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elfismiles
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 Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 9:44 am Post subject: Mac Tonnies has died |
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This is just terrible news... many of you will have no idea who he was but he was, to me and others, a sign of a better future for ufology.
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elfismiles
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| Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 9:55 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | Alien Hypotheses
Date: 09-28-09
Host: George Noory
Guests: Mac Tonnies, David Blume, Daryl Hannah
Author, blogger and Fortean researcher Mac Tonnies argued that the ET hypothesis (that aliens are visiting our world from other star systems) is somewhat of an outmoded concept, and the truth may be stranger than we can imagine, involving a myriad of overlapping explanations. The notion of parallel worlds has gained credence in the scientific world, and the aliens could represent a kind of symbiosis with beings from another dimension, he noted. The so-called ETs could be a species of intelligent non-humans, or "Cryptoterrestrials" (the title of his forthcoming book) who covertly share our planet with us. Because aliens are typically described as a bipedal and human-like species, it suggests to him they have developed here on Earth.
Yet, the prototypical alien-- the spindly, big headed 'grey,' has the physique to be an ideal astronaut with few physical requirements-- perhaps they were designed for space travel, Tonnies commented. Cultural associations also influence how the aliens are perceived. In Zimbabwe for instance, entities wearing silvery suits associated with metallic craft have been described as the "ghosts of ancestors," he detailed. Regarding the alien's reported hybridization program, we could be dealing with something beyond the understanding of our neurological hard-wiring, he said.
Tonnies sees humans themselves in a kind of transitional state, eventually merging with technology and becoming more evolved and compassionate. He also talked about how some of the artifacts on Mars, such as at Cydonia, are a genuine scientific mystery. While not yet definitive proof of ET presence, they merit serious study, he said.
http://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2009/09/28#
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| Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 10:02 am Post subject: |
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| I didn't know him, but now I'm sad I didn't. Shocking, terrible news. |
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elfismiles
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elfismiles
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| Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 10:21 am Post subject: |
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| Jeff wrote: | | I didn't know him, but now I'm sad I didn't. Shocking, terrible news. |
I'd only ever emailed him once or twice... had always planned on having him on as a guest. Was anxiously awaiting his book on his CryptoTerrestrial UFO Hypothesis. Loved his mind, his ideas, his doodles...
I just can't believe this.  |
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professorpan
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| Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 10:24 am Post subject: |
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| Sad news indeed. |
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elfismiles
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elfismiles
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| Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:18 am Post subject: |
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elfismiles
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| Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:37 am Post subject: |
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From cyberpunk author William Gibson's twitter feed:
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elfismiles
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| Quote: | Radio Misterioso: Can Ufology Be Saved? With Paul Kimball and Mac Tonnies
Ufological commentator Paul Kimball and Cyberpunk guru Mac Tonnies talk about problems with Ufology and how the field might be headed (or guided) into a new phase. Topics: Believers vs. non-believers, Cryptoterrestrials, the Face on Mars, Kimball's uncle Stan Friedman, William S. Burroughs and UFOs, etc.
http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/18406
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exojuridik
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His was one of the few UFO/Fortean blogs I still read. Sad/strange news.
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Cosmic Cowbell
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| Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 1:21 pm Post subject: |
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100 years by Mac Tonnies
This is so fucking sad.
Farewell.
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elfismiles
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| Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 1:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Cosmic Cowbell wrote: |
This is so fucking sad.
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Indeed. I'm trying to get a grip on it.
From Paul Kimball...
| Quote: | Mac Tonnies remembered, Part I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHZXP5CSyDU
My dear friend Mac Tonnies has passed away. He was a wonderful person, and one of the bright young lights in paranormal research and thought. This is an excerpt from Radio Misterioso with our good pal Greg Bishop, from 2006, which we recorded live in the studio at killradio.org in Los Angeles while Mac and I were there filming Best Evidence: Top 10 UFO Sightings.
For the entire show, see:
http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/18406 |
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_guqqzl4M-24/R-4-kBZLXgI/AAAAAAAAA0s/vFGwpN1sgCA/s1600-h/final+poster2.jpg
| Quote: | Saturday, March 29, 2008
Doing Time in Boulder
Doing Time, which premiered here in Halifax in late November to enthusiastic crowds and critical acclaim, has been accepted into the Boulder International Fringe Festival in Boulder, Colorado, which runs from the 14th to the 25th of August.
http://semaphoretheatre.blogspot.com/2008/03/doing-time-in-boulder.html
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| Quote: | "If you haven't been introduced to author, essayist, and blogger Mac Tonnies yet, then it's about time."
--Paraview Media Guide
"[Mac is an] indefatigable plumber of the beyond."
--Rudy Rucker
"Mac Tonnies is undeniably a bit of a weirdo. Perhaps that's why I like him so much, though I agree with nearly nothing that he writes."
--John Brownlee, Table of Malcontents
"Mac Tonnies is a Cydonian cyberpunk poet."
--21st Century Radio
"Surely the Morrissey of Ufology."
--Nick Redfern, author of "Three Men Seeking Monsters"
"With little more than small-press exposure to his credit, 20-year-old Tonnies makes an early bid for greater recognition with his first collection of short fiction, an uneven but always absorbing assortment of sketches that reveals a surprisingly mature craftsman at home with the vernacular of contemporary sf."
--Booklist
"I like it when young guys with attitude tear right into the genre without asking anybody's permission."
--Bruce Sterling
"Mac Tonnies has a gift for words and a bright, bent vision."
--Rob Chilson
http://www.mactonnies.com/macfaq.html
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