William S. Burroughs Shotgun Painting on Ebay

Timothy Leary’s estate, the Futique Trust, is auctioning off a an original painting from the infamous Shotgun Art series of William S. Burroughs. The piece was a gift to Leary from Burroughs in the late '80s.

The painting, which hung in the Leary’s living room for years, is being auctioned on Ebay with a starting bid of $85,000. A blog has been set up to track the auction action and discuss the painting and its connection to Tim's huge archive, which is also for sale (but not on Ebay).

Before his death in 1996, Dr. Leary became fascinated with virtual experiences, and was an early advocate of the WWW and virtual reality/worlds. One of his last wishes was for his entire archive to be made available through the internet. The Trust has been working with Brewster Kahle at the Internet Archive to fulfill Tim's wish of making it available to the world.

The Leary Archive is full of primary source documents chronicling the birth of the psychedelic movement including photographs and letters from countless celebrities of the counterculture movement. It also includes everything from Tim's baby pictures and unpublished writings to Harvard LSD sessions and a seldom seen Folsom prison video.

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Paul Reset - June 2008 Studio Mix

1. Stakka & DB - Weirdness [FLATLINE]
2. Switch - Documents [FOKUZ]
3. Icicle & Switch - Looking Away [OSIRIS]
4. Zero Tolerance & Survival feat Steo - No More [DISPATCH]
5. Break & Survival - Dawn [DNAUDIO]
6. Mathematics & Tactile - Kauai [SOCIAL STUDIES]
7. Calibre - Suddenly [SIGNATURE]
8. Cern - Satellites [SYMPTOM]
9. Mindscape & Zero Method - Hide Out (Remix) [DSCI4]
10. Dose - Anoxia [AESTHETICS DUB]
11. Velocet & Paul Reset - Awaken Life [NERVE]
12. SST & Glitch - Let It Bleed [DUB]
13. BZ - Positive Vibes [NERVE]
14. Gridlok - Gutterfuker (Ground Down Mix) [PROJECT 51 DUB]
15. Instra:mental - Rogue [DARKESTRAL]
16. Morphy - Ruffneck [NERVE]
17. Woody McBride - Off The Ceiling (Raiden Remix) [SUBSISNTEZ]
18. Markoman & Tsunami - Data Corruption [DUB]
19. Velocet - Go With The Flaw [NERVE]

Counterstrike & Eye D - Barcode Recordings Filthcast 003

01. Donny - Search & Destroy (Barcode Recordings)
02. SPL & Eye D - Pyramid Punk (Lost Soul Recordings)
03. Optical - To Shape The Future (Metalheadz)
04. Counterstrike & Silent Killer - Purify (Algorythm Recordings)
05. Counterstrike & Donny - Tear Your Soul Apart (Algorythm Recordings)
06. Lucio De Rimanez - Ugly Fat Reality (Unsigned)
07. Centaspike - Killing Contract (Barcode Recordings)
08. Counterstrike & The Panacea - Tinnitus (Algorythm Recordings)
09. Eye D - Brimstone (Prspct Recordings)
10. Eye D & Evol Intent - Rock 'n Roll (Evol Intent Recordings)
11. Cause 4 Concern (C4C) - Catch22 (Renegade Hardware)
12. nPhonix & BTK (Identity) - Project 2501 (Algorythm Recordings)
13. Eye D - Domino (Prspct Recordings)
14. Ministry - Burning Inside (..m/)
15. Counterstrike & Eye D - Motherfucking Skulls (Prspct Recordings)

Proposed anti-piracy strategy grants authorities almost unlimited powers to invade citizens privacy

Recent leaked information points the Canadian Conservative Government a participating member in international talks (aka G8 neocon agenda meetings) to develop a new international anti-piracy agreement under the guise of an anti-counterfeiting shroud. The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement would see Canada join the U.S. and the European Union in a coalition against copyright infringement. The leaked anti-counterfeiting strategy purportedly originated from the U.S. government. The talks, taken behind closed doors so that regular people don’t get to know about until it’s too late, will grant almost unlimited powers for the police and government to monitor any and all activities of Canadian file-sharers.

The legislation will encourage ISPs to monitor the online activities of their customers, and report any and all activity that may infringe copyright law. The agreement covers the copying of information or ideas in a wide variety of contexts. For example page three, paragraph one is a “Pirate Bay killer” clause designed to criminalize the non-profit facilitation of unauthorized information exchange on the internet. Border guards and other public security personnel could become copyright police under the deal. They would be charged with checking laptops, iPods and even cellphones for content that “infringes” on copyright laws, such as ripped-off CDs and movies. The guards would determine what infringes copyright. The agreement says any copied content would be open for scrutiny — even if it was copied legally. This new agreement goes way beyond the bound of reasonable, it’s Orwellian, unethical, police-state and Nazi-ideologist. I will do everything in my power to educate the public about this horrible modern atrocity that could come to realization if we do not take a stand immediately. This effects everyone, not just Canadians, this agreement is international covering Japan, Switzerland and the European Commision. Sources 1, 2, 3, 4.