Idiocracy: A Depraved and Hilarious Tale of Corporate Conspiracy

Jill Ettinger

Mike Judge's film Idiocracy is a hilarious peek at what humans might be like 500 years from now. It's a description that's hauntingly fitting today. (more)

Souldish NYC: May 15 - 23

Salma

I Meet the Entity My Girlfriend Calls Papa

Michael Brownstein

[Must Not Sleep] • "'You and your tree hugger pals go on about economic globalization.' He gave me a long-suffering expression and rolled his eyes. 'It's as if you can't see what's coming. Have you ever heard of the Rapture? Try that on for size. Talk about globalization!'" Episode 6 of the novel Must Not Sleep, a transformative ride through shamanic space. (more)

Remembering The Living Theatre's Hanon Reznikov

Anu Bonobo

While hundreds of revolutionaries have dedicated their lives to resistance through direct action, and many artists have sought liberty through creative expression, few have led such a dedicated pursuit of both simultaneously – not just in theory but in daily practice with The Living Theatre. (more)

Figment for Your Imagination

Jennifer Flynn

Once again NYC's Governor's Island hosts the completely free arts festival, Figment. (more)

Sex with Insects

ST Frequency

In Green Porno, a short film series from the Sundance Channel, actress Isabella Rossellini explores the bizarre rituals of copulating bugs. (more)

And the Lilly Goes to...

Stephen Hershey

American poet and ecologist Gary Snyder has been awarded the 2008 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize.
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Bread and Circuits

Antonio Lopez

The release of a controversial video game whacks the piñata of media fears, causing a wave of hsyteria and debate. Enter Grand Theft Auto IV. (more)

Shift Happens

Antonio Lopez

An exciting documentary project highlights an emergent global culture and its push for change. (more)

Souldish NYC: May 8-15

Salma

This week, New Yorkers can experience Renegade Sitar, Clarity of Mind, Cosmic Convergence, Brent Kessel, Sexerati, Hofmann’s Potion, and Sacred Space of the Heart. (more)

Family Doin's

Rudolph Wurlitzer

"What about it, Mister Healer-Dealer? Can you strut your healin' stuff? Got me a bad knee, shoulder ain't right, arrowhead been stuck in my leg for ten years, teeth gone or rotten, sluice line to my gut plugged up. Not only that, but I'm spiteful with bad notions." A story from the new novel, The Drop Edge of Yonder. (more)

Helping RS Out

Jonathan Phillips

So far, 900 of you have completed the Reality Sandwich survey. Thanks! We're shooting for 1,000. If you haven't already filled it out, take a minute and help us reach our goal. (more)

Goodbye Albert!

Daniel Pinchbeck

This Sunday night in New York, Reality Sandwich presents a commemorative film screening followed by a discussion of Albert Hofmann's life and legacy. (more)

Plant Song

Morgan Maher

The Singing Plant art installation lets people create sound and light with a living plant. (more)

MANA-fest II: Cosmic Convergence

Jonathan Phillips

Check out the updated listing for this Saturday's "all-out, all-night escapade" across the Hudson hosted by Reality Sandwich, Souldish, and SEED Gallery. New additions include Kamal Sunflower, Spiro, Mikio, Nemo, Civ, and more. (more)

Peacemakers Paving The Way

Stephen Hershey

The Gathering of the Peacemakers in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains mixes workshops, music, culture, and consciousness into seven days of positive living.
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Stop. Hey. What's That Sound?

Ken Jordan

In the mind, sound is not so neatly sectioned off from space, touch, words, or image. One bleeds into the next, slipping and sliding in a spiral of associations. Digital media has already begun to reflect qualities of consciousness that had been beyond the means of artists to capture. In coming years, this will only accelerate. (more)

Souldish NYC: May 1-7

Salma

DJ Spooky, Black and Light Ball, Auction to Burn, Luscious Subconscious, and an Albert Hofmann Memorial are all happening this week. (more)

Aren't We Already Living in Paradise?

Michael Brownstein

[Must Not Sleep] • "It was like Mardi Gras on the streets, everyone giddy with the sudden release from winter's grip. After days of fasting we floated through the city, drifting without destination. Luminous beings, the light streaming from our eyes, we drew riveting stares from passers-by." Episode 5 of the novel Must Not Sleep, a transformative ride through shamanic space. (more)

Electric Equinox in Reflection

Craig Reuter

The pics are in for our last Evolver Salon, The Electric Equinox, courtesy of photographer Sabrina Asch. (more)

Psychedelic Power-Pop

sati

This psychedelic video by MGMT is a reminder of the small joys in life. (more)

Council of Grandmothers

Erin Shaw

Thirteen indigenous grandmothers "work toward spiritual solutions for healing our planet" in the New York premiere of For the Next Seven Generations. (more)

Tom Waits Meets Super Joel

Paul Krassner

The anonymous Vietnam War protester who was photographed placing a flower in the barrel of a National Guardsman's rifle later appeared in a lyric by Tom Waits: "Joel Tornabene lies broken on the wheel..." (more)

Commericals 2.0: Advertising the Divine

Ido Hartogsohn

How commercials could transform from media poison to media cure for a new age of enlightenment. (more)

Before and After His Time

sati

Fifty years after its first broadcast, an interview with Aldous Huxley is presented to a new generation.

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The State of the Sandwich

Daniel Pinchbeck

Important announcements about the present and future of Reality Sandwich: Get ready for the Evolver Exchange and the Evolver social network, coming soon! (more)

Bad Boy Nietzsche: A Play

Richard Foreman

Friedrich Nietzche "is a man who sees the darkness, where other people think there is a light still shining." The story begins with the philosopher collapsing when he sees a horse being beaten on the street, and explodes as characters identified as the Child, the Cruel Man, and the Beautiful Woman enter the scene. The full text of this "mesmerizing tragicomic fantasia of a play" (The New York Times). (more)

Lightning Strikes Thrice

Charles Shaw

The LA-based art collective The Do LaB is returning for a third straight year with “Lightning in a Bottle," one of the most innovative eco-festivals around.
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Alexander Supertramp and the Failure of Individualist Escape

Andrew William Smith

Sean Penn's film Into the Wild rekindled the debate surrounding Christopher McCandless's dramatic departure from mainstream culture, and his tragic demise. It forces us to ask: how can we preserve “human community” without “returning to civilization?” (more)

Souldish: NYC Events April 18 - 25

Salma

Wanderlust, Evolve Your Brain, Shamanism's Not Knowing, Full Moon Ceremony, and the Kirtan Rabbi are all in store for NewYorkers this week. (more)