Conspiracy of Women: Lydia Lunch’s feminist manifesto still echoes louder than ever
It still feels like tomorrow’s headlines.
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Did Supertramp predict 9/11? The bizarre conspiracy theory linked to the Freemasons
It’s pop‑culture paranoia.
Cats and the meaning of life: John Gray on ‘Feline Philosophy’
‘Feline Philosophy,’ out November 24 in US and Canada “Epidemiology and microbiology are better guides to our future than any of our hopes or plans,”…
‘I went straight to Hell’: Philip K. Dick did NOT like LSD
‘The cross took the form of a crossbow, with Christ as the arrow…’ The interview with Philip K. Dick embedded below, recorded in Santa Ana…
Meat Packing: Bloody, gruesome, hyperrealistic paintings of chopped-up body parts (NSFW)
So, dear readers, what’s for dinner tonight? Maybe a little chicken? Maybe a nice juicy steak with all the trimmings? Or how about a tasty…
War is Over: When John Lennon and Yoko Ono met Marshall McLuhan
Although John Lennon and Yoko Ono were undoubtedly two of the very most famous and talked about people of 1969, Canadian media theorist Marshall McLuhan…
Science fiction in its infancy: Fantastic illustrations for ‘The War of the Worlds’ from 1906
H. G. Wells must have had a blast writing The War of the Worlds–his classic tale of a martian invasion destroying most of south-east England,…
Fascinating vintage promo film on the making of Stanley Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’
In 1964, Stanley Kubrick wrote to Arthur C. Clarke. He told the science fiction author he was a “a great admirer” of his books, and…
Dear Internet, please find Terence McKenna’s appearance on LAPD Chief Daryl Gates’ radio show
Daryl Gates on the mike at KFI-AM There was a note of delight in arch-psychonaut Terence McKenna’s voice as he read out this question from…
What if Werner Herzog wrote inspirational greeting card messages?
Werner Herzog does not like social media. He thinks it is “stupid.” In fact he’s none too keen on the Internet overall describing it as…