationship with computers and the internet from being a love-love relationship.
I know there's not really any point in even trying to reconstruct what I wrote. I'll keep some of it in my head and try again tomorrow. I was rattling on about the move, mostly.
Shit. That's what I get for composing online.
Anyway, I need to do a little work on The Five of Cups today (I am so very behind), but mostly I'll be packing.
I will pass along a bit of good news (deep breath, long paragraph ahead). Included with Trilobite: The Writing of Threshold will be a seven-track CD, Our thoughts make spirals in their world, inspired by the novel. The disc is the latest work from the Pittsburgh-based neoclassical quartet, NYARLATHOTEP: The Crawling Chaos, which is comprised of members of ThouShaltNot and the disembodied brain of Howard Phillips Lovecraft (The Gentleman himself — you can't beat that with a shuggoth). Band member Derek cf. Pegritz writes, "A friend of mine once described NYARLATHOTEP as being a cross between Skinny Puppy in their more instrumental and ambient moods (think along the lines of "Download," "Choralone," and "Rivers") and Aphex Twin, with a healthy dose of Coil and Lustmord thrown in. That's a much better description than I could ever come up with myself! Our stuff is generally heavily cinematic and atmospheric, since so much of it is inspired by, or complementary to, various literary works (mostly H. P. Lovecraft, of course, but also Charles Baudelaire, Lewis Carroll, William Hope Hodgson, and a number of turn-of-the-century anatomists and psychologists). Newer works feature some vocals, though we generally treat voices as just another instrument to be mangled and diced and used for texture, so don't expect catchy lyrics. Do expect somewhat dancy beats at some points, though, as I'm pretty obsessed with solid rhythms and hammering basslines." Derek actually sent me an early version of the disc way back in January. At that time, I was in the middle of several sticky copyright issues and reluctantly asked him to sit on the project for a bit until I could see what we could work out. All has gone well and the CD will accompany Trilobite: The Writing of Threshold. Everyone who orders the chapbook (or has already ordered it) will receive a copy of the CD as a bonus. Those who have ordered (or do so in the future) the deluxe lettered state will recieve a fancier deluxe version of the CD. I'm contributing liner notes and some vocal tracks (spoken, though, not sung). I assure you, the final product will be fabulously creepy (the early version I have is quite creepy enough, thank you). Also, the disc will be offered for sale separate of the chapbook, both on the NYARLATHOTEP website and on my own, as Subterranean Press was kind enough not to ask for an exclusive on the CD.
You can download samples of NYARLATHOTEP's otherworldly music at
artists.iuma.com/IUMA/Bands/Nyarlathotep
and
www.mp3.com/Nyarlathotep/
Now, back to the cardboard wasteland . . .
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