James performs in industrial rock concerts, bitches incessantly on his blog, skulks about in dark recording studios, and writes dystopian graphic novels and novels for a generation of disenfranchised drug addicts, (generally referred to as "damn kids," punctuated by a great deal of cane waving and grumbling.) He has become something of a mainstay in independent and fringe media, though rumors of being a key member of a harem of feral lesbians are slightly exaggerated. Fallen Nation: Babylon Burning is his second novel.

A collection of those projects is provided below, upcoming projects and announcements can be found on his blog. (Portfolio.)

 

 

Past Project Testimonials

Join My Cult!

"A very thought provoking and unusual book, Join My Cult! twists emotions and provides an uncanny, yet quirky insight into cult sociology and cultural immersion, as well as a study in progressive insanity. 5 out of 5." Jewels Marcel, JIVE magazine.

"This is a book to be savored, to puzzle over, to re-read, and on which to meditate. This has the potential to expand current concepts of 'books' as individual art forms." Brian Shields, Broadcast Journalist (presently with Channel 4, KRON-TV in San Francisco).

"James Curcio has created a lunatic narrative that haunts and teases with the promise of revelations to come." Philip H. Farber, author of FutureRitual: Magick for the 21st Century.

"Tie yourself securely in the chair -- the power is about to be turned on." Dr. Christopher Hyatt, author of The Psychopath's Notebook, the Black Books, Undoing Yourself, and many more.

"Join My Cult! reads like a stroboscopic MTV docu-drama of Ulysses and Illuminatus!" Peter Carroll, author of PsyberMagick, Liber Null & Psychonaut and Liber Kaos: The Psychonomicon.

Generation Hex

"This book kicks major ass!" Phil Hine, author Condensed Chaos.

"Generation Hex reasserts the essential place of magic in our interaction with the universe." Genesis P-Orridge, cultural engineer.

"Your invitation to the party that might just bring the house down." Grant Morrison, author The Invisibles and The Filth.

Fas Ferox

"The presentation is artistically exciting and deeply cool. I cannot wait to see how the world of Fas Ferox will feel when it arrives on our computer screens, for people to interact with, to explore, to inhabit." Neil Gaiman, renowned author of Sandman, American Gods, Anansi Boys, and many others.

"Anna Young and her team are pulling off a modern miracle: a 21st Century mythology worthy of the term." Warren Ellis, controversial cult favorite, politically charged author of Crooked Little Vein & Transmetropolitan.

"Ambitious and inspiring in its presentation, scope, and style, the world of Fas Ferox could break new ground by boldly leaping into the modern narrative fray." Brooke Burgess, the Creator of award-winning flash animated graphic novel Broken Saints.

Interviews

Reality Sandwich (2007) Fairly in-depth discussion of the mythological themes in several of James' works.

Re-Gen Magazine (2006) Drunken conversation about the history and influences of his album, subQtaneous: Some Still Despair In A Prozac Nation.

Scenery Magazine (2005) Overly-caffeinated discussion with fellow musician Zac Shaw about subQtaneous: Some Still Despair In A Prozac Nation, and the connections between the music and various writing projects.

Audio: Smallworld podcast (2007) Peter Emerson Williams (Choronzon, Veil of Thorns) and James Curcio talk about the production process behind subQtaneous: Some Still Despair In A Prozac Nation with bazooka Joe on the long-running podcast Smallworld.

Audio: Frequency 23 (2005) Long interview about everything from shamanism and religious art to the occult.

Audio: G-pod (2004) James talked with Joseph Matheny (Galt's Ark, Ong's Hat) about Join My Cult!, and the binaural technology and hypnosis techniques embedded in its chaotic contents.

Books

Join My Cult! published in 2004 by New Falcon Press. The psychotic diatribes of the character Agent 139 (who re-appears in Fallen Nation: Babylon Burning ), ostensibly written in crayon for his psychiatrist.

Generation Hex compilation published in 2005 by Disinformation. A collection of essays on the occult & culture. The unedited version of James' contribution to this anthology, "Living The Myth" can be found on Key 64.

Fas Ferox: World Walkthrough walkthrough of the Fas Ferox world and some of its characters. Fallen Nation: Babylon Burning occurs within the same timeline and world, though chronologically before Fas Ferox episode 1.

Editorial, Web Zines & Group Blogs

Alterati Inside scoop on the outside culture. (video, podcasts, torrents, some of them unique.)

Greylodge One of the best destinations on the web to find the unusual, the cool, the obscure, or the plain weird. (video, podcasts, torrents.)

Key64 Occult and counterculture group blog.

Music

subQtaneous - Some Still Despair In A Prozac Nation (2007, CD) A genre-breaking concept album.

Veil of Thorns - Cognitive Dissonance (2007, CD) Veil of Thorns is a place where if you're starting to become familiar, it's already too late.

Babalon - Descent (2001, CD) & Dreams and Reflections (2004, CD, sample track) LA based progressive band that provided some of the conceptual ground for Fallen Nation: Babylon Burning.

Podcasts Past & Present

Bedtime Stories With The Antichrist Broadcast from the secret lair. All-original music, trance inductions, and bizarre inside jokes. Cut short when Agent 156 disappeared. (He has not reappeared.) Many early Fallen Nation: Babylon Burning clues and spin-offs.

The Gspot It's in your brain. Interviews with a diverse range of underground and counterculture artists, musicians, and charlatans. Original music and skits.

Word Salad Psychotic gibberish straight from the unconscious, ended in 2005. This will give you nightmares if you listen to it on headphones as you go to sleep. (The file presented here is episode 2 of which 4 were ultimately produced.)

Generation Hex Launch party at Alex Grey's CoSM. 72 minutes of the panel discussion about culture, magick, art, and the apocalypse, featuring background music from a variety of related independent acts, including Babalon and Elektroworx.