Map of the End of the World!

This unusual map comes from a book entitled The End of the World - written by S.L. Lacy and self-published out of Virginia in 1941. Just one of the many amazing posts at Ptak Science Books, a blog making, "unusual connections in the history of science, math, art and social history".

Via Metafilter.

News of the Perverse!

Most of us could use some good news. But, if the news of the day is not so good, is it too much to ask that it be at least a bit... perverted? A little bit of a slant maybe - on the usual, a little outside the lines?

About.com has some nice pages up, but is more of a one-time, in and out kind of thing. Somewhat along the same lines, The Smoking Gun's Arresting Images section of mugshots.


If you don't like the way these sites cast aspersions on the people featured - well, you'll probably hate The Unknown Highway. I guess the closest thing they have to a Sex category here is Sick. They've also kindly rounded up some Internet Perverts for you to lose your lunch over.

Weird News Files stopped running sex stories in February 2009 it would appear, the last one there being that of a man "arrested after allegedly engaging in sexual acts with two blow up dolls in a shopping center parking lot".


A search of Chuck Sheppard's News of the Weird gets about 137 results for 'sex', the same search at The Smoking Gun nets about 2,650.

World Sex News Daily is updated daily, though the content tends towards celebrity gossip & the like. Covering the same sort of territory are the Sex Gazette series of websites: for Asia, Europe, America, and Latin America. I'm not sure if these sites are still being updated, but they are very interesting to peruse, also dealing with pornography & prostitution.


Pervscan is probably the best of the bunch overall - sister site to Supervert, Pervscan has great write-ups, and shows an obvious love for the subject, but it's just not updated as often as one would like.

Catl Has A Record Release Party!

If you weren't lucky enough to score a ticket to tonight's sold-out Catl / Bradley Boy New Years Eve show at The Dakota Tavern, you may want to make a note of their upcoming record release, January 15th at the Silver Dollar. The bill includes the always-awesome Anagram (who should have a new record of their own out very soon), the legendary John Borra & Sam Ferrara, and the 100% guaranteed good vibes of DJ Anousheh.


The new Catl record - their second - is entitled "With The Lord For Cowards You Will Find No Place", and it's being released in the same fashion as their first record - as a 12" vinyl LP with CD version included inside. This is Sarah K's first record with Catl, the first Catl-as-a-trio album, and comes on the heels of much playing of shows - I can't wait to check it out.


Both posters here by the fantastic Fort Polio. Live shot by Michael Helmer.

Tonetta Has A Record!

Details are few at this point, but I am very happy to share the news that King Cock has got a record deal (!!!) - with Black Tent Press (from Los Angeles, no less) - and that we can expect a legitimate record release from Youtube's best kept secret some time in the coming year Twenty Ten.


Which of Tonetta's 100+ 'youtube songs' will be on this debut record? Or will it be songs we haven't heard yet? "Still A Slave" is on the label's MySpace page - does that mean it's going to be on the record? Are the songs going to be the versions we're familiar with? Or new recordings? Solo? With a band? Is he nervous? Elated? Will Tonetta be performing live dates? Will this new record be on vinyl? Is he moving to L.A.? Just some of the unanswered questions whirling through my mind at this news.


And that's not all - Tonetta now has his own MySpace page, his own Facebook fan club site, even a website dedicated to the "ongoing critical study" of his songs and videos.

Check out his latest tune "Jingle Balls" here:


Thanks to Zack for the head's up.

Azonic!

After Blind Idiot God broke up in 1993*, guitarist Andy Hawkins released some material under the name Azonic, chiefly the two releases here: Halo, a 1994 collaboration with Bill Laswell for Laswell's now-defunct specialty label Strata; and Hawkins' half of Skinner's Black Laboratories, a 1995 split with Justin K. Broadrick (part of Sub Rosa's Subsonic series).


This is electric guitar music from outer space. It has some antecedent in Jimi Hendrix, sure: the use of feedback, the wah, the divebombs - but Hawkins sounds HUGE and slow and epic here in a way Hendrix did not (well, maybe parts of "1983").

Azonic is seriously heavy and yet not oppressive whatsoever. Halo in particular has a rare quality of religiosity. It's a great album to come up or down with.

Azonic - Halo
Azonic - Skinner's Black Laboratories


*Blind Idiot God started playing shows again in 2006 and were reportedly playing new material.

Have yourself a sleazy little Christmas

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