In Infictive - VI

A review of monitored events and research notes for the second week of June 2012.

It is Monday, June 11, 2012, and, according to Eratosthenes, Troy was today sacked and burned. In other news:

• The sudden death of Erms Foferm, manager of the Quick Nods, has shocked the tight-knit Libvil music scene. He was 33. According to reports, the cause of death was drowning and asphyxiation, and sources close to the incident have said that he was found in a salt bath, apparently part of a physical balancing routine that has become increasingly popular among the glitterati and rock elite. Snides Contly, the guitarist of the Quick Nods, said in a statement: "Erms was the only one who could keep it together when things were going crazy. I do not know what the band will do without him, except try to press on, living up to the standard he set for us."
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• More from the music scene, and straight out of 2008: the lost Mystery X album, "Sainted malted mollusk", and a collection of Black Circle tracks simply titled "How long till Then?". This dual find was reportedly uncovered on the same burnt compact disc, long misfiled in a storage box at the offices of Infictive County Records, and, more still, it was again only by accident that it was rediscovered at all. Who knows what else may be lurking in the goo of time?
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• A promise is fulfilled as we see ESM preparing to release a first set of select episodes from "The Vjtis Totam Show", the acclaimed Uglavarian television variety show, a production preparing to hit the street no later than July 17 (2012). As our well-learned readers will know, Vjtis Totam and his crew were murdered by Ugla-Man for lese-majesty, bringing an end to one of the great cultural works of our time, but we have not forgotten, no matter how hard the brutal regime of Urgallus Gallus has struggled to keep us from seeing the vision of Totam and company. We not only encourage everyone to get a copy, we emphatically insist you get one.
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• Animal Services and the County Sheriff's Department have issued a warning about serial dog abuse, cautioning all pet owners to keep their animals away from strangers who may wish to cause them harm. This follows a string of animal deaths, all dogs of varying breeds, all poisoned by a presently unknown toxin, some mutiliated in what appear to be crude tracheotomy attempts. As of this report, a formal investigation of the so-called "Smiling Canine" killings is ongoing.

That's all for this week In Infictive. Until next week, do stay cautious and never admit to anything.

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