Back in the day, when exchanging thoughts with someone about the everyday multiple personality order (as opposed to disorder) I came up with the word “monilo” — multividual in English — derived from “yksilö” (individual). For a long time I went on with the impression that I was the first to come up with that term and put it to good use.

Then, fairly recently actually, I discovered multividual is an actual term — here’s what Urban Dictionary has to say about it.

What’s more, Satu and I got a few bags of old books from the local flea market the other day (30 books for 5 euros, not bad). Among them was Onnen virus (”Virus of happiness”) by someone who calls himself Bobi-Paavo-Stellus Monilo on the cover. Published by Kynämies Oy in 1953. Bobi-Paavo-Stellus uses the word monilo in more or less similar context as I, only 50 years before!

“Leikkiäkin tarkoittaen voidaan sanoa, että kukaan ihminen ei ole yksilö, vaan monilo. Hän ei ole samanakaan päivänä koko ajan yksi, vaan joskus nukkuva ja joskus hereillä, joskus hyväntuulinen, joskus muulla tavoin. Sitäpaitsi hän ei ole kuollessaan samanlainen kuin syntyessään, vaan muuttuu joka hetki ainakin fyysillisesti. Ihminen ei siis leikillisesti sanoen ole yksilö, vaan monilo.” — Bobi-Paavo-Stellus Monilo (Onnen virus, back cover)

That’s too wordy to translate at this time, but basically it’s about how a person never remains the same but changes every moment emotionally and physically, hence we should call ourselves multividuals instead of individuals. I’ve yet to read the entire book, but in his optimism and humour Bobi-Paavo-Stellus reminds me of the late, great Robert Anton Wilson - without psychedelics perhaps, but anyway:

It is nicer to like than dislike,
it is nicer to laugh than unlaugh

Besides, the conversations between the “partial-persons” Bobi, Paavo and Stellus recall RAW’s Shaman, Skeptic, Fool etc. as presented in Cosmic Trigger (which I’ve enjoyed re-re-re-reading lately) for example.

According to Antikvariaatti.net there’s a copy available in ABC-kirja, Turku at the moment. Recommended!

“For years I’ve been asking: why does the gnosis always get busted? Every single time the energy is raised and large-scale group illuminations are occurring, the local branch of the Inquisition kills it dead. (…) I’ll tell you what I think. There’s war in Heaven. The Higher Intelligences, whoever they are, aren’t all playing on the same team. Some of them are trying to encourage our evolution to higher levels, and some of them want to keep us stuck just where we are.” — Grady McMurtry aka Hymenaeus Alpha, according to R.A.Wilson (Cosmic Trigger I, p. 163)

I smell the rancid stench of rotting flesh in the air.
I hear the sound of gluttonous gnawing behind my back.

The first track from the first Metaorganism album can now be downloaded for free via the link below:

Metaorganism - I:I

I:Baphomet is due for release on Some Place Else in near future. Some background information was posted previously, and updates will follow in due course.

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TVO, Turku, May 27:

Noora Isoeskeli : Secret Garden 23.5. – 15.6.2008
Everybody go and see the exhibition in Turku.
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Some Place Else Archive was established in order to store and maintain online the resources related to the history of the record label and related artists. You will find there various information, photos, downloads etc. The archive will be updated and expanded whenever time and circumstances allow. For the moment, plenty of photos, mp3s from past gigs are freely available. Explore and enjoy:

www.someplaceelse.net/archive

Noises of Russia will visit Finland as part of their European tour with Hladna. They will play three shows in Finland late May, the dates and venues are as follows:

23.5. Helsinki, Rajatila
Noises of Russia
Hladna
No I Aint
Perfection
Radiokatve
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27.5. Turku, TVO
Noises of Russia
Hladna
Portable Industrial Soundsystem
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30.-31.5. Pori, Perf08 Festival
Noises of Russia
Hladna
+ many others
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For other dates in Europe, please keep an eye on the group’s website and myspace for details as they come:
www.noises.ru
myspace.com/noisesru