The Man and Robot Society is a secret organization whose mission is to seek out and discover higher levels of consciousness. In the Tales of the Reluctant Astronaut, the vessel used for the spaced out explorations is the mighty starship, the Oblivion, but the Oblivion is not actually a spaceship in the usual sense.
The Tale of a Reluctant Astronaut is an analogy. It is a trip through time and space, but not in the obvious way. Rather, it is a subtle tale of a life and a journey. The obvious cool analogy of the tale would be to say that it is a story of a young man who took psychedelic drugs as far as they could go to cross through the doors of perception, seeking out new worlds and higher levels of existence – only to take it too far and to lose himself and never to make it back home. Unfortunately, the copyright to that tale truly belongs to Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd, and although psychedelics played a key role in my tale, I was always fortunate to find my way back home safely (at least that is my belief).
The trip begins with Starlog 081559, which is actually my birthday. Each song has such a prologue introduction, and each song represents an important step in my journey. Ship’s Log 122372 is the day my mother passed. Starlog 061577 is the day I moved out west and lost my high school friends (who I still miss dearly). Stardate 051985 is the day my father passed. Authorization Code contains the code dates 051790 and 071792, which are the birthdates of my two daughters. Captain’s Log has no code date reference, but there are clues in the song that it introduces as to its timeframe and inspiration.
The way I see it, LSD and other psychedelic agents can be useful as a type of fuel. But the actually vessel we fly and exist in, such as the Oblivion, is constructed by our life experiences. It is what makes the trip intense and sacred. And hopefully, we will live a good life and someday reach New Terra.
The Oblivion’s audio transcripts can be accessed and purchased from M.A.R.S.

The above pics are from my booth at the Phoenix First Fridays event held every month in Downtown Phoenix. My booth is located in front of Revolver Records on 1st and Roosevelt, Phoenx AZ. I really loved doing the street fairs throughout 2011 and look forward to them again in 2012. The crowds are really great and the energy is always very postive and bright.

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Om or Aum , known as pranava ( “to sound out loudly”) or Omkara/Aumkara (“aum syllable”) is a mystical or sacred syllable in the Indian religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.
Om/Aum is Dravidian in origin, having the meaning of “Yes.” It has the literal meaning of “It is” or “Will be”. It is the aorist future form of Agu “to become”.
Om/Aum is commonly pronounced as a long or over-long nasalized close-mid back rounded vowel, though there are other enunciations pronounced in received traditions. It is placed at the beginning of most Hindu texts as a sacred incantation to be intoned at the beginning and end of a reading of the Vedas or prior to any prayer or mantra. The M?ndukya Upanishad is entirely devoted to the explanation of the syllable. The syllable consists of three phonemes:
a –Vaishvanara, u – Hiranyagarbha, and m- Iswara,
which symbolize the beginning, duration, and dissolution of the universe and the associated gods Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva, respectively.
The name Omkara is taken as a name of God in the Hindu revivalist Arya Samaj.
‘The Om Lords’ print is available in the Prints tab.