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The Yolk (1953) by Gertrude Hermes<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n \u2022 “By 1910, a quarter of the 129 million litres of alcohol consumed annually by Frenchmen was absinthe. Of course, the wine industry was threatened by this growing desire for ‘industrial spirits.’ The Pernod Company was the primary producer, but there were dozens of distilleries offering variations of the ambrosial concoction. The Green Fairy had become the Green Curse.” Barnaby Conrad III<\/a> on the intersections of absinthe and art.<\/p>\n \u2022 At Wormwoodiana: “The Zombie of Great Peru<\/em><\/a> is a transgressive novel written in 1697 by Pierre\u2013Corneille Blessebois…a memoir of occultism, seduction, slapstick, and humiliation, set in the racial and sexual hothouse of colonial Guadeloupe. It contains the first appearance of the word \u2018zombie\u2019 in literature.” Doug Skinner, the translator of a new edition, talks to Bill Ectric about the book.<\/p>\n \u2022 “I have been lucky to have the time to understand, or misunderstand, the concept of sound. It’s all about the sound. I don’t play styles, I don’t play genres, I don’t play jazz. I play my repertoire, my language, my own poetry.” Bill Laswell<\/a> talking to Paul Acquaro and David Cristol about his career as player and producer.<\/p>\n \u2022 New music: Rhan-Tegoth<\/em><\/a> by Cryo Chamber Collaboration. A couple of months ago I was wondering whether Cryo Chamber would be continuing their series of Lovecraftian albums, and, if so, which entity they might choose for the theme of the next one. Now we know<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2022 “Zines, at their most glorious, are indifferent to dignity, reckless in the statements they reel off, determined to make a virtue of their limited resources.” Sukhdev Sandhu on the history of the fanzine.<\/a><\/p>\n \u2022 At Unquiet Things: Hazy Shade of Winter: The Artwork of Julius Sergius von Klever<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2022 Mix of the week: DreamScenes \u2013 December 2023<\/a> at Ambientblog.<\/p>\n \u2022 At the Daily Heller: Daniel Pelavin’s Pipe Dreams<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2022 Old music: Buchla Christmas<\/em><\/a> by Warner Jepson.<\/p>\n \u2022 At Dennis Cooper’s: Isaac Julien<\/a> Day.<\/p>\n \u2022 Pipeline<\/em><\/a> (1962) by The Chantays | Pipeline<\/em><\/a> (2005) by Monolake | Banzai Pipeline<\/em><\/a> (2020) by The Surfrajettes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Yolk (1953) by Gertrude Hermes. \u2022 “By 1910, a quarter of the 129 million litres of alcohol consumed annually by Frenchmen was absinthe. 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