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paris, the city of love and…bones

newnatol — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:04:58 +0000

i did know about the catacombs of paris, but i didn´t know about the walls of bones…this is beautiful scary …

some info about how and why there are all these bones in the underground of paris from wikipedia:

The Catacombs of Paris or Catacombes de Paris are a famous underground ossuary in Paris, France. Located south of the city’s former “Barrière d’Enfer” city gate (at today’s Denfert-Rochereau), the ossuary fills a renovated section of caverns and tunnels that are the remains of Paris’ stone mines. Opened in the late 18^th century, the underground cemetery became a tourist attraction on a small scale from the early 19^th century, and has been open to the public on a regular basis from 1867. Following an incident of vandalism, they were closed to the public for an indefinite amount of time in September, 2009.^[1]

The official name for the catacombs is l’Ossuaire Municipal. Although this cemetery covers only a small section of underground tunnels comprising “les carrières de Paris” (“the quarries of Paris”), Parisians today often refer to the entire tunnel network as “the catacombs”.

Paris since Roman times buried its dead to the outskirts of the city, but this changed with the rise of Christianity and its practice of burying its faithful deceased in consecrated ground in and adjoining its churches. By the 10th century, because of the city’s expansion over the centuries, there were many parish cemeteries within city limits, even in central locations. When Paris’ population began to rise rapidly in the following centuries, some of these cemeteries became overcrowded where expansion was impossible. Soon only the most wealthy could afford church burials, which led to the opening in the early 12th century of a central burial ground for more common burials: initially dependant upon the St. Opportune church, this cemetery near Paris’ central Les Halles district was renamed as the ‘Saints-Innocents cemetery’ under its own church and parish towards the end of the same century.

The practice common then for burying the lesser-wealthy dead was mass inhumation. Once an excavation in one section of the cemetery was full, it would be covered over and another opened. Few of the dead buried in this way had the privilege of coffins; often the casket used for a burial ceremony would be re-used for the next. Thus the residues resulting from the decaying of organic matter, a process often chemically accelerated with the use of lime, entered directly into the earth, creating a situation quite unacceptable for a city whose then principle source of liquid sustenance was well-water.

By the 17th century the sanitary conditions around Saints-Innocents cemetery was unbearable. As it was one of Paris’ most sought-after cemeteries and a large source of revenue for the parish and church, the clergy had continued burials there even when its grounds were filled to overflowing. By then the cemetery was lined on all four sides with “charniers” reserved for the bones of the dead exhumed from mass graves that had “lain” long enough for all the flesh they contained to decompose. Once emptied, a mass sepulture would be used again, but even then the earth was already filled beyond saturation with decomposable human remains.

A series of ineffective decrees limiting the use of the cemetery did little to remedy the situation, and it wasn’t until the late 18th century that it was decided to create three new large-scale suburban burial grounds to the outskirts of the city, and to condemn all existing parish cemeteries within city limits.

KILL HANNAH van and gear stolen in philadelphia yesterday!

newnatol — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:45:28 +0000

this is s o damn mean!

yesterday the band KILL HANNAH was the victim of a crime.

all theyr stuff was stolen in philadelphia,

they had to cancel shows and are in a very silly situation (nicely said).

the official press release sais:

Chicago nu romantics KILL HANNAH woke up on the eve of wrapping their fall tour with Jet, Papa Roach and Morningwood to a find their 15-passenger van and 14-foot trailer stolen. Taken between 4am and 11am today, Wednesday, November 11 from the front of the Holiday Inn on 900 Packer Ave, Philadelphia, PA—the same location that rock trio Mae had their van stolen from just a week earlier—the band lost over $120,000 in gear and merchandise, including one-of-a-kind vintage custom guitars and vintage custom effects. The theft comes just over a year after a devastating fire in Europe destroyed everything on the band’s bus.
Lead singer Mat Devine says, “We’re devastated and speechless. We’ve been touring so hard around the world for the past seven years and this is the most evil thing we’ve witnessed. Special Crimes say this was a coordinated heist.”
The band regretfully has to cancel their remaining tour dates, scheduled for the Electric Factory in Philadelphia tonight and the Nokia Theatre in New York City tomorrow. Their seventh annual “New Heart For Xmas” weekend of shows and events are still scheduled in Chicago on December 18 at Reggie’s Rock House and December 19 at Metro.

www.killhannah.com

LET´S TRY TO MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THOSE THIEVES

TO SELL THE STOLEN KILL HANNAH STUFF!!!

WATCH EBAY AND PHILLY AREA PAWN SHOPS FOR THESE ITEMS:

* Epiphone Elitist Riviera Custom Shop SN#T301722
* 1992 Ernie Ball Music Man Stingray Bass
* Pair of matching vintage 1968 Fender Bassman Heads Custom Shop
* Gibson ES-135 RED
* 2003 Gibson Firebird WHITE
* Marshall Triple Lead Stack

For any leads on the van, trailer or missing gear, please contact Bethany Watson/DAVIS ARTIST MANAGEMENT: bethany@davisartistmanagement.com.

if you have a blog, copy this post and spread the word…tell your friends….it´s the least we can do to help the band in this situation.

btw, they have a new record out “WAKE UP THE SLEEPERS”

you can read a nice review and a lot more about them here in this blog

http://www.devilgossip.com/2009/10/09/kill-hannah-finally-wake-up/

♥

UPDATE: VAN FOUND!

Happy Halloween !

newnatol — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:02:41 +0000

here some random pumpkins…very awesome and artful pieces:

TOP TEN REASONS TRICK-OR-TREATING IS BETTER THAN HAVING SEX

10. You’re guaranteed to get at least a little something in the sack.
9. Once you’ve done it, you don’t have to wait an hour to do it again
8. The uglier you look, the more likelier you are to get some.
7. You don’t have to make small talk with the person who gave you candy.
6. The person giving it to you isn’t fantasizing you’re someone else.
5. If you get a stomach ache, it won’t last 9 months.
4. If you wear a mask, no one thinks you’re kinky.
3. It doesn’t matter if the kids hear you moaning and groaning.
2. You don’t have to call the person that gave it to you next week.
And the #1 reason trick-or-treating is better than having sex…

1. IF YOU DON’T GET WHAT YOU WANT, YOU CAN ALWAYS GO NEXT DOOR – Life is good!!!!!

GOTHAGEDDON episode 1

newnatol — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 08:59:46 +0000

i sucked when i tried to embed the stick.am video here,

but i found another blog

that wrote a post about the doll fight.

please read gapersblog

and this is really funny: pitchfork

GOTHAGEDDON

newnatol — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:00:44 +0000

TONIGHT AT STICK.AM

don´t miss this doll crazyness

http://stickam.com/smashingpumpkins

FIGHTING DOLLS : http://twitter.com/billycorgandoll , http://twitter.com/robertsmithdoll , http://twitter.com/AFPdoll , http://twitter.com/petermurphydoll , http://twitter.com/widowmakeher + special guest

cherubimu rockt die quantenphysik

newnatol — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:23:35 +0000

er ist kein physiker

alles was er über quantenphysik weiß

weiß er aus dem internet

doch er hat am 26.09.2008

auf seinem wordpress blog

eine art end-zeit-märchen geschrieben

ein märchen das er ohne große vorbereitung

wie er es ausdrückt

einfach so ins netz gekotzt hat

ein märchen das als grundlage

eine quantenphysikalische theorie von cherubimu enthält

und diese theorie

wurde nun von zwei weltweit angesehenen quantenphysikern ins netzt gestellt

nachzulesen hier:

“Dr Holger Bech, Dr. Masao Ninomiya-ihr habt meine Idee geklaut”

*

ein kleiner ausschnitt aus cherubimus end-zeit-märchen

genf

23.05.09 cern pressesprecher :

“ entgegen der algemeinen panikmache

leben wir alle noch .

hawking hatte recht

und das wussten wir schon immer.

wir haben ein stabiles schwarzes loch

auf sichere weise

in den dafür vorgesehenen …“

der pressesprecher bricht zusammen

er wurde angeschossen.

panik bricht aus.

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die videobotschaften auf youtube werden

immer undurchsichtiger

angebliche schwarze loch filme

lösen endzeitstimmung aus

die nachrichtenagenturen

versuchen zu beschwichtigen

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24.05.09 das gelände um cern herum wird

in einem radius von 100 kilometern

evakuiert und abgesperrt

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dann taucht ein authentisches video auf

man sieht zwei weltberühmte cern physiker

sie stehen vor dem atlas detektor

oder besser das was von ihm übrig ist

die beiden physiker weinen…weiter geht es hier

the DIY art & the rough chronicles of bipolar romance

newnatol — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:50:14 +0000

if you read this blog regularly you already stumbled

over this name: Julie M. Tate

the authoress of the fabolous blog Gossip [&] the Devil

and creator of Modern Orphan Design (and much more…)

i met her at sp.com almost a year ago and we started talking.

we started to exchange art.

she did send me buttons and flowers,

i did send her this print and an original piece of my art

(and i can´t find it inside the big brain of my computer right now…).

i love julies writing because she knows how to explain what

(and that might sound silly)

i always wanted to say about art and never did

and also would have never been able to say so elegant.

her writing style is unique and true and you can feel that she is real.

for example:

The arts have been all but abandoned. Society as a whole does not care anymore, despite small pockets of resistance in major cities. [I like to call them outposts.] Music is discardable, it isn’t meant to move you to that near-orgasmic point of no return. There are more poets than good poetry. A few foggy, out of focus snaps post-basement party: PHOTOGRAPHER. Auto-tuning, a dye job and some sampling: MUSICIAN. Or worse yet “I have a pen, some paper and a small understanding of language.” In other words: POET.

It’s discouraging. Poets were once respected. Hell they were hired by nobility to be live-in scribes. Why? Because they knew that they would die but their legacy didn’t have to. They’d pay thousands of dollars for painted portraits because those are the things we look at today, in the year 2009. Our history was handed down through song. Now, in the heat of the 2000’s, when everything can be recorded on a cell phone these things are rapidly decreasing. Like the lost art…read more here

NOW miss tate self published her first chapbook

“the rough chronicles of bipolar romance”

and i am very excited to see this artist grow.

i didn´t get the chance to read “the rough chronicles of bipolar romance”

yet, but i can give you a link to someone who did.

please read the first book review of “the rough chronilcles of bipolar romance” here

and check out the work of Julie M. Tate at http://www.devilgossip.com/ .

SUPPORT INDEPENDENT ARTISTS

♥

bomb the moon

newnatol — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:16:28 +0000

why?

to find water?

WTF?

we have other technologies to find water and oil but do we bomb the area to find out?

here is a fabulous video by @studiodog (music producer Kerry Brown,

who is currently in the studio to record new Smashing pumpkins material)

http://www.twitvid.com/52F8D

*i´m unable to embed this here, so please use this link

Good News from J.E.L.L.i. land

newnatol — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:02:51 +0000

NEWS in short:

*J.E.L.L.i. Music.com had 2700 visits in the month of august!!

*“Jenn” chosen to be included on a CD Compliation

check out the RFMRadio website .

they used “Jenn” on their “Best of Royalty Free Music” CD Compilation..

http://www.ukfirm.net/rfmradio/comp.htm

They’re selling the CD to businesses in Europe that want music played in their store,

but don’t want to pay recurring royalties..

and they pay 50 cents to our J.E.L.L.i. man

for every sold CD!

EXCELLENT!!!

(so maybe you see ME jumping up and down if i go shopping next time:

I KNOW THAT GUY ! I KNOW THAT GUY ! )

* J.E.L.L.i. created the music for the independent film “Partners”

and this project leads straight to a bigger one…

THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT, KEEP SHINING

german elections – the fun factor #twp

newnatol — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:07:34 +0000

german elections are boring?

NO!

a twitter guerrilla party

a bunch of dudes that never seen each other in real life before

( exc. @NataschaArtworx and @cherubimu )

spontaniously founded a party…inspired by a tweet:

the TWITTER PARTY (TWITTER PARTEI) #twp.

everything started with the idea to do an art-fun-action:

sell a vote for the german election.

then everything just happened…a few moments later there was another website

http://www.twitterpartei.de.tl/Home.htm

by twitter user @wilzo1

– and we have no idea who that guy is, but he shares our kind of humor…

here is the election video by @cherubimu

after the election is before the election…:)

♥

* special thanx to @wilzo1 , @ireneusztv , @jinxman

and all the other ReeTweeters who made #twp big

*it might be easyer to understand – and maybe funnier – if you speak german ,

but i know some of you do…

UPDATE : http://www.readers-edition.de/2009/09/27/fuer-kurzentschlossene-die-twitter-partei/

german network READERS EDITION writes about the twitter party