Date: Mon, 02 May 94 16:02:02 0000
From: jeremias-AT-MIT.EDU (Jeremy Grainger)
Subject: Re: Boyd Rice & Coil (Was: Bey & Death Squad Art)


Thanks Kepley, for a more comprehensive and specific detailing of the antics of 
Boyd Rice. Now I have some specifics...people have generally denounced Rice as 
fascist or nazi, but when pressed can't come up with details. Its too bad his 
earleri work was really interesting.... 

Kepley went on to say:

> "Hakim" involved with COIL, eh? That's a new one on me, but then again, 
> he'll do anything if someone flatters him enough. He'll have to be taken 
> to task for that....

I would think that "Hakim" should be lauded for being involved with COIL...
I'm curious why you want to take him to task.

cf. Beast of Eden's April 18th post:

> Not really; from what I know about Coil, I would say that they also 
> share Bey's Nietzschean affirmation, its just that one aspect of life 
> affirmation is the acceptance of death rather than the denial of it.  Of 
> course there's bleakness on "The Anal Staircase" and the whole "Horse 
> Rotorvater" album, it was written at a time when many of their friends 
> were dying of AIDS and the entire album explores various aspects of 
> death.  The album also includes a piece called "The Golden Section", a 
> reading taken from Peter Lamborn Wilson's (Hakim Bey) "Angels", about 
> Azrael, the angel of death.  (On "Love's Secret Domain", Coil showed 
> another side of themselves.  Not really inconsistent.)

BTW, Coil has just rereleased on CD their soundtrack to Derek Jarman's _The 
Angelic Conversation_ .

While we're on the subject of Bey's involvement with music, does anyone know 
about Bey and Bill Laswell, et. al.?

Praxis' _Transmutation_ (Axiom) in addition to very fine cover collage by James 
K. reprints Chaos Never Died and Material's newest (title?) has other Bey 
references.

A general comment: I really wish I had more time to post here - the conversation 
has been fascinating in all it's strand. Cheers to all.

Jeremy
jeremias-AT-MIT.EDU





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