Waltsicle

[Dictel at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/31/99 4:45:32 AM, glthompson at home.com writes:

<< 
> These two notions so close together reminded me that ol' Walt Disney is
> technically not "mortal in every sense," being in cryogenic suspension (or
> at least in some kind of elaborate zip-lock/reynolds wrap promotional
> gimmick).  I would not be at all surprised if the theories about his
> suspension were a sort of urban myth that hangs on precisely because it
> fits so well with the world-creating concept of his theme parks, and the
> world-dominating philosophy of his company.  (Disney (the company) gives me
> the creeps more than Dow, Union Carbide and the OSS combined.)

Ummm, Uncle Walt's ashes are interred in a brick wall(with a rusted name 
plate with a tree branch growing in front of it.  I'm sure it's better than 
what Ub Iwerks got) at Forest Lawn Glendale, a few feet from Errol Flynn.  
The whole cryogenic thing got started because Walt perished the same month as 
the first "cryonaut" (period high tech euphemism for "peopsicle"), so folks 
tended to mix the 2 together much how like CNN, Fox News Channel & MSNBC 
refuse to let John-John die(coverage in the newsweeklies is already a third 
more than JFK's death).  If I have spare time I will transcribe some rather 
prescient Kubrick quotes about cryonics & death from a 30-year old book about 
the making of "2001", the man rattles off what will become the plot to 
"Species" as an aside.
 >>
I missed that phrase, "Army Of Lovers" was also the name of a sexually 
ambiguous Scandanavian rave trio who dressed in 18-th Century clothing & had 
a minor dance hit earlier in this decade with "Crucified".  Always thought it 
too clever a name for an outfit like that to think up.