At 17.30 on Sunday 12 March a very special group of people will be bringing their opinions to Another Country to talk about their ideal poetry group. What can a poetry group do for me? How can I share and receive criticism to make my poetry better? What kinds of devices are used in good poetry? These and other exemplary questions will be discussed. Plans for future meetings will also be put in motion. Come along - perhaps bring a new poem to share.

The World of Dark Ride and Funhouse Amusements

The Discussion Group has a weblog on it's own now.

'This is fiction to stand alongside that of Calvino and Borges.' - The Guardian"

The new book by everyones favourite strange writer Jeff VanderMeer is out. Also visit Ambergris and the writers blog VanderWorld

Yes, we have a video-copy! The lost movie by Bruce Bickford and Frank Zappa. No, nobody has written a review on the internet yet!

You hate animation? Fine! Fuck Wallace and the dog. Forget about "Alice"! Forget about animation in general! This is different! This is the Master of Clay Animation at his very best!

The movie is only 51 minutes and we will screen the legendary "Crossfire"-show with Frank Zappa (1986) and other fun stuff before that. Only the diehard will remain and they will love it!

Mr. Bickford - The details

Bruce Bickford Homepage

I scanned the original video-cover big version (front & back) for all the collectors out there. It has all the credits and some bla-bla by Zappa.

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There is a table of contents on the left side. The category "Another Country" is only for gossip, photos from the shop, reviews about the shop and whatever else you come up with.

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By the way, if you leave out "target=_blank" the page will open in the same window.

If you want to link to a specific story from this weblog, click on "direct link for this story" which leads you to the single page of whatever story instead of the frontpage which gets updated all the time.

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Go to "select all", copy and paste the code into your document. Same thing for Google-video, MySpace-videos etc. All these words, numbers and symbols in the brackets make the video magically appear in your story.

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Visit "the other blog"!

More crappy pictures ad videos from my cellphone!

Dinner

Bernie's best friend and Bernie himself

Johnny Domino (a band from the UK) has posted four MP3s of "Dr. Teeth & The Electric Mayhem - Tenderly". By the way, because you demanded it, we're preparing a big muppet-special here at the shop.

Yes, that includes a special screening of the best episodes and a closer look at the musical background of the show plus music by DJ Gonzo.

Check out the Episode Guide and name your favourite episode in the comments.

"Dixon argues that when we consider cyborgs (human and machine), we shouldn't rely on the binary (male-female) system of gender to understand or describe them. Dixon says that people who think about gender should consider Artificial Intelligences (AI) in cyborg form as a new form of gender: Metal Gender." Heidi in "GENDER IN SCIENCE FICTION"!

The bookshop has a sign outside now!

These boots are made for talking!

Tom prepares himself for the World Cup

Check out Alans new camouflage-boots!

More:

What about the buffalo?

What about the french?

When god was a little boy...

What the fuck is Alan talking about?

See the satellite-picture of the bookshop on Go Yellow, a german version of Google Earth!

Put yourself on the map!

The first compilation of songs & poems from the basement of "Another Country". Writers, musicians and regulars pay tribute to the legendary club which looks like a bookshop.

The line-up looks quite impressive already, but you can still be on the cd yourself. Contact us, send us your material via mail or email or drop it at the shop.

If you don't know how to record your poem about the shop or whatever you come up with, contact us anyway and we work something out with our sound engineers.

The cd will be a real audio-cd with professional mixing, booklet, real distribution and all that.

Here is a preview:

A preview of our upcoming CD! Enjoy!