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 [...]
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Prelude to a Post: The Religion of the Spectacle Is…
Posted in conspiracy poetics, pop culture on July 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Michael Jackson Died A Long Time Ago
Posted in Consciousness & Alternate Perception, celebrity idolatry, pop culture, religious history on June 26, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Around these parts, we honor the dead by consuming their image and their artifacts.
Just like Biggie, Tupac, Kurt Cobain, John Lennon, Elvis, his death has led to a massive uptick in record sales. Thus, he has been granted a sort of Spectacular Immortality.
And just like so many celebrity totems, in death all his sins, real [...]
The Symbolic Powerhouse Unseen
Posted in media, movies, mysticcult, pop culture, provocative filler on April 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
On my way back. Give it a few weeks. In the meantime, here’s one of the most arresting segments from Richard Kelly’s ambitiously uneven, much-maligned and little-seen Southland Tales. Those of the rabbit hole persuasion and well-read arch-ironists alike should appreciate the movie immensely, what with its multiple layers of symbolism and the use of the Eye-in-the-Pyramid as symbol of [...]
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, [...]
All The Hottest, Hippest Young People versus The Whitest, Dorkiest “Average” People
Posted in celebrity idolatry, media, politics, pop culture, propaganda on February 25, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Submitted for your analysis: the hottest, hippest, young people and a moving, cinematic montage fit for an Oscar-winning film’s promotional package or a Gap ad; versus the Whitest and Dorkiest of white and non-white people with lower producution values, less sex appeal, and inspirational power of the 1985 New England Patriot’s answer to the Super [...]
Vicarious Memories
Posted in Consciousness & Alternate Perception, everyday life, late night, pop culture on January 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’m walking down the street with a friend last night in Manhattan. As we do the slow stroll from just below Times Square down the length of the island, we stumble into a conversation about how New York City used to be. It’s a conversation that probably emerges about a million times a day here. [...]
Britney Spears: The Continuing Ritual Sacrifice of the Representative Goddess
Posted in Personal Speculation, black magik, celebrity idolatry, conspiracy poetics, counter-initiation, occult, pop culture, pro-peace/pro-people, psyops, sacrificial goddesses on January 8, 2008 | 18 Comments »
I didn’t want to write about this stuff again because I’m not sure that it’s helpful. But, as far as I see it, it’s a reality that is going on.
At least Ty Brown is beginning to see this, albeit from his own somewhat different angle.
Britney has been propped up as a representation of a [...]
One More Writer Travels Into the Sunset
Posted in pop culture on November 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
First, Robert Anton Wilson died. Now, Norman Mailer has joined him in the great beyond. You may not necessarily see the connection between the two men on the face of it, aside from them both having been writers and old white guys. It would seem that their style and the focus of their writing were [...]
Trapped in the Spectacle: Bill Maher and The Truthers
Posted in Consciousness & Alternate Perception, celebrity idolatry, conspiracy poetics, media, politics, pop culture, propaganda, sub cult-sure on October 23, 2007 | 6 Comments »
We’ve gone from tazering seemingly conspiracy-oriented college students while the “audience” of fellow students and administrators do nothing, to having audiences cheer at a live taping of Real Time when Bill Maher helps remove “9-11 Truthers” from his studio.
Amazing how quickly the (short-) attention economy of Spectacle moves.
What’s telling are two remarks Maher made during [...]
Burroughs and Bowie Agree: Andy Warhol Was a Lizard!
Posted in Consciousness & Alternate Perception, celebrity idolatry, occult, pop culture on October 12, 2007 | 6 Comments »
I recently found an old Rolling Stone interview from 1974 between William S. Burroughs and David Bowie and some befuddled rock journalist who comes off as a total third wheel. At the time that this rock journalist set up the meeting, the two weren’t all too familiar with each other’s work. Bowie had never [...]
