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Source of Matrix Style: Rave Culture

  The signature Matrix style came out of the rave and club scene of the 1980s and 1990s. The first three clips from different Matrix films ( 1999 , 2003 , and 2003 ) show the derivative 2000s' depiction of what had initially been underground illegal gatherings in warehouses, ice rinks, abandoned buildings, and parks.  Note, everything here is reproduced non-commercially under Fair Use, for the purposes of discussion.   By the early Millennium, the rave style - black shorts, halter tops, PVC body suits and sunglasses at three in the morning - became a badge of a personal philosophy, a blend of Buddhist and Sanskrit wisdom mixed with gaming, hacker politics and cyberpunk. Here are a few videos and other media from the 1990s which show the original raw sources of the Matrix's signature style, which many have now forgotten. I'm writing as someone who trekked out to an aircraft hangar with a friend in Munich in the summer of 1996, only to find it had been reclaimed from the ra...
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New Publications: 'Cakes from the Garden' and 'The Name That Flies across The Earth'

 

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I have a new publication out today at the Glengarry Artists' Collective! These are two flash fictions or prose poems.

  • 'Cakes from the Garden'
  • 'The Name That Flies across The Earth'

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'Cakes from the Garden,' refers to the language which existed before the Tower of Babel. I originally submitted it to the Cesar Egido international literary competition, which accepts submissions in several languages. In searching for common words across these languages, I was struck that they had a common root language. In 'Cakes,' I described how most of the words of Eden mystically evolved after the Tower of Babel into recipes and foods which we universally recognize. These foods have become part of celebrations we make everywhere, no matter what our culture.

There is talk of a pre-Babel language in the lore of Queen Elizabeth I's court. John Dee called the language spoken in Eden the Angelical or Enochian language. Its alphabet now features prominently in occult circles. But I hadn't made that connection when I wrote the poem.

'Cakes' was previously published by Cyberwit.net at the Taj Mahal Review. Many thanks to Karunesh Kumar Agarwal for that publication.

The sister poem is, 'The Name That Flies across The Earth,' and reflects on the world into which babies were born in the year 2024. And in that poem, yes, 'Dead Set' refers to the famous Grateful Dead poster which adorned my undergraduate wall at Queen's University.


  Thank you to CAGAC for the publication.


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