kunciov@artecon.UUCP (10/09/87)
I love getting junk mail, unlike many people. My name, in a variety of fractured forms has appeared on mailing lists for the usual catalogues, seed companies, camping and fishing suppliers, realtors, insurance men, and that ilk, but every once in awhile, I get mail that makes me wonder how I got on the list, how the list got to the people who sent me the mail, and whether my wife and dog and I are in danger of being brutally raped, burnt with cigarettes in private places, and quartered before our bodies are spread over east county. You know, soldier of fortune baloney, Aunt Martha's Lace Emporium, Healthy Candies made from Salmon. Well, I got an item yesterday. I suppose I got it because in some small way I have interested myself in arcana and leave my intelligence open for the experience of life. What really happened is that I probably bought a book on the tarot sometime and those folks thought they had a chain sale. Two fliers, stapled at the top, on electric green and yellow paper, from a place from AMOK (look it up). Here's some of the copy: AMOK [Chinese Characters] [Picture of Woman's Face] $2.95 BUYS OUR AUTOMATIC REVOLVER VISIONS INFORMATION OF ON THE EXTREME Books Video Magazines Opening Saturday August 1 (Why did I get it yesterday?) writings from: Situationist to Survivalist Satanist to Fundamentalist Linda Lovelace to Pat Robertson Psychic Self-Defense to HOW TO KILL On the reverse: Control Orgone taboo terror exotica dada virus autopsy torture harakiri psychotronic androgyny covert action sex magick forensics arson tactics babylon DISNEY cults mayan neuropolitics UFO masons anarchy fakeID eugenics mayhem schizophrenia apocalypse disobedience secret societies pagan panopticon nomads fear pavlov fascism tiki psychosurgery coup d'etat illuminati gnostic revenge evil weapons crytography pyrotechnics voodoo fortreana surveillance excess scramblers alchemy DNA surrealism VRIL riot hallucinogens ecstasy entropy ritual disinformation chaos trance tattoo tesla simulation barinwashing AI leather holocaust pain futurist hacking possession cannibalism sleaze plagues aphrodsiac process manson snipers necrophilia cyberpunk vatican crash pimps samizdat freaks sufi poisons. . . . [Interesting topics and an interesting superimposition of topics, especially Disney AI Vatican hacking against babylon poisons pain torture.] AMOK (3900 Sunset Blvd. at 1067 N. Hyperion Ave. in Silverlake) (I don't even know where Silverlake is) presents on Sunday, October 18 from 2:30 to 6PM Timothy (I don't know where I put my mind) Leary and Robert Anton Wilson signing their BOOKS-SOFTWARE (Apple and MS-DOS) and CASSETTES at a Neuronic Discordance!!!!!! See you there. On second thought, I think I'll be in King's Canyon that weekend. Let me know how it was you pain hackers and samizdat freaks. Have a nice weekend. -- = Robert Kuncio {sdcsvax|hplabs|ncr-sd|hpfcla|ihnp4}!hp-sdd!artecon!rck = = "Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail, = = "There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my tail." = = Lewis Carroll, _Alice in Wonderland_ =
samlb@well.UUCP (10/10/87)
In article <630@artecon.artecon.UUCP> kunciov@artecon.UUCP () writes: { Commentary, and long list of fnords } >. . . in Silverlake) (I don't even know where Silverlake is) The Silverlake District of Los Angeles (CA) has been noted for its persistent collection of weirdos and wackos since Spanish times -- it is conjectured that it is the site of an Indian graveyard, and is thus haunted and cursed. AMOK appears to be a head shop/libertarian bookstore/wacko emporium -- I wouldn't be surprised to find Antero Alli hanging around in the woodwork there . . . Wilson & Shea's "Illuminatus Trilogy", I think, is one of the sources for cyberpunk -- or at least the paranoid conspiracy themes therein. -- Sam'l Bassett -- Semantic Engineering for fun & profit. 34 Oakland Ave., San Anselmo CA 94960; DDD: (415) 454-7282 UUCP: {hplabs,ptsfa,lll-crg}!well!samlb; Internet: samlb@well.uucp Compuserve: 71735,1776; WU Easylink ESL 6284-3034; MCI SBassett