Tom Jackson
@jacksontom.bsky.social
Science fiction fan, Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea blogger (rawillumination.net), Russian classical music blogger (russianfuturism.substack.com), Cleveland Guardians fan.
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They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead
December 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead
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RAWIllumination.net: Happy Maybe Night! www.rawillumination.net/2025/12/happ...
Happy Maybe Night!
Maybe Night has arrived! Go here for all of the contributions and details! There are two new Finnegans Wake reading groups, for example,...
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December 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
RAWIllumination.net: Happy Maybe Night! www.rawillumination.net/2025/12/happ...
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RAWIllumination.net: Joseph Matheny: New art manifesto, 'Moby Dick' podcast @ongs-hat.com - www.rawillumination.net/2025/12/jose...
Joseph Matheny: New art manifesto, 'Moby Dick' podcast
The latest Joseph Matheny newsletter has quite a bit of interesting news, including the announcement of Art Is War: Fear and Loathing on t...
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December 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
RAWIllumination.net: Joseph Matheny: New art manifesto, 'Moby Dick' podcast @ongs-hat.com - www.rawillumination.net/2025/12/jose...
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RAWIllumination.net: Alan Moore's 'The Great When' is a fine book www.rawillumination.net/2025/12/alan...
Alan Moore's 'The Great When' is a fine book
Alan Moore's The Great When , both an historical novel and a fantasy novel, came out in 2024, so I am a little late in writing about it here...
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December 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
RAWIllumination.net: Alan Moore's 'The Great When' is a fine book www.rawillumination.net/2025/12/alan...
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RAWIllumination.net: Jacob Sullum's 'Guns and Dope Party' book www.rawillumination.net/2025/12/jaco...
Jacob Sullum's 'Guns and Dope Party' book
Robert Anton Wilson advanced the idea of a "Guns and Dope Party" (originally suggested, if I recall correctly, by writer Bill Helmer ) to br...
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December 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
RAWIllumination.net: Jacob Sullum's 'Guns and Dope Party' book www.rawillumination.net/2025/12/jaco...
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Each December, instead of picking the top 10 movies of the year that's ending, I list my favorite movies of 10 years ago, 20 years ago, 30 years, 40, and so on, heading back til my film literacy peters out. 🧵
December 11, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Each December, instead of picking the top 10 movies of the year that's ending, I list my favorite movies of 10 years ago, 20 years ago, 30 years, 40, and so on, heading back til my film literacy peters out. 🧵
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RAWIllumination.net: Another good one gone: Arthur Hlavaty has died www.rawillumination.net/2025/12/anot...
Another good one gone: Arthur Hlavaty has died
Arthur D. Hlavaty at Lunacon 45 in 2002. (Mark Olson photo via Fancyclopedia 3) . I am sorry to have to report that prominent science ficti...
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December 11, 2025 at 8:54 PM
RAWIllumination.net: Another good one gone: Arthur Hlavaty has died www.rawillumination.net/2025/12/anot...
Great book.
Still time to get the "Too Like the Lightning" ebook for $2.99 today in the goldbox sale: www.amazon.com/Too-Like-Lig...
December 11, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Great book.
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RAWIllumination.net: 'Jukebox Musical' by Danny and the Darlings annotated www.rawillumination.net/2025/12/juke...
'Jukebox Musical' by Danny and the Darlings annotated
As I mentioned in a recent post , Jukebox Musical by Danny and the Darlings is a soundtrack album for Bobby Campbell's Tales of Illuminatus ...
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December 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
RAWIllumination.net: 'Jukebox Musical' by Danny and the Darlings annotated www.rawillumination.net/2025/12/juke...
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RAWIllumination.net: RAW Semantics on globalism and Scandinavian systems @rawsemantics.bsky.social - www.rawillumination.net/2025/12/raw-...
RAW Semantics on globalism and Scandinavian systems
Artwork by Brian Dean at RAW Semantics RAW Semantics has a new blog post up, "RAW political #5 – global / local / po," which further wrest...
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December 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
RAWIllumination.net: RAW Semantics on globalism and Scandinavian systems @rawsemantics.bsky.social - www.rawillumination.net/2025/12/raw-...
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RAWIllumination.net: Two new 'Tales' related music releases www.rawillumination.net/2025/12/two-...
Two new 'Tales' related music releases
Bobby Campbell's latest newsletter had a couple of announcements about music releases that deserve a signal boost. "Fresh from its starin...
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December 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
RAWIllumination.net: Two new 'Tales' related music releases www.rawillumination.net/2025/12/two-...
I often find myself wishing these days the U.S. had a parliamentary system, so that we had more than two viable political parties, as other countries do. I'd prefer not to have to chose between Trumpian Republicans and Democrats who think giving children savings accounts is the worst idea ever.
WTAF. $250 is an insult. Do our so-called ‘elite’ really think they can contain the coming deluge of rage with some token ‘noblesse oblige’!?!
This is some ‘let them eat cake’ bullshit.
This is some ‘let them eat cake’ bullshit.
Michael and Susan Dell are donating $6.25 billion to fund "Trump Accounts" for 25 million U.S. children. The gift would put $250 into each eligible child's account. n.pr/4rzXG3L
December 3, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I often find myself wishing these days the U.S. had a parliamentary system, so that we had more than two viable political parties, as other countries do. I'd prefer not to have to chose between Trumpian Republicans and Democrats who think giving children savings accounts is the worst idea ever.
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RAWIllumination.net: An alternate cover for the Shea book by @23rasa.bsky.social - www.rawillumination.net/2025/11/an-a...
An alternate cover for the Shea book
When Rasa was creating covers for Every Day is a Good Day , the new Robert Shea anthology I edited, this was one of the possible covers....
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November 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
RAWIllumination.net: An alternate cover for the Shea book by @23rasa.bsky.social - www.rawillumination.net/2025/11/an-a...
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RAWIllumination.net: News from Bobby Campbell: Expect new 'Tales' announcement www.rawillumination.net/2025/12/news...
News from Bobby Campbell: Expect new 'Tales' announcement
Bobby Campbell apparently is busier than ever. His latest newsletter has many news items. One is this hint about a coming Tales of Illumi...
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December 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
RAWIllumination.net: News from Bobby Campbell: Expect new 'Tales' announcement www.rawillumination.net/2025/12/news...
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RAWIllumination.net: RAW's Beethoven listening project, and ours www.rawillumination.net/2025/12/raws...
RAW's Beethoven listening project, and ours
Beethoven when he was 26. Thanks to Eric Wagner, we know that Robert Anton Wilson "once took LSD and listened to all nine Beethoven sympho...
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December 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
RAWIllumination.net: RAW's Beethoven listening project, and ours www.rawillumination.net/2025/12/raws...
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RAWIllumination.net: Steve Fly still wants to go to Siberia @flyagaric23.bsky.social - www.rawillumination.net/2025/11/stev...
Steve Fly still wants to go to Siberia
A freight train on the Trans Siberian Railway runs next to Lake Baikal. ( Creative Commons photo) . The new Robert Anton Wilson book just...
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November 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
RAWIllumination.net: Steve Fly still wants to go to Siberia @flyagaric23.bsky.social - www.rawillumination.net/2025/11/stev...
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RAWIllumination.net: The two newest Hilaritas Books seem to complement each other www.rawillumination.net/2025/11/the-...
The two newest Hilaritas Books seem to complement each other
The two newest books out from Hilaritas Press, the publishing imprint of the Robert Anton Wilson trust, seem to complement each other, so ...
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November 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
RAWIllumination.net: The two newest Hilaritas Books seem to complement each other www.rawillumination.net/2025/11/the-...
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RAWIllumination.net: Maybe Night to return www.rawillumination.net/2025/11/mayb...
Maybe Night to return
Bobby Campbell has announced the return of Maybe Night. It is the third annual winter solstice celebration of James Joyce's Finnegans Wak...
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November 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
RAWIllumination.net: Maybe Night to return www.rawillumination.net/2025/11/mayb...
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RAWIllumination.net: Upcoming book: 'The Occult Timothy Leary' www.rawillumination.net/2025/11/upco...
Upcoming book: 'The Occult Timothy Leary'
Chad Nelson alerts me to a book that's coming out in April: The Occult Timothy Leary: The Tarot, Magical States, and Post-Terrestrial Evolut...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
RAWIllumination.net: Upcoming book: 'The Occult Timothy Leary' www.rawillumination.net/2025/11/upco...
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More and more people are asking...
RAWIllumination.net: Did Bobby Campbell find a bit cut from 'Illuminatus!'? via @notjessewalker.bsky.social @bobbycampbell.net - www.rawillumination.net/2025/11/did-...
Did Bobby Campbell find a bit cut from 'Illuminatus!'?
In the comments for my Nov. 19 post , about the documents Bobby Campbell posted after going through the Ed Sanders papers at Princeton Unive...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
More and more people are asking...
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RAWIllumination.net: Johann Sebastian Bach in the new RAW politics book www.rawillumination.net/2025/11/joha...
Johann Sebastian Bach in the new RAW politics book
I tend to think of Beethoven as Robertt Anton Wilson's favorite composer, and mentions of Beethoven haunt RAW's writings, including many of ...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
RAWIllumination.net: Johann Sebastian Bach in the new RAW politics book www.rawillumination.net/2025/11/joha...
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RAWIllumination.net: Did Bobby Campbell find a bit cut from 'Illuminatus!'? via @notjessewalker.bsky.social @bobbycampbell.net - www.rawillumination.net/2025/11/did-...
Did Bobby Campbell find a bit cut from 'Illuminatus!'?
In the comments for my Nov. 19 post , about the documents Bobby Campbell posted after going through the Ed Sanders papers at Princeton Unive...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
RAWIllumination.net: Did Bobby Campbell find a bit cut from 'Illuminatus!'? via @notjessewalker.bsky.social @bobbycampbell.net - www.rawillumination.net/2025/11/did-...
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Met and interviewed him in... early 1993? He was in London to give a talk. Interview was published in Deadline and EST. I'd met Robert Shea at the Worldcon in Chicago the year before. You know how they say 'Never meet your heroes'? They're wrong.
November 20, 2024 at 6:50 AM
Met and interviewed him in... early 1993? He was in London to give a talk. Interview was published in Deadline and EST. I'd met Robert Shea at the Worldcon in Chicago the year before. You know how they say 'Never meet your heroes'? They're wrong.
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Nice writeup of my new Robert Shea book: www.therecordnorthshore.org/2025/10/08/p...
Posthumous book revives legacy of Glencoe author with cult following - The Record
Robert Shea lived in Glencoe for 17 years before he died in 1994. Now decades later, a posthumous work helps celebrate the unsung local author.
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October 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Nice writeup of my new Robert Shea book: www.therecordnorthshore.org/2025/10/08/p...
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Hilaritas Press Podcast…
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Hilaritas host Mike Gathers chats with Jesse Walker about A NonEuclidian Perspective, Robert Anton Wilson’s Political Commentaries 1960 – 2005 and more in episode Episode 50 of the Hilaritas Podcast.
www.hilaritaspress.com/podcasts/jes...
Hilaritas host Mike Gathers chats with Jesse Walker about A NonEuclidian Perspective, Robert Anton Wilson’s Political Commentaries 1960 – 2005 and more in episode Episode 50 of the Hilaritas Podcast.
October 23, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Hilaritas Press Podcast…
www.hilaritaspress.com/podcasts/jes...
Hilaritas host Mike Gathers chats with Jesse Walker about A NonEuclidian Perspective, Robert Anton Wilson’s Political Commentaries 1960 – 2005 and more in episode Episode 50 of the Hilaritas Podcast.
www.hilaritaspress.com/podcasts/jes...
Hilaritas host Mike Gathers chats with Jesse Walker about A NonEuclidian Perspective, Robert Anton Wilson’s Political Commentaries 1960 – 2005 and more in episode Episode 50 of the Hilaritas Podcast.