in memoriam christian loidl.
i gave the book "kleinstkompetenzen" (containing an audio cd with loidl reciting his poems accompanied by the blind accordeon player otto lechner) to my father last year. it's a very enigmatic sound experience.
christian loidl also translated peter lamborn wilson's book "scandal: essays in islamic heresy" into german.
loidl died yesterday in vienna at the age of 44.
on saturday 22 december 2001 20h, the best austrian publishing house selene invites to commemoration of christian loidl and his work at café kafka, capistrangasse 8, vienna.
"himmel arsch und dann – rasch nichts
herr jesu christ: laß das inferno dem prater
am himmel ist platz für keinen" – christian loidl, joseph kühn: "schwarzer rotz. gedichte & messerschnitte für h. c. artmann".
the burma campaign: boycott triumph.
hey, great: the latvian authorities have dropped charges of hooliganism against alina lebedeva! that means no two years of prison for her anymore: "an official of the prosecutor's office said that the teenager was found to be a diligent student and had no previous criminal record. there is still a possibility that she will be required to do community work or face other correctional measures, including being sent to a special reform school."
banking. the pain in our society's ass.
"bürgen sie nie! und wenn sie doch dazu bereit sind, weil sie ihrem ehepartner oder ihrem kind damit helfen wollen, dann verlangen sie von ihrer bank oder sparkasse vor ihrer unterschrift eine wahrheitsgemäße und umfassende aufklärung über ihre bürgschaftsrisiken. die muss ihnen die bank geben – am besten schriftlich, notfalls in gegenwart ihres rechtsanwaltes oder steuerberaters." – schutzgemeinschaft für bankkunden e.v.
while preparing his high school graduation a good friend was persuaded to bail for the parents to grant them a huge credit from the bank. murphy rearing his ugly head, the unexpected hit the fan and now he will pay back the parent's debt his whole life long. except he will make a large amount of money at once.
remarkable besides the irresponsibility or at least naïveté of the parents regarding their innocent child, human destiny and money issues in general, is the incredibly perky immorality of the banking system. but is it not the real power that governs, anyway? in fact, they do decide on the existence of even the most inconsiderable citizens without any democratic legitimation.
you can bet that the issue already has had its psychological effects on his personal state of mind and even has put some tension on the relationship to his long-time girl-friend. all the best wishes from me.
still reading and evaluating...
thomas h. greco, jr.: transforming the planet through alternative economy.
the josef hasslberger page: "economy and social organisation – current economic policy is rotten. that is the simple and direct message we can glean from a study of economic and monetary matters against historical sources and against the backdrop of social organisation in our time, which is conditionedt o a large degree by economy".
transaction.net: how money systems work.
alternative ökonomie?! with a newsletter collection of the monetary freedom network.
ratenkredit-vergleich.de: "mehr als 75% aller kreditgesuche in deutschland werden durch die banken abgesagt. eine dramatische zahl." (please also note the advertising for dr. klein & co. ratenkredite).
how to write english letters.
sex and politics and rock'n'roll: popo.at is result #9 when searching google for "titten". found via referrer stats.
today for the first time i held a one euro (or "öro" for the austrian at heart, heheh) coin in my hand. just to let you know.
it looks quite ugly. like its paper siblings do. it is just much heavier, unlike its soon-to-be ancient uncles. but hey, it's just money. it does not have to be beautiful. it's good to have it. no need to worship.
"when the going gets tough the tough goes shopping to buy something a little nothing to fill up the hole in his heart." – tuxedo moon, "egypt".
"memento". a classic movie with a first class website. i have seen it two weeks ago or so. totally gravitating. "lost highway" without the jade perfume commercial gusto (ie. better).
two great links at schoda: "friede ist nicht selbstverständlich" (peace is not granted) illustrates the austrian army.
a real illustrator is worth a kingdom, then: pet gotohda, "an aspiring young man manoeuvers his way into the heart of a heteropteran".