Napalm Death Coming To Town

While we are talking about great bands, I just found out that the mighty Napalm Death are coming to our fair town.
Monday Night April 13th at Mad Hatter:
Napalm Death
Kataklysm
Toxic Holocaust
Abigail Williams
Trap Them
Suicide Pact
Holy Shit! What a line up!

Upcoming SS-20 Shows...

I was just checking out some upcoming SS-20 shows and here's a quick list:
March 7th Blue Rock Tavern
March 9th Opening for Agent Orange at Southgate House
March 17th Gypsy Hut (see flyer below)
April 23rd Blue Rock Tavern
April 28th Opening for MDC at MadHatter
So you can get your fill of Cincinnati's Original Punk Band....
www.myspace.com/ss20capitalclass

Breaking The Spell..

I just started reading "Breaking The Spell" by Daniel C. Dennett. I'm only on page 20 or so and I have been underlining and circling passages for future reference. I was watching a 2 Hour documentary called "The Four Horsemen". It features Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris in a round table discussion about religion. I guess you could call these guys the most visible atheist of the day. All four gentlemen have had Best Sellers concerning atheism and religion. So to have them sitting around a table drinking cocktails and comparing notes is something special. Daniel Dennett is a philosopher and professor at Tufts University. His idea is to put organized religion through a series of scientific scrutiny. It seems any opposition to religion is automatically dismissed because of Blind Faith. There is no scientic evidence to prove the existence of "god". I have to believe that is the reason a lot of religionists look down on the scientific method. Hence the idea of an intelligent designer and creationism. If the idea that god created the universe is true, then my question is, who created god? You can ask that until infinity. The idea of spirituality is ok with me, we all need something to keep us going. But to base and put faith in a supreme being seems a little far fetched. So hopefully Daniel C. Dennett is on to something when he trys to "Break The Spell"....

Just finished reading...

I'm just finishing up this book of the final writings of Anton Szandor LaVey. Some of the essays are funny, some are the musings of an old eccentric and some are dead on observations of the inhuman condition we call life. There is a forward by Marilyn Manson, which is ok, didn't blow me away, but you could tell Manson respected LaVey and what he was trying to accomplish. Another fine publication by Feral House. I always find it interesting that people don't realize that LaVey was an atheist. How could the head of The Church of Satan be an atheist. Well, you have to read the tenets of the C.O.S. and be open to the message to dig it. I would have loved to spend time with LaVey to check out his library and hear his tales. I think we would have hit it off quite well. I would have enjoyed hearing him play the wurlitzer and his unique sense of humor is in line with mine.

"Stories For Shorty" in the Public Library

Just wanted to let everyone know that the Cincinnati Public Library Main Branch has purchased seven copies of "Stories For Shorty".
We will be dropping them off this weekend 02/22/09. Here is a list of The Aurore Press Inventory here in the AP Office:

34 copies of "Stories For Shorty" $15 ppd
1 X-Large Shorty T-Shirt $15 ppd
8 XX-Large Shorty T-Shirts $15 ppd
9 copies of "Country at War" $6 ppd
20 copies of "Pardon's Prism" $6 ppd

COMING SOON: Jockey Club Reunion 08 Live CD

All information is availiable at : www.aurorepress.com

SS-20 opening for MDC

Cincinnati's original hardcore punk band SS-20 is opening for Punk Legend's MDC Millions of Dead Cops. Anyone who owns that first MDC record or those early 45's knows the importance of this classic band. The show is April 28th at The MadHatter.

Some good news from my e-mail...

I just got an e-mail from the Secular Coalition of America. The stimulus package that Barack signed the other day did NOT contain any funding for the Compassion Capital Fund that I referred to in an earlier post. This saves $100,000,000. So after my last post I must say things are looking up. It goes to show that calling your senators and congressman and e-mailing your president does work sometimes. I'm off to listen to some SLAYER...