----------------------,---:--------------------- -- Honolulu Diacy-Page3 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• HannaniApoliona� Page7 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Life in Hell-Page8 Floating Points of Light� Page 11 .....- - =. - .:: � - Krishna das, "servantof Krishna"- the ancient Thetitle of the book, a tract by ....- .....-- � ' - ' .... � ;: � Hindu god. - .... But it would be bigotry to judge Reed solely Hawaii-born guru Chris Butler, is - - ;; -:::;. -,,,,. -- -- ,::::.. -::;.._ on the basis of his religious beliefs. The real issue emblazoned in bold, black letters - - here is the interaction between those beliefs and _.....,..// -:::::." .. ::::. Reed's official actions. Through Butler, Reed is on the plain white cover: Who - tied into a network of people who seem to share :::::., � Are You? Discovering Your ,. // -..-- a regressive social agenda as well as a god, an -:::,. :::- agenda that can be found reflected in Reed's Real Identity. -:;:. -'.:: legislative positions. Of concern, too, is the Inside, the pages are filledwith _ _. unexplained nature of Republican Reed's rela- -.- :' tionship with fellow U.S. Senate candidate Butlers brand of Indian Wayne Nishiki, a Democrat who is also a Butler follower. philosophy: "You are not your body." Perhaps most strikingof all is the virulence with @iqq2. JOHN .s. PRITCHETT which Reed has attacked those who seek to exam­ "Thebrain is used by the self; the brain is ine closely his ties to Butler and his group. This spring, when Reed foundout that Honolulu not the self." "The aim of the followers of the aybe Reed should listen a little closer Magazine was planning a profile of him, he initi­ Bhagavad-gita ... is to become liberated from the to Butler's teachings on discovering ated an aggressive campaign against the magazine one's real identity. Although Reed's and the writer of the article, Honolulu executive subtle material body. " politicalsoul has transmigratedthrough editor John Heckathorn.Reed claimed that the arti­ incarnationafter incarnation - Rick cle was the productof a "smear" effortagainst him Between the words, there are pictures - Reed the crusading newspaperman, by Sen. Dan Inouye and gay '\radicals." photographs of Butler preaching to a group of Rick Reed the tough Honolulu pros­ "Homosexual activists are determined to sabo­ ecutor's aide, Rick Reed the friend of business, tage my candidacy," he said. followers. And there on page 31, seated among the the environmentalist, the Hawaiian activist, the When the Honolulu article hit the streets, Reed David to Larry Mehau's Goliath - his essence began telling the media to expect a "smear" cam­ faithful, an eager smile playing on his face, is Rick has, forthe most part, remained undefined. paign against him by Inouye. And when he found Reed, Republican state senator fromMaui, candidate His pugnacious protests notwithstanding, there out that Honolulu Weekly was planning a related is evidence to support the idea that Reed's inner article, he sent Weekly publisher Laurie Carlson for U.S. Senate. self answers to Butler's command and to the name Continued on Page 4 =--�--,,.-=�.,,_ ....... �·---- ----�--- HONOL ULU Letters SmearFear as Cruickshank called it, a "super­ Vol. 2, No. 33 silly pill," nor will it send you to any August 12, 1992 (Ed. note: Sen. Rick Reed sent this "cuckoo land" (although it can real­ PAl\llfSSRBJEF Honolulu Weekly letter to publish­ ly make you laugh). It is, as he says, Publisher and Managing OF NECKAND er Laurie Carlson in response to "powerful."Its main reason forarriv­ requests for an interview in connec­ Editor Laurie V. Carlson ing in the world at the time that it did Senior Editor Julia Steele BACK PAB\I. tion with the article on him appear­ was the world's obsession with mate­ ing in this issue.) Arts & Calendar Editor rialism. "Acid," when used proper­ Derek Ferrar Afterreading Honolulu Magazine's ly, gave many people a chance to see Calendar: article about my personal life - and the spiritual side of life and gave Associate Editor repeatedly hearing that Honolulu many a profound spiritual experi- Matt µiagalelei intends to write something Weekly . ence. Many people became enlight­ Contributing Editor even more outrageous- I don't want John W. White ened duing this time and, even though to lend credibilityto your "article" by Film Critic they no longer take LSD1 they con­ participating.So go ahead and do what Bob Green tinue to pass on the spiritual values you're going to do without me. Theater Critic they learned while using it. I've read Honolulu Weekly and feel Karyn Koeur Gary Fanelli Contributing Writers we share perspectiveson many things, P.S. I don't eat Spam anymore as I Cecil Adams, Jay Junker, T.M. including the need to encourage more became a vegetarian during thosedays Lafferty,Nikki Ty-Tomkins open, responsive government,a bet- of LSD, Jirni Hendrix, love, peace CopyEditor Kathy Luter Reimers t€r business climate and an indepen­ RIK/NG GOOD LOOKS and tuning in, turningon and drop­ Art Director Bud Linschoten RTING FROM ONLY dent, objective media. So l'm ProductionManager ping out. iftJt7198* disappointed that Honolulu Weekly Matthew J. Ghali has apparently decided I'm someone ProductionAssistant Isabella Forster to oppose even though I've never even The Honolulu Weekly wel­ met you or anyone on your staff. Cartoonists Matt Groening, comes your letters. Write to: Slug Sign01ino I hope the misperception and bias Illustrators disappear as you have a chance to Editor, Honolulu Weekly, 1200 Linda Fong, John Pritchett monitpr my public service over the Colle�e Walk, Suite · 212, . Administrative Support coming years. If so, I'd be happy to Catharine Gregory do an interview at tpattime. Honolulu, HI 96817. You must Advertising Rick Reed includeyour name, addressand Leo Geensen, Donovan Slack Honolulu Weekly telephone number (only your Does not include destination Lucyin theSky ISSN #l057-4I4X charge, tax and license fees. WrthoutSpam name willbe printed). Letters Entire contents © 1992 by � Honolulu Weekly, Inc. SERVICE MOTOR CO. 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Reflecting the rapid growth of the field, the conference was the largest to date: AAN cur­ rently has a membershipof 80 papers in North America, including the IA Weekly, the San Francisco Bay Guardian, the Chicago Reader, the Kokua Co-op is a member-owned natural foods and Seattle Weekly and the Boston Phoenix, with a combined reader­ grocery store open to the public. Anyonecan shop and anyone ship of 12 million. This year, an all­ can join. At Kokua Co-op we have Hawaii's best selection of time high of 23 papers applied for fresh organic produce-plus a complete line of natural foods. membership in the organization; just We also carry organic wine, organic bulk coffees, naturally seven - including the Village Voice and, yes, dear reader, Honolulu raised poultry and fertile free-range eggs. 1.D.s with bogus names and ages on Weekly- were accepted. K9KUACQ;QP And doesn'tit doze the streets of Waikiki... In person in While the mainstream media - 2357 S Beretania St. at Isenberg/Phone: 941-1922/0pen 7 days a week offwhile you're Honolulu, Jesse Jackson, a employing the only philosophical .weeping dynamic speaker as always, was far paradigm they recognize, left vs. New computer games are coming more candid about his "fellow" right - definethe American alter­ out of the empire in record numbers, Democrats than he was at the orches­ native press simply in terms of the none more successfully than trated national convention ..