Disinformation Announces Disinfo.Con 2000
The event brings together many of today's most important thinkers including Cyberculture pioneer RU Sirius, comic book artist Grant Morrison, elder statesman of conspiriology Robert Anton Wilson, future culture "queen" of all media Genesis P-Orridge, visionary artist Paul Laffoley, outsider artist Joe Coleman, new media pundit Douglas Rushkoff, and Feral House publisher Adam Parfrey and several other major names to be announced in ensuing weeks..
The event will also feature a Conspiracy Theory Roundtable featuring publisher and researcher Kenn Thomas, Robert Sterling, editor of The Konformist, editor Greg Bishop, and conspiracy theorist and academic Jodi Dean. Paleo-psychology and mass behavior expert Howard Bloom will present a special video lecture. There will also be an exclusive preview of the new Disinfo Nation TV series produced for Channel 4 in the UK, featuring a behind the scenes look at the Montauk Project, a biographical short about Timothy Leary, the brain damaged snuff film carnage of "Uncle Goddamn," Salvador Dali advertising Alka Seltzer and more!
Disinfo.Con 2000 will take place on Saturday February 19, 2000 at the Hammerstein Ballroom, 311 West 34th Street off of 8th Avenue in New York City. Doors open 10 am; the event starts at 11 am and finishes at 11 pm. The Ballroom is walking distance from Penn Station and The Port Authority Bus Station. There are also a limited number of rooms at a special conference rate reserved at the New Yorker Hotel, next door to the Ballroom. Passes for the full 12-hour event cost $99.95 and for the evening session only $49.95. Attendees can register online at http://con2000.disinfo.com and can save 10% by registering before the start of the new Millennium. A good deal for those who believe we'll still be here come 2000.
For more information please contact Susan Mainzer or Lynn Hasty at Green Galactic, 323-466-5141 or info@greengalactic.com. Please also check out the Disinfo.Con website at http://con2000.disinfo.com.
The Disinformation Company Ltd.
The Disinformation Company Ltd. owns and operates the Disinformation Web site (www.disinfo.com), the leader in alternative information on the Web since its launch in September 1996. TDC recently completed production on a six program television series to air on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom beginning in January 2000. TDC also recently released the compilation CD The Best Of Moog as part of a joint venture with Loud Records, a Sony Music company. TDC is a wholly owned subsidiary of New York's Razorfish Studios, Inc and a cornerstone of RSUB, the Razorfish Subnetwork, an aggregation of cutting edge digital content.
About RSUB
Razorfish Subnetwork (RSUB) is a network of artists and entertainers who create, acquire, and distribute compelling cutting-edge entertainment experiences across all media, including books, records, movies, Web sites, clothes and more. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in New York City.
RSUB.COM is the online home for all of the company's activities, including original streaming audio and video entertainment, search engines, portals, digital art exhibitions, and original and syndicated content. RSUB.COM includes award-winning Web sites, such as The Blue Dot and Disinformation.
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