Whitehouse

[vlai44]

I have a copy of this Aes-Nihil version.  I found two copies for $10 each at Bookman's in Mesa, AZ back in 1997 or so.  I believe it is just a reprint of the original Come Org. Files book with all the Katas.  The last page with other Aes-Nihil publications listed calls this "The Whitehouse / Come Organization File", so I assume that's where the seller gets that info from.  Some of the print can be hard to read in places, but that's really only a small percentage of the material.  The covers are all individually printed/stamped.  Lyrics, misc. articles on Whitehouse & serial killers, concentration camps, etc., live show reviews & flyers, photos, mail order catalogs, Miguel Angel Martin comics (yes!!), etc.  Some articles in other languages like Dutch & Italian.  Overall, a very nice book if you don't have these materials elsewhere.

[RyanWreck]

aes-nihil still offers theirs for 70$ lol

Where? I can't find it on their website.

[RyanWreck]

Thanks. Looks like that's the way to go.

Is the "Birth/Death" book pretty much the same thing? Kata, lyrics, fliers, inserts, etc? Are the Kata sections difficult to read? Some of the copies I have are nearly impossible to read so are the ones I have found scanned on the internet.

[blackoperations]

that 'birth/death' book on popsike was mine. it was always my understanding that was most complete version, but maybe that's wrong.

it should be noted that on aes-nihil they are selling 'files' not 'books'. i'd double-check exactly what your're buying first. you could just be buying a load of photocopies from an already grainy book, but the vast majority of the 'birth/death' book at least was perfectly readabale

there is also another uk printed book called 'still going strong' from the early 90s which i used to have. it reprints some of the come org stuff (interviews, articles, reports on live actions, etc mainly) and has a new section on susan lawly. all the text is new and not photocopied. plenty of original pictures reprinted.

[blackoperations]

tommy sold his copy of 'still going strong' here a while ago it seems - some good pics :

http://www.special-interests.net/forum/index.php?topic=861.0

also, some words about all the books on the susan lawly forum here :

http://susanlawly.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=sale&action=display&thread=986

[RyanWreck]

Thanks a lot for those links. Helpful information. I'm looking into getting that "Still Going Strong" book as well. And yea I noticed they said "files" on the Aes-Nihil website which made me send an e-mail asking about that. When I find out what it is I will post the info here for anyone curious.

[FreakAnimalFinland]

"files" means it in very traditional sense. It's not computer files.

Whitehouse book is the pages put together, but many other "files" is just pile of paper, not books or zines. Storage in a way you want.

[Steve]

My copy of the "Birth/Death" book is very easy to read - not grainy or smudged or badly xeroxed. A pleasure every page! I got my copy from Birthbiter in the late 1980's. Essential for every Whitehouse fanatic. 

[Vigilante Ecstasy]

Two long coaching lectures of William Bennett are available at Vimeo.

William Bennett On assertiveness: http://vimeo.com/21158662
"25 years ago William Bennett created a new genre of extreme electronic music with his project 'Whitehouse'. He is the founder and owner of the label Susan Lawly. Bennett teaches advanced communication skills by giving regular lectures and also by coaching large companies. His special area of expertise is meta language.
Like an invisible make-over the real secrets of charisma enhancement are how to achieve unstoppable confidence and the perfect energy for all those challenging situations which you will no longer feel any apprehension. Techniques are introduced for a wide variety of essential contexts, such as interviews, public speaking or even dating.
This BASECAMP took place on 24 November 2005 at Institute For Music And Media in Düsseldorf."

William Bennett On Persuasion: http://vimeo.com/22599494
"Presentation skills, both practical and advanced, are easy to learn. That's where many of us go wrong because we often believe this is either a gift one is born with, or is difficult to learn. In the real world in these contexts, you are not 'presenting', you are in fact 'persuading', and William Bennett will show you how easy these advanced persuasion skills are to acquire and enjoy, such as: unconscious influence and persuasion secrets; powerful body language skills; keeping audiences interested; coping with interruptions, awkward questions or challenges; how and when to add humour. Having this kind of knowldedge will give you an enormous edge over others to help you achieve exactly what you want.
This BASECAMP took place on 20 April 2006 at Institute For Music And Media in Düsseldorf."

Actually quite interesting to watch/listen. It's also somewhat amusing to see him speaking so politely and charmingly. Still I all the time anticipate him to rip the shirt off in front of audience and scream SHHITFFFUUUUN!

[Andrew McIntosh]

Now I just feel sorry for him.

[HongKongGoolagong]

I remember William telling me in the late 90s (when discussing Stewart Home's performances, specifically the reading of the story 'Cheap Night Out' -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTVTxwq1GCc ) that the idea of speaking in public was the one thing that terrified him so he must have made a conscious effort to learn a new skill. I'm not a fan of the whole self-help and motivational genre but these lectures were competent enough. Not one of his better haircut ideas though!

[ImpulsyStetoskopu]

Actually quite interesting to watch/listen. It's also somewhat amusing to see him speaking so politely and charmingly.

"William Bennett has no dick" - HANATARASHI had right...

[Andrew McIntosh]

Stewart Home's performances, specifically the reading of the story 'Cheap Night Out' -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTVTxwq1GCc

Fuck you, Stewart Homes, just fuck you, you pretentious psued! "...the tough-minded Aussie attitude to art..." - go rape yourself, you ponce! Stockhausen was a trillion times the man you are, you are not fit to suck his decaying cock right now! Fuck, I may not care much about Bennett but at least he has true influence, unlike that "living work of art" Homes! What a cock!

[GEWALTMONOPOL]

Stewart Homes What a cock!

Aye! One of many, but aye.

[HongKongGoolagong]

Stewart Home's performances, specifically the reading of the story 'Cheap Night Out' -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTVTxwq1GCc

Fuck you, Stewart Homes, just fuck you, you pretentious psued! "...the tough-minded Aussie attitude to art..." - go rape yourself, you ponce! Stockhausen was a trillion times the man you are, you are not fit to suck his decaying cock right now! Fuck, I may not care much about Bennett but at least he has true influence, unlike that "living work of art" Homes! What a cock!

Haha, he was once a friend of mine, I still think some of his books are pretty good especially 'Come Before Christ And Murder Love' and '69 Things To Do With A Dead Princess'. His shitstirring antics can be amusing until you get caught up in them, right now after his ill-advised and psychologically revealing Wakeford material from a few years ago and the ensuing fallouts (wmtn etc) I pretty much agree with Michel Prigent who told me in 2000 'this guy is just a cunt'.

I guess the conspiracy theory about Stewart would be that he was persuaded/blackmailed into occasionally working for the state in about '94 when his prank supporting the fatwa on Salman Rushdie for literary reasons went wrong and Special Branch appeared at his door. Shortly thereafter green anarchists ended up in prison, he started a ridicule campaign against Larry O'Hara who had written lots of material about how British intelligence manipulate and infiltrate politically extreme groups, most interestingly his fiction began to allude to being controlled by sinister forces. He's no James Bond or Sefton Delmer, just a nervy guy, and this theory has been widely discussed by many people I know, I feel kind of sorry for him if this is the case. He should give Michel his stolen address book back though.