Saturday
Ah, the joys of the three day weekend are not terribly sublime…
R and I went and saw X2 on Friday night since she hadn’t gone with and I a few weeks ago. I think she enjoyed it. Not a deep film by any stretch of the imagination but we went to a matinée (after bailing work early) and so it wasn’t super-expensive.
Saturday, we bummed around the house all morning and then, in mid-afternoon, headed north to go horseback riding at a ranch that has horses for trail-rides. This is R’s birthday present from me. Unfortunately, this huge storm rolled through and I nearly slid off of the freeway a few times. Hydroplaning in traffic is not cool. We called them and it had been raining up there but had mostly stopped. Envisioning another 30 miles of driving in this, we canceled to reschedule.
We came home and later went to see Covenent (an Electro-Industrial band from Sweden) at the Catwalk (aka the Catbox), a local Goth-Industrial club that most of us don’t go to anymore since it is in a shitty part of town. The show was extremely loud (even for such things) but it was a good show. We were glad to get out for the evening.
Today, R is probably going to the local OTO’s Gnostic Mass though I’m not sure if I’m going to go. Later, we’re meeting our friend Willow at an organizational meeting for this years Black Sun Gathering, happening in July. We’ll probably be staff of some sort. Last year we helped Willow and her mate perform a ritual there.
Here’s the blurb for it:
“From the Sublime to the Extreme…”
The Black Sun Festival * July 11-13th, 2003
find us in the virtual maze located at http://pages.tm.net/theblacksun
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What is it?:
The Black Sun gathering is a Dark Arts Festival focused on the Counter Culture Current of the North West and beyond.
Our intent is to bring together the wyrd, dark, dramatic and bizarre elements of life, music, art, performance and culture to a location of natural habitat.
To bring forth a sense of communion with the elements and a general state of Autonomy in which to express our art and share it with those who will appreciate it.
The gathering is a 2 to 3 day event in the woods of Washington/Oregon. Many performers, musicians, presentations
and the like will occur.
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This year the event will be happening on the weekend of July 11, 12 and 13th, during the full moon. The event is purposefully placed on the full moon between Summer Solstice and Lughnasadh … for those unfamiliar of Lughnasadh….
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Lughnasadh means the funeral games of Lugh, the Irish sun god.
This funeral is not his own, but the funeral games he hosts in honor of his foster-mother Tailte. This day originally coincided with the first reapings of the harvest. It was known as the time when the plants of spring begin to die and drop their fruits or seeds for our use and to ensure future crops.
As autumn begins the Sun God begins to fade , but is not yet dead. The God symbolically loses some of his strength as the Sun rises farther in the South each day and the nights grow longer.
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In the past these events have taken place in the northern parts of Washington.
Some of the acts at our prior gatherings are…
- Witch-hunt (with Michael from Blood Axis, Annabel of Amber Asylum, B’eirth of In Gowan Ring, and Marcus from the former group Crash Worship).
- Faith and Disease
- Bloodbox (Michael Hensley of Yen Pox)
- The Red King
- Enropic Advance
- Abney Park
- Johnny Forlorne
- P.A.N. (Butoh)
- A.M.F.
- Soriah
- Anima Nocturna (ritual performance)
- Lady Heather Djara (Bellydancing)
- Fear of Dolls
- Chymica (strange brew)
- pFrenz-C
- Yoko Phono
- Temple of Ajna (ritual fire and dance performance)
- Nequuaquam Vacuum
- Dark Star Theatre
- Alethia
And many other acts….
Future: The gathering is taking place in Washington State
As usual it will be a 3 day weekend campout. The production is and always has been a non profit gig. We incorporate a wide array of performance within the gathering.
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The Black Sun is put on by Cypher Sothis Productions.
Cypher Sothis Productions is ever changing and is a means for underground music, art and performance to come out and commune with those who wish to see something a little more eccentric and alive then the normal idea one might have of a show/aritistic space
If you please, you may send on this information to appropriate lists and people.
*************TICKETS *************
will be available in mid June.
They will be located in stores within Washington State and through Pay Pal for out of state transactions,
or those who simply prefer internet exchange. Tickets are $18.00
Have no funds but want to come?
Volunteers are accepted, but we are limited to the number we can accept.
email to theblacksun@tm.net for information.
