The religion of the Spectacle is the Spectacle itself.
We live in a supposedly secular, post-modern culture. You wil be told this in some quarters.
We live in a Judeo-Christian culture. You will be told this in other quarters.
Neither of these things are quite correct.
Our so-called postmodern, secular culture is really the”pre-modern” “ghost-filled” world dressed up in [...]
Archive for the ‘conspiracy poetics’ Category
Prelude to a Post: The Religion of the Spectacle Is…
Posted in conspiracy poetics, pop culture on July 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
When You Are Called “Them”
Posted in Consciousness & Alternate Perception, conspiracy poetics, end times fandango, everyday forteana, everyday life, late night on April 7, 2009 | 4 Comments »
It’s bound to happen eventually and my turn comes near Rockefeller Center. I remember the day because it is the Feast of the Virgin of Guadalupe. I am doing an errand when I come across a woman with short, curly hair who is stretching her arms out at all and sundry who pass by. At [...]
What’s With That Epoch Times?
Posted in Consciousness & Alternate Perception, Personal Speculation, conspiracy poetics, propaganda, sub cult-sure on February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Man, the following writing is so 2007, but I just had to unburden myself of it so I can move on. Expect more unburdening of past curiosities of mine over the next month.
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T’was back when I lived in Japan that the first news began to percolate about the Chinese Communist campaign against the Falun Gong [...]
And There You Have It
Posted in Consciousness & Alternate Perception, conspiracy poetics, everyday life, politics on September 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
At the job and we’re on our break. Two coworkers are talking about the upcoming elections and how important they are. I mention that the past two presidential elections were fixed and that I had no expectation that it would be any different this time. One of them, a Democrat, says that she fears that [...]
What Conspiracy Researchers/Theorists Are Missing
Posted in Consciousness & Alternate Perception, Personal Speculation, conspiracy poetics, everyday life, late night, pointing at The Big Something, politics, pro-peace/pro-people on September 2, 2008 | 22 Comments »
Oftentimes, conspiracy researchers/theorists (it’s so hard to tell where the line between “us” and “them” is these days) are just as much in service to the Spectacle as anyone else.
Here’s another thought from a regular reader, Ian, that makes another pretty good point:
In both mythology and conspiracy theory, people are taking facts, stories, images from the world around [...]
The Eyes of Mr. Blunn: High School Slavery, the Civil War, and Lincoln’s Outhouse
Posted in Consciousness & Alternate Perception, Mundane Poetics, conspiracy poetics, everyday life, gratitude, history, late night, mis-education vs. raw learning, pointing at The Big Something, pro-peace/pro-people on September 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I had an American Literature teacher in high school who looms large in my memory of those days, despite the fact that in physical stature he could have been a gnome.
We’ll call him Mr. Blunn.
He had the thinnest of comb overs on his pate, as well as piercing eyes that looked like onyx, at [...]
Disconnected Thoughts on Current Spectacular Maneuvers
Posted in Personal Speculation, conspiracy poetics, politics on August 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“The trick to being a politician in a representative democracy is to get the people to believe that you represent them while making them really represent you.”–Neole Strathmore
“We are governed, our minds are molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. We are dominated by a relatively small [...]
Putting Yourself in a Trap for Fun and Diversion (Hello to the Son of the Widow’s Son, Wherever You Are)
Posted in 9/11, Consciousness & Alternate Perception, conspiracy poetics, everyday life, gratitude, late night, mis-education vs. raw learning, psychology, shout outs on May 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We worked together for one year in Japan at the same school. He lived in Hiyoshi, same as the tiny groupuscule from the Fellowship of Friends that I ran into during that year. He taught English, went to Temple University, and lived with a Japanese wife with whom he seemed to have a pretty [...]
Do Trey Parker & Matt Stone Read Waking the Midnight Sun? Or Is It Just Synchronicity?
Posted in Consciousness & Alternate Perception, celebrity idolatry, conspiracy poetics, high weirdness, media, pop culture, sacrificial goddesses on March 21, 2008 | 12 Comments »
Just got tipped off by regular reader, Costumeoff, about the latest episode of South Park. Imagine my surprise to hear about Matt Stone and Trey Parker touching upon Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus and…ritual sacrifice. Maybe, this insight is simply in the air now, having penetrating the veil. With satire and cartoon kids, [...]
Bill Hicks on Waco: Before and After
Posted in Consciousness & Alternate Perception, civil liberties, conspiracy poetics, history, media, mis-education vs. raw learning, requiem on March 6, 2008 | 5 Comments »
The wise man changes his views when he sees the truth.
Rest in peace, Bill.
Before the tragedy:
And after(from Rant in E-Minor):
