Thursday, December 09, 2004

Julian Cope
Today in the post I received two of Julian Cope's rare, mail-order only albums: DROOLIAN (1990) and SKELLINGTON (1989). Isn't Ebay wonderful? The cool part is, I won the auction for Droolian but lost the Skellington one, and the seller went ahead and burned me a copy of Skellington for free! The whole lot cost me $35 so maybe "free" isn't the best word, but he charged me no extra. This is contrasted with the scam artist last month who tried to ensnare me in a Western Union scam to "buy" a plasma TV. They wanted to use a dodgy outfit called "SquareTrade" which it turns out is totally bogus. The idea is that the mark, me, would wire $1500 to "a SquareTrade agent" and the agent would hold the funds until I was happy with my TV. For sheez. If it sounds too good to be true - IT IS. Meanwhile, I'm getting to hear St. Julian in all his home studio nuttiness, including that forgotten gem, "Out Of My Mind On Dope And Speed."

The Culture Bunker is named after a song from Cope's earlier band The Teardrop Explodes, btw.

Monday, December 06, 2004

MUFON OC

MUTUAL UFO NETWORK

MUFON ORANGE COUNTY
Presents
BUDD HOPKINS
GENETICALLY ALTERED "HYBRIDS" AMONG US: AN IMPORTANT AND NEWLY RECOGNIZED PIECE OF THE PUZZLE
Unseen," the title of the first section of my most recent book, "Sight Unseen," refers to a technology of UFO "invisibility," but the second half, "Seen," refers to accounts of apparent "hybrid" beings, part human, part alien, who have been observed operating in our quotidian world, holding jobs, driving cars, interacting with abductees and essentially aiding the gray aliens in their abduction program.

Several previously unpublished cases will be presented, including a particularly fascinating TB incident involving "Kathie Davis," the central figure in my book "Intruders." Also discussed will be the intriguing patterns that have emerged from these TB reports and their possible connection with the classic "Men in Black" reports that have for decades represented one of the strangest and most persistent aspects of the entire UFO phenomenon.
Transgenic Hybrid Beings? UFO Invisibility? MIBs? DonĂ¢€™t Miss This New Info!

Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2004 — 7:30 pm NNeighborhood Community Center
Information: 714-520-4UFO http://www.mufonoc.org 1845 Park Ave., Costa Mesa
Book & Video Sales — Refreshments — €” Raffle Drawings
General Admission: $15.00 Members & Students: $10.00 First Time Visitors $5.00