Sam Keith's 'The Maxx'....Animated!

Back in the 90's comics were all the rage and one of the more edgy and imaginative was Sam Keith's 'The Maxx', a tale about a bum who thinks he's a hero locked in a battle against the serial rapist, Mr Gone. To complicate matters The Maxx often finds himself transitioning into his own alternate universe, 'Australia'. His only guiding light is the social worker, Julie. MTV produced an awesome animation that is pretty much 100% true to the original. Any video that begins with King Crimson's 'Satori in Tangier' has to be a winner! Only downside is that the guy who uploaded the video below had to flip it to get it up on youtube. A small price to pay!!

Create your own Fractal Art

Want to make some eye candy that looks like a divine eagle-winged cherub descending from on high to wreak vengeance upon all feeble sinners? Visuals that literally have infinite detail, limited only by the resolution of your computer screen and the inadequacies of your cheap bubble jet printer? fractalarts.com is an interesting site with plenty of images, tutorials and even software to start creating your own fractals!

Paul Laffoley is a Prophet

Paul Laffoley is a prophet. Paul Laffoley is on the Autism Spectrum. Paul Laffoley got kicked out of Harvard. Paul Laffoley has a mysterious intrathecal implant. Paul Laffoley worked on designing the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre. Paul Laffoley was fired from said design job for suggesting bridging both towers for safety, space & stability. Paul Laffoley is a visionary artist. Paul Laffoley has designed time machines, skyscrapers, extraterrestrial communication devices, living houses. Paul Laffoley has a blog. Paul Laffoley has a gallery. Paul Laffoley has a vision for the future: the Bauharoque. Paul Laffoley will blow your mind. Ladies & Gentlemen: Paul Laffoley.

Peter J. Carroll - The New Pope

Peter J. Carroll: too scientific for magick, too magickal for science. His works provide pragmatic strategies for stepping bravely into the void, still gaping due to the current non-union of Neuroscience and Psychology. The above book is probably our favourite piece of writing bar none. It is a manual for the layman to embark on the transcendence of his/her mundane existence and should be mandatory for all earthlings. Even rudimentary experimentation with some of the coursework therein is doubtless enough to shake up your life.

Since publishing this and other works, Carroll has gone on to focus on turning occult forces into 'rebel physics' formulas and many of his ideas can be found at his site, Specularium. Below is a lecture by the man himself.

The Art of AJ Fosik

Those of you familiar with Mastodon's latest album The Hunter will already be familiar with the amazing sculptures of AJ Fosik (although that album cover hardly does his works justice). For those not in the know, Fosik creates stunning psychedelic reliefs of god-like monsters. Check out his site and see him in action in Mastodon's Black Tongue video (below).

Analog Synths for All!

An analog hardware synthesizer for under $100!! Korg has unleashed the Monotron in 3 tasty flavours: Original, Duo, & Delay. These little beasts are ribbon-controlled, battery powered, and feature an internal speaker for synthesis on the go. Not that we are an expert on this sort of stuff, but they are also made with circuit benders in mind, for those electronics nuts that want to tinker with their equipment. These things are almost toy-like and will hopefully open the minds of the masses up to experimenting with music.

Adam Wallacavage's Octopus Chandeliers

Fancy Cthulu hanging from your ceiling, raining down illumination on you and your loved ones? Adam Wallacavage makes a range of these delightful cephalopod chandeliers (and even a Medusa design!) that doubtless will induce a cognitive dissonance on all whose eyes gaze upon them in dread...

The Films of Alejandro Jodorowsky

If you have never witnessed the films of Alejandro Jodorowsky before you would be well advised to rectify this shortcoming. Of particular importance are his acid western El Topo and his magnum opus, the enigmatic The Holy Mountain. As a leader of the 'Panic Movement', Jodorowsky's surrealist visions drip with sincere symbolism, absurd comedy, and deliver an electric shock to the bourgeois via his elevation of the profane. As the Alchemist says, "You are shit. You can change yourself into gold!"

That this man was stripped of the opportunity to make Dune (featuring Salvador Dali, the art of H R Giger, & the music of Pink Floyd, Magma, Henry Cow & Stockhausen) is, as they say, a crying shame.

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