Boston 2017

The Wisdom of Lovecraft

Light

• Why Solstice? Why Lovecraft? by James Babcock
• We Wish You A Scary Solstice by the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society
• Litany of Tarski by Alfred Tarski (?) -- If reading from the necronomicon...
• The Fae by James Babcock
• Scarborough Fair ◦ Traditional ◦ A series of impossible challenges
• Intro to Demon Sultan Azathoth by Jim Babcock
• Demon Sultan Azathoth by The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society ◦ An ode to the invincible creator of all
• Metta Meditation by Cassandra McClure
• Ballad Of Smallpox Gone by Leslie Fish ◦ Celebrating this victory

Twilight

• Breaking Your Hand Punching Moloch by Taymon Beal or James Babcock (plus Allen Ginsberg)
• We Will All Go Together When We Go by Tom Lehrer ◦ A darkly humurous silver lining for mushroom clouds
• The Goddess of Everything Else (Abridged) by Scott Alexander
• Uplift by Andrew Eigel ◦ Human progress, from stone tools to space colonies
• An Alien God (Abridged)
• Chasing Patterns by Raymond Arnold ◦ Our struggle for understanding

Eve

• Beyond the Reach of God by Eliezer Yudkowsky and Raymond Arnold
• Hymn to the Breaking Strain by Rudyard Kipling ◦ Abide the twin damnation, to fail and know we fail
• d6 Activity by Cy Carson
• The Drummers Little Boy by Raymond Arnold ◦ Refusing to give up
• The Pantheon aka Ain't Gonna Catch You by Darren Korb ◦ There is no one to protect you from yourself

Night

• Litany of Tarski by Alfred Tarski (?) -- If the world is going to end...
• Scarborough Fair Dark Reprise by Cy Carson ◦ A lament for the fallen
• Radical Acceptance Practice by Ozymandias (Adapted by others)

Dawn

• Brighter Than Today by Raymond Arnold ◦ Our central anthem of hope, starting from the invention of fire

Tomorrow

• The Gift We Give Tomorrow by Eliezer Yudkowsky and Raymond Arnold
• I Love The World by Brian Chapman ◦ All the awesome things on this planet
• Something Impossible by Raymond Arnold and Grace Avery ◦ Shut up and do the impossible
• Scarborough Fair Triumphant Reprise by Tricky Talks (?) ◦ A return of sorts to Scarborough Fair
• Litany of Tarski by Alfred Tarski (?) -- If with strange aeons death shall die...
• Always Look on the Bright Side by Monty Python ◦ A silly song about making the best of terrible things
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