One Little Victory

Music by Rush, Lyrics by Neil Peart




A certain measure of innocence
Willing to appear naive
A certain degree of imagination
A measure of make-believe

A certain degree of surrender
To the forces of light and heat
A shot of satisfaction
In a willingness to risk defeat

Celebrate the moment
As it turns into one more
Another chance at victory
Another chance to score

The measure of the moment
In a difference of degree
Just one little victory
A spirit breaking free
One little victory
The greatest act can be
One little victory

A certain measure of righteousness
A certain amount of force
A certain degree of determination
Daring on a different course

A certain amount of resistance
To the forces of the light and love
A certain measure of tolerance
A willingness to rise above

Episode 15.0 - To Live Is To Dream, and other lucid moments. . .

We are the counterculture. . .





A Message from Author, Matthew J. "Mateo" Pallamary:

Yo bros Sancho & Cody,


I’ve been authorized by the Southern California Writer’s Conference, San Diego, which will be President’s Day Weekend, February 13th – 16th, to offer a $50 discount off the Full Conference registration for Psychedelic Salon, C-Realm, and BLITA Listeners. All they have to do is inform the conference that they heard it from Mateo on the podcasts. I’ve had a few great people come to my workshops and writer’s conferences who came via the podcasts.






LUCID DREAMING

Are You Asleep?



This week we have listener, GhandiMan, on the show to discuss the Art of Dreaming. Lucid Dreaming is a technique that is not new to the human condition, but through the pioneering work of Dr. Stephen LaBerge of the Lucidity Institute, much scientific progress has been made to provide the public with information regarding the practice of knowing that you are in a dreaming state, and acting accordingly.



Ghandi has had much experience with the world of LD, and got his start after seeing the film, Waking Life, by Richard Linklater who also is the mind behind the film A Scanner Darkly, as well as the stoner classic, Dazed and Confused. Sancho had his first Lucid Dream the night after seeing this film. . .

Cody talks about having much experience with Lucid Dreaming himself, and his original inspiration came from the works of Carlos Castaneda. The main technique there being to look at one's hands obsessively in waking life, and to recognize when one is looking at them in the dream state.




REALITY CHECK

The key to effective Lucid Dreaming lies in two branches of technique- the MILD, and the WILD.

WILD- Wake Induced Lucid Dreaming

MILD- Mnemonic Induced Lucid Dreaming


Reality Checks are key to knowing exactly when you're dreaming or awake. So, that being the case, three RC's mentioned in the show are:

1). Right now, look at your hands. Just stare at them and concentrate on them. When dreaming, it will be difficult to maintain focus and your hands may even appear altered or even completely different. Make a habit of looking at your hands and asking THE question: "Am I Asleep?"

2). Right now, try and attempt to put one of your fingers through the palm of the opposite hand. If you CAN do this, then you are certainly in the dream world, or you just have a hole in your hand! Now, you can get used to doing this in your dreams, and so even if your finger goes through, if you're just plain bored of doing this tek then you still won't notice you're dreaming. . .

3). Right now, plug your nose and try to inhale through it. If you can't do this then you certainly are not dreaming, or are you? Awareness in these practices is key, which is why it is good to have more than one RC to work with just to be totally sure. Try this one again. . .are you still here?


LD4ALL.COM

Episode 14.5 Show Notes

So, here it is finally, Sancho's been itching to put out a show dealing with conspiracies and as the gods would have it that's exactly what he's gone and done!!!

Yes, no shit. For real, no doubt. You will be scared. You are scared. THEY are watching you, and you love it!!!






But first!


Here is the article of the Doug Rushkoff interview that I read from.

Getting Beyond Corporate Culture: An Interview with Douglas Rushkoff

By the way, I know that the vocals were a bit quieter than the music at times and I'm re-editing it right now and hopefully will have that up before you read this. . .I need new headphones! Got a good pair collecting dust? Email us!!!





2-zillion-year-old Hippie

Dare to ask, the magnificent questions.







Aeolus Kephas


What else can I say? This is an audio recorded interview stemming from one of those times in life when something falls in your lap at just the right time! After making up my mind to do a conspiracy show for you all, I discovered this guy talking about on his show many/few of the ideas I was going to bring to this episode. . .and he can say it better! I consider this episode a gem from my own personal equinox. What is presented here is a glimpse of a way of looking at the entire field of conspiracy research from an angle that is very crucial if one wishes to navigate these waters well, without having to get hung up on too much of the garbage. And there is a lot, oh yes, there is a lot.

This guy was great, very intelligent and easy to get a long with. I only wish all other interviews would go this well from start to finish! Audio touch-ups aside, I would really encourage anyone involved in the field of conspiracy research(or rather, parapolitical research to use a term AK brings with him) to listen to this episode a few times. Then I would encourage you to go and check out Aeolus's Stormy Weather Podcast. I'm not having you to believe that everything said is gold or that everything is right, but what I'm saying is that the entire viewpoint that this discussion comes out of is one that is almost necessary for parapolitical researchers and new agers alike. Just as our friend, Neil Kramer, does, he brings conspiracy to the table with a heaping dose of spiritual awareness and self-empowerment, truly cornerstones of any healthy diet!

I would especially invite one to further research and experience the notion of the Shadow, as that is a very key concept to be aware of in this day and age. The shit is piling up- Learn To Swim.

Mmmm, I can hear you clicking buttons now. . .


Stormy Weather Podcast

Click the image to be transported. . .




mu-SIC!!!

Jim Morrison and the Doors are the post-intro Invocation, encouraging us all to go fucking nuts and "break through". The fun little ditty played during my rap about Doug Rushkoff was from Phish's album, the Siket Disc. The drum 'n bass tracks I played in the background were from a Roni Size project called Breakbeat Era. The conspiracy-ish background songs were from Presage. The Pink Floyd cover of Sheep was play by Les Claypool's Flying Frog Brigade. Henry Rollins Band jammed out their illumination.

The clips I played were as follows:

Henry Kissinger mentions "new world order" for Obama.

CNN's John King mentions "new world order" for Obama.

Yuri Bezmenov(former KGB) discusses Soviet program for American brainwash.


This video above is something I would HIGHLY recommend watching, for anyone who lives in America or otherwise. While it's obvious that many of this man's predictions haven't come true, there are possible reasons for that, and beyond all of that it is his description of the brainwashing techniques used by the KGB that are relevant. By that I mean that what he's saying is something that you can understand personally if you're a victim of American Public Education. This guy is right on the money. Just as the Nazi's were a warmup and test run for perhaps something else even larger, I would submit that what teh KGB was up to in the 20th century is also a lesson in some elitist textbook. Bezmenov also brings with him a message of empowerment and expanded awareness, being very cut and dry about the fact that this is being done and all it takes is people getting off of their "fat bottom" to fight the push of this passive, almost invisible propaganda/social engineering/brainwash.

Word.


The Closing ceremony was a clip from Led Zeppelin's Achilles Last Stand, with a cap from Neil Kramer(taken from Episode #135 of the C-Realm podcast), and Duncan Campbell.

EMPOWER YOURSELF. LIVE FREELY. ENGAGE YOUR BELIEFS, CHANGE WHEN NECESSARY.

Episode 14.25 - Show Notes and Pics

YO YO YO


So, this is Cody. I have no idea WTF I'm doing. Sancho is our typical 'show notes' guy, and I felt bad making him do more than the usual. So, I'm attempting these by myself for the very first time.

Basically, in Ep. 14.25 you heard the conversation I had with listener Anthony, who was able to make it to OKC for the Flaming Lips show on NYE. What I'm going to do here is just supply you with some pics of the event, to maybe give you an idea of what it was like to be there.

CLICK ON THESE PICS TO SEE THE WHOLE THING

(highly reccomended)

This is a pic that my mom took from the stands.It was taken during the opening band or between bands. If you click the photo you can see where we (Anthony, Kacey, and I) were located during most of the show.

This is from where we were standing for most of the show. This was in-between bands. You can clearly see the UFO that The Flaming Lips lands in here. This is also before all of the confetti etc etc has started flying around. Later on in these photos you can see streamers and things that have got caught on the ufo that add to the whole atmosphere.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx128PgxmVA

The above link will bring you to a youtube vid of the UFO landing and the first song that The Lips sang. There is an option in the corner of the vid that lets you view it in high quality. It makes a huge difference.

This is during the show.

Wayne Coyne singing. (my hero)

The following pics are mostly from during the NYE "countdown" that they did. They did it at 11:30 so we could rush out into the streets of OKC and see the city's firworks.

Well, I could go on and on about this show, and show you guys more pics etc, but it wouldn't do it any more justice. I hope some of you get the opportunity to see this mayhem on your own.

So, best wishes to everyone in the new year. Thanks for listening to BLiTA.

Cody Out.

Episode 14.0 Show Notes

Hey everyone I'm still waiting for some stuff from Cody about the NYE Lips shows, pics and maybe some videos and such, so here's just some of the basics for this episode, more later tonight!



The first episode of the new year and it's super long and a day late, exactly what you would expect from BLITA so no lip!!! ;-)

For real though, we've got a lot of cool shit going on for this year and many of these aspects are coming together right now so it's taking a lot of free time! All good things require disproportionate wait times, usually, so no worries.

This episode is basically the first half being a discussion about Cody's time at the New Years Eve Flaming Lips show, and it sounds like it was a blast! Listener ynohtnA, who hangs out also in our chat room sometimes, actually met up with Cody there and between the two of them took enough drugs to make Willy Wonka blush!!! Fuckanay. . .





The SECOND half of the show is an interview with the major inspiration for us doing our own show, Lorenzo Hagerty of the Psychedelic Salon!!! It's a real honor and a treat to have him on, and it's especially fortunate that he's got plenty of experience at Burning Man which is why he decided to come out of near-seclusion and appear on our show! ;-)

If you guys haven't heard of Lorenzo before, or the Psychedelic Salon, I can't recommend it enough, it will change your mind/body state even without the aid of chemicals. . .no, really, it will. So many wonderful speakers, thought provoking presentations, mind-blowing ideas, and unquestionable integrity is what you'll get over at the Salon, it's one for the Ages.

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Lorenzo has been helping us to really refine our vision for Burning Man and cueing us in to what is more of the reality of the situation as compared to our own half-baked(I say fully baked, hehe) ideas and aspirations. He'll be coming back on the show every so often to update us with info and further discuss just what we're gonna do there, but so far it's sounding like a blast! So listen in on this episode especially if you're planning on going to the Burn this year, or if you're just interested in the festival and what goes on behind the scenes in preparing and planning for it!


We also would like to shout out to our buddy Opaquelens who has his own psychedelic podcast called Shamanic Freedom Radio. He's new to the medium but seems to be comfortable with putting himself out there and still having something to say. He's starting to get a few guests on his show and already has landed an interview with the one, Rupert Sheldrake! It was a very good interview actually and highly recommend that episode and the others as well. Opaquelens has his own history and enlightening background along the path, and his show seems to be a welcome addition to the psychedelic genre of podcasts!


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