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reading
The Roxy London WC2 - Paul Marko
Elvis: The Last 24 Hours - Albert Goldman
The Guinea Pig Club - Edward Bishop
Mao: The Unknown Story - Jung Chang

listening 
A Flower Bookmark - IU (mini-album)
Last Fantasy - IU (album)
Bestial Burden - Pharmakon
Piano Nights - Bohren & Der Club Of Gore (album)
Little Apple - T-ARA (single)

viewing
Invicta 9
The Master's Sun
Emergency Couple
Wishing Stairs (2003)
The Housemaid (2010)

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FESTIVAL OF THE DEAD NOTES

CUT HANDS
FESTIVAL OF THE DEAD
album notes

The Claw  
based on a powerful modern visualisation spell

I Know What I Must Do  
originally composed for a traditional Greek music project I was working on

Damballah 58  
after spending months working and imagining beats like this without getting anywhere, suddenly and with great relief, the theme appeared from nowhere as if from the heavens

Parataxic Distortion

Festival Of The Dead
the basic beat came out of the blue one night and I made several very different versions of this title track, the mood of this one seemed to fit in best with the record

Belladonna Theme  
music from the documentary film about superstar porn actress Belladonna

Vaudou Take Me High  
original version of this was nearly twenty minutes long!

Inlightenment  
this is a sister piece to Impassion and Inchantment from previous releases, hence the unusual spelling

None Of Your Bones Are Broken
inspired after watching the same incredible film three times consecutively, if you’ve seen it you’ll know which it is

Madwoman (Festival Remix)  
after trying out all sorts of Madwoman variations in a live setting, this one had the type of sound that best seemed to work

Fruit Is Ripe  
originally written for a soundtrack (sadly never used)

Fire Ends The Day  
currently working on a lot more of this type of sound

FESTIVAL OF THE DEAD

The new records landed today, really happy with how they came out and I have a lot of people to thank for making that possible. It's out on vinyl and CD and you can get it direct from Blackest Ever Black not to mention all the other great record retailers that there are nowadays.
I do have a handful of each version here as well, let me know if you'd like it signed.
2xLP version including shipping: UK £20 / non-UK $40 (USD)
CD version including shipping: UK £12 / non-UK $20 (USD)
PayPal is the usual susanlawly@freeuk.com
Shipping costs these days are criminally expensive, so apologies for that.
You can hear The Claw at SoundCloud.

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reading
Please Kill Me - Legs McNeil + Gillian McCain
The Doctors' Plague - Sherwin B. Nuland
The Intimate Enemy - Dr. George R. Bach + Peter Wyden
The Other Hollywood - Legs McNeil + Jennifer Osborne
Dark Heart Of Italy - Tobias Jones

listening 
Will To Be Well - Dalhous (2xLP)
Mirrors Fold - Gum Takes Tooth (CD) 
A Guys - Nature Of Man (single)
And&End - T-ara (CD)

viewing
Invicta 8 
100 Days With Mr. Arrogant
Death Bell
Death Bell 2: Bloody Camp
Cunning, Single Girl

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reading
House Of The Sleeping Beauties - Yasunari Kawabata
Thousand Cranes - Yasunari Kawabata
The Silence Of Animals - John Gray
Makeup To Breakup: My Life In And Out Of Kiss - Peter Criss
The Biology Of Art - Desmond Morris

listening
Retrieval - Barnett & Coloccia (LP)
Gossip Girls - T-ara (CD)
Mare Decendrii - Mamiffer (LP)
Poisoned Soil - House Of Low Culture (CD)

viewing
UFC173
Life's Too Short
My Sassy Girl (2001)

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reading
Battle For The Mind - William Sargant
Fear - L. Ron Hubbard
American Scream - Bill Hicks
Soviet Chess 1917-1991 - Andrew Soltis

listening
Silencer - Helm (12")
Museum Of Mankind - Ozo (LP)
Listen To The Buddha - Ozo (LP)
Visibility Is A Trap - Dalhous (12")

viewing
Invicta 7
Legit
Wreckless Eating

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CUT HANDS NEWS

The two beautiful new Cut Hands vinyl volumes are out! I've a few copies (can be signed ones too if you'd like) - $60 for both albums (Volume 3 and Volume 4) including free worldwide shipping (PayPal is to the usual susanlawly@gmail.com).

Also the original Afro Noise mix from 2008 is now up at Soundcloud. Where the whole Cut Hands project began. A few of the free 100 downloads they offer still available last time I checked.

Lots of exciting shows coming up and really looking forward to touring the USA with Godflesh next month. Next two shows are unmissable! March 29th 2014, Glasgow School Of Art with Florian Hecker and Konx-om-Pax, and then on April 4th 2014 there's a totally stacked line-up at the Downwards night at Corsica Studios, London.