Detailed information about XXX-Day can be found on the World Wide Web at the XXX-Day Web site:Contact: The SubGenius Foundation, Inc. 1-888-669-2323
Fax: (216) 738-0150
jesus@subenius.com, stang@subgenius.com
UFO CULT INVITES PORN STARS TO END OF THE WORLD
DALLAS, Texas, April 25, 2000: The Church of the SubGenius has announced that the end of the world will take place on Sunday, July 2, 2000. In order to fulfill this doomsday prophecy, the Church is seeking adult entertainers and stars to participate in a bizarre religious ceremony taking place in upstate New York, during the final weekend before the arrival of the apocalypse.
Since its inception in 1953, Church founder J.R. "Bob" Dobbs has proclaimed that a fleet of flying saucers will arrive at the beginning of July to destroy the worldwide Conspiracy against the Church of the SubGenius, while all ordained SubGenius ministers will be rescued by escape vessels piloted by the Alien Sex Goddesses, also known as the Xists.
The Church is inviting all of its members worldwide to gather together for the final hours in Sherman, New York from June 28 to July 2, at a clothing-optional outdoor campground called Brushwood Folklore Center. The first gathering at this compound took place in 1996, and the event has increased in size and participants each following year. 1998 was designated the first true "X-Day," and 1999's gathering was called "XX-Day." This year's celebration in 2000 is XXX-Day.
The Church has been engaged in a massive recruitment campaign to increase the numbers of its membership before the arrival of the Xists. According to Church records, the organization currently has approximately 100,000 members worldwide. SubGenius recruitment has been especially dedicated among the ranks of people who refuse to conform to the norms of society, including disbelievers, blasphemers, pranksters, rebels, hackers, geeks, and outcasts.
The Church is seeking performers and producers from the adult entertainment industry in particular, because sexual freedom has been an important part of Church doctrine from the start. In addition, similarity exists between the logo of "XXX-Day" with the well-known "XXX" rating for adult-oriented and pornographic movies. XXX-Day will be a celebration of pornography and adult entertainment, and events taking place at the event will be limited to adults only. Only ordained ministers of the Church of the SubGenius are allowed at the event, but the Church is accepting memberships at its standard rate of $30 up until the final hours of July 1.
The Church stresses that no one is REQUIRED to perform at XXX-Day, including the professional entertainers invited to the event. All participants will be encouraged to take part on a voluntary basis, and no one is required to do anything. The event can be seen as a weekend of rest and relaxation for anyone who wants to travel to XXX-Day and observe the events; though audience participation is encouraged.
The Church of the SubGenius has been no stranger to controversy since its foundation, and the upcoming XXX-Day celebration promises to be no different. In the late 1980s, members of the Church were accused of spreading a virus in Macintosh computers known as the "Peace Virus." Numerous articles have been written on the Church in such noteworthy publications as the New York Times, the Washington Post, Wired Online, the Boston Globe, U.S. News and World Report, and stories on CNN and NPR. In April 1999, officials of the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts shut down an official SubGenius Devival gathering in the belief that the Church was affiliated with the Trenchcoat Mafia (the organization blamed for the Columbine high school shootings), though authorities later realized the association was mistaken.
Detailed information about XXX-Day can be found on the World Wide Web at the XXX-Day Web site:
The official home page of the Church of the SubGenius can be found at:
Photographers, entertainers, production companies, radio broadcasters, and all media producers are encouraged to contact the Church at its Dallas headquarters at 1-888-669-2323.
--illo by Friday Jones
First Online Church of "Bob"
http://www.modemac.com/