Happy Allais Day!
Button Up, Button Down
The free Captain Cap campaign buttons have all been claimed, but we still encourage our visitors to purchase a copy of the book—a treat in itself. Besides, volume II in our three-volume series by Alphonse Allais (translated by Doug Skinner) will be coming around the mountain soon, so you’ll want to collect the set.
As for the buttons (hand-drawn by Skinner), one lucky gent chose to enshrine his:
PHOTO: JIM McMENAMIN
Ahoy Polloi!
Judging from the brisk sails [sic] of Captain Cap by Alphonse Allais, the good captain is developing a rabid cult following—some of whom are daring to wear Captain Cap campaign buttons in broad daylight. The book’s intrepid translator Doug Skinner has compiled The Iconography of Captain Cap over on the Ullage Group blog—complete with rare images.
Don’t miss the boat.
Bang the drum early…
“There are many ways to destroy a work of art…”
Misson Accomplished
Alain Arias-Misson, author of the hot new Black Scat erotic fiction collection, The Man Who Walked On Air & Other Tales of Innocence, will be traveling from Paris to New York next month for a series of readings (see this post).
Rumor has it he will be driving.
Did we say driving from Europe?
Yes we did. In a Skycar.
If you think this is sci-fi or some craven attempt at humor, it’s no joke.
Tiny Baubles
UPDATED (2/15 —9:22 am PST): All 12 Captain Cap campaign buttons are gone— but you can still order a copy of Captain Cap (Vol. I.) by Alphonse Allais – as well you should.
Latest Scat Happenings Around the Globe
MOVEMENTS IN MOTION
Frédéric Acquaviva writes from Berlin to inform us of the above exhibition in the UK on March 4th. Anyone planning to be in London should make a point of attending. Visitors can eyeball & sniff rare specimens of DADA, LETTRISM, FLUXUS, FUTURISM, SOUND & CONCRETE POETRY. You’ll also spot Black Scat’s Considerations on the Death and Burial of Tristan Tzara by Isidore Isou which—like a talisman–will hang suspended from the ceiling in a plastic envelope. For those unable to attend, we’ll be posting photos from the show.
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AIR FRANCE: MISSON IMPOSSIBLE
We’ll also be posting photos of Alain Arias-Misson when he travels to New York City from his home in Paris. There will be many gala events from March 12-19th: an art exhibition, performance of his Public Poem, as well as a series of readings from his new fiction collection, The Man Who Walked On Air & Other Tales of Innocence – published by Black Scat. The book is now available on Amazon in Europe as well as here in the USA.
We will post details of Alain’s whirlwind tour in the near future.
While you’re waiting…
Have you prepared for “The Exam”?
If those words send a chill down your spine, check out Tom Whalen‘s text on The Brooklyn Rail here.
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