Today the Hushabye, Untranslatable and SKL gang would like to officially announce that there will be no HELLHOUSE for 2010. HELLHOUSE is intended to be a full-scale, Dionysian orgy of techno, S+M and virgin sacrifices. It will return when we can guarantee the effort required to insure that by 2AM you’re making the kind of regrets that will keep you out of politics forever.

Robert Rich
LIVE in Concert
Sunday, May 23, 2010
at the Rauch Planetarium, Gheens Science Center
University of Louisville
Doors open at 8:00PM

EVENT DETAILS:
Doors open at 8:00PM
Show starts promptly at 9:00PM

Tickets: $15.00

To purchase a seat in advance, please PayPal $16.00 to jason@krack.org. That’s $15+1 for the PayPal fees. I will respond within 24 hours with your confirmation of a seat, and your name will be on a list at the door. If you would prefer to pay directly by credit card instead of PayPal, email me your information and I will send you an invoice that you can pay directly online.

FOLLOW ROBERT’S TOUR BLOG AT http://robertrich.com!

If anyone is interested in a giclee print of the tour poster, please let me know and I will have some printed for the evening.

Robert Rich
LIVE in Concert
Sunday, May 23, 2010
at the Rauch Planetarium, Gheens Science Center
University of Louisville
Doors open at 8:00PM
More info to be posted soon!

Originally published December 1995

NC-17 This comic contains nudity, cartoon sex, and historical factoids which might be considered blasphemous to certain religions. If such things disturb you, you probably shouldn’t read this.

for Julie
December 15, 1995

All credit to Patrick Farley and the wonderful E-Sheep.com (RIP)

Here it is folks, the best DJ set of the year, posted in most of it’s glory. Turns out we missed the first 12 minutes or so. It’s amazing nonetheless, and necessary listening, whether you were there or not.

Here’s the link. You can right-click » “Save file as…” to save it down to your hard drive.

Woody McBride DJ Set at HELLHOUSE V (140MB mp3)

http://www.louevildead.com/
This will be an official afterparty for the Halloween night EVIL DEAD THE MUSICAL. Anyone with a ticket stub from the performances of Oct 29-31 will be able to enter the event for $5, with or without costume. Cast and crew will be able to get in for free (if you’re on the list, that is).
Spread the word!

These will be sent off to the printer tomorrow, and hopefully the front will be screenprinted on 18×24 paper before the event. Spread the word!

Wikipedia entry

Robert Anton Wilson was the man who introduced me to so many ideas and concepts that have driven my life, and made it so much richer and more interesting. He had the mind of a philosopher and the wit of a prankster. He came from the same school of philosophy and psychology as Timothy Leary and Ram Dass, but they were much less psychedelic and hippy-tastic. To me, they were useful ways of thinking and perceiving the world.

One of the most useful concepts, I’m not sure if Wilson came up with it, but he sure did stress it, was “the map is not the territory”. The external world we all see around us is but a map of reality that our brain pieces together. People get lost into thinking that this map is the world, and not just our perception of it. It creates such insanity as evangelical Christianity, racism, and other such nonsense.

Another concept of Wilson’s was a modification to the English language that he called “E-Prime”. This was to entirely get rid of words such as “IS”, and replace them with the more appropriate “SEEMS TO BE”, because the map is always changing, as we explore new territory. Nothing “is”. It’s all our perception, and our minds should be supple and open to new ideas always.

I shouldn’t even have to mention his magnum opus, “The Illuminatus Trilogy”. If you haven’t read this masterpiece, you should go out and purchase it today. Don’t surf the interweb until you’re finished and can write me a 100 page summary of the concepts in the book. After this, don’t stop. Go get “Cosmic Trigger” (1 and 2), Quantum Psychology, Wilhelm Reich in Hell, and Sex and Drugs: A Journey Beyond Limits.

Wilson was always open to the possibility that his ideas could be wrong, or be modified if the need arose. His books were filled with conspiracy theory, aliens, and supernatural phenomena, and were so much fun to read. His books introduced me to Sufism, Rumi, Gurdjieff, Antero Alli, Aleister Crowley, cognitive dissonance and a host of other ideas, writers, poets, and philosphers that changed my life for the better.

R.I.P. Bob Wilson, and thank you for blessing the world with your ideas.

Take a look inside the brains of mice on drugs.

Mouse Party

The simplified mechanisms of drug action presented here are just a small part of the story. When drugs enter the body they elicit very complex effects in many different regions of the brain. Often they interact with many different types of neurotransmitters and may bind with a variety of receptor types in a variety of different locations. For example, THC in marijuana can bind with cannabinoid receptors located on the presynaptic and/or postsynaptic cell in a synapse.

Where applicable, this presentation primarily depicts how drugs interact with dopamine neurotransmitters because this website focuses on the brain’s reward pathway. Mouse Party is designed to provide a small glimpse into the chemical interactions at the synaptic level that cause the drug user to feel ‘high’.