(Photo by Rodger C. Birt) Walking past a blue car on my way back from the toilet at a rest…
Dark times pass: a conversation with Lisa Marie Basile
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John Keel, the Mothman, and weird visitors
As one who’s spent a long time reading books about the UFO phenomena, in my opinion, the bulk of theories…
The devil’s advocate of Denver: Don Becker remembered
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Pop Psy Ops & Fake News
Broadcast news is increasingly paid for, less and less objective. More people are turning to the social media landscape, a…
Not the kind of animals you think
Time is speeding up. American cultural configuration has evolved to the degree that old-style counter cultural behaviors no longer have…
Johnny Strike on CRIME, the San Francisco punk scene, and more
Having kicked off in the late sixties on the East Coast, with bands like the Stooges, the stateside punk wave…
Passage and healing with entheogens
An entheogen (meaning, literally, “generator of the divine within”) is a psychoactive substance – including peyote, psilocybin (mushrooms), uncured tobacco,…
High along the Silk Road
The theme of this year’s Mother’s High Tea was Tea Along the Silk Road. I assembled and helped hang collapsible…
Night Vision
Publishing a new book felt like shedding your skin. Once it came fully off, it was a dessicated shell of…
Camp Elasticity 