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Saknussemm

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  • Kris Saknussemm

  • 48 / Male
  • AU
  • Last Login: 9/28/2009

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Interests

  • General


    Theme parks, mass hysteria, religious cults, utopian communities, outsider art, erotic art, blues music, teratology, zombies, robotics, masks, unusual fetishes, memetics, sexual perversions & psychiatric disorders, cryptozoology, collective intelligence theories, ancient fertility rituals, propaganda & psychological warfare, the history of magic & science, subliminal learning, celebrity deaths, missing persons and marionette theater.

  • Music


    Blind Willie McTell, Clara Smith, Little Walter, Doc Watson, Eric Satie, Gregorian chants, Charles Ives, The Doors, King Crimson, Sly & the Family Stone, George Clinton/Parliament-Funkadelic, The Meters, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Little Bobby Parker, Al Green, Tower of Power, Steely Dan, Joni Mitchell, Tom Waits, Chuck E. Weiss, The Residents, The Legendary Stardust Cowboy, Tony Joe White, Talking Heads, The Dead Kennedys, Asleep at the Wheel, Captain Beefheart, Frank Zappa, Art Pepper, Chet Baker, Eric Dolphy, Michael Franti, Neil Young, Portishead, Sparklehorse, My Morning Jacket, The Eels, Electric President, Belle & Sebastian, Radiohead, Fiery Furnaces, Tapes N Tapes, Dillinger Escape Plan, Takemitsu, Gavin Bryars, Steve Reich, Brian Eno, Girl Loves Dead Boys, Robocoptik, Eminem, The Dresden Dolls, The Mountain Goats, Red Snowman, Alien Chatter, Artic Monkeys, Bjork, Cypress Hill, The Pixies, anything on Fat Possum or Mistress of Evil Records.

  • Movies


    Carnival of Souls, High Plains Drifter, The Passenger, Westworld, Zabriskie Point, Pretty Poison, Vertigo, Duel, Vanishing Point, Seance on a Wet Afternoon, Whistle Down the Wind, The Incredible Mr. Limpet, Fritz the Cat, Deep Throat, Eraserhead, Enter the Dragon, The Beguiled, The Wicker Man, Lolita, Sullivan's Travels, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Charley Varrick, The Hitch-Hiker (Ida Lupino), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Prisoner of Shark Island, Shadow of a Doubt, Gaslight, The Spiral Staircase, The Palm Beach Story, The Texas Chainsaw Masscre, Days of Heaven, My Favorite Year, The Monitors, Teenage Caveman, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Blade Runner, Lost Highway, Edward Scissorhands, The Warriors, 5 Million Years to Earth, The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, Kill Bill, Being John Malkovich, The Razor Eaters, You Are Alone, The Blind Dead, everything by David Cronenberg, Kurosawa, Russ Meyers, and all wild Asian & Blaxpoitation flicks.

  • Television


    The Twilight Zone, Stingray, The Outer Limits, Jonny Quest, The Wild, Wild West, The Time Tunnel, Ultraviolet, Dr. Who, Monkey, The Invaders, The Prisoner, Carnivale, Six Feet Under, South Park, Lost, CSI and Myth Busters.

  • Books


    Don Quixote, Gulliver's Travels, Tristram Shandy, The 120 Days of Sodom, Moby-Dick, The Castle, Nausea, Impressions of Africa, Locus Solus, Noon Wine, An American Tragedy, The Sound and the Fury, Travels with My Aunt, A Door into Summer, The Divine Invasion, Zen and the Art of Motorcyle Maintenance, The Glass Bead Game, The Tin Drum, Naked Lunch, Cities of the Red Night, Slaughterhouse Five, The Gospel Singer, The Unlimited Dream Company, The Lathe of Heaven, The Moviegoer, Love in the Ruins, Man in the Holocene, Death of a Beekeeper, Neuromancer, The Girl in the Glass (& everything by Novalis, Flannery O'Connor, Theodore Sturgeon, Paul Witcover, Angela Carter, Jeff Noon and Katie Arnoldi).

  • Heroes


    Sir Walter Raleigh, Emperor Norton, Percival Fawcett, Ameila Earhart, William James, Nikola Tesla, Wilhelm Reich, Robert Johnson, Malcolm X, Buckminster Fuller, Henry Miller, Guy DeBord, John Lilly, Rupert Sheldrake, Philip K. Dick, Hunter S. Thompson, George Clinton, Bruce Lee, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Bob Marley, Simon Rodia, Ferdinand Cheval, Max Ernst, Joseph Cornell, Robert Irwin, Robert Smithson, Franz Kafka, Harry Partch, Helen Frankenthaler, Mark Rothko, Carl Jung, Lexington Steele, Annie Sprinkle, Breece D'J Pancake, John Kennedy Toole, Bill Hicks, the immortal Richard Pryor, Lyric Powers, Evil Steve, Phil Abrams and Katie Arnoldi.

Details

  • Status: Single
  • Hometown: Berkeley,CA
  • Orientation: Straight
  • Zodiac Sign: Cancer
  • Children: Love kids, but not for me
  • Smoke / Drink: No / Yes
  • Education: Grad / professional school

Blurbs

About me:

I'm an American writer, painter and cultural theorist/anarchist living in Australia. My novel ZANESVILLE (Villard Books) tells the story of a man brought back from the dead, regenerated from the amputated penis of a murdered cult leader to save the soul of a technology-haunted, corrupt America in the near future. Anyone who enjoys Philip K. Dick, Robert Anton Wilson, Tom Robbins, Audrey Niffenegger, Haruki Murakami, William Burroughs, Hunter S. Thompson, William Gibson or Neil Gaiman might like to check it out:


And check out the brand new Saknussemm blog:

Zanesville

Who is Elijah Clearfather?

Futuristic bioweapon or good old-fashioned messiah?
Reincarnated ex-porn star or mutant information-age revolutionary?
The man who awakes in New York City's Central Park with no memory of his identity and the enigmatic message FATHER FORGIVE THEM F carved into the flesh of his back may be all of these things and more.

Private Midnight
www.myspace.com/privatemidnight

You haven't been so scared since you first fell in love.

"Broken bottle gunshot alley noir meets cold sweat erotic horror."
-The Night Times

"Imagine if Raymond Chandler wrote Steppenwolf."
-Stephen Graham Jones, author of Demon Theory
Private Midnight
The Soundtrack

Broken word mutant jazz performed by Kris Saknussemm and Clamon, the international arts collective. Clamon is a conspiracy and a collaboration of artists working in a range of media, including music, text, vision, design, performance and concept.

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"Kris Saknussemm has created the most original novel of the year."
-The Austin Chronicle

"A darkly comic and completely unforgettable tale."
-Los Angeles City Beat

"A wildly imaginative near-future satire."
-Revolution SF

"Brilliantly inventive black comedy."
-Booklist

"ZANESVILLE heralds the rise of an immensely important new talent."
-SciFi.Com

"Recommended for collections of experimental fiction everywhere."
-Library Journal

"Disturbing, fascinating and intensely readable."
-SciFi Dimensions

"A savage, fiercely intelligent satire."
-January Magazine

"Visually stunning without even a single illustration."
-Kirkus Reviews.

"Fantastic book!"
-The Legendary Stardust Cowboy (Norman Carl Odam)


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Who I'd like to meet:

Discordians, writers, artists, journalists, film-makers, musicians, photographers, fans of pop culture, models, people with interesting deformities, cognitive scientists, folklorists, midgets, albinos, amputees, animators, comic book illustrators, people with unusual psychological conditions, conspiracy theorists, sex goddesses & geeks.

Comments

Displaying 25 of 1518 comments
  • JohnJohn Everson

    Nov 17 2009 3:56 AM


    Hi! Just wanted to make sure all my friends know that my new erotic horror novel THE 13TH is now in stores everywhere! I hope you'll check out this debauched and demonic horror ride!

    There's even a website devoted just to the book, with an interactive map of the places and characters at www.the13th-horror.com.

    Edward Lee called THE 13TH "A double-barreled shotgun blast of macabre entertainment -- an expert amalgamation of grotesquerie, eroticism, mystery, and pitch-black occult horror that no fan of the genre can miss."

    And Gary A. Braunbeck said, "John Everson's The 13th is the first out-and-out horror novel in a long while to actually scare the **** out of me while reading it. It's stylish, extremely well-written, filled with richly-drawn characterizations, and boasts a labyrinthine plot worthy of Umberto Eco. Trust me -- this one will fry your nerves and break your heart."
  • KNOWN GALLERYKnownGallery KG

    Aug 11 2009 6:28 PM

    Thanks for your interest and support... www.KNOWNGALLERYSTORE.COM
  • Progressive Grooves Rec…

    Aug 3 2009 7:39 PM

    Hey Saknussemm whats up !
    You should check my profile more often ! always fresh new Music !
  • JohnJohn Everson

    Jun 13 2009 3:34 AM

    Hi! Just wanted to make sure all my friends know that my 2nd horror novel SACRIFICE was released this month - and is in stores everywhere, including Amazon.com. I hope you'll check out the book! Here are a couple reviews it's gotten:

    “SACRIFICE is not for the timid or weak of heart, it is a full frontal assault on your senses. It is a dark, brutal, bloody and terribly frightening book. Everson went deep into some dark abyss to bring this book to the light of day.... I highly recommend Sacrifice.”
    —Famous Monsters of Filmland

    “John Everson manages in SACRIFICE to dispense buckets of blood, provide edgy perversity, and walk the tenuous tightrope of horror and sex without falling: It’s rather an amazing feat.” –Hell Notes
  • Resonant Drift

    May 20 2009 12:42 AM

    The new Resonant Drift CD “The Call” is out now!

    Thanks and best to you!

  • FrankFrank Burton

    May 14 2009 9:38 AM

    Alright,

    Just wanted to let you know, my experimental crime novella, “About Someone” is available to read for free on my website.

    www.frankburton.co.uk

    Read it. It’s brilliant.

    Frank
  • Mike Milligan and the A…

    Apr 23 2009 3:12 PM

    Thanks for the request and the add....peace & music....mike
  • FrankFrank Burton

    Apr 15 2009 9:47 AM

    Hello new friend

    www.frankburton.co.uk
  • Raffi Lopes didn't mean…Raffi Lopes

    Apr 1 2009 6:12 AM

    Private Midnight Sounds Like just the kind of Weird Surreal book I'd like!
  • The Lobo Brand

    Mar 31 2009 12:48 AM

    thank u for the add my friend!!!
  • Imaro Author Charles R.…Charles R. Saunders

    Mar 25 2009 3:21 PM

    Thanks for accepting my add. I wish you all the best.
  • Self-Murder NovelRobert Scott Leyse

    Mar 19 2009 9:49 AM

    Hey Kris, <br /> <br />Ha, I actually haven't seen Mammoth - heard there's a few from Sliptongue in there - glad they did a good job. <br /> <br />May the FlingThings smile upon you! <br /> <br />Robert
  • N. FrankN. Frank Daniels

    Mar 18 2009 10:41 AM

    Congrats on the new book man.
  • Maria - Horror Writer/…

    Mar 18 2009 3:12 AM

    Wishing you a rainbow<br />For sunlight after showers<br />Miles and miles of Irish smiles <br />For golden happy hours<br />Shamrocks at your doorway<br />For luck and laughter too,<br />And a host of friends that never ends<br />Each day your whole life through!<br /><br />Wishing you a safe and blessed St. Patty’s Day!<br />xoxo<br />Maria<br />
  • Dark Matter™Anthony B. Fellows

    Mar 15 2009 7:50 PM

    Kris, thank you.
  • Freakin' DeaconDave Parker

    Mar 13 2009 3:15 AM

    you tempt me with beers and hotel damage. hmm, very interesting indeed. I'll get back to you Kris.
  • Freakin' DeaconDave Parker

    Mar 11 2009 5:32 AM

    Hey Kris, I got my copy of Private Midnight in the mail today. <br />Woot! : )
  • LindsayLindsay Mizer

    Mar 10 2009 10:08 PM

    I can't wait to get my copy of Private Midnight. Just like the rest of my "mommy" friends.
  • LawLess LuLuLyric Powers

    Mar 10 2009 9:43 PM

    the only moms i associate with are moms that read Private Midnight.
  • BillBill Ectric

    Mar 9 2009 12:31 AM

    Man, I REALLY like the ad for your new book. And by ad, I mean the girl holding gun. And by girl, I don't mean the gun.
  • SarahSarah Sarai

    Mar 5 2009 11:40 PM

    Thank you very much for the warning. I closed the drapes, asked the P.O. to hold my mail, and hid under my bed. Please do tell me when it's safe to come out.
  • DorianneDorianne Laux

    Mar 5 2009 4:24 PM

    I have been warned!! Saw your full page ad in the new Poets and Writers. <br />Mazeltov on the new book. Serious white water, stretch limo looks, who lies <br />about that kind of thing????? I mean, Wisconsin! xo --d
  • HERE BE DEMONS

    Mar 5 2009 12:47 PM

    eeey! congrats on new book!!!
  • kim

    Mar 4 2009 7:23 PM

    I disagree with the Kirkus review and think Private Midnight would make a fabulous mother's day gift. I think the reviewer just doesn't know the right kind of mommas ;)
  • Asparagus KingTastes Like Asparagus

    Mar 4 2009 12:42 AM

    EAT YOUR ASPARAGUS