Through Robotross, by the amazing and prolific ArtContext.org, one can assemble Bob Ross-style landscape clips from his signature palette of happy trees and mountains. The Robo-Ross even offers encouragement! Actually, the program might be an indictment of Ross’ mechanistic painting method and the illusion of support fostered by his program. You be the judge!

I love Woman’s Hour. BBC Radio 4’s program for women has run for almost 60 years and at times projects infuriatingly conservative class and gender roles, while at others offers an extensive, ecclectic body of knowledge that is forward-thinking and historically savvy.

The Crowley Thoth On-line Tarot Reader is the most beautifully illustrated way to burn through your afternoon this week. Aside from the metaphysical question of whether a computer-generated tarot reading is valid, it’s a good way to learn the deck. Of course, Grant Morrison’s King Mob character preferred readings from people who didn’t believe in […]

In lighter fare, cruising Radio4All.net this week turned up a George W. Bush speech mixed with a laugh track. Laugh along with me through the tears, won’t you?
Steve X. Craig - Bush Laugh Track 1.46MB mp3

Take a moment to download and enjoy this Terrence McKenna lecture from the essential Future-Hi Media Archive. Future-Hi presents an endearing picture of transhumanism through a cross-section of psychedelia, techno-shamanism and art history. This segment from McKenna’s “Rites Of Spring” workshop meditates on (among, many, many themes) mushroom-taking as an adaptive trait in our early […]

Enjoy this video from DMC.TV entitled “Relax Buddhism.” Enlightenment takes many forms. Sometimes it takes the form of a singing alligator (crocodile?) in Walker: Texas Ranger cosplay.

As the great Bob Marley sang, if you see the sheriff on the road, shoot him. But do not shoot the deputy.

Roses are right violets are wrong. Huh? That doesnt sound right. Roses and violets are natural phenomena. They are impervious to narrow categories made by the minds of man. Roses are never right, violets are never wrong, they just are. We can likely find ourselves in agreement about this, even though the same type of […]

I was chatting with a good friend who is creating a database that will store safety information for all chemicals. We got to talking about how this was an important issue because the FDA, the agency that would regularly monitor such things, can no longer be relied upon to oversee consumer health. Corporate interests have […]

By now most of are aware of the destructive force of consumerism. Its been well documented that mass production of unnecessary goods converts quickly to landfill and contributes additional toxicity to an already dangerously polluted planet. We know that the consumption demands of wealthy countries like our own perpetuate the mistreatment of the people of […]