SON OF CATACLYSM

The Endgame Meets The Millennium Wave

admin — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:32:53 +0000

Two of our favorite theories finally coming to terms with each other. Enjoy one of the few Texans worth listening to: John Mauldin, “The Endgame Meets The Millennium Wave”. http://youtu.be/xB-xjZQy_4M

The Individual Agonies of Extinction

stewart — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:10:54 +0000

From a UC Berkeley press release: The peculiar pose of many fossilized dinosaurs, with wide-open mouth, head thrown back and recurved tail, likely resulted from the agonized death throes typical of brain damage and asphyxiation, according to two paleontologists.

I’m taking a moment to think about what mass extinction felt like for the Archaeopteryx and every other creature from the Jurassic period.

Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike, 1968

stewart — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 22:30:30 +0000

After recent videos and photos of strikes and demonstrations in Egypt, Syria, and Bahrain, I’m fascinated to remember that Americans encountered similar government resistance within the last 50 years. The Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike of 1968 shown above was a protest for safer working conditions and better wages, and after tear gas battles the workers were ultimately successful. For further information, see “Going Down Jericho Road” by Michael K. Honey for a more complete breakdown of the intersection of civil rights and labor.

SoC on Network Awesome

admin — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 09:01:48 +0000

Our good friends at Network Awesome asked us to curate a showing of live music performances via YouTube via their website. God bless the information age.

http://networkawesome.com/show/live-music-show-son-of-cataclysm/

N.I.M.B.Y.

stewart — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:28:15 +0000

Taken from the Atlantic’s photo-essay, Nigeria: The Cost of Oil is this unique record of local devastation. Though it’s tempting to blame multinational oil companies for environmental destruction, we must recognize that our current civilization would not exist without cheap energy. There is reason for optimism that the era of fossil fuels will end, as oil and coal are finite and must eventually be replaced with clean(er) alternatives.

Sebastião Salgado, Historical Record

stewart — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 10:26:08 +0000

Understanding the world through images: Sebastião Salgado has captured an unbelievable range of themes, places and events which we could not imagine if it were not for photographic evidence. We recommend his photo-essay Workers which includes the above photo of a firefighter being sprayed with chemicals to protect him from the heat of a flaming oil-head in Kuwait.

Dead Poets Society

stewart — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:32:43 +0000

Federico Garcia Lorca: Murdered by anti-Communists during the Spanish Civil War.

From his poem, Fábula y Rueda de los Tres Amigos, predicting his own disappearance:

Recorrieron los cafés y los cementerios y las iglesias.
Abrieron los toneless y los armorios.
Destrozaron tres esqueletos para arrancar sus dientes de oro.
Ya no me encontraron.

Artifacts of the pre-Apocalypse #3

admin — Mon, 30 May 2011 01:00:53 +0000

Artifacts of the pre-Apocalypse #3 — Jaguar — Stewart Walker

A: Lord Housefly
B: Slipped Off Fog Wet Girders

Release date June 24th, 2011.

Time to be definite

stewart — Fri, 27 May 2011 11:56:54 +0000

Artifacts of the pre-Apocalypse #2

stewart — Fri, 27 May 2011 11:49:46 +0000

Artifacts of the pre-Apocalypse #2 — Monkey — Stewart Walker

A: Spitting Sugar
B: Potomac and South Capitol

Release date May 27th, 2011.