The dog days of summer are here. [more inside]
posted by codacorolla on Jul 7, 2010 - 89 comments

The Religious Experience oof Philip K. Dick, as drawn by R. Crumb for Wierdo #17.
posted by mwhybark on Mar 8, 2008 - 27 comments

Sex, Drugs, Einstein, & Elves: Sushi, Psychedelics, Parallel Universes and the Quest for Transcendence (♫); Solving all the world’s problems with nanotechnology (♫); Tips on Defending Yourself Against the Coming Robot Rebellion (♫); Origins of the Homebrew Computer Club (♫); Philip K. Dick, the robot (♫); Found processes as conceptual art (♫); Hip: The History (♫); Poetry slams, feminist burlesque performance art and the war against the past (♫); Arthur! (♫); BoingBoing co-founder (♫); Evolution Control Committee (♫); Singularitarianism (♫); Burning Man (♫); UFOs, time travel, and making the technology of Star Trek a reality (♫); RE/Search Publications reprints J.G. Ballard (♫); Was 9/11 a Conspiracy? (♫); The last editor of the first great website (♫); Everybody Into The Pool (♫).

Podcasting with RU Sirius and The MondoGlobo Network. (video of the studio)
posted by airguitar on Feb 14, 2006 - 21 comments

The beautiful and complex culture of the Dogon tribe of Mali... they may have had advanced astronomical knowledge long before their European counterparts. Particularly, their tribe has had a long mystical association with Sirius, leading some to speculate that their ideas had phenomenal roots. Regardless of the mystery, the tribe is also well known for it's amazing masks and intricate art.
posted by moonbird on Oct 20, 2003 - 9 comments

THE SIRIUS PAPERS — "The first of a series of books the contents of which, over 450 items, were dictated directly to a group of mediums in answer to questions highly important to humanity, by what are termed 'Aliens', ...in fact, THEY are NOT 'Aliens' - THEY were HERE before WE were..!"
posted by sylloge on Mar 6, 2002 - 6 comments