"...[Process Media's] books on supposed 'fringe' type characters are in fact memoirs of the true innovators–those truly bound for the stratosphere without commercial concerns."
—Plastic Crimewave
LISTEN TO A TEASER FEATURING EXCERPTS AND NON-ALBUM MOMENTS! VIEW OUR BOOK ANDY KAUFMAN, I HATE YOUR GUTS! When news broke near to Andy Kaufman’s birthday that an album of unreleased material was going to be released by Drag City/Process Media on July 16th, the word spread like wildfire. Everyone from The New York Times to The AV Club to Pitchfork to Paste covered the news with [...]
Where do books go when they die? You may say the recycling bins or the county dump. But sometimes they make it to the book purgatory. Maybe they get resold online, or at library sales, where they might be carted away $2 a bag. Perhaps they were left out in front of a used bookstore in [...]
The must-see Source Family documentary opened at IFC this week after a series of amazing events in New York including a night of Source Family home movies, an afternoon of meditation, white magick, and holistic food and numerous Q&A’s with Electricity and Isis Aquarian, original Source members. If you are in New York City, San Francisco or Seattle, the [...]
We are not here in physical form on this planet very long. What do we do and what do we learn while occupying these bodies of ours? In the late ’60s and early ’70s particularly, fellow souls explored the WTF and What Is It?, and often attached themselves to a larger group of explorers for [...]
Green Apple, Other Cinema, yes, San Francsco—here we come. Tonight—that is Friday March 29th at 7 pm—I’ll be speaking about the Process Media book co-written with Maja D’Aoust, The Secret Source, and also about Ritual America: Secret Brotherhoods and Their Inflence In American Society, A Visual Guide (co-written by Craig Heimbichner) in a visually-enhanced presentation. Find further information on [...]
Spring is here, sprouts are popping through the cold soil, and despite all human attempts to destroy the earth, life has come again. My special friend, Elizabeth Perikli, and I just flew to the mile high city to celebrate the marriage of Boyd Rice and the lovely Karin Buchbinder. The ceremony took place at the [...]
For my family throughout the 60s and early ’70s, The Academy Awards meant party time at the Siegel’s house in Sherman Oaks for a yearly gathering. By the Siegels I mean director Don Siegel (known for Dirty Harry and other Clint Eastwood pictures), and his wife Doe, a model and actress once married to photographer [...]
Stuff happens. Little did I expect to be asked to write a screenplay about the John F. Kennedy assassination to debut during the upcoming 50th anniversary. My immediate reaction: “That could be a disaster and a bore, and easily ridiculed. I mean, who wants to see JFK again? After sleeping on it, the idea intrigued me. How [...]
Slime. Snail Trails. Mucus by the ton. It makes one wonder. From whence does it all come? How can a single person produce so much of it that it fills multiple shopping bags full of snotty tissues? An acupuncturist once told me that the mucus may not be actually stored in one’s sinuses, but created [...]
Four years ago I moved from a great storybook-style house property in the midst of a three acre compound in Los Angeles’ Franklin Hills area. Five other ’30s and ’40s era homes (including one occupied by actor Bud Cort), were situated in this strange compound. With the assistance of our former mate, Jodi Wille, we [...]
