File O’ The Damned: Aliens Invade America!

File O’ The Damned: Aliens Invade America!

From Fizz Magazine, December 1997

by Skylaire Alfvegren

For eons I have continued gathering strange and esoteric facts, traveling the globe in search of lost archeological wonders and heretical truths; consequently, many moons have passed since my humble words have graced these pages. But a tremendous burden has been laid upon my bosom, and before FIZZ rides off into the sunset, I feel it is my duty to share it with you, dearest reader. [...]

Keep readin'...

Keep Looking Up!

In a wonderful bit of news that's cheered me up no end, my best pal Skylaire Alfvegren is now the Los Angeles correspondent for UFO Examiner. Look for a new post every few days. Click here for Skylaire's first report. It's sure to please your head...

While she was at it, she passed along this wonderful Cthulhu-infused humor piece from those skallywags at The Onion.

And in related news of good fortune befalling my friends, click here for a very nice review of my good pal Mick Farren's band The Deviants' compilation CD On Your Knees Earthlings.

Local Weirdness Index Rising

Ah, strangeness has settled over the land of the Igular entity... with the accelerated impetus that this New Year began with losing velocity by the minute... it's just scary. Real scary. I did, though, post a lovely photo of a very, very cool UFO that I found surfing featuring my favorite planform over at my new Fortean-tinged blog What's All This, Then? which is on WordPress.

I wonder whether having all these ads on here is worth it. There's so little traffic here, despite it's Google rank, a weird thing in itself, and so far they've contributed a big, fat zero to my ability to buy dinner... so... I wonder. I try to pick stuff I think is at least interesting and possibly beneficial, as opposed to just putting anything up. Even recently made a new blog for one thing, it's had an amazing 4 visits. Ha! If there was a budget for ads it'd eliminate the problem, but, there isn't...

A few people have bought my t-shirts and stuff through the years, a nice feeling, but since they're my creations, I don't them count among the ads, although technically they are of course... Anyway...

Just finished a wonderful project for Craig Swan over at Greenwich Rolfing, which was very satisfying and much needed. If you live around here you should surely check it out... it's amazing what he can do with Rolfing.

There's the new LOWFI anomaly research network out in the American West as well... it is a seriously exciting project for me with the main site and 8 blogs so far... it's going to be a major force for Fortean research and information. Some of the sharpest minds out there are affiliated with it including Skylaire Alfvegren, Adam Gorightly, Lesley Gunter, Regan Lee, SMiles Lewis, Jarret Keene, Thomas Cosgrove and Andy Colvin. It's a must-see in the realm of Forteana... and the possibilities are exciting.

And hey, if you live in the West, and have had something inexplicable happen to you... no matter what "genre," please share it with LOWFI Research... a database is being compiled and research will be ongoing... your personal details will not be divulged. It's a wonderful opportunity to contribute to the understanding of what this world really is all about, and the West has some of the strangest stuff happening... my favorites being the recently reported bi-pedal reptiles of the desert and the ongoing Thunderbird and pterodactyl sightings. I don't know, must be my childhood fascination with dinosaurs and stuff... hehe.

Ah well, it'll all be alright, right?

Fortean Societies Have Existed Before, But…

Hey HS fans! My friend Skylaire Alfvegren's new western US Fortean Society... L.O.W.F.I., or, the League of Western Fortean Intermediatists... has launched on the internet! Woot!

I'd actually wanted to 'wait' (ha!) till Sunday as in my mind I'm still building the sites, (but that'll always be the case though, won't it, now?) but it's already starting to get a lot of buzz and visits, and, since the Anomalist has picked it up, I guess it's official! To quote from Skylaire's first blog post: (which has the title used for this post):

"While there are a handful of UFO organizations, and lots of ghost-hunting gangs out here--a tip of the hat to all of them--what exists for the lone crypto hunter? The conspiracy theorist with an interest in the paranormal? The UFO buff with a cracked, black sense of humor? Or those of us who know that reality is like the contents of a rearview mirror--things in it are often distorted, much bigger than they appear, or can only be glimpsed out of the corner of your eye?"

As the link above and the post title go to the blog for the SoCal region, run by Skylaire, (there are 7 other blogs so far), one should also be sure to explore the main L.O.W.F.I. site at forteanswest.com to discover all the wonders therein, which would include our first Guest Editorial by Nick Pope!

LOWFI's most exciting event yet!

The League of Western Fortean Intermediatists

Presents our most exciting event yet!

Join conspiracy writers Kenn Thomas and Adam Gorightly for an evening of brain-tickling lectures

Sunday, October 19 @ 7pm at an undisclosed location in Echo Park

Were the Early UFO Contacees Ritual Magicians?

Adam will present startling evidence that the early UFO contactees, as well as current day abductees, have used ritual magick, wittingly and unwittingly, to summon forth UFOs and their often interesting occupants!

Wilhelm Reich Versus the Flying Saucers

Kenn traces the history of the battle between the psychologist Wilhelm Reich and UFOs in the desert of the American southwest in the 1950s, detailing the involvement of the Eisenhower administration and the development of the military industrial state. Reich was a world renowned intellectual, a protégé of Sigmund Freud, who emigrated to America after WWII and caused controversy over his work with an energy source he called orgone. Toward the end of his life, Reich designed technologies to utilize orgone in combating what he perceived as an alien invasion from space. Thomas reviews this story, including Reich's trip through Roswell and the documentary proof left behind by Reich of the existence of MJ12, the shadowy alien interface group.

Copies of Kenn's new book, Secret and Suppressed II: Banned Ideas and Hidden History into the 21st Century will be available at the lecture.

Please consider carpooling for this event, as there is limited street parking. The location will be provided in an email later this week. If you have any questions, please email Skylaire at gmail dot com.

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Skylaire Alfvegren
"yellow journalism, elfin magic"

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Women Of Esoterica: Skylaire Alfvegren

On a much, much happier note than all the horribly discordant ones that have been played here at HS of late, Lesley from New Mexico discovered the website of my dear friend and has placed it within the rarified atmosphere at her own wonderful blog... Women Of Esoterica: Skylaire Alfvegren. You really should check the site out, it's just great and has a nice bright fresh look to it as well. Featured, as you've no doubt twigged are the women who contribute considerably to the fields of Forteana and esoterica in general.

A fine thing this is too... as women are fabulous in my view and it's always ticked me off that they always seem to get short shrift in seemingly every avenue of life, even from when I was a lad. I appreciate the effort to showcase such great contributors to our understanding of the weird.

So click that link and visit this fine place... don't forget to visit the home page so you can take it all in.

What a nice break this was today... go forth and smile!

The New Issue of Steamshovel Press!

New Steamshovel Press Issue Out!

All conspiracy. No theory.

The contents include:

Charles Fort: Dogma be Damned by Skylaire Alfvegren; Southern California, Cult Mecca, by Adam Gorightly; Parapolitics in Popular Culture: The Prisoner by Kenn Thomas; Notes on Conspiracy Theories, by Jim Keith; Correspondence with Jim Keith; Freeplay Excerpted by Len Bracken; Short Shrift: Beatnix and Comix by Kenn Thomas; Caries, Cabals & Correspondence with X. Sharks DeSpot; Robert Anton Wilson RIP; The O’Reilly Factor In The JFK Assassination by Bill Kelly; Dark Matters by James Romerger.

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