Self Birthing: Modern Myth coming up on the G-Spot

This coming week I will be recording with a group headed by Joseph Matheny about modern myth-making, many of whom I've had the pleasure of working alongside over the years. (To my knowledge the present line-up will be Joseph Matheny, Wes Unruh, Anna Young, John Harrigan, Lucy Allin, and P. Emerson Williams.)

The final result will run on the G-Spot in coming weeks. Check it out, or subscribe to that G-Spot feed to continue to receive this independent media podcast.

In preparation for that I am compiling a "selected works" free pack of the art / myths I have produced, to be released via torrent alongside the podcast. I've suggested my cohorts do the same.

Here are some of my thoughts on the importance of myth, and how, though myth-making techniques are changing, the underlying function and importance remains at the fore-front of the human psyche. (Immanence of Myth, early fragments PDF)

Second Life Sketches: A Day On The Grid (by Warren Ellis)

Penny Patton, who designs retropunk avatar outfits that remind me of graphic novels like THE RED STAR, has opened a larger version of her Happy Bivouac store in The Junkyard, and Anna Young, co-founder of the FasFerox multimedia project, is involved in building a FasFerox temple there as a Second Life extension of the property.

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Different day, same grindstone.

Up all night doing some early production on the soon-to-be-released Veil of Thorns album, Cognitive Dissonance. I only vaguely recall laying down the majority of the drums for this peculiar creature. (I refer to the project, in this case, not it's creator.)

Here's a sneak peek of one of those tracks... the Enigmatic Rarely Atone.

I'll soon be passing all those tracks on to Ken S to puzzle over, and I'm sure, clean up.

I had Peter re-do the pencil on page 19 of Fas Ferox episode one. Somewhere between 8+ hour sessions editing Fallen Nation, and the crunch time I did this last "night" on the VOT stuff, I re-colored the page. It's now in a similar state to the rest-- somewhere between 70-90% done.

If you haven't noticed-- come spring, there is going to be a lot of content available through Mythos Media. Even if ordering has to start on internet only, it'll be there. Start the whisper down the lane, I don't have the resources for a PR agent just yet.

Production for 2007

First off, I know there are quite a few of you who have been wondering about this for well on a year now... Though it requires another pass through on the colors (24-48 hours or so of work), and then more text formatting, layout, all that good stuff with some assistance... the rough draft of Fas Ferox episode one is done.

You can probably look for a print on demand version, at the very least, by April. We have bigger plans for it than that, but we want to make all this content available as soon as it is ready for print. It will grow from there.

Rumor has it that, despite the distraction posed by his newfound beard, (and I'm sure an incredibly hectic production schedule, but mostly the beard), Neil will have some comments and hopefully an intro for us before we're ready to roll that out. I'm waiting on those comments for the final post production, as his advice on these matters is scripture exactly but... let's just say he's been at it a lot longer than any of us have.

Look for those print on demand releases in April, maybe May. The same thing goes for the final version of subQtaneous, and Fallen Nation.

The former will likely be done before, the final version containing a new track, and some tightened mixes on several others, and no more anime bonus track. I know that may make some of you want to slit your wrists, but don't fear, you can still get the early release version for at least a couple weeks yet, before I pull it so ungraciously and it is never heard from again. Fallen Nation... aside from a couple stray contributors, the content itself is done. I'm just tightening up the language, and then will be passing it on for editing and layout.

The pilot episode of the Gspot is done. Over 60 minutes of original content, including pieces by Joseph Matheny, Jason Stackhouse, Endymion St. Cyr, and an interview with Tara Vanflower (Lycia), all set to some of the craziest soundtrack music we've cooked up yet. We'll be launching that very soon on Greylodge, and then it will be up-up-and-away with Alterati... More on all that soon.

Personally... I've been struggling from some pretty severe mood swings. This living on the edge shit is getting old. But, I believe, the tides will turn shortly. Soon there will be content available for you; enjoy it, and pass it on. Then, just maybe, we can get those things out of the POD ghettos and into the stores and conventions where they belong. It's been a long road, and I have no delusions about how long the road may yet be before I can sit back and give a resounding "dayum."

To myself, and to everyone who has been working with me on these recent projects-- I really believe we've surpassed ourselves.

Of course, this only means we have to work even harder the next time around.