Literature

The Secret Origins of the Counterculture with Blondie's Gary 'Valentine' Lachman

Orlando, FL--Blondie founding member and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Gary 'Valentine' Lachman is visiting from London April 11-17 for an exclusive public lecture and book signing.

From the 70's grit and glam NYC punk scene to hard-nosed BBC research countering conspiracy's most compelling claims, Lachman has done it all!

GARY LACHMAN PRESENTS:

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The Secret Origins of the Counterculture with Blondie's Gary 'Valentine' Lachman

04/14/2010 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm

The Trinity House, Orlando FL

5700 Trinity Prep Lane

Winter Park, FL 32792

Blondie founding member and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Gary 'Valentine' Lachman is visiting Orlando for an exclusive, FREE public lecture.(more)

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Fly Agaric 23

About Me

Bio

I write, DJ and play drums to communicate my interests in life! with a small l.

Skills and talents
Swimming, writing, sex and jokes.
Interests
Literature, Magic Mushrooms, Magick, Sex, Shamanism, shared experience, swimming
What I'm Reading
Makers by Cory Doctorow
What I'm Listening To
RadioFreeAmsterdam
Movies I've Seen Recently
F For Fake McLuhan's Wake

Education

High school
Thorns
College
Stourbridge College
Additional study
Maybe Logic Academy 03-10

Work

Employer
420 cafe'
Position
Budtender

InfinitePossibilities

About Me

Bio

I perceive that I'm a "Being in Motion" on an Odyssey in search of enchanting, euphoric, enthusiastic experiences. I savor experiences that change my perception of events and things. I enjoy that which is aesthetically pleasing. I crave that which is awe inspiring and places me where I need to be to experience serendipity. I attempt to rid my mind of the socialization that was forced upon me. I do not subscribe to the various Social Constructs, Ideologies and Social Roles. I am not an Identity, Submitizen, Citizen, Label, Strawman, Role or any of the Sundry Social Labels. I love to laugh and I think the world is overflowing with absurdities. I'm not an admirer of Civilization, Consumerism and Social Roles. I grew up in an extremely rural area and I love the wilderness. I have an overwhelming appetite for organic-foods, pushing my physical and mental limits, dwelling in the midst of nature and all that's surreal. I just want to live off-the-grid and enjoy what existence has to offer.

Interests
alternative energy, alternative health, Anthropology, art, Beauty, Books, camping, chaos, cognition, complexity, Creative Women, Creativity, Daydreaming, Deep Ecology, Discovering, dreaming, Ecovillages, experiences, exploring, Fibonacci sequence, fitness, forests, freedom, hiking, Intelligent Women, intentional communities, laughing, learning, linguistics, Literature, lucid dreaming, lucidity, mindfulness, natural building, Nature, Organic Food, Permaculture, Philosophy, Physics, Plants, primitivism, Psychology, Raw food, Sacred Sexuality, Self Reliance, Serendipity, Shamanism, simplicity, sociology, surrealism, sustainable living, trees, Uncertainty, Water, waterfalls, Weightlifting, wildlife
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recommended reading: quantum and the lotus

thuan: [describing an experiment in particle behavior] they began by producing a pair of photons, one of which was then sent through a fiber-optic cable toward the north of the city, and the other toward the south. the two pieces of measuring equipment were over six miles apart.

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We See Things Differently

This chilling and powerful short story by Bruce Sterling was first published in 1989. I read it around '94 and re-read it on Sept. 12, 2001. In the story, Sterling pre-cogs the Crusader vs. Jihad world that we inhabit today, and presiently explains the Jihadist position from the main Muslim character's point of view. It's eerie.

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terra-gnostic

About Me

Bio

Welcome. Here is a little about who I am, where I come from and why I do this. I am currently enrolled in the Philosophy, Cosmology and Consciousness Master's program at California Institute of Integral Studies. After teaching in a Montessori classroom for 14 years I began to realize that there was a larger world view that was being obfuscated by the daily roil and toil of managing a classroom. I am now finding that larger world view in my studies at CIIS. I am also an artist, writer, and musician who is inspired by all types of creative endeavors. This blog is an attempt to share my thoughts, concerns, inspirations and ideas with a larger community than the loving, compassionate one I find myself in at CIIS. Thank you for reading and keep the hope.

Skills and talents
I am a teacher at heart and am now trying to find a way to use my skills without having to push through the frustration of administrative limitations. Music is a passion; I play didgeridoo, guitar, banjo and assorted other string and percussion instruments. I have produced and played on a number of cds here in the Bay Area and love to experiment with sound. I tend to see the big picture and am an idealist at heart. I see a difficult road ahead but one filled with promise.
Interests
art, CIIS, Jean Gebser, Literature, Music, organic gardening, Permaculture, Philosophy and Religion
What I'm Reading
Jean Gebser - The Ever Present Origin, Transition Towns, Daemonomania, Teilhard de Chardin,
What I'm Listening To
No-Man, Ondrej Smeykal, Coil, John Martyn, Jeff Beck, John Zorn, Porcupine Tree, Manfred Mann, Elvis Presley (50's), Roy Orbison, Little Feat, OOIOO,

Education

High school
Parkway North Senior, St. Louis MO
College
Webster University, St. Louis
Graduate school
California Institute of Integral Studies
Additional study
Montessori Certification, Orff Schulwerk Certification

DavidStroman

About Me

Bio

My name is David Stroman, I am from Carolina. I am very optimistic guy. I am into literature, philosophy and politics. Currently working as a professor.

Skills and talents
I know a lot about Philosophy and Biology Writing, Reading and Researching Math
Interests
Books, Literature, Nature, Politics
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Join the Athens Ga. Evolver Group

This past weekend was the first spore meeting for the regional Athens Ga. Evolver. It was an intimate evening of dinner and conversation as new and old friends discussed 2012: a time for change. I am glad to have hosted the event and look forward to next month's spore which may have a new home in Athens. I would like to encourage more people to join the Athens Ga.

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Amedeo

About Me

Interests
English Premier League Football, Literature, Music, Philosophy and Religion, Poetry, Political Theory, surfing, Yoga
What I'm Reading
The Comprehensive William Blake
What I'm Listening To
Nigeria 70: Lagos Jump; Love, Peace & Poetry: Japanese Psychedelic Music; Stiff Little Fingers, Inflammable Material; Suicide, Self-Titled (2 Disc Set)
Movies I've Seen Recently
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story; Spies Like Us; Holy Mountain; Jacob's Ladder; Dark City; SLC Punk!

Education

High school
Cherokee High School, Marlton, NJ
College
The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ

Work

Employer
Whole Foods Market
Position
Meat Team Member

Johnny Drongo

About Me

Bio

This native NYer with an accent deals in words. I dig nature, spiritual things. I sing rock & roll. Tribally, I listen. I collect unusual books and can spend all day in used book stores. I know lots of things and I want to to know everything there is to know. I'm a little rough around the edges...

Skills and talents
Writing, laughing, hanging out, flaneuring, spiritual and physical exercise
Interests
Anthropology, Archeo-Astronomy, art, consciousness, gaia, Literature, Nature, psychogeography, spirit, Synchronicity, The ordinary I ignore. 'primitive' tribes
What I'm Reading
The Artist's Way, Bruce Sterling, Dan Millman's "Life Purpose" book, Philip K. Dick, Chuck Pahliunuk, Robert Anton Wilson, Lots of fiction lately for some reason, Inner Paths to Outer Space
What I'm Listening To
Rock & roll, rockabilly, punk, music from indigenous tribes, gamelan from Bali, Master Musicians of Joujuka (Morocco), The Clash, Brian Eno, Tinariwen
Movies I've Seen Recently
Not too much. But I like Bladerunner, Dr. Strangelove, Moby Dick, 2001: A Space Odyssey. Children of Men
Website I'm Into
Cryptogon

Education

College
SUNY Fredonia
Additional study
Various writing classes, workshops, creativity course at Cooper Union

Work

Employer
Clandestine Industries LLC
Position
Editorial manager

revolutionrabbit

About Me

Bio

I'm a poet, i have just published a poetic/psychedelic/late 60's novel called Gone Hallucinogen freeway, it tells the story of one teenager's psychedelic experiences in the years of 67, 68, and weaves in and out of events and trips, it describes what was like when the psychedelic wave and the sexual revolution came together in a heady brew and transformed the people's lives in that crystallization moment of peak novelty of the times.The action moves quick as seem from the mind of the teenager flashing back from the mind of the poet in the future.

Skills and talents
writer/poet
Interests
Literature
What I'm Reading
Shamanic Wisdom in the Pyramid Texts, Neither Dog nor Wolf, The Posthuman Dada Guide,The Hummingbirds Daughter
What I'm Listening To
my tastes run the gamut

Education

College
some collage
Additional study
self educated

Chris Kaplan

About Me

Bio

An anthropologist, writer, and artist exploring comparative iconography through altered states of consciousness within the depths of the Collective, Gaian, and Omniversal Consciousnesses, in which we are all subject.

Music transcends all boundaries to act as a pure medium for communication of human emotion. A transcendent vibration across the waves of the omniverse, and Art can capture that vibration in light. Chaos forms patterns, forming life from the spiraling sea of infinity. Let your self go, free your mind and be a vessel for the transcendental. Harness the light that inspires vision and bring it into balance with the vibration that sparked its existence, sound. Give rise to a true human community, where we can step forth into a new role in harmony within our world and galactic awareness.

Recieved BA in Anthropolgy in 2007 with a minor in Screen Studies, member of the Lambda Alpha National Anthropology Honor Society.

Currently visual and live artist for Sophomore.Peacock Collective

Published on Reality Sandwich:
"Shamanic World Mirroring: The Artist's Inner Journey"

"Chaos" on Joseph Campbell Foundation Website January 2009 Artists Column.

"Love Revival" on Sam Roberts Band Website June 8, 2009.

Skills and talents
Writer, Artist, Anthropologist, Filmmaker
Interests
Anthropology, comparative mythology, consciousness evolution, ecopsychology, Film, Literature, Meditation, Shamanism, Yoga
Website I'm Into
Reality Sandwich

Giles Foreman

About Me

Bio

I am an acting coach, director and actor and run an acting studio and production company in London. Have always been interested in evolving consciousness and need to know more and find ways to intergrate it into the work and output of my studio and productions.

Skills and talents
Acting, directing, writing, producing.
Interests
Acting, Drama, Film, Language, left wing, Literature, Philosophy, Politics, Science, the esoteric, Theatre, travelling
What I'm Reading
2012, Daniel Pinchbeck The Orientalist, Tom Reiss
What I'm Listening To
Soundtrack to American Beauty
Movies I've Seen Recently
Antichrist, Lars von Trier Milk, Gus van Sant

Education

High school
King John, Benfleet
College
Drama Centre London
Additional study
London College of Communication - Diploma in Journalism

Work

Employer
Caravanserai Productions
Position
Director

The Sixth Siddhi

About Me

Interests
expressing truth, Literature, Marijuana, Meditation, Music, psychedelic therapy, Psychedelics, Siddhis, writing

Education

College
Wesleyan University

NOT ART

About Me

Bio

I am a conceptual artist living in Union Sq., I started the Not Art movement, and am beginning to work as an artist professionally. I quit my job as a waiter to pursue this vision because I realized how vital my work is to our community. We are at a crossroads in human evolution where we are beginning to discover the power of individual perception on the environment. The importance of empowering others is central to my work. I use social, moral, and cognitive dissonance to facilitate personal growth. I use recycled materials to build sculpture, assemblage, and collage.

Skills and talents
Conceptual artist capable of manipulating concepts in space-time. I am a writer, musician, and natural philosopher.
Interests
Anthropology, art, etc., Film, Literature, Philosophy, Psychology, theoretical physics
What I'm Reading
Everything
What I'm Listening To
International music, my friends
Movies I've Seen Recently
El Topo
Websites I'm Into
spread the word, NOVA

Education

High school
Scarsdale High
College
Oberlin
Graduate school
Harvard
Additional study
Intense personal study

Work

Employer
God
Position
Bodhisattva

victorgodot

About Me

Bio

musician, video editor, blogger

Skills and talents
music composition, writing,
Interests
blogs, general semantics, Literature, logic
What I'm Reading
D. F. Wallace - Infinite Jest, E. E. Cummings
What I'm Listening To
Cocorosie, Emiliana Torrini, Tom Waits
Movies I've Seen Recently
Solaris - (Tarkovskij)

Education

High school
Humanities
College
Philosophy of science
Additional study
literature (english/american)

Kerry G

About Me

Bio

I'm a wife, mother, writer, and enthusiast of many things, from literature and history to gardening and wildlife watching to politics and popular (and sometimes not-so-popular) entertainment.

I write for a number of websites, of which my favorite is HubPages.com. You can check out my profile or my "hubography" to learn more about me. I write mainly about gardening, health, sustainability, and related topics.

Interests
Gardening, habitat restoration, hiking, Literature, Permaculture, Politics

Philalethia

About Me

Bio

Simply an artist trying to share my creations with world.

Skills and talents
Jamming, Writing, Recording, Performing,
Interests
Holistic Developement, Literature, Music, Philosophy
What I'm Reading
The Secret Teaching of All Ages, Beautiful Losers, I-Ching, War and Peace
What I'm Listening To
Music

Education

High school
Terry Fox, Pinetree
College
Douglas

smkovalinsky

About Me

Bio

Writer/publicist/blogger with strong emphasis on philosophical analysis.

Skills and talents
Writing, criticism and analysis,
Interests
alternative music and film, Animals, Horses, Literature, Philosophy

Education

College
University of Pittsburgh, Fairleigh Dickinson Univeristy
Additional study
Classical Latin, Aristotlean Politics, Ethics, Metaphysics , Nichomachean Ethics

Work

Employer
Gnosis Arts Multimedia Communications, LLC
Position
writier, publicist
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free books are the best books

So my books been out since November and my sales doubled over the last month, so I decided that I would make the e-book of it free for the day. Well my publisher screwed it up, so I'm going to do it myself. What's more, I think I'll keep it up a little longer, maybe a week, give or take. I didn't write it with profits in mind anyways.

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Stef

About Me

Bio

Salt Lake, St. Louis, Cleveland, St. Louis, with a little bit of Connecticut, Denver, San Francisco, NYC, Southern Utah and Southern Illinois between.

Skills and talents
Writing, drawing, sleeping, growing things
Interests
Alchemy, Animals, Architecture, bioregional animism, Literature, Plants, spirtuality, unsolvable mysteries
What I'm Reading
Sandhill Preservation Center's seed catalog, Zeroville by Steve Erickson, Marie Louise von Franz's Puer Aeternus
What I'm Listening To
John Adams' Dr. Atomic Sun Ra, Albert Ayler, Alice Coltrane, & of course late night space music on WSIE.
Websites I'm Into
Arthur, Poetry Scores

Education

High school
East High School (SLC, UT)
College
University of Utah
Graduate school
Hard Knocks/Etc.

Work

Employer
St. Louis Magazine/St. Louis Magazine At Home
Position
Culture Editor/Exec.Editor

Tim

About Me

Skills and talents
Guitarist, Writer, Student
Interests
Literature, Meditation, Music, Philosophy, Psychedelics, Shamanism, Yoga
What I'm Reading
Whatever's on the syllabus, Alan Watts, Carl Jung, William Blake
What I'm Listening To
Bill Frisell, Pat Metheny, Cynic, Allan Holdsworth, Auditory Hallucinations

Education

High school
St. John Vianney High School
College
UM-St. Louis BA in English, in-progress

dedalus

About Me

Interests
consciousness, Film, Literature, patience, the imagination
What I'm Reading
2666 by Roberto Bolaño
What I'm Listening To
Circulatory System - Signal Morning
Movies I've Seen Recently
The Limits of Control

Sergio - Blue Resonant Monkey 111

About Me

Bio

The life of a designer is a life of fight. Fight against the ugliness. Just like a doctor fights against disease. For us, the visual disease is what we have around, and what we try to do is cure it somehow with design.

Skills and talents
Graphic Design, Photography, Computer Geek
Interests
art, consciousness, electronic music, Entheogens, Literature, Permaculture, surfing, Tzolkin, Yoga
What I'm Reading
The Green Marketing Manifesto - John Grant The Lost City of Z - David Grann Physics of the Impossible - Michio Kaku Mexico Mystique - Frank Waters La Mujer Dormida Debe Dar A Luz - Ayocuan
What I'm Listening To
Silicone Soul - Silicone Soul (Soma Records) Joris Voorn - Balance 014 Wighnomy Brothers - Metawuffmischfelge Black Jazz Consortium - RE:Actions of Light Henrik Schwarz, Ame, Dixon - The Grandfather Paradox Bibio - Ambivalence Avenue
Movies I've Seen Recently
District 9

Education

High school
Centro Formativo de Artes y Oficios -1997
College
Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara - 2000
Additional study
GWC - Digital Arts

Work

Employer
VLT
Position
Graphic & Web Designer
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