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Plant Consciousness Test Number 1 with IBVA

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Plant Experiment 1 – IBVA from glasscapsule on Vimeo. This is a short phone clip of a laptop running the most amazing IBVA (Interactive Brainwave Visual Analyzer) software attached to a Peperomia houseplant. The IBVA captures resistance signals and sends them via bluetooth to the laptap where MIDI can then be passed to Abelton Live. […]

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Wardenclyffe: Telsa’s Lost Dream

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The Wardenclyffe tower upon completion. This image may have been fabricated as the angles seemed different. Originally written in 2011 - Updated 2021 With all recent oil panic and near nuclear meltdowns I decided to venture out to the mythical site of Wardenclyffe in Shoreham, NY (Long Island). This was the site of Nikola Tesla's

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The Strange World of Maxwell Maltz

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This is a documentary about the famous plastic surgeon Maxwell Maltz. He wrote plays which included himself as one of the characters. He was also a best selling author of the book Psycho-Cybernetics which came out in 1960. The book dealt with self-image psychology. - XF Pine

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Circuit Bending Workshop – Bent Fest 2010

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This was from a circuit bending workshop in Dumbo in 2010 that was part of Bent Fest. People just brought their own crap. Notice the Darth Vader mask and the obligatory speak-n-spell.

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Dr. Sax Documentary Excerpt

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Lowell Massachusetts is the territory of the mysterious Dr. Sax. Jack Kerouac wrote six books about Lowell, and he is still there in the all the ways that matter. These two short segments contain bootleg audio of Jack himself, recorded in some beatnik's apartment over jugs of wine in 1961. The Sinatra records were already

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Claude on The Sloane House YMCA – Infernal MachineAugust 20, 2024
I stayed at Sloane house on a couple of occasions for a few days at a time in the late…
xfpine on The Sloane House YMCA – Infernal MachineJanuary 11, 2024
"a whole new level of human low life" made me laugh out loud. Thanks for the story. -XFP
Janet Barr on The Sloane House YMCA – Infernal MachineJanuary 9, 2024
I believe I stayed here in August 1978 - my brother and I had both just graduated from UK universities…
Ricky Lee Wagers on The Sloane House YMCA – Infernal MachineOctober 26, 2023
I was a student at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts NYC 1981-1982. Sloan House YMCA was their recommended "dorm."…
xfpine on Hidden Alignments Documentary – NYC Masonic ObelisksOctober 22, 2023
Here's some more info on the Emmet Obelisk... https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMZ796_The_Emmet_Obelisk_Manhattan_New_York Or this has a really detailed picture of the plaques. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=115463…