Book Review: Prometheus Rising

Robert Anton Wilson has been one of my favourite authors for quite a few years. It all began on the 23rd of February 2006 when my copy of Cosmic Trigger 1 arrived in the post. In many ways, that book changed my mind and the way I thought from the moment I read it. Well, it was either that or the sheets of acid I was eating regularly at the time. I then delved into The Illuminatus! Trilogy some time after, which was a real mindfuck!!! I always find Robert Anton Wilson's work highly optimistic, which is why it has appealed to me for some time.

I do wish I'd read his Prometheus Rising first - this is a beginner's manual on how to operate the human brain, a nice & easy read. Wilson uses Timothy Leary's 8-Circuit Model of Consciousness as a map/guide for the user and introduces exercises at the end of each chapter to break down the user's 'reality tunnel'. This book covers a wide range of topics related to manipulating consciousness and how the mind works, such as yoga, magick, philosophy, mind-altering drugs, sex, isolation tanks, brain washing, religion, quantum physics, etc.

Of course, quite a few years have passed since Wilson wrote the book and many of his predictions have not come true, whilst others have. I can also say I don't agree with some of his maps, but again Wilson states that these are his own and encourages users to drop their old reality tunnels, create new ones at will and learn from other people's ones. This is supposed to help the reader understand the concept of militant agnosticism, not just about God but about everything.

To sum it up - this is essential reading for every domesticated primate who owns a brain, for anyone who wants to make the most of their mind and for anyone who has ever wanted to find out who is the maker that makes the grass green... ;-)

Fnord.

Skat-E - Darker Side Of The Jungle

A short 26 minute mix I did this morning...dusting off my records again after a while.

Download: http://dnbshare.com/download/Skat-E_-_Darker_Side_of_Jungle_Dec_2010_Mix.mp3.html

Tracklist:
Mad Dog - My God
The Fugitive - Mind Games
Wishdokta & Emma C - Infinity
DJ Exodus & Head Pressure - Rude Boy Dem
DJ Scoobie - Wait 4 The Bass
Babylon Timewarp - Changing
Essence of Aura - Everybody

Let me know what you guys think! Peace.

Recycled Laptop!

Xubuntu 10.10 is now installed on an old laptop that belonged to my brother. I have kept 8.10 on my main desktop, since it is a nice & stable release and I have all of my music production software set up the way I want it on there.

I have been playing around with 10.10 and love it so far!

Ed Rush - Defect

I own this on 12"...pure gold dust. Anyone else prefer this to Mothership?

R.I.P Smokie...

Gone...but never forgotten.
:-(

Dj Dextrous & B.B.B. - Untitled

It doesn't feel like Halloween today...might have to watch The Bride of Frankenstein later to get me in the mood! :-)

Edge Of Darkness - Come Together (sign from space remix)

Too many distractions...

...still in the process of packing and moving into my girlfriend's house. Taking longer than I thought! Damn, I want a nice weekend to relax...always on my feet for some reason!

W.O.W!

"There was a declension of gnosis that proved to me in a moment that right here and now, one quanta away, there is raging a universe of active intelligence that is transhuman, hyperdimensional, and extremely alien." - Terence McKenna

You are what you eat...

"Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) literally stimulates neurons to death, causing brain damage to varying degrees."
- Russell Blaylock, M.D.
Board Certified Neurosurgeon
"Excitotoxins: The Taste that Kills"

Link: MSG Exposed

Silver Fox - Dreaded Beast

From the Dread by Dawn EP - very nasty.

Conky

Here is my .conkyrc file:

# set to yes if you want Conky to be forked in the background
background no

cpu_avg_samples 2
net_avg_samples 2

out_to_console no

# X font when Xft is disabled, you can pick one with program xfontsel
#font 7x12
#font 6x10
#font 7x13
#font 8x13
#font 7x12
#font *mintsmild.se*
#font -*-*-*-*-*-*-34-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
#font -artwiz-snap-normal-r-normal-*-*-100-*-*-p-*-iso8859-1

# Use Xft?
use_xft yes

# Xft font when Xft is enabled
xftfont Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:size=8

own_window_transparent no
#own_window_colour hotpink
# Text alpha when using Xft
xftalpha 0.8

on_bottom yes

# mail spool
mail_spool $MAIL

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 1
# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window yes
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,skip_taskbar
own_window_type override

# Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone)
double_buffer yes

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 260 5
maximum_width 260

# Draw shades?
draw_shades no

# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no

# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders no

# border margins
border_margin 4

# border width
border_width 1

# Default colors and also border colors
default_color white
default_shade_color white
default_outline_color white

# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
#alignment top_left
#minimum_size 10 10
gap_x 15
gap_y 70
alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right

# Gap between borders of screen and text

# Add spaces to keep things from moving about?  This only affects certain objects.
use_spacer no

# Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes

# set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase
uppercase no

# none, xmms, bmp, audacious, infopipe (default is none)
xmms_player bmp

# boinc (seti) dir
# seti_dir /opt/seti

# Possible variables to be used:
#
#      Variable         Arguments                  Description                
#  acpiacadapter                     ACPI ac adapter state.                   
#  acpifan                           ACPI fan state                           
#  acpitemp                          ACPI temperature.                        
#  adt746xcpu                        CPU temperature from therm_adt746x       
#  adt746xfan                        Fan speed from therm_adt746x             
#  battery           (num)           Remaining capasity in ACPI or APM        
#                                    battery. ACPI battery number can be      
#                                    given as argument (default is BAT0).     
#  buffers                           Amount of memory buffered                
#  cached                            Amount of memory cached                  
#  color             (color)         Change drawing color to color            
#  cpu                               CPU usage in percents                    
#  cpubar            (height)        Bar that shows CPU usage, height is      
#                                    bar's height in pixels                   
#  downspeed         net             Download speed in kilobytes              
#  downspeedf        net             Download speed in kilobytes with one     
#                                    decimal                                  
#  exec              shell command   Executes a shell command and displays    
#                                    the output in torsmo. warning: this      
#                                    takes a lot more resources than other    
#                                    variables. I'd recommend coding wanted   
#                                    behaviour in C and posting a patch :-).  
#  execi             interval, shell Same as exec but with specific interval. 
#                    command         Interval can't be less than              
#                                    update_interval in configuration.        
#  fs_bar            (height), (fs)  Bar that shows how much space is used on 
#                                    a file system. height is the height in   
#                                    pixels. fs is any file on that file      
#                                    system.                                  
#  fs_free           (fs)            Free space on a file system available    
#                                    for users.                               
#  fs_free_perc      (fs)            Free percentage of space on a file       
#                                    system available for users.              
#  fs_size           (fs)            File system size                         
#  fs_used           (fs)            File system used space                   
#  hr                (height)        Horizontal line, height is the height in 
#                                    pixels                                   
#  i2c               (dev), type, n  I2C sensor from sysfs (Linux 2.6). dev   
#                                    may be omitted if you have only one I2C  
#                                    device. type is either in (or vol)       
#                                    meaning voltage, fan meaning fan or temp 
#                                    meaning temperature. n is number of the  
#                                    sensor. See /sys/bus/i2c/devices/ on     
#                                    your local computer.                     
#  kernel                            Kernel version                           
#  loadavg           (1), (2), (3)   System load average, 1 is for past 1     
#                                    minute, 2 for past 5 minutes and 3 for   
#                                    past 15 minutes.                         
#  machine                           Machine, i686 for example                
#  mails                             Mail count in mail spool. You can use    
#                                    program like fetchmail to get mails from 
#                                    some server using your favourite         
#                                    protocol. See also new_mails.            
#  mem                               Amount of memory in use                  
#  membar            (height)        Bar that shows amount of memory in use   
#  memmax                            Total amount of memory                   
#  memperc                           Percentage of memory in use              
#  new_mails                         Unread mail count in mail spool.         
#  nodename                          Hostname                                 
#  outlinecolor      (color)         Change outline color                     
#  pre_exec          shell command   Executes a shell command one time before 
#                                    torsmo displays anything and puts output 
#                                    as text.                                 
#  processes                         Total processes (sleeping and running)   
#  running_processes                 Running processes (not sleeping),        
#                                    requires Linux 2.6                       
#  shadecolor        (color)         Change shading color                     
#  stippled_hr       (space),        Stippled (dashed) horizontal line        
#                    (height)        
#  swapbar           (height)        Bar that shows amount of swap in use     
#  swap                              Amount of swap in use                    
#  swapmax                           Total amount of swap                     
#  swapperc                          Percentage of swap in use                
#  sysname                           System name, Linux for example           
#  time              (format)        Local time, see man strftime to get more 
#                                    information about format                 
#  totaldown         net             Total download, overflows at 4 GB on     
#                                    Linux with 32-bit arch and there doesn't 
#                                    seem to be a way to know how many times  
#                                    it has already done that before torsmo   
#                                    has started.                             
#  totalup           net             Total upload, this one too, may overflow 
#  updates                           Number of updates (for debugging)        
#  upspeed           net             Upload speed in kilobytes                
#  upspeedf          net             Upload speed in kilobytes with one       
#                                    decimal                                  
#  uptime                            Uptime                                   
#  uptime_short                      Uptime in a shorter format               
#
#  seti_prog                         Seti@home current progress
#  seti_progbar      (height)        Seti@home current progress bar
#  seti_credit                       Seti@hoome total user credit


# variable is given either in format $variable or in ${variable}. Latter
# allows characters right after the variable and must be used in network
# stuff because of an argument
#${font Dungeon:style=Bold:pixelsize=10}I can change the font as well
#${font Verdana:size=10}as many times as I choose
#${font Perry:size=10}Including UTF-8,
# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen
#${font Grunge:size=12}${time %a  %b  %d}${alignr -25}${time %k:%M}

TEXT
${color #0077ff}$sysname $kernel $machine - $nodename 

${color #0077ff}Uptime:${color lightgrey} $uptime ${color #0077ff} Load:${color lightgrey} $loadavg

${color #0077ff}${execi 1000 cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep 'model name' | sed -e 's/model name.*: //'} ${color lightgrey}${freq_dyn}Mhz
${color #0077ff}Usage:${color #0077ff} ${color lightgrey}${cpu}% ${color #0077ff}${cpubar}
${color #0077ff}${cpugraph 000000 0077ff}
${color #0077ff}Proces:${color lightgrey} $processes  ${color #0077ff}Run:${color lightgrey} $running_processes ${color #0077ff}CPU:${color lightgrey} ${i2c temp 2}C${color lightgrey} ${color #0077ff}MB:${color lightgrey} ${i2c temp 1}C

${color #0077ff}RAM:${color lightgrey} $mem/$memmax - $memperc% ${alignr}${color #0077ff}${membar 5,110}
${color #0077ff}SWP:${color lightgrey} $swap/$swapmax - $swapperc% ${alignr}${color #0077ff}${swapbar 5,110}

${color #0077ff}HD IO: ${color lightgrey}${diskio} ${alignr}${color #0077ff}Temperature: ${color lightgrey}${execi 10 /home/admin/.bin/hddconky}C
${color #0077ff}${diskiograph 000000 0077ff}

${color #0077ff}Hard Disks:
${color #0077ff} Root ${color lightgrey}${fs_used /}/${fs_size /}${alignr}${color #0077ff}${fs_bar 5,120 /}
${color #0077ff} Home ${color lightgrey}${fs_used /home}/${fs_size /home}${alignr}${color #0077ff}${fs_bar 5,120 /home}
${color #0077ff} Data ${color lightgrey}${fs_used /media/data}/${fs_size /media/data}${alignr}${color #0077ff}${fs_bar 5,120 /media/data}

${color #0077ff}CPU Usage         PID     CPU%   MEM%
${color lightgrey} ${top name 1} ${top pid 1} ${top cpu 1} ${top mem 1}
${color #0077ff} ${top name 2} ${top pid 2} ${top cpu 2} ${top mem 2}
${color #0077ff} ${top name 3} ${top pid 3} ${top cpu 3} ${top mem 3}
${color #0077ff}Mem Usage
${color lightgrey} ${top_mem name 1} ${top_mem pid 1} ${top_mem cpu 1} ${top_mem mem 1}
${color #0077ff} ${top_mem name 2} ${top_mem pid 2} ${top_mem cpu 2} ${top_mem mem 2}
${color #0077ff} ${top_mem name 3} ${top_mem pid 3} ${top_mem cpu 3} ${top_mem mem 3}

Skool Of Hard Knocks - Autorince

Super sick amen butchery!!! I bought this off my good friend Jay a while back - and what a gem it is! Rugged enough to shake any dancehall... 5/5

Bollocks!

I had a nasty little accident last night - crushed my right testicle turning over in bed. Was in agony for hours 'til my brother got me some painkillers...woke up not that long ago and will be heading into A&E later. I thought I was going to die last night...you do not want to wish that pain even on your worst enemies! I can only hope that I haven't done any serious damage down there...

Can you smell an inside job?

___||| September 11th 1991 - George Bush Senior announces that we are moving into a 'New World Order'. September 11th 2001 - America blows up the World Trade Centre towers under the guise that it is a terrorist attack. Lots of fear & hate...Bush Junior wants a war like his Daddy. And he wants oil too. America becomes a police state. April 2009 - Obama & Brown announce a New World Order as part of 'a plan for global recovery and reform.' |||___

Smiley Miley

Bless! :-)

AI

'One of the science fiction fantasies that haunts the collective unconscious is expressed in the phrase "a world run by machines"; in the 1950s this was first articulated in the notion, "perhaps the future will be a terrible place where the world is run by machines." Well now, let's think about machines for a moment. They are extremely impartial, very predictable, not subject to moral suasion, value neutral, and very long lived in their functioning. Now let's think about what machines are made of, in the light of Sheldrake's morphogenetic field theory. Machines are made of metal, glass, gold, silicon, plastic; they are made of what the earth is made of. Now wouldn't it be strange if biology is a way for earth to alchemically transform itself into a self-reflecting thing. In which case then, what we're headed for inevitably, what we are in fact creating is a world run by machines. And once these machines are in place, they can be expected to manage our economies, languages, social aspirations, and so forth, in such a way that we stop killing each other, stop starving each other, stop destroying land, and so forth. Actually the fear of being ruled by machines is the male ego's fear of relinquishing control of the planet to the maternal matrix of Gaia.' - Terence McKenna

Book Review: The Great Beyond - Higher Dimensions, Parallel Universes and the Extraordinary Search for a Theory of Everything

What a wonderful read! Nice and easy to understand introduction to higher dimensional concepts. Gives a nice history on the subject, and it's thinkers - from Plato and Einstein through to Kaluza and Klein and beyond. From the ideas of Newton to the thoughts of Bohr, this is an epic journey through hyperspace! Quantum mechanics and string theory might be a lot for the casual reader to grasp, but hopefully this book will make some sense of the subject to the reader.

It has opened my mind to new ideas for sure! Grab a copy from Amazon and see you yourself!!!

Fantasy UFO - Reach Fantasy (Dark Fantasy Remix)

(Because someone finally had the balls to upload it! One of the darkest Jungle tunes ever made...)

Baby Miley

She has grown loads in the last couple of weeks!!!

Miley Paige Lindsell

Miley Paige Lindsell
Born - 25/06/2010 @ 4:02am 6 pounds & 6 ounces.

I am a proud dad! :-)

Aliens versus Predator MUD

Back in high school I used to pass my evenings (and school days, when I could) playing on various online MUD games, since they were a free form of entertainment, required low-bandwidth and were a hell of a lot of fun. I stuck with the Aliens versus Predator MUD, since I'm a big fan of both franchises and the crossover comics.

You can choose to be one of four species: alien, predator, marine or synthetic. Once you join, you should do some training, get some weapons, join a clan and pretty soon you won't have a life in the real world...on most days I am logged into AvP in one of my terminals, it's a nice way to pass away your lunch break or entertain yourself whilst you are burning off a DVD and haven't got enough memory to play some uber-fast FPS game.
Link: telnet://avpmud.com:4000

Book Review: A Princess of Mars

I have been reading a lot of science fiction recently, mainly books from the seventies/eighties era of the genre such as Philip K. Dick's Valis and William Gibson's Neuromancer which are in the more brainy/cyberpunk spectrum of things. With the announcement that Disney/Pixar are now in production of the live-action John Carter of Mars movie, I decided to check out Edgar Rice Burroughs' pulp classic myself, having heard so much about it over the years (and having heard it inspired my favourites Flash Gordon, Star Wars and Avatar).
This one is surely a classic! An American civil war veteran called John Carter wakes up on Mars, a planet no so barren as the Viking probes found it to be (hey, come on - this came out in 1912 when people thought there were canals on Mars!)
He meets the green Martians (known as Tharks), fights in epic battles, explores ancient cities and to top it all off wins the hand of a beautiful princess called Dejah Thoris. This is certainly more of a swashbuckling fantasy romance than hardcore science fiction, but hey it's supposed to be pulp fun - a nice and easy read, I had great fun with it and may yet check out the sequels. Let's just hope that the live action film does it justice on it's release in 2012!

Entheogenic Healing

Summary: A recipe for healing/clearing one's chakras. FOR THOSE IN A POSITIVE MIND-SET AND ENVIRONMENT!

Ingredients: Somewhere quiet and away from interference, lots of fresh fruit and veg, some relaxing music (LTJ Bukem does it for me), a natural & non-toxic entheogen (Psilocybin Mushrooms or Mescaline-containing Cactii for example) and some green tea for the come-down.

Preperation: Consume a raw vegan diet for a day or two before the trip, so as to detox your body from toxins. Sticking to raw fruit, vegetables, nuts & seeds. Abstain from sexual activity for a day or two before the trip helps too. Sex uses up a lot of energy! Abstain from drinking unpure tap water, as it contains Fluoride. Get a good night's sleep. Fasting continues all the way up until the trip.

The trip: I prefer tripping in the late afternoon/evening personally, though on occasion I like being outdoors in the sunshine. Ingest the plant/substance of choice on an empty stomach so as to help your body absorb the chemical ingredients. I recommend a high dose, 8-10 grams of Mexican Blues (mushrooms) or 30-50 grams of Peruvian Torch (cactii) do it for me. It's up to you though.
Put on some music, enough for a few hours' worth - I put a selection of mixes on my playlist.
You can sit back and relax...bean bags or beds are comfortable. Others prefer to sit up and meditate. Let go...think happy thoughts. Peak. Learn. Listen to/talk to entities if they are there.

Coming down: If all went to plan (a good trip) you can write down some notes so as to help recall your experience later. I like a nice cuppa of green tea around this time, and a light-bite to eat so as to settle my stomach. Your brain has been re-booted. Relax & chill...

Pop!

Well...someone had to take this cherry! :-)