26-03-2012, 06:48 PM
Seamus - here's the thing.
I met David Guyatt when both of us were - separately - investigating black ops which took place in the 80s and early 90s.
Some of the characters we dealt with had been imprisoned in facilities which don't appear on maps.
Some of them had had their psyches opened up and messed with.
Screen memories.
They were mostly Mechanics.
A couple of them were killers.
I vividly remember the moment when I realized that my access to one of these characters was always mediated, controllled, by a handler. Their girlfriend.
It was like being inside a surreal movie. Like Pesci playing Ferrie in JFK, you knew you were close to the Beast. You could smell him. You could see his slime-ridden tracks. Run your finger through the grease. But you were stuck in a fairground hall of mirrors, and the Beast was fucking with you.
There's much more.
Another vivid memory is establishing through archive and biographical research that a key source had been active in Cointelpro. And then graduated.
This faux "source" was presented to me at a crucial time in my research.
Seamus - always remember that the source you are relying on to "diss" an entire area of research may well be bought and paid for.
A good researcher never forgets the smell of the Beast. The stench can be an invaluable guide through the maze of mirrors.
Their Thanatoid labyrinth.
I met David Guyatt when both of us were - separately - investigating black ops which took place in the 80s and early 90s.
Some of the characters we dealt with had been imprisoned in facilities which don't appear on maps.
Some of them had had their psyches opened up and messed with.
Screen memories.
They were mostly Mechanics.
A couple of them were killers.
I vividly remember the moment when I realized that my access to one of these characters was always mediated, controllled, by a handler. Their girlfriend.
It was like being inside a surreal movie. Like Pesci playing Ferrie in JFK, you knew you were close to the Beast. You could smell him. You could see his slime-ridden tracks. Run your finger through the grease. But you were stuck in a fairground hall of mirrors, and the Beast was fucking with you.
There's much more.
Another vivid memory is establishing through archive and biographical research that a key source had been active in Cointelpro. And then graduated.
This faux "source" was presented to me at a crucial time in my research.
Seamus - always remember that the source you are relying on to "diss" an entire area of research may well be bought and paid for.
A good researcher never forgets the smell of the Beast. The stench can be an invaluable guide through the maze of mirrors.
Their Thanatoid labyrinth.
"It means this War was never political at all, the politics was all theatre, all just to keep the people distracted...."
"Proverbs for Paranoids 4: You hide, They seek."
"They are in Love. Fuck the War."
Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon
"Ccollanan Pachacamac ricuy auccacunac yahuarniy hichascancuta."
The last words of the last Inka, Tupac Amaru, led to the gallows by men of god & dogs of war
"Proverbs for Paranoids 4: You hide, They seek."
"They are in Love. Fuck the War."
Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon
"Ccollanan Pachacamac ricuy auccacunac yahuarniy hichascancuta."
The last words of the last Inka, Tupac Amaru, led to the gallows by men of god & dogs of war