Mailbox Full of Slack, and Maybe Logic DVD First Impressions

From: subspecies23@aol.comyourmom (SubSpecies23)
Date: Tue, Aug 19, 2003

Upon getting home from work about an hour ago, after a long, tiresome night, I
discovered I had a mailbox full of slack.

First off, my copy of John Shirley's "Black Hole of Carcosa" arrived. This
was at the same time very exciting, and slightly disappointing. The only
reason I am disappointed is because the book isn't in as good of shape as I had
hoped. I bought a used copy being sold through Amazon.com by some small
company known as Pandora's Books. There were about ten used copies for sale by
various companies/people, some for as low as 86 cents, some as much as 10
dollars. I bought one that was six dollars, and was described as being in
"very good" shape. It's not in that bad of shape, but it's more like "good,"
not "very good." There is a small tear in the cover, no pieces missing though,
just a tear, and someone's name is wrote in the cover, and it has been stamped
a couple of times by "Book Mart. 653 - 10th Brandon." Still, it's not in too
bad of shape. I can't wait to read it.

Even better, though, is that my copy of the DVD of Robert Anton Wilson's
"Maybe Logic" also came in. I haven't watched it yet, but just the case is
amazing. Since it's a two disc set, the case is one of those one's that fold
out a couple of times, and it's held closed with a black, heavy-duty
rubber-band with "Maybe Logic" printed on it. The case one the outside is
black, with some kind of city street map faintly printed on it. The map is
backwards, but several words are printed large and turned the right way, these
are "Santa Cruz", "Twin Lakes State Beach", and "Capitola," and then there's a
big eye-in-the-pyramid on the top center of the box, above the title. The
inside of the case has pictures of various letters and documents, such as
letters from Timothy Leary. The movie also came with a high quality business
card, which is adorned with a couple of fancy symbols and states "The bearer of
this card is a genuine and authorized TSAR. Like what you want, enjoy what you
enjoy, and don't take crap from anybody. Genuine and authorized by the House
of Apostles of Eris. Every man and woman is a tsar. Reproduce and distribute
this card freely -- Maybe Logic Head Temple, Republic of California."

So, this was a great ending to an otherwise bad day. I'm going to be busy for
the next few days, but busy with SLACK.

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EVERY SQUARE FUCKDORK WITH A PIPE... *IS NOT "BOB"* -- Ivan Stang

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From: dj_shaver@yahoo.com (Dj_Shaver)

subspecies23@aol.comyourmom (SubSpecies23) wrote >
>Even better, though, is that my copy of the DVD of Robert Anton Wilson's
> "Maybe Logic" also came in. I haven't watched it yet, but just the case is
> amazing.

I just got and watched most of this yesterday as well. I am a long
time RAW
fan and I did actually get to meet him once ...( he hosted a seminar
at this "new age" "school" in Watertown MA called "Interface" back in
'90.)....and this doucmentary of his life and ideas does not
dissapoint!

It is an assemblage of many film and video clips from several
different years to the present day Bob Wilson who now looks very old
and frail. It does cover alot of ground for a 80min. docu. and of
course most SUB-G's will appreciate
Stang's contributions to the piece!

Actually...I do kinda think that all the material on the 2 dvd's could
have fit on to 1 disc....but that is a minor quibble.

If you dig "BOB" ...check it out.

SHVR

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From: "Rev. Ivan Stang" <stang@subgenius.com>

I got my free copy the other day and promptly lost the nifty printed
rubber ribbon which held it closed -- when I yanked the box open, the
ribbon flew way across the room and possibly right out the window. I've
been busy with other stuff and haven't seen any of the DVD. I am kind
of dreading it, though. I ended up having to film the interviews with
me, myself. That is, they wanted me to come to California for them to
film me, but I couldn't, and they had no extra $, so I ended up setting
up a camera and tripod in my sunny stairwell, pointing it at myself,
and yabbering away. There was nobody else around and after I did it,
looking back at the footage, I discovered that I was having a Bad Hair
Day. I had brushed my hair and tried to get rid of this sproingy curl
that kept coming out from behind my ear like a horn, but as soon as the
camera was started it must've leapt back out.

Because I had to wait for a borrowed camera to become available, I
didn't get the interview to them until late, and they said they used
that material as "bonus tracks" on the DVD.

Much earlier, I had mailed them a lot of footage of RAW that I had shot
at various events where I "opened" for him, and I think they used that.
He was on Hour of Slack a couple of times in the studio, in the 80s,
but I was unable to locate most of the footage of that. I think we shot
it on Betamax.

He spoke at Winterstar a couple of years ago. He was in a wheelchair
most of the time, but even with the polio and all, he was sharper than
his audience. He was on a Hannibal Lecter, kick and was disappointed
that nobody in the nice pagan audience had read the novel "Hannibal" --
except me. FIGURES, HUH. Pater Nostril spent more time with him than I
did, as Pater was the guy hired to push him around in his chair during
the weekend.

You know, Pope Bob spent several years caring for his seriously ill
wife Arlen, who died only a couple or three years ago. If you consider
everything that guy's been through, from childhood polio (that
rebounded) to losing a 12 year old daughter to senseless street
violence, he's actually in GREAT shape. He's still keeping the lasagna
flying, that's for sure. His continued good humor and non-bitterness is
inspirational to me, and that's no shit.

--
4th Stangian Orthodox MegaFisTemple Lodge of the Wrath of Dobbs Yeti,
Resurrected (Rev. Ivan Stang, prop.)
PRABOB

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From: joecosby@mindspring.com (Joe Cosby)

"Rev. Ivan Stang" <stang@subgenius.com> wrote:
> looking back at the footage, I discovered that I was having a Bad Hair
> Day. I had brushed my hair and tried to get rid of this sproingy curl
> that kept coming out from behind my ear like a horn, but as soon as the
> camera was started it must've leapt back out.

You're a SUBGENIUS! You don't have to suffer bad hair days, because
you can REWRITE IT ALL.

Yes, spending a year in a coma is the same as it DIDN'T HAPPEN AT ALL.
I mean, I learned that from YOU guys, don't take that away from me
now.

Indeed, I hereby invoke my subgenius powers to cancel the whole of the
18th century due to bad hair.

wait, waht did I just say?

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From: hellpopehuey@subgenius.com (HellPopeHuey)

joecosby@mindspring.com (Joe Cosby) wrote:
> Indeed, I hereby invoke my subgenius powers to cancel the whole of the
> 18th century due to bad hair.

I hereby invoke my SubGenius powers to make my fucking damned HAIR
come back.

Nothing. Oh wait, its all on my BACK. Well, if "Bob" ever really gave
me a straight deal, I'd expect to wake up with MARS in the back of my
pants. Goddamnit, ONE MORE THING and I'm gonna go all JANOR.

HellPope Huey, hellpopehuey@subgenius.com
Do I look inflamed to you?

"Only 15 miles to 'Bob's' House of Feces."
- "Family Guy"

"So much perfume,
people may ask 'Are you a Turkish prostitute?'"
- "The Daily Show"

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