Get your all new
2009 Nihilism Calendar
Celebrating Celebrity
NIHILIST PRESS
Get your all new
2009 Nihilism Calendar
Celebrating Celebrity
What could be more fun than the foibles of our most famous folks? "You know you're dying to see the high and mighty mocked." said Nihilist Press director Elisha Shapiro. “And it still makes a charming Christmas gift."
Featured in the all new 2009 Nihilism Calendar are all the gruesome, violent and just plain funny events that shock us every day in the newspaper. The Nihilism Calendar combines irreverent humor, grotesque and curious dates of significance, demented press clippings and peculiar snapshots, all of which celebrate reality as nihilists like to see it.
This calendar is part of Elisha Shapiro's ongoing conceptual art exploration of Nihilism. Shapiro, a Los Angeles-based conceptual artist, is known for his 1984 Nihilist Olympics, his 2006 Nihilist Party Campaign for Governor of California, his 1988 Presidential campaign, and his monthly cable TV show, Nihilists' Corner.
Elisha Shapiro began publishing his Nihilism Calendar in 1980. For many years it was only available in a few Los Angeles bookstores and galleries. It was sought after by many who appreciated Shapiro's unusual work. It is now available directly from the Nihilist Press by mailing $10.95 to PO Box 36422, Los Angeles, CA 90036, or by going to the Nihilists’ Corner website (www.nihilists.net) where Paypal is accepted. For shipping out of the U.S., please add $3.
The 2009 Nihilism Calendar includes over 800 dates of nihilist significance. Here are just a few:
January 30, 1933, Hitler Elected
February 12, 1999, Clinton Acquitted
March 19, 2003, US Invades Iraq
April 13, 1743, Thomas Jefferson Born
May 27, 1884, Oscar Wilde Wed
June 27, 1968, Stonewall Raid
July 17, 1955, Disneyland Opens
August 8, 1974, Nixon Resigns
September 11, 2001, Trade Center Attack
October 2, 1985, Rock Hudson Dead
November 6, Winona Ryder Guilty
December 9, 1992, Charles & Di Split
The 2009 Calendar also includes several actual newspaper articles every month. Here are the headlines from just a few of them:
Infected Camel Meat Kills 8
Man Sledgehammers Grenade, Dies in Blast
Charges Dropped in Enema Death
Man Kills, Cooks and Eats Girlfriend, Police Say
Robbers Glue Man to Exercise Bike
Toll in 'Choking Game' At Least 82
Sentence in Theft in Corpse Parts
Man Held in Decapitation Aboard Bus
Inca Fattened Kids for Sacrifice
Totem Pole Hits, Kills Boy Scout
Sheriff is Said to Operate Sex-slave Ring
Rape Victim's Sentence is Doubled
See a free sample page of this year's Calendar.
Click on the links below to download a jpeg. Each is about 600k.
Where do you buy your Nihilism Calendar?
The calendars are available in some bookstores, but not in others. If you want one, and your local bookstore refuses to order it, just send $10.95 to:
Nihilist Press, Box 36422, Los Angeles, CA 90036.
(For shipping out of the U.S., please add $3.)
We'll send one right out to you via US mail. You can order the 2008 calendar now, and you can order the 2009 calendar October 2008. If you are a bookstore owner and want to order some Nihilism Calendars, email Nihilist01@Aol.com, and we'll put you in touch with the distributor who handles it.
Save Time and Money!
If you pay for your calendar with PayPal, we will be able to mail your calendar immediately, and you will pay only $10, a discount of 95 cents. (For shipping out of the U.S., please add $3.)
Nihilist bumper stickers are also available for
$1 each.
