 The Anomaly Archives Weekly Email Newsletter
July 14th, 2016 - Austin, Texas
After my weeklong "staycation" it's back to the grind of the ole day job. The week's nearly over but between work and world events ... well, it's enough to drive a person to drink. Luckily enough, marketing gurus have seen the light and offer a bevy of beverages with some adult kick!
As I've mentioned before, the origins of my personal Cargo Culture Collection of weird UFO & Alien themed knick-knacks arises from Other People's Compulsion to give such trinkets to me because of my lifelong UFO-Obsession (and membership in Anomaloholics Anonymous; the Anomaly Archives' secret Double-AA-Entendre).
So it's no surprise when a family member shows up with some Outer Space Vodka bottle shaped like the archetypal Big-Headed Black-Almond-Shape-Eyed Alien but with old-school Gaian Green Glass instead of the Dull Modernist Gray/Grey. So I make the best of the situation and combine it with some Bloody Revolution Bloody-Mary Mix and film it all in slow-motion! I'm not joking - check out the videos here: Outer Space (Alien Head) Vodka & Bloody Revolution Bloody-Mary Mix: Parts Zero, One, Two, Three, & Four
While yet again at the liquor store (I should own stock) I see a cool zine-scene-like newsletter with an early 1900s flair. The title and headline catch my eye:
the Unusual Times
- A Review Of All Things Unusual -
History's Greatest Hoaxes
Apparently, the Hendrick's Gin company have a whole "Society of the Unusual" marketing strategy. I wonder if it's just the brainchild of the advertising firm or if there might be a core of actual Anomalist / Fortean / Zetetic interest somewhere at the heart of the company? Nah! Probably not.
BTW - This issue of the Anomaly Archives eNews has NOT been brought to you by any alcoholic beverage sponsorship - though we might be open to that.
Until next week... "May We Live In Unusual Times." Cheers!
Oh yeah: Become a Member & Check Out the Anomaly Headlines below.
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Above: Dan Aykroyd’s Crystal Head Vodka
Cargo CULTure: Alcoholic Beverages!
Advertising and Marketing folks have known for a long time the popularity of UFO & Paranormal topics, so its no surprise they would aim their weaponized propaganda cultural armaments at the adult beverage demographic.
- Harpoon Brewery’s UFO or “UnFiltered Offerring”
- Omission Beer
- Hendrick’s Gin Cashes-In with its Society of the Unusual
- Outer Space Vodka Within A Big-Headed Green Alien Bottle
- Abduction Wine – Cosmic Red / Galactic White
- Le Cigare Volant Wine
Please Drink Responsibly.
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Headlines
Here are some headlines of note for this week:
Archives and Book Culture
UFOs
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CryptoZoology
- Cryptid Culture magazine #3, July 2016 - A collection of art, writing, and all things cryptid - Featuring Wakinyan and the Trickster by Steven Mizrach, In Search of Strange Beasts by Lyle Blackburn, Legend Tripping, Thylacine Research Unit, Mothman Festival, CryptoFiction and More (PREVIEW) - CryptidCulture.com
- Wood Knocks and Bigfoot – A Review by Nick Redfern, Mysterious Universe
- Mothman At 50: What Do We Know? - Nick Redfern, Mysterious Universe
- VIDEO: Biorobotic stingray created from rat heart muscle cells - "I think we've got a biological life-form here" - Evan Ackerman, FuturisTech.info
- FLASHBACK 2015: Does Earth have a shadow biosphere? – Sarah Scoles, Aeon.co
Mystery Deaths?
Para Normal / Super Natural
Demonic Possession or Social Contagion?
Gnostic Cinema
Misc Headlines
[NOTE: Inclusion of news & event info is purely informational
and does not indicate endorsement.]
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DOGMAN Symposium
Defiance, Ohio
August 6th, 2016
Featuring:
- Linda Godfrey
- Stan Gordon
- Nick Redfern
- David Weatherly
- John E.L. Tenney
- Ken Gerhard
- Lyle Blackburn
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East Coast ParaCon
August 5-7, 2016
Best Western Hotel & Conference Centre
Liverpool, Nova Scotia
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Kilauea Theatre in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
December 10th & 11th, 2016
Theme: Super Nature
Featuring:
- Whitley Strieber
- Jeff Kripal
- Dennis McKenna
- Tiokasin Ghosthorse
- Jeremy Vaeni
www.JaylonProductions.com
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