After a week of pretty much straight partying in Boise, Idaho after being flown out here by Son of Sam from the Audiomedics crew, I am now at the end of my stay. It has been an amazing amount of fun, but I am definitely tapped out and ready for some relatively normal life again. [...]
(left to right: Miyun Park, Planewalker and Moby)
A couple of weeks ago, when browsing through the Powell’s Books calendar of events, I noticed an event titled “Moby”. The listing read:
“In Gristle (New Press), multi-platinum musician Moby, one of the world’s most famous vegans, brings together 10 of the country’s leading foodies, doctors, policy makers, business [...]
A month or so ago, I became conscious of a horrifying pathology deeply rooted in my psyche. Like most of the hardcore pathologies, this one was brought to the surface through interaction in a romantic relationship of mine. Conflict in the relationship revealed truths about me that I may have never seen had it not [...]
Last weekend, I went to a darkpsy party called Divine Intervention in Portland, organized by a group of long-time organizers that used to go by the name Apollo’s Lute, but who no longer have a name. The event featured live sets by Psykovsky, Secret Society and Freakazoid, and a Funktion One sound system. Every element [...]
I always resonated with some things in astrology deeply, but not with others. For example, I get the Gemini thing and find the light vs. shadow self idea useful for understanding myself. But I also think all the signs have useful information for self-understanding and I think one can understand oneself in the context of [...]
The last two years, I have moved 7 times! It seems that a lot of my friends have been having a similar experience. With the way technology is changing things, it is possible to live a life like this, but it’s not fun. I had thought that it would be fun being so transient, but [...]
Happy holidays everyone! I am sitting here now in beautiful Menlo Park, California, spending the holidays with my family and appreciating all that a relaxing holiday season has to offer. Plans for the near future involve a lot of watching Battlestar Galactica, playing Final Fantasy: Dissidia, reading The Golden Thread and oh yeah, making some [...]
As much as I like reading ahead and jumping the gun, I’m making a rare commitment to actually do things the way Ariel says in each chapter, with the idea that if I can let go of my preconceptions about how to do things that I just might learn something. I’m not sure I’ll spend [...]
Being a musician is fun, but the biggest problem with it is finding a way to make a living from it. You can have great music, but if you don’t get publicity (read: other people writing about you) it’s hard to convince labels and promoters to release your music and book you for shows. But [...]
After an extended and somewhat painful excursion to Europe, I have found myself back in the good old U.S.A. Well, it’s really not very old. Rather, it’s new, which is one of the great things about it. So many of those in psytrance culture seem to be anti-American, anti-capitalist, anti-globalization, etc. And perhaps I will [...]
