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MAC TONNIES, 1975 - 2009

Mac Tonnies, writer, ufologist, paranormal investigator, internet personality, intellectual, dreamer, futurist, renaissance man, (and, in his own words) "blogger, skeptic, bibliophile, Fortean, weirdhunter, transhumanist, interplanetary man of mystery" - and all-around nice guy - passed away unexpectedly, in his sleep, October 18, 2009, from a previously-undetermined heart ailment. He was 34.
This blog is his memorial.

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Mac & Mannequins

Mac & Mannequins

Places We've Been

  • A New Year...
    Further adventures of The Black Key ... (detail) - digital - 2015, DS "He spied a small blue flowerpot at the far edge of the g...
  • "Illumined Black" Back in Print (updated: 9/27)
      Wormhole - photograph of a local KC, MO sculpture - 2000, Mac Tonnies. "What does the mind experience when severed from the body? Wh...
  • Spielberg's "Disclosure Day"
      "The trailer opens with the question, 'If you found out we weren't alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that...
  • Shine On, Mac!
    Oracle (Cerebus Palus) - Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick - found here "On their adventures, North Wind brings Diamond to ...
  • Hungry for Mars?
    I guess I must be!  Found a listing for Curiosity rover weekly reports and thought I'd share. It's about as close to...
  • The Wisdom of Cockroaches
    Archy the cockroach - a character created by Don Marquis -  in the throes of poetic passion; drawn by Creole artist, George Herriman , k...
  • Wolfgang Pauli (2018 update)
    Graphic of Pauli and Jung from:  For Fear the Glass May Shatter , a 2014 film "which explores physicist Wolfgang Pauli and his relat...
  • The Voynich Manuscript (Part 1) - Curious Goods
    A "star chart" found in the Voynich MS. The tiny group of 7 stars in the upper portion of the chart is thought to be the Pleia...
  • Suppertime Sonnets: The Paperback
    Shakespeare did it.... Milton did it.  Browning, Shelly and Keats did it... even Yeats did it. But now the tradition of the sonn...
  • Remembering Mac...
    Photo Credit: Mac Tonnies, Cycloptic (self-portrait), 2008 ...& missing him. But, what's four years between friends? Words...

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My Other Blog

  • Trans-D Digital
    Coming Back to Life (Revised) - A Pentagonal Movement *(and a reposted image)* She was once a real person with a real sort of life. However, like real people everywhere, she eventually...

The PMB Slideshow

The PMB Slideshow
As of September 29, 2016, Google discontinued its support for its slideshow gadget, so, sadly, the slideshow which previously appeared here has been disabled. The slideshow photos, however, can be found by clicking Mac's "Alien Touch" self-portrait above.
"Sing in me, creative spirit
of the boy who died and came back
and the man who flew
through the black sun
and returned to walk the roads of this world
as the envoy of a deeper world..."

- Robert Moss, The Boy Who Died and Came Back: Adventures of a Dream Archaeologist in the Multiverse


LINKS TO MAC'S SITES

Website:
Mac Tonnies.com
Mac Tonnies.com
(Mac's original website archived by Mark Plattner)

Blogs:
Posthuman Blues.com
(Mac's original Posthuman Blues blog archived by Mark Plattner)
PseudoSaucers
Extracranial
Cydonian Imperative

twitter:
http://twitter.com/mactonnies

twitpics:
http://twitpic.com/photos/mactonnies

Blip.fm:
Macbot

Flickr:
Mac Tonnies' Photostream

Tumblr:
Mac Tonnies' Tumblr

YouTube:
Mac Tonnies'-related videos*
(Note: his former playlist was removed)

* Many of the videos presently appearing on YouTube's "Mac Tonnies" pages are authentically related to Mac. Alas, many are not.


The PHB Mastheads

The PHB Mastheads
2006-2008

2008 -

LINKS TO MAC'S OTHER WORK ONLINE


"One Hundred Years"
(Rudy Rucker's Webzine, Flurb #3)


"The Ancients are Watching"
(Darklore anthology)


"Loving the Alien" Columns
(Futurismic)


BOOKS BY MAC TONNIES

BOOKS BY MAC TONNIES

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LINKS TO MAC'S INTERVIEWS & APPEARANCES (Mixed Media)


TELEVISION

From Redstar Films:
Best Evidence: Top 10 UFO Cases (2006)
(Mac's "rough-cut" clip)

Supernatural Investigator episode:
Life on Other Planets" (2008)
(also found here)


VIDEOS

Blogging the Singularity - 9/6/07
(YouTube)
(On PMB)

Redstar Films w/ Paul Kimball - 5/06
Mac Tonnies... the Crytpoterrestrials


VIDEO SHORTS BY MAC

Hotel-bound
(from 2008)
... on Posthuman Blues
... on PMB

In a Coffee-shop
(from 2009 w/ David Peeples)
... on Posthuman Blues
... 0n PMB


PODCASTS & RADIO SHOWS

Beyond Strange and Mysterious - 9/2004
(Obscure radio show (WSNR-620) Mac mentions here.
The only real info found.)

Culture of Contact - 01/16/2008
Miggety Mack Tonnies Shows Us The Study, Y'all
(download only)

Coast to Coast w/ George Noory - 9/28/09
Alien Hypothesis
(for subscribers only - for others, try Mac's YouTube videolink, or Mike Clelland's podbean )

Radio Misterioso 7/27/09
The Cryptoterrestrials

Radio Misterioso 6/5/06 - Parts 1 & 2
Can Ufology be saved?
(w/ Paul Kimball)

Eerie Radio 9/10/07
The Cryptoterrestrial theory vs. the ETH
(Note: Long Introduction)

Eerie Radio 1/20/09
Mac Tonnies and Artificial Intelligence

The X-Zone w/ Rob McConnell - 1/11/2007
Mac on extraterrestrial artifacts
(link takes you to the X-Zone archive; podcast not yet available)

Binnall of America - 3/17/07
Mac Tonnies (Part 1)
Mac Tonnies (Part 2)

The Book of Thoth - 2006
Interview with Mac Tonnies

Virtually Strange - 10/7/06
# 413, New Frontiers Symposium
(Mac's in the second hour; also Greg Bishop)

Speaking of Strange - 6/3/06
Mac on Mars
(link no longer available)

The Paracast Interviews
w/ Gene Steinberg and David Biedny:

The Paracast - 11/25/06
Mac on Mars
(Mac is the 2nd guest)

The Paracast 12/31/06
Kevin Randle & Mac Tonnies, UFOs

The Paracast - 5/6/2007
More Crypto-chat with Gene and Dave

The Paracast - 12/3/2007
Mac's Cryptoterrestrial Proposal

The Paracast - 12/16/07
Regarding the reformation of Ufology, w/ Jeff Ritzman

The Paracast - 10/26/08
On Mars, Aliens, UFO's... and Sarah Palin

The Paracast - 2/1/2009
Mac on Terraforming Mars w/ Robert Zubrin


MEMORIAL PODCASTS

The Paracast - 11/1/2009
A Mac memorial by the remaining members of "The Cabal"

The Paracast - 04/10/2010
Kimball, Redfern & Bishop: the release of "The Cryptoterrestrials..."

The Paracast - 5/25/2010
Exploring the mystery of Earth-based UFOs
w/ Mike Clelland & others

The Gralien Report - 10/18/2011
Micah Hanks remembers Mac

Radio Misteriosa - 10/23/2011
Mac Tonnies - 2 years gone
Group effort hosted by Greg Bishop
(link currently takes you to the announcement only)

The Other Side/Jim Harold - 2/7/2013
Paul Kimball remembers Mac and talks about publishing PHB


TEXT

Universe Today
If ET Calls, Would We be Told?

Room 101 w/ Richard Thomas 12/26/08
An Interview with a Transhumanist

FutureBlogger - 2/29/08
Fearless Futurist Mac Tonnies Goes Off on Mars

FutureBlogger - 1/10/08
Interview with Mac Tonnies

Upsidedownbackwards - 5/8/08
Little Boy Blue and the Man on the Moon

Ballardian - 7/3/07
Mac Tonnies' Strange Blue World

The Book of Thoth - 2006
Interview with Mac Tonnies

Alterati with Joseph Matheny - 3/7/07
They Came From Earth...?

Never-used Email Interview- 9/15/2005
Mac Interviews Mac


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Arthur
"Thank you for taking the time to compile this wonderful tribute to Mac. He connected with so many people in a very direct and meaningful way regardless of whether one had the opportunity to meet him in the physical world. I enjoy visiting this site now and especially when I'm reminded of something that Mac might have tweeted about or blogged about. Your tribute here is a perfect digital gathering spot to take a moment and reflect on the vision and talent and timelessness of Mac Tonnies."
- Joshua Fouts, 12/10/09


"I believe there are many of us who have a great appreciation for this wonderful memorial you've put together, even though we haven't been forthcoming with the comments and encouragement. Know that the blog won't be lost in the cold, obscure corners of cyberspace... there will be those of us who, like you, will drop in from time to time to pay our respects to Mac and reminisce.
Heartfelt thanks for this monument... Mac would have loved it..."
Anonymous, November 24, 2009

"Wormhole"

"Wormhole"
(photo by Mac Tonnies, 2000)

The Reading Room

The Reading Room

Cydonian Imperative

Cydonian Imperative
Mac's original blog. (Link updated 1/31/17.)

Introverts Unite!

Introverts Unite!

PMB LINK LIST

Aeon Magazine
Alien Art Genre
Alien - UFO - Research
Alien Surgeon
Amuck Design
Anomalist Books
Art Shaman
Big Think - (Michio Kaku)
Tim Binnall *
boingboing
Clifford Pickover
Cryptomundo
Daily Grail
Diginfo TV (Technology News from Japan)
Electric Warrior
Exploring All Realms *
Graham Hancock's News Page
The Gralien Report *
Micah Hanks
Jim Harold *
Hidden Experience (Mike Clelland)
Histories of Things to Come
History, Teaching, and the Strange (Aaron Gulyas)
H.R. Giger Museum
The Human Condition
The Imagination Age
Kimball Media
Legendary Times
Macbots (Memorial Site)
Mars News
The Mars Underground
Mondolithic Studios
Mysterious Universe
NASA - Mar's Exploration Program
NY Times article:
"Cyberspace When You're Dead"
Jason Offutt
The Orange Orb
The Other Side of Truth (Paul Kimball)
Adam Phillips
Pink Tentacle
Plattner Design
Nick Pope
Postreason
Radio Misterioso (Greg Bishop) *
Reality Carnival
Reality Carnival Unleashed (with Mac)
Sci-Fi Women in Tubes (Mike Clelland)
Rupert Sheldrake
SpaceCollective
Spotting Cryptoterrestrials
Starry Road Studio
Suppertime Sonnets
Synaptic Stimuli
Trans-D Digital Art
A Transit of Contingencies
UFO Mystic (link corrupted & removed)
Unknown Country (Whitley Strieber)
Voice of America
Rob Walker
Where Did the Road Go? *
The Windbridge Institute
Women Of Esoterica
The Wonderful World of Larry Carlson
World of Whatever... (Nick Redfern)
Zippy the Pinhead
* Paranormal Radio Shows

Labels

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OTHER MAC TONNIES MEMORIAL PAGE/POST LINKS


Above Top Secret

Alien, UFO, Paranormal and Paranormal Times

(w/ links not posted here)

Alterati

Amuck Design

Anomalist Books

Anomaly Television

Ballardian

Henry Baum (The American Book of the Dead)

Greg Bishop (UFO Mystic)

Coast to Coast

Cryptomundo

The Debris Field

FlobbergobberFuture Blogger

Futurismic

Glitterbubbles

The Gralien Report

Greg Hemmings

Hidden Experience (Mike Clelland)

Intangible Materiality

The John Mack Institute

Paul Kimball (The Other Side of Truth)

Rita J. King

Macbots - An Ongoing Tribute Site

Michael Macdonald (Paranormal Musings)

Machine Elf (w/ links not posted here)

Mutate

Mysterious Universe

Postreason

Psi-Op Radio

Kevin Randle (A Different Perspective)

Nick Redfern (UFO Mystic)

rigorous intuition

Riotfish

Sentient Developments

Suppertime Sonnets

Greg Taylor (The Daily Grail)

Technoccult

The UFO Chronicles

TransAlchemy

Twilight Language

UFO Magazine

Weblogsky

Worm Intruder


A Visit to...

A Visit to...
Kauffman Memorial Garden
"Mac Tonnies, he got sonnetized a bit
While dwelling on our plane. He was a great

Good natured subject while among us.
He was among those who first told me "Kate,

You know that there's a book here, right?" Since then,
Well, I just miss him often, in iambs
As in the rest of life. It's truly been

A strange and wondrous way to kick the jams

And share ideas. Thanks, Dia, for the bump.

I'm thrilled to be included here, you know
(And yes seeing this here did put a lump
In my poor throat, but that's how these things go).
And folks, you know that you can do this, too.

Pick up a pen and scribble one or two!"

Kate Sherrod, via a comment on this post

Kate's Audio Boom message for Mac...

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Expresso, Hat and Camera

Expresso, Hat and Camera

A Room With a View

A Room With a View
The Mark Twain, Kansas City, MO
"Flocks of teenagers materializing like thought-forms borne on the cool night air. An edge of autumn -- brisk but not cold. The Cancer Survivors' Park like an apocalyptic oracle, its touch-activated television screen locked against the encroaching chill, its statues frozen copper silhouettes.

A couple making out in the passenger side of a new Porsche; I glide by clutching my coffee, libido twitching sullenly somewhere in my skull. I find myself rediscovering a close-knit labyrinth of fountains and staircases and charming apartment buildings named after long-dead writers. The lights of Saturday traffic and gaudy horse-drawn carriages are mercifully eclipsed. The world is all shadowed architecture, suddenly shattered as I reenter the realm of the living, coffee cooling steadily. The usual anonymous hordes and casual lovers refracted through caffeinated synapses.

I buy a smoothie at a coffeeshop (Depeche Mode playing in the background) and gradually lose myself in John Brunner's "The Shockwave Rider." The immaculate sidewalks, sparkling as if pregnant with diamond, steer me home, past hotels, across the dark scabrous flow of Brush Creek. My apartment building has a new entry keypad, sans telephone handset. Made of reinforced stainless steel, it has the worrying appearance of something designed to survive an imminent nuclear attack.

Through the abandoned lobby with its fading pink carpet and neatly arranged couches.

Into the elevator.

I punch 9."


- Mac Tonnies, PHB post 10/5/03


Hot Rain

Hot Rain
Nexxi
"She might have had an identity once. Or at least the synthetic equivalent. But years have passed; entropy haunts the labored rhythm of her stride, the flow of her thoughts. All the sidewalks look the same, an endless montage that recedes to eggshell anonymity in the summer glow..."

- Mac Tonnies, excerpt of a story fragment found here

(The link to the story fragment has been repaired as of 1/31/17.)


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"Out Strolling"

"Out Strolling"
Mac Tonnies, 2009

Mac's Calling Cards:

Mac's Calling Cards:

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"If an alien intelligence is accountable for even a small degree of our collective preoccupation with the "other," it's conceivable that we have, in fact, established a dialogue of sorts. Maybe we're being taught a new mythological syntax so that, confronted with the specter of planetary disaster, we'll have the means of rising to the challenge."

Mac Tonnies, January, 2007

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Tatiana

Tatiana
the dragon princess

Aaron

Aaron
from planet Araqinta

The Jewel

A Transdimensional View

... of The Jewel.

Andromeda

A Transdimensional View

... of Andromeda.

Tears in Rain

About "Araqinta"

About "Araqinta"

As an artist, my "nom de plume" seems to change as time goes by, and I suspect it always will.. I previously signed my earlier graphic images as "Dia" with the year the image was completed, that is, when Mac was still alive, and I was contributing images to his blog, Posthuman Blues. At the same time, I referred to my digital "workshop" as Araqinta... after a fictional planet I invented for an unfinished sci-fi novel of mine: A Matter of Increments. (The image above was an attempt at "branding"...) My online name during this period was "Zindra", also harkening back to a fictional planet I invented for yet another sci-fi story... also unfinished. (Do we see a pattern here?)

That being said, Mac Tonnies was a real inspiration to me in those days - a type of muse, if you will... and many of the images I created from 2006-2009 probably wouldn't have existed without his influence. Needless to say, many of them wound up on PHB... some of which appear in the body of this blog, and on the sidebar, linked to the PHB pages on which they can be found.

I was an artist for many years before approaching the digital medium; I don't know if I would have ever really fully taken that plunge without Mac's encouragement. And, in some strange sense - and I know I'm not alone in this - Mac continues to be the presiding spirit over much of my work. So, this blog was created for Mac and in his memory, but it also serves as a monument to our friendship - that magical series of synchronistic events that enables two individual psyches to cross the barriers of time, space, and sociological conditioning, and inevitably create a unique bond... a safe haven unaltered by any circumstance, including the illusion of death.



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