For Borges.
(Note on back of Sleeve)
Stats:
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges (Spanish: 24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator born in Buenos Aires. His work embraces the "character of unreality in all literature". His most famous books, Ficciones ("Fictions", 1944) and The Aleph (El Aleph, 1949), are compilations of short stories interconnected by common themes, including dreams, labyrinths, libraries, mirrors, infinity, fictional writers, philosophy, religion, and God.
Borges wrote and lectured extensively on the art of translation, holding that a translation may improve upon the original, may even be unfaithful to it, and that alternative and potentially contradictory renderings of the same work can be equally valid. Borges also employed the devices of literary forgery and the review of an imaginary work, both forms of modern pseudo-epigrapha.
Hoaxes and forgeries: Borges's best-known set of literary forgeries date from his early work as a translator and literary critic with a regular column in the Argentine magazine El Hogar. Along with publishing numerous legitimate translations, he also published original works, for example, in the style of Emanuel Swedenborg or One Thousand and One Nights, originally claiming them to be translations of works he had chanced upon. In another case, he added three short, falsely attributed pieces into his otherwise legitimate and carefully researched anthology El matrero.Several of these are gathered in the A Universal History of Infamy.
Borgesian conundrum: The philosophical term "Borgesian conundrum" is named after him and has been defined as the ontological question of "whether the writer writes the story, or it writes him." The original concept put forward by Borges is in Kafka and His Precursors—after reviewing works that were written before Kafka's, Borges wrote:
Sleeve Notes:
Sleeve Image: ''Interior'' by Vilhelm Hammershoi
From Michael Palin Article: Then, three years ago, riffling through a pile of books in a covered arcade in Paris, I found myself staring at the back of a woman in a simple black dress standing in a corner of a room with panelled doors on either side of her and a glow of light on the nape of her neck. It was the cover of a catalogue devoted to "Vilhelm Hammershoi, Danish painter of solitude and light".
Insert Image: Engraving by Walter Crane commemorating those convicted of involvement of the bombing at the Haymarket Riot. Some of the men pictured were executed shortly after the event, others were later pardoned.
The Haymarket riot was influential in the establishment of the International Workers Day (May Day) National holidays.
Garland for May Day: This is another Walter Crane engraving. The image was used by Fucked Up on shirts and show posters.
(Note on back of Sleeve)
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| Sleeve - Front |
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| Sleeve - Back |
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| Vinyl - 'F' Side |
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| Vinyl - 'U' Side |
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| Sleeve (back) & Insert: Lightweight paper, with photocopied artwork |
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Tracks: Magic Word B/W David Comes To Life
Released: 2010
Label: Not on Label (Bootleg)
Matrix A: 109820 A
Matrix B: 109821 B
Pressing Info: One Time Pressing of 100 - 8 Test pressings
Variants: No variants
Notes:
General:
Tracks: Magic Word B/W David Comes To Life
Released: 2010
Label: Not on Label (Bootleg)
Matrix A: 109820 A
Matrix B: 109821 B
Pressing Info: One Time Pressing of 100 - 8 Test pressings
Variants: No variants
Notes:
General:
Bootleg record released just ahead of the official versions. This record has two of the songs that appeared on the official version, but not the third.
Some copies came with a magazine, others were sold via Reckless Records in Chicago.
Mentioned on LFG (Feb 06 2010) the day before announcement of official version.
'For Borges' (Credit on Reverse of Sleeve) - From Wikipedia:
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges (Spanish: 24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator born in Buenos Aires. His work embraces the "character of unreality in all literature". His most famous books, Ficciones ("Fictions", 1944) and The Aleph (El Aleph, 1949), are compilations of short stories interconnected by common themes, including dreams, labyrinths, libraries, mirrors, infinity, fictional writers, philosophy, religion, and God.
Borges wrote and lectured extensively on the art of translation, holding that a translation may improve upon the original, may even be unfaithful to it, and that alternative and potentially contradictory renderings of the same work can be equally valid. Borges also employed the devices of literary forgery and the review of an imaginary work, both forms of modern pseudo-epigrapha.
Hoaxes and forgeries: Borges's best-known set of literary forgeries date from his early work as a translator and literary critic with a regular column in the Argentine magazine El Hogar. Along with publishing numerous legitimate translations, he also published original works, for example, in the style of Emanuel Swedenborg or One Thousand and One Nights, originally claiming them to be translations of works he had chanced upon. In another case, he added three short, falsely attributed pieces into his otherwise legitimate and carefully researched anthology El matrero.Several of these are gathered in the A Universal History of Infamy.
Borgesian conundrum: The philosophical term "Borgesian conundrum" is named after him and has been defined as the ontological question of "whether the writer writes the story, or it writes him." The original concept put forward by Borges is in Kafka and His Precursors—after reviewing works that were written before Kafka's, Borges wrote:
Sleeve Notes:
From Michael Palin Article: Then, three years ago, riffling through a pile of books in a covered arcade in Paris, I found myself staring at the back of a woman in a simple black dress standing in a corner of a room with panelled doors on either side of her and a glow of light on the nape of her neck. It was the cover of a catalogue devoted to "Vilhelm Hammershoi, Danish painter of solitude and light".
The Haymarket riot was influential in the establishment of the International Workers Day (May Day) National holidays.Garland for May Day: This is another Walter Crane engraving. The image was used by Fucked Up on shirts and show posters.
Commodity Fetishism:
Test Press: The TP sleeve also has well observed Fucked-Up-isms: The front is an illustration from ''A Book of Old Rhymes, With New Dresses'' By Walter Crane, making a nice reference to the Daytrotter Sessions:
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| Test Pressing Sleeve - Front |
The back of the sleeve is another Walter Crane illustration, this one titled the 'Fox & the Crane' from an edition of Aesops Fables. The moral of the story: 'There are games that two can play at'
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| Test Pressing Sleeve - Back |
