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CALL UR SHAMAN:

9/13/2016

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AS YA KNOW, THESE DAYS NEW-AGE IS ALL THE RAGE. THE GROWING POPULARITY OF MEDITATION, APPRECIATION FOR TAROT CARDS + CRYSTALS (...SOO MANY CRYSTALS), AND SPIKES IN ALL THINGS "SPIRITUAL" SHOW US THAT THIS GENERATION IS CRAVING 1 THING ABOVE ALL: ATTAINING WELLNESS. THIS WEEK, THE NEW YORKER PUBLISHED A V. INTERESTING PIECE ON A MAGICAL LIL PSYCHO-THERAPEUTIC PLANT WE KNOW & LUV — AYAHUASCA. TO NO SURPRISE, DURING THIS SO CALLED "AGE OF KALE" THIS SHAMANS' SECRET HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY POPULAR (ALBEIT ILLEGAL) AMONG SOME UNSUSPECTING SUBSETS LIKE UH....SILICON VALLEY? AS ONE WHO (MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE) SAT IN A FEW AYAHUASCA CEREMONIES, WE CAN ATTEST THAT EACH TRIP IS (AS THEY SAY) LIKE 10 YEARS OF THERAPY. YOU PURGE (I.E. PUKE OUT UR DEMONS) TO DIVE DEEEEEP INTO THE DEPTHS OF YOUR DARK, TWISTED SOUL... SEEING, FEELING & COMING TO TERMS W/ THINGS YOUR PUNY LITTLE CONSCIOUS MIND COULD NEVER, EVER EVEN DREEEAM OF IRL. THE PLANT MEDICINE IS KNOWN TO SHINE LIGHT ON INTERNAL CONFLICTS THAT NEED TO BE SORTED, & HEAL U ON A VIBRATIONAL LEVEL THAT MODERN MEDICINE CAN'T TOUCH, #BLESSED! IN A TRUE SHIFTING OF THE PENDULUM VIBE, IT MAKES SENSE THAT THESE TECH-DRIVEN COMMUNITIES ARE DRAWN TO POST-RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES & RITUALS. EVEN GREASY TECH DUDES CRAVE SPIRITUAL CONNECTION & THEREFORE INDULGE IN ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS TO ADVANCE THEIR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL WELL BEING. READ THE ARTICLE BELOW TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THIS BEEEEEAUTIFUL ANCIENT MEDICINE THAT PUTS PROZAC TO SHAME. AND IF YA GOT THE GUTS, MAYBE JUST TRY IT OUT FOR URSELF <<<-- DOOO ITTTT, WE DARE U!

"THE DRUG OF CHOICE FOR THE AGE OF KALE"
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LICK IT UP, BABY:

9/12/2016

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WELL F*CK ME GENTLY WITH A CHAINSAW.... OUR FAVE BAD BETCHES ARE BACK - EH, WITH A BIT OF A TWISSST. ACCORDING TO THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER THIS WEEK, HEATHERS, THE 1988 (WINONA N' SLATER IN THEIR PRIIIIIIME!) CULT CLASSIC, HAS BEEN GREEN LIT FOR A TV SERIES ON TV LAND. THIS TIME AROUND, THE CATTY-ASS CLIQUE OF POPULAR PEEPS AIN'T EXACTLY AS VANILLA AS 1 MIGHT REMEMBER....AND DEF NOT AS SWEET....IT'S 2016 AND (PLOT TWIST!) "THE OUTCASTS" HAVE BECOME THE COOL KIDS. MOVE OVER, SHANNON DOHERTY, YOU'VE BEEN REPLACED BY A GAY MAN WHOSE REAL NAME IS "HEATH" (BIT OF A STRETCH, EH?). WE ALSO HAVE UR TOKEN BLACK LESBIAN HEATHER & OF COURSE A FATTY HEATHER IN THE MIX TO ROUND IT OUT (LITERALLY). LET'S HOPE THIS BLACK COMEDY LIVES UP TO ITS PREDECESSOR'S GENIUS COMEDIC DARKNESS, CAUSE THIS MEGABITCH HAS SOME BIG MARY JANES TO FILL! IN OTHER WEIRD TV NEWS, ZAYN MALICK IS DEVELOPING A "BOY BAND DRAMA" WITH THE CREATOR OF LAW AND ORDER, DICK WOLFE. DUNNNNNNN DUNNNNNNN! MIGHT BE HIGH TIME TO BLOW UP UR BOOB TUBES....WE GIVE UP NOW, TELEVISION. *WAVES WHITE FLAG*
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WHAT'S YOUR DAMAGE, HEATHER? // BOY BAND DRAMZ
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WHAT A TIME 2B ALIVE:

9/11/2016

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AS NOVEMBER RAPIDLY APPROACHES & AMERICAN'S ATTITUDES ERR EVERMORE ON THE SIDE OF...UM, DREADFUL...WE WELCOME THIS POLITICAL-PICK-ME-UP FROM ECONOMIST JOHAN NORBERG'S NEW BOOK, PROGRESS: 10 REASONS TO LOOK FORWARD 2 THE FUTURE. IN DEFIANCE OF DOOM-MONGERING POLITICIANS & THE ONSLAUGHT OF OPPRESSIVE MAINSTREAM MEDIA, NORBERG SHAMES POPULAR SENTIMENTS THAT "FROM TRUMP TO SYRIA, BOWIE TO BREXIT" (AS VICE PUTS IT) 2016...WELL, KINDA SUCKS. ON THE CONTRARY, NORBERG IS HERE TO TURN THOSE FROWNS UPSIDE DOWN USING COLD HARD STATS TO PROVE THAT THINGS ARE ACTUALLY LOOKIN' ALL THE WAY UPPP! ACCORDING TO DATA FROM THE UN, WORLD BANK, & WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (<----- BUT CAN WE EVEN BELIEVE THEM?!), WE'RE IN A PERIOD OF "UNPRECEDENTED PROGRESS"...YIPPIEEE!! SO WHY ARE AMERICANS SO PRONE TO ANXIETY, DEPRESSION & ANGER? 1.) OUR INCREASED ACCESS TO INFORMATION (YA, THAT ONE'S OBVVV) AND  2.) WE'VE DEVELOPED AN EVOLUTIONARY TENDENCY TO SCAN  THE-WOULD-BE-SCENIC HORIZON FOR THREATS....IF U PAY ATTN TO THE NEWS, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALLLLL UR GONNA HEAR ABOUT. WHY ALL THIS TALK TALK TALK  'BOUT TERRORISTS, WARMONGERS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROBZZZ, ETC W/O SHEDDING ANY LIGHT ON THE MAGNIFICENT MULTITUDE OF PROGRESS TOWARDS SOLUTIONS? WELL IF YA SNACK ON NORBERG'S FOOD FOR THOUGHT YOU'LL SEE THAT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A REFRESHING SHIFT IN PERSPECTIVE AWAITS! LET'S DO A LIL EXPERIMENT & COUNT OUR BLESSINGS INSTEAD OF OUR PROBS... AND SEE IF WE CAN BREAK THE CYCLE OF FEAR -> CONTROL IN POPULIST MEDIA AND POLITICS & THENNN SEE WHAT KINDA PROGRESS WE CAN MAKE... MMMK?

READ VICE'S INTERVIEW W/ NORBERG  //  ORDER PROGRESS
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ELECTRIC EARTH:

9/10/2016

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H8 TO BREAK IT 2 U, BUT YA MIGHT HAVE TO CANCEL THOSE "LOOSE" WKND PLANS U MADE VIA TEXT AND CARVE OUT SOME SPACE IN THAT iCAL TO GET YOUR CONTEMPORARY ART ON! SUPER HOT NEWSFLASH: LAST NIGHT MOCA (GEFFEN) UNVEILED ELECTRIC EARTH, AN IMMERSIVE, MULTI-SENSORY INSTALLATION BY THE MASTAAAAA OF MULTI-MEDIA, DOUG AITKEN. THIS IS GONNA BE ONE FOR THE BOOKS, Y'ALL. MR. AITKEN'S DENSELY COMPREHENSIVE BODY OF WORK HAS SPANNED ALL FORMS OF MEDIA, SCULPTURES, PHOTOGRAPHS, "HAPPENINGS", AND OF COURSE HIS MASSIVE VIDEO INSTALLATIONS, WHICH ARE SOMETIMES JUST TOO DAMN GIGANTIC 2 BE CONFINED INSIDE A STRUCTURE. THANKS 2 MOCA, THE MASSES WILL BE ABLE TO VIEW SOME OF AITKEN'S MOST IMPRESSIVE WORK AT THE GEFFEN STARTING THIS SAT, SEPT 10. SOOOO WHAT CAN U EXPECT, YOU ASK? AS A FELLOW ANGELENO, AITKEN HAS A FONDNESS FOR THE WEST, AND, YEAH A FEW CELEBS ARE THROWN IN EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE (EY, WE'LL TAKE SOME CHLOE SEVIGNY ANY CHANCE WE CAN GET), BUT THERE ARE ALSO SOME SENSORY TWISTS AND TURNS...FOR REAL....AS THIS EXHIBIT WAS DESIGNED TO BE A MIND MELTING LABYRINTH 4 U 2 WALK THROUGH. OH, AND THERE'S A GOT'DAMN "SONIC FOUNTAIN", WHERE A CHUNK OF THE GEFFEN'S CONCRETE FLOOR WAS REMOVED & REPLACED W/ A MYSTERIOUS WHITE LIQUID THAT RHYTHMICALLY DRIPS THROUGH THE CEILING AND BACK AROUND...WHAAA?... PLUS, A FULL RANGE OF HIS WORK FROM THE LAST 20 YEARS. SOOOO SEE U THERE! PSSSST... IF U GET THERE FIRST, WILL U LET US BUTT IN LINE, PRETTY PLEEEEASE? 

ELECTRIC EARTH PREVIEW //  MOCA EXHIBIT INFO 
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THIS WEEK WE

9/9/2016

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JUST DECOMPRESSED FROM BURNING MAAAAAAAN.....DON'T ASK US HOW IT WAS  + LOVED SEEING WHAT IT WAS LIKE IN THE 90'S (BEFORE IT BECAME A GIANT RAVE) + ARE LOVING WHAT WE ARE SEEING AT NYFW SO FAR, ESPECIALLY TOM FORD'S UNBELIEVABLE SEE NOW/ BUY NOW COLLECTION (ABOUT TIME!!!) + LEARNED THAT WHEN YUNG THUG WANTS TO STYLE YOU ON THE RUNWAY, U LET HIM + LOL'D OUR ASSES OFF AT THE ROAST OF ROB LOWE...OR WAS IT THE ROAST OF ANN COULTER? + CAN'T WAIT TO SEE PLANETARIUM, WHICH JUST DEBUTED AT VENICE FILM FEST, FEATURING OUR GIRL-CRUSH LILY-ROSE AND NATALIE PORTMAN AS PSYCHIC SISTERS.....YOWZA + HAVE BEEN DAYDREAMING OF A LITTLE SURF TOWN IN BALI THAT WE PLAN TO VISIT V. SOON + WILL *NEVER FORGET* THAT TIME THESE IDIOTS MADE THE DARKEST MATTRESS COMMERCIAL EVER MADE: A TWIN TOWERS SALE FOR 9/11?! WOWWWW + DISCOVERED THAT MIDDLE-AGE PEEPS ARE "PUFFIN' THE MAGIC DRAGON" (AS THEY SAY) MORE THAN THE TEENS THESE DAYS + ARE PRETTTTTTY STOKED FOR ELO AT THE BOWL TONIGHT (COMPLETE W/ FIREWORKS!) + WONDER IF KEITH RICHARDS WILL MAKE IT THRU THE 3 DAYS HE IS PROGRAMMING AT BBC4 RADIO -- YA GOT THIS, KEITH! +
FELL IN LOVE ALL OVER AGAIN WITH THE HIPPIES OF HIP HOP, DE LA SOUL + HAD OUR PIXIE DREAM GIRL GOALS FULFILLED W/ THE NEWS OF A PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK TV SERIES + KINDA WENT NUTS ON THRIVE MARKET + ARE GONNA TEST OUT THE RAMSOPHONE TO MAKE OUR VERY OWN SURVIVE ALBUM + LIKED MIU MIU'S SKATER GIRL SHORT + ORDERED AN ODD SAMPLING OF BOOKS INCLUDING 7 BRIEF LESSONS ON PHYSICS AND A HIP HOP FAMILY TREE+ SHED A TEAR (OR 2) LISTENING TO THE NEW HEART WRENCHING NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS ALBUM  + MISSED HIS DOC SCREENING LAST NIGHT (ANOTHER TEAR SHED) BUT WILL BE CHECKING THAT OUT V. SOON......BC HE IS OUR GOD! + WILL BE PICNIC'ING W/ CINEFAMILY ON SUNDAY WATCHING OUR FAV JULES ET JIM + READ UP ON OUR FAVE GIRL GANG WARPAINT AND ARE LOOOOOVING THAT NEW SH*T, GIRLS + ARE DOUBLING UP THIS WEEK ON QUANTUM HEALING HARMONIX AND CRYSTAL GEMSTONE BOWL SOUND BATHS AT THE DEN + ARE V. CONCERNED ABOUT FAST FASHION CREATING A GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS+ SUPPORT THE ASTEROID BEING NAMED AFTER FREDDIE MERCURY + PERUSED PITCHFORK'S LIST OF 200 BEST SONGS FROM THE 70S + WILL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS PSYCHEDELIC ANIMATED SHORT FILM FROM 1979 SET TO AUTOBAHN BY KRAFTWERK TO CHILLLLL OUT YOUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 
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