WINTER SOLSTICE, 2013:
Greetings from Lapinia,
And welcome to another change in the cycles of nature. Herein, you shall find the goings-on from Lapinia, in a quarterly basis, when the sun dictates. That is a reasonable amount of time. Anything more frequent might require us to sit in front of a computer too often. We'd rather sit under the tree with a carrot (pictured below).

Given that the Northern Hemisphere now receives less of the sun's rays than it is accustomed to in the Spring, Fall and certainly the Summer, we are now in a chilly period. One can picture fields untouched snow, precarious icicles, wonderlands of Winter... things of that nature. Here in Lapinia, we welcome this season. It tends to clear the streets of humans, allows animals the excuse to hibernate and generally washes away the filth of the early part of the year. Here's the proof:

So we'll be here under the snow mulling it all over while the rest of nature does the same.

"MEMORIAS":
This Winter we plan on releasing a new album by Ô Paradis entitled "Memorias." It shall come as a limited edition CD in a hand-printed arigatopak. Initial orders will come with a bonus mini CD-R of extra songs. It'll also be available digitally through the Lapin Bandcamp. It's going to look like this:

That's pretty easy on the eyes. Here's a little about it in Spanish:
"Memorias" de Ô Paradis no esconde ningún secreto, hasta el título es cristalino, ya que es una criba de las canciones más significativas de la banda grabadas de nuevo.

Hasta aquí nada nuevo, y nada nuevo escucharán muchos en este álbum. Pero quien a lo largo de estos quince años haya entendido que la magia de Ô Paradis no radicaba en velar misterios inventados, si no en contar pequeños viajes bajo la mirada sincera del "pirata", que es donde el autor vivió la experiencia de que solo en lo auténtico nos sumergimos en una visión extraordinaria de lo cotidiano, también comprenderá el porqué de esta obra, que no es más que, con un último cuento, cerrar los ojos cansados de un niño que se abandona al sueño de vivir.

Sin pretender dar respuesta a las preguntas que proponía el proyecto, porque es en la pregunta donde nacen y mueren todas las historias, y porque las respuestas solo llenan de vanidad a los que las imponen, Demian despide a su criatura en Disques de Lapin ¿Qué mejor lugar?

Disques de Lapin presents "Memorias": a collection and a riddle of the most important Ô Paradis songs to date, reimagined as an album unto itself. Become a child pirate. This limited release comes housed in a hand-stamped arigatopak. Initial copies will include a bonus "Otras Memorias" mini CD-R with 4 non-album songs.

There's a sample video HERE. That'll probably be ready in January.

"SOLSTICE CANYON":
Merry Solstice.

"DAS LAPIN BREWERY":
Lapins typically imbibe alcohol. Sometimes this is to celebrate. Sometimes, psychologists might posit, we do it to forget about the nastiness of the outside world surrounding Lapinia. What a queer idea.

At any rate, we have begun brewing our own beer under the name das Lapin Brewery. It's too early to say conclusively what the quality of it is, but here's attempt #1... a blend entitled "The Cake-Eater":

Das Lapin beer is not for sale. It is merely brewed in small batches and enjoyed with/given to friends in person.

"GOOD DAY":

"THE REPUBLIC OF NEW ENGLAND":
Eskimo/Lapin tends to find itself geographically surrounded by a part of America known as "New England." This consists of 5 lovely states... and Connecticut. It's often occured to us that there are lovely, mediocre and hellish corners of the American Empire. New England, to us, is in the lovely sphere and most in line with Lapinian ideals. So what do we do about the attachment to those other parts? Well, cutting off would be the reasonable answer. A certain "sayonara, suckers."

Things of this nature.

We have, of course, seceded to our own enclave here in the Most Serene Intergalactic Free State of Lapinia, but having the surrounding environment also a little freer, a little saner, wouldn't be a bad thing either.

Perhaps.

"SOME DOWNLOADS":
There are some Eskimo Films soundtracks up at the Lapin Bandcamp that were, until recently, unavailable. They are the Vincent Tulip score to "Happy Birthday, Cake Eater" and the soundtrack to "Blood Jungle" by Les Paradisiers. You can name your price, or download for free if you can't afford to pay. You can also simply listen to them here:

"SHIRTS AND STICKERS AND WHATNOTS":
Lapint T-shirts and stickers now exist and are available for purchase in the Eskimo/Lapin Shoppe. Here are some photographs to illustrate this point.

"FUTURE MONOLITHS":
In early November, Thomas Nöla & the Black Hole performed a "Future Monoliths" tiny tour in the Northeast United States, with selections from the "Monoliths" and "Future Illusions" albums. Here's how it sounded and looked:

"LIVE @ GREAT SCOTT":
Thomas Nöla & the Black Hole will be performing at Great Scott in Allston, MA on January 7th @ 9PM. Tickets are $7, at the door. More info HERE.

That is all for now. See you in the Spring.
- Eskimo/Lapin

2013 . Eskimo/Lapin . Salem, MA