Hello. I am The Damage and this is already September, autumn time, Earth. I am six coffees into the day and the creative process has decided to whore itself out on the streets, stoning ideas to death in the cold and bringing them to me, de-furring them, then placing them raw on my plate for idea sushi time. I am obviously threatened by forces of authority to keep deadines sacred and idea sushi time doesn’t look like it’s gonna come soon. The creative process is giving blowjobs somewhere in Latvia, according to the Google Latitude I use in these dreary times. Until it comes back, I am playing albums I didn’t realize I will ever need, but such is life. It is a time of weird interference when I mix one of the greatest modern Irish stand-up comedians, Dylan Moran and one of the most perfect martial industrial/dark ambient album I’ve ever heard, Absinthe: La Folie Verte by Blood Axis & Les Joyaux de la Princesse. The original video is below but I dare you to click this link to get to the weird YouTube Doubler. It has irony, sadness and lots of eggs.

Australian cyberpunk in the spotlight again! A PDF zine with two free issues to download, MACHETE GIRL is a good up-and-coming project with a good eye for urban girl eyecandy and fashion and all the first/second generation cyberpunk themes – this second issue (above) is taking a dive into transhumanism, for example – and even if they barely scratch the surface, they surely offer articles that will make interested readers dig deeper. Being a zine editor myself, I can only congratulate them for the stuff they do – making a countercultural zine is always very fun and very hard at the same time. But the effort is there. Appreciate the effort and download Machete Girl. Did I mention they have nice dailykawaii ladies? (machetegirl.com)

Look what the kat dragged in: our newest find in the shop, [big dose] energy drink, colorharmonizing with the latest cover. And by the way, buy our latest issue for 4 euros and get lots of hints about Parisian (and French) alternative and counterculture, all in gonzo. (www.thedosemag.com)

Legőszintébb reményeink ellenére sem tudta feloldani a BSZ2FY teljes csapata a nyers csirkehúst: vagy a cola light nem oldja a húst, vagy éjszaka valaki bravúrral köpött a szekrény tetejére bújtatott pohárba egy adag nyállal és hínárral kevert pálinkát, a végeredmény mindenesetre gusztustalan és penetráns lett, ezt pedig meg kell osztanunk. Ütőképes homegrown biológiai fegyver gyártására viszont egészen jó technika. (Mielőtt kisüthettem volna, hogy ízre is annyira rossz-e, mint szagra, tucatnyi lány kérte sírva, hogy húzzam le kétszer a Balaton mélyén, a síró fehérnép meg olyan, mint a kibiztosított Glock, engedelmeskedsz neki.) Beljebb a before és az after, nagyobb felbontásban.
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Pioneer One is the latest project from Josh Bernhard and Bracey Smith whose previous indie feature The Lionshare, became VODO’s biggest success to date with over 450,000 downloads since its release. The success of the project inspired the writer/director duo to develop this quality drama in collaboration with VODO and its distribution partners. With a successful distribution of the pilot they’re hunting for the donors and sponsors that will make the continuation of the show possible.

The show’s pilot was shot for just $6000, raised through the micro-funding platform Kickstarter. “This production was possible due in no small part to the willingness of talented, professional people working for free,” explains Bernhard. “From actors to composers, they did this because they believed in the project and wanted to see it happen.The production was a journey in and of itself. Check out the video blogs that were posted to the web that tell the story from script to finished episode”: vimeo.com/channels/pioneerone. (pioneer one @ vodo.net, via warrenellis.com)

SYNOPSIS
An object in the sky spreads radiation over North America. Fearing terrorism, U.S. Homeland Security agents are dispatched to investigate and contain the damage. What they discover will have implications for the entire world.