Joseph Matheny's Blog, page 29
July 4, 2011
Thriving Underground Website Anonymously Markets Illegal Drugs
I'm cited as an "expert" in this article by my old friend David Jay Brown. It's about Bitcoin and Silk Road.
Read it here: The Silk Road website uses an anonymous browser, untraceable currency, shifting servers and an encrypted Web address to allow for a thriving illegal drug trade on the Internet.
To learn more about Silk Road, and about the Bitcoin economy that fuels it, I interviewed transmedia writer/artist Joseph Matheny, who is an expert on computer encryption and the underground Internet economy. According to Matheny, ordering from Silk Road is generally safe, if you know what you're doing and take the proper precautions.
The GSpot: Joseph Matheny and Julieta Randall
Joseph Matheny shows off his grumpy side again (maybe it was the beer?). Luckily it is all balanced out by co-host Julieta Randall adding some positive vibes to the scene. They ramble, chant, rail and chatter for your dancing and dining pleasure.
MUSIC BY Thomas Feiner & Anywhen
* Mesmerene
* The Siren Songs
June 23, 2011
Legend-Tripping Online: Supernatural Folklore and the Search for Ong's Hat
Legend-Tripping Online: Supernatural Folklore and the Search for Ong's Hat
My review: I was expecting to hate this book, but I didn't. I have to say, Michael Kinsella did a good job and only missed the mark or 2 or 3 of his conclusions. Of course, I can see why he came to those conclusions, not being in possession of all of the facts behind the scenes. As a remedy to those few slight errors, and in interest of keeping the record straight I will issue a free companion guide to this book in a few weeks.
Other than a few forgivable gaffs (and I do mean a very few), this book is enjoyable and accurate. I'm glad someone in academia was able to parse many of the the objectives and methodologies of this project and I highly recommend it (with the soon to be released companion guide of course). As for the price, maybe wait for the paperback (if they do one) or the inevitable ePub.
Description: On the Internet, seekers investigate anonymous manifestos that focus on the findings of brilliant scientists said to have discovered pathways into alternate realities. Gathering on web forums, researchers not only share their observations, but also report having anomalous experiences, which they believe come from their online involvement with these veiled documents. Seeming logic combines with wild twists of lost Moorish science and pseudo-string theory. Enthusiasts insist any obstacle to revelation is a sure sign of great and wide-reaching efforts by consensus powers wishing to suppress all the liberating truths in the Incunabula Papers (included here in complete form).
In Legend-Tripping Online, Michael Kinsella explores these and other extraordinary pursuits. This is the first book dedicated to legend-tripping, ritual quests in which people strive to explore and find manifest the very events described by supernatural legends. Through collective performances, legend-trippers harness the interpretive frameworks these stories provide and often claim incredible, out-of-this-world experiences that in turn perpetuate supernatural legends.
Legends and legend-tripping are assuming tremendous prominence in a world confronting new speeds of diversification, connection, and increasing cognitive load. As guardians of tradition as well as agents of change, legends and the ordeals they inspire contextualize ancient and emergent ideas, behaviors, and technologies that challenge familiar realities. This book analyzes supernatural legends and the ways in which the sharing spirit of the internet collectivizes, codifies, and makes folklore of fantastic speculation.
From the Inside Flap
How the Internet crystallizes fringe theories into amazing realities
June 13, 2011
The GSpot: Nick Tharcher
Joseph Matheny talks to Nick Tharcher of Original Falcon fame about all kinds of things.
Music by The Rolling Stones
(I apologize for the echo, had some studio issues which are all fixed now so future shows will be back to normal)
June 3, 2011
Now see me blather and spew on Kindle as well!
Just an update: Some titles I wrote and/or contributed to are now available on Kindle.
Ong's Hat the Beginning - if you don't know this work, see info at incunabula.org
This is Not a Game: A Guide to Alternate Reality Gaming – I edited, sourced chapters, sourced contributors and contributed two chapters (the Ong's Hat chapter and a chapter about ARG team management)
Rebels and Devils: The Psychology or Liberation - Contributor along with a bunch of my friends and influences.
June 1, 2011
Robert Anton Wilson Remembered
Robert Anton Wilson Remembered [Unabridged] [Audible Audio Edition]by Douglas Rushkoff (Author, Narrator), Antero Ali (Author, Narrator), Tiffany Brown (Author, Narrator), David Brown (Author), Zac Odin (Author), Joseph Matheny (Author, Narrator), Alan Meridian (Narrator)
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Listening Length: 1 hour(s) and 17 min.
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Publisher: Hukilau (May 2, 2011)
Language: English
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Fond remembrances of the life and work of Robert Anton Wilson, featuring Douglas Rushkoff, Antero Ali, Tiffany Lee Brown, David Jay Brown, Zac Odin, and Joseph Matheny.
March 18, 2011
Everything on hiatus
Fear and Loathing, Hukilau and all other public projects are on hold for me for a while. I will be back with more shows and more public work with Hukilau (more on that later) but for now I am working on some stealth projects which will eventually tie into my public projects. Meanwhile, be well and try to go out side once in a while. Going outside and texting on your phone doesn't count. 
February 18, 2011
Fear and Loathing on the Internet: Antero Alli
Joseph Matheny has a virtual cup of coffee with Antero Alli and they talk about his great new film, To Dream of Falling Upwards.
Music by Dali's Car.
THE TORRID TALE…
The elder Magus of the Thelemic Temple of Horus (Arden Schaeffer) just passed away. Jack Mason (James Wagner), a promising young sex magickian cultivated to advance the lineage, loses it all when the elder Magus' biological son (Duncan Cook) unexpectedly inherits everything with plans to commercialize the Temple. Jack plots deadly revenge and falls into a dizzying maze of underworld encounters with professional psychopaths (Elijah Parizhsky, Nick Walker, Russ DeGregory), desert brujas (Nancy Leatzow, Erif Anduin), and a twist of fate he never saw coming. Meanwhile, Jack Mason's hot-headed apprentices (Jasper Patterson and Brian Livingston) offer cryptic narrative via their hilarious performances of the classic fairy tale, Jack and The Beanstalk.
February 4, 2011
Fear and Loathing: Mckenna/Bowie Break
Host Joseph Matheny stops talking for a while and just listens. He advises you do the same.
December 24, 2010
Fear and Loathing on the Internet: Wikispeaks
Joseph Matheny talks to Chris Arkenberg, Wade A. Inganamort, and Nick Pell in a roundtable discussion about Wikileaks.
Music: Rolling Stones
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LINKS:
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