[2503] in Central_America
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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
Sun Jun 17 01:20:35 1990
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 90 01:20:22 EDT
From: root@charon.MIT.EDU (Initializer.SysDaemon)
To: ca-mtg@bloom-beacon.mit.edu
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celine (Robert Fullmer):
The characteristic property of hallucinogens, to suspend the boundaries between
the experiencing self and the outer world in an ecstatic, emotional experience,
makes it posible with their help, and after suitable internal and external
perparation...to evoke a mystical experience according to plan, so to speak...
I see the true importance of LSD in the possibility of providing materail aid
to meditation aimed at the mystical experience of a deeper, comprehensive
reality. Such a use accords entirely with the essence and working character
of LSD as a sacred drug.
- Dr. Albert Hoffman, the discoverer of LSD
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eichin (Mark W. Eichin):
T H E P A S T
Dr. Everett Righteous, founder and leader of the MMM, (the Majority for Musical
Morality) became influential in American politics through the use of his own
cable T.V. network. He spoke about the evils of rock'n'roll music, and how its
permissive attitudes were responsible for the moral and economic decline of
America. He was charismatic, entertaining, and above all, he understood the
media. The MMM soon gained enough power to have rock'n'roll banned.
Robert Orin Charles Kilroy was a world famous rock'n'roll star. As this new law
was passed, Kilroy and his band were finishing a national tour. Their last
performance, at the Paradise theatre, would serve as the test case. On the
night of the concert, as Kilroy played to a packed house, the MMM marched in
and stormed the stage. When it was over, a MMM protester was dead... Kilroy was
convicted of murder and sent to a prison ship with other rock'n'roll misfits...
T H E P R E S E N T
... is a future where Japanese manufactured robots, designed to work cheaply
and endlessly, are the caretakers of society. "Mr. Robotos" are everywhere,
serving as manual labor in jobs that were once held by humans...
Dr. Righteous enforces his own morality by holding nightly rallies where crowds
hurl rock'n'roll records and electric guitars into huge bonfires... Jonathan
Chance, the rebel leader of an underground movement to bring back rock'n'roll,
has made Kilroy the symbol of his cause. Meanwhile, Kilroy has spent a number
of years in prison. With no hope of release, he is subjected to the humiliation
of mind control via the MMM cable network. In an attempt to contact Kilroy,
Jonathan jams the airwaves of the MMM network, replacing a mind control session
with outlawed footage of a Kilroy concert. Inspired by Jonathan's message,
Kilroy plots his escape. Late one night, he makes a daring attempt to free
himself by overpowering a Roboto guard. Disguised as a Roboto Kilroy moves
freely throughout the city leaving graffiti coded messages for Jonathan.
Jonathan discovers the "Rock Code" which leads him to the old Paradise Theatre,
now the site of Dr. Righteous' Museum of Rock Pathology. There he sees the last
Kilroy concert mechanically depicted by Kilroy look-alike robots as the violent
end of rock'n'roll... and there, he and Kilroy meet for the first time.
STYX - Kilroy Was Here (Original Story and Concept by Dennis DeYoung)
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paul (Paul Boutin):
I wanted to have Bryan Ferry's singing voice and James Woods' physique.
I seem to have the opposite.
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