The incomparableFrans Zwartjes is a filmmaker, musician, violin-maker, painter and sculptor. In the late-60s he was one of the first Dutch visual artists to take up film, initially to document his performances and soon after as an independent medium perfectly suited to his way of creating visual art. His mind-bending works caused a furor, with psychological black-and-white imagery of heavily made-up and over-dressed actors from his circle of friends. Focused on sexually-loaded power games, hysteria, psychosis and cruelty, his films are largely edited ‘in-camera’. “My own motor system determined the film style”, Zwartjes stated in an interview. Zwartjes’s oeuvre includes over forty films and his style has left a strong stamp on at least two generations of experimental filmmakers in Holland. You’ve never seen anything quite like this.
In the early morning hours of August 26, 1980—29 years ago today—men wearing white jumpsuits and pretending to deliver an IBM copy machine rolled a bomb into Harveys Resort Hotel and Casino in Stateline, Nevada, near Lake Tahoe. So began one of the most unusual cases in our history. A note left with the bomb—titled STERN WARNING TO THE MANAGEMENT AND BOMB SQUAD—began ominously: Do not move or tilt this bomb, because the mechanism controlling the detonators in it will set it off at a movement of less than .01 of the open end Richter scale.
Do not try to take it apart, the note went on. The flathead screws are also attached to triggers and as much as ¼ to ¾ of a turn will cause an explosion. This bomb is so sensitive that the slightest movement either inside or outside will cause it to explode. This bomb can never be dismantled or disarmed without causing an explosion. Not even by the creator.
The Extortion Note When authorities discovered the Harveys bomb, they also found a typewritten note, transcribed here exactly as it was written: TO THE MANAGEMENT: STERN WARNING TO THE MANAGEMENT AND BOMB SQUAD: Do not move or tilt this bomb, because the mechanism controlling the detonators in it will set it off at a movement of less than .01 of the open end Ricter scale. Dont try to flood or gas the bomb. There is a float switch and an atmospheric pressure switch set at 26.00-33.00. Both are attached to detonators. Do not try to take it apart. The flathead screws are also attached to triggers and as much as ¼ to ¾ of a turn will cause an explosion. In other words this bomb is so sensitive that the slightest movement either inside or outside will cause it to explode. The creator, we later discovered, was 59-year-old John Birges, Sr.—who wanted $3 million in cash in return for supplying directions to disconnect two of the bombs three automatic timers so it could be moved to a remote area before exploding. The device—two steel boxes stacked one atop the other—contained nearly 1,000 pounds of dynamite. Inside the resort, Birges made sure the bomb was exactly level, then armed it using at least eight triggering mechanisms. We had never seen anything quite like it, said retired Special Agent Chris Ronay, an explosives examiner who was called to the scene along with other experts. After being discovered, the bomb was photographed, dusted for fingerprints, X-rayed, and studied. Finally, more than 30 hours later, a plan was agreed upon: if the two boxes could be severed using a shaped charge of C4 explosive, it might disconnect the detonator wiring from the dynamite.
Harveys and other nearby casinos in Lake Tahoe were evacuated, and on the afternoon of August 27, the shaped charge was remotely detonated.
ESSAY - 'WHY I LIKE LAST.FM' - RIGHT NOW 'Planet Patrol' 'Play at Your Own Risk' IS ON MY GROUP RADIO ... IT BUCKINGHAM' ROCKS...
IF YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO THINK... YOU: 'WHAT COULD A LAST.FM MEMBER POSSIBLY HAVE THAT I WOULD FIND COOL? I'M SO COOL. I LISTEN TO WFMU AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE NOT EVEN AS COOL AS I AM... LIKE THAT ONE TIME A DJ PLAYED A SONG I'D HEARD BEFORE. NO WAY COULD A MEMBER OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC HAVE ANYTHING I'D BE INTERESTED IN, OR HADN'T ALREADY HEARD, AND CHECKED OFF OF MY 'TO-DONE WITH' LIST.'
ME: I'M TELLIN' YOU, 'CAVEMAN IN A HIPSTER SPACESHIP,' YESTERDAY A GUY WITH A RUDIMENTARTY PENI /NICK BLINKO STATION SENT ME A FRIEND REQUEST...' YOU: 'OH, NICK BLINKO...SO PEDESTRIAN...' ME: 'FUCK YOU!' 'FUCK YOU!'. ... and right now The Harvey Averne Dozen JUST CAME ON. I HAD NO IDEA WHO EITHER OF THOSE TWO ARTISTS WERE AND TOMORROW WON'T CARE, BUT RIGHT NOW, THE IDEA OF A RANDOM STATION CONTROLLED BY WHAT I'VE PLAYED IN THE PAST, IS GREAT.
Dear Last FM-PEOPLE:
I haven't been around lately but there was Imeem and Ilike, and I really can't stay faithful, I guess; but I was brought back to the Last.Fm fold when I thought a French Girl had written me a sexy letter (she turned out to be a really cool French Guy mandrak2000 who put all of my albums in his virtual library, so maybe I'll just have un l'homme-crush instead); then I flirted with a Polish girl, but when she found out I was American, it was over before it started... whatevs...her loss. It got me to update and upload new stuff onto OS.
THE SEMI-ANNULLING WORLD OF NICHOPOULOUZO/YouTube/Last.Fm (utilizing multimedia and Elvis reading an original poem, where you'll hear him say 'Crushed his fuckin' skull' and laugh.) EXCITED? There are also lots of "tributes" to the INVENTOR OF OBJECTUM-SEXUALIS! - MISS BERLIN WALL, and her OLD MAN (WALL...WHATEVS).
JUST UPLOADED A GROOVY 'CAT IN THE HAT 50TH B-DAY' JAM THAT IS IRRESPONSIBLY 'SUSSEX-Q AND NICE 'ULYSSES' SNIPPET. JIM DICKINSON WFMU RADIO SENSUALIST WHICH JUST CAME OUT TODAY, and a SUPERCOOLED WILLY DEVILLE TRIBUTE FROM the French Cool Giants at 'LA LIBERATION.' AND CHECK OUT THE OTHERS, AND JOIN THE DAMN 'OS' GROUP. SORRY IT HAS 'FUCK' IN THE TITLE, BUT UNLESS YOU AND YOUR BOSS AND KIDS HANG OUT TOGETHER, WHICH WOULD JUST BE WEIRD, WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE.
(*THAT'S RIGHT 'NICHOPOULOOZA' IS NO MORE......AFTER I GOT A MILLION VIEWS ON A CERTAIN VIRAL MICHAEL JACKSON 'GHOST' VIDEO IN A WEEK, I BECAME A LITTLE TOO HIGH-PROFILE AND THE OTHER VIDEOS WHICH HAD SLID UNDER THE YOUTUBE RADAR SURFACED TO THE MAN, WHO UNCEREMONIOUSLY RIPPED DOWN 'NICHOPOULOOZA, MRJYN, MRJYNGM AND CRAUNCHY' CHANNELS IN ONE FELT SWOOPING...SO I GOT TO USE MY EVEN WITTIER NEW APPELATION: 'NICHOPOULOUZO' WHICH COMBINES DR. GEORGE C. NICHOPOULOS (WHO IS GREEK) WITH A GREEK BEVERAGE OUZO
OBJECTUM-SEXUALIS: SONGS ABOUT FUCKING BUILDINGS! DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY FUCKING Radiohead...
speaking of which, a belated but very heartfelt R.I.P. to my most important connections on last.fm and in real life:
Willy DeVille was a friend and Jim Dickinson was an example of how great music could be made, if made from the heart. His album Dixie Fried is my favorite album of all time and probably always will be. And as for my French Quarter friend, Willy DeVille-Mink DeVille: take my word for it, thereunto never be another singer with a voice like his.
How you doing? left, center SEE YA AROUND THE STATION!
Sorry I haven't been around lately but there was Imeem and Ilike, and I really can't stay faithful, I guess; but I was brought back to the Last.Fm fold when I thought a French Girl had written me a sexy letter (she turned out to be a really cool French Guy mandrak2000 who put all of my albums in his virtual library, comme ca - "Journal de mandrak2000 – Streamable album and Free download, the Virtual Library – Last.fm" http://bit.ly/MMjKm - so maybe I'll just have un l'homme-crush instead); then I flirted with a Polish girl, but when she found out I was American, it was over before it started... whatevs...her loss. It got me to update and upload new stuff onto OS.
HERE'S A VIDEO INTRODUCTION FROM THE SEMI-ANNULLING WORLD OF *NICHOPOULOUZO. YouTube + Last.Fm (utilizing multimedia and Elvis reading an original poem, where you'll hear him say 'Crushed his fuckin' skull' and laugh.)
VIDEO FROM OUR HEROINE, FEATURES INVENTOR OF OBJECTUM-SEXUALIS! - MISS BERLIN WALL'S OLD MAN (WALL...WHATEVS)
JUST UPLOADED A GROOVY CAT IN THE HAT 50TH B-DAY JAM THAT IS IRRESPONSIBLY SUSSEX Q AND A NICE LITTLE ULYSSES SNIPPET...IT WOULDN'T TAKE MY JIM DICKINSON WFMU RADIO SETLIST WHICH JUST CAME OUT TODAY, BUT I'LL TRY AGAIN AND I'LL ALSO BE PUTTING ON A SUPERCOOL WILLY DEVILLE TRIBUTE SHOW FROM LA LIBERACION. SO LOOK FOR THOSE AND CHECK OUT THE OTHERS AND JOIN THE DAMN OS GROUP. SORRY IT HAS 'FUCK' IN THE TITLE BUT UNLESS YOU AND YOUR BOSS AND KIDS HANG OUT HERE TOGETHER, WHICH WOULD JUST BE PLAIN WEIRD, WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE. SO FAR IT'S REALLY WORKED OUT WELL AS A GREAT WAY TO KEEP THE OS RADIO PURE THOUGH. SO IF YOU WANNA HEAR SOME PURE OS RADIO CHECK IT OUT. AND THEN JOIN, THE GROUP: OBJECTUM-SEXUALIS! MUSIC ABOUT FUCKING OBJECTS!
ESSAY: 'WHY I LIKE LAST.FM'
RIGHT NOW Planet PatrolPlay at Your Own Risk IS ON MY GROUP'S RADIO (SEE BELOW FOR INFO ON HOW TO JOIN)... IT FUCKIN' ROCKS... IF YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO THINK...
YOU: 'WHAT COULD A LAST.FM MEMBER POSSIBLY HAVE THAT I WOULD FIND COOL? I'M SO COOL. I LISTEN TO WFMU AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE NOT EVEN AS COOL AS I AM... LIKE THAT ONE TIME A DJ PLAYED A SONG I'D HEARD BEFORE. NO WAY COULD A MEMBER OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC HAVE ANYTHING I'D BE INTERESTED IN, OR HADN'T ALREADY HEARD, AND CHECKED OFF OF MY 'TO-DONE WITH' LIST.'
ME: I'M TELLIN' YOU, 'CAVEMAN IN A HIPSTER SPACESHIP,' YESTERDAY A GUY WITH A RUDIMENTARTY PENI /NICK BLINKO STATION SENT ME A FRIEND REQUEST...'
YOU: 'OH, NICK BLINKO...SO PEDESTRIAN...'
ME: 'FUCK YOU!' 'FUCK YOU!'.
... and right now The Harvey Averne Dozen JUST CAME ON. I HAD NO IDEA WHO EITHER OF THOSE TWO ARTISTS WERE AND TOMORROW WON'T CARE, BUT RIGHT NOW, THE IDEA OF A RANDOM STATION CONTROLLED BY WHAT I'VE PLAYED IN THE PAST, IS GREAT.
(*THAT'S RIGHT 'NICHOPOULOOZA' IS NO MORE......AFTER I GOT A MILLION VIEWS ON A CERTAIN VIRAL MICHAEL JACKSON 'GHOST' VIDEO IN A WEEK, I BECAME A LITTLE TOO HIGH-PROFILE AND THE OTHER VIDEOS WHICH HAD SLID UNDER THE YOUTUBE RADAR SURFACED TO THE MAN, WHO UNCEREMONIOUSLY RIPPED DOWN 'NICHOPOULOOZA, MRJYN, MRJYNGM AND CRAUNCHY' CHANNELS IN ONE FELT SWOOPING...SO I GOT TO USE MY EVEN WITTIER NEW APPELATION: 'NICHOPOULOUZO' WHICH COMBINES DR. GEORGE C. NICHOPOULOS (WHO IS GREEK) WITH A GREEK BEVERAGE OUZO Italic text like this like thisworkslikethis Differentsizetext http://www.last.fm/ Last.fm mrjyn rocks OBJECTUM-SEXUALIS: SONGS ABOUT FUCKING BUILDINGS! DOES NOT CONTAING ANY FUCKING Radiohead...speaking of which, a belated but very heartfelt R.I.P. to my most important connections on last.fm and in real life: Willy DeVille was a friend and Jim Dickinsonwas an example of how great music could be made, if made from the heart. His album Dixie Fried which is not playable if you're on here free like me, is my favorite album of all time and probably always will be. And as for my French Quarter friend Willy DeVilleMink DeVilleSpanish Stroll if that didn't link up right, take my word for it, there'll never be another singer with a voice like his. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
OSEXrockalso combinemanylike thislike thislike thisHow you doing?
