In the video below, the legendary Mr. Rogers appears on the Joan Rivers show, 1983, and brings along King Friday from the Neighborhood of Make-Believe to sing his rendition of “Row Row Row Your Boat,” replacing “life is but a dream” with the line “existence is but an illusion.” [Read more...]
America’s Suburban Dream is Over. You’ll Never Guess What Happens Next
Ever watched Blade Runner and wondered, “If this is what Downtown LA looks like in 2019, what will the San Fernando Valley be like?” As we rapidly approach an uncertain and possibly dystopian future, we can forecast with near certainty that our major metropolitan areas will transform into corpora... [Read more...]
Harry Dean Stanton Enters the Void at the Center of Consciousness
Harry Dean Stanton is one of the greatest character actors of all time. He is also the ultimate beat archetype. So important is Harry Dean (who has starred in hundreds of films, Alien and Repo Man perhaps most immediately memorable and iconic) to the history of trash cinema that in Michael Weldon... [Read more...]
How to Make Your Own Bulletproof Coffee (Without Breaking the Bank)
There are three quests worth pursuing in the world: the quest for love, the quest for enlightenment and the quest for The Perfect Cup of Coffee. Recently, I believe I may have completed the third quest, and discovered the Holy Grail of Coffee and All-Day Productivity—and in the process came up wi... [Read more...]
Brooke Candy, ‘Opulence,’ and the Work of Integrating the Shadow
Brooke Candy, whose major label debut video “Opulence” is attached below (for the love of god, watch it in 1080p), is the break-out star of the vaguely defined but visually brilliant, occult-influenced music subgenres that popped up in the wake of Witch House—as the often hilarious music blogger ... [Read more...]
When Monsanto Had Its Very Own Disneyland Exhibit
Pliant, malleable, innocent, so trusting: This is the American mass mind, the clay that corporations and advertisers manipulate every day. This is the stuff from which the 20th century’s greatest empire was built; it is America’s greatest natural resource. In the name of harnessing that resource,... [Read more...]
Cargo Cult a-Go-Go: The Bizarre Fetish Cults of the South Pacific
The video below shows some of the rites and rituals of the Melanesian cargo cult a movement that started across the South Pacific, primarily during World War II. [Read more...]