LSD Tabloid

Schmoozemagazine of the artist's collective, Love's Supreme Desire xxx

No. 7, July 1996

Tel-A-Fool events & info line /Fax: 415-333-9549, E-mail: bloobird@sirius.com

This is LSD Tabloid, the monthly newsletter of Love's Supreme Desire xxx. Though primarily queer, male and pagan in current composition, we are an inclusive group of artists striving towards a rainbow community of personal, artistic and spiritual growth for the good of all. We welcome your proposals for new projects and your involvement in the projects already proposed.

If you have project you'd like to see in LSD Tabloid, contact us by the 15th of each month with the pertinent details in 250 words or less. In return, you agree to distribute the tabloid (via e-mail or photocopy) to other artists for at least as long as your listing appears in the tabloid. A donation of $.32 stamps or cash to defray the costs of distribution would be appreciated (contact Tel-A-Fool @ 415-333-9549 for mailing address).

To subscribe to LSD Tabloid through the postal service, call Tel-A-Fool for more information, or, for a text-only subscription via internet, send message "subsx LSD Tabloid" to .

Summer Solstice Gathering, Zuni Mountain Sanctuary, New Mexico

Howdy, y'all. I just got back from sunshiney, lovely, paradise-on-earth New Mexico and a visit to the new Zuni Mountain Sanctuary near Gallup. Wow! What can I say? It's fabulous! They have done a ton of work in the short time that they've been there, laying paths, rigging plumbing (they struck water at a very fortuitous depth of only 27 feet), building a cold storage shelter, etc. It's wonderful there with fantastic views, glow-y red and orange sunsets that knock you down happy, screaming frogs, a swimming pond, lots of hiking, and a big yellow parachute-ceilinged hangout lounge reminiscent of a gigantic, downturned yellow poppy and rightly so. The mornings and evenings are cool and breezy, the high heat of the day is official siesta time, the temperature is hot but not stifling, just enough to make your body taste all salty. Best of all, the residents there are focused on the work but also on the fun and have a good balance in this regard. We had a great time doing a faerie parade through this magical land on Summer Solstice, carrying gold tinsel-covered sticks in whatever drag or not we cared to wear. In short, go to Zuni Mountain Sanctuary or support them in some way because it is a lovely and beautiful new faerie planet. As an added bonus, you will feel compelled to relive scenes from "To Fong Woo, thanks for everything, Julie Newmar" in the fabulous, rugged, butch and fey Southwest. I LOVE NEW MEXICO! Thanks and blessings to Zuni Mountain Sanctuary residents sweet-hearted David Littlefoot, smiley-faced Larry (Frog), the wonderful Granite, Owl, Mr. rascally architect Mike, sweet hard-working Pumpkinhead, and Ajita of the blazing blue eyes. They are having a work-gathering as we speak through the summer and there are rumors of a Winter Solstice gathering in the works.

Work gathering at new Zuni Mountain Sanctuary:

An all-summer-long-and-into-the-fall work party is commencing, where our goal is to raise our main community building, pottery studio and first residence building. We will be using natural materials including adobe and straw-bale. Councils and community circles will be held throughout the summer. Come be a part of this historic event!

Be aware that you will be "roughing it" at over 7000' altitude. Think about bringing a tent, warm sleeping bag, coat, flashlight, cup, bowl, eating utensils, sunscreen, drums and other musical instruments. If you plan to stay for the work-party, bring work boots and gloves, and any tools you might need to use or possible let others use. Also, any tipis, trailers, yurts, large tents, generators, etc., would be tremendously useful!

We ask for a donation of $8 per day for those staying for a short time. Obviously, starting-up a new sanctuary is a huge cost, so any other donations will be most graciously accepted! For those of you staying and helping with the construction, we ask for a donation of $100 a month to cover food costs. No one (especially laborers!) will be turned away for lack of funds.

Please try to let us know when you will be coming, how long you will be staying, and what skills you can offer (ie: cooking, labor, foreman, circle facilitation, First Aid, etc.).

June thru September, contact David Littlefoot Balsam @ NMFC, PO Box 553, El Prado, NM 87529 (505) 776-1565 or e-mail dbalsam@prodigy.com. Donations are warmly appreciated.

Projects & Queries

LSDXXX #2: The second issue of our quarterly zine, LSDXXX, will be completed soon. Please contact Josh or Garrin at 415-474-3447. Or mail a $1-3 donation (or pay what you can) plus a $.96 postage-paid legal-sized SASE to LSDXXX c/o Josh/Garrin, 925 Post st., SF, CA 94109-5841. Or, you will be able to pick up a copy at A Different Light Books, 489 Castro st., SF.

Tel-A-Fool: Announcing a new events line, Tel-A-Fool, sponsored by the Love's Supreme Desire xxx collective. Listing Bay Area radical faerie and friends arts and creative spirit events, Tel-A-Fool complements Tel-A-Fairy (415-626-3369), which lists Bay Area radical faerie general information. This is a free service for both artists and potential audiences. If you want a radical faerie and friends presence at your event, call Tel-A-Fool @ 415-333-9549 at least one week in advance. Outgoing events message will be updated each Wednesday morning.

Call For Submissions (7/96): Queer Press Non-Profit Community Publishing of Toronto, dedicated to the self- expression of lesbian, bisexual, gay, transgendered and transsexual people is calling for submissions for an upcoming anthology. You are invited to contribute essays, short fiction, and poetry on the theme of: Religious Identities, Spiritual Practices, And Queer Communities. We welcome contributions from those who remain within and those who have withdrawn from religious affiliations of their upbringing, from those who developed their own spirituality and those who work in queer communities to respond to spiritual and religious needs. Queer Press encourages contributions from queers of all religious backgrounds. Deadline for submissions: September 30th, 1996. Please direct further inquiries as well as submissions (three paper copies, diskette, a brief bio and a S.A.S.E. / international reply coupon) to Queer Press, Box 485, Station P., Toronto, ON, Canada, M5S2T1 or e-mail: luhmann@yorku.ca

CLUTCH (7/96): The new issue of the poetry and fiction journal CLUTCH is available in Bay Area bookstores including Cody's (Berkeley); Bound Together Collective, City Lights, and Modern Times (San Francisco) for $4 a pop, well worth it. For more information contact CLUTCH/Drill Press, 554 Natoma St., SF, CA 94103.

MAYA, (6/96): a band that includes Peter Horta and Garrin Benfield of the John Body Players, has relocated to San Francisco! MAYA plays all original cathartic dance music -- it ranges from fast and funky, dark and multi-layered, to disorienting and polyrythmic, quiet and acoustic. The band is currently scheduling gigs to begin August 1 (that is, if we don't play the Oregon Country Fair, July 12, 13,14--will know about that soon) We like playing clubs, but we love playing parties. If you're interested in setting up an event, or know of one that MAYA should be involved in, call GARRIN at 931-9561. Please call this number to request a tape. GIGS: Sat. August 3, Cafe International, Haight & Fillmore. Sat. August 10, Brainwash Cafe, Folsom. See you soon!

Primordial Tricksters (5/96): Wishing to meet several queer male performance artists, dancers, actors and spiritual seekers who are interested in uncovering and exploring personal issues of identity, gender, surrender, control, personal sovereignty, internalized homophobia and authentic response for mutual artistic and spiritual growth. To this end, we will be playing with Drag, Genderfuck, B&D, S&M, Paganism and other aspects of both the queer and universal experience, emphasizing respectful exploration and/or transcendence of personal boundaries. I imagine us being as a group of quantum-time berdaches (Native American queer/trans shaman) entering the hidden parts of ourselves and each other through drumming, journal work, meditation, journeys into the wild and a conscious effort to be vulnerable and open to deep interpersonal contact. The emphasis will be placed upon the process of connecting in this way, on the journey, rather than upon "performing" for an "audience," though what we discover here can only strengthen our performance capabilities in other arenas. We will, of course, be open to public performance/rituals when we feel the time is right. Willingness to share physical contact, confront fears and dig into the psyche are essential. Monthly circle in east Bay. Contact Bloobird @ 415-585-8273.

Dark Elves Web Page submissions (6/96): The Dark Elves are Here! The Land of the Dark Elves is seeking submissions for the Songs and Stories of the Dark Elves section. Please take a stroll through our woods, and send your inspirations on to pgochen@emory.edu, or through Snail-Mail to Phil Gochenour, 804A Monroe Drive, Atlanta GA 30308. Submissions should be in HTML or RTF format.

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May your road rise to meet you

May the wind be always at your back

May the sun shine warm upon your face

May the rain fall soft upon all that you plant

And until we meet again,

May your God cradle you in the palm of hir hand...