Selasa, 01 Maret 2011
End Of Winter, Beginning Of Spring
It's the end of winter and the beginning of spring on the farm. I took these photos last week.
New Vacuum
Today, Stan and I went by our local Habitat for Humanity Thrift Store. We check in there all the time because we've found a lot of bargains. Today we found some vacuum cleaners that look like cabinets that fit between the studs of a wall. They had been $699@ but they were selling them for $79.99@. They were new in the boxes. They had about 10 of them. The hose mechanically winds the 45' hose in and out of the cabinet. Everything fits neatly in the cabinet, the attachments and all.
Stan got one installed in the utility closet. This takes care of one end of the house. After he got through installing it, I spring cleaned my closet. I got everything wiped down and the supplies re-organized.
Stan got one installed in the utility closet. This takes care of one end of the house. After he got through installing it, I spring cleaned my closet. I got everything wiped down and the supplies re-organized.
Tuesday's Tip - Census Taking
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Starting in 1790, the brand new United States government took it's first census. Census takers went throughout the new states and tried to count every person, white, black and slave. According to the United States Constitution this census taking was to take place every 10 years in order to count the population and have the correct number of representatives from each state.
Article I Section II of the original Constitution of the United States: "Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons. (The previous sentence was modified by the 14th Amendment, section 2.) The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to choose three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five and Georgia three."
Eventually the House of Representatives became unwieldy with the rise in population so they cut off the number of Representatives at 435. Each state receives representation in the House in proportion to its population but is entitled to at least one Representative. The most populous state, California, currently has 53 representatives. Representatives can be shifted around according to population. For instance, during it's heyday a state could have had a much larger population and, therefore, more representatives in Washington, DC. But then an economic bust comes for some reason and the population begins to move to other states looking for work. This happened when the Dust Bowl occurred during the Great Depression. The drought cause mid-West farmers to flee their farms and travel to other states looking for work, especially California. So California grew tremendously in population. If the census reflects a large enough shift in population, then the original state will lose representatives and, thus, lose power. That is why it's so important to have accurate census records and why everyone should participate and be counted by the census.
*The Great Loss of 1890*
Since 1790, a census has been taken every 10 years. A significant portion of the 1890 Federal Census was destroyed by a fire in the basement at the Commerce Department in Washington, DC on 10 January 1921 and by clerk error in 1934-1935. The records of only 6,160 of the 62,979,766 people enumerated survived the fire. Of the decennial population census schedules, perhaps none might have been more critical to studies of immigration, industrialization, westward migration, and characteristics of the general population than the Eleventh Census of the United States, taken in June 1890.
Wikipedia:
"This census (1890) is one of the three for which the original data is no longer available. Almost all the population schedules were damaged in a fire in 1921, with 25% destroyed and 50% damaged by smoke and water damage. The damage to the records led to an outcry for a permanent National Archives. In December 1932, according to standard Federal record keeping procedure at the time, the Chief Clerk of the Bureau of the Census sent the Librarian of Congress a list of papers to be destroyed, including the original 1890 census schedules. The Librarian was asked by the Bureau to identify any records which should be retained for historical purposes but the Librarian did not accept the census records. Congress authorized destruction of that list of records on February 21, 1933 and thus the 1890 census remains were destroyed by government order by 1934 or 1935. The other censuses that have lost almost all information were the 1800 and 1810 enumerations."
The U.S. Censuses from 1790-1930 are made public and can be searched (except for 1890) for data for genealogy purposes. It is law, to protect the privacy of the living, NOT to release censuses to the public for the past 70 yrs. The last census made public was in 2000 and it was for the year of 1930. The next census made public will come out in 2010 and will be for 1940.
I found this interesting site complete with stories from a young census taker and photos from that time.
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/13181/13181-h/13181-h.htm
A 1790 Census sheet
From 1790-1840 the Census only listed the names of the Head of Household and the number of people within the households in certain age ranges. For instance "John Smith had 2 boys in the age range of 10-15 yrs old and 2 females between the ages of 5-10 yrs old and 1 female in the 30-40 age range". If you are looking for the Head of Household this is helpful, but other than that it's not going to help you fill out John Smith's family.
Starting in 1850, the census taker listed everybody's name in the household and their relationship to the Head of Household, ages, race, sex, occupation and what state they were born in. This was much more valuable information to a genealogist!! Then, every census began to include more information.
1860
Name of everyone in household, relationship to Head of Household, age, sex, race, marital status, whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane or idiotic, value of real estate holdings, value of personal estate, occupation, state or country of birth, whether they could read or write, whether they attended school within the year, whether a pauper or convict. Here is an example of an 1860's Census:
1870
Name of everyone in household, relationship to Head of Household, age, sex, race, marital status, whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane or idiotic, value of real estate holdings, value of personal estate, occupation, state or country of birth, state or country of father's birth, state or country of mother's birth, whether they could read or write, whether they attended school within the year.
1880
Name of everyone in household, relationship to Head of Household, age, sex, race, marital status, whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane or idiotic, value of real estate holdings, value of personal estate, occupation, state or country of birth, state or country of father's birth, state or country of mother's birth, whether they could read or write, whether they attended school within the year
1900
Name of everyone in household, relationship to Head of Household, age, sex, race, marital status, how many years married, how many children did the mother have and how many were still living, occupation, month's not employed, state or country of mother's birth, year of immigration or naturalization, whether they could speak English, whether they could read or write, whether they attended school within the year, whether they lived in a home or on a farm and if home/farm is rented, owned or mortgaged.
1910
Name of everyone in household, relationship to Head of Household, age, sex, race, marital status, how many years married, how many children did the mother have and how many were still living, occupation, month's not employed, state or country of mother's birth, year of immigration or naturalization, whether they could speak English, whether they could read or write, whether they attended school within the year, whether they lived in a home or on a farm and if home/farm is rented, owned or mortgaged, whether they were a veteran of Union of Confederate Army or Navy, whether blind, deaf or dumb.
1920
Name of everyone in household, relationship to Head of Household, age, sex, race, marital status, occupation, state or country of mother's birth, year of immigration or naturalization, whether they could speak English, whether they could read or write, whether they attended school within the year, whether they lived in a home or on a farm and if home/farm is rented, owned or mortgaged
1930
Name of everyone in household, relationship to Head of Household, age, sex, race, marital status, whether this was 1st, 2nd, etc marriage and the age when you were married the first time, occupation, industry and class of worker, state or country of mother's birth, year of immigration or naturalization, whether they could speak English, whether they could read or write, whether they attended school within the year, whether they lived in a home or farm and the value of the owned property or the amount of monthly rent pd for rental property, whether you owned a radio set, whether you were a veteran, if Indian were you mixed or full blooded.
Of course, all the censuses indicated where they were residing at the time of the census. For instance, at the top of the page is the township, county, and state where the census was taken. Many even included street names down the sides of the census sheets.
Some of the problems of the censuses:
1) Many people were illiterate and were unable to spell their own names so the Census takers wrote the names as they sounded. Many names are misspelled due to the Census taker being unable to spell them or because of the mispronunciation of the name. "Wilma" became "Wilmer" and "Patricia" became "Trisher".
2) Census takers could have lovely and clear handwriting or very bad handwriting which makes the census sheets illegible. Or census takers used some unusual characteristics in their handwriting. (See more about this later in this posting.)
3) Some households were missed completely.
4) Ages are often mis-represented. There could be many different reasons for this, such as:
* A woman wanting to appear younger than her years to the census taker or any others within listening range.
* A man might want to appear older or younger than he really was.
* They may not remember exactly when little Johnny was born since they didn't keep a record at the time (many kept records in their family Bible but if they were illiterate they didn't even do that).
* They are in a hurry, don't care and just rattle off something whether it was exactly true or not.
* After the turn of the century many farming families moved into towns to work in industrial mills (down here it was cotton mills), there began to be concern about children working full time jobs. So families would often lie about their children's ages in order for the children to be able to work in the mills and bring home the much needed money. They would lie to any "official" just in case. There was no record of births and deaths until they began keeping birth and death certificates between 1913-1915.
5) The census takers relied on the truth from those they were questioning. And the truth wasn't always told. Someone might have inflated his real estate value in order to look important. Or they may have said they were a Civil War veteran when they really weren't. They may have said they had 9 children when, in fact, the mother had given birth to 10 children, but the current husband doesn't know about the illegitimate child she had. Or the father could have fathered 2 families but the wife only knows about hers. The husband could say he was a farmer (almost everyone was until 1910 and people were moving to towns and cities in droves to get jobs in factories and mills) when, in reality, he was worthless and did little or nothing and it was the wife and children that worked and kept them afloat. These kinds of complications wouldn't have been revealed to the census taker.
6) In computerizing the census records someone had to read the census sheets and input them into a computer. This leads us to more errors: typos, inability to read the illegible handwriting, stains on census sheets that made them illegible, and unfamiliarity with names in English. For instance, if the data input is done by a Chinese worker in China...it may be cheaper, but it leads to some funny data input. For instance, I found a relative named "Sibby" but her name was input as "Silly". Americans would have realized that "Silly" probably wasn't the correct name and would have looked more closely.
Here are some real situations that I have come across that have caused problems:
* Stan's great grandfather was Will Cohen. It took me some time to find out that the name was spelled many different ways. Here are some examples: Cohen, Kohen, Cohn, Kohn, Cohan, Kohan, Coan, Coin, Coen, Koan, Koin, Koen, Cowan, Cowen, Cowin. Once I figured out most of the spellings I began to have more luck finding the family members in the census. Will Cohen's father was Zadock Coan. Zadock was misspelled as Zadoc, Zadop, Zadoch, Zade. In my line there are Reeses. I have found them spelled as Rhys (probably the original Welsh spelling), Reese, Reece, Rees, Rease, Reise, Reis, Reas, etc.
* Many families pass down family names. So Great Granddad was Joe John Sr., Granddad was Joe John Jr., Dad was Joe John III, and Son was Joe John IV. Well, this is understandable but makes for a mell of a hess for genealogists later down the line. Hee, hee! I have so many Williams and Mary's in our line that it can get monotonous!
* Tombstones with the wrong date of birth or date of death on them. Just because it's etched in stone doesn't make them right.
* Enlistment records with incorrect dates of birth. Many young boys wanted to go to war and lied about their ages in order to enlist.
* A man was input in the computer with the name, "Spruce Ray Pine". When I looked at the original record the man's name was NOT Spruce Pine. He merely lived in Spruce Pine. That goes back to data input being done cheaply in a foreign country!
* In census, children can be listed as a son/daughter, niece/nephew, sister/brother, grandson/granddaughter but it may really be an illegitimate child. I have one puzzle right now. There were 2 spinster sisters who had a little girl living with them. The child had the same name and birth year as their brother's daughter. But the censuses list this child as the spinster aunts' sister and daughter. Why would their niece come to live with them and then be enumerated as a "sister" and, later, "daughter"? After the little girl grew up and married, the aunts still lived with her and her husband until they died. I have no idea who this little girl really was? Was she an illegitimate daughter? Was she a much younger sister that I didn't know about? Was she their niece and for some reason she was given to the spinster aunts to help take care of them and then she became like their daughter? I'll probably never know but I'm working on it.
* I have a few ancestors that served on the Confederate side but deserted and joined the Union side later in the War. They can claim to be veterans on both sides. How would you like to try to get a federal veteran's pension if you have records on both sides? Confusing! Most served only on the Confederate side but there aren't as many records for the losing side as there were for the Union side. So some of our ancestors requested veteran's pensions but there was no proof of service.
* A census taker could have unique penmanship but this can make for errors. For instance a lovely looking cursive "f" but with a round "a" on the right side. It took me awhile to figure out that this was a funny looking lower case "p" in cursive handwriting. Another is "Reese" being indexed as "Ruse" because the two lower case "e's" were closed and made it look like a "u". Another census taker would add a little tail to the end of his names so that "Reese" was indexed as "Rusa" because after the last "e" he put a flourishing tail which made it look like an "a". Try to find Reese when it's indexed as "Rusa"? I did it but I couldn't tell you how!
Starting in 1790, the brand new United States government took it's first census. Census takers went throughout the new states and tried to count every person, white, black and slave. According to the United States Constitution this census taking was to take place every 10 years in order to count the population and have the correct number of representatives from each state.
Article I Section II of the original Constitution of the United States: "Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons. (The previous sentence was modified by the 14th Amendment, section 2.) The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to choose three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five and Georgia three."
Eventually the House of Representatives became unwieldy with the rise in population so they cut off the number of Representatives at 435. Each state receives representation in the House in proportion to its population but is entitled to at least one Representative. The most populous state, California, currently has 53 representatives. Representatives can be shifted around according to population. For instance, during it's heyday a state could have had a much larger population and, therefore, more representatives in Washington, DC. But then an economic bust comes for some reason and the population begins to move to other states looking for work. This happened when the Dust Bowl occurred during the Great Depression. The drought cause mid-West farmers to flee their farms and travel to other states looking for work, especially California. So California grew tremendously in population. If the census reflects a large enough shift in population, then the original state will lose representatives and, thus, lose power. That is why it's so important to have accurate census records and why everyone should participate and be counted by the census.
*The Great Loss of 1890*
Since 1790, a census has been taken every 10 years. A significant portion of the 1890 Federal Census was destroyed by a fire in the basement at the Commerce Department in Washington, DC on 10 January 1921 and by clerk error in 1934-1935. The records of only 6,160 of the 62,979,766 people enumerated survived the fire. Of the decennial population census schedules, perhaps none might have been more critical to studies of immigration, industrialization, westward migration, and characteristics of the general population than the Eleventh Census of the United States, taken in June 1890.
Wikipedia:
"This census (1890) is one of the three for which the original data is no longer available. Almost all the population schedules were damaged in a fire in 1921, with 25% destroyed and 50% damaged by smoke and water damage. The damage to the records led to an outcry for a permanent National Archives. In December 1932, according to standard Federal record keeping procedure at the time, the Chief Clerk of the Bureau of the Census sent the Librarian of Congress a list of papers to be destroyed, including the original 1890 census schedules. The Librarian was asked by the Bureau to identify any records which should be retained for historical purposes but the Librarian did not accept the census records. Congress authorized destruction of that list of records on February 21, 1933 and thus the 1890 census remains were destroyed by government order by 1934 or 1935. The other censuses that have lost almost all information were the 1800 and 1810 enumerations."
The U.S. Censuses from 1790-1930 are made public and can be searched (except for 1890) for data for genealogy purposes. It is law, to protect the privacy of the living, NOT to release censuses to the public for the past 70 yrs. The last census made public was in 2000 and it was for the year of 1930. The next census made public will come out in 2010 and will be for 1940.
I found this interesting site complete with stories from a young census taker and photos from that time.
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/13181/13181-h/13181-h.htm
A 1790 Census sheet
From 1790-1840 the Census only listed the names of the Head of Household and the number of people within the households in certain age ranges. For instance "John Smith had 2 boys in the age range of 10-15 yrs old and 2 females between the ages of 5-10 yrs old and 1 female in the 30-40 age range". If you are looking for the Head of Household this is helpful, but other than that it's not going to help you fill out John Smith's family.
Starting in 1850, the census taker listed everybody's name in the household and their relationship to the Head of Household, ages, race, sex, occupation and what state they were born in. This was much more valuable information to a genealogist!! Then, every census began to include more information.
1860
Name of everyone in household, relationship to Head of Household, age, sex, race, marital status, whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane or idiotic, value of real estate holdings, value of personal estate, occupation, state or country of birth, whether they could read or write, whether they attended school within the year, whether a pauper or convict. Here is an example of an 1860's Census:
1870
Name of everyone in household, relationship to Head of Household, age, sex, race, marital status, whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane or idiotic, value of real estate holdings, value of personal estate, occupation, state or country of birth, state or country of father's birth, state or country of mother's birth, whether they could read or write, whether they attended school within the year.
1880
Name of everyone in household, relationship to Head of Household, age, sex, race, marital status, whether deaf and dumb, blind, insane or idiotic, value of real estate holdings, value of personal estate, occupation, state or country of birth, state or country of father's birth, state or country of mother's birth, whether they could read or write, whether they attended school within the year
1900
Name of everyone in household, relationship to Head of Household, age, sex, race, marital status, how many years married, how many children did the mother have and how many were still living, occupation, month's not employed, state or country of mother's birth, year of immigration or naturalization, whether they could speak English, whether they could read or write, whether they attended school within the year, whether they lived in a home or on a farm and if home/farm is rented, owned or mortgaged.
1910
Name of everyone in household, relationship to Head of Household, age, sex, race, marital status, how many years married, how many children did the mother have and how many were still living, occupation, month's not employed, state or country of mother's birth, year of immigration or naturalization, whether they could speak English, whether they could read or write, whether they attended school within the year, whether they lived in a home or on a farm and if home/farm is rented, owned or mortgaged, whether they were a veteran of Union of Confederate Army or Navy, whether blind, deaf or dumb.
1920
Name of everyone in household, relationship to Head of Household, age, sex, race, marital status, occupation, state or country of mother's birth, year of immigration or naturalization, whether they could speak English, whether they could read or write, whether they attended school within the year, whether they lived in a home or on a farm and if home/farm is rented, owned or mortgaged
1930
Name of everyone in household, relationship to Head of Household, age, sex, race, marital status, whether this was 1st, 2nd, etc marriage and the age when you were married the first time, occupation, industry and class of worker, state or country of mother's birth, year of immigration or naturalization, whether they could speak English, whether they could read or write, whether they attended school within the year, whether they lived in a home or farm and the value of the owned property or the amount of monthly rent pd for rental property, whether you owned a radio set, whether you were a veteran, if Indian were you mixed or full blooded.
Of course, all the censuses indicated where they were residing at the time of the census. For instance, at the top of the page is the township, county, and state where the census was taken. Many even included street names down the sides of the census sheets.
Some of the problems of the censuses:
1) Many people were illiterate and were unable to spell their own names so the Census takers wrote the names as they sounded. Many names are misspelled due to the Census taker being unable to spell them or because of the mispronunciation of the name. "Wilma" became "Wilmer" and "Patricia" became "Trisher".
2) Census takers could have lovely and clear handwriting or very bad handwriting which makes the census sheets illegible. Or census takers used some unusual characteristics in their handwriting. (See more about this later in this posting.)
3) Some households were missed completely.
4) Ages are often mis-represented. There could be many different reasons for this, such as:
* A woman wanting to appear younger than her years to the census taker or any others within listening range.
* A man might want to appear older or younger than he really was.
* They may not remember exactly when little Johnny was born since they didn't keep a record at the time (many kept records in their family Bible but if they were illiterate they didn't even do that).
* They are in a hurry, don't care and just rattle off something whether it was exactly true or not.
* After the turn of the century many farming families moved into towns to work in industrial mills (down here it was cotton mills), there began to be concern about children working full time jobs. So families would often lie about their children's ages in order for the children to be able to work in the mills and bring home the much needed money. They would lie to any "official" just in case. There was no record of births and deaths until they began keeping birth and death certificates between 1913-1915.
5) The census takers relied on the truth from those they were questioning. And the truth wasn't always told. Someone might have inflated his real estate value in order to look important. Or they may have said they were a Civil War veteran when they really weren't. They may have said they had 9 children when, in fact, the mother had given birth to 10 children, but the current husband doesn't know about the illegitimate child she had. Or the father could have fathered 2 families but the wife only knows about hers. The husband could say he was a farmer (almost everyone was until 1910 and people were moving to towns and cities in droves to get jobs in factories and mills) when, in reality, he was worthless and did little or nothing and it was the wife and children that worked and kept them afloat. These kinds of complications wouldn't have been revealed to the census taker.
6) In computerizing the census records someone had to read the census sheets and input them into a computer. This leads us to more errors: typos, inability to read the illegible handwriting, stains on census sheets that made them illegible, and unfamiliarity with names in English. For instance, if the data input is done by a Chinese worker in China...it may be cheaper, but it leads to some funny data input. For instance, I found a relative named "Sibby" but her name was input as "Silly". Americans would have realized that "Silly" probably wasn't the correct name and would have looked more closely.
Here are some real situations that I have come across that have caused problems:
* Stan's great grandfather was Will Cohen. It took me some time to find out that the name was spelled many different ways. Here are some examples: Cohen, Kohen, Cohn, Kohn, Cohan, Kohan, Coan, Coin, Coen, Koan, Koin, Koen, Cowan, Cowen, Cowin. Once I figured out most of the spellings I began to have more luck finding the family members in the census. Will Cohen's father was Zadock Coan. Zadock was misspelled as Zadoc, Zadop, Zadoch, Zade. In my line there are Reeses. I have found them spelled as Rhys (probably the original Welsh spelling), Reese, Reece, Rees, Rease, Reise, Reis, Reas, etc.
* Many families pass down family names. So Great Granddad was Joe John Sr., Granddad was Joe John Jr., Dad was Joe John III, and Son was Joe John IV. Well, this is understandable but makes for a mell of a hess for genealogists later down the line. Hee, hee! I have so many Williams and Mary's in our line that it can get monotonous!
* Tombstones with the wrong date of birth or date of death on them. Just because it's etched in stone doesn't make them right.
* Enlistment records with incorrect dates of birth. Many young boys wanted to go to war and lied about their ages in order to enlist.
* A man was input in the computer with the name, "Spruce Ray Pine". When I looked at the original record the man's name was NOT Spruce Pine. He merely lived in Spruce Pine. That goes back to data input being done cheaply in a foreign country!
* In census, children can be listed as a son/daughter, niece/nephew, sister/brother, grandson/granddaughter but it may really be an illegitimate child. I have one puzzle right now. There were 2 spinster sisters who had a little girl living with them. The child had the same name and birth year as their brother's daughter. But the censuses list this child as the spinster aunts' sister and daughter. Why would their niece come to live with them and then be enumerated as a "sister" and, later, "daughter"? After the little girl grew up and married, the aunts still lived with her and her husband until they died. I have no idea who this little girl really was? Was she an illegitimate daughter? Was she a much younger sister that I didn't know about? Was she their niece and for some reason she was given to the spinster aunts to help take care of them and then she became like their daughter? I'll probably never know but I'm working on it.
* I have a few ancestors that served on the Confederate side but deserted and joined the Union side later in the War. They can claim to be veterans on both sides. How would you like to try to get a federal veteran's pension if you have records on both sides? Confusing! Most served only on the Confederate side but there aren't as many records for the losing side as there were for the Union side. So some of our ancestors requested veteran's pensions but there was no proof of service.
* A census taker could have unique penmanship but this can make for errors. For instance a lovely looking cursive "f" but with a round "a" on the right side. It took me awhile to figure out that this was a funny looking lower case "p" in cursive handwriting. Another is "Reese" being indexed as "Ruse" because the two lower case "e's" were closed and made it look like a "u". Another census taker would add a little tail to the end of his names so that "Reese" was indexed as "Rusa" because after the last "e" he put a flourishing tail which made it look like an "a". Try to find Reese when it's indexed as "Rusa"? I did it but I couldn't tell you how!
Best Picture On The Internet
According to the Internets, this is the best picture on the Internets. And while I can't totally agree with them, I'm finding it a little hard to outright disagree, you know what I mean? You will after careful consideration of what may actually be the best picture on the Internets. Behold! 
See what I mean? Hard to know, really. Hard to know.
Senin, 28 Februari 2011
RhoDeo 1109 Roots
Hello, some small upset here earlier as i just found out things didn't add up at my first post today, and i'm re uploading as i write this. Things happen, earlier i found out why i had no tv this weekend the connection cable had come lose as i shifted the new decoder forward..all on my knees under my big desk, ah yes the simplest of causes. Now, i still have to organise the channels as there's too much i dont bother with, and favourite channels at position 40 or higher, luxury duh.
Today were still in Mali a stable democracy these last decades and their age old music tradition is certainly a stabilising factor. We've had a guitariist a Kora player and today it's one of the countries most famous voices...
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Kassé Mady’s timeless music is borne out of the West African tradition of the griot, a cultural figure and oral historian whose role is to record cultural identity and knowledge through oratory, lyricism and musicianship. Kasse Mady's family, the Diabates of Kela, were the traditional singers for the emperors and their descendants of the royal Keita lineages. They can trace their role back 700 years and are still considered among the most important and authoritative griot families across the seven West African countries where Mande culture predominates. Kela is the capital of the griots, the Mecca of musical tradition. All of Kassé Mady cousins, brothers, sisters, know how to sing without micro before thousands of people, but Kassé Mady is different because of his sweet and gentle though powerful voice. Kasse Mady Diabate was born in Kéla, Mali, in 1949. At 20, he was already famous in Kangaba, the old Mandingo capital. Demba Diallo, the governor of the Kangaba district formed an orchestra and asked him to join it as a singer. For the first time, Kassé Mady experienced electric music. Within a few years he has become the premiere Malinke singer (dominant ethnic group in Mandingo country).
His fame reached Bamako, and in 1972 the Youth Ministry named him as singer in the Badema National Orchestra. Until 1988, Kasse Mady led a double carrier of griot for men in high places and in popular parties and polyvalent singer with an electric orchestra in the capital. Apart from the large amount of the Badéma's tapes dispatched in the Mandingo country, Kasse Mady had had no other opportunity to make an album in solo. In 1988 Ibrahima Sylla, the producer of many African hits asks the famous arranger Boncana Maïga to record a solo album with Kasse Mady.
Throughout the 1970s he played in Malian fusion bands before emigrating to Paris where he recorded his first solo album in 1988. Albums since have included 2003’s Kassi Kasse, recorded in Mali and featuring guest appearances by kora player Toumani Diabate and bass player Orlando Cachaito López (Buena Vista Social Club). It was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Traditional World Music Album. He has also guested on albums for Toumani Diabate and Taj Mahal. His solo album Manden Djeli Kan was recorded in France in 2008.
Kassé Mady Diabaté - Kassi Kasse (02 163mb)
01 Eh Ya Ye (4:21)
02 Kaba Mansa (4:09)
03 Maimouna (3:43)
04 Nyamalo (3:33)
05 Jon Kunandi (4:50)
06 N'i Ma Sori (3:16)
07 Namanike (5:02)
08 Fununke Saya (4:33)
09 Naaren (5:44)
10 Balomina Mwanga (4:54)
11 Balakono (6:06)
12 Lafia Jeli (6:57 )
13 Madu Jeli (6:09)
14 Danya (3:38)
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He's a griot, descended from a long line of traditional musicians, and there's a confidence and sense of authority to his powerful singing, which can ease between the conversational and declamatory. Most of his songs are self-written and medium paced, with variety provided by his impressive backing musicians, including members of the Symmetric Orchestra. Toumani Diabaté makes an appearance playing kora on the exquisite and passionate Nankoumandjian, while the Symmetric's Fantamady Kouyaté provides some impressive guitar work, swapping fluid guitar lines with the former Rail Band star Djelimady Tounkara on the rolling Maliba. The mightiest male voice in Mali returns in topform, his voice is warm, rich and deeply textured. Kasse Mady deserves so much more attention beyond west africa, especially for this stunning CD.
There are many of Mali's best musicians appearing aswel, Toumani Diabate on kora, the Rail Band's Djely Mady Tounkara, Moriba Koita on n'goni, Ousmane Kouyate, Djely Moussa Kouyate, Baba Sissoko and the backing singers; Mamani Keita, Diaou Kouyate, Ma Demba.
Kassé Mady Diabaté - Manden Djeli Kan ( 144mb)
01. Bandua (4:50)
02. Kalou Man Kene (5:39)
03. Kaninba (5:34)
04. Allah Dounde (3:26)
05. Kia Ko Djougou (3:49)
06. Douga Djabira (5:05)
07. Maliba (5:31)
08. Nankoumandjianf (6:50)
09. Sinanon Saran (4:19)
10. Manden Maninkadenou (6:33)
11. Sansan (6:39)
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Today were still in Mali a stable democracy these last decades and their age old music tradition is certainly a stabilising factor. We've had a guitariist a Kora player and today it's one of the countries most famous voices...
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Kassé Mady’s timeless music is borne out of the West African tradition of the griot, a cultural figure and oral historian whose role is to record cultural identity and knowledge through oratory, lyricism and musicianship. Kasse Mady's family, the Diabates of Kela, were the traditional singers for the emperors and their descendants of the royal Keita lineages. They can trace their role back 700 years and are still considered among the most important and authoritative griot families across the seven West African countries where Mande culture predominates. Kela is the capital of the griots, the Mecca of musical tradition. All of Kassé Mady cousins, brothers, sisters, know how to sing without micro before thousands of people, but Kassé Mady is different because of his sweet and gentle though powerful voice. Kasse Mady Diabate was born in Kéla, Mali, in 1949. At 20, he was already famous in Kangaba, the old Mandingo capital. Demba Diallo, the governor of the Kangaba district formed an orchestra and asked him to join it as a singer. For the first time, Kassé Mady experienced electric music. Within a few years he has become the premiere Malinke singer (dominant ethnic group in Mandingo country).
His fame reached Bamako, and in 1972 the Youth Ministry named him as singer in the Badema National Orchestra. Until 1988, Kasse Mady led a double carrier of griot for men in high places and in popular parties and polyvalent singer with an electric orchestra in the capital. Apart from the large amount of the Badéma's tapes dispatched in the Mandingo country, Kasse Mady had had no other opportunity to make an album in solo. In 1988 Ibrahima Sylla, the producer of many African hits asks the famous arranger Boncana Maïga to record a solo album with Kasse Mady.
Throughout the 1970s he played in Malian fusion bands before emigrating to Paris where he recorded his first solo album in 1988. Albums since have included 2003’s Kassi Kasse, recorded in Mali and featuring guest appearances by kora player Toumani Diabate and bass player Orlando Cachaito López (Buena Vista Social Club). It was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Traditional World Music Album. He has also guested on albums for Toumani Diabate and Taj Mahal. His solo album Manden Djeli Kan was recorded in France in 2008.
Kassé Mady Diabaté - Kassi Kasse (02 163mb)
01 Eh Ya Ye (4:21)
02 Kaba Mansa (4:09)
03 Maimouna (3:43)
04 Nyamalo (3:33)
05 Jon Kunandi (4:50)
06 N'i Ma Sori (3:16)
07 Namanike (5:02)
08 Fununke Saya (4:33)
09 Naaren (5:44)
10 Balomina Mwanga (4:54)
11 Balakono (6:06)
12 Lafia Jeli (6:57 )
13 Madu Jeli (6:09)
14 Danya (3:38)
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He's a griot, descended from a long line of traditional musicians, and there's a confidence and sense of authority to his powerful singing, which can ease between the conversational and declamatory. Most of his songs are self-written and medium paced, with variety provided by his impressive backing musicians, including members of the Symmetric Orchestra. Toumani Diabaté makes an appearance playing kora on the exquisite and passionate Nankoumandjian, while the Symmetric's Fantamady Kouyaté provides some impressive guitar work, swapping fluid guitar lines with the former Rail Band star Djelimady Tounkara on the rolling Maliba. The mightiest male voice in Mali returns in topform, his voice is warm, rich and deeply textured. Kasse Mady deserves so much more attention beyond west africa, especially for this stunning CD.
There are many of Mali's best musicians appearing aswel, Toumani Diabate on kora, the Rail Band's Djely Mady Tounkara, Moriba Koita on n'goni, Ousmane Kouyate, Djely Moussa Kouyate, Baba Sissoko and the backing singers; Mamani Keita, Diaou Kouyate, Ma Demba.
Kassé Mady Diabaté - Manden Djeli Kan ( 144mb)
01. Bandua (4:50)
02. Kalou Man Kene (5:39)
03. Kaninba (5:34)
04. Allah Dounde (3:26)
05. Kia Ko Djougou (3:49)
06. Douga Djabira (5:05)
07. Maliba (5:31)
08. Nankoumandjianf (6:50)
09. Sinanon Saran (4:19)
10. Manden Maninkadenou (6:33)
11. Sansan (6:39)
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Charlie Sheen At The Oscars
I know, I know. You're expecting a fashion filled extravaganza which reflects last night's Academy Awards ceremony, aren't you? (Don't get me wrong. I see no reason to not include pictures of the astonishingly lovely Sandra Bullock in this post. Different doesn't have to mean crazy or short-sighted!) Well, you would have gotten it if it hadn't been for my cousin who suggested that I pay attention to a little Twitter fad that took off during the Super Bowl. It seems as if someone had started a hashtag on Twitter called JaneAustenAtTheSuperBowl. And it was just what it sounds like. It was Jane Austen musings as if she were at the Super Bowl. (By the way, just so I'm not too hip for the room, a hashtag is this symbol: #. It designates a specific topic on Twitter. And also, just so I'm clear, Twitter is pretty useless most of the time. My participating in this nonsense should not be interpreted as any sort of indication that I think Twitter is cool. I don't.)Thus, with that sort of seed planted in my often empty noggin, I 
thought that the Oscars would need a voice. Maybe not a Jane Austen sort of voice, as a friend of mine was completely appalled that anyone would disgrace the works of Jane Austen (she's really into bonnet movies and bonnet books), but a voice none the less. Then it hit me. Or I fell down because I was drunk. Whichever it was, I had a revelation. What the Oscars needed was more Charlie Sheen. Thus, I created the hashtag #CharlieSheenAtTheOscars and twat periodically throughout the telecast which I occasionally watched. What? Twat is the past tense of tweet, right? I will tweet. I am tweeting. I have twat. Sounds right to me.
thought that the Oscars would need a voice. Maybe not a Jane Austen sort of voice, as a friend of mine was completely appalled that anyone would disgrace the works of Jane Austen (she's really into bonnet movies and bonnet books), but a voice none the less. Then it hit me. Or I fell down because I was drunk. Whichever it was, I had a revelation. What the Oscars needed was more Charlie Sheen. Thus, I created the hashtag #CharlieSheenAtTheOscars and twat periodically throughout the telecast which I occasionally watched. What? Twat is the past tense of tweet, right? I will tweet. I am tweeting. I have twat. Sounds right to me. And don't think that I ever expected anyone to notice this little method of amusing myself. I didn't. And I think I succeeded by setting my expectations as low as I usually do for things like this. So, since I know you missed it, allow me to take you through the Academy Awards show as seen through the tweets of a very real, yet very fictional Charlie Sheen. Behold!
- At Kodak Theater. Walk w/me side by side as we march up the steps of justice to right this unconscionable wrong. #Charliesheenattheoscars
- Roll out that red carpet if you want, but I'm rolling out magic bro and I must save it for my family. #Charliesheenattheoscars
- No one has acknowledged me yet. I should have been walking in to sandwiches, massages and hand jobs. #Charliesheenattheoscars
- No one has even said hello. I feel like an unwelcome relative given cold coffee every night at nine o’clock.#Charliesheenattheoscars
- Showtime! Find the most comfortable seat in the house, lean back and watch—it’s about to get really gnarly. #Charliesheenattheoscars
- Can't believe they didn't ask me to host. These two suck. I've got poetry in my fingertips.
#Charliesheenattheoscars - Screw hosting because that’s where you get slaughtered. That’s where you get embarrassed. From the prom queen. #Charliesheenattheoscars
- My tux is uncomfortable. It doesn't fit because my chest and my biceps are too big. #Charliesheenattheoscars
- I have effortlessly and magically converted your tin can into pure gold statuettes. #Charliesheenattheoscars
- First award of the night handed out. Winning! #Charliesheenattheoscars
- The first statuette is free. The next one goes in your mouth. #Charliesheenattheoscars
- No one at my table has won anything. I'm dealing with fools and trolls here. #Charliesheenattheoscars
- To all the losers: I have real fame, you have nothing. You have zero. I probably have syphilis. #Charliesheenattheoscars
- I don't care who wins. I will forget about them as the last image of them exits this beautiful theater. #Charliesheenattheoscars
- There's Natalie Portman. It might be lonely up here but I sure like the view. #Charliesheenattheoscars
- I am special, and I will never be one of you! I will never have an Oscar. #Charliesheenattheoscars
- If they want me in a sequel, it's a smash. If they don't, it's a turd that opens on a tugboat. #Charliesheenattheoscars
- No one looks happy. Is the rule that we have to all sit in here and touch ourselves and frown? #Charliesheenattheoscars
- #Thekidsareallright I don't subscribe to any part of the model. They brainwashed my friends and my family. #Charliesheenattheoscars
- Christian Bale freaking won?? Sorry man. Didn't make the rules. #Charliesheenattheoscars
- Jesse Eisenberg looks confused. Oh wait, can’t process it. Losers. Winning. Buh bye #Charliesheenattheoscars
- I could get nominated one day. There are parts of me that are Dennis Hopper. #Charliesheenattheoscars
- I'm not Mark Zuckerberg. He was a pussy. #Charliesheenattheoscars
- I will destroy you in the air and deploy my ordinance to the ground. #Charliesheenattheoscars
- Almost three hours of this so far. The only thing I’m addicted to right now is winning. #Charliesheenattheoscars
- I liked #TrueGrit. There's a new sheriff in town and he has an army of assassins. #Charliesheenattheoscars
- You have the right to kill me, but you do not have the right to judge me. Boom! That’s the whole movie. #Charliesheenattheoscars
- Melissa Leo. Winning! #Charliesheenattheoscars
- Toy Story 3. Winning! #Charliesheenattheoscars
Minggu, 27 Februari 2011
Rhodeo 1109 RAW
Hello, for the coming 3 months not an audio book series but 12 lectures/talks held by one of the greatest American writers/thinkers of the last century, i hope you take some time to listen to what he has to say to us all.
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Robert Anton Wilson (born Robert Edward Wilson, January 18, 1932 – January 11, 2007) was an American author and polymath who became at various times a novelist, philosopher, psychologist, essayist, editor, playwright, futurist, civil libertarian and self-described agnostic mystic. Recognized as an episkopos, pope, and saint of Discordianism, Wilson helped publicize the group through his writings, interviews, and strolls.
Wilson claimed in Cosmic Trigger: Volume 1 "not to believe anything", since "belief is the death of intelligence". He described this approach as "Maybe Logic.". Wilson saw his work as an "attempt to break down conditioned associations, to look at the world in a new way, with many models recognized as models or maps, and no one model elevated to the truth". His goal being "to try to get people into a state of generalized agnosticism, not agnosticism about God alone but agnosticism about everything".
Wilson suffered from polio as a child, the effects remained with Wilson throughout his life, usually manifesting as minor muscle spasms causing him to use a cane occasionally until 2000, when he experienced a major bout with post-polio syndrome that would continue until his death. He attended Catholic grammar school, subsequently Brooklyn Technical High School to remove himself from the Catholic influence. While working as an ambulance driver Wilson attended New York University, studying engineering and mathematics.
He worked as an engineering aide, a salesman, a copywriter, and as associate editor of Playboy magazine from 1965 to 1971. In 1979 he received a Ph.D. in psychology from Paideia University in California, later he reworked his dissertation, and it found publication in 1983 as Prometheus Rising. Wilson married freelance writer and poet Arlen Riley in 1958; they had four children. Their youngest daughter Luna—beaten to death in an apparent robbery in the store where she worked in 1976 at the age of 15—became the first person to have her brain preserved by the Bay Area Cryonics Society. Arlen Riley Wilson died in 1999 following a series of strokes.
Among Wilson's 35 books, and many other works, perhaps his best-known volumes remain the cult classic series. The Illuminatus! Trilogy (1975), co-authored with Robert Shea. Advertised as "a fairy tale for paranoids," the three books--The Eye in the Pyramid, The Golden Apple, and Leviathan, soon offered as a single volume—philosophically and humorously examined, among many other themes, occult and magical symbolism and history, the counterculture of the 1960s, secret societies, data concerning author H.P. Lovecraft and author and occultist Aleister Crowley, and American paranoia about conspiracies.
Wilson wrote two more popular fiction series. The first, a trilogy later published as a single volume, was Schrödinger's Cat. The second, The Historical Illuminatus Chronicles, appeared as three books. In between publishing the two trilogies Wilson released a stand-alone novel, Masks of the Illuminati (1981) A play by Wilson, Wilhelm Reich in Hell (published as a book in 1987 and first performed at the Edmund Burke Theatre in Dublin.
In the nonfiction and partly autobiographical Cosmic Trigger I: The Final Secret of the Illuminati (1977) and its two sequels, as well as in many other works, Wilson examined Freemasons, Discordianism, Sufism, the Illuminati, Futurology, Zen Buddhism, Dennis and Terence McKenna, Jack Parsons, the occult practices of Aleister Crowley and G.I. Gurdjieff, Yoga, and many other esoteric or counterculture philosophies, personalities, and occurrences.
Wilson's 1986 book, The New Inquisition, argues that whatever reality consists of it actually would seem much weirder than we commonly imagine. Wilson also supported the work and utopian theories of Buckminster Fuller and examined the theories of Charles Fort. Although Wilson often lampooned and criticized some New Age beliefs, bookstores specializing in New Age material often sell his books. Wilson, a well-known author in occult and Neo-Pagan circles, used Aleister Crowley as a main character in his 1981 novel Masks of the Illuminati, included some elements of H. P. Lovecraft's work in his novels, and at times claimed to have perceived encounters with magical "entities" .
Wilson also criticized scientific types with overly rigid belief systems, equating them with religious fundamentalists in their fanaticism. In a 1988 interview, when asked about his newly-published book The New Inquisition: Irrational Rationalism and the Citadel of Science, Wilson commented: "I coined the term irrational rationalism because those people claim to be rationalists, but they're governed by such a heavy body of taboos. They're so fearful, and so hostile, and so narrow, and frightened, and uptight and dogmatic... I wrote this book because I got tired satirizing fundamentalist Christianity... I decided to satirize fundamentalist materialism for a change, because the two are equally comical... The materialist fundamentalists are funnier than the Christian fundamentalists, because they think they're rational! ...They're never skeptical about anything except the things they have a prejudice against
Robert Anton Wilson and his wife Arlen Riley Wilson founded the Institute for the Study of the Human Future in 1975. In 1976 Robert Anton Wilson founded the Starflight Network, a society to propagate the philosophy of Dr. Timothy Leary. From 1982 until his death, Wilson had a business relationship with the Association for Consciousness Exploration, which hosted his first on-stage dialogue with his long-time friend Timothy Leary.entitled The Inner Frontier. Wilson dedicated his book The New Inquisition to A.C.E.'s co-directors, Jeff Rosenbaum and Joseph Rothenberg.
Wilson also joined the Church of the SubGenius, who referred to him as Pope Bob. He contributed to their literature, including the book Three-Fisted Tales of "Bob", and shared a stage with their founder, Rev. Ivan Stang, on several occasions. Wilson also founded the Guns and Dope Party and its corresponding Burning Man theme camp. A decades-long researcher into drugs and a strong opponent of what he called "the war on some drugs", Wilson participated as a Special Guest in the week-long 1999 Annual Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam, and used and often promoted the use of medical marijuana. Wilson co-founded and became the primary instructor of the Maybe Logic Academy, named for his agnostic approach to all knowledge.
On January 6 2007, Wilson wrote on his blog that according to several medical authorities, he would likely only have between two days and two months left to live.He closed this message with "I look forward without dogmatic optimism but without dread. I love you all and I deeply implore you to keep the lasagna flying. Please pardon my levity, I don't see how to take death seriously. It seems absurd." He died peacefully five days later, on January 11 at 4:50 a.m. Pacific time.
RAW Explains Everything !
The Life and Times of Robert Anton Wilson part 1 (49min. 40mb)
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Robert Anton Wilson (born Robert Edward Wilson, January 18, 1932 – January 11, 2007) was an American author and polymath who became at various times a novelist, philosopher, psychologist, essayist, editor, playwright, futurist, civil libertarian and self-described agnostic mystic. Recognized as an episkopos, pope, and saint of Discordianism, Wilson helped publicize the group through his writings, interviews, and strolls.Wilson claimed in Cosmic Trigger: Volume 1 "not to believe anything", since "belief is the death of intelligence". He described this approach as "Maybe Logic.". Wilson saw his work as an "attempt to break down conditioned associations, to look at the world in a new way, with many models recognized as models or maps, and no one model elevated to the truth". His goal being "to try to get people into a state of generalized agnosticism, not agnosticism about God alone but agnosticism about everything".
Wilson suffered from polio as a child, the effects remained with Wilson throughout his life, usually manifesting as minor muscle spasms causing him to use a cane occasionally until 2000, when he experienced a major bout with post-polio syndrome that would continue until his death. He attended Catholic grammar school, subsequently Brooklyn Technical High School to remove himself from the Catholic influence. While working as an ambulance driver Wilson attended New York University, studying engineering and mathematics.
He worked as an engineering aide, a salesman, a copywriter, and as associate editor of Playboy magazine from 1965 to 1971. In 1979 he received a Ph.D. in psychology from Paideia University in California, later he reworked his dissertation, and it found publication in 1983 as Prometheus Rising. Wilson married freelance writer and poet Arlen Riley in 1958; they had four children. Their youngest daughter Luna—beaten to death in an apparent robbery in the store where she worked in 1976 at the age of 15—became the first person to have her brain preserved by the Bay Area Cryonics Society. Arlen Riley Wilson died in 1999 following a series of strokes.
Among Wilson's 35 books, and many other works, perhaps his best-known volumes remain the cult classic series. The Illuminatus! Trilogy (1975), co-authored with Robert Shea. Advertised as "a fairy tale for paranoids," the three books--The Eye in the Pyramid, The Golden Apple, and Leviathan, soon offered as a single volume—philosophically and humorously examined, among many other themes, occult and magical symbolism and history, the counterculture of the 1960s, secret societies, data concerning author H.P. Lovecraft and author and occultist Aleister Crowley, and American paranoia about conspiracies.
Wilson wrote two more popular fiction series. The first, a trilogy later published as a single volume, was Schrödinger's Cat. The second, The Historical Illuminatus Chronicles, appeared as three books. In between publishing the two trilogies Wilson released a stand-alone novel, Masks of the Illuminati (1981) A play by Wilson, Wilhelm Reich in Hell (published as a book in 1987 and first performed at the Edmund Burke Theatre in Dublin.
In the nonfiction and partly autobiographical Cosmic Trigger I: The Final Secret of the Illuminati (1977) and its two sequels, as well as in many other works, Wilson examined Freemasons, Discordianism, Sufism, the Illuminati, Futurology, Zen Buddhism, Dennis and Terence McKenna, Jack Parsons, the occult practices of Aleister Crowley and G.I. Gurdjieff, Yoga, and many other esoteric or counterculture philosophies, personalities, and occurrences.
Wilson's 1986 book, The New Inquisition, argues that whatever reality consists of it actually would seem much weirder than we commonly imagine. Wilson also supported the work and utopian theories of Buckminster Fuller and examined the theories of Charles Fort. Although Wilson often lampooned and criticized some New Age beliefs, bookstores specializing in New Age material often sell his books. Wilson, a well-known author in occult and Neo-Pagan circles, used Aleister Crowley as a main character in his 1981 novel Masks of the Illuminati, included some elements of H. P. Lovecraft's work in his novels, and at times claimed to have perceived encounters with magical "entities" .
Wilson also criticized scientific types with overly rigid belief systems, equating them with religious fundamentalists in their fanaticism. In a 1988 interview, when asked about his newly-published book The New Inquisition: Irrational Rationalism and the Citadel of Science, Wilson commented: "I coined the term irrational rationalism because those people claim to be rationalists, but they're governed by such a heavy body of taboos. They're so fearful, and so hostile, and so narrow, and frightened, and uptight and dogmatic... I wrote this book because I got tired satirizing fundamentalist Christianity... I decided to satirize fundamentalist materialism for a change, because the two are equally comical... The materialist fundamentalists are funnier than the Christian fundamentalists, because they think they're rational! ...They're never skeptical about anything except the things they have a prejudice against
Robert Anton Wilson and his wife Arlen Riley Wilson founded the Institute for the Study of the Human Future in 1975. In 1976 Robert Anton Wilson founded the Starflight Network, a society to propagate the philosophy of Dr. Timothy Leary. From 1982 until his death, Wilson had a business relationship with the Association for Consciousness Exploration, which hosted his first on-stage dialogue with his long-time friend Timothy Leary.entitled The Inner Frontier. Wilson dedicated his book The New Inquisition to A.C.E.'s co-directors, Jeff Rosenbaum and Joseph Rothenberg.
Wilson also joined the Church of the SubGenius, who referred to him as Pope Bob. He contributed to their literature, including the book Three-Fisted Tales of "Bob", and shared a stage with their founder, Rev. Ivan Stang, on several occasions. Wilson also founded the Guns and Dope Party and its corresponding Burning Man theme camp. A decades-long researcher into drugs and a strong opponent of what he called "the war on some drugs", Wilson participated as a Special Guest in the week-long 1999 Annual Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam, and used and often promoted the use of medical marijuana. Wilson co-founded and became the primary instructor of the Maybe Logic Academy, named for his agnostic approach to all knowledge.
On January 6 2007, Wilson wrote on his blog that according to several medical authorities, he would likely only have between two days and two months left to live.He closed this message with "I look forward without dogmatic optimism but without dread. I love you all and I deeply implore you to keep the lasagna flying. Please pardon my levity, I don't see how to take death seriously. It seems absurd." He died peacefully five days later, on January 11 at 4:50 a.m. Pacific time.
RAW Explains Everything !
The Life and Times of Robert Anton Wilson part 1 (49min. 40mb)
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