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Generation Hex UK launch 3 Nov

 
  

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Gypsy Lantern
13:22 / 14.10.05
Generation Hex, edited by barbelith temple regular Boy in a Suitcase and published by Disinformation, is released in the UK at the end of October. There will be a launch party for the book at Treadwells in Covent Garden on 3 November, with readings and drinks afterwards.

I'm actually the only UK-based contributor, but extracts from articles other than mine will feature as well, so you won't have to just listen to me prattle on about orange crayons that can be used to speak with spiders and a strange old lady who lost her beauty in a game of cards, froze up her heart and baked her only daughter into a pie.

Come along! There will be drinks afterwards!
 
 
Scrambled Password Bogus Email
09:03 / 17.10.05
I'm there.
 
 
illmatic
09:09 / 17.10.05
I'm in there like swimwear.
 
 
ONLY NICE THINGS
09:15 / 17.10.05
As usual, I will plan to turn up and then fail completely.
 
 
pointless & uncalled for
10:01 / 17.10.05
To redress the balance I will fail to plan and complete in turn-ups.
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
11:24 / 17.10.05
I'll probably be there... fuck, I may even press some trousers specially.
 
 
Goodness Gracious Meme
11:59 / 17.10.05
This is sounding gud to me.

Stoatie, please do turn up with razor-sharp creases. I will buy you a drink if you do.
 
 
ghadis
12:17 / 17.10.05
I'll be there with an unwanted birthday present if anyones interested. Looking forward to it!
 
 
Char Aina
12:29 / 17.10.05
fuck me, i wish i could get to london...
i was there only this morning as well.
if only i hadnt urgent and unimpressive business back up here i mighta stayed.


stoatie;
a trouser crease can be enhanced and made to last longer with a little wax - turn the trousers inside out and scrape a candle as though it were a crayon along the backs of the creases before you put it in the corby.
sharper, harder, more deadly.
this trick also has the kudos of being used by chaps in the first world war, if my granny is to be believed.
trench-fast creases!
you know it makes sense.
 
 
Ulysses Lazarus
14:24 / 17.10.05
i'm there with bells on. keep yr eyes peeled for the yank presence, screeching at yr psyche from the corner of the room.

also- my boss put me up in a five star hotel that had one of those trouser steamers. i should have taken advantage...
 
 
Gypsy Lantern
15:23 / 17.10.05
I'm not sure about the whole Generation Hex / trouser press axis that seems to be taking place in this thread. I blame Trouser the Trouserian.
 
 
Scrambled Password Bogus Email
18:18 / 17.10.05
Trousering the blame again? Empty your pockets, varmint. That blame is pubic property.
 
 
Char Aina
18:31 / 17.10.05
i'm sorry, mr lantern.
i can only assume that my id, warped with jealousy, wanted to make itself felt at the party through mr stoat's trousers.
it wont happen again.




...good god, man! its no use! trench-fast trousers!

ahem.
right.
sorry.

i hope you have a good launch and a sympathetic press.


sorry, sorry.

okay.
i'm okay.
 
 
Quantum
11:53 / 18.10.05
Dammit, work intervenes again. I will send some razor-creased slacks in my stead.
 
 
Lilly Nowhere Late
14:42 / 18.10.05
Stoatie: do you(you do!) have to wash the trousers first? Steam smell not good.
jk
 
 
Mon Oncle Ignatius
07:33 / 19.10.05
Ach, this is a Thursday. It's not that I can't stand Thursdays (they are the new Fridays, or were last year for a while), but that I cannot "do" them very easily in the evenings.
 
 
Gypsy Lantern
12:10 / 26.10.05
Got a proper blurb for this now:

Thursday, November 03, 2005
Generation Hex Launch Party
Book Launch Party
Disinformations new book, Generation Hex
6-9 pm. FREE.

Generation Hex is a collection of essays, both practical and autobiographical, which explore the overwhelming levels of interest in magic and shamanism in youth culture. The book is a collective portrait of initiation, a practical grimoire for engaging with the psychic and occult undercurrents of the world, and a template for an emergent shamanic Ultraculture.

Generation Hex assembles some of the brightest magical talents of the current youth generation, who ask not only what magic is and what place it holds in the Twenty-First Century, but also how it feels to engage with magic. 

This book has already been released in North America, to excellent reviews.

"Explodes with the energy and enthusiasm of its contributors. This book kicks major ass!" - Phil Hine

"At a time of global change and crisis, this incendiary, inspirational book can show you how to step out of the turmoil, seize control of your own destiny and participate in the creation of a whole new world." - Grant Morrison

"Nothing could be more crucial at this moment in time... Generation Hex reasserts the essential place of magic in our interaction with the universe." - Genesis P Orridge

Please ring Treadwells on to be put on the guest list.

Thursday, November 03, 2005
Generation Hex Launch Party
Book Launch Party
Disinformations new book, Generation Hex
6-9 pm. FREE.
 
 
Tryphena Absent
12:26 / 26.10.05
The book kicks donkeys? That's cruelty to animals Phil Hine and I'm reporting you to the RSPCA.
 
 
trouser the trouserian
12:42 / 26.10.05
Well Nina, being dragged off in chains by guys in uniforms is actually a not untypical end to an evening at Treadwells ... but can you get 'em to wait 'til I've had a couple of drinks?
 
 
Tryphena Absent
15:35 / 26.10.05
Look here trouser, we're not making exceptions for you because you're some big faluting celebrity who gets his quotes on books. If you've been kicking those poor glum animals than you're going to be treated like any other donkey kicker.
 
 
Gypsy Lantern
14:45 / 27.10.05
Trouser the Trouserian: I would stop pretending to be Phil Hine if I were you, I hear he posts here sometimes and probably wouldn't be too pleased with people impersonating him like that.
 
 
Goodness Gracious Meme
18:02 / 27.10.05
And stop making those cracks about his wife. It's not funny.
 
 
trouser the trouserian
04:16 / 28.10.05
Of course when I wrote "major ass" I meant "major Haus".
 
 
Scrambled Password Bogus Email
10:25 / 28.10.05
Incidentally, is it free or does it cost monies?
 
 
Gypsy Lantern
12:09 / 28.10.05
Well the advert says it's free, although I was expecting it to cost a fiver, which is the usual rate for Treadwells events. I guess if it says it's free then it's free, though.
 
 
Mono
12:42 / 28.10.05
i have a meeting in the west end that day, so will probably actually be able to make it! wow...
 
 
Scrambled Password Bogus Email
12:54 / 28.10.05
What's the secret handshake? Do we wear ribbons, or t-shirts with 'Lithe Barbie' emblazoned on the front?
 
 
Mono
12:57 / 28.10.05
we'll just KNOW.

the treadmill's website says the event's free, but to contact them to be put on the guest list...anyone know about this?
 
 
Gypsy Lantern
13:04 / 28.10.05
Aye, the downstairs room where the readings will be has space for about 40ish people, so it's worth giving them a call on 020 7240 8906 or an email: info@treadwells-london.com at some point beforehand if you're coming along. The launch is free, but numbers are limited by the size of venue. It'll probably be fine to just come along on the night though.
 
 
Scrambled Password Bogus Email
13:06 / 28.10.05
I just done it. Woo hoo.
 
 
Bear
13:09 / 28.10.05
Any idea how long it'll go on for? I wont be back in London until 8ish...
 
 
Gypsy Lantern
13:19 / 28.10.05
If you get there after 8pm, I reckon you'll miss the readings but catch the wine afterwards.
 
 
Mono
13:37 / 02.11.05
mn. I have to work late tomorrow so won't ba able to make it. Have an extra hex for me!
 
 
Gypsy Lantern
13:48 / 02.11.05
In case there's any confusion about start times:

Doors open at 6pm
Readings at 7:15-7:45 pm
 
 
Goodness Gracious Meme
14:44 / 02.11.05
Sorry, am not gonna make this. Break a leg, hon.
 
  

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