Thursday, 3 February 2011

H.P. Lovecraft - Fear of the Unknown (Documentary)

The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is Fear of the Unknown.
“H.P. Lovecraft was the forefather of modern horror fiction having inspired such writers as Stephen King, Robert Bloch and Neil Gaiman. The influence of his Cthulhu mythos can be seen in film (Re-animator, Hellboy, and Alien), games (The Call of Cthulhu role playing enterprise), music (Metallica, Iron Maiden) and pop culture in general.
But what led an Old World, xenophobic gentleman to create one of literature’s most far-reaching mythologies? What attracts even the minds of the 21st century to these stories of unspeakable abominations and cosmic gods?

LOVECRAFT: FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN is a chronicle of the life, work and mind that created these weird tales as told by many of today’s luminaries of dark fantasy including John Carpenter (The Thing), Guillermo Del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth), Neil Gaiman (Coraline), Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator), Caitlin Kiernan (“Daughter of Hounds”) and Peter Straub (“Ghost Story”).”

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Cairo’s Band of Geeks Survives Tahrir Square Assault

With Eyes Red from Rage

Blake Hounshell
NileTV ticker: "Obama hails Mubarak's speech to the nation... Obama praises Egypt's youth and army... EU praises Mubarak...

Julian Assange and the journalism defence

Bodies being dragged away. #Egypt#Jan25 why is the US still supporting Mubarak!?! 
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WikiLeaks
Huge WikiLeaks rally in Melbourne Fri, 6pm, Fed Square. Be there!
Translation: Youth of Egypt, beware rumors and listen to the sound of reason – Egypt is above all so preserve it
Translation: The Armed Forces asks Egypt’s honest and loyal men to confront the traitors and criminals and protect our people and honor and our precious Egypt

Pro-Mubarak text messages from Egypt; who sent them?
Jacob Appelbaum
Dear America - Heavy machine gun fire in Egypt! Call White House Press Office now and demand change from Obama! 202-456-1414
David Corn
How can USG maintain any relationship with Mubarak regime after this? Tremendous implications re Camp David and Mideast peace.

#25jan #egypt

حد افراد القوات المسلحة يبكي امام احد المتظاهرين بعد ان هاجمهم بلطجية مبارك لما جاء الشاب وقبل قدميه ليحميهم من البلطجية ولكنه بكى لعدم تمكنه من حمايتهم ونزل على اقدام المتظاهر وقبلها #Jan25
Greg Mitchell
Well, until just now, I'd never seen on live TV a human hit with a molotov cocktail and set on fire.
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Report from CNN's Tommy Evans says Sq. is full of wounded.

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#jan25 #egypt