Brown Bear Lodge #709
Okay, so I must have walked through some kind of microwave field or something (unless "THEY" are beaming signals directly at me from a spy sattelite, or something)... but in any case, my phone got "zapped" and I lost all of my phone numbers since my last backup (which was before I moved, a few months ago)... So, if you want to speak with me, the best way to insure that I have your number is to call me (and if you don't have my number, I think a simple google search will bring it up).
It may be a cliche by now, but I am still fond of the old adage that "just 'cause you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you"
...I think that i must have originally heard it attributed to W.S. Burroughs... in spirit, at least.
But I have always been willing to have a civil discussion with anyone, so I make myself easy to find. It's another one of those illustrations of my preference for openness, honesty, and responsibility. Yet, I must still respect other people's boundaries of freedom & privacy... And I have also noticed that keeping something private often makes it more desireable. So, I tend to agree with an adage that an old roommate posted on our front door: "invitations after inititations..."
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From a pronoid perspective, I wonder if perhaps A Scanner Darkly's "limited release" will only add to it's recognition as a superb cult film?
(btw, i will trade "doom" & "desertion" for "death" & "despair" ...promotional wristbands, of course)
So, I had been concerned that the general public might not comprehend the film adaptation any more than your average USA Today reader would understand the book; but after seeing the sneak preview last Wed. night @ the Arbor, I think that the general public will at least still laugh at all of the drug references and physical comedy. I thought people might have left the theatre in the first few minutes, so many of the audience were squirming while they watched Freck's "aphid" infestation, but they started to laugh!
Graham Reynolds has been getting some great press for his soundtrack, and i'm glad to hear it... that score certainly helped me feel like my brain was wetwired directly into the movie... all of the syncopation of on-screen action reflected through bizarre musical flavours was delightful!
I was glad to see that Evan Cagle finally got some serious recognition, as one of the lead animators for the film... as well as all of the other axcellent talent... and the artists even have a webpage for themselves, aptly titled, http://www.ascannerdarklyartists.com/
Turk Pipkin's interdimensional appearance in the film is quite amusing.
But the most unexpected appearance in the film was the posthumous dedication to Dr. Louis Mackey, who was quite an influential figure to myself, and many of my friends growing up in Austin.
After the AFS screening at the Paramount, I had a chance to speak with Jay "Father Geek" Knowles, and confirmed my perception that Richard Linklater had said something that was not exactly correct... I can't remember his exact words, but Rick mentioned something about how the US gov't had started referring to the "drug war" as such more recently than PKD had written "A Scanner Darkly." Hunter S. Thompson was unavailable for comment (or maybe he just doesn't like my Ouija board?), but you can imagine what he would have said? Actually, it was Richard "Tricky Dick" Nixon started the "war on drugs" ...with Methadone clinics, spraying Paraquat on Mexican Marijuana fields, lacing synthetic drugs with strychnine (Gary Hinman's death is a perfect example of how strychnine affected the black market relationship between The Straight Satans biker gang, Bobby Beausoleil & The Manson Family). Jay mentioned the heroin smuggling during the Vietnam war, and then we traced the history of hemp in the US from George Washington's crops, through the hemp smuggling that precipitated the War of 1812, to it's eventual vilification by the synthetic textile & pharmaceutical interests in the early 20th century, and it's current status caught in between states' legalization for medical use & the Feds' continual obstinance to what obviously would be a victimless crime (if there were no black market involved)... So, although the US seems to have always been embroiled in both sides of illicit drug trafficing, the situation has admittedly grown to even more obnoxious proportions in recent years.
Perhaps this is one of the many reasons why Alex Jones brief cameo in the film is so chilling...
It may be a cliche by now, but I am still fond of the old adage that "just 'cause you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you"
...I think that i must have originally heard it attributed to W.S. Burroughs... in spirit, at least.
But I have always been willing to have a civil discussion with anyone, so I make myself easy to find. It's another one of those illustrations of my preference for openness, honesty, and responsibility. Yet, I must still respect other people's boundaries of freedom & privacy... And I have also noticed that keeping something private often makes it more desireable. So, I tend to agree with an adage that an old roommate posted on our front door: "invitations after inititations..."
--
From a pronoid perspective, I wonder if perhaps A Scanner Darkly's "limited release" will only add to it's recognition as a superb cult film?
(btw, i will trade "doom" & "desertion" for "death" & "despair" ...promotional wristbands, of course)
So, I had been concerned that the general public might not comprehend the film adaptation any more than your average USA Today reader would understand the book; but after seeing the sneak preview last Wed. night @ the Arbor, I think that the general public will at least still laugh at all of the drug references and physical comedy. I thought people might have left the theatre in the first few minutes, so many of the audience were squirming while they watched Freck's "aphid" infestation, but they started to laugh!
Graham Reynolds has been getting some great press for his soundtrack, and i'm glad to hear it... that score certainly helped me feel like my brain was wetwired directly into the movie... all of the syncopation of on-screen action reflected through bizarre musical flavours was delightful!
I was glad to see that Evan Cagle finally got some serious recognition, as one of the lead animators for the film... as well as all of the other axcellent talent... and the artists even have a webpage for themselves, aptly titled, http://www.ascannerdarklyartists.com/
Turk Pipkin's interdimensional appearance in the film is quite amusing.
But the most unexpected appearance in the film was the posthumous dedication to Dr. Louis Mackey, who was quite an influential figure to myself, and many of my friends growing up in Austin.
After the AFS screening at the Paramount, I had a chance to speak with Jay "Father Geek" Knowles, and confirmed my perception that Richard Linklater had said something that was not exactly correct... I can't remember his exact words, but Rick mentioned something about how the US gov't had started referring to the "drug war" as such more recently than PKD had written "A Scanner Darkly." Hunter S. Thompson was unavailable for comment (or maybe he just doesn't like my Ouija board?), but you can imagine what he would have said? Actually, it was Richard "Tricky Dick" Nixon started the "war on drugs" ...with Methadone clinics, spraying Paraquat on Mexican Marijuana fields, lacing synthetic drugs with strychnine (Gary Hinman's death is a perfect example of how strychnine affected the black market relationship between The Straight Satans biker gang, Bobby Beausoleil & The Manson Family). Jay mentioned the heroin smuggling during the Vietnam war, and then we traced the history of hemp in the US from George Washington's crops, through the hemp smuggling that precipitated the War of 1812, to it's eventual vilification by the synthetic textile & pharmaceutical interests in the early 20th century, and it's current status caught in between states' legalization for medical use & the Feds' continual obstinance to what obviously would be a victimless crime (if there were no black market involved)... So, although the US seems to have always been embroiled in both sides of illicit drug trafficing, the situation has admittedly grown to even more obnoxious proportions in recent years.
Perhaps this is one of the many reasons why Alex Jones brief cameo in the film is so chilling...