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This is an interview with Kilgore Trout from State of unBeing. It was taken from an interview originally published on 4/95. I love hyperlinks!@ Mogel: Why'd you pick your handle? Kilgore: Well, I always felt that my writing career would be just like Kilgore Trout's in various Kurt Vonnegut books. His stories were always published in porno mags even though they had nothing to do with pornography, and he had only one fan. But that one fan thought he was the greatest writer in the world. That's why I picked it. I wanted to name myself after a writer who could only get stories put between pictures of the "Beaver Sisters" and have only one fan. Or something like that. Mogel: How old were you when you first started getting into writing? Kilgore: I came out of the womb with a Pilot Precise Rolling Ball (Extra Fine) pen in my hand (that is a plug... simply the finest pens made today). Anyway, I've always written, as have most of my close friends, and we decided to do a paper zine. Naturally, this was in high school so we passed it around the school, most of us got suspended and so some of us decided that we'd try it again, only doing it electronically. And viola, State of unBeing was born. Mogel: Why do you continue doing SoB? Kilgore: If I don't, who will? This work means so much to me, it's as if everytime I see that someone has downloaded a copy, I break out in tears and weep profusely (that's just the type of guy I am). It makes me feel good to know that people out there can escape into the fantasies of Dr. Graves, and more importantly, get out real quick. It makes chills run down my spine to know that there are people out there who are learning from things that we publish. I also have an extremely big ego that needs to be fulfilled. ;) Mogel: Do you have a life? If so, what are some real world interests of yours? Kilgore: Of course I have a life. Why do you think the zine barely makes it out on time? I'm basically your average college student, doing all the things average college students do (such as play guitar, drink lots of coffee, and discuss the mimickry devices utilized in the classic Plan 9 from Outer Space) except for the fact that I practice Western Ceremonial Magick. Most people think I'm a crackpot, but that's okay. I'd rather be crazy--it's a lot more fun. Mogel: Who makes you happy? Kilgore: I'd have to take a split here. Aleister Crowley and Robert Anton Wilson have provided me with many moments of pure elation and joy. RAW gave me synchronicity, the number 23, and severly uprooted my belief system; Crowley taught me about True Will and magick. Seems pretty good to me. Mogel: Who is the most annoying person you can think of? Kilgore: Probably George Herbert Walker Bush. If you wanna know why, read SoB #13 and Clockwork's article (yeah, it's a plug... I'm shameless). Mogel: What direction do you see SoB heading in? Kilgore: Right now the zine seems to be taking a more political viewpoint in many of it's articles. That's fine with me, but I still plan on keeping the literary and poetrie beefed up as well. If that doesn't work, I guess we could always publish death threats or something. Can you get in trouble for that? Mogel: What would be the first thing that came to your mind when I say "zine"? Kilgore: My path to fortune, fame, and a .45 slug in my skull. |