Strap yourself into your own chair of peace, and join me for a mental stroll through the emails and song suggestions of your fellow brothers and sisters in weed!  I had so much fun making this show, and connecting with so many wicked emails.  Send me some new ones for next week :)  queerninja@dopefiend.co.uk, Skype me and leave comments at www.dopefiend.co.uk, and check us all out at The Forum.

Playlist: Hey Santa Claus You C*nt - Kevin Bloody Wilson; Time Travel?? Yes!! - The Flaming Lips; I Like Repetitive Music - Regurgitator; I Know Kung Fu (Nightmoves Remix) - Shitdisco; Oh Oh Its Magic - Pilot; Good Day Sunshine - The Beatles; One More Day - The Wood Brothers; Twenty - Dead Prez; Train - Sonya Kitchell.

 

Mythology, Prophecy, Time & Psychedelics

 

Post-Modern Prophecy: Urgent Myths for Urgent Times? A dialogue between authors Daniel Pinchbeck and Douglas Rushkoff….

 

Daniel Pinchbeck is the author of “Breaking Open the Head” (Broadway Books), and “2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl” (Tarcher/Penguin). His articles and essays have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Wired, The Village Voice, Arthur, and many other publications. www.breakingopenthehead.com

 

Douglas Rushkoff’s titles include “Cyberia“, “Media Virus“, “Nothing Sacred: The Truth about Judaism“, “Coercion” (winner of the Marshall Mcluhan Award), and Get Back in the Box. The first collection of his Bible-based comic book, “Testament“, came out this year from DC/Vertigo. www.rushkoff.com

 

Part 1 of 4 - 27 min 24 sec - Oct 7, 2006

 

Part 2 of 4 - 28 min 22 sec - Oct 8, 2006

 

Part 3 of 4 - 29 min 28 sec - Oct 9, 2006

 

Part 4 of 4 - 20 min 0 sec - Oct 14, 2006

 

Provided by Spiral Media in Motion / David Lanphier Jr.

 

Sources:
www.spiralnyc.com
http://www.key23.net/content/post/586
Part 1 of 4 on Google Video
Part 2 of 4 on Google Video
Part 3 of 4 on Google Video
Part 4 of 4 on Google Video

 

Related Links:
http://www.rushkoff.com
http://www.breakingopenthehead.com
http://newyorkmetro.com/news/imperialcity/21697/index.html
Daniel Pinchbeck and the New Psychedelic Elite - Rolling Stone Article
Breaking Open the Head by Daniel Pinchbeck
2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl by Daniel Pinchbeck
Cyberia by Douglas Rushkoff
Media Virus by Douglas Rushkoff
Nothing Sacred: The Truth About Judaism by Douglas Rushkoff
Coercion by Douglas Rushkoff
Get Back in the Box: Innovation from the Inside Out by Douglas Rushkoff
Testament by Douglas Rushkoff

ABC7 in Denver, Colorado brought media attention to the potential side effects of Zicam when it reported on a station employee who lost her sense of smell after using Zicam to treat a cold. The employee was diagnosed with anosmia, a condition that likely will result in the permanent loss of her sense of smell.

 

The station received an outpouring of user feedback following its report. ABC7 reported that within a week of running the story, they already had received 80 reports from people injured by zinc nasal spray. Most of those experiencing serious side effects had used Zicam. The others had used Cold Eeze.

 

Below is a copy of an email being forwarded around the net:

 

Read this and avoid this medicine! It would be better to endure the cold.

 

Well, the cold season is drawing near, and we should be careful in selecting cold medicine products. Also, I did go the “Zicam” website, and the health side effects are for real.

 

This is true go to the website at the end……

 

I need to warn you about a product on the market and
hopefully you will pass it on to as many people as possible. I felt like I was coming down with a cold last Friday and because I’m around sick fa