Jesus Is My Girlfriend And Jehovah is her dad. They both live in outer space. And this makes me glad. Tru Tru Vanilla Luv comes to me from heaven on…
Spirituality
Mrs. Friedman’s Golem
Our neigbors the Friedmans were the only Jewish family for miles around. Because I was “the heathen boy” and smart enough to pass for Jewish, I ran free on the…
A Gothic(k) Tale
On May 21 Peter Lamborn Wilson died in his sleep, his home in Saugerties NY, at the age of 72. His work appeared in 96, and In Memoriam we reprint…
Interpreting the Major Arcana of the Spectral Suburbs Tarot
Or Biting the Hand that Feeds You for Fun and Profit The Star Interpretations of this clearly cosmic card tend to be a bit mushy. It’s a matter of perspective.…
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Messiah in America
Act I The curtain goes up. Menachem-Josef sits at the table with his secretary Jackie Bluffer, a healthy, loud-mouthed boy with more balls than brains. Menahem wears large, black-framed glasses.…
Interpreting the Major Arcana of the Spectral Suburbs Tarot
or, Your Fender Stratocaster and You Justice And when I say “justice” I mean, of course, Judge Judy. Oh, you may prefer your Ruth Bader Ginsburgs and Sonia Sotomayors, but…
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Interpreting the Major Arcana of the Spectral Suburbs Tarot or How to Kill Time on a Cruise Ship
The Lovers One of the more snack oriented cards, this one could (and probably should) be retitled The Hors D’oeuvres Lovers, because honestly, who doesn’t love hors d’oeuvres? Half a…
All the Way to Memphis
We’re traveling through Egypt when the King appears. That is, his falsetto wail comes wafting from the dashboard speakers. It’s “Blue Moon,” Elvis at his finest and most eerie. With…
The Book of Mary
A Mary was born in a city, and half of her was pregnant. No one knew that this was so, except for Mary; no one knew that she bore half…