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Kev

I.G. - Integral Gangsta

About Me

I'm currently in the process of getting my Masters in Consciousness Studies and Dream Studies, which is not as flakey as it sounds. If all goes well, I'll be progressing onto PhD work, and then (I hope) studying Sufi Dream work in Morocco.Anything else you want to know, by all means, ask...

My Interests

Consciousness, Dreams, Death, Sustainability, Sufism, Horror Fiction, Steampunk

I'd like to meet:

God. I have a few questions.

Music:

Coil, Dead Can Dance, Current 93, Nurse With Wound, Tom Waits, Einstuerzende Neubauten, Throbbing Gristle, Lounge, Exotica, Thrift-Store Records, Library Music, Film Scores, Sigur Ros, In Gowan Ring, Nora Keyes, Xenis Emputae Travelling Band, more to be added later...

Movies:

anything by David Lynch, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Maya Deren, Hayao Miyazaki, or involving giant monsters attacking Japan. Kung fu movies are a good thing, too.

Television:

Lost, Battlestar Galactica, and many many dvds.

Books:

How about authors, instead? -Jack Ketchum, Henry Miller, William S. Burroughs, F. Paul Wilson, H.P. Lovecraft, Stanislaw Lem, Frank Herbert, China Mieville, Neil Gaiman, Robert Anton Wilson, Brion Gysin, Philip Pullman, Edward Gorey, Jane Roberts, Philip K. Dick, J.R.R. Tolkien, Brian Lumley, Herman Melville, Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, Rumi, Hafiz, Ibn 'Arabi, Al-Ghazali, Suhrawardi

Heroes:

William James, Eddie Jessup, Bob Marley, John Lennon, William S. Burroughs, Henry Miller. This may all change at any given time.

My Blog

Meditations on the Decline of Mystery in Pizza Consumption in Western Civilization

I ordered a pizza for dinner the other night.No big deal.  We all do it. Oftentimes, more than we should.  Grab the menu left on your doorknob, decide what you want, make a phone call, and i...
Posted by Kev on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 06:37:00 PST

The calls are coming from INSIDE THE HOUSE

So, last night, something weird happened.  My cellphone went off.  I looked at it to see who was calling.Caller ID said it was my own number calling.My phone sat there vibrating...beckoning...
Posted by Kev on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:28:00 PST

night sounds

Daily Kos, of all places has made me nostalgic this evening.  Markos talks about his childhood, and hearing whippoorwills in the evenings.  It has made me realize that I can't remember the l...
Posted by Kev on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 11:45:00 PST

wokka wokka wokka wokka

Ever wonder what Pac-Man's skull looks like?wonder no more creeeepy....
Posted by Kev on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:22:00 PST

Rush *cough*

Occasionally, at the library, we compile a huge mound of books that are being discarded and/or have been donated to us (that we can't use), and put them on a sale shelf. After they've been there for a...
Posted by Kev on Sat, 19 May 2007 02:00:00 PST

the end of the world

The sky was looking rather ominous tonight on my way home.  Just happened to have a camera with me, too!...
Posted by Kev on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 07:09:00 PST

*random post*

In 4 days, it will be John Lennon's birthday.This date has stuck in my head for the last 20 years.You have no idea how much it pains me that I can say that.That's when I learned his birthday was on Oc...
Posted by Kev on Fri, 06 Oct 2006 11:13:00 PST

No Such Agency

Dear National Security Agency (NSA),you're wasting your time - there's nothing of interest hereSeriously.  Some of my neighbors when I was growing up used to work for you.I used to work right dow...
Posted by Kev on Sat, 10 Jun 2006 08:28:00 PST

trippy insects with Ronnie James Dio on vocals!

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Posted by Kev on Mon, 22 May 2006 11:06:00 PST

3-D Pong

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Posted by Kev on Fri, 21 Apr 2006 10:38:00 PST