This week is a full assortment of psychedelic ranting and raving and protruding textures of amorphous blobs and jugulars!
No really, this is not one for the kids, nor is any other episode of this show, which means to be mindful of where you listen to BLITA, things can get pretty hairy! Cody covers a lot of ground this week, as we do, and gives us a couple trip reports from Papa Dodo and Brother Vic who had some experiences with DMT. . .
"I want you to take the Frankenstein shit, the Deer shit, the Green Monster, the Bling and the Bling-Bling, and I want you to roll it all into one joint."
"No one's ever been brave enough to try that!"
"One man is. . .roll it!"
"I'll smoke it with you bro, we'll go to the Black Light in the Attic together, I don't give a fuck!"
Our buddy, Big Dave, has been friends with us since we started our show and it's about time we help him get the word out about his projects! Dave's got many talents and so here are some links to his new podcast and also his artwork for sale. . .
So check that out and do what you can to help support another member of this community and friend of the show!!! Remember, we're always interested in linking up members of this great community of people so if you have something to share with everyone, then let us help you promote it!!! Whether it's an audio contribution or some awesome web design, we'll do what we can to help out!
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The show notes obviously aren't done, but in the mean time, we do have a few high-quality stickers made up for our show, nothing too fancy but they are very well done actually. We want to put them into YOUR hands, so anyone reading this message while it is still posted, you can just email us with a mailing address and we'll send you out some stickers! We know not everyone has a place to put stickers, but no worries, you can put them on your neighbors house!!!*
Here is a photo showcasing the cool stickers. . .
*We don't actually encourage you putting anything on your neighbors house with out prior consent, so really, be smart, but it was fun to type that while baked!
WE START this week's show by discussing the ever-elusive topic of how exactly to go about finding the others! Playing a clip from the Psychedelic Salon where one of Lorenzo's listeners asks about this very topic, we then go on to give some of our thoughts on the matter as our show is a result of this most holy of Hidden Acts. . .
23 Go find the Others, boy! There you go!
Here's a few links to threads on the Psychedelic Salon forum dealing with this subject:
Afterwards we talk about the idea of installing rites of passage into our culture via ingestion of psychedelics. Imagine that! We actually talk about this for awhile and some interesting things were said, what are your thoughts? Psychedelic families are few and far between, but Cody and I both have experienced what they can be like and it SURE ISN'T what the ONDCP, the DEA, and Conservative Jerks would have you think it's like!!! Some of the best people I know live in a psychedelic family. . .so what you got on that, huh, Drug warriors(weiners)!?!?
Sweet. Another week gone by and another BLITA smashcast. Who would have thunk it?
Pic: BLITA Sticker Featured
I'm gonna switch things up a bit on here this week and change the format of the show notes. . .I think you'll like it. I'm also going to try to really beef up these notes and make this a blog worth looking/reading at even if you don't hear the show. This is a short-long-term goal as my life begins to settle into some semblance of a normal routine once again. Oy!
Here we go
Intro - Paul Stamets discussing his take on the importance of Psilocybin mushrooms. Paul is, to me at least, the leading expert on the world of mycology and his video presentations are mind blowing. I highly recommend intaking any information you can from this guy.
Evolution, baby! You know what? BM09 is gonna kick ass. We're working on plans to help kick that ass, and you know we're gonna do it right! We have plans in the making, and everyday we come closer to the realization of this project. There is a thread at our forum devoted to this idea which we are updating constantly, so be sure to check that out and see where we're at so far and if you can help us in any way then hit us up!
I read an email from our pal, Matt "Mateo" Pallamary. He answers my question about what his thoughts are on the relation of our body to the perception of other dimensions. . .and it's fascinating!!!
Throughout human history, as our species has faced the frightening, terrorizing fact that we do not know who we are, or where we are going in this ocean of chaos, it has been the authorities, the political, the religious, the educational authorities who attempted to comfort us by giving us order, rules, regulations, informing, forming in our minds their view of reality. To think for yourself you must question authority and learn how to put yourself in a state of vulnerable, open-mindedness; chaotic, confused, vulnerability to inform yourself.
Think for yourself. Question authority.
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Dreaming of that face again. It's bright and blue and shimmering. Grinning wide And comforting me with it's three warm and wild eyes.
On my back and tumbling Down that hole and back again Rising up And wiping the webs and the dew from my withered eye.
In... Out... In... Out... In... Out...
A child's rhyme stuck in my head. It said that life is but a dream. I've spent so many years in question to find I've known this all along.
"So good to see you. I've missed you so much. So glad it's over. I've missed you so much Came out to watch you play. Why are you running?"
Shroud-ing all the ground around me Is this holy crow above me. Black as holes within a memory And blue as our new second sun. I stick my hand into his shadow To pull the pieces from the sand. Which I attempt to reassemble To see just who I might have been. I do not recognize the vessel, But the eyes seem so familiar. Like phosphorescent desert buttons Singing one familiar song... "So good to see you. I've missed you so much. So glad it's over. I've missed you so much. Came out to watch you play. Why are you running away?"
Prying open my third eye.
So good to see you once again. I thought that you were hiding. And you thought that I had run away. Chasing the tail of dogma.
I opened my Eye, and there We were.
So good to see you once again I thought that you were hiding from me. And you thought that I had run away. Chasing a trail of smoke and reason.
Now, imagine this BLITA-Head on top of a large Attic in the desert, all lit up and even revolving!!!
Let us make this happen. . .
Okay, this week's show Cody and Sancho are back in the Attic! With Old Styles in stock and a nice cannabis buzz in the air, they start things off by discussing last week's awesome episode that was Cody's brain child. A must-listen if you're just tuning in.
The 2-zillion-year-old Hippie comes to us this week since we couldn't even fit our theme music in the last episode!!! He answers some more of your magnificent questions, which you can send to zillionhippie@gmail.com
Then it's on to discuss politics as this episode came out on Election Day here in America. Yeah for Democracy in a Constitutional Republic!!! Seriously though, change is here but it is not change in the White House, it's change in our communities, change in ourselves, change in the way we organize communicate strategize problem-solve and ultimately inform the entire country from the bottom up!
Change '08!
This is that American Citizen's Summit I mentioned that I think has the potential to change the face of the entire American political landscape. Just click the banner to read more about it.
So this week we layed out the beginnings of what is gonna be a rocking time at the one and only Burning Man 2009! A BLITA theme camp is in the works and we're gathering our plans as we speak. For now we're looking for a core group of people to invest a little and really get into this creative project. What we already have in mind is to do something grand, at least for our scale. Just imagine a big fucking attic top coming out of the playa, with a full soundsystem inside, dj's spinning, people dancing, guest speakers, maybe a panel discussion, craziness and comfort, didjeridoo's built into the construction, weird people, and even maybe a bag of chips.
Are you in? Even though right now we are looking for a core group of people to promise time and money into materializing this magickal formula, we'll also appreciate help from others who might just wanna come hang out and help with whatever other things we need help with at the event, and also even people with past BM experience to help advise our construction in some way- basically any help is welcome, although we are doing good so far!
It's gonna be a wild ride, are you in? Here's a link to the thread we started at the Grow Report laying out some more details of our plan and it'll be updated frequently(once a week or so) so check for updates! If you're not already a TGR member you'll have to sign in to join that particular part of the discussion, but it's no big deal, just use a fake name and email and Johnny Law wont rob your neighbor.
Setlist:
Okay, so this is usually where the setlist goes, but there isn't one this week! Let's just say that cleanliness is NOT godliness and so some things got tossed in the trash that shouldn't have been. . .
So sorry, if there are particular requests then just email us at findingtheothers@gmail.com and we'll set you up!
This week was a treat that Cody has been putting together for a little while now. Ever since hearing the McKenna talk given at a UFO symposium that aired on the Psychedelic Salon, and then the commentary that followed on the C-Realm podcast between Neil Kramer and KMO, which you can find Here(Pt. 1) & Here (Pt. 2), Cody has been inspired to make a sort of compilation of the more revelatory moments from the shows, although once he set out upon the task he realized that it would be next to impossible to delete anything from any of the shows, but somehow he persevered and the end product is here!
If you're looking for an episode that you just hit play and then kick back, this is it! It's full of enough interesting stuff to occupy even the most frenetic minds. . .do not operate heavy machinery while listening!!!
Track List: Italics are background songs, Bold are featured tunes.
Carbon Based Lifeforms – Central Planes
Carbon Based Lifeforms – Tensor
Atmosphere – Always coming home to you(instr)
Cloudcult – Alien Christ
Caspa – dubstep promotional mix
Cody – I couldn’t find a song
Daft Punk – The Primetime Of Your Life(live)
Daft Punk – Da Funk(live)
Carbon Based Lifeforms – Comsat
Deltron 3030 – 3030(instr.)
RMjoint – Captivated
The Flaming Lips – One million billionth of a millisecond
From an Attic, deep inside The Collective, we've come to lengthen your monkey spine and engage your Third Ear in cerebral activities that only the Ancients have known.
