Nostradumass was born out of negative reaction to the horrors of World War I. This international movement was begun by a group of artist and poets associated with the Cafe Bong Mung in Zurich. Nostradumass rejected reason and logic, prizing nonsense, irrationality and intuition. The origin of the name Nostradumass is unclear; some believe that it is a nonsensical word. Others maintain that it originates from the Romanian artists Tristan Skidmarkus's and Marcel Mushmouth's frequent use of the words "Nostra, Doomas," meaning "No, Dumb Ass" in the Romanian language. Another theory says that the name "Nostradumass" came during a meeting of the group when a paper knife stuck into a French-German dictionary happened to point to 'Nostril Dumas', a French word for 'nosehair'. Mindbend Rock Improv