Scientology: Life at 25Hz.

In article <AC1456449668A40CF@petermc.demon.co.uk> peter@petermc.demon.co.uk "Peter McDermott" writes:

> OK, I know that Elvis Presley's daughter is a Scientologist,
> and that Elvis covered several Leiber/Stoller songs, (Hound Dog,
> Jailhouse Rock, King Creole, etc.) but there seems to be a strong
> Scientology theme running through many of Leiber and Stoller's
> compositions for The Coasters as well.
>
Truth is stranger than fiction. What about the influence of Science Fiction on scientology? It's a Flash Gordon religion with a tinsel-clad bogey man at its heart. The Mud Men have rescued Princess Leia and Ming the Merciless is masquerading as a guy call Xenu. Everybody's living backwards; you're a machine. We can remember it for you wholesale, just hold the cans. Jubal Harcourt's evil twin Laffy invented a religion. You are invited to leave your brain at home. Flash has gone over the cliff and its the end of the episode, but you just know that next episode will show him clinging for safety to the running board of a passing air-car. He'll escape detection by hiding in the car's rumble seat, infiltrate the evil Ming's invasion fleet and foil the plot to steal the Martian water. No wonder Ken Long believes the visual attention flickers at 25Hz. He's living in a never-ending movie matinee in which inventors make great discoveries that turn science on its head in a single, endless magic popsicle-smelling Saturday morning. Yeah, I just had to tack a bit of Bradbury on the end. Now I know what the E-meter reminds me of--a theramin, the instrument they used to create the theme music for Forbidden Planet. Just remember: we control the horizontal, we control the vertical. This is Tony Sidaway on Metaluna, returning you to the scheduled USENET transmission. "Duke, Duke, Duke, Duke of Earle..." -- Tony Sidaway SUPPORT DENNIS ERLICH, CRITIC SUED BY SCIENTOLOGISTS NEW ADDRESS "This is not something that is happening in cyberspace. This is happening in my house"--Dennis Erlich. "The internet is growing Woody. 4.8M nodes as of January. Deal with it." --charles oriez "Time to update your sig, Tony :-)...at least 27.5 M with e-mail access. 13.5M have full access. Full details <a href="http://www.tic.com/.">http://www.tic.com/.</a>--charles oriez

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