“Tantra is radical positive insanity; the commitment, based on the experience of emptiness, to disappear without a trace into every moment. —Ngakpa Chogyam Rinpoche, Wearing the Body of Visions Is […]
I’ve had this insane Verso Shock Trampoline Technology* ad torn from the illustrious in-flight SkyMall magazine folded in my pocket for months, because I just couldn’t get enough of its […]
Was talking to my mom on the phone about the hurricane and realized I needed to get some of it down, as those of you who read my last “interview” […]
UPDATE: Wilson has been removed from the Vanishing Art event bio list mid-festival. Big salaams and thanks to Mustafa Al-Layla for the tip. It appears Wilson’s name has been removed form the official bios of the festival, suggesting once again that sickness is not the cause of his departure. -end […]
____________________ Vanishing Art, Earth Element, The Abode of The Message, Orchard of the Prophets, August 26, 2011
For as many years as I’ve been coming up to The Abode of the Message (say, about six), there has always been bread, butter, and jelly left out on the table in the eating hall. At any hour of the night I have felt safe knowing that if I had […]
Over the next few days I will be reporting from here… The Abode of the Message, covering this week’s Vanishing Art Festival featuring Peter Lamborn Wilson… Carolee Schneemann… and many more…. What the hell is Vanishing Art, you ask? Check out this communique from Wilson on the first Vanishing Art […]
Lately, whenever I sit in front of my altar in The Place of Peace, I find myself irresistibly drawn to contemplating a small corroding image I picked up a while […]
Phantasmaphile is putting together this: Bohemian Occult Subculture in Britain’s 1890s: How Artists, Actors, and Writers Made the Golden Dawn* An illustrated presentation by Dr. Christina Oakley Harrington of Treadwell’s, London’s legendary occult bookshop Date: Thursday, August 25th Time: 8pm Location: Observatory, Brooklyn Admission: $8 The Order of the Golden […]
This amazing event is happening in New Lebanon, NY this coming week and there are still a few spots left for people to sign up and come. Plus, I’ll be there, so…. Here’s the deal: Over the days of August 24-28, 2011, a unique kind of arts festival will take […]
These sort of charges always make me feel uneasy.While this case seems pretty straight forward—at least in the instances where valuables were never returned to the customers—I can’t help but feel that fine line between working with a willing participant on matters “unseen” and taking an uninformed and coerced patron […]
Remember television? That was awesome. Television was that thing that even when it was lame (commercials) it had the potential for being insane (Zoobilee Zoo). Well, television is over. But this new thing called the intranet is going to take off like undies at a poly-friendly post-gender anarchist adult play […]
Scouting New York has got some really nice photos of the St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Whitestone, Queens, NY, otherwise known as “Space Church 2099, M’F’in Biotch!” I haven’t yet […]
I would say nine times out of ten I take religious propaganda with a grain of salt. This is not to say I don’t absolutely love it, collect it, and […]
Hey. I’m here. I’m just still doing that thing I mentioned a week or so ago. I’m all about this, but gotta deal with this other this. I’m here!!! Love, BD
NOT NEW YORK 