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Mysterious Sickness

2008-07-06T04:11:14Z

I was EXTREMELY sick for 12 hours straight on Saturday night into Sunday morning. I thought that it was food poisoning or jaria. A lot of people were sick. Right now I am still having problems processing food. The four quarters crew need to make sure that the food and water is safe. I thought that I was going to end up in the hospital. I heard of at least 8 other people extremely sick. This is unacceptable. We pay a lot of money to have a great vacation. I ended up spending my last night of vacation puking. If any of you got sick, what do you think it was? I'm trying my best to pinpoint a cause. Don't get me wrong, I had an awesome time prior to getting sick.

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Forget about Four Quaters...

2008-07-05T22:07:09Z

Next year lets hold the summer festival in Kazantip

http://www.vbs.tv/video.php?id=662538693

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Flying High!

2008-07-05T20:52:10Z

Did anyone else happen to see a UFO during the fest? I just now remembered seeing it and was curious to know if it was REALLY there or I was seeing things. I remembered seeing it really high above the stone circle with psychedelic lights flashing.

Any info?

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If you are still sick, do us all a favor

2008-07-04T05:18:40Z

If you are still feeling ill, please please please do us ALL a favor.

Go get tested.

Please. Get thee to a medical establishment, clinic, doctor, urgent care facility, whatever. Donate a stool sample to science, so that the investigators who are trying to track this down can have some data to go on.

For those who were sickened at Wickerman and Fires Rising, it's too late to get any good culture results. Those of you who got hit at Gaian Mind are still possibly able to obtain test results that will offer information about what is making so many many people very ill.

Beyond helping figure this out for all of us who were sickened, please be conscious that Drum and Splash is coming up, and a whole new group of innocent and perhaps unsuspecting people are even now plotting their travel plans to go to 4QF. Please for their sake, get tested.

Today I spoke with the very friendly nurse Debbie with the State of PA Board of Health. She informed me that three state agencies are collaborating on the investigation. What they really need -- to do anything -- is hard medical data.

If you are still ill and cannot afford the process of being tested, please speak up. May our community take up a collection on your behalf or help you locate a free clinic where the test can be done.

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ø¥ø World Bridge III™ ø¥ø July 11 - 13 Deerfields, NC

2008-07-03T11:17:25Z

Come dance with us in the mountains! Another year of amazing tribal/neuro trance under the stars at Deerfields, NC. Bring your art, vibe, rituals, dancing shoes, and meet us on the floor for trancendental communication through sound and movement. It's been a rough trip, but thanks to the community, World Bridge III is happening!

Here is the line up for your rageing pleasures!

"LIVE"

Somarobotics(Psykomunity, Anomalistic, DARK)
Dyalien(Alpha Centauri, Fractal Cowboys)
Greg On Earth(Mistress of Evil)
Primordial Ooze(TOUCH Samadhi)
Unwashed Tomato(Unwashed Recs, Anomalistic)
Dragon(Touch Samadhi,Dharmaharmony.Com)
cinderVOMIT(AtlPsy,GBO,Anomalistic Rec, DARK Rec)

"DJ/Sound Manipulators"

800 Deathsticks (Unwashed, Anomalistic)
The Andychrist (Unwashed, Anomalistic, DARK)
Medisin (TOUCH Samadhi, Medimonks)
Lexi (NY)
Uzi(nutz&boltz)
Aktif(Mindoutpsyde)
Artemis(Unwashed Records)
Aastral(Those People)
Pyite(AtlPsy, Anomalistic Recs)
Puskara(AtlPsy, Anomalistic Recs, Unwashed Recs)
Psyonic(Psybertribe Recs,Those People,Touch Samadhi)
Myrkabah(Those People, Black Magik Recs))
Axis Mundi(Independent)
Nod(TOUCH Samadhi, AtlPsy, Those People)

Printable flyer at http://www.thosepeople-asheville.com/images/worldbridgeiii/worldbridgeiii.pdf
More information, directions, and presales available at
www.thosepeople-asheville.com

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festival reviews & pics

2008-06-30T00:53:39Z

i had a great time overall...minor brush with the sickness on my drive home but i got by with just a minor fever which has subsided after a good night's rest. gaian mind is always one of the highlights of my summer and this year was no exception - it is always wonderful to gather again with so many of the familiar faces who come back every year and the new friends they bring with them

this year was unique for me in that i managed to bring some of my festival experience back home to post online - pictures are on flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nodsamadhi/sets/72157605779958488/

and a recording of my dubstep set from the chill stage thursday night is on my (mostly-complete) website:

http://www.djnod.net/?p=19

big thanks to the gaian mind crew for all their hard work on making this festival go off!

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Litterbugs.

2008-06-29T21:32:08Z

Hello all,
I've been attending Four Quarters events for four years now. This past festival was my first GMSF.

I was EXTREMELY disheartened at the amount of trash people threw all over that gorgeous land. NEVER have I seen such complete and total disrespect for the sacred space and the people who have worked so hard to create and maintain it. At every other 4QF event I've been to, it's been a huge surprise to find even 3 or 4 cigarette butts after the night of a drum and fire circle. At GMSF, you could not take a step without seeing some sort of refuse strewn on the ground. Unbelievable.

My boyfriend and I spent nearly two hours on Sunday before we left filling trash bags with cigarette butts, plastic cups, empty water bottles, beer cans, glowsticks, and stupid f*cking little plastic baggies from the High Meadow and the Stone Circle.

I cleaned up an area around a group of young men seated in the Stone Circle, swept it of every cigarette butt and bit of plastic... and when I returned to that space a few minutes later after cleaning up nearby, there was a brand new, still-burning cigarette butt lying there on the ground in the center of their little group. I was sick as a dog with a respiratory infection, covered in sweat, kneeling at the feet of these @ssholes cleaning up their mess, and they just tossed their cigarette butts right back onto the ground when I turned my back.

I was, and am, disgusted.

I sincerely hope that in the future, the attendees of this event behave more like the responsible, earth-conscious adults they claim to be instead of like a bunch of careless litterbugs who have only come to Four Quarters to get f*cked up and trash the place. I won't be there next time to clean up after you, because the anger this has caused me is enough to deter me from ever attending GMSF ever again.

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On a POSITIVE note...

2008-06-28T00:37:07Z

I absolutely LOVED the Psychedelic theater and the hula hoop workshop. I learned a lot of awesome moves. I apologize, but I can't remember the name of the hula-hoop instructor. Thanks if you post on here! Also, on Friday night I experienced seeing a faerie down around where I camped. I saw faeries the last time I went to the 4QF in 2006. If you know anything about faeries, they are rather hard to run into because they're very fast.

Now state at least one POSITIVE thing that happened to you.

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Thank You

2008-06-27T20:32:55Z

Just wanted to post a quick THANK YOU to the GM folks.
Everyone who worked so hard to make the festival happen.
Organizers, Volunteers, Performers...etc...
And everyone I met who made my experience just wonderful.

THANK YOU!

--Maat /\

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To all of YOU!

2008-06-27T20:31:05Z

I had such a wonderful experience at my first GMSF. I really want to thank all the hard workers who made it happen and every person who had a smile on their face this weekend.. so many beautiful souls added to the positive vibrations that shook four quarters.. unity and community with my comrades on the dance floor.. you all kept me going!
Thank You!!!!
Peace and Love
Abigail

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So you got the virus, now what? Some advice on what to eat and drink

2008-06-27T19:21:54Z

Ok... here is the best advice I can give you. This came from my doctor.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE: If you are unsure or worried about your symptoms, go see a doctor or go to the emergency room! My advice, even though it came directly from my doctor...is no substitute for you seeking your own medical advice!

Starting feel sick, and for some of you... AGAIN....

Here's what you can do

Day one - CLEAR FLUIDS
Having trouble keeping food down?

Drink water, lots of it. Stay hydrated! If you are experiencing both vomiting and diarrhea you will get dehydrated very quickly. Drink GATORADE, PROPEL or any water that has electrolytes in it. This will help you refuel the electrolytes you are currently throwing out of your system. You will feel so much better once you get this into your body!

Day two - BRAT DIET

This consists of Bananas, Rice, Apple sauce and Tea/Toast

It's a modified bland diet. This will help you get the nutrients you need without irritating your tummy and system too much. Do this gradually or as your body can tolerate it. It may take a little for your body to adjust to it, but once your system can absorb the potassium and nutrients you can start to fight off the virus.

Continue the BRAT diet to the following day. Move VERY GRADUALLY back to your normal diet. DO NOT SHOCK YOUR SYSTEM...Do not fool yourself into thinking "oh I'm better, I can have spicy food right now!" Your body's plumbing will thank you for taking it easy and allowing yourself to heal.

Get plenty of rest, relaxation and rejuvenation!

MAKE SURE YOU WASH YOUR HANDS, wash down things you commonly touch... be extra diligent about this! Especially if you are at work (keyboards?) while having a bout of this virus! You can get this virus again, the immunity period is very short.

I hope you all feel better....

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Lost & Found

2008-06-27T08:38:51Z

Another beautiful event. I want to thank all the staff and volunteers for all their work. The event has become synonymous with joy in my mind.

A little bit of housekeeping. Did anyone spot a monogrammed money clip. It was initialled FJM and only had a couple of dollars in it and some SEPTA tickets.

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Found Eyeglasses at GMSF

2008-06-26T03:41:13Z

I found a pair of glasses in the Gaian Mind staff camping area near the kitchen. They are marble-y brown and have a thin frame. Let me know if they are yours.
Keith
267-391-7611

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Viruses etc

2008-06-25T20:29:15Z

I had a great time this weekend and was fortunate to stay healthy. Several members of my camp weren't so lucky though. Regardless of whether the cause was rotavirus, norovirus (unlikely because symptoms had no delayed onset), or one of the common bacterial causes, the only way it could have infected the people it did was via the water. Too many people became ill who did not share food, did not participate in the meal plan, and unless there was a massive orgy that I wasn't invited to, did not share intimate contact.

4Q's defence is that they once had their water tested and it passed. Their water may have been contaminated by the overflowing porta potties half way into the festival or at any other time since their water was tested. If anyone racks up any serious medical bills, you have a good chance of forcing 4Q to pay for them. I'm not a fan of excessive litigiousness, but if their negligence is causing dozens of people to fall ill every year, they need to be confronted. At the very least, filing a civil claim will force them to get their water tested again.

Otherwise, the only alternative is to warn people to bring their own water and treat the spigots and coffee dragon area as lake water - boil it or chemically treat it, or don't even think about drinking it. The same goes for any non-cooked food. Forget about eating vegetables at the fractal feast.

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Creative Event Planning Opportunity!

2008-06-24T14:24:54Z

Our project is growing!! After launching Unbridaled Expo this year, we are looking to expand everything (seriously, everything!!!) for our next show, including another member for our team:

Creative, excited, energetic person needed to help plan and execute Philadelphia's alternative wedding expo. We have one very successful expo under our belt and are building this year's to be more of what we are: local, handmade and green solutions that allow individuality to be the focus of the event, not the brand name or money spent. Assistance needed with locating and securing sponsors, coordinating the fashion show, and working with local vendors as well as event-specific tasks.

Check out the slide show from the Daily News:
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/gallery/Unbridaled_Fashion_Show_and_Expo.html

and our site: http://unbridaledexpo.com/

If you are looking for a creative opportunity to be a part of an industry project with a serious heart, here is your chance!! This internship will expose the right person to business development, event management, community outreach and time management. We need someone who can and wants to contribute toward being part of something new and growing.

The right person will be organized, personable, efficient, creative, and self motivated. If you are interested, let us know why and little bit about your experience. Please forward to unbridaledexpo@gmail.com. Thanks!

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Ride to Gaian Mind from NYC

2008-06-19T16:06:40Z

My ride fell through and I'd really appreciate if someone who is going from NYC today or tomorrow could grab me along. I am very lightly packed and of course I'll share gas & tolls. My cell is 412-901-4312. Thanks a lot.

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Need a Ride From Gaian MInd to NYC on Sunday...

2008-06-18T20:05:21Z

Does anyone have room for me going back to NYC on Sunday?
email me directly if you do..
alienblue3@yahoo.com
thank you!!

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is it going to rain

2008-06-18T16:41:40Z

so coming from Ohio and was wondering what the rain situation was looking like?

Cheers~
safe journey to all

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Ride Available...

2008-06-17T16:27:46Z

I'm leaving on Wed. from Raleigh and coming back on either Sunday or Monday....timing is flexible. If anyone is on the way and wants me to pick them up, just drop me a line. I'll be going through DC.

Thanks!

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GMSF 2008 - Ride Share Info

2008-06-14T13:12:10Z

Gaian Mind encourages and supports Four Quarters dedication to sustainability: Four Quarters is committed to the values of sustainability and we want to encourage responsible transportation choices whenever possible. The Ride Share carpool database is a custom application commissioned by Four Quarters that matches auto drivers with riders for most events held at Four Quarters. It costs you nothing to use and does a world of good, one ride at a time!

Use this Link for GMSF 2008 RIDE SHARE.... CARPOOL!

http://www.spaceshare.com/4qf/index.cgi/4

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GAIAN MIND SUMMER FESTIVAL 2008 - June 19th to June 22nd, 2008, Four Quarters, Central PA, USA

2008-06-14T11:03:27Z

Presenting the 7th Annual
GAIAN MIND SUMMER FESTIVAL
~ Summer Solstice / Full Moon ~
Thursday, June 19th to Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
Four Quarters, Central Pennsylvania, USA

Join us for four days and three nights of Transcendental Dance in the open air – truly, a magical event which has established itself as an annual summer tradition for the global Trance Tribes!

Currently in its seventh year, the Gaian Mind Summer Festival has hosted international talent from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, plus the finest regional talent in the USA, and it has become a destination for hundreds of dancers from all over the world. The gathering includes a full weekend of transcendental dancing, tribal drumming, lectures and workshops, yoga, sweat lodge, swimming, relaxation, and much more in a sacred, sylvan sanctuary that only Four Quarters can provide.

“Celebrating the Dance of Life”

Additional information coming soon.

www.gaian-mind.com

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DJ Meghan - Recorded Live at Gaian Mind Monthly!!! on DI psy-goa station

2008-06-13T22:03:44Z

yeah, I got excited when I realized what I was listening to.

I won't be able to attend the festy this year. Have fun ya'll!

and can yah believe it? One of the guys in the lab I work in is a member of Four Quarters.

jawesome.

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selling extra ticket $100

2008-06-13T19:03:23Z

Im no longer attending this even since most my friends bailed out on me...i need to sell my ticket asap. Reply to this message or sent me an email:margera2001@hotmail.com

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Anyone driving through Knoxville?

2008-06-13T13:42:18Z

To get to Gaian Mind? I know this is kind of last minute, but I think ive pretty much exhausted all other resources available. Anyways, im needing a ride to the festival. Of course i can pitch in whatever money needed for gas. Really really wanting to see Solarfields and the rest of the Ultimae record kats! Help a bro out and hit me up! =)
Dan

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TICKETS SOLD!!!!!!!!!

2008-06-12T23:42:18Z

HELLO EVERYONE,
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT INQUIRED ABOUT THE TICKETS I HAD FOR SALE. THEY WENT VERY QUICKLY!!!! I WISH YOU ALL A WONDERFUL TIME!!!!! HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE THERE NEXT YEAR!
PEACE & LIGHT,
JOANNE

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GMSF Ride for CT / NY Residents

2008-06-12T19:40:02Z

We are a group of 4 renting a Mini-Van heading down
the the festival. There are spots for 2 more in the car.

Here are the important details
* We are located along I-95 southern CT, will pick up
along the route.
* We are leaving THURSDAY morning.
* We are heading back SUNDAY afternoon.
* We plan the cost of the roundtrip would be around
$100/person including gas. DEPENDS on car to be rented
and details.
* We are reserving space for luggage, but space is
limited.

I think i covered it all. Anything detail missing
please email me at:

bborges79@gmail.com

Peace,

BB

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The most brilliant animation ever. <-- Period

2008-06-12T16:24:59Z

Take a journey with this morphing white gloop abnormality and black shape shifting border to a mind bending world.

http://www.vimeo.com/993998

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Two Gaian Mind Festival tickets for $200

2008-06-12T03:05:00Z

Hello, Loves,

I am so sad to have to do this but I have two tickets to the festival that I must sell. Both of my cars have broken down and Alyssa and I have no way of traveling. If you are interested you can contact me at equus924@gmail.com. I will express mail the tickets to you as soon as I receive payment. I would prefer the money come to me via paypal but if you can get the money to me quickly in some other fashion this would also be acceptable.
Peace,
Joanne

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Food Vendors?

2008-06-11T12:46:55Z

Hi, I am traveling from the west coast... Does anyone know if there will be enough vendors to survive the weekend without bringing my own food? Any info would be helpful. Thanks
Boom

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Kids Tribe 2008 Roll Call

2008-06-10T03:39:16Z

So we are less then one month out from Gaian Mind 2008! And we are finalizing our plans for the kids area. In order for us to make sure we have an appropriate mix of activities and the right environment, we would like to hear from the families who will be attending this year. Please send us a little about yourself - names and kid's ages would be great!
Once we have gathered some info we will post our schedule.

Can't wait to see you all!!!!!

Lisa, Diego & Nico Cusano
Suzi Lilly and Jess

*Just a reminder, the kids area is to be enjoyed by the whole family and not a babysitting service*

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Going to Gaian Mind Alone? Join us at the Solo Camp!

2008-06-10T02:31:09Z

http://i32.tinypic.com/2qv9r45.jpg
(CLICK FOR FLYER)

Hey everyone hope to see you soon. The camp location is TBA because I want your input if you plan on joining us, where would you like to camp? Most likely it will be in the chill out or very quiet area because not everyone will want to be bombarded with sound all night. You input is very valuable to this working so please express interest and let others know that may want to join us.

You do not need to be attending solo to be part of our camp site, we want to foster a freindly environment where you can meet other travelers much like a hostel. So even if you have a group that wants to meet other wanderers then please join us to share fun times and pitch in together for a fire circle to conserve cash and wood. Hope to see many of you as part of this!

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Appropriate for teens?

2008-06-10T01:17:50Z

My 15-year old son would really like to attend Gaian Mind, and I'm wondering whether that's a good idea. I'll be staffing, spending most of my time doing registration, so he'd be pretty much on his own. He's pretty responsible, and is usually left to his own devices at Four Quarters. Lately, he's been helping out as well, staffing the Coffee Dragons or washing dishes in the kitchen. But this time he'd like to just hang out and have fun. Is this a good idea, or should I encourage him to try other events instead?

I've personally never attended GM, so I'm not sure what to expect.

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Sun

2008-06-07T21:54:01Z

My ancestors are not risen from their deaths and guiding me from Heaven,
so with one life I am searching and I have found evidence of God.
The key to my divine discovery is synchronicity -
the knowledge of our Universe in humanity.

Synchronicity is visible in everything which relates to humankind, from the near approach of Earth and Mars on an American president's birthday to the cataclysmic Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami which coincided with the birth of a beloved and famous television personality. Synchronicity is scientifically proven but it's generally unsought and it's value unnoticed. Carl Jung, the Swiss scientist who coined synchronicity, studied the subject but his work died soon after he died. The motion of Earth around our Sun, that's synchronicity. It's recognized but unkept. The majority of us, when we look at our Sun and other stars, don't give it another thought; our Sun is too bright and we're too dim to contemplate it, we might believe. Meaningful coincidence, kismet, grace, synchronicity, it's a mystery we've all experienced and I've taken it a few steps further to show how events of all levels of importance are connected. I'm not building a better computer or engineering a better cow, I'm saying there's no separation between us and God. Language is human-created and generated, all from the same singular source and one of the tricks to understanding the miracle of synchronicity is the discovery of the intimate and luminous link between humankind and the system of Earth and sky, our system of great industrial and individual innovations and ideas, of family and personal evolution.

August 27:
2003 - The close encounter of Earth and Mars. The last time Mars was as close had been 60,000 years prior.
1962 - America's NASA Mariner 2 spacecraft departed Earth for Venus.
1908 - U.S. President Lyndon Johnson was born.
1906 - Inventor Lee DeForest filed his patent application at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for the Audion, an electronic amplifier device. It was a major invention at the start of the electronics era.
1883 - One of Earth's most violent volcanic eruptions occurred, at Krakatoa, Indonesia.
1859 - The first oil well in the Americas was drilled, in Titusville, Pennsylvania, United States.

On August 27, 1859, Edwin Drake drilled the first successful oil well of the Americas in Titusville, Pennsylvania. Near another Titusville - Titusville, Florida - also an August 27th, America's Mariner 2 spacecraft was launched. It rocketed away from Cape Canaveral in 1962, on then-Vice President Lyndon Johnson's birthday. Mariner 2 reached Venus in late 1962, it was the first spacecraft to relay data from another planet in our solar system. On the anniversary of Mariner 2's launch, our Sun brought Earth and Mars near each other in 2003, the nearest the two planets had been in 60,000 years. The Earth-Mars close encounter harmonized with the eruption of Krakatoa on August 27, 1883, one of Earth's most violent volcanic eruptions. The eruption created a tsunami which killed 36,000 Indonesians. Krakatoa is an island off Sumatra's southern coast and Sumatra's northern coast was the epicenter in 2004 of the cataclysmic magnitude 9.1 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami which killed 250,000 people in several nations. Exactly one week after Krakatoa's eruption telephonic pioneer Harold DeForest Arnold was born in Woodstock, Connecticut, home of puppeteer Caroll Spinney, Sesame Street's Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch. Harold DeForest Arnold was the man who delivered our world long-distance radio and transcontinental telephone service. He died the year Caroll Spinney was born. The catastrophic Indian Ocean earthquake occurred on Spinney's birthday: December 26th. Sun... is Spinning Earth. Synchronicity is simplicity, the Sun, the creator of life, giver of sight. Harold DeForest Arnold delivered our world long-distance radio and transcontinental telephone service using the audion tube, an electronic amplifier device invented in 1906 by another DeForest - Lee DeForest. Lee DeForest had celebrated his 10th birthday one day before the eruption of Krakatoa. He filed his patent application for the audion at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on the anniversary of Krakatoa's eruption, the anniversary of the drilling of the first oil well of the Americas, the day Mariner 2 was launched. Volcanoes, oil wells and rockets, all three can have an eruptive, ejaculatory quality. Johnson(as in President Lyndon Johnson, for whom The Johnson Space Center in Houston is named) is slang for penis, another in the line of things which do erupt and ejaculate, and potentially give life. Volcanoes can create land, oil can produce light and give life to machines, and sperm, alive inside all men, made every mammal on the planet and are swimming their way towards eggs now. And rockets, rockets can inspire imaginations.

Johnny

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=7036707&blogID=392094215

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wickerman thanks, video & pictures

2008-06-06T00:50:26Z

The Man was 40 feet high and burned into his own 16' dia. footprint; in three controlled stages.

Aided and assited by Fire Dance Conclave, propane cannons and inbedded pyro.

www.youtube.com/watch to the WickerMan Burn

Much thanks to all who volunteered their energy to make it happen, and muchly more to the Fire Conclave! We don't know all the names and people because it was just too big to track, but... Wine Man+Amera, Wierd Mike, Kit the video guy, Eliza, The Ohio Burn Unit, Kate, Reaper and Janet, PEX, Ring of Fire, Eric and Scorch, Dave the Architect and the Safetys, the staff volunteers who spent 3 weeks building the Man, and then spent 2 hours burning him! Increadible Sound Town and SinCity, Folks who stepped up to run the Coffee Dragons and baked 150 loaves of bread. All the Noodle God Emissaries, The beautiful and contemplative space of Center Circle.

But most of all, The Burners!

To you the WickerMan says, " It felt so good, Burn me again !"

Picture files are being loaded to the discussion forum.

Be sure to load your picture links. www.wickermanburn.org/forum/m...360.html

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The T.O.U.C.H. Samadhi 5th Annual Arts and Music Festival:

2008-06-05T15:27:15Z

The T.O.U.C.H. Samadhi 5th Annual Arts and Music Festival:
Equinox

Sept. 19-21, 2008 @ Deerfields in NC

Main stage:

Scorb [United Kingdom] Trick Music, Last Possible Solution *LIVE
Random [san francisco, CA] geomagnetic/vaporent *LIVE
Primordial Ooze [chicawaukee, WI/IL] kabrathor *LIVE
Virtual Light [ottawa, Canada] geomagnetic *LIVE
Clone [ottawa, Canada] tundrarecords.org *LIVE
Shapestatic [NC/TN] touch samadhi *LIVE
Dragon [pensacola FL] dharmaharmony *LIVE
Bioluminescense [greenville SC] pure perception records *LIVE
Kri [asheville NC] touch samadhi
Moksa [atlanta GA] altpsy
Wichdokta [san francisco, CA] geomagnetic
Kameleon & Labyrinth [greenville SC] pangea productions
Koji [charlotte NC] singlecell
Oso [athens GA] touch samadhi
KT [chicago IL] touch samadhi
Iduna [asheville NC] touch samadhi
Medisin vs Cinder [NC/GA] touch samadhi / ATLpsy

2nd stage:

The Malah [greenville, SC] themalah.com *LIVE
Yoko K [washington, DC] asahra music *LIVE*
Aquarium [greenville, SC] myspace.com/aqauarium *LIVE
Aligning Minds [washington, DC] native state / aleph zero *LIVE
Silver Machine [asheville, NC] myspace.com/silvermachine11 *LIVE
Naiad-Daiad [NYC / greenville, SC] myspace.com/naiaddaiad *LIVE
Primordial Ooze [chicagowaukee] divine balance / kabrathor *LIVE
Logos [asheville, NC] logosmusic.net / icreateiam.com *LIVE
Quetzatl [asheville, NC] waveform modulations / heterodox *LIVE
Opensourcecode [NYC] myspace.com/opensourcecode
Kameleon & Labyrinth [greenville, SC] pangea productions
Xist [asheville, NC] alientechnology
NOD [asheville, NC] www.djnod.net
Shad [nashville, TN] touch samadhi
D.Raigosa & Klaws [greenville, SC] pangea productions
Oso [athens, GA] touch samadhi
Senjya [winston salem, NC]
Panties the Clown [greenville, NC] ATLPsy / psybertribe
Iduna [asheville, NC] touch samadhi
Alex [knoxville, TN] ATLPsy / LoopD / touch samadhi
The Fuzz [winston salem, NC] touch samadhi
Medisin [asheville, NC] asheville full moon / touch samadhi

Psyoptic Mindstimuli:
Devotee & The Fuzz [Winston Salem NC] touch samadhi

Projected Visuals:
Night Light Riders & Psyonic

Workshops:
Bellydance
Yoga
Tai Chi
Time and Space Theories

BRING EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO SURVIVE COMFORTABLY FOR 3 DAYS IN THE WILDERNESS.

Ins/Outs are highly discouraged and reserved for emergencies.
BRING YOUR OWN WATER, 2 gallons a day is suggested.

What else to bring:
flashlights, floats for the lakes, mtn. bikes...
Fires will only be allowed in designated fire circles.
NO DOGS !!!!! You will not be allowed in.

Pirate sound-systems are not allowed!

*Visit us online for additional details, full schedule of events and workshops, complete list of vendors and future updates!

Deerfields is located 20 minutes south of Asheville, North Carolina in the Mills River Community. The private retreat is a 940-acre family-owned tract of unspoiled wilderness offering camping, swimming, and hiking. Cascading through the Queens Creek Mountains of the Appalachia, the land is surrounded by ponds, apple orchards, and rhododendrons.

Gate opens Friday at Noon!
18 and up!
kids under 14 are loved, cherished
and free with guardian!

Pre-registered by September 8: $55
at the Gate: $70
full name of attendees required with registration
pay with paypal.com: touch.samadhi@gmail.com
info: touch.samadhi@gmail.com
location: http://www.deerfields.com
main website: http://www.touchsamadhi.com

Interested Vendors contact krisamadhi@gmail.com

Directions:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=112+Watagnee+Tr,28742&sll=35.626047,-82.930298&sspn=3.482472,6.04248&ie=UTF8&ll=35.436617,-82.517624&spn=0.43637,0.75531&z=11

More info and updates @ www.touchsamadhi.com coming soon.

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Workshop Leaders and Healers

2008-06-04T22:17:00Z

Welcome Workshop Leaders and Healers!

Below you will find how you can participate in the GMSF...

Call for Workshop Leaders

As many of you know, from previous years, the workshops at the GMSF are just as important, enjoyed, and colorful as the musical character of this festival. Each year we put extra effort in providing an array of programs that not only offer further forms of entertainment, but give an opportunity for attendees to exchange and learn from each other on a more intimate basis, while offering a high quality educational element on topics ranging from science and technology, to astrology, spirituality, sustainability, and yoga/healing. This is an opportunity for the wide range of attendees to bring their special skills and knowledge into a platform for information sharing and idea exchange. The festival truly wouldn’t be all that it is if it weren’t for what you-the attendees-bring to it. If you feel that you have something to offer that would fit within the program of Gaian Mind, please complete the Workshop Submittal Form below and send the completed form to:

workshops@gaian-mind.com

Workshop Submittal Form:

1. Title of Workshop
2. Facilitator Name(s), Phone #, email
3. One sentence description of workshop(s)
4. One paragraph description of workshop(s)
5. Length of your workshop?
6. What city are you from?
7. Do you have experience facilitating this kind of workshop?
8. What type of location does your workshop need? (ie. large space, quite space, covered, with a floor)
9. Does your workshop have any special needs that you cannot provide yourself? If so please state what you would require to conduct your workshop.
10. What day will you be arriving to the festival?

*All workshops must be approved before being added to our program. Workshops must fit within the educational scope of the Gaian Mind Festival or may be deemed inappropriate. Please understand that we have limited spaces and times for workshops so this will affect how many we can host. All workshop leaders are “volunteer” and must purchase a ticket.

Call for Healers

As an added amenity and service at this year’s festival we would like to offer an official healing area for attendees to escape the swirl of activities to a place of sanctuary and tranquility. Along with the broad music lineup and range of workshops we offer, we also feel it is important to include an opportunity for attendees to obtain balance and insight into their own lifestyles by having some light-health needs met as a complimentary element for a well-rounded experience. The healing area will be nestled in the forest in close proximity to the North Crook Chill Stage and the adjacent creek. With this healing area we would like to open the opportunity for healers to offer their various gifts and skills of healing, ie, massage, reiki, etc., to the broader festival. Healers should have some experience and training in offering their particular type of healing. If you feel that you have a healing service to offer appropriate for the Gaian Mind Festival, please complete the Healing Submittal Form below, and send it to

workshops@gaian-mind.com

Healing Submittal Form
1. Type of healing you can offer
2. Name(s), Phone #, email
3. One sentence description of your type of healing (if uncommon/unfamiliar to many people)
4. How many hours a day would you be willing to offer this service?
5. How many days would you be willing to offer your services?
6. What city are you from?
7. What is your experience/qualifications/background for facilitating this type of healing?
8. What tools would you need in order to offer your healing? (ie. mats, table, blankets, etc.)
9. What tools would you be able to provide? Would these be for your use only or could they be used by all healers/healees?
10. Does your healing have any special needs that you cannot provide yourself, and if so, what?
11. What day will you be arriving to the festival?

*All healers must be approved before being added to our program. Please understand we have limited spaces and times that we will be offering healings so this will affect how many healers we can host. All healers are “volunteer” and must purchase a ticket.

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transportation - cleveland to gaian mind

2008-06-04T22:16:27Z

Hello, I have a friend who needs a ride from Cleveland to gaian mind on Friday after business hours.

Anyone able to help, please respond to me.

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Albert Hofmann RIP 4-29-8

2008-06-04T22:15:58Z

Died at 9AM CEST at his home in Basel, Switzerland of a heart attack.

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Why I will NEVER Go To Four Quarters Farm Again. A Tale of Harassment, Intolerance, and Physical Violence on the part of the 4qf Staff.

2008-06-04T20:09:36Z

Dear Fellow Burners,

I spent most of my time on 4Quarters land in fear of harassment from the staff members. I was physically assaulted, threatened, and had many other camp members threatened into submission by 4quarters staff. They have NO respect for the autonomy of women and no respect for Burning Man as a separate culture from their own. I was told MANY times that THIS IS NOT BURNING MAN, You're Guests on OUR land you have to follow OUR rules.

I have been to Burning Man (twice), Singularity (NV), Lighting in a Bottle - CA (twice), Transformus (SC), and PDF (twice) I have a good idea what a burn should be. TOLERANT! The Burner community is about radical inclusion and individuality! NOT threatening people into submission!

The way that they treated me and many others is INHUMANE! I write this letter and ask others to post their similar experiences so that no one else in our community will have to experience the horrible treatment that I received from the staff of 4 Quarters Farm.

My story of harassment, physical aggression, threats and intolerance, this is why I will never go back to 4 Quarters Farm:

I arrived at 4 Quarters Farm thrilled to find an escape from PDF and ready to set up an AMAZING theme camp! We had rented a Uhaul and filled it with lights, sound equipment, a full bar, smoke machines, decorations and everything else we could think of to have a killer party!

Upon arrival I was surprised not to meet any greeters (burners), but only the staff of 4qf, who seemed less than thrilled that we had brought all of this equipment. They had apparently misunderstood our completely blatant, and colorful email "a sea of writhing bodies, dancing all night to nasty beats in front of two twenty foot projection screens" and did not put us in sound town.

According to their reactions to us which were intense and unnecessarily aggressive they seemed to think their mistake was our fault. We were willing to work with them but would not agree not to play music. (Their requirement was that our music be no louder than our generator!?)

Friday night some great news came! Michael and Andrea (our liaisons) came down as we were setting up for the evenings festivities and said " Disregard everything you've heard up until this point. The woman (member) who was camping near here who was the problem has gone for the weekend. So have fun and do whatever you want."

And we did. We played music all night until about 4 and then turned it down to chill down-tempo music. (it was a great party!)

The harassment progressed from there.

First thing in the morning (as though someone was watching from the trees to see when we woke up), the croanies of 4qf rolled back into our camp shouting at us.
James (the "enforcer" thug with bone through his nose) was pointing his finger in a camp-member's face and yelling that we had disregarded their wishes and that we didn't listen to them last night!

When I tried to explain what we were told the previous night he reacted with physical aggression and more yelling.

After twenty minutes of this, two camp members in tears and the rest fearing their safety the "enforcers" finally left us alone.

On the way to the burn Saturday night everything seemed to be coming together, Monkee our dj had arrived! The rest of our camp who had been stuck in the traffic jam that morning arrived...

I was walking over to watch my friends spinning in the fire conclave before the burn when I was grabbed roughly by the arm.

"Are you in the fire conclave!?" barked Orren.

I pulled my arm out of his grip and responded "I was asked to be in it, but I decided not to spin tonight" and tried to continue walking.

He grabbed my hoops and yanked them pulling me closer to him and grabbed my arm again and began dragging me away from the conclave.

The whole time I was trying to pull free James (the thug) was yelling personal insults at me.

Yelling at him and trying to pull away I finally splashed him with my champagne, and he released me and my hoops.

Crying I ran over to my camp mates..

I did not even see the burn because I was so upset about the way I had been treated, I spent the whole thing crying in my tent alone.

After calming down I walked back to the burn area as it was concluding where my boyfriend and I were cut off my James and Kate who said.

"Take your dog home!" (about me) "She threw a drink at the head of our church, you have two hours to vacate the premises or we'll escort you off by force."
*(I'm certainly glad I'm not a part of a "church" who treats women that way.)*

We went back to our camp and lay down to sleep. (We were drunk and it was pitch black and we had and ENTIRE Uhaul to pack up, so there was no way it was going to happen that night)

We were roused from our tent by James, the really nasty balding guy with long blonde hair in the back and none on top, and Andrea yelling at our camp mates that we had two hours to leave or the police would be called.

Finally we came out of the tent and requested that they call the police. Someone who might actually treat us like humans and restrain the staff members from any further violence. They refused and said that we could stay until the morning.

At this point Andrea said "so how do we get the generator on, lets get the lights going and have some fun." NO WAY. That is our generator and Our lights!

When we woke up Michael and Andrea were sitting in our camp regaling my camp members with THEIR new and improved story of what had happened the previous nights. Conveniently forgetting to include the parts above highlighted in pink.

We come out of our tent, are consoled by our friends and others who have heard rumor of our treatment, and begin packing. Within an hour there were four Porn&Eggs members in our camp and 8-10 4q staff members standing menacingly watching us.

At one point Andrea began throwing chairs around the camp and throwing someone else's hoops at my pile of hoops.

After a few hours of packing I needed to use the ladies room so I asked a couple male camp members to escort me because I didn't feel safe going alone, I was right.

Two of their enforcers (one male one female) followed us demanding to know where we were going.

"the bathroom" I responded.

"Oh, no you're not! You can go piss in the woods, You're not going ANYWHERE"

"No, I am going to use the bathroom!"

Finally I was allowed, but I was only allowed the use of a port-a-potty (not the flushing toilets just a little farther)

AND

This man (The long blonde haired balding one) stood out side the bathroom door yelling at my camp mates.

Crying, and feeling terribly violated, I returned to camp and continued packing.

An hour or so later my boyfriend stopped packing to take a drink and talk to a camp member about what to do with some camp gear when we leave and James (bone-thug)
steps in between them about three inches from his face and

yells, "what the fuck are you doing!? there's no talking, keep packing!"

He responded "I'm taking a break"

"Hell no you're not, you're packing and leaving, get moving!"

At this point the blonde balding guy starts yelling at him too. They're both in his face yelling.

He asks "what are you going to do, call the police?"

"No, we don't need the police to deal with you, we'll take care of you ourselves"

When one of our female camp members interjected "You don't need to talk to him like that"

They turned on her put a hand out in her face and yelled "shut up missy, I'm not talking to you!"

"Well," She responded "I'm talking to you!"

"You're going to have to leave next if you don't shut the fuck up!"

Finally we've finished packing and our camp helped us load up the truck. We drove it up to pick up my car in the parking lot and headed out.

They followed my car far beyond the Four Quarters Sign, all the way to the concrete road and finally we were free.

I felt such a release of tension as I drove away from this beautiful land. I left 4 Quarters Farm in fear for my safety and as beautiful as the land is the people who run it are equally awful.

Please contact me if you have any questions.

Pause

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Going to Gaiain-Mind from Syracuse, NY that needs a ride or wants to carpool???

2008-06-04T17:36:44Z

Going to Gaiain-Mind from Syracuse, NY that needs a ride or wants to carpool???

MSG me...

~Adam

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Screw Sustainability

2008-06-03T16:30:33Z

"Sustainability implies a worldview of a kindly and caring nature, a nature that's easily raped by technology, industry, capitalism, and modernism. It implies a nature that will automatically protect rainforests, whales, and endangered species if we greedy modern humans rein in our consumerist lusts. If we get rid of our SUVs and of our industrial factories, this worldview tells us that nature will go back to the greenery and the reliability of some mythic good old days.rnBut that view of nature isn't true. Nature is not the motherly protector. Nature is just the opposite. She tosses us curves and challenges our creativity. The challenge to create is what Mother Nature and her favorite game - evolution - are really all about. Which means we need a major worldview change. ( Source: http://www.scientificblogging.com/howard_bloom/screw_sustainability_and_i_am_here_to_tell_you_why )

"Our goal is not sustainability. It's not to bow and grovel hoping Mother Nature will also freeze in place. Our challenge is to outrun nature by inventing radically new ways to deal with change. We have to be able to raise food in drought. We have to be able to raise a rich bounty of fruits, vegetables, and grain in flood or in a new ice age. If necessary, we have to farm the bacteria that love the deep freeze of the Antarctic, the bacteria that live in rock and the bacteria that thrive in radioactivity.If we want to make nature proud, it's time to ride the whirlwind."

(Source: http://www.scientificblogging.com/howard_bloom/screw_sustainability_and_cheer_up_about_it )

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DJ SHAFT(69) - Farewell To Hofmann

2008-06-02T20:34:22Z

Mixed Sampled and Recorded Live
Mayday 2008

3:55:51 @ 128kps

D/L
http://www.sendspace.com/file/6p8zfz

1>Intro (Psychedelia Hungary:Psybaba)
2>Intro - Amarsis Project (Lunik:Amarsis)
3>Intro (Alien FM:Dropout Productions)
4>Samadhi -Lifes Only A Dream (Alien FM²-Illegal Aliens:Dropout Productions)
5> ARTIFAKT - What Is Psychedelic Part 1 (What Is Psychedelic?:Vision Records)
6>Fractal Cowboys - Shamadhi Shawadhi (Entre Nous:Manic Dragon/Sonic Dragon)
7>Nommos - Whatever (Alien FM:Dropout Productions)
8>Strezz - Lyserg Saeure Diaethylamid (Deep Mental Trauma Part 1:Nabi)
9>Cuboid Atom - Corporation Kapitalism (Artist Promo:Cuboid Atom)
10>System Overload Vs Mubali - Swan Song (No Time No Space:Parvati Records)
11>The Galactic Brain - Mind Manifest
(Project Eleusis-The Bible of Psychedelics:Dropout Productions)
12>Cuboid - Fried Mushrooms (Eat The Fridge:Artist Promo)
13>Nommos - The Eight Finger Funk (Eight Finger Eddie's 80th Birthday Tribute:Avatar)
14>The Nommos - Mental Ritual (Blacklight Power:Goanmantra)
15>Penta - Tolkorn (Project Eleusis:Dropout Productions)
16>Wizack Twizack-The Mind Of A Lunatic [Remix] (Voice of Sauron:Ultiva)
17>Kulu & Zik Matutero - Secrets (Greekedelia:Noise Conspiracy)
18>Wizack Twizack - Drugs 'n' Stuff (Lunik:Amarsis)
19>The Nommos - Happy Hoffman 100 (Project Eleusis:Dropout Productions)
20>Highko & Naked Tourist - Devine Blast (Project Eleusis:Dropout Productions)
21>Stranger - Psychopunko (Chaporas Tribal Dance:Discovalley Records)
22>Kindzadza - Ritm Corr (Project Eleusis:Dropout Productions)
23>Kayab Project - Fractals (Martian Roullette-Mind Expansion.net)
24>Digitalist - Velotripper (Project Eleusis:Dropout Productions)
25>Paraforce - Freaks On Acid (Paranormal Forces EP-Goa Records/Geo-Darkstar)
26>Ocelet - Turn It Up (Alien FM:Dropout Productions)
27>Mantis - Self Deception (Midnight Storm 3-Gale Force:Nexus Media)
28>Absolum - Hadracadabra [Shift Rmx] (Midnight Storm 3-Gale Force:Nexus Media)
29>Shift - Synesthesia (Midnight Storm 3-Gale Force:Nexus Media)
30>Hiyarant - Driven (Dark Side Of The Mind:Vision Records)
31>Psywalker - Mind Expansion (Inverted Vertigo:Digital Psionics)
32>Ocelet - Flashlight (Alien FM:Dropout Productions)
33>Outro Reversed (Psychedelia Hungary:Psybaba)
34>Outro (Psychedelia Hungary:Psybaba)
35>Intro [Reversed] - Amarsis Project (Lunik:Amarsis)
36>Intro - Amarsis Project (Lunik:Amarsis)

This set was mixed and recorded live and does contain added samples and live effects.
No copys were made of individual tracks, and all track copyrights belong to artist or copyright holder.
This set is for promotional purposes only.

Much Respect and Blessings to the artists whose work was used in this set.
Much love for making such great tracks!
Much Respect and Blessings to the labels that put out the great albums used in this set.
Much love for releasing such great music!

This set is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Albert Hofmann.
January 11th, 1906-April 29th, 2008
See you on the other side of midnight brother!

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VISIT THESE LINKS BEFORE VISITING 4 QUARTERS FARM

2008-06-01T15:02:04Z

READ THESE LINKS COMPLETELY BEFORE ATTENDING ANY EVENT AT 4 QUARTERS FARM

http://people.tribe.net/sanfordds/blog/35ccbcb0-39eb-46f1-aafc-aa6cae126c81

http://www.outofthedark.com/WitchTower/Archives/4QF/

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Hey GM'ers going to Gemini....!!!

2008-05-31T18:19:03Z

I have an extra room just an hour from Gemini. So Monkey, Dave, Pat, Lauren, if you guys want to explore the area I have a couple extra beds in my house.

If you guys have time I suggest we go around the corner to one of the largest waterfalls in the US.
check this pick out...
http://www.waterfallswest.com/images/feather-falls-4.jpg

or we can grab a couple of beers and go tubing down the canyon.
http://img.groundspeak.com/waymarking/display/daeebc64-8459-4c1c-84f3-4c37e631eb65.jpg

let me know if you guys need rides from Sacramento airport
Can't wait to see you guys!

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Why Mike (ICoN) gets all the chicks...

2008-05-31T16:54:02Z

it's the skates man!...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLJ5a6aJOb8

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GOODS CARRIER CD (Brain Busters) - remastered

2008-05-30T13:20:43Z

If you bought BRAIN BUSTERS' "GOODS CARRIER" compilation, the remastered version (thanks DIGITALIST) has been sent to pressing and is due to arrive back at Brain Busters headquarters in Tokyo the day before Mimi and I leave for the U.S. and A. so as long as they arrive on time, I'll be bringing some copies with me.

Bring your original to the festival and you can get the remaster from me. If you don't have GOODS CARRIER yet, don't panic... I will also have some copies for sale.

If the CDs don't arrive in time I'll have burned copies for anyone who has the original - so you can at least have some good sound until you get the real one.

Let's hope they arrive on time...

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Hitler plans Burning Man

2008-05-28T13:00:31Z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV4i7dWeu0c&eurl=http://boingboing.net/

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NAIAD DAIAD is upon us!

2008-05-25T19:25:56Z

That's right, kiddies! The wait is over, the gloves are off, and it's time for you to meet NAIAD DAIAD!

NAIAD DAIAD are North America's newest and greatest psychedelic electronic supergroup. Consisting of Brandon Maynard (Aquarium/The Malah, Greenville SC) and Cooper Howland (OpenSourceCode, NYC) NAIAD DAIAD adamantly refuse to recognise genre restrictions, rules, or recommendations about what music is supposed to sound like. Instead, we produce eclectic, freewheeling, effortlessly funky, outrageously danceable music. Equally suited to the chillout or the main stage, morning, noon or night, NAIAD DAIAD has been under construction for over a year, and is finally ready for your consumption! We truly hope that you are as hungry for some brand-new, all-orignal, wildly inventive music as we are to give it to you! The live show consists of two laptops, a guitar with MIDI pickups, microphones, electronic and organic percussion, hardware synthesizers and whatever else we can manage to drag out to the venue! We re-dub, re-mix, and improvise in real-time to create an immersive and involving live experience that's impossible to ignore and damn hard not to dance to.

Check us out at www.myspace.com/naiaddaiad, and if you like what you hear, PM us for a link to a FREE 45-minute live promo set!

We are now accepting gigs in New York City, the Southeastern US and festivals worldwide. Contact us at naiaddaiad@gmail.com.

See you on the dancefloor!

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::GAIAN MIND PHILADELPHIA::Sat May 24::

2008-05-22T02:47:51Z

GAIAN MIND PHILADELPHIA
Saturday May 24, 2008
9pm-2am

MAIN FLOOR:

ENERTOPIA (Orb Records / Alladin Project - Israel / Argentina / Atlantic City)
Emiliano Solazzi Griminger (Moti Griminger) was born in December of 1974 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. At the age of 11 his family and him immigrated to Beer Sheva, Israel, where he lived most of his life. At the age of 15 he started to take guitar lessons and by the age of 18 he was already leading a very succesful Israeli death metal band called CEREBRAL COMA, which had a mayor success in the international and national underground scene. In 1992, Emiliano hooked up with Ziv Matushka, another pioneer in the Israeli electronic music scene and, together, they started to experiment with more Industrial music and eventually writing Goa and Psy trance. Ziv joined P.Cok, and Emiliano continued his project as ENERTOPIA. The first single by Enertopia was released in 1996 by B.N.E Israel in a compilation called DESTINATION ISRAEL, and after a few months he was signed by KREMBO records. The first full length album was called MAGIC FOR ETERNITY, released in 1997, followed by the second album called FACE ADAPTOR which was cowritten with Yuli Fershtat AKA B.L.T, Perfect Stranger. In between 1996 and 1998 Enertopia have released two full albums and numerous singles. Now Enertopia is back with new material in the studio for his next album DIVINE under ORB records, already collaborating with talented artists around the globe such as A.P.E from Israel, OVERDREAM from Ukraine, LOKI from Amsterdam, Aural Invasion from Denmark. and more surprises to come.

BEN LIGHT-O-MATIC (Light-O-Matic / PSI - NYC)

Plus Resident DJ:

KARMAKANIK (Gaian Mind / PSI - Philadelphia)

Downtempo Lounge with:

JP & ST (Soma Collective - Philadelphia)
EG~BOT & LAURYN (Gaian Mind / PSI) (Peak Records - Philadelphia)
TYLER SCAIFFE (Maoz Beats - Philadelphia)

Saturday, May 24th, 2008
9pm - 2am
$5 cover
21+ w/ ID

AT:
ZOT
122 Lombard Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147
(267) 639-3260
www.zotrestaurant.com

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Adam+this rubiks cube= impossible

2008-05-20T05:40:43Z

So many of you have seen adam solve a rubiks cube, blindfolded, drunk of his rocker and many more impossible versions/states.
Well, Adam, Solve this one...

5dimensional rubiks cube
this thing is unreal...
http://www.gravitation3d.com/magic120cell/

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GMSF - 1 day TiX???????

2008-05-15T01:03:01Z

Ok so I suppose this would be directed at those beautiful people that make this pilgrimage possible....

My unconscious friend decided to get married during the solstice (purely coincidental) on Friday night during the Summer hoedown. After getting over the initial shock I realized that I would at least be able to attend Saturday - Sunday because I am lucky enough to be within a short drive. However, several of my friends who were initially going to come along because of all the amazing stories they've heard about last year and the Gmind parties I've taken them to will most likely back out at the last minute because they won't want to pay for the whole ticket for half the show. I could argue with them for hours about how any price would be worth this experience but chances are that the wedding hangover will only serve to further inhibit their potential awakening achieved by attending the GMSF. I was curious whether there would be any Saturday - Sunday tickets available at a lower price? I realize this is a longshot but I am looking for any leverage I can get because, after all, the more stompers we have the more we heal the earth and vice versa.

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GAIAN MIND & 28TH DAY Present: WILD THINGS @ CoSMosis, Friday, May 16th, 2008, NYC

2008-05-14T19:35:43Z

GAIAN MIND & 28TH DAY Present: WILD THINGS

BEARDY WEIRDY (Wildthings Records - UK)
www.wildthingsrecords.co.uk

Fat and kicking psychedelic night time music.

One of the main instigators of the Wildthings label, Beardy serves also as manager, A&R head, and is responsible for quality control within the Wildthings releases. He’s an active DJ on the southeast of the UK club and underground scenes, and has been involved in psychedelic trance for the past 10 years after visiting Goa in 1994. Today Beardy continues on the path of audio mastery, having joined the London SAE to further crack the code of high-quality electronic music production.

RANDOM (Geomagnetic.tv - SF) Live!
SHAPESTATIC (TOUCH Samadhi / Gaian Mind - Asheville / Knoxville) Live!
KARMAKANIK (Gaian Mind / PSI - Philadelphia)

Decor: DEVOTEE (TOUCH Samadhi - NC)

Visuals:

SPOT (Electric Sheep / Spotworks - NYC)
GUI”AUM”ETRIX (NYC)

Sound: ICARUS FACUNDIA (NYC)

Friday, May 16th, 2008
10pm - 6am
$20 advanced / $25 @ the door

CoSMosis @ the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors
542 West 27th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10001
(212) 564-4253
www.cosm.org
www.gaian-mind.com
www.28thday.com

http://gaian-mind.com/2008/04/21/gaian-mind-28th-day-cosm-friday-may-16th-2008-nyc/

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Battle at Kruger National park

2008-05-10T04:48:15Z

Someone filmed and uploaded some fabulous footage of wildlife in action at a national park in South Africa. In the 8 minute clip, a pride of lions attack a herd of buffalo and captured a calf. A crocadile then attempts to take the calf from the lions, but the lions manage to hang onto it. Then the herd of buffalo return and, amazingly, save the calf who seemingly rises from the dead to return to the herd. My heart pounds just watching it -- can't imagine what it must've been like in person!

http://www.ifilm.com/video/2863983?ns=1

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TORONTO out in full force :)

2008-05-08T19:13:49Z

and by force i mean sweet cosmic flow y'all

...it is festival time again <3

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Someone should report this...

2008-05-08T01:18:30Z

Healing Ananda CD is out in the wild. Whistle has been blown.

http://www.trancedownloader.net/album/album.php?CODIGO=685

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Looking for Filmmaker for GMSF

2008-05-07T18:40:09Z

Oxana and Peter Parker are teaming up to create a feature Doc/video-logue of the experience at Gaian Mind. It will be roughly 10-20 minutes, published on DVD and Web.

We are reaching out to other filmmakers and artists that would be interested in helping us capture video at the festival. We would like to showcase the many aspects of the festival from the two dance floors to the work shops, hemlock hole, sweat lodge and nature that abounds.

If you would like to help us film at the festival please contact Peter and let us know.

Peter@parkerism.com

BOOM!

Example of similar videos: http://parkerism.com/brc2007.html

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I need help with a research topic

2008-04-30T01:42:13Z

I hate being 3k mi from philly but this is one of the few ways to get in touch with all of you.

I need to come up with a research paper topic for my "alcohol drugs and society" class. Any suggestions?

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GAIAN MIND SUMMER 2007 - PHOTOS !!!

2008-04-29T01:42:20Z

Hi,
Finally I got to put on web photos from last year's summer festival.
They are located at: http://www.goaspirit.com

Hope they bring some good memories :-)
Radim

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Vegetarians at GMSF08

2008-04-25T01:35:00Z

Hi! My name is Brian, and this will be my first GMSF! Im so excited to go, Im even more excited to hear that its five days now! The real reason behind this post is that I would like to know how many possible vegetarians might be attending. If I get a strong reply to this thread I plan on bringing veggie burgers and grilling them all one of the days during the festival and sharing them around with all the awesome people Im sure will be there! If some people would like to bring a little extra bread and cheese I could prepare even more to bring! Please let me know if you are excited about this idea.

Thanks

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Gaian Mind Philadelphia Returns!!!

2008-04-21T22:31:07Z

Philadelphia’s Premier Psy-Trance Party Returns!!!
Saturday, April 19th
9:00PM-2:00 AM

@ ZOT Bar/Cafe http://www.zotrestaurant.com/
122 Lombard Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147

Line Up TBA

www.gaian-mind.com

http://www.myspace.com/gaian_mind

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One bedroom open in a S. Philly row home.

2008-04-21T18:44:57Z

Hello, Hello. I do not know if this is appropriate to post this here, but I thought I would let you all know about this. We currently have one bedroom open in a four bedroom row home that needs to be filled immediately. We are asking for 500$ move in fee and 300$+ u/t a month. I live right off of 5th and Washington (four blocks from South Street). Great central location near bus lines, The Italian market, tons of restaurants, super markets, and entertainment (Fluid is a short walk away). the house recently (two years) remodeled with all new appliances including a washer and dryer, 1 1/2 baths, balcony, and a unfinished basement perfect for you to practice spinning records or band practice ( we only have one neighbor and they are in a band so no noise complaints. We have a family of three cats (a mom and her son, and daughter) all fixed have always used the litter box, and get along well with others cats and dogs. We range in age from 20-24 years and are looking for laid back folks who pay the bills on time and like to have a good time. so if you or anyone you know is looking for a place to live call me @ 612-296-3559. If this is not appropriate to post here and you have a problem with it let me know and I will delete it.

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Where has all the Psy Trance in Philly gone???!!

2008-04-19T06:41:17Z

Why are there no more Gaian Mind monthlies in Phllly? Is it too much to ask for some decent music once a month? Does anyone remember when it was twice a month? Those were the days...Now I'm waiting months between parties. Nothing regular at all. Or I'm heading to New York. They certainly have regular parties up there. Gaian Mind used to be a dependable organization of people who cared for the music, and the scene, and the vibe. Maybe there are executive issues. Maybe too many chiefs and not enough indians. Maybe the wrong people are making the wrong decisions. Maybe people who think they have authority are more concerened with their own egos and advancement rather than concentrating on providing a safe haven for those of us who just can't handle the booty-shaking, jack daniels shooting, sports team following, meat-market bar scene. All I'm saying is I miss giving my money to Gaian Mind. I miss the people, the atmosphere, and most of all, the music. What will it take for Gaian Mind to come together as a unified entity and continue the legacy of the "Premier Psy-Trance Party in Philadelphia?"

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Healing Ananda CD

2008-04-17T17:02:16Z

How do I buy this?

I've seen posts for it, but I can't seem to find a link to buy.

Thanks!

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New GEL-SOL Album: IZ

2008-04-16T13:24:09Z

I am pleased to announce the release of my 5th album (3rd under the Gel-Sol moniker), IZ.

"The follow-up album to 'Unifactor', 'IZ' explores new musical territory for Andrew Reichel in the orchestral/ symphonic vein. The listener may detect elements of artists like Stars of the Lid, Global Communication, or The KLF, but the entire experience of 'IZ' is completely original. Guitar loops, mellotron sounds, and lap steel all help enhance the organic nature of the music."

You can purchase IZ online through iTunes, eMusic and Beatport. Visit Upstairs Recordings for all the links:

http://www.upstairsrecordings.com/releases.htm

IZ will be released on compact disc next week courtesy of Psychonavigation Records in Dublin.

Yer Pal,
Gel-Sol
www.gel-sol.com

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New Tune with the Doof Doof

2008-04-16T05:48:23Z

Up for a listen to a new tune?

Follow this link:

http://www.myspace.com/catawampusrecords

The track you are looking for is Psybabble with 233 Project. Now don't let that stop you from checking out the other tracks on there.

I started working on this track last year at some point with Mark of Skyhighatrist. It was a fun time of sendspace and emailing files between us while chewing on bandwidth. In the end it turned out not too shabby. Any comments? I would love to hear them.

George

www.myspace.com/goniobombukes
http://www.myspace.com/the233project

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Uberblasted 4/19 w/ Uberzone $15

2008-04-12T10:29:31Z

Sat 4/19 Undaground Set presents Uberblasted. Uberzone 2hr digital live mix. Jeff Heart, Caliente and Clayton the Chemist. All this plus a 3hr open bar for $15 @ the M-Room. 15w Girard ave philly, pa. 21+ 9-2am

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FYI...

2008-04-08T11:26:15Z

While I know most of you do not patronize God's Basement it's good to know what's going on across the city. It's affecting all of us and it's not an isolated incident. This is a press release from Tru Skool Productions:

WE FOUND OUT 24HRS AGO THE UNDERGROUND DANCE SCENE HAS BEEN UNDER INGESTION BY CHANNEL 10 NBC UNDERCOVER REPORTS. THEY HAVE ASKED FOR AN INTERVIEW,THIS IS OUR STATEMENT. STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN!!!

It goes without saying that electronic dance music is more a part of the mainstream now than it ever has been in the past. However, our culture – that is to say, the culture surrounding electronic dance music – is perpetually marginalized and stigmatized. Members of our community have been rejected, discriminated against, and even physically victimized by the mainstream; they are forced feel like outcasts in their own world. This fact is ugly and unpleasant but it is the truth and it has been nothing but detrimental to our youth. It is for this reason that we do the events that we do: we provide an outlet, a home, for those would otherwise be culturally homeless. We welcome people of all races, creeds and sexual orientations without the slightest judgment. We do not ask that you join our culture, we do not even ask that you like our culture; but we humbly ask that you recognize it for what it is: a culture, founded upon a communal reverence for arts and music, with nothing but the most positive values as its moral core. The central tenet of our culture is P.L.U.R., an acronym that stands for Peace, Love, Unity and Respect, and these values are the cornerstone of the way we live our lives.

With my company, Tru Skool Productions, I have sought to do nothing but be the embodiment of this credo. As is evidenced by all of our print promotion, I have worked in cooperation with numerous charities on numerous occasions; my company has sponsored – and I have personally participated, on my company’s behalf – in walkathons and marches; I have held clothing, food and toy drives on behalf of the facility which has been gracious enough to provide us with a location at which to hold our events. Many of the young men and women who are currently overseas with the United States Armed Services would, if they were at home, support what we do; quite a few of them are even absentee members of my staff, being entertainers or security. This company has gone to great lengths to give love and support to these individuals. We have sent them letters, music, and video footage; we stay up until all hours of the night so that we can talk to them online; we do everything in our power to make sure that they know that they are in our thoughts and loved. I feel confident in saying that any of these young soldiers would state without hesitation that one of the freedoms for which they are fighting as we speak is the freedom to live within their culture – our culture – openly and without fear.

Many people in this community consider me to be somewhat of a champion of disenfranchised youth. I look to what the individual has to offer, not the way in which she may be perceived by the world at large. I am, as it were, very much an equal opportunity employer – there are members of my staff who are gay, minorities, physically disabled. I freely give these individuals the opportunity for acceptance; I give them the opportunity to participate in an environment where they need not fear prejudice or discrimination. And for these people – for everyone on whose behalf I do what I do – these events are of tantamount importance and significance. Our culture is central to our lives; without it some of us would have nothing.

My job, then, is to ensure to the best of my ability that these people have the liberty to be who they want to be. My company puts a great deal of time and effort into creating a secure environment at my events. We are very much aware of the fact that Lancaster Hall is located in a neighborhood of Philadelphia that has a very high crime rate; we have such concern for the well-being of our patrons that with no difficulty we have been able to put together a volunteer security staff comprised of professional bouncers and guards from multiple other mainstream clubs and concert venues. On countless occasions my security team has joked that my events are the easiest to manage that they’ve ever encountered, in stark contrast to their other positions at mainstream clubs and venues where extreme acts of violence and aggression are the norm. In nine years we have had only two violent outbursts. The first, instigated not by one of my patrons but by a local inhabitant of the neighborhood, occurred outside the venue, after the event had already ended, with the majority of the patrons already gone from the premises. In response to the second, in which only one punch was thrown, my security team immediately ejected the guilty parties and banned them from all future events; furthermore, so as forestall even the possibility of further violence, the event was shut down three and a half hours before its scheduled ending. Unfortunately, it is impossible to have total control. But at every event we take all the precautions that are within our power to insure that these incidents do not occur. At the door, security conducts an extensive search of everyone who enters the building; I employ both male and female security guards so that no one is excluded from these procedures. In addition, my staff is instructed to be a formidable presence in the crowd, so as to make it known that we are watching everything that goes on in the building. Public announcements are made at random intervals throughout the night, by both staff and entertainers, stating in no uncertain terms what behavior is and is not acceptable. Practically speaking, my security and I do absolutely everything we can. The first, instigated not by one of my patrons but by a local inhabitant of the neighborhood, occurred outside the venue, after the event had already ended, with the majority of the patrons already gone from the premises. In response to the second, in which only one punch was thrown, my security team immediately ejected the guilty parties and banned them from all future events; furthermore, so as forestall even the possibility of further violence, the event was shut down three and a half hours before its scheduled ending. Unfortunately, it is impossible to have total control. But at every event we take all the precautions that are within our power to insure that these incidents do not occur. At the door, security conducts an extensive search of everyone who enters the building; I employ both male and female security guards so that no one is excluded from these procedures.

There is, of course, the issue of illegal drugs. It would be misleading of me to say that there are none; however, they are neither condoned nor tolerated. As I mentioned before, everyone who enters Lancaster Hall for one of my events is thoroughly searched. Individuals who are caught in possession of illegal drugs and alcohol, using illegal drugs and alcohol, or distributing illegal drugs and alcohol are not permitted to enter the venue, or they are immediately ejected and permanently banned from any Tru Skool-related events. We do not confiscate drugs because that is not our job. It is not our place to confiscate, we are not law enforcement; but it is very much our duty to prevent negative elements from infiltrating our events, and we take every measure to do so. Unfortunately, drugs are very much a part of society as a whole, from homes to schools to entertainment, and we cannot do away with their presence entirely; but my company does everything in its power to keep them away. Know that everyone who attends a Tru Skool event is, to the best of our abilities, safe and cared for: because, in fact, I do care, very much.

The fact of the matter is that the persecution our culture currently endures is no different from the persecution to which every other major subculture has been subjected. Just as the hippies in the sixties persisted in the face of adversity to earn their place in history, so shall we; our way of life may be new and different to you but that does not make it wrong. And it is clear that society has begun to accept our music, even if they have not accepted our culture. Superstar DJs are the new rock stars. They tour with major rock bands; they are featured in commercials, movies and television shows; they have performed at political events and the opening ceremonies of the Olympics. Their presence is felt in the global sphere. Tru Skool has been honored to be a small part of this growing influence: we have brought talent from three different continents, seven different countries, and twenty different states to a crowd who may never have had the opportunity to experience such international culture. Devoted fans have traveled just as far to hear the music they love. We may be a minority now, but we are strong and we are growing, and all I ask is the right to continue to contribute to the way of life that we love.

I’ll see you on the dancefloor.

Respectfully,
Mickey Fronick

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If you are still sick, do us all a favor

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Litterbugs.

On a POSITIVE note...

Thank You

To all of YOU!

So you got the virus, now what? Some advice on what to eat and drink

Lost & Found

Found Eyeglasses at GMSF

Viruses etc

Creative Event Planning Opportunity!

Ride to Gaian Mind from NYC

Need a Ride From Gaian MInd to NYC on Sunday...

is it going to rain

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DJ Meghan - Recorded Live at Gaian Mind Monthly!!! on DI psy-goa station

selling extra ticket $100

Anyone driving through Knoxville?

TICKETS SOLD!!!!!!!!!

GMSF Ride for CT / NY Residents

The most brilliant animation ever. &lt;-- Period

Two Gaian Mind Festival tickets for $200

Food Vendors?

Kids Tribe 2008 Roll Call

Going to Gaian Mind Alone? Join us at the Solo Camp!

Appropriate for teens?

Sun

wickerman thanks, video & pictures

The T.O.U.C.H. Samadhi 5th Annual Arts and Music Festival:

Workshop Leaders and Healers

transportation - cleveland to gaian mind

Albert Hofmann RIP 4-29-8

Why I will NEVER Go To Four Quarters Farm Again. A Tale of Harassment, Intolerance, and Physical Violence on the part of the 4qf Staff.

Going to Gaiain-Mind from Syracuse, NY that needs a ride or wants to carpool???

Screw Sustainability

DJ SHAFT(69) - Farewell To Hofmann

VISIT THESE LINKS BEFORE VISITING 4 QUARTERS FARM

Hey GM'ers going to Gemini....!!!

Why Mike (ICoN) gets all the chicks...

GOODS CARRIER CD (Brain Busters) - remastered

Hitler plans Burning Man

NAIAD DAIAD is upon us!

::GAIAN MIND PHILADELPHIA::Sat May 24::

Adam+this rubiks cube= impossible

GMSF - 1 day TiX???????

GAIAN MIND & 28TH DAY Present: WILD THINGS @ CoSMosis, Friday, May 16th, 2008, NYC

Battle at Kruger National park

TORONTO out in full force :)

Someone should report this...

Looking for Filmmaker for GMSF

I need help with a research topic

GAIAN MIND SUMMER 2007 - PHOTOS !!!

Vegetarians at GMSF08

Gaian Mind Philadelphia Returns!!!

One bedroom open in a S. Philly row home.

Where has all the Psy Trance in Philly gone???!!

Healing Ananda CD

New GEL-SOL Album: IZ

New Tune with the Doof Doof

Uberblasted 4/19 w/ Uberzone $15

FYI...

The most brilliant animation ever. <-- Period