911 “Cross” Still in Ye Olde Hot Seat |:| Will It End Up In Hot Seat Memorial?
Taking that symbol of cathartic hope and making it a symbol of the event itself has got a new cheerleader this week: Rep. Michael Grimm (R-SI) said he’s pushing for […]
Reporting From the Vanishing Art Festival |:| Experimental Occult Sufi Practices Abound!
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 […]
My Santisima Trinidad |:| In Love and Curiosity
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 […]
This Thursday: 19th Century Bohemian Occult Subcultures in Britain |:| Golden Dawn, Polyamory, Mysticism
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 […]
Peter Lamborn Wilson, Carolee Schneemann, Pir Zia Inayat Khan |:| Festival in Upstate NY
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 […]
New Occult Esoteric Fantastic Web Show
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 […]
Russian Space Church in Queens
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 […]
India & America in Photos |:| Required Viewing for the Those Who Like Pedestals
How many times have you been at a party where you find yourself standing by the hummus trying to conceal the fact that you’ve eaten 2/3rds of it, when you overhear this cringe-worthy phrase: “Well, you know, in India, the people are just so much more open than we are. […]
Gods of Times Square
Jeremiah’s Vanishing New York has got a piece up on Richard Sandler‘s documentary Gods of Times Square, which as the website describes… is about the plethora of religious zealots and god-intoxicants that (daily) would gather there to preach against the “sins” of secular life. The backdrop for their rants were […]
My “Start Yr Own Religion” Class in Brooklyn |:| Begins Saturday July 30 |:| Sign up Now if Ya Like
It’s that time of the month again! Time to sign up for my “Start Yr Own Religion” class at 3rd Ward located in the quaint village of Bushwick deep within the greater hamlet of Brooklyn. It’s fun for the whole family and will allow you to finally organize into one […]
Vishnu Has Finally Come to Brooklyn |:| Cheeky and Cute (Digital) Avatars Follow |:| Buddha as Snake
Thanks to Not New York reader, Gary, for the tip regarding Brooklyn Museum’s recently opened exhibit Vishnu: Hinduism’s Blue-Skinned Savior, which will be hanging on the walls from June 24 to October 2, 2011 in the Morris A. and Meyer Schapiro Wing on the 4th Floor of the building. From […]
Ethiopian Magic Scrolls |:| You Know You Love Talismans
Am I sounding like a broken record yet? Once again Phantasmaphile has hipped me to a happening we should all be clamoring to attend. Elizabeth Street Fine Arts’ (209 Elizabeth St.) latest exhibit “Ethiopian Magic Scrolls: Talismanic Art of Ethiopia” (ending June 30th) is where you wanna be to get […]
Gay Marriage, Gay Pastors, Gay Starbucks Employees |:| New York is So Gay |:| One Vote Away |:| Cross Fingers
Trying to comprehend the ways in which people who happen to like the intimate company of others of a similar gender have had to struggle to be accepted alongside people who happen to like the intimate company of those of a less similar gender is mind-imploding. Seriously, it hurts. If […]
Wanna Ouija on TV? |:| NYC Area Casting Call
This call for participants was posted over at the very lovely Phantasmaphile who received it in an email and thought it interesting enough to put up. Obviously, this fits right in with my little humble blog: SUBJECT: TV company looking for participants interested in a doing a Ouija-board session: Have […]
