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Sleepless Book Club – George Harrison: Living in the Material World

Hey, faithful readers. Long time no see. I’ve been slammed with new projects, but I’m planning on revealing more about those as I rev this engine of pixel blasting fury back up after a protracted intermission. I have so many new happenings underway that I’m not really sure where to start. Picking at random… ArtNowNashville.com [...]

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Noe/Anger

Here is an interesting match-up… Pioneering esoteric film maker Kenneth Anger gets interviewed by pioneering esoteric film maker Gaspar Noe in this match-made-in-heaven (hell?) tete-a-tete: Kenneth Anger, the octogenarian American underground filmmaker, has largely been heralded as one of the founders of experimental film, with his role in inspiring directors such as Martin Scorsese and [...]

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London Calling Again

The image of Paul Simonon smashing his bass on the cover of The Clash’s London Calling is one of the most iconic images in all of rock ‘n’ roll. While you can’t always judge a record by its cover, in this case, you can. London Calling is a great collection in a great looking package, [...]

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Graham Hancock's Secret

Hello, brothers and sisters. The good folks at Bear and Company recently mailed us a new release that’s been keeping us up nights. Lost Knowledge of the Ancients is a collection of essays curated by Graham Hancock at his website. This volume gathers these contributions together in print for the first time and the whole [...]

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Sleepless Book Club Selection: H+G=4EVA

Hey Hey Hey! The good people at Microcosm Publishing have sent me a few interesting packages lately and now that the blog is nearly fully powered again – we’re still planning on dressing up the place – I’ve been sifting through the goodies and I found a few to share. The first is a book [...]

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Hunter S. Thompson: The Crazy Never Die

Bonjour mes amis, I went on a Hunter S. Thompson binge recently. No good reason, just got a little carried away. I read a couple of biographies and discovered a lot of great videos in the process. Although this is not an official Sleepless Film Festival post, I wanted to share this video. The Crazy [...]

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Sleepless Book Club Selection: Alejandro Jodorowsky's Psychomagic

Welcome back, Today, I’m pleased to announce the first entry in our new Sleepless Book Club.  Sleepless Book Club posts will feature reviews of books by diverse authors that write on the subjects of art/culture/music/the occult/the unexplained/sub-cultural history/drugs/cutting-edge science and consciousness.  We like poetic fiction. We like musical poetry. We can’t wait to discuss all [...]

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