Interzone report: June-July 2009

INTERZONE REPORT

June-July 2009

Accueil / May 2009 / Contents of the tomes of the Time of the Naguals : Articles Poems Cut-ups Theater

Paul O'Donovan : "The rebirth of Ra-Atum-Khepri, occurring during an Interzone Coffee-break T.V. commercial, causing a partial eclipse over the Westernlands."

Hi all,

Summer news: a number of anniversaries , festivals, and the twelfth anniversary of Interzone. I delayed the sending of this report hoping I could finish the compilation of "The Time of the Naguals" before, but there is so much to include in it that it came out it was impossible.

12th anniversary of Interzone

Interzone started 12 years ago, on August 10 th 1997, some days after Burroughs passed away on August 2nd. Zoners who live in the same area can get in touch through the Interzone Coffee House at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theinterzonecoffeehouse/ and fix an appointment at the date and place they choose.

For virtual meetings, If a physical meeting is going on somewhere, it can be linked through computer with a meeting on the net in a chat at the same time, and a video chat would allow us to get in touch wherever we are in the world. Jim suggests to use Stickham free video chat at http://www.stickam.com/chatRoom.do I am creating a chat room there called "Interzone".

To use it, you must see the page at http://www.stickam.com/howto/index.do to connect with your video system.

For those who do not use a web cam, they can also use the plain chat of the forum Interzone at http://interzone.forumotion.com/ , but you have to join first and log in to access to the chat-room.

Interzone literature

"The Time of the Naguals" : articles, poems, cut-ups and theater :

The contents :

Last month the tome with the articles was on line at http://aubert.isa.googlepages.com/articlescontents.htm . This tome has been modified: the "Fiction" part has been suppressed to be included in the tome of the short stories, and the research has been added : mainly on detoxification, dreams and non-Aristotelian economy. It contains 172 pages at the moment, but I shall add more texts. The research on dreamachine has to be added too, so as the research part by itself is a big piece, it might end to become gathered in a research tome.The contents of the poems is at http://aubert.isa.googlepages.com/poemscontents.htmAt the moment, it contains 163 pages, but I must improve the presentation and want to add some illustrations, so it will probably be bigger.The tome of cut-ups contains 80 pages at the moment, but illustrations also have to be added. The contents is on line at http://aubert.isa.googlepages.com/cutupscontents.htmThe tome of theater plays, 63 pages, is finished. See the contents at http://aubert.isa.googlepages.com/theatercontents.htmThe tome of short stories has to be ended, but the most of the work is done. I should be ready very soon.I am gathering each tome in a Open Office file, then converted in pdf. Have a look at those pages of contents if you are the author of a text. If you want to change anything, let me know now before the definitive version. If you want to revise the writing, or reread it, and have lost it, I can send it to you for you to correct it. If you sent texts which I have forgotten, please let me know and send them. I'll add them to the whole.When I started this compilation, I thought it would have been finished sooner, but the whole reveals itself as a huge work !!!!!!!!!!! It gives an idea of the Zone's spirit and work at different levels, and is the result of experiments of Burroughs' and Gysin's researches realized by an international group of some hundreds of people in twelve years.

Beside the writings, I shall add to this compilation the CD of music : "Interzone compilation I", which was gathered by Paul Sinclair in the early 2000. It was on line some years ago and then disapeared from the net, so the only Zoners who have it are the ones who were part of it then, about 15 people including Paul Sinclair and me.

There also are the paintings and illustrations. A part of them are illustrating the different tomes of the writings, but there are so many than they would deserve another CD by themselves.

So this is a rough map of the work done until now.

Publication and sale:

The other important point is the publication: I foresee to make it through Interzone Editions http://www.inter-zone.org/editions.htm, on CD, because it's not possible to print the different tomes as books with the home-made way I use. So we must see the price of it, knowing that for the people who were part of them, the cost will be limited to the price of the CD and post fees if they want it on a CD, or transmitted through a mail in pdf files, for free.

For the other people out of Interzone, we shall have to determine a price, and as it is a collective work, see together what to do with the money which will come from it. You can refer to the articles written on a non-Aristotelian economy :

I New data on money: what are we talking about exactly? : http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Crete/9445/gsmoney.html

II Application of those data in the context of the Zone : http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Crete/9445/gsmoney2.html

III Proposition to experiment a zone of free exchange (latest version: April 21st 2000) : http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Crete/9445/gsmoney3.html

IV A non-Aristotelian economy (january 2002) and B. Proposition of a community structure at the scale of Interzone : http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Crete/9445/gsmoney4.html

V. Académie 23: january 2004 : http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Crete/9445/gsmoney5.html

VI January 2006 : a non-Aristotelian globalization ? : http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Crete/9445/gsmoney6.html

VII January 2009 : Interzone Editions: experiment of a non-aristotelian economy : http://semantiquegenerale.free.fr/gsmoney7.htm

The rest of the doc on a non-Aristotelian economy, based upon general semantics, is accessible from the page http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Crete/9445/economy.html for those who read French.

Chris Damitio's new book

"Feeding the Spirit: 30 Days of Spiritual Practice for People of All Faiths During Ramadan 2009" is available at Lulu at http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/feeding-the-spirit-30-days-of-spiritual-practice-for-people-of-all-faiths-during-ramadan-2009/7430410 Download $3.00, Paperback book $9.50. More about it at http://digg.com/d3y9rF and http://fuknus.chrisdamitio.com/?p=5613

Festivals :

Naked Luch festival

In Paris

The big event since the latest report has been the Naked Lunch festival organized by Oliver Harris and Ian MacFadyen in Paris for the 50th anniversary of the 1959 publication of William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch from July 1st to 3. I could not go there, but you can see photos and videos on the event in the site http://nakedlunch.org/ at http://nakedlunch.org/events/paris/documents/, the Photographs and Coverage by Frank Rynne at http://brianjonesjoujoukafestival.blogspot.com/2009/07/burroughs-naked-lunch-50th-in-paris.html and http://brianjonesjoujoukafestival.blogspot.com/2009/07/naked-lunch-50th-anniversary-and.html and article by the Agence France Presse at http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jCAhQuduSMQr33sPNEp609O2JDwQ

Just a note to draw your attention to two things connected to the NL@50 anniversary: Thing One: those of you who saw RADIO JOY perform in Paris will be pleased to know that the group are selling a limited edition recording of "A Lucky Thief in a Careless World" via http://www.bandofholyjoy.co.uk/news.htm - and for anyone who didn't see it, their show really was extraordinary and brilliant. Thing Two: on the website at http://nakedlunch.org/events/paris/documents/ you'll find a series of videos and photographs documenting the Paris anniversary events, to which you're welcome to make additions (contact: http://www.blogger.com/keith@supervert.com ). The website will continue to be regularly updated - with press coverage http://nakedlunch.org/press/ and anniversary event news, feature articles, etc. - so do keep checking in. Thing Three - As well as upcoming anniversary events in Lawrence, Kansas (August), London (September), New York (October), and San Francisco (November), we already know of further anniversary events planned for Chicago (August) and Bristol (September). If you are making plans or want to share information, do let us know so that details can appear on the nakedlunch.org website. Let's make the most of this special anniversary year, and serve up a naked lunch around the world..

In Lawrence:

The 'Naked' truth: Lawrence's arts community celebrates 50-year anniversary of William S. Burroughs' definitive work: this is going to be huge ! http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/jul/17/naked-truth-lawrences-arts-community-celebrates-50/ should be a blast!

Lawrence exhibition will be on August 2nd.http://www.blogger.com/

In New York:

7 - 10 October.

See the details of each exhibition at http://nakedlunch.org/events/

Master Musicians of Joujouka Festival 5-7 June, 2009 Slideshow 1

The other big festival was in Joujouka : see the slideshow by Frank Rynne at http://brianjonesjoujoukafestival.blogspot.com/2009/07/master-musicians-of-joujouka-festival-5.html

Brian Jones 40th Anniversary special radio Broadcast

On July 3 a special radio broadcast was dedicated to Brion Jones 40th anniversary at http://brianjonesjoujoukafestival.blogspot.com/2009/07/brian-jones-40th-anniversary-special.html . You can listen to it at http://www.rocksoff.org/h9-brianjones-40th.mp3 See also the ROCKS OFF - The Rolling Stones Message Board at http://rocksoff.org/messageboard/YaBB.pl?num=1246329275/50

Story of Joujouka by Frank Rynne

See also the story of the Master Musicians of Joujouka by Frank Rynne at http://brianjonesjoujoukafestival.blogspot.com/2009/07/mallim-ali-abdelsalm-el-attar-oldest.html

Frank's involvement and work with the group at http://brianjonesjoujoukafestival.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-post.html

William Burroughs and Mohammed Hamri : http://brianjonesjoujoukafestival.blogspot.com/2009/07/william-burroughs-and-mohamed-hamri.html

The Master Musicians of Joujouka: more from beat hotel click through links for even more

http://brianjonesjoujoukafestival.blogspot.com/2009/07/naked-lunch-at-50-plaque-unveiling-at.html

Jean-Marc: galerie ECRITURES

Jean-Marc Vincent opened the Galerie ECRITURES, 1 rue Pierre PETIT 03100 MONTLUCON, on July 1st with a exhibition of paintings by Jean ADLER, Roland COGNET, Jean ESTAQUE, Pierre LAFOUCRIERE, Yo MARCHAND, Rémy PASTOR. The exhibition is going on during this summer. Contact: galerie.ecritures@live.fr www.myspace.com/ecritures http://www.blogger.com/

Noelle Pujol : site, photos and videos

Site : http://noellepujol.free.fr/ Noelle's new project photo and video "Les animaux de Tirana" is being partly exposed at the Centre d'art Passerelle in Brest, in the collective exhibition "en vue... des manières de voir / la nature mise en image et en vitrine" (May 15 -August 22). http://www.cac-passerelle.com/ It also is on line in the new review Leucothéa, around the work of Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, at : http://www.revue-leucothea.com/ More details in Interzone news at http://interzone-news.blogspot.com/2009/07/noelle-pujol-site-and-news.html http://www.blogger.com/

José Altimiras :

Exhibition "Toutes toiles dehors"

From July 10th to August 23rd the works of José Altimiras and 41 other painters are exposed in the streets of Maury : see

the paintings in trompe-l'oeil style in this village at http://www.trompe-l-oeil.info/Trompeloeil/templates/grey/images/Maury%20bernard%20Gout.pdf

Music

The whirling Dervish: concerts:

Here are the dates of their next concerts :

• On 7/18/2009 9:00 PM - 5$ - 21+ Lauren's b-day show @ Keegan's 1434 Marcelina Ave, Torrance, California 90501 w/ Headtraffic, Gumshoe Suicides, Ready The Jet, & DJ Kawika


• On 7/22/2009 8:00 PM IsGoodRadio.com w/jon Hershfield----tune in! Performance/interview. be sure to also check out IsGoodMusic.com.


• On 7/24/2009 9:00 PM - FREE - 21+ The Crest 1625 Cabrillo, Torrance, 90501 w/ Electric Children


• On 8/15/2009 9:00 PM - TBD - 21+ The Good Hurt 12249 Venice Blvd, West LA, California 90066 w/ The Spies The Spies' record release!

www.myspace.com/thewhirlingdervish

Jean-Michel Gosselin and Sonofage meetings

Jean-Michel is participating to the Sonofage meetings in September 2009 : http://sonofages.free.fr/rencontres . The Site is on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/sonofages

Sites:

Yannig: my new bizarre podcast ..

"Hi all. I Have just updated my web site and thought you might have a look at it: liestra http://web.me.com/adanig/yannig/liestra/liestra.htmlTo subscribe: go to Subscribe itpc://web.me.com/adanig/yannig/liestra/rss.xml Don't miss it ! " Yannighttp://www.blogger.com/

Vasha Dadaya on facebook

Vasha's page is at www.facebook.com/people/Vasha-Dadaya/1247300554

Interzone news' blog

I had started this blog at http://interzonenews.wordpress.com/ in May to host the Zone's news instead of blogspot, after Interzone news had suddenly disappeared, due to a mad robot. But as the site came back after I complained, I am back to it and I am using Interzone news' blog at wordpress to host news not related to Interzone. I shall jump into it again for the Zone news in case blogspot would collapse again.

Warning: Geocities closing :

As Zoners who have a free site in Geocities probably know, they are closing on OCTOBER 26, 2009, so the free sites will be suppressed, unless we pay to keep them on line. See at http://geocities.yahoo.com/ about it.So if you do not want to pay, you can have your site saved in Internet archives way back machine at http://www.archive.org/web/web.php . You can also save its contents on your computer with http://www.httrack.com/ (free software).

New pages on line

In Interzone sites :

Updates of Interzone news at http://interzone-news.blogspot.com/

Updates of Bienvenue à Interzone http://isabellebaudron.blog.lemonde.fr/

Interzone news' blog http://interzonenews.wordpress.com/

Contents of the tomes of the Time of the Naguals : Articles http://aubert.isa.googlepages.com/articlescontents.htm

Poems http://aubert.isa.googlepages.com/poemscontents.htm

Cut-ups http://aubert.isa.googlepages.com/cutupscontents.htm

Theater http://aubert.isa.googlepages.com/theatercontents.htm

In the other zoners' sites:

Naked Luch http://nakedlunch.org/ at http://nakedlunch.org/events/paris/documents/, the Photographs and Coverage by Frank Rynne at http://brianjonesjoujoukafestival.blogspot.com/2009/07/burroughs-naked-lunch-50th-in-paris.html and http://brianjonesjoujoukafestival.blogspot.com/2009/07/naked-lunch-50th-anniversary-and.html and article by the Agence France Presse at http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jCAhQuduSMQr33sPNEp609O2JDwQ

RADIO JOY "A Lucky Thief in a Careless World" http://www.bandofholyjoy.co.uk/news.htm website at http://nakedlunch.org/events/paris/documents/

Master Musicians of Joujouka Festival 5-7 June, 2009 Slideshow 1 http://brianjonesjoujoukafestival.blogspot.com/2009/07/master-musicians-of-joujouka-festival-5.html

Brian Jones 40th Anniversary special radio Broadcast http://brianjonesjoujoukafestival.blogspot.com/2009/07/brian-jones-40th-anniversary-special.html . You can listen to it at http://www.rocksoff.org/h9-brianjones-40th.mp3 ROCKS OFF - The Rolling Stones Message Board at http://rocksoff.org/messageboard/YaBB.pl?num=1246329275/50

Story of Joujouka by Frank Rynne http://brianjonesjoujoukafestival.blogspot.com/2009/07/mallim-ali-abdelsalm-el-attar-oldest.html & http://brianjonesjoujoukafestival.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-post.html

William Burroughs and Mohammed Hamri : http://brianjonesjoujoukafestival.blogspot.com/2009/07/william-burroughs-and-mohamed-hamri.html

The Master Musicians of Joujouka: more from beat hotel click through links for even more http://brianjonesjoujoukafestival.blogspot.com/2009/07/naked-lunch-at-50-plaque-unveiling-at.html

Jean-Marc Vincent: galerie ECRITURES www.myspace.com/ecritures galerie.ecritures@live.fr

Noelle Pujol : site, photos and videos http://noellepujol.free.fr/ http://www.cac-passerelle.com/ http://www.revue-leucothea.com/

José Altimiras : Exhibition "Toutes toiles dehors" http://www.trompe-l-oeil.info/Trompeloeil/templates/grey/images/Maury%20bernard%20Gout.pdf

The Whirling Dervish: www.myspace.com/thewhirlingdervish

Jean-Michel Gosselin and Sonofage meetings http://sonofages.free.fr/rencontres . The site on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/sonofages

Yannig: my new bizarre podcast .. liestra http://web.me.com/adanig/yannig/liestra/liestra.html Subscribe itpc://web.me.com/adanig/yannig/liestra/rss.xml

Vasha Dadaya on facebook www.facebook.com/people/Vasha-Dadaya/1247300554

So the whole here represents a lot of energy and work. All the best to all for the festivals and gigs to come, and great holidays for those who have some !

This report is on line at http://aubert.isa.googlepages.com/reportjune09.htm and in French at http://aubert.isa.googlepages.com/reportjune09fr.htm Between two reports, the Zone's news are on line in Interzone news at http://interzone-news.blogspot.com/

Izzy

The ‘Naked’ truth: Lawrence’s arts community celebrates 50-year anniversary of William S. Burroughs’ definitive work

this is going to be huge http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/jul/17/naked-truth-lawrences-arts-community-celebrates-50/
should be a blast!

Lawrence exhibition will be on August 2nd.

NL@50 - Three Things

Dear Fellow Burroughsians,

Just a note to draw your attention to two things connected to the NL@50 anniversary:

Thing One: those of you who saw RADIO JOY perform in Paris will be pleased to know that the group are selling a limited edition recording of "A Lucky Thief in a Careless World" via http://www.bandofholyjoy.co.uk/news.htm - and for anyone who didn't see it, their show really was extraordinary and brilliant.

Thing Two: on the website at http://nakedlunch.org/events/paris/documents/ you'll find a series of videos and photographs documenting the Paris anniversary events, to which you're welcome to make additions (contact: keith@supervert.com ). The website will continue to be regularly updated - with press coverage http://nakedlunch.org/press/ and anniversary event news, feature articles, etc. - so do keep checking in.

Thing Three - As well as upcoming anniversary events in Lawrence, Kansas (August), London (September), New York (October), and San Francisco (November), we already know of further anniversary events planned for Chicago (August) and Bristol (September). If you are making plans or want to share information, do let us know so that details can appear on the nakedlunch.org website. Let's make the most of this special anniversary year, and serve up a naked lunch around the world..

Oliver and Ian

Contents of the tomes of the "Time of the Naguals"

I am ending the compilation of Interzone writings. I make it in pdf files.
The contents of the following tomes is on line at :
Articles http://aubert.isa.googlepages.com/articlescontents.htm
Poems http://aubert.isa.googlepages.com/poemscontents.htm
Cut-ups http://aubert.isa.googlepages.com/cutupscontents.htm

More to come soon.

Izzy

Frank Rynne and the Master Musicians of Joujouka

http://brianjonesjoujoukafestival.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-post.html

Membership card of Master Musicians of Joujouka/Jajouka/Jahjouka association of Frank Rynne.

Since 1994 Frank Rynne has been a member of the association of the Master Musicians of Joujouka/Serifya Association of the Master Musicians of Jahjouka/Jajouka/Joujouka. This membership carries with it the responsibilities and requirements to treat with and treat all fellow members equally. His representation of the Master Musicians of Joujouka in the West is an elected position and his views and actions are guided by the majority view of the Master Musicians of Joujouka/Jajouka/Jahjouka. It is not a relationship based on the contractual norms of the Western music business but rather, he is a fraternal member of the Master Musician's association.

This membership has set Rynne apart from other westerners who have produced the Master Musicians of Joujouka as he is accepted as an equal in the village but his designated and elected role has been to promote the Master Musician's music and to deal with people outside Morocco on their behalf.



Click on newspaper image below for actual article by Frank Rynne on his introduction to Master Musicians of Joujouka. Click links for text.

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A Rolling Stone’s Moroccan odyssey

The Irish Times
22 Jul 2008

WHEN I FIRST visited Morocco in 1994, I took a one-way charter flight to Malaga and a ferry across the Straits of Gibraltar. On one side of the Straits were the burnt hills of Southern Spain, on the other the high colossus of the Rif Mountains. Soon I...read more...

Tech Tags: The Irish Times newspaper Life Features

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/features/2008/0722/1216627308850.html


Mojo Article on Matser Musicians of Joujouka Brian Jones 40th Anniversary Festival

No Stone Unturned Frank Rynne and Bachir Attar interviewed re the controversy surrounding the reissue of the Brian Jones presnets the Pipes of Pan Cd in 1995 from the Independent newspaper in the UK Friday, 21 July 1995

Past Masters from National Dubai March 6 2009. Though the Master Musicians disagree with many assertions in the article it is of interest as it is written by an unbiased journalist and musician Jace Clayton.


The Faded Myth of the Goat God German report on the damage to Joujouka and its future caused by Bachir Attar's controversial activities. 2005

An Interview with Bachir Attar July 9th, 2008 Walrus magazine Claims by Bachir Attar with refutations by Frank Rynne speaking on behalf of the Master Musicians of Joujouka

Joujouka : More on the story .....

Mallim Ali Abdeslam El Attar at The Brian Jones 40th Anniversary Festival, Joujouka , Morocco, 29 July 2008.
Photo copyright Jill Furmanovsky/Rockarchive

The oldest musician in Joujouka is Mallim Ali Abdeslam El Attar. Mallim is the name given to a true master of music and Mallim Ali is known as the Master of Joujouka to all. He is the oldest musician from Joujouka and the oldest Attar in the village.

Master Musicians of Jajouka/Joujouka tour booklet 1980. The tour was organised
by Rikki Stein a true friend to the Master Musicians.Mallim Ali top photo on left

Last year he presided over the Brian Jones 40th Anniversary Festival in Joujouka as he did at this year's festival in June. The reverence shown to him by the Masters is evident when they arrive at the musician's house in Joujouka. His presence is always something to be appreciated as a blessing. He is the spiritual leader of the musicians by virtue of his age, his wisdom and his adherence to the saint, Sidi Ahmed Scheich, whose blessings he attributes his longevity to.

At nearly 100 year of age Mallim Ali has had a hard life. In 1936 he was conscripted by General Franco into the Spanish colonial army and was forced to fight in all the battles in the Spanish Civil War. This was an experience that many his generation of Sufi masters in Joujouka endured. He was retained in Spain until the end of World War II and then returned to his native Morocco without pay or pension.

From 1945 onwards he continued to play with The Master Musicians of Joujouka and was a veteran of Hamri's efforts to support the village by bringing the musicians to play on the trains between Ksar El kebir and Tangier, in the International Zone. This was the Interzone of William Burrough's fiction. In the 1950s he played at Brion Gysin and Hamri's restaurant, the 1001 nights in Tangier. This is where William Burroughs first saw the Master Musicians perform. He recalls his playing for Brian Jones with humorous glee. However a sadness also descends on Mallim Ali when he recalls those days to people. He always insists on naming the great masters who played with him who are now dead.

Last year, award winning rock photographer, Jill Furmanovsky, made a series of portraits of Mallim Ali which were published in the Onelife magazine. Other photographs by Jill of the Brian Jones 40th Anniversary Festival in Joujouka have appeared in The Guardian, Dazed and Confused and Mojo . The festival was celebration by the village of jaoujouka/Joujouka of brian Jones visit to record an LP in 1968. The resulting LP "Brian Jones presents the Pipes of Pan at Joujouka" was the first release on Rolling Stones Records in 1971. A small selection of her images from the Brian Jones Festival are available on The Master Musicians Myspace.

This June I brought copies of the magazine to the village and the day before the festival and on 4 June 2009, I presented Mallim Ali with a copy. In the below slide show you can see Mallim Ali looking at the magazine and I really like the photo I took of him with Jill's photo open on a magazine page with his full page portrait. Michael Pollock and his son Marlon were on the porch and Master Musicians Mohamed Mockshan and Radi El Kahil arrive and greet the Master. It is obvious in the photos the reverence that the Masters have for Mallim Ali. I always bring several tubes of prescription eye ointment for him as he has severe eye pain and discomfort. He always blesses me for this small gesture.

Mallim Ali Abdeslam El Attar and Frank Rynne discuss Brian Jones and the recording of Brian Jones presents the Pipes of Pan at Joujouka, (Rolling Stones records 1971) for Zac Assemakis's film on the Brian Jones 40th Anniversary Festival in Joujouka. 29 July 2008.
Photo copyright Jill Furmanovsky/Rockarchive

The day I left Joujouka in June he called me to one side and asked me where was the money gone from the Brian Jones recording and the other records he played on such as the Master Musicians of Jajouka record that Joel Rubiner put out in 1974 and Ornette Coleman's "Dancing in My Head" all of which have been reissue on Cd without any consultation with the Masters.

Sadly the answer is not a mystery as other posts on this blog have revealed. Cherie Nutting , her ex husband Bachir Attar and Joel Rubiner, who runs a successful business in New Mexico selling Moroccan leather, have the answers. Philip Glass's label Point Music reissued the Brian Jones LP in 1995 and no one thought to consult or include Mallim Ali or the other Masters and their families in the remuneration that ensued.

Words and Photos copryright Frank Rynne
Pics of Mallim Ali and Frank Rynne taken by Marlon Pollock

Read Hamri's Open Letter of Protest against the CD reissue of Brian Jones's LP

The Master Musicians of Joujouka: more from beat hotel click through links for even more

http://brianjonesjoujoukafestival.blogspot.com/2009/07/naked-lunch-at-50-plaque-unveiling-at.html

Exposition "Toutes toiles dehors"

The Whirling Dervish

7/18/2009 9:00 PM - 5$ - 21+

Lauren’s b-day show @ Keegan’s

1434 Marcelina Ave, Torrance, California

90501



w/ Headtraffic, Gumshoe Suicides, Ready The Jet, & DJ Kawika



7/22/2009 8:00 PM

IsGoodRadio.com w/jon Hershfield----tune in!



Performance/interview. be sure to also check out

IsGoodMusic.com.



7/24/2009 9:00 PM - FREE - 21+

The Crest

1625 Cabrillo, Torrance, 90501



w/ Electric Children



8/15/2009 9:00 PM - TBD - 21+

The Good Hurt

12249 Venice Blvd, West LA, California 90066

w/ The Spies



The Spies' record release!

master musicians of joujouka

Brion Gysin on The Magic of Joujouka/Jajouka and Boujeloud from Gnaoua Magazine 1964:
http://brianjonesjoujoukafestival.blogspot.com/2009/07/brion-gysin-on-magic-of-joujoukajajouka_09.html

Naked Lunch 50th Anniversary in Paris and William Burroughs The Last Words of Hassan Sabbah:
http://brianjonesjoujoukafestival.blogspot.com/2009/07/naked-lunch-50th-anniversary-and.html

Noelle Pujol : site, photos and videos

http://noellepujol.free.fr/

Mon nouveau projet l'installation photo et vidéo "Les animaux de Tirana" est en ce moment en partie exposée au Centre d'art Passerelle à Brest dans le cadre de l'exposition collective "en vue… des manières de voir / la nature mise en image et en vitrine" (15 mai-22 août). http://www.cac-passerelle.com/

Elle est aussi visible dans la nouvelle revue en ligne Leucothéa, revue autour de l'oeuvre de Jean-Marie Straub et Danièle Huillet.
Voici le lien :
http://www.revue-leucothea.com/

"Noëlle Pujol a passé trois semaines à Tirana en Albanie dans le cadre d'un programme d'échange artistique. Pour mieux accéder à l'histoire du pays, elle décide de s'appuyer sur la figure animale et plus particulièrement la collection des animaux naturalisés du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de la Rruga Kavajës; c'est un espace ignoré, oublié, préposé à une activité de recherche scientifique et universitaire, aujourd'hui en état de dégradation. Un taxidermiste travaille encore dans son laboratoire. Il continue de porter l'irréalité du lieu de son atelier jusqu'aux salles obscures occupées par la communauté des animaux naturalisés (Le taxidermiste de Tirana). Ici l'animal est non seulement une figure de transition entre l'humain et l'inhumain, le vivant et l'inerte mais aussi porteur d'indices, de directions, d'un régime esthétique des arts où le processus d'hétérogénéité contient une secrète dimension politique.
La vidéo Oiseau en cage montre le seul animal en mouvement devant l'architecture du Muséum, où les bruits de la ville de Tirana viennent se mêler à l'appel à la prière du dernier jour de Ramadan.

La série Nanook à Tirana fait résonner un nom de cinéma (Nanook of the North de Robert Flaherty, 1922) avec l'identité de Fatos Nano, représenté avec une coiffe indienne, ancien premier ministre et président du Parti Socialiste d'Albanie. Sur le mur du Muséum, un graffiti porte l'inscription"NANO IK" (NANO DEHORS) sur lequel un partisan a recouvert la lettre i par la lettre o pour signifier "NANO OK" (NANO OUI).

Avec Taxidermy in process Noëlle Pujol poursuit ici son travail de recherche sur la taxidermie, la figure animale et le politique au Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Berlin.

Jean-Michel Gosselin and Sonofage meetings

Les rencontres de Sonofage : septembre 2009 :
http://sonofages.free.fr/rencontres
Site on MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/sonofages

Frank Rynne : Burrough's Naked Lunch 50th Anniversary in Paris First photos of Plaque unveiling at Beat Hotel 1 July 2009

See the first videos and photos by Frank Rynne of Naked Lunch festival at
http://brianjonesjoujoukafestival.blogspot.com/2009/07/burroughs-naked-lunch-50th-in-paris.html

Frank Rynne : brian jones RIP radio special

Friday, July 3, 2009
Brian Jones 40th Anniversary special radio Broadcast
Brian Jones (28 February 1942 – 3 July 1969)R.I.P.

To commemorate the 40th Anniversary of the untimely death of Brian Jones there is a special radio broadcast featuring Donovan and Julian Jones plus the homage to Brian written by Mohamed Hamri "Brian Jones Joujouka very Stoned".The Master Musicians of Joujouka's thoughts are with Brian and his family on this day.

ROCKS OFF - The Rolling Stones Message Board

This is to invite you to listen on-line--- LIVE our web-radio special dedicated to commemorate Brian Jones life and his contribution to the music of the sixties, of course making emphasis in his work with the Stones, Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, his soundtrack, his gingle, his World-music experimentation, etc, etcAgain, you can call us and contribute to this programme, we are trying to get a two-hour special this time. We’re gonna have simultaneous translation to English and to SpanishNow the good news, we’re going to have some very special guests, Donovan, yes the legendary Donovan already confirmed and Julian was invited and we’re waiting his confirmation.

In addition to the best of Brian we’re gonna put some songs dedicated to Brian like “Local Boy Chops Wood” by Donovan and one or two songs by Julian.The appointment is on Friday, 3rd July 2009, we’re gonna be on the local air and on the world wide cyber air!

Live Signal: http://ibero909.fm/index.php/envivo

Windows Media Player: http://ibero909.fm/index.php/envivowmp

Real Player: http://ibero909.fm/index.php/envivorealplayer

Phone: +52-(55)-5292-5909

Instant Messenger: obladioblada909@hotmail.com
•Stones Song
•Stones Song
•Degree of Murder (audio extracted from DVD) with Jimmy Page and Nicky Hopkins
•Stones Song
•Rice Crispis Jingle
•Thank you for being there my love a poem by Brian Jones performed by Julian Jones
•"You know my name, look up my number" w/The Beatles
•My Little One w/Jimi Hendrix, Dave Mason and Mitch Mitchell
•Heavy Inside (Julian) a song inspired by and dedicated to Brian
•Local Boy Chops Wood a song composed and performed by Donovan, dedicated to Brian
• Brahim Jones Joujouka Very Stoned (A song dedicated by the MMOJ to Brian)

Donovan and Linda will be on the air, after "Local Boy Chops Wood"

Time Schedule

Whirling Dervish: Consumption Twelve June 6th, June 20 The Crest, June 28 Que Sera

This is a late night for the diehard! Silver Factory Studios is also an after-hours venue. We will be performing at 1AM and the venue remains open and serving until 4AM. Drink that energy drink and come on down!
FAC 915 Presents The Cockerspaniels (from Austin Tx), The Modern Time Machines & The Whirling Dervish
Wednesday July 8th - 10PM - $TBDSilver Factory Studios915 mateo St. Los Angeles, Ca 90021
Coming soon:
July 22 - IsGoodRadio.com performance / July 24th - The Crest, Torrance, Ca / August 15th - Good Hurt, Venice, Ca

Yannig: mon nouveau podcast du bizarre ..

Bonjour à tous,Je viens de mettre à jour mon site web et pensais que vous pourriez souhaiter le consulter. Pour vous y rendre, il vous suffit de cliquer sur les liens ci-dessous ou de copier les URL dans votre navigateur web.
liestra
Pour :S'abonner

Ne manquez pas d’aller y jeter un coup d’œil et dites-moi ce que vous en pensez.

Sunday June 28th, The Whirling Dervish LIVE in Long Beach @ Que Sera

http://www.thequesera.com/

QUE SERA

1923 E 7th St Long Beach, CA 90813-5104

(562) 599-61709

PM 5$
COMING SOON:

July 22 - Is GoodRadio.com performance / July 24th - The Crest, Torrance, Ca / August 15th - Good Hurt, Venice, Calast

Yannig: sous le microscope !

Bonjour à tous,

Je viens de mettre à jour mon site web et pensais que vous pourriez souhaiter le consulter. Pour vous y rendre, il vous suffit de cliquer sur les liens ci-dessous ou de copier les URL dans votre navigateur web.
yannig http://web.me.com/adanig/yannig
animalcules

Ne manquez pas d’aller y jeter un coup d’œil et dites-moi ce que vous en pensez.

Jean-Marc: galerie ECRITURES

Galerie écritures


Inauguration de la Galerie ECRITURES
et
Vernissage de l’exposition d’ETE



Jean ADLER
Roland COGNET
Jean ESTAQUE
Pierre LAFOUCRIERE
Yo MARCHAND
Rémy PASTOR


le 1 Juillet 2009 à 19h




1 rue Pierre PETIT 03100 MONTLUCON galerie.ecritures@live.fr

Vasha Dadaya on facebook

Vasha's page is at

www.facebook.com/people/Vasha-Dadaya/1247300554

Burroughs Homage, July 1 - 3 - Naked Lunch@50

Bonjour Burroughsians,
With two weeks to go before the Anniversary Homage to William Burroughs starts at the University of London Institute in Paris, we wanted to say that the final programme of events is now up on the special website:
http://nakedlunch.org/events/paris/ OR http://nakedlunch.org/events/paris/francais/
If you have any questions about any part of the programme, please let us know and we will get back to you as quickly as possible.
We hope this will be a truly special event, a tribute to Burroughs that catches some of the spirit of his great book, and we want to thank you in advance for your part in making it happen.
With our best wishes,
Oliver, Andrew, Ian
Oliver Harris, Andrew Hussey, Ian MacFadyen
Dr Oliver Harris
Professor of American Literature
American Studies
Keele University
Staffordshire ST5 5BG
http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/as/staff/harris.htm
o.c.g.harris@ams.keele.ac.uk

The Whirling Dervish LIVE on Saturday night @ The Crest - Torrance, Ca

June, 20 2009 09:00 PM- The Crest - Irvo’s Birthday Show, Free! w/
Plus X, Gumshoe Suicides
1625 Cabrillo, Torrance, California 90501 - FREEA super-duper birthday celebration for Irvo!


COMING SOON:JUNE 28th - Que Sera, Long Beach, CA
JULY 22ND - Performing on IsGoodRadio.com w/ Jon Hershfield
JULY 24th - The Crest, Torrance, Ca
AUGUST 15h - Good Hurt, Venice Beach, Ca

NL@50 in Paris

With the anniversary events at the University of London Institute just 5 weeks away now, we wanted to let you know that updated information about the programme, July 1st to 3rd, is up on our website - http://nakedlunch.org/events/paris/ - and, as well as the scheduled three-day programme, we expect other discussions and events, some entirely impromptu, to happen in parallel. We very much hope you'll be coming along, and really look forward to meeting you.

In the meantime, with our best wishes,

Oliver and Ian

Dr Oliver Harris
Professor of American Literature
American Studies
Keele University
Staffordshire ST5 5BG
http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/as/staff/harris.htm
o.c.g.harris@ams.keele.ac.uk

Interzone report: May 2009

Accueil March-April 2009


Paul O'Donovan: “My Baobab Retreat House”

Hi all,

Blogs :

The blog Interzone news http://interzone-news.blogspot.com/ has been supressed during some days, probably because of an error from a robot. I thought it had definitely gone, but it came back after some days after I complained. In the meantime I had created another one, Interzone news’ blog at http://interzonenews.wordpress.com/ . I am keeping it as a mirror site.
I like the web pages preview on the links at WordPress.
If Zoners want to post their news directly on the blogs, I can add them to the page “authors”.

August: 12th anniversary of Interzone:

It’s been 12 years since this net is working !!! 12 years of monthly reports relating Zoners’ activitis included my own ones.
What shall we do for the occasion ?
I suggest a meeting on internet : the chat of Interzone forum is practical and can welcome a large numer of people without disconnecting. We can use other tools as Skype. Othger suggestions ? If some of you happend to be in France at this time, let me know here.

Interzone compilation :

I have finished to gather the tome of the Time of the Naguals which contains the articles. It is 237 pages thick. The contents is too big to be included in this page, so it’s on line at http://aubert.isa.googlepages.com/articlescontents.htm . It is in an OpenOffice writer file, which I can convert in pdf.
I suggest to send it in pdf through mail to all the zoners who have written in it, for free of course.

Twitter:

I have subscribed at twitter http://twitter.com/ You can follow me there at Izzy 23’s twitter, as well as shocker_TV (Foe) http://twitter.com/shocker_tv and Grazulis (Gary) http://twitter.com/grazulis .
Foe, Gary and I got in touch on the first day of Interzone on August 10th 1997, and we are still in touch, which is absolutely great !

Sites :

Changes to come in free providers :
Changes are going to happen soon in google pages and geocities :
- Googles pages system is going to become Google sites : this concerns the sites Interzone reports and Interzone Galleries. So the adresses will change, and visits to the googlepages.com URL will be redirected to the new sites by Google.
- Geocities :
Geocities new sites are no longer available and the existing sites will be closed later this year. This concerns the sites Interzone Academy , Interzone Library , Rédacteurs Reporters d’Interzone and BD d’Interzone , so a lot of existing pages, and remaking the sites somewhere else would be a real brainstorm due to their size.
A number of Zoners have sites in Geocities. What do you foresee for them ? Is it possible to migrate them to another free space ? Any tip welcome.

Yannig : come to see my web site :
“Hi all,
I have just updated my web site and thought you might like to visit it. To view it you just have to click on the links below or copy them in your navigator
yannig http://web.me.com/adanig/yannig
animalcules http://web.me.com/adanig/yannig/animalcules/animalcules.html
Let me know what you think.” Yannig

Music :

Joujouka festival in the Guardian :
“Hi All,
This year’s festival is on next weekend 5-7 June. There is a nice article in the Guardian today on the Festival :http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/may/29/master-musicians-joujouka-festival-morocco
Best wishes frank 00 353 87 6254901″

Concerts of the Whirling Dervish:
They have been giving a number of concerts in May on 26th the Scene bar in Glendale and on 29th at Alex’s Bar http://www.myspace.com/alexsbarOn June 6th they played at Consumption 12 http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/151752/ . They will play at the Crest, in Torrance, Ca on June 20th , and on the 28th at Que Sera in Long Beach.

Galleries :

Paul O’Donovan’s illustration :
Paul sent a new one , ”My Baobab Retreat House”, on line in Interzone Galleries at http://interzone.galleries.googlepages.com/odonovan57.htm

Exhibitions :

Optical Sound news :

The burning world : http://interzonenews.wordpress.com/2009/06/06/optical-sound-the-burning-world/
http://interzone-news.blogspot.com/2009/06/optical-sound-burning-world.html

New pages on line :

In Interzone sites :

Interzone news’ blog : http://interzonenews.wordpress.com/
Interzone news : http://interzone-news.blogspot.com/
Contents of “The Time of the Naguals” : articles : http://aubert.isa.googlepages.com/articlescontents.htm
Izzy 23’s twitter http://twitter.com/Izzy23
Paul O’Donovan: “My Baobab Retreat House” http://interzone.galleries.googlepages.com/odonovan57.htm

In the other Zoners’ sites :

Shocker_TV ’s twitter : http://twitter.com/shocker_tv
Grazulis’ twitter : http://twitter.com/grazulis
Joujouka festival in the Guardian : http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/may/29/master-musicians-joujouka-festival-morocco
yannig http://web.me.com/adanig/yannig
animalcules http://web.me.com/adanig/yannig/animalcules/animalcules.html

So now, Interzone news between two reports are available at http://interzonenews.wordpress.com/ and http://interzone-news.blogspot.com/
This report is at http://aubert.isa.googlepages.com/reportmay09.htm and the French version is at http://aubert.isa.googlepages.com/reportmay09fr.htm .

Cheers.

Izzy

Optical Sound : the burning world

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Alexandre Bianchini & Pascal Rousson invite you to the private view of

I am by birth a Gevenese;

18 June - 16 July 2009
Private view 18 June 18:30-21:00
Vegas Gallery, Oaklands, Basement 64-66 Redchurch Street
London E2 7DP
T: +44 7726750762

I Am By Birth A Genevese ;
http://www.vegasgallery.co.uk


The exhibition will also be shown at Forde Usine (Geneva), from 8 September to 4 October 2009

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Sound By Artists - Curated by Pascal Broccolichi
---->Exposition prolongée jusqu'au 20 Juin !

Galerie Frédéric Giroux du 4 Avril au 20 Juin 2009
8 rue Charlot 75003 Paris tél. : 01 42 71 01 02

Avec Pierre Beloüin, Dominique Blais, Pascal Broccolichi, Pierre-Laurent Cassière,
Emmanuel Lagarrigue, Arnaud Maguet, Michel Paysant, Jérôme Poret.


Photo Pierre-Laurent Cassière

Article paru dans le Wire Juin 2009



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Edition limitée et numérotée à 223 Exemplaires / Limited & numbered edition ov 223 Ex
Sérigraphie Originale / Original Silkscreen
10 euros + port
More Infos & Shop 
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Avec le soutien du F.R.A.C. Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur

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émission du dimanche 7 juin 2009 de 22h30 à 23h30

SONS DESSUS DESSOUS # 11 ATELIER DE CREATION RADIOPHONIQUE



avec entre autre
- HUNDRED LIVE AND DIE
de David Michael Clarke et Anne Belle, 2007. En hommage à Bruce Nauman.

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Thanks for reading - Pierre Beloüin ~ Optical Sound
105 rue des Volubilis 83190 Ollioules
18 Rue de Stosswihr 67100 Strasbourg



Season of Mist is the official French distro of Optical Sound in France / Distribution France Season of Mist



Vente format numérique OTOTOÏ

The Optical Sound CD's are always available in regular store, on-line it's better for us / les éditions Optical Sound sont disponibles
chez tous les disquaires, et sur la boutique en ligne Buy on-line with Paypal, quick and secure sending.

Consumption Twelve June 6th, June 20 The Crest, June 28 Que Sera

Consumption 12
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/151752/

When We Were Perfect

Venue:
Ironworks
Time:1:00PM Saturday, June 6th
2412 Thurman Ave. Los Angeles, Ca

All day BBQ, music, and charity event with all proceeds going to three charities:
Greenpeace, Human Rights Campaign, and LA Foodbank.
Join us for a day of music, art, BBQ and love.

*We're on at 930PM but come spend the day!

$5 donation at the doorFREE Food and Beer before 3pm
June 20th The Crest - Torrance, Ca

June 28th Que Sera - Long Beach. Ca

William Brandon

Paul O'Donovan : "My Baobab Retreat House"

More in Interzone Galleries

Izzy on twitter

My twitter page :
Izzy 23's twitter : "follow" me to subscribe.

Chris Damitio: Hi Izzy and Zoners!

If you go to www.Existensis.com and go to Forum, you will see that I have created a specific forum for different things. Everyone is welcome. Let’s make things interesting again! Never mind Yahoo! Existensis.

Interzone members are welcome too. Izzy, contact me if you would like me to set up a forum specifically for you. I think the forum structure is much better than the yahoo groups structure but others may disagree.

All the best to everyone,

Vago Chris Damitio

shocker_tv: facebook and twitter pages

Sorry I have not been updating myself on myspace as much lately – a lot more kwel shits are happening on my facebook and twitter page these days – including the information on free shows, last minutes guest appearances, secret online podcasting as well as all the weird shits I find online and in real life.

shocker_tv’s facebook page (be my fan to subscribe)

shocker_tv’s twitter (”follow” me to subscribe)

Whirling Dervish: Consumption Twelve June 6th, June 20 The Crest, June 28 Que Sera

Consumption 12
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/venue/151752/
When We Were Perfect

Venue:Ironworks
Time:1:00PM Saturday, June 6th
2412 Thurman Ave. Los Angeles, Ca

All day BBQ, music, and charity event with all proceeds going to three charities: Greenpeace, Human Rights Campaign, and LA Foodbank. Join us for a day of music, art, BBQ and love.

*We’re on at 930PM but come spend the day!
$5 donation at the doorFREE Food and Beer before 3pm
June 20th The Crest – Torrance, Ca
June 28th Que Sera – Long Beach. Ca

frank rynne : Joujouka Festival article guardian

Hi All,

This year’s festival is on next weekend 5-7 June. There is a nice article in the Guardian today on the Festival (attached in pdf) and linked.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/may/29/master-musicians-joujouka-festival-morocco

Best wishes frank 00 353 87 6254901

Koulin Mah: Journée Culturelle Ivoirienne le Samedi 27 juin 2009 à Nantes

The Whirling Dervish LIVE in Glendale 5/26 9PM

5/26/2009 - 9PM - FREE - 21+

The Scene Bar http://www.myspace.com/thescenebar
w/Sub-Narbeh
http://www.myspace.com/SubNarbeh
HolloH
www.myspace.com/hollohinside
Love She Wrote
http://www.myspace.com/loveshewrote
The Whirling Dervish
http://www.myspace.com/thewhirlingdervish
806 E. Colorado, Glendale, 91205
We're on first!

05/29/2009 9PM - 8$ - 21+
Alex’s Bar http://www.myspace.com/alexsbar
w/ Paul Roberts of The Stranglers
The Radio Sweetheart
http://www.myspace.com/theradiosweetheart
The Crystelles - featuring Gitane DeMone
http://www.myspace.com/thecrystelles
2913 E. Anaheim St.
Long Beach, California 90804
Holy crap we’re playing with Paul Roberts!

Chris Damitio: Free yourself of the bondage of modern life

We can do this, but we need to work together.

I have started to write my next book. I don't want to go into too much detail about it yet, but suffice to say it is essentially taking Rough Living to the next level: I am upping the limits.

As many of you know, I recently accepted a job in Alaska that didn't mateialize. As a result, I spent nearly every penny to buy a tickte to get me back to North America and will be there for four months.

The ticket I bought gets me to Quebec. After that, I am in limbo. Paypal has once again frozen my account, so that doesn't help.

I am convinced that in the four months I have in North America, I can write this book, find a publisher, and make this website profitable. I am sure that I can not only survive until my return flight, but also prosper.

I need your help to do it though.

I am looking for couches to crash on, high speed internet connections I can use for hours on end, your tips on meals and finding food to eat in each place I am in, and your contacts all along the way to wherever it is that I am going to go.

At this point, I know that I would like to visit my parents and my siblings but that is it. I have no planned agenda, I have no tickets, no reservations, no money to speak of, and will be carrying only a single shoulder bag.

Can you provide me with a place to crash and work for a little while?

Can you recommend me to a friend in some part of North America for a meal or a bed?

Do you have interesting ideas about how I can find food, shelter, or necessities along the way?

Do you have a friend in the publishing industry that might be able to help me get this book out?

This book will be better than Rough Living and that has been doznloaded by nearly 20,000 people and shared by many more.

I am not only trying to create my own reality here but I want to share how I do it along the way.

I intend to leave North America with enough money to be able to come back to Morocco and provide Hanane with the wedding of her dreams and all of you that can assist me in any way are invited.

Along the way if you can help me to promote this website, it will help things greatly. It's easy to do.

Subscribe to my feed by putting your email in the box on the left.

Email posts you enjoy to your friends.

Share posts you enjoy on Digg, Facebook, Myspace, Twitter or other social networking sites by clicking on the 'share' link at the end of each post.

Comment on the site. I will do my best to start commenting back if appropriate.

Or, if you really want to go all out, add a link to existensis.com to your email signature.

This book is going to change the way people live, work, travel, and maybe even the way they think. The catch is that it will only do that if you help. I need your help.

Those who help will not only get to feel good about helping, but I will also provide you with an advance e-copy of the book so that you can give me your feedback, suggestions, and advice.

This is a group project. I need you to be part of the group. All of you.

You will never be sorry for it, I promise you. In fact, someday when you are lying on your death bed, you might actually think that this was one of the best, or even the best thing that you have ever done.

We can do this. I know it.

Vago Chris Damitio
www.existensis.com