In Infictive - XIII

A review of monitored events and research notes for the fourth week of July 2012.

Today is Monday, July 30, 2012 . . . and no point in dawdling. Let us just get right to it, shall we?

The stream of Mystery X releases continues with two extra-long single-albums, "Dreamcheese Black as Night" and "Mapping Dreamlands", and two new multi-track issues, "Dice among the Embers" and "Magic and Danger". On top of all that, the long anticipated Black Circle LP "Plundering Nowhere Mountain" has begun a staggered release with the lone single "Swollen Masters". And if all that was not enough to satisfy your appetite for the Mystery, keep an eye on the Recent Changes for even more in the coming week.

Elephant Street Media released a very small teaser about "Magafungo", the film currently shooting on location sets in Ketjack with the Quick Nods under director Donal Schreier. P.Y.J. Simonson, the writer of the script, stated in an earlier interview "the principle concept (of the film) is very close (to Matango), but there the similarities end." We - and the growing teen fanbase of the Nods, no doubt - all look forward to seeing what local Libreville talent can produce when they put their minds to it.

In related news, a class-action lawsuit against the Quick Nods, their management, and the concert promoters behind the now notorious 28% Concert Riot is finally coming to trial in California this week, the attorneys pressing the matter having reached out to at least five dozen plantiffs to join the case. "We feel that the time for justice to be done is coming soon, and that this suit will send a message to rock n' rollers everywhere that this kind of dangerous, crowd-provoking behavior is not profitable to them or their reputations," said the lead attorney for the case, Lonnie Lentine. The defendants and their attorneys have not commented as of this time.

On the weird crime desk, a curious turn: reports have been made of a mugger... who mugs muggers? As unbelievable as it sounds, an unknown assailant has been preying on the criminal underclass, leading to confusing complaints to police that money fairly taken was quickly taken again by another, more vicious bandit. At least one man was sent to the hospital, leading the authorities to issue a community warning on the matter, and a request for any witnesses to come forward with information. "No one knows what they look like," said one anonymous mugger-victim, "only that they love to rob robbers, like a wicked Robin Hood!"

An evening raid by the Farmland Inspections Bureau on Sunday uncovered more than just illegal chemical stores when a storage chamber full of human body parts and frozen meat was discovered in the cellar of the raided farmhouse. There has been little information about those captured in the raid (NSFW!) or the details of the operation, only a statement from the Farmland officers on the scene that the victims would be identified where possible, and the remains returned to their families.

And so went the week that was In Infictive. Peace to you, and may your spirit animal guide you well in the week to come.