THANK YOU To All Who Are Buying My Book & DVD
Posted by Jeremy Vaeni at 7/2/2008 8:42 AM and is filed under Culture of Contact,i know why the aliens don't land!,Advertisement,no one's watching,Jeremy Vaeni,shill 
Just dropping a note to thank y'all for the resurgence in book & DVD sales on Amazon. Couldn't have come at a better time. I've just hammered out the contract with the theater for this year's Culture of Contact festival and it is going to destroy me financially. But hey! Maybe this will keep me from having to put a "donate" button on my website and praying!The 5-cd "best of" set from last year's festival is coming soon. It won't be for sale at Amazon, just through me. It comes with a bonus 6th disk - Whitley Strieber's 2012: The War For Souls book launch. (Thanks, Whit!) If you want to pre-order it, drop me a line at: jeremy@valiens.com. I don't have the price in front of me but I believe it's $45. If not I'll correct it tonight.
Lastly, and on a whole other note, I wanna thank Bill Birnes at UFO Magazine. Bill takes a lot of shit from a lot of people in this field. I don't know how much of it is deserved but I can tell you that I've not seen an inkling of any of the complaints I've heard thus far. In fact, the opposite. We are financial & production partners for this festival, yet I set the price. I negotiated with the theater. I didn't consult with him beforehand, just did it and said, "Okay, what do you think?" If he wanted to he could sue me or tell me, "Screw you, Vaeni, I want out of our contract." But he didn't. He said let's do it--and can we use the money you owe me from last year as a down payment?
He never even asked me for what I owed him from last year in all this time.
This is who Bill Birnes is--and for all ye speakers who toe the line that Birnes did Corso wrong when co-authoring his book, you don't know what you're talking about. The fact that he's friends with the Corso family to this day should tell you that.
Anyway, completely different tangent. Just needed to say it. Thank you, Bill. And thank you all for your support.
No problemo at all Jeremy.
I just got some tix to Loews at an unheard of price and I'm even gonna buy your book and dvd.
Now 'tween you and me Sir Mr. Vaeni how long you been a denizen of these here parts (JC)? Cause nobody else would've
even heard of Loews let alone negotiateda a price for the rental. I always thought ya looked familiar - yeah, sure I've seen
you on the Path train. Fer sure. And I've seen some objects real close up altho no greys yet.
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Actually, thanks to Melissa Reed for introducing me to the Friends of The Loews. She's the Jersey-ite. But they're becoming uber popular with New Yorkers (especially from Brooklyn for some reason) ever since they started advertising in the Village Voice. It's becoming a "scene." Hell, I was there for Planet of The Apes and over 300 people were in attendance.
For Planet of The Apes!
Daaaaaamn yooooou!
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Now I figured it out Jeremy.
You're having your thangy at Loew's because of that legendary hotdog eatery right next door. And word has it that Sinatra was inspired not only by Bing Crosby at Loew's but by those dogs. By God that's gotta be it!
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Legendary hotdog eatery? Seriously? Jesus, I don't know whether to add that to my commercial or my Greer impression. Either way, I'm there!
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I passed the place today. It's a little
hole in the wall type of joint and the
old neon sign that looks like it was old when Sinatra was going to Loew's says 'Boulevard Drinks'. But doing a google on it yields its true age: 1949. Old enough though not as old as Loew's - but still a bit before my time.
Maybe Jeremy we can share a dog and some 'drinks' and you can give us all your best Greer impression. Wow I can't wait!
http://www.alanwolfson.net/blvddrinks.htm
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Jeremy,
Have you done a podcast on the Corso situation? Any kind of update?
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I've not. I haven't even done a show with Bill Birnes yet. But I will after I...after I...well, that's all I can say. Oh man alive I hate it when people do that!
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What's your take on Strieber, Jeremy? Is he running a new age UFO cult, or is he on the level, or what?
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I think he's on the level with a streak of old-school magician's showmanship.
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Really? I ask 'cause in his latest journal entry he's pimping Caret and the drones (along with Linda Moulton Howe) as being legit.
He also promoted William Henry as being legitimate. He has a cheesy psychic (Marla Frees) as a co-host.
Additionally, Strieber has frequently stated that anyone who he has on his show he endorses. He's had on The Hypnodentist (Bruce Goldberg).
Is that "old-school magician's showmanship?" I mean, I know that Strieber is a big hero to everyone in the UFO community (I cut my teeth on him too), but his behavior doesn't exactly instill confidence.
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Well you asked if I thought he was on the level in terms of starting a cult. I was thinking more along the lines of "Does he believe in his crop circle meditations?"
The answer there is yes, incidentally.
If you're asking do I think he's right all the time, no. Do I think he plays up some stuff as a showman trying to evoke a mystical sense about him to sell books? -- Yes. That's what I meant by old-school magician.
Strieber's not a big hero, actually. I think I'm one of the last to defend him--as I do yet again in the latest podcast with Jean Eisenhower.
I can't speak to all of Whitley's claims but I know that he's said things about alien abductions that strike me as completely on the mark in ways that no one else says. And I, too, cut my teeth on him. I also know he's sacrificed a lot to speak about this stuff. By "a lot" I mean everything. The dude was making movies from his books long before Communion, so it's not like he needed the cash. Only after Communion did he need the cash because he lost his reputation, his NY cabin, etc. Even with his recent big turn in Hollywood, he's not willing to let it all hang out and share everything. He's eluded to some things that, when I have him back on the program, I will blatantly ask him about. Won't say what they are but you can figure it out if you listen to his show or his interview on my second podcast.
Talking to him face to face about "The Master of The Key" it's clear this was a real chat with a real person, not something he made up. I don't know if you read The Key but to my thinking that's far more important than endorsing Bruce Goldberg or thinking he saw a Chad drone.
Clearly he's not very discriminating when it comes to guests as he thinks Paola Harris is a shining beakon of light. She seems nice enough but she's gullible as shit and therefore a bane to ufology. Shining light, she ain't.
William Henry...I've read a couple of his books. I'll say that I don't find them intriguing; however, I think he's a great host and fun to listen to. I think he asks good questions much of the time even if I don't care for his work. Weird thing about that is, when I hear him talk about his work in interviews I find it fascinating. Then I see it on paper and it looks weak. There's some more magic for ya!
I don't know much about the new psychic guest host. Haven't really paid attention to her just yet. But whatever. I'm not going to agree with everything he says/does--but I think he's on the level regardless.
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Fair enough. Sorry if I came on a bit strong, like yourself I'm just so tired of all the bullshit artists performing in this arena, and it's hard not to get frustrated when someone who I've looked up to so much (Strieber) starts acting so kooky.
Strieber kinda strikes me as someone who has real shit happen to him and is just not so great at sorting objective and subjective reality. (Then again, who IS good at that?) I guess I just wonder how the hell anyone can honestly take the Hypnodentist seriously.
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I have to agree with a lot of what Jeremy wrote about Whitley Strieber.
I think his audio interview show is an easy target. But, he does aim really high. He can take guest that might be a little bit dry and he manages to pull the person up to a higher level of discourse.
The fact that he is such a good writer (and it show up in his audio dialog too) works against him. It can come off as TOO dramatic.
Following him over the years, I am just SHOCKED at how bizarre and wide ranging his claims are. On-going close encounter experiences, government meddling, creepy hybrids, weird "secret" school stuff from his childhood, even -WEIRDER government programming from his childhood (this one's vague), past life memories, OBE's, he met LBJ and William Burroughs. Did all this stuff put the zap on his head in a way that makes him a little heavy-handed? Maybe?
I don't think he wants to start a cult, I think he would be repulsed at the thought.
And - I think the KEY is a remarkable little book. Really amazing. I've read it like 4 times.
And - He did write the one abduction book that actually became a bestseller. And the cover is referenced over-and-over in the abduction literature: "ANd then I saw the cover of COMMUNION and I was suddenly aware that someone else was having these experiences too!" How many times have you heard that?
More - I also find William Henry delightful to listen to, and kinda tough to read.
peace,
M!
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Seems like an interesting read man. I will definitely put it on my wish list.
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Hi Jeremy. I just finished reading your book and I watched your dvd the other day. I just wanted to say that I really liked the dvd but I loved your book. I could not put it down. I am looking forward to reading more from you. Do you have something coming out soon? Thanks for sharing your experiences with the world.
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Hi, Lorrie:
I do have a stand-alone sequel screaming to be published but I'm kind of in a rut with it. It's next to impossible to get a real publisher to publish A.) a stand-alone sequel to a book barely anyone has read and B.) a work of "faction." Half the book is fiction and half autobiography. So I might do a print-on-demand thing, but I really don't want to self-publish and have a thousand copies sitting in my kitchen.
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