Sounds like a hell of an event:

Thursday March 4, 7:00pm / $20
St. Paul’s Cultural Center

Thee Majesty featuring Genesis Breyer P-Orridge!
US premiere of Universalove featuring live accompaniment by Naked Lunch!

Special sneak preview screening!

CIMMfest 2010 kicks off with a William S. Burroughs-themed night of film and music. First up is Austrian band Naked Lunch, who will accompany the US premiere of Thomas Wolschitzs 2008 film Universalove with the songs they built the film around. Next up is a special, but secret, screening of a documentary featuring Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, Sonic Youth, Jello Biafra, Grant Hart and Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, followed by Q & A with the director. Finally, for the first time in Chicago, Thee Majesty featuring takes the stage. $20 gets you access to everything.

Tickets here.

(via Dangerous Minds)

BUY NOW

(Album cover by Ian McEwan and Danny Chaoflux)

Return to the Wasteland is now available as a digital download f- 50 cents per track, or $2.50 for the whole album. It’s being released on a Creative Commons license, so you will be allowed to share it freely.

You can also download a remastered edition of my first EP called Nightmare Lab for FREE.

Physical CD copies will be available for sale at the CD release party. I’ll perform live, along with Soup Purse and Cult of Zir. Details:

The Parlour
2628 SE Powell Blvd
Portland, OR 97202
8:00 PM
2/16/10

I’ll also be playing at the Olympia Noise Festival:

Hall of the Woods
3712 Sapp Rd. SW
Olympia, WA 98512
March 3/6 – 3/7

I’ll be playing on Sunday March 7th, sometime during the afternoon “noise brunch”.

(Album cover by Ian McEwan and Danny Chaoflux)

Return to the Wasteland, my debut full length album, will be released at midnight EST on Tuesday February 16, 2010. It will be available as a digital download from bandcamp.com – 50 cents per track, or $2.50 for the whole album. It’s being released on a Creative Commons license, so you will be allowed to share it freely. Watch here, or the new (very much still under construction) Psychetect site for details.

Physical CD copies will be available for sale at the CD release party. I’ll perform live, along with Soup Purse and Cult of Zir. Details:

The Parlour
2628 SE Powell Blvd
Portland, OR 97202
8:00 PM
2/16/10

I’ll also be playing at the Olympia Noise Festival:

Hall of the Woods
3712 Sapp Rd. SW
Olympia, WA 98512
March 3/6 – 3/7

I’ll be playing on Sunday March 7th, sometime during the afternoon “noise brunch”.

Outlaw Biology was a DIY biology symposium held January 29-30 at UCLA. Here’s a list of workshops that may or may not have occurred:

1. Bioweathermap, Jason Bobe. With field-trips to the UCLA Arboretum and Hammer Museum (in cooperation with Machine Project

2. Learn to Design a DNA-based nanostructure using cadnano software, Philip Lukeman

3. Paint colorful microbes – luminescent, fluorescent, and pigmented – on do-it-yourself solid media. With a little time and luck, we’ll preserve the painted results in epoxy, like microbiological paintings in amber, Mackenzie Cowell

4. SKDB: Learn to use software tools for open source manufacturing and bioengineering, Bryan Bishop and Ben Lipkowitz

5. Use of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus strain ADP1 as a DIY bioengineering platform, David Metzgar

6. Ars Synthetica: Have an informed, ethical, and open dialogue on the emerging field of synthetic biology, Gaymon Bennett

7. Extract DNA from Strawberries, CSG Staff

8. Lactobacillus Plasmid Recovery and Visualization for fun and profit, Meredith L. Patterson

9. DIY Webcam Microscopy. Join us for a worldwide webcam hacking event and make your own 100x USB microscope for less than $10. We’ll provide the webcams and a live internet feed from other workshop locations across the world, from Bangalore to Australia. Find out more at diybio.org/ucam

10. Velolab, See the first Bicyclized Mobile Biology lab, Sam Starr

11. Learn about FBI Outreach: Promoting Responsible Research & Career Opportunities, Special Agent Edward You

12. Learn about LavaAmp: The Personal Thermal Cycler, Guido Núñez-Mujica and Joseph P. Jackson III

13. The HOX Gene Zodiac project. Learn about homeobox genes, body plans and the Chinese Zodiac, Victoria Vesna

Learn more at their web site.

(via Grinding)

What has EsoZone meant to you? Have you met a partner or collaborator at EsoZone? What sorts of art and/or projects have you completed as a result in your participation (or lack thereof) in EsoZone? Has it changed your life in any way?

I’ll go first: [...]

Read more at esozone.com

We have now released the “EsoZone Protocol” – the standards for hosting an EsoZone in your own city.

Free. Sponsorships, voluntary donations, and tips are allowed, but tickets, fees, and mandatory donations are not. Selling merchandise, refreshments, etc. is ok.

Open. We understand some Esozones will have limited space, but attendence should not be limited to a certain group people or be “invite only.” Example: If an Esozone: UT Austin were being planned, it could NOT be limited to only UT students. Pre-Registration limits, first come first served entry, etc. are allowed. This does not mean that people can’t be ejected if they cause disruptions.

Unconference. Some pre-scheduled material may be incorporated, but Esozones will follow unconference principals and allow participants to set the agenda. Anyone can post a session.

Read the full document

The Cyclone of Slack has posted links to some media from the event. If you have more they’d love to know about it.

Cyclone of Slack: we want your pictures (videos, audios, whatever)

This is it! EsoZone is upon us again!

If you want to volunteer, please show up around noon. Otherwise, doors open at 6pm.

It’s free, so bring anyone who’s interested!

And don’t forget the EsoZone Astral Temple if you can’t make it in person.

A word about parking:

Please park on or around Schiller, on the north side of the bridge, to avoid getting your car towed and/or getting our hosts in trouble.

Joe Matheny interviews Jillian and me for Gspot:

After EsoZone Portland 2009, we will release the “EsoZone Protocol,” a set of guidelines similar to an open source software license that will enable organizers to host an EsoZone in their own city as long as they are free and follow the “unconference” model.

Download it here

The Church of the SubGenius will present a public “Devival” at Portland’s Ash Street Saloon on October 10, 2009. SubGenius is a meta-parody religion that promotes the all-important concept of slack while satirizing religion, conspiracy theories, UFOs, and popular culture. The church’s founder, J.R. “Bob” Dobbs, was named by Time magazine as the “Fraud of the Century” in its January 1, 2000 issue.

Headlining the show will be Rev. Ivan Stang, High Epopt of the church. As a stand-up preacher, Stang is a regular at various large annual festivals such as Burning Man, Starwood, X-Day, Winterstar, and DragonCon. He is a veteran of over 150 nightclub appearances, some of which have drawn upwards of 750 people. Since 1985, Stang has produced “The Hour of Slack” weekly radio show, which is syndicated on 25 stations nationwide.

Along with Rev. Stang, the show will feature other SubGenius legends such as Dr. Philo Drummond, Dr. Howland Owl, and Rev. Dr. Onan Canobite. They will be joined by local SubGenius performers and several local bands.

The Church has over 40,000 ordained ministers, including David Byrne, Robert Crumb, Bruce Campbell, Jonathan Demme, and the late Dr. Timothy Leary. There are five SubGenius books in print, having collectively sold over 100,000 copies. The first, The Book of the SubGenius, is in its 20th printing.

The show will be at the Ash Street Saloon, 225 SW Ash Street, on Saturday, October 10, 2009. Doors open at 8 p.m., and the show begins promptly at 9 p.m.

Featuring Portland musicians:
?Cult of Zir – http://cultofzir.com/
?Nequaquam Vacuum – http://www.myspace.com/nequaquamvacuum
?Power Circus – http://www.myspace.com/powercircusmusic

After EsoZone, enjoy the Cyclone of Slack!

Featuring:

REV. IVAN STANG!
DR. HOWLAND OWL!
PRINCESS WEI R. DOE!
REV. DR. ONAN CANOBITE!
THE DUKE OF UKE!
REV. CRAWFORD!

With the Musical Stylings of:

POWER CIRCUS!
NEQUAQUAM VACUUM!
CULT OF ZIR!

And:

an utter lack of NENSLO!

More Info

What is Ignite?

If you had five minutes on stage what would you say? What if you only got 20 slides and they rotated automatically after 15 seconds? Around the world geeks have been putting together Ignite nights to show their answers.

Ignite was started in Seattle in 2006 by Brady Forrest and Bre Pettis. Since then 100s of 5 minute talks have been given across the world. There are thriving Ignite communities in Seattle, Portland, Paris, and NYC.

We’re pleased to announce that EsoZone will be hosting a one hour Ignite during EsoZone on Saturday afternoon, October 10th.

Of course, there’s a twist.

Instead of 20 slides, at EsoZone Ignite speakers will use 5 props. The time will still be exactly 5 minutes. Speakers must incorporate all 5 props, and must speak for exactly 5 minutes.

Want to do it? Send a proposal to klint @ renegadefuturist dot com. Up to 10 talks will be selected by a panel. The deadline is September 15th, 2009.

Be sure to check out the next Ignite Portland this Thursday if you’re in town to see how the whole thing works, or check the Ignite web site for a schedule of Ignites in other cities.

You might also want to check out the BIL Speaker Guidelines for some general ideas for how to give a good talk.

(Please note that there is no relation between Ignite EsoZone Portland and Ignite Portland)

EsoZone Portland 2009 admission is free. We are funding this year’s event through sponsorships, merchandise, individual donations. We hope to raise as much in individual sponsorships as the cost of a single sponsorship fee – $250.

Speaking of which, if you’re interested in sponsoring, you can find more information here.

10 Vegetables that Could Improve Your Sex Life by Jeanne Turner

Critical life lessons learned from my four years as a hooker by James Keller

Derailing the Train: How to stop Ignite Portland in its tracks by Reid Beels and Amye Scarvada

DIY Healthcare in Portland by Sandra Clark

Everyone needs a little space by Noel Franus

How to build and program a multitouch display by Todd Greco

It’s the End of the World As We Know It, and It’s About %#$@& Time! by Uriah Zebadiah

Massage 2.0: Myofascia-The Real Interweb by Megan Bradley

My Updated and Revised Commencement Speech to the Graduating Class of 1989 by Andrew Berkowitz

Sauna Etiquette: Proper Decorum Amongst Naked, Sweaty Strangers by Miki Tokola

Seven lessons learned while trying to reinvent television news by Aaron Weiss

The death of authority: a kind of elegy by Eva Miller

The History of Magic and Technology by Seth Raphael

The Scandalous Lies I’ve Told My Children by Michael Buffington

The Webcomic Age or, A Young Geek’s Illustrated Primer by Ben Bleything

Tips on How to Be a Gentleman From a Guy Wearing Jeans and a Tee Shirt by Chris Alan

You can stop S#$%#y Little Dog Syndrome by Bridget Pilloud

Ignite Portland 6 Lineup (Includes more info about specific talks and speakers)

You’ll note that frequent Renegade Futurist commenter (and round-table participant) Uriah Zebadiah is giving the talk “It’s the End of the World As We Know It, and It’s About %#$@& Time!”:

Yes, the world is coming to an end. You know it, I know it, we all know it. But rather than get down in the dumps about it, here’s five fast-paced minutes of good reasons we should all be happy about it. We’ll cover why the world sucks, why the people running the world suck, what you can reasonably expect to come out of all this, why the future will kick ass, and above all, what you can do to live fat, free and happy throughout the transition.

More info: “It’s the End of the World As We Know It, and It’s About %#$@& Time!”

Esozone Portland 2009 will be an FREE unconference October 9-10. And for those who haven’t heard, I’m back in the saddle as organizer.

ANNOUNCEMENT:
Esozone Portland 2009
The New Esozone

The Esozone virus is resilient. It mutates and evolves. Faced with a rapidly changing environment, Esozone has rewritten its own code.

No more admission fees, no more weekend passes, no more divide between speaker and spoken-to. The new Esozone is an unconference, an open environment with an agenda determined by its own participants.

Esozone Portland 2009 will be held on Friday night, October 9, and all day Saturday, October 10. It will bring together renegade philosophers, experimental magicians, visionary artists, outsider academics, street entrepreneurs, mad scientists, sexy satanists, conspiracy theorists, benevolent pranksters, fearless psychonauts and other shameless mutants for two days of discussions, demonstrations and interaction from participants who are the main actors of the event.

Come for free, but be ready to share. Bring what you do and what you know. Bring who you are. This year, Esozone is all about you.

Coming soon: a FAQ, forums, and announcements about after parties and other events that weekend.

Announcing the new Esozone

Tickets and further information

(Thanks Trevor)

Ignite Portland 5 was great. Truly Portland’s own TED. It appears all the talks are available online:

Blip TV channel

Embedded above is Chris Sullivan’s talk on HAM radio. I also highly recommend:

Russell Senior – Why Publicly Owned Fiber is the Answer to our Broadband Needs (political, not technical)

Tara Horn – How to be a Refugee: Several not-so-easy steps from oppression to resettlement (poignant)

John Metta – How to creatively destroy pesky, non-moneymaking community efforts (funny)

See also: Technoccult video spot from Ignite 5

Legion of Tech announced the Ignite Portland 5 speakers. These sound amazing!

Isaac Potoczny-Jones – Open, Mobile, and Linux: A basic introduction to Android G1 development

Dr. Jayson Falkner – Science. It works, bitches. DNA Edition.

John Metta – How to creatively destroy pesky, non-moneymaking community efforts

A. L. Venable – Fashion! Music! Intrigue!: Why You Should Be Riding the Bus

Tara Horn – How to be a Refugee: Several not-so-easy steps from oppression to resettlement

J-P Voillequé – Not your grandma’s game: Why you should be playing bridge.

Russell Senior – Why Publicly Owned Fiber is the Answer to our Broadband Needs

Kate “The Great” Folsom – the basics of writing good shit that people enjoy reading

Chris Sullivan – Ham Radio: It’s not about talking to pork products (but we’re working on that)

Sarah Gilbert – Hacking life with kids, but without a car

Jerry Ketel – How to know if you are a Narcissist.

Selena Deckelmann – How to kill three chickens in three years

Pete Grillo – Omelettes: Winners and Losers

Full Story: Ignite Portland

Technoccult is a proud sponsor of Ignite Portland.

Legion of Tech announced the Ignite Portland 5 speakers. These sound amazing!

Isaac Potoczny-Jones – Open, Mobile, and Linux: A basic introduction to Android G1 development

Dr. Jayson Falkner – Science. It works, bitches. DNA Edition.

John Metta – How to creatively destroy pesky, non-moneymaking community efforts

A. L. Venable – Fashion! Music! Intrigue!: Why You Should Be Riding the Bus

Tara Horn – How to be a Refugee: Several not-so-easy steps from oppression to resettlement

J-P Voillequé – Not your grandma’s game: Why you should be playing bridge.

Russell Senior – Why Publicly Owned Fiber is the Answer to our Broadband Needs

Kate “The Great” Folsom – the basics of writing good shit that people enjoy reading

Chris Sullivan – Ham Radio: It’s not about talking to pork products (but we’re working on that)

Sarah Gilbert – Hacking life with kids, but without a car

Jerry Ketel – How to know if you are a Narcissist.

Selena Deckelmann – How to kill three chickens in three years

Pete Grillo – Omelettes: Winners and Losers

Full Story: Ignite Portland

Technoccult is a proud sponsor of Ignite Portland.

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From Esozone.com

Announcing…

EsoZone 2009: Power

October 9-11, 2009
Portland, OR

Logistics Director: Vin Al Ken
Stage Director: Nolon Ashley
Operations Director: Johnny Brainwash

Watch this space for more infos.

Plus: Esozone coverage in High Times (Maybe Rolling Stone next year?)

Update: A Public Apology to Danny Chaoflux for my out-of-line comments here and following.

For the record:

I put off saying anything until I’d talked to the current Esozone staff, and determined where things stand legally.

Danny does not and never has owned the Esozone trademark. I do. I was financially and legally responsible for Esozone from the beginning. To be honest I’m a bit sick of people who think they have a claim to ownership over the project because they spent a lot of time talking about it on the Internet.

I’m in the process of transferring the ownership of the trademark to the current Esozone staff, and it will be up to them if the want to make “Esozone” an open brand. It’s not really my place to make that decision at this point, it’s up to the people who did the actual work to make the event happen (as opposed to just talking about it) and who are now responsible for making it happen again.

As many people know, I embrace free culture, going so far as to open all my creative works to the public domain. But it’s a bit trickier when it comes to identity.

It’s much easier for someone like Danny, who has no responsibility for what happens with the name “Esozone” to say that anyone can use it. It’s hard for me to begrudge the people who will actually have to deal with fallout of fraudulent use of the name for wanting to have some say in how it’s used. If someone holds an event and calls it “Esozone” pre-sells a bunch of tickets, and skips town the money, Danny and I aren’t the ones who are going to deal with it. If some Gary Spivey type puts on some cornball psychic scam event and calls it Esozone, we aren’t the ones who get slimed by the association. The guys who are putting labor and money into Esozone are the ones effected by it.

In short: do not listen to what Danny Chaoflux tells you about Esozone. He has no moral or legal authority regarding it. What he does with his own designs – the logo (which was stolen from the Alien screenplay anyway), the ouija board, etc. are his own prerogative. But the only people with the authority to make decisions about the use of the name Esozone are the organizers of Esozone.

Esozone stage manager Nolon Ashley writes:

for the time being, i’m only going to say that’s going to have to remain a mystery until we flesh it out more. but at this point, we have a team of 3 individuals committed and clear about the context of the means of operating, ready to go forward.

yes, we are insisting it will be as large as the previous years (the definition for ‘large’ remains flexible). in other words, we’re not going to slap together a half-assed scaled back version of the previous attempts and call it the same thing.

that is all i’m going to say for now, except that if you have an interesting idea for a presentation, activity, or performance, we’d sure like to hear about it.

/me contemplates the need to build a second computer so that his girlfriend can still get her work done. probably a phone and a car needed, too. damn.

lots of work to do, delicious!

stay tuned!

ATX0cculture is dedicated to providing a digital meat-mirror for Austin-Based practitioners of all forms of magick, reality bending, artistic evocation and similar subtle arts. We also meet up on the 3rd Wen. of each month at Spiderhouse, approx. 9 PM.

Austin Occulture

E-mail me at klint at klintron dot com if you’d like to have your occultural meetup group listed on the PDX Occulture Occulture group list

An ad-hoc cousin of the popular and successful EsoZone, Isozone 2009 takes place in Vancouver, BC, Canada, in Late January – Early February (TBA) 2009.

Proposals for activities and ideas are now being accepted. As an experiment in chaotic self-organizing events, there are no fees to attend Isozone, nor is there any official venue. Microvenues may be arranged depending on events and participants.

Dates and Locations will be announced in the near future.

Isozone

Please note is this is not an official Esozone event.

I will be there leading an activity in infictive living.