gushes of periwinkles down from the sky -
The preposterus, the grotesque, the incredible -
and why, if I am going to tell of hundreds of these,
is the quite ordinary so regarded?
- Charles Fort, Lo!
Illuminatus! Virtual Shrine To celebrate Robert Anton Wilson Day, 23 July 2004, The Frogweb presents new pages celebrating the world's favourite conspiracy theory/shaggy dog story, the immortal Illuminatus! trilogy, by Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea. The pages also celebrate the Ken Campbell/Chris Langham Science Fiction Theatre of Liverpool stage production, with rare contemporary photographs and interviews with Wilson and Shea.
Interviews:
Robert Anton Wilson
Illuminati chronicler, satirical philosopher, author and sit-down comedian in a wide-ranging chat with James Nye - first published in Fortean Times. The Sirius Mystery, the cutest bum in the Galaxy, J.R. "Bob" Dobbs and the Church of the SubGenius, Aleister Crowley, aliens, Timothy Leary and much more.
Ken Campbell
Wonderfully innovative fortean humorist, Citröen car man Ken tells James Nye of his furtive nudism and adventures in theatre, including the record-breaking The Warp and the legendary Illuminatus!
Other Stuff:
Zinc Stoat's Call of the Wild
Cult underground CD featuring Max Brennan, Ken Campbell, his singing and barking dogs Fred, Gertie, Mr Chins and Max, some wild wolves, James Nye's debut performance on plastic bag, ventriloquism, gastromancy and weirdness. Accompanies Ken's show The History of Comedy: Part I: Ventriloquism as performed at the National Theatre. Available here!
John Cage
James Nye recalls a magical encounter with the extraordinary American composer
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