Today's Topics:
OK, so it's missing a "t".
Church of Our Lady of the Dining room.
Modern Primitives stuff from nm-list...
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Date: Thu, 5 Oct 89 03:50 EDT
From: Steve Strassmann <straz@media-lab.media.mit.edu>
Subject: OK, so it's missing a "t".
Message-Id: <19891005075021.4.STRAZ@ZAXXON.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>
From: Eric Haines <eye!erich@wrath.cs.cornell.edu>
Subject: church name for the day
Michael Inclema, a student at MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD School, receives a
check for $50 from Dorothy Tallie of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas
Court #1139, Our Lady of the Cenacle. {what's a cenacle, anyway?}
It's a monocle for a 100-eyed person, obviously. Sheesh.
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Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1989 11:55-EDT
From: stucco toast <toad@cs.cmu.edu>
Subject: Church of Our Lady of the Dining room.
Message-Id: <623606131/toad@NL.CS.CMU.EDU>
In Digest #282, Eric Haines asks
`` {what's a cenacle, anyway?} ''
Well Eric, I'm glad you asked.
Let's check the dictionary.
It's right after cemetary...
cemetery (SEM'i-ter'ee) n., pl. -ies.
cem-e-ter-y
A place for burying the dead; graveyard.
Religion
ME cimiterie < Med. Lat. cimiterium < LLat. coemeterium < Gk.
koimeterion < koiman, to put to sleep.
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cenacle (SEN'uh-kuhl) n.
cen-a-cle
A small dining room, usually on an upper floor.
Art
ME < OFr. < LLat. cenaculum < Lat. cena, dinner.
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Our Lady is
ENTRY Our Lady n.
MEANING The Virgin Mary.
DOMAIN Religion
Therefore, this is The Virgin Mary of the diningroom, not to be
confused with various other BVM's you'll find around the house.
I keep one in my toolbox, it's most handy.
yours in the service,
tottemo benri
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Date: Thu, 5 Oct 89 16:58:56 EDT
From: nrt@cs.brown.edu
Message-Id: <8910052058.AA10619@amy.cs.brown.edu>
Subject: Modern Primitives stuff from nm-list...
From: haedx.UUCP!mason@cgl.ucsf.EDU (Mason)
Newsgroups: brown.nm-list
Subject: Events events stneve stnevE
Date: 5 Oct 89 05:59:17 GMT
This isn't music, but I don't care. Those of you in the Bay
area might be interested in an exhibition and series of live events
taking place at Southern Exposure Gallery, 401 Alabama Street,
San Francisco, being curated by Re/Search Publications. The
flyer reads as follows:
"MODERN PRIMITIVES"
CONTEMPORARY BODY MODIFICATION
Fri. Oct. 20 - Thurs. Nov. 16 Gallery Hours: Wed-Sun 2:00-6:00pm
Fri Oct 20, 7:00 pm $4
Opening Night: Tattoo Fashion Show and Piercing Videos
In a multi-arena format, video work by LA artist Sheree Rose
featuring genital piercing and excerpts of the video-in-progress
"Modern Primitives," directed by Leslie Gladsjo will be presented.
A highlight of the evening will be a tattoo fashion show featuring
tribal designs.
Sat Oct 21, 8:00 pm $5
Kathy Acker, author
Fakir Musafar, modern primitive
Thyrza Goodeve, feminist theorist
Luis Kemnitzer, urban anthropologist
Panel: "Physical Illuminations"
A presentation of literary sources in S&M culture; extolling
"the illuminative benefits of radical body modification"; woundings
and cuttings by women as healthy response to a sick society; body
modification and erotic practices by non-Western civilizations.
Moderated by Andrea Juno and V.Vale.
Fri Oct 27, 8:00 pm $4
An evening with Don Ed Hardy, The Thinking Man's Tattooist
Don Ed Hardy, master tattooist and tattoo historian, is the
founder of Tattootime Magazine. He is credited with the elevation
of tattooing to a recognized and accepted artform. In a presentation
including superlative slides of rare and extraordinary tattoos, Hardy
will present ideas about tattooing in history, culture and modern life.
Fri Nov 3, 8:00 pm $4
Beauty and Blood: Mayan Sacrifice, Blood-Letting and Body Modification
San Francisco State University Professor, Archeologist and
author Karen Bruhns is a noted contributor to the field of Central
and South American Pre-Columbian scholarship. In a lively presentation,
highlighted by blood curdling slides, Bruhns will relate ancient
Mayan practices to contemporary perceptions of beauty and modern day
modification: liposuction, tummy tucks and facelifts.
Fri Nov 10, 8:00 pm $7
Nailed! A performance
Not for the faint-hearted.
Video artist/photographer Sheree Rose combines slides of
tattooing, piercing and scarification with a provocative bondage &
discipline bloodletting ritual. Joining her is Bob F., noted poet
and comedian. Throughout demonstrations of a startling graphic
nature, he infuses his comedic and poetic skills, culminating in
an emotionally charged presentation of his ingenious autoerotic
scaffold.
Mark your calendars, folks.
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Uh, yeah. You forgot the onions.
Mason Jones, H&A Computer Services, San Francisco, CA
...{uunet,sun}!hoptoad!haedx!mason (415) 434-3517
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