I've been watching HBO's Game of Thrones, and am loving it, especially the Dire Wolfves:
Animal Forteana: Game of Thrones 2nd Episode: Dire Wolf
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Adam Gorightly has a new book out: "A Who's Who of the Manson Family"
Adam Gorightly and Shamus McFarland have a new book release: "A Who's Who of the Manson Family."
“A WHO’S WHO OF THE MANSON FAMILY”
RELEASED IN PAPERBACK & FOR AMAZON KINDLE
“Who’s on First? Who’s on Third? Who’s on Acid?”Authors Sort Out Confusion of Charles Manson Family Members
ATLANTA – Apr. 25, 2011 – FEEJEE PRESS (feejeepress.com) announced today the release of “A Who’s Who of the Manson Family,” a Charles Manson Family members guidebook, by authors ADAM GORIGHTLY and SHAMUS McFARLAND in traditional paperback and ebook for Amazon Kindle and Kindle app users—as well as a Companion Soundtrack to the book by film composer MICHAEL MONTES.
Gorightly and McFarland take on the daunting task of clarifying the multitude of seemingly endless nicknames, aliases and real names that cloud a reader’s understanding of the various books chronicling the Manson Family members and their bizarre activities, including murder. The terrifying Manson saga is complicated enough for readers (and Manson researchers) to comprehend without every character using six different pseudonyms at any given time. “A Who’s Who of the Manson Family” cuts through the drug-sex-and-psycho maze to compile the definitive facebook of Manson Family characters and provide an easy-to-use guide to clarify their real identities.
“Crackpot historian” Gorightly worked with co-author McFarland to create “A Who’s Who of the Manson Family” as a companion piece to Gorightly’s groundbreaking book “The Shadow Over Santa Susana: Black Magic, Mind Control & the Manson Family Mythos.”
“My original intention was to include the ‘Who’s Who’ as an appendix to the revised 2009 edition of ‘Shadow Over Santa Susana’,” Gorightly said. “But for some reason, the publishers of that edition decided not to include it. Fortunately, Feejee Press stepped forward with interest in releasing ‘A Who’s Who of the Manson Family’ as a separate book—in both paperback and ebook editions. So we had the chance to do some Manson Family current events updating. Dark, terrifying, disturbing, and yet handy!”
In addition to the paperback and ebook, Feejee Press brought in film composer Michael Montes to create a soundtrack for the book: “A Who’s Who of the Manson Family: A Companion Soundtrack to the Book,” available as an MP3 download. Seven of Montes’ hauntingly surreal tracks were carefully hand-picked as an atmospheric accompaniment, adding another dimension to Gorightly and McFarland’s Manson Family members guidebook.
The paperback edition can be purchased online for US $16.95 at CreateSpace (https://www.createspace.com/3558154) or Amazon.com (http://amzn.to/hVD8wU) where a preview of the book is also available. The Kindle edition can be purchased online for US $6.95 at Amazon’s Kindle Store (http://amzn.to/e53a3O).
Information on listening to samples, purchase and download of the US $3.99 MP3 Companion Soundtrack can be found on Feejee Press’ website (http://feejeepress.com/whoswhomansonsoundtrack).
Who’s on First? Who’s on Third? Who’s on Acid?
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Adam Gorightly – Contact for Interviews
ABOUT ADAM GORIGHTLYA certified “crackpot historian” and 23rd degree Discordian, Adam Gorightly has been chronicling fringe and conspiracy culture in an illuminating manner for over two decades. An active contributor to the ‘zine revolution of the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, Gorightly’s byline was a familiar sight in many cutting-edge magazines of the period where he sharpened his literary teeth. His articles have appeared in numerous publications such as “The Excluded Middle,” “UFO Magazine,” “Paranoia,” “SteamShovel Press,” and “FourTwoFour,” the largest soccer magazine in Great Britain. Gorightly’s explorations into these arcane waters eventually led to his first book, published in October 2001, “The Shadow Over Santa Susana: Black Magic, Mind Control and the Manson Family Mythos.” Other books by Gorightly include “The Prankster and the Conspiracy: The Story of Kerry Thornley and How He Met Oswald and Inspired the Counterculture,” “James Shelby Downard’s Mystical War,” and “The Beast of Adam Gorightly: Collected Rantings 1992–2004.”
Michael Montes
ABOUT MICHAEL MONTESIn the late 80s Michael Montes was brought in to work with Aimee Mann's band 'Til Tuesday as keyboardist for their album "Everything's Different Now" and subsequent tour. He then began the Zoar project, a series of dark atmospheric albums. Neil Strauss of The New York Times dubbed Zoar "Masters of the cinematic instrumental." In 1995 he opened his own commercial music company, Sacred Noise and is considered one of the top composers in the field. Several of his pieces are included in the permanent collection of New York's Museum of Modern Art. Since that time he has composed scores for numerous films including Joan Stein's Oscar® nominated "One Day Crossing."Editors – Feejee Press
ABOUT FEEJEE PRESSFeejee Press (feejeepress.com) is an upstart publishing company focused on “Forbidden, Forsaken, and Forgotten Knowledge” ranging from love poetry to true crime.
Monday, February 14, 2011
UFOs Myths, Conspiracies, and Realities - Col. John Alexander UFO Hunter - Popular Mechanics
QYou've had an unusual career. You're often credited as a leading force behind the government's development of nonlethal weapons, yet you've also participated in far more unconventional projects like psychokinesis. How did you get involved with UFOs?
A I've been interested in the topic for decades. From my work on esoteric projects, specifically in the intelligence community with psychokinesis, I was familiar with remote viewing and other research. So, UFOs are not a big leap from that.
UFOs Myths, Conspiracies, and Realities - Col. John Alexander UFO Hunter - Popular Mechanics
Sunday, February 6, 2011
'Adventures of an Earthling'
I admit I was skeptical at first, given that Hussung acknowledged he didn't believe his mother's story of a UFO encounter. As he says at one point in the documentary "I didn't believe her." My skepticism increased as I watched: the cheesy spy-jazz music, (which I find enjoyable but in this context it was kind of smarmy) the goofy sound effects, the lame graphics, and Hussung's overall tone concerning UFOs (paraphrasing: "UFOs are a cultural phenomena..." comments.) And the inclusion of David Jacobs sent me over the edge. Oy, I thought. Forget this!
But, as I watched, I realized Hussung was genuinely trying to find out what his mother went through, and how and why it affected her for the rest of her life. He sought out UFO researchers, such as Jacobs (eye roll) and Phil Imbrogno (excellent.) Hussung has a semi-mocking tone at times but it's aimed at himself as much as anything, and it occurred to me that he was struggling with his own feelings about UFOs and the "high strangeness" which he encounters along the way via witness accounts. I won't give away the end but will say that Bill Husseng remained honest, open to the phenomena and willing to acknowledge his responses to his mother's story, as well as his own experiences.
I recommend Adventures of an Earthling (despite the glib sound effects and graphics) because it's an honest journey from someone not immersed in UFO research. An audience not that familiar with UFOs yet interested will find that this film gives an introduction to the Hudson Valley history of UFO sightings and other odd events in that area, as well as a personal account of one man's quest within the world of UFOs and unexplained events.
Clip from documentary here.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
Stan Gordon’s UFO Anomalies Zone (SGUAZ)
Just ordered Stan Gordon's new book: Silent Invasion: The Pennsylvania UFO-Bigfoot Casebook. I'm looking forward to reading this one, as the Bigfoot-UFO phenomena is one of my favorite cryptid/Fortean high strangeness mysteries to explore.Gordon will be one of the speakers at the annual McMinnville, Oregon UFO Fest this May. I'll be there!
Stan Gordon’s UFO Anomalies Zone (SGUAZ)
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Marc Fiszman: Coffee
Coffee, by Marc Fiszman, is a sort of hip, spiritual and surreal Zen like kind of graphic novel. It kept me laughing and continually surprised. Each page reveals a simply placed graphic with a deceptively simple line or two of text, (until it doesn't) and each page builds on the previous page.A journey through the usual crap: work, and ennui, and purpose, and . . little poems, almost, but not pretty ones about trees more like Bukowski, maybe. As a reviewer wrote on the Coffee site linked to on this blog:
I suppose a warning should be given for those offended by language and scatological humor, so here it is: there's "bad" language in Coffee. Funny and apt but if you're offended by naughty words, well, then you'll be missing out on a good book.
Coffee is the first in a series of books, and, very nifty, Coffee is available as a free download. Which is very lovely and generous, seeing as how Fiszman has put a lot of work and care into the creation of this book.
Fans of William S. Burroughs and Hunter S. Thompson will love Fiszman's disjointed narrative, inspired philosophies and sinister, disembodied entities. ~ Shelf Abuse
I suppose a warning should be given for those offended by language and scatological humor, so here it is: there's "bad" language in Coffee. Funny and apt but if you're offended by naughty words, well, then you'll be missing out on a good book.
Coffee is the first in a series of books, and, very nifty, Coffee is available as a free download. Which is very lovely and generous, seeing as how Fiszman has put a lot of work and care into the creation of this book.
Ida Craddock: 'Sexual Outlaw, Erotic Mystic'
Reviews of: Vere Chappell's<u> Sexual Outlaw, Erotic Mystic: The Essential Ida Craddock.
A skeptic view (fantasy prone, sexual abuse, etc.) on the following but still interesting: THE MAGONIA BLOG: Sexual Outlaw , on the story of Ida Craddock. Craddock (1857-1902) was a sexologist, who learned about sexual pleasures from 'Soph' a ghost. Parallels to Mary, to contactees, succubi and incubus, and to all those sexual-supernatural unions are obvious. I haven't read the book; I'm not familiar with Craddock but I'm looking forward to reading this book.
I notice that the forward was written by Mary K. Greer, the Tarot author and scholar.
Craddock was the victim of her times; the moral setting she lived in would have put her in prison for her attitudes, (she was the target of<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Sans-Serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> "<span style="font-size: small;">Anthony Comstock and his Society for the Suppression of Vice . . ." according to <a href="http://redwheelweiser.com/detail.html?id=9781578634767">this review on Vere Chappell's bio page.</a></span>) </span></span> Instead, she committed suicide.
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A skeptic view (fantasy prone, sexual abuse, etc.) on the following but still interesting: THE MAGONIA BLOG: Sexual Outlaw , on the story of Ida Craddock. Craddock (1857-1902) was a sexologist, who learned about sexual pleasures from 'Soph' a ghost. Parallels to Mary, to contactees, succubi and incubus, and to all those sexual-supernatural unions are obvious. I haven't read the book; I'm not familiar with Craddock but I'm looking forward to reading this book.
I notice that the forward was written by Mary K. Greer, the Tarot author and scholar.
Craddock was the victim of her times; the moral setting she lived in would have put her in prison for her attitudes, (she was the target of<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Sans-Serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> "<span style="font-size: small;">Anthony Comstock and his Society for the Suppression of Vice . . ." according to <a href="http://redwheelweiser.com/detail.html?id=9781578634767">this review on Vere Chappell's bio page.</a></span>) </span></span> Instead, she committed suicide.
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The Interstellar Housewife: Paratopia Magazine: Preview
Paratopia pulls no punches with this puppy, building ever further on their case against hypnotic regression as a useful tool for abduction research and the lack of accountability by it's major players, namely Budd Hopkins and David Jacobs.
The Priests of High Strangeness, Carol Rainey's article on her close experiences with Budd Hopkins and his alien abduction research, starts things off -- and let me tell you, it's quite a powerful piece. If it doesn't get more of you looking at this area of Ufology with a more skeptical eye, I'm not sure anything will.
I agree with O'Lavery; Carol Rainey's The Priests of High Strangeness is an excellent article that has already ticked off many... as they did with Emma Woods, who labeled her as "crazy," "unbalanced" "trouble maker" and worse, attacks have begun on Rainey: "jilted," "scorned woman," and so on. Rainey was married to Budd Hopkins, close friend of David Jacobs and UFO researcher in his own right. She discusses many individual cases researched by Hopkins, and herself, during their marriage, and there is much there about the role of researcher, and the researcher/witness dynamic.
On UFOs, et al: Review of 'Journal of a UFO Investigator'
I'm still reading my copy of David Halperin's new book Journal of a UFO Investigator, so cannot review it yet. So far however, I am enjoying it -- I was surprised, right away, at how quickly Halperin brings you into the story. But here is a review you can read in the meantime, over on the UFOs, et all blog:UFOs, et al: DAVID HALPERIN & LORALEIGHAnd here's more about the book on Halperin's site.
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