The slaying of the bull signifies that the rays of the sun, symbolized by the sword, release at the vernal equinox the vital essences of the earth–the blood of the bull–which, pouring from the wound made by the Sun God, fertilize the seeds of living things.
Dogs were held sacred to the cult of Mithras, being symbolic of sincerity and trustworthiness. The Mithraics used the serpent as an emblem of Ahriman, the Spirit of Evil, and water rats were held sacred to him. The bull is esoterically the Constellation of Taurus; the serpent, its opposite in the zodiac, Scorpio; the sun, Mithras, entering into the side of the bull, slays the celestial creature and nourishes the universe with its blood.

M.P.H.

Ak Kids – Shree Bang Special (Port-Royal Remix) – 2011
Ásgeir – Head In The Snow – 2014
Autechre – Bike (Alternate Version) – 2013
Autumn’s Grey Solace – Shadow, Light, Echo – 2012
Amadou & Mariam – Kokolon – 2013
Heaven – Lonesome Town – 2017
2562 – Techno Dread – 2013
Hundred Waters – Blanket Me – 2017
16 Horsepower – Burning Bush – 2009
Beth Jeans Houghton – Night Swimmer – 2011
Juanita Stein – Dark Horse – 2017
Peaking Lights – Cosmic Tides – 2012
Tindersticks – How He Entered – 2016
Other Lives – Reconfiguration – 2015
Nick Drake – Saturday Sun – 1969

Abdo Hassan, Giza, Egypt.

In the ignorance that implies impression that knits knowledge that finds the nameform that whets the wits that convey contacts that sweeten sensation that drives desire that adheres to attachment that dogs death that bitches birth that entails the ensuance of existentiality.

J.J.

“Raised by Krump” explores the LA-born dance movement “krumping,” and how the dance has helped the lives of some of the area’s most influential dancers.

“Raised by Krump” is this week’s Staff Pick Premiere! Read more about it here: vimeo.com/blog/post/raised-by-krump

Starring:
Christopher ”Worm” Lewis
Marquisa ”Miss Prissy” Gardner
Willie Chris ”Fudd” Hodge
Brenden Hodge
Lynnden Hodge
Tight Eyez

Directed, edited and graded by: Maceo Frost
Produced by BWGTBLD & Made By Forest
Executive Producer: Jesper Pålsson & Philipp Ramhofer
Producer: Filip Kiisk
Director of Photography: Robin Asselmeyer
Production Manager: Filippa Edenbro
Original Music Score: Almkvist – ( soundcloud.com/almkvist )
Additional Music: Damon Frost and Tha Image
Sound: Jorge Olivares, At The Lab Sweden
Special thanks to:
Steve Angello, Manny X Fernandez, Saadiya Murphy, Assata Washington, Deidra Cooper, HB Reid, Joe Brown, T-Stop Camera Rental, Bwgtbld, European Buck Sessions

No Fear Of Pop + Monster Rally + Ludovico Einaudi + Quanta & EurythmY.

Torkelsen (No Fear Of Pop): In the basement of his parents’ house this classically trained pianist has been perfecting his approach to hiphop (producing local underground acts) and electro and house (as part of the now defunct, though at the time rising and promising act Munn til Munn Metoden). Through his solo work he’s chasing up all of his muses, crafting a tasty and eclectic mix of all of his influences.

Chon Hong Lao, Macau, Macao.

And the prankquean picked a blank and lit out and the valleys lay twinkling.

J.J.

Peter M. Madsen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

For consider the grounds on which the respective parties rely in coming before you. Our opponents insist upon a will which our uncle drew up, not because he had any ground of complaint against us, but through anger against one of our relatives, and which he annulled before his death, sending Poseidippus to the magistrate’s office for the purpose.

I.