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Monthly Archives: January 2005

Disinformation vs Strange Attractor shows

Devised and performed by Disinformation and Strange Attractor, National Grid is a philosophical entertainment involving live mains electricity and antiquated electrical laboratory and medical equipment. It’s an intense son et lumiere spectacle in the tradition of Nikola Tesla, Michael Faraday …

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First Earth Battalion T Shirts

(image shows front and rear designs) Jon Ronson’s recent Channel 4 series Crazy Rulers of the World focused on a secret military unit called The First Earth Battalion. They believed they could become invisible, walk through walls and – perhaps …

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High seas adventure from Dave Walsh

And this just in from Dave “Blather” Walsh, without whom this blog wouldn’t exist, currently high seas adventuring on board the Greenpeace ship Esperanza… So, I told many of you last week that I was ‘going to France’ Well, I …

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J-ROD dissected

(image from UFO Watchdog). News from the Japanese UFO community… If anyone in the UK has this footage please do get in touch with us at Strange Attractor. —————— Dear friends, A J-ROD autopsy film has been released by Japanese …

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SELFS news: London esoteric talks & events

News from Southern Parts, via the marvel that is Mr Scott Wood. SELFS events are always interesting and come highly recommended, except perhaps the talk on the 14th March…

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from Tom Vater: The Moken's Return

This is an update on the tsunami appeal for the Moken sea gypsies of Thailand. For more info on their Tsunami survival, please visit the links below. 170 Moken have now returned to Ko Surin and are busy building a …

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Looking for MacLaren-Ross

This from Virginia Ironside, part of the crew responsible for ressurecting the reputation of Julian Maclaren Ross, the 1940s/50s writer and Soho gadfly. Coincidentally I’ve just been enjoying his memoirs, recently republished by the good folk at Black Spring Press …

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Mink Pelican's Return to Titan

18.01.05 Kosmische show on Resonance fm Pt 1: Titan Awakes * Nurse With Wound – Root Canal Splinter [Penetration Mix] (United Dairies) * Guapo – Black Oni #3 (Ipecac) * Circle – Tyolaisten Laulu (Klangblad) * Six Organs of Admittance …

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Sirhan Sirhan 'Manchurian Candidate' case to reopen?

Was Robert Kennedy killed by a real ‘Manchurian candidate’-style assassin? A new book claims to reveal evidence that the CIA, FBI and Aristotle Onassis hypnotised a Palestinian man into assassinating Robert Kennedy. John Hiscock reports It happened nearly 38 years …

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Titan electronica

As well as the exciting images gathered from Huygens’ descent to Titan, we also have these sound recordings. The first is a collage of sounds taken from the probe’s microphone as it hurtled through the moon’s cloud covering; the second …

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London, Saturday: Wyrd Walks

For any Londoners looking to explore city the city wyrd… From Steve Ash: “Sorry for short notice, but this might be of interest to your blog readers, Wyrd Walks (me) is doing another Fortean Walk this weekend: Saturday 4:30pm meeting …

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Cosmic Africa

A really interesting interview from the New Scientist, about knowledge of the night sky amongst traditional African tribes, including the Dogon. “Thebe Medupe grew up in a poor South African village near Mafikeng, about four hours north-west of Johannesburg. He …

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