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UP!The UPGRADEmag (or just the "UP") is a global edutainment round-up, ‘broadcast’ weekly to =[10,512]= Alternative// Activist// Zippy// Trance// New Age folks who’ve been recommended to the Parallel YOUniversity//Megatripolis Dance Dept as "showing signs of life". Since many recipients choose to forward it to their own lists, we estimate 29,000+ recipients. Further, because of its less 'specialist' content, it's increasingly being posted on a variety of sites worldwide, making a total weekly ‘readership’ of 275,000+ U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U UP P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P * * * * * * * * * * * * ASTRO ENERGY ANALYSIS july 17 - 23 * * * * * * * * * * FOCUS ON FUTURE SECURITY We now reach for partnership with others to help us feel more secure. Words and ideas are especially important. Visionary group work is favoured. Vesta says to hang on to your money, and focus on security and protection. See Maya’s Daily Success Guide at www.daykeeperjournal.come ** * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * * HUMAN BE-IN UPDATE: IN THE HUMAN TRANCE-IN The HUMAN BE-IN is proud to announce that ANTIWORLD/ PSYGATE, London’s largest regular purveyor of Hi Nrg, Psychedelic & Hard Trance, has agreed to assume responsibility for all aspects of the BE-IN’s second dance-floor. (The main floor is, of course, the Human Dance-Inn!) Watch out for later announcements of their “alternative future” DJ line-up. And do not, ON ANY ACCOUNT, fail to catch their Saturday 14th September extravaganza @ The Stratford Rex, 361-375 Stratford High Street, E15. www.antiworlddjs.co.uk UP! we’re all going on a summer holy day! (to the buddhafield festival actually) so this is a shorter UP! than usual. and next week’s UP! will be even shorter. stand up the boy at the back who cheered. and the time feels good for taking one’s eyes off the Main Game. the last great Dinosaur is in full Collapse mode as predicted and prayed for by all conscious men and women of good will for years, for centuries, virtually for millennia. finally an old way of being, long since obsolete, is dying, is preparing to leave the world stage (kicking all the way of course) to take its place on the fossil record. so let’s start with a conscious tale of summer. I Hate Japanese Summers! For years at this time of the year I kept having one and the same conversation with my mate. On a bright summer day he’d stretch himself luxuriously and sigh with great satisfaction: "It's hot! “How can you enjoy this?" I’d ask irritably, "It's suffocating me, it's so humid!" "Well", he’d answer, "It's summer!" Summer - the season I dreaded the most. It turns Tokyo into a real steam bath, you could hardly breathe, I hated it. The way my husband reacted was totally incomprehensible to me. I couldn't believe he could actually enjoy it. But a few days ago I decided that my perception was worth looking at and I did a little experiment with the summer's heat. I stopped resisting it. The result was interesting: the heat stopped bothering me so much, it was hot but I could just experience that without any negative judgment. Which opened my perception to many other things I found I actually liked about the summers here. The sunlight stopped being a source of heat only and turned into a source of brilliance instead: it enhanced the blueness of the sky and the whiteness of the low, puffy clouds. It was full of energy and life. The grass by the river, warmed by it,smelled sweetly. The soft breeze made the chime on my window sing with a cool, crisp sound. The colourful cotton kimonos worn by young girls made them look so pretty. Passing by an old house I could smell the familiar scent of a burning repellent incense and I thought "Ah, Japanese summer!" And the thought was a pleasant one, not my usual whining anymore. By letting go of just one negative agreement, that “I hate the heat”, I’d opened the door to so many enjoyable experiences. For days now I not only don't dread the summer, I actually feel like a kid with a present in its hands waiting to be opened. I know I’m free to enjoy the fireworks, the many festivals, and that there will be much more, other unexpected fun to come. Nothing dulls our tastes buds and prevents us from fully tasting life more than the negative agreements we hold. By saying "I hate this" we literally close ourselves to all positive aspects our hate object may have. This applies very much to our growth process too. Sometimes what we have to go through might be painful and unpleasant and we say "I hate it!" and try to repel it. Or we compare ourcircumstances with other people’s and feel resentful. What wecompletely fail to see is that what we hate is actually the perfect conditions life can offer us to work through our wounds, clean and heal them. Instead of seizing the opportunity, what could be a process of joy turns into a process of suffering. It’s well worth it to stalk all areas in our lifeon which we’ve stuck an "I hate" label. Much negative energy can be released, and much new enjoyment gained by that. We say we want to leave the dream of hell behind and create a new dream of heaven. What better way to start doing that than this?! UP! los angeles SAT JULY 20 with special guest FREAKY CHAKRA **LIVE** and Daniel Automat Records, Moontribe Trichome Experimental Liquor Museum, Loki Whump, Dream Theater, Jester Wyse Green Sector, Christopher Lee Team Hot Tub Lounge & SuperChill room, Full WHUMP Surround Sound, Full Lighting Envelope by TWILIGHT 209 S. Garey Street. 10pm - 4am. $15. UP! DOG SAVES DARTS TEAM ESSENTIAL ENERGY If you can believe the SUN newspaper, a border collie has taken up darts. Well, almost. Though Blue, a regular at the Boreatton Arms in Shropshire, has not yet mastered the technique of throwing them, he has been allowed to join a pub team after diligently jumping on a chair, removing the darts from the board with his teeth and dropping them at the feet of the next player. "We save energy by not having to fetch our darts from the board," explains his owner, builder Geoff Davies. The collie has also shown a flair for pool: "He once potted a red from 12 inches away by hitting the cue ball with his nose." UP! greece In an attempt to make Greece look 'good' for the Olympics, they’re systematically poisoning (or by other means killing) as many of their stray animals as they can. Poisoning in particular is a very cruel method, so if you’d like to find out more about this and maybe sign a petition against it, please visit the link below. http://www.petitiononline UP! and now a word from last week’s www.MatrixMasters.com THE NEW HUMAN BE-IN.
Make your plans today to join us in London for a high-tech extravaganza the likes of which you've never seen before.LONDON, SEPTEMBER 27, 2002 Michael Gosney, organizer of 14 annual Digital Be-In's of San Francisco fame has teamed up with legendary cultural provocateur Fraser Clark to produce the NEW HUMAN BE-IN. This is the 35th anniversary year of the original "Gathering of the Tribes" that was held in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park as a prelude to the Summer of Love. The UK event is to be held at London's Ocean Music Venue, a $35 million super-tech palace that boasts three dance floors, video screens everywhere, a whole training & education area which will be open during the event, and the capacity to host 2500 people. Watch our website for more news of what promises to be this year's seminal gathering to celebrate the wonders of human consciousness. UP! AND U THOT NOBODY WAS WATCHING U!? CATEGORIES OF RAVERS Pennsylvania Bureau of Narcotics Investigations, Club Drug Brief. CANDY KIDS - low-echelon rave-goers who use ODDs* and live for raves. These ravers are typically younger (13 to 18) Caucasian or Asian individuals. Candy kids are commonly from upper-middle class neighborhoods; however, those who come from broken homes or are homeless tend to distribute drugs (in addition to using the drugs) at the raves. Candy kids who are still in school tend to have poor attendance. They network at raves and on the Internet since they consider other candy kids their "family." *ODD=Other Dangerous Drugs CLUB KIDS - former candy kids who are considered midlevel distributors. They are typically between 18 and 25 years of age, attend college, are employed, and are often female. Club kids are the "house distributors" at raves, usually distributing only one type of drug. Club kids usually select five candy kids as distributors at raves to lessen the chance of being arrested, distributing between 1,000 and 5,000 pills weekly. The candy kids earn one or two pills for their sales. Club kids usually stash larger quantities of ODDs in their cars or in the parking lot outside the club or party. Club kids dress better than candy kids, often wearing silver jewellery and nicer dress shirts and pants. They are not as flamboyant as candy kids. THUGS - the wholesale distributors, usually Caucasian males between 30 and 40 years of age, who supply pills in quantities exceeding 10,000. They are often tied to ethnic-based criminal groups, commonly Italian and Russian. They are not users, but businessmen making a living. Thugs meet club kids at raves and offer discounted wholesale prices. The two distributors exchange pager or cell phone numbers and arrange meetings; the thug will meet the club kid halfway in a parking lot or the club kid will travel to the thug's home area. HIPPIES - may also be thugs - distribute large quantities of club drugs. Older hippies may belong to one of the "rainbow families," which are six or seven families traveling around the country selling drugs at concerts featuring hippie-type bands. Two types of hippies, "old heads" and "new heads," distribute drugs. OLD HEADS followed particular rock groups around the country and reside in Sacramento and San Francisco. They are producers who control the wholesale distribution of LSD in the country. NEW HEADS are younger kids, often runaways or fugitives, some of whom embrace Jamaica-style dress and language. They also follow bands similar to those followed by the old heads, consume all types of drugs, and can be violent. They often meet club kids and distribute drugs at raves, concerts, and hippie festivals. http://www.usdoj.gov/ndic/pubs/669/odd.htm UP! london WED 24 JULY Poetry/Song inc. Special 50th Birthday Celebrations for John 'Crow' Constable. October Gallery. Old Gloucester Street. 7.30pm. FREE UP! I WANT TO GET UP! Dear Fraser and co, I was up, until July 2nd, receiving your mag. But I haven't had a copy since, and I've just checked your web site and saw the July 9th edition. Not sure what's happened, but please put me back on your list. The UP! is one of the highlights of my week. With thanks Andy/macunlimited.net UP! Pledge of Allegiance I pledge allegiance to the Creator, our Ancestors and our Elders, and not these divided and racist snakes of america, nor to the flag of the democrat, or republican, or independent party for which it stands a capitalistic and war torn nation, not under God, but under white Supremacist rule totally divided along the line of the slave-owners and the enslaved with no liberty for all and no justice for all and as a result, THERE WILL BE NO PEACE and can't nuthin' be patriotic about me. massmuzik / usa UP! “Whereas I have received authentic information, that certain lawless and wicked persons of the Western Frontier... did lately invade, burn and destroy a town belonging to the Cherokee Nation.. and put to death several of that Nation: Such outrageous conduct not only violates the rights of humanity, but also endangers the public peace. I have therefore thought fit to issue this my proclamation, hereby exhorting all the citizens of the United States... to use their utmost endeavors to apprehend and bring these atrocious offenders to justice. And I do, moreover, offer a reward of Five Hundred Dollars for each and every one of the above named persons, who shall be so apprehended and brought to justice, and shall be provided to have assumed or exercised any command or authority among the perpetrators of the crime aforesaid." Proclamation of 12th December 1792, signed by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. UP! new york THURS JULY 18 As an afterparty for the Macworld Expo, Wired has put together this evening ofr computers, monitors, and digital creations at the gadget-loving Remote Lounge, featuring a lineup of laptop wizardry with DJs Lloop, QPE, Kudu, Akida, Xerobase of Soulive, Lance Busters, and DJ Singe of Soundlab fame. SquareSquare (who else?) will also be on hand doing their live, interactive video mixing. Remote Lounge, 327 Bowery, 212.228.0228) FREE UP! Atlantis: The Sequel by koslovvu The karmic relationship between Atlantis and America is striking. It may be helpful to use this relationship in order to better understand the workings of the present Empire as it strives toward total planetary control - and the 'divine-cosmic' events that will bring about its end. Many talk of revolution, awakening the masses, political takeover within the Empire, and many other means to reverse the course of the historical cycle. If we understand that there is a larger Life-Cycle involved within the historical process, as well as karmic influences from the 'past', the question of reversing course becomes futile, at best! Of course, it's easy to see the destruction, to welcome it as part of a cosmic necessity, and to stand in solidarity with anyone challenging the Empire. However, at the purely human, terrestrial level of things these actions, while necessary, are only part of the larger, cyclic-cosmic forces at work. They are ultimately bound to the Cycle. How will we react when Nemesis is illuminated by Sol, and the fragments of fire and ice begin to rain down on this planet? Will we cower and weep for the physical destruction and 'apparent' extinction of life, or will we be able to experience the end of this Cycle for what it really is within the upward 'and' downward movement of forms? Atlantis will be crowned again - this time with Fire. If nothing 'physical' can act as an 'ark' this time, what is it that will 'save' us? koslovvu UP! ________________________________ CRACKDOWN ON RAVES. LE FIGHTBACK GOOD NEWS! WHEN A GOVERNMENT IS FACED WITH A MOVEMENT AMONG THE PEOPLE THAT IT CANNOT STOP, THE SIGNS ARE ALWAYS CLEAR: THEY PASS MORE AND MORE CRACONIAN LAWS! (which they have neither the manpower nor the budgets to enforce). SUCH IS THE NEW RAVE LAW IN THE STATES. THIS BILL WILL PASS, NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. BUT WILL IT STOP RAVE CULTURE? FORGET IT! AMERICA IS NOW AT THE SAME POINT IN THE FRACTAL AS THE UK WAS WHEN IT PASSED THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILL AGAINST RAVES THE “REPETITIVE BEATS” ONE, REMEMBER? DID IT STOP RAVE CULTURE? NO. WHAT IT DID WAS DRIVE OUT A LOT OF THE BIG MONEY OPERATORS AND FORCE RAVE UNDERGROUND. IT RADICALISED AND POLITICISED IT. AND THAT’S WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN AMERICA. THE WAR ON RAVES FORGET TERRORISTS; LET'S FIGHT THE DANCERS You can dance if you want to - well, no, you can't! The government doesn't want you to dance. Actually, the government doesn't want you to take drugs, and it thinks that getting you to stop dancing - or buying plastic tubes of neon to wave in the air - will cut down on your drug intake. Nothing, and I mean nothing, should ever stop you from exercising your right to wave a glow stick. It's right there in the Constitution, sort of. Let's backtrack a bit. Last year, the Department of Justice sent out a painfully funny memo (www.usdoj.gov/ndic/pubs/656) to law enforcement bodies throughout the country about raves and "club drugs." Among other incorrect assumptions, the missive suggested that rave organizers were condoning drug usage by providing free water, allowing on-site testing of Ecstasy purity, and making party fliers that emphasize the letter "e," which we all know spells trouble (or at least helps spell it). But the least amusing part of the memo concerned a "methodology for the potential prosecution of rave promoters who [allow] open, unabated drug use." The bulletin explained how certain prosecutors were shutting down nightclubs by using a 1986 law designed to rid cities of crack houses. This statute says that any building manager with knowledge of drug use on the premises can be sent to prison for up to 20 years and/or fined $500,000. In other words, if one guy's doing Ecstasy at a rave, the organizer of the party can be held responsible. If this law had been in effect in the '60s, Bill Graham would've been up shit creek. In 2001, federal prosecutors used the "crack house" law to arrest the owners of two dance clubs - Club La Vela in Tallahassee and the State Palace Theater in New Orleans. Neither case stuck: In Tallahassee the jury returned a not guilty verdict in only 75 minutes, while in New Orleans the feds merely got a plea bargain, which stipulated that glow sticks, pacifiers, and face masks would be forbidden in the State Palace Theater. But the American Civil Liberties Union appealed the Louisiana case, and in February of this year, in what the ACLU called "a major victory" for free speech, U.S. District Judge G. Thomas Porteous ruled that "the government cannot ban inherently legal objects that are used in expressive communication because a few people use the same legal item to enhance the effects of an illegal substance." But don't lace up your dancing shoes just yet. Recently, federal lawmakers sneaked a little provision into the proposed bill HR 3782, the so-called "CLEAN-UP of Methamphetamines Act of 2002," that expresses similar ideas to the "crack house" statute. Section 416A, a one-paragraph addition to the bill, says that a promoter who handles "any rave, dance, music, or other entertainment event ... where the promoter knows or reasonably ought to know that a controlled substance will be used or distributed" can be fined or imprisoned for up to nine years. The wording is incredibly vague, not to mention ridiculous. As Turner Madden, general counsel for the International Association of Assembly Managers Inc., writes in a letter to the chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary, Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wisc.), "businesses are generally not liable for the criminal acts of third parties." To prove his point, he brings up a 1985 decision in which a judge ruled that a Los Angeles Dodgers fan who got mugged in the parking lot after a game couldn't hold the team financially responsible. Not to be outdone, the California Narcotic Officers' Association is sponsoring a statewide anti-rave bill, AB 1941. The legislation requires that promoters of raves - defined as all-night parties where "repetitive electronic music" is played - jump through extensive permit hoops, acknowledge in writing their sufficient knowledge of drugs (what, show off their bongs?), and promise cross-your-heart style not to condone violations of drug laws. Both the ACLU and the Center for Policy Reform have submitted letters opposing the bill, on the grounds that it is discriminatory, arbitrary, and draconian. Unfortunately, the California Assembly passed the measure by a vote of 79-0, so we may have to hope the courts will strike it down. Still, it couldn't hurt to send your state senators a letter saying how strongly you oppose the legislation. Maybe include a glow stick as well. www.emdef.org UP! SAFE’N SORTED In my recent stint of job-hunting I’ve been getting lots of e-mails from job boards and recruitment sites. I was reading this interesting job description, sounded challenging, exciting even, and then I found out at the foot of the ad it was for BAe Systems. Not being keen to work for a company that knowingly makes equipment which kills others I decided not to go any further. One thing that did stand out in my mind though was the way the marketers had spun the companies tag line to make it seem more "friendly" "BAE SYSTEMS, THE SYSTEMS COMPANY WORKING FOR A SAFER WORLD" So there you have it, you, me, and all our family and friends can sleep soundly in our beds now. Safe in the knowledge that such "brands" as the Nimrod, Harrier, Tornado and EuroFighter aircraft are keeping us “safe”. :) jimbo / Liverpool UP! There is apparently a TV ad against the Euro around in the UK. It was shown here - no comment was made, nor indeed was any needed. Everybody in Europe has probably seen it... I am frankly at a loss for words. Jerry - Brescia, Italy U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U U UP P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P the UP! //:-) la - la - la - lap-toppling da system! 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