FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: The SubGenius Foundation, Inc. 1-216-320-9528
Fax: (216) 320-9528
stang@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ohio, April 3, 2008: The Church of the SubGenius is
preparing for the end of the world. According to Church prophecy, the
Apocalypse will take place on Saturday, July 5, 2008. In preparation
for the fulfillment of this doomsday prophecy, the Church is hosting
"X-Day," an End-Of-The-World in a festival with rock concerts and
blasphemous rituals taking place in upstate New York, during the final
weekend of the Apocalypse. The anticipated dates of X-Day are
Wednesday, July 2 to Sunday, July 6.
The Church is seeking underground bands, indie rockers, performance
artists, and performers and producers from the adult entertainment
industry to take part in the festivities. Church officials are
encouraging all performers and musicians to attend the X-Day
gathering, join the Church of the SubGenius, and throw a party the
likes of which the world has never seen. The 2008 X-Day festival is
officially entitled X-Day 11, or X-Day XI. Survivors of previous X-
Day fests have described the celebration as "the best damn party of
the year, bar none."
Reverend Modemac, the propaganda minister for the Church, states: "If
you and your band want to get on stage and perform with a bunch of
****d freaks, mutants, and weirdoes, then just pack up your gear and
COME ON UP to New York for the action! This is your chance to get it
on and cut loose! It's non-professional, so you won't be paid for it,
BUT you'll be taking part in a five-day ****d party with hundreds of
participants. Audience participation is ENCOURAGED, nay, it is
REQUIRED."
The Church of the SubGenius is a popular organization often seen as a
"parody" of religious cults, including Scientology, the Raelians, the
Unification Church, and racist hate groups such as Christian Identity.
The organization is widely seen as a satire that mocks organized
religion, or as the church describes itself, "a cynisacreligion."
Since its inception in 1953, Church founder J.R. "Bob" Dobbs has
predicted that a fleet of flying saucers will arrive at the beginning
of July to destroy the worldwide Conspiracy against the Church of the
SubGenius, while all ordained SubGenius ministers will be rescued by
escape vessels piloted by the Alien *** Goddesses, also known as the
Xists.
X-Day will be a celebration of free expression, performance art, rock
and roll, ****ography, and adult entertainment; and certain parts of
the event will be restricted to adults only. Only ordained ministers
of the Church of the SubGenius are allowed at the event, but the
Church is accepting member****ps at its standard rate of $30 up until
the final hours of July 4. Performers at previous X-Day festivals have
included Bonobos Convergence, Little Fyodor and Babushka, Einstein's
Secret Orchestra, the Billy Nayer Show, Circus Apocalypse, the Global
Village Idiots, the Kings of Feedback, the Amino Acids, and many other
bands.
Participants at X-Day can expect to spend three to five days (two to
four nights) camping out: the site is an outdoor campground, and
guests have to provide their own camping gear. (Campers can sleep in
their vehicles if they want.) The campground has running water and
toilets, hot showers, a heated swimming pool, an outdoor cafe serving
cooked food, a bar, and a hot tub. The main pavilion has a stage and
electricity for instruments and gear.) Bands and performers are
encouraged to bring their own stuff to sell.
The Church of the SubGenius has been no stranger to controversy since
its foundation, and the upcoming X-Day celebration promises to be no
different. In the late 1980s, members of the Church were accused of
spreading a virus in Macintosh computers known as the "Peace Virus."
Numerous articles have been written on the Church in such noteworthy
publications as the New York Times, Wa****ngton Post, Wired Online,
Boston Globe, U.S. News and World Re****t; and broadcast re****ts have
been produced by CNN and NPR. In April 1999, officials of the city of
Cambridge, Massachusetts shut down an official SubGenius Devival
gathering in the belief that the Church was affiliated with the
Trenchcoat Mafia (the organization blamed for the Columbine high
school shootings), though authorities later realized the association
was mistaken. In its January 1, 2000 issue, a Time magazine poll
declared J.R. "Bob" Dobbs the biggest fraud of the 20th century.
The Church received additional media attention in 2006 when one of its
high-ranking members, known in SubGenius circles as Reverend Mary
Magdalen, became involved in a legal battle for custody of her son due
to her member****p in the Church. This case has been covered in such
popular online sites as Boing Boing, Fark, and Wikinews (Wikipedia's
news re****ting service). Reverend Magdalen is being represented by the
law firm of Lipsitz Green Fahringer Roll Salisbury & Cambria, LLP.
Detailed information about X-Day can be found on the World Wide Web at
the X-Day Web site:
http://www.modemac.com/x-day
The official home page of the Church of the SubGenius can be found at:
http://www.subgenius.com
Reverend Mary Magdalen's custody case:
http://www.modemac.com/wiki/Reverend_Magdalen
X-Day is an event with NO cor****ate sponsor****p, NO so-called
"professionals," and NO commercialism (except what you provide
yourself). Photographers, entertainers, production companies, radio
broadcasters, and all media producers are encouraged to contact the
Church at its Cleveland, Ohio headquarters at 1-216-320-9528.
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