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\lline{\hl An Evening with Robert Anton Wilson}
\lline{\hlmed At Sonoma State University, CA, 12 Nov 89 (24�
AFTERMATH 3155)}
\lline{by Deke Nihilson}

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Well it was quite an evening of interpretive motifs, such as it�
were. R.A. Wilson looks like a cross between C. Coolidge, Gerald�
Ford, my roommate Neil, Al Haig and, umm, Hunter S. Thompson�
makes it five, only different.

Some motifs in motion: Mafia/CIA/Vatican guns for coke for money�
for laundering; a Rajneesh global library copy of th'�
Illuminatus! lifted from a locked library in Leipzig and�
presented unto him to sign in Berlin; fascist American reality,�
drugs, and the war on 'em \& the actual size of King Kong's�
SCHLONG (he loved th' term) and archetypal relations thereof to�
``God''(s), such as {\it that} is.

Throw in a few painful puns, hard-worked buffoonery, and a couple�
explanations (one very good) of how reality as perceived in�
``everyday'' life is indeed held together by synchronicity, just�
as quantum-level reality ``seems'' to be, and you have the gist�
of the thang, the crust of the poem.

Then it was Q \& A time. So I your check-it-out scribe popped�
(ahem) him the following question as a verbalized Homocore rep:�
considering his treatment of subject matter as permutations on�
(relatively) basic phenomena, why does homosexuality come up so�
rarely when he discusses sexuality so much? I also pointed out�
that he failed to mention homosexuality not at all when�
discussing pantheistic deities at length, in relation to King�
Kong's SCHLONG. 

His response was to simplify my question, for the benefit of the�
audience dontcha know, to ``why don't you talk about�
homosexuals'', which wasn't really what I asked at all. The�
mentioned four bisexual male characters from his numerous books,�
one gay character (not incidentally ``Padr\'e Pederastia'' from�
Illuminatus!, his only overt ``gay'' character I remember�
anywhere). Then he mentioned his theory of sexual preference as�
accidental social imprinting (you decide), said he didn't know�
anything about homosexuality anyway and has no desire to flaunt�
his ignorance (almost a point, had I asked what he said my�
question was), and told me if I wanted to read about�
homosexuality I should read Rechy (which I have). Affirming his�
heterosexuality, he then moved on to other questions.

Had he not mentioned my question out of the blue 45 minutes later�
to solicit laughs, which he then got, I could have accepted his�
answer as honest if not really responsive.

A few questions later, a women in the front row posed a complex�
question structure, a facet of which was this: in his opinion,�
did he see a difference in wimmin-based and men-based�
spirituality involving repression of opposite-gender ``trait''�
repression. Wilson responded yes, that wimmin balanced male and�
female and men repressed female aspects of their spirituality,�
which makes them more insane and violent. It thrilled me that�
Wilson sees this truth in a broad social sense, but he totally�
missed mentioning the fact that gay pagans (witches, mod�
primitive shamans, radical f\ae ries, for example) are very often�
{\it very} open to balancing both ``masculine'' and ``feminine''�
in their personality structures and can be exceptionally�
affirming, healing people. An interesting social myopia�
considering he never addressed the pantheistic spirituality facet�
of my question.

But then he didn't claim to know\dots don't think he really cared�
to\dots

All was not turgidity tho'. What he had to say about drugs, about�
control cartels, about the quantum nature of all realities we as�
a species so far have perceived, about New-Age-d feel-good�
dippiness, and about a ``smorgasbord'' of other motifs was right�
on and righteous and at moments cool as shit.

Two final notes: I'm sending R.A. Wilson a copy of this ish and�
inviting him to respond in any way he sees fit and conducive.�
Maybe he'll respond for the next zine and, well, mebbe not, eh?�
Guess we'll hafta wait and see\dots

The other thang; he claims to have done an album five+ years ago�
called ``The Chocolate Biscuit Conspiracy'' with a ``punk rock''�
band named THE GOLDEN HORDE on the Irish label Hot Wire Records.�
Outa print, but available bootleg in the U.S. He sez he's never�
seen it. Anyone out there got any info, if not, a copy? I'll�
reciprocate as best I can fer a copy\dots get in touch let's�
trade turpidge\dots \hfill $lambda$

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