PISSING STARS is inspired by the brief romance of american television presenter MARY HART and MOHAMMED KHASHOGGI, the son of a saudi arms dealer. i don’t know how long their union endured, but i remember reading about them when i was a desperate teenager – there was something about their pairing that got caught in my head. i was living in a flooded basement with two other lost kids and a litter of feral kittens. we were all unfed. this strange intersection – the televisual blonde and the rich saudi kid with the murderous father; it got stuck in me like a mystery, like an illuminatio… read more
PISSING STARS is inspired by the brief romance of american television presenter MARY HART and MOHAMMED KHASHOGGI, the son of a saudi arms dealer. i d… read more
PISSING STARS is inspired by the brief romance of american television presenter MARY HART and MOHAMMED KHASHOGGI, the son of a saudi arms dealer. i don’t know how long their union endure… read more
Efrim Manuel Menuck (born 1970) is a Canadian musician involved in a number of Montreal-based groups, most notably Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra . Menuck is also a frequent record producer, working with musicians from Montreal and abroad. Just the facts: born 1970 in Montreal, Quebec. son of a doctor and a nurse. mother left in 1973. came back briefly 17 years later, and then left again. hebrew day school from grades 1 through 9. kept kosher but did not believe in god. grew up in toronto, and left home at age 17. only punk-rock from age 15… read more