Zippy Pronoia Tour to US '94

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T H E M E M E T I C I A N ' S H A N D B O O K
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June 16, 1994
Issue number -5- of the OFFICIAL

**** ZIPPY PRONOiA* TOUR TO US electronic newsletter ****
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PRONOiA - The sneaking suspicion that others are conspiring
behind your back to help you (and you them).

**** The careful reader will therefore discover that the
whole charade of many years has collapsed. ****
-Noam Chomsky, Necessary Illusions

To subscribe / submit questions or feedback,
please e-mail the editor: cubensis@well.sf.ca.us
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CONTENTS:

1 - a note from the editor
2 - a few definitions
3 - Tour announcements / enhancements
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1 - a note from the editor

Dear fellow pronoids--

Last night was the first major Zippy event to take place in America. The Wetlands gig in NYC was an eclectic gathering filled with optimism, humor and energy. As Terence McKenna said to a rapt audience of New York's hippest and funkiest:

"Every 50 years or so, society needs liberation from the forces of fascism. All the nations that took part in destroying fascism 50 years ago on D-Day have been infected by the pieces of what they tore apart. Now, 50 years later, a vanguard of liberators has secured a beach head on the east coast of America, and has begun to work it's way inland along the Hudson.... None of us are consciously choosing this moment to try and direct the energies of youth culture. The moment has chosen us."

A rousing speech by Steven Hager, editor of High Times magazine primed the crowd for McKenna. Hager gave an elegant speech on the evils of the dominator culture, which keeps nature's herbal medicines locked away with archaic political laws.

Downstairs after the "parallel university" raps, an animated discussion took place on such subjects as natural shamanic versus drug-induced enlightenment, the power of love, and politics of music. Participants included: Terence McKenna; Fraser Clark, Des O'Leary and John Bagby of the Zippies; Michael John of the Rainbow Family; and John Perry Barlow of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Our next gig is underground tonite. Next week: Zippies in Colorado!
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2 - a few definitions

Zippies are not simply ravers, hip-hoppers, hippies, cyberpunks, beats or cooperative anarchists. The Zippy phenomenon is characterized by a cross-pollination of these subcultures and more.

ZIPPY- (Zen Inspired Pronoia Professional) Anyone who strives for balance between the brain's hemispheres-- the creative side, which understands that vision, individuality, spontaneity, flexibility and open-mindedness are crucial to achieve anything on the spiritual plane; and the pragmatic side, which understands that long-term organization, consistency and tenacity are necessary to achieve anything on the material plane.

PRONOiA- (Opposite of paranoia) The sneaking suspicion that people are conspiring behind your back to help you, and you them. Symptoms include attacks of optimism and good will.

MEGATRIPOLIS- (The future perfect state) Trendsetting and much-imitated London club and Zippy hangout that features a wide variety of ambient and techno musics, along with the Rparallel universityS, workshops, independent merchant stalls, bodypainting and massage.

PARALLEL UNIVERSITY- A series of raps and interactive lectures by prominent philosophers, fringe scientists, artists and activists set to ambient soundscapes; a key component to the RsettingS of a technoshamanic trip.

SHAMANARCHY- A spiritual model set in place so that anarchy naturally flows into an organic shape; a background for the chaos of anarchy to grow into, otherwise it just grows all over the place as rigid structures dissolve.
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3 - Tour announcements / enhancements

June 18 Prospect Park, Brooklyn

1 - 8 p.m. GROUNATION concert ***FREE***

A gathering of Roots percussions and DJs united to deliver the One Love message and vibration: all communities represented in NYC will join in. Drums from the Carribeans, South America, Africa, UnitedStates, Haiti, Brazil, the American Rainbow Family, Jamaican Nyabinghis-- and many more. Every conscious individual is invited to bring their drum and share in the unity for justice and peace. An international gathering of poets will participate.

... and later that night...
Manhattan Center, 10 p.m. till late
JUNGLE WARRIORS RAVE
--$15.00--
FEATURING: The Liquid Sky Posse and The Zippies

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3- tour announcements / enhancements

HERE IS THE LATEST UPDATE ON TOUR INFORMATION!

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