A New Year For Us All - From the www.MythosMedia.net team.
Amidst all of the turmoil that has occurred both in the US and abroad in 2008, many of the media giants are stomping around blindly. There is no better time for truly independent groups of artists, musicians and ...
Posted by James Curcio on 2008-12-26 16:29:40
In my opinion, Collide’s recent release, Two Headed Monster, is both a culmination and a departure from their past work. Though it may remain in the same rack in the record store (those still exist, right?), you can feel that a maturation has taken place ...
Posted by James Curcio on 2008-11-17 22:29:23
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collide,
danny carey,
karin,
statik,
two headed monster
The rand corporation published this white-paper on the subject that I think many of you may find interesting. (Not surprisingly, many of these are ideas I played with liberally during the creation of Fallen Nation.)
"Editors’ abstract. As with other new modes of conflict, the practice of netwar is ahead ...
Posted by James Curcio on 2008-11-06 17:26:05
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cloud,
decentralized decision making,
mother hive brain,
network,
swarm
For those interested in following me on twitter who don't already, my profile is here
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Posted by James Curcio on 2008-11-03 17:56:49
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Next week- supposing I can finally kick the plague that's been ravaging my innards- I'm going to be writing a review of Collide's recent release Two Headed Monster. It'll run both on Alterati.com and Greylodge.org. This album has been three years in the making ...
Posted by James Curcio on 2008-11-02 01:18:03
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babalon,
collide,
curve,
danny carey,
mankind is obsolete,
scott landes,
tool,
two headed monster
This past year has held a lot of changes and challenges for me. I broke up with my girlfriend of five years, (see? I told you I'd finally mention it publicly- no details though guys, internet drama is so 1998), I'm working a full-time day job, I've ...
Posted by James Curcio on 2008-10-30 13:03:16
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404,
join my cult,
personal
A word of advice to young writers out there: beware making your first a hallucinogen soaked, satirical, non-linear, generally plot-less nightmare. One day you might look back on it with a feeling of Jager-hangover nausea, and yet find that it continues to generally outsell later work that in your estimation ...
Posted by James Curcio on 2008-10-28 13:37:41
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fallen nation,
join my cult
"To switch metaphors, let's say that we are witnessing the two stages of a tsunami. The current disappearance of wealth in the form of debts repudiated, bets welshed on, contracts canceled, and Lehman Brothers-style sob stories played out is like the withdrawal of the sea. The poor curious little ...
Posted by James Curcio on 2008-10-21 12:18:10
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bailout,
disaster,
economics,
economy
A selection of Mythos Media & Immanion Press products will be offered in a raffle at Esozone, the occulture / fringe art event occuring now in Portland.
Posted by James Curcio on 2008-10-10 12:19:14
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esozone,
immanion press,
portland,
taylor elwood,
wes unruh
Is commentary really necessary?
http://www.dailynewscaster.com/2008/06/03/marines-to-begin-martial-law-training-in-indianapolis/ http://www.examiner.com/x-536-Civil-Liberties-Examiner~y2008m9d24-Army-to-station-activeduty-unit-in-the-US http://www.army.mil/-news/2008/09/15/12422-consequence-management-response-force-to-join-army-northern-command/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_84
Posted by Agent 139 on 2008-10-01 17:57:55
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martial law,
military,
vibrant response
I will not be appearing at Esozone 2008, unfortunately- both due to skyrocketing airfare costs, and some personal issues that recently arose in my life. (Those issues mostly having a negative effect on my pocketbook, making the travel expenses impossible.)
I hope many of you get to go, and those ...
Posted by James Curcio on 2008-09-30 11:41:17
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esozone
Viral marketing. It's become a buzzword that most people don't understand, but more corporations are getting hot under the collar when they hear it. "I don't know what this thing is Bob, but the kids love it!"
And if you haven't heard the term before, or ...
Posted by James Curcio on 2008-09-17 12:28:02
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alternate reality,
arg,
marketing,
viral marketing
I updated my resume & portfolio today after getting home from work. Yes. On a Friday. Someone send help. (Or freelance contracts.)
Posted by James Curcio on 2008-09-12 20:27:41
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art director,
freelance,
multi-media,
resume,
web design
Last year, the editorial team and I ran over 500 articles on Alterati on topics as far reaching as sexuality and culture, underground art, gonzo event reports, black metal, literature and the writing process... teletubbies. A year of digging off the beaten path, and I must say, the best job ...
Posted by James Curcio on 2008-09-12 14:20:54
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broken saints,
counterculture,
david mack,
dresden dolls,
interviews,
kabuki
For those of you who haven't bought tickets yet, I suggest you do so. This year's event looks to be bigger and better than last, including luminaries like Dennis McKenna, Antero Alli, Paul Laffoley, musical performances, and a lot more.
If that wasn't enough, "famous on the ...
Posted by Agent 139 on 2008-09-08 17:58:10
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esoteric,
esozone,
events,
portland
"Fallen Nation: Babylon Burning (Mythos Media 2007) is the type of revolutionary fiction that may inspire you to take a visionary road-trip across the South-West searching for the America you’ve only heard about in rock ‘n roll songs or saw while under the hallucinatory influence of some illicit substance ...
Posted by James Curcio on 2008-09-02 21:55:36
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fallen nation,
reviews
You read it right. The film rights to Fallen Nation: Babylon Burning have been optioned by Invictus Films & SB Productions. Expect many more updates to come!
Posted by James Curcio on 2008-08-22 00:29:58
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fallen nation,
films,
invictus films
This is a sneak peek at a sample of the soundtrack that will be used in a performance at Terra Extremitas, put on by the Foolish People. The script and soundtrack are based on some of the eschatological themes in Fallen Nation, and will serve as a bridge between that ...
Posted by James Curcio on 2008-07-25 02:17:57
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esoteric,
fallen nation,
foolish people,
occult,
theatre
Let us start this piece of wild conjecture with a supposition: you, like myself and many of those I know, have been aware for some time now that some kind of storm has been brewing in America. There is no arguing that the past eight years have sped up this ...
Posted by James Curcio on 2008-07-17 03:14:43
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capitalism,
consumerism,
mythology
A quick look at the marketing for films, books and music shows the profound value that mythology has within the modern marketplace. This role is made more pervasive – and potentially beneficial or dangerous – as a result of the proliferation of instantaneous and virtually limitless communication mediums. Myth is so entrenched ...
Posted by James Curcio on 2008-07-12 15:09:33
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branding,
business,
marketing,
myth,
mythology
The symbolism should be self-apparent, though it began essentially as an elaborate doodle. Feel free to use larger size (click on image) as desktop if you like it.
Posted by James Curcio on 2008-07-08 04:40:03
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adam,
consumerism,
desktop,
eve,
industry,
shaitan
Reality is being devoured by a surreal nightmare. The Fiction has arrived. Immerse yourself in the immense, interconnected story manifested by FoolishPeople and over 30 visionaries and artists working together from across the world within the unique landscape of Amsterdam's NDSM-werf. Follow living characters, absorb live transmissions from the ...
Posted by James Curcio on 2008-07-02 18:21:42
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apocalypse,
event,
foolish people
From the intro: "Welcome to the the 32nd episode of the gspot: for this episode I'm going to be digging deep in the archives, providing a cut up for you from 7 years of past podcastings- before there really were podcasts, we were already making these shows- broadcasting them ...
Posted by James Curcio on 2008-06-05 17:16:17
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alternate reality game,
fallen nation audiobook,
genesis p orridge,
gspot,
mother hive brain
Though presently in a rough draft form, in many ways I hope this book will explain why I co-founded Mythos Media, and what I hope to accomplish with it- and with all of you. Enjoy these excerpts. (PDF)
"The following are in-progress chapters for an upcoming work The Immanence of ...
Posted by James Curcio on 2008-06-03 23:55:18
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mythology,
mythos,
philosophy,
psychology
The Fallen Nation audiobook, available for free at 128 kbps, is being provided in episode format through feedburner. (You can also hook it up on iTunes.) It includes an original soundtrack provided by many musicians, including artists from 233project, Mankind is Obsolete, Mythos Media's Veil of Thorns and subQtaneous ...
Posted by James Curcio on 2008-06-03 23:28:06
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audiobook,
creative commons,
fallen nation,
free media
Posted by James Curcio on 2008-06-01 17:10:20
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fallen nation audiobook
A post about visual creative process over on Alterati.com:
"The question has been raised in a couple forums of what my process has been in building these images- in one case it came up because someone wanted it removed from a “digital art” community because these were “clearly photographs ...
Posted by James Curcio on 2008-05-31 10:49:43
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creative process,
photography
Just got word that the Fallen Nation: Babylon Burning eBook that's on Greylodge is about ready to cross the 20,000 download mark.
The truth is, though of course I would prefer that I had those many sales, I'd rather people read it than not at all. And ...
Posted by James Curcio on 2008-05-18 10:46:20
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creative commons,
ebook,
fallen nation,
pdf
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