Don’t Need Your Crazy Book! by Bhakta Vic of 108

Mar 1, 1993 | Bhakta Vic 108, Straight Talk, Volume-27 Number-02

He Wasn't Going To Believe some book. (He said it like it was a dirty word.) He was going to follow his own ideas. What he was saying, indirectly, was that your own ideas are good but ideas written in books are bad. So I asked him: What if I take my good ideas,... read more

Self-Esteem by Bhakta Vic of 108

Nov 1, 1992 | Bhakta Vic 108, Straight Talk, Volume-26 Number-06

NOT SO LONG AGO I wrote a column I don't know if you'll remember it about "Mr. Sex-Is-Great." I got some funny feedback about that. Just last night I gave a class in Baltimore on the same subject and I got the same response: People say I'm... read more

Why Hare Krsna And Hardcore? by Bhakta Vic 108

Sep 1, 1992 | Bhakta Vic 108, Straight Talk, Volume-26 Number-05

IT'S NOTHING NEW. Every curve and crevice of Krsna consciousness has always been tightly interwoven and saturated thick with music. Krsna philosophy says that music and sound are the very backbone on which the universe is constructed and therefore sound is the... read more

Karma Kills Compassion by Bhakta Vic 108

Jul 1, 1992 | Bhakta Vic 108, Straight Talk, Volume-26 Number-04

DRY WIND SCRAPES over the dead land. Young boys cry, flies on their mouths, air in their bellies. Famine. Drought. Hopeless reality for millions of human beings. I can just see those Krishnas now, smugly sitting back, "Karma this, karma that."... read more

I’m Not This Green Hair by Bhakta Vic 108

Mar 1, 1992 | Bhakta Vic 108, Straight Talk, Volume-26 Number-02

I publish a "fanzine" called Enquirer subculture stuff. This, along with being in the bands Shelter and 108, has rewarded me with a flood of mail questions about Krsna, appreciation of Him, and a few reports on my crass stupidity. Recently there's been a... read more

Meeting Mr. Sex-Is-Great by Bhakta Vic 108

Jan 1, 1992 | Bhakta Vic 108, Straight Talk, Volume-26 Number-01

THE CROWD TONIGHT is volatile like nitro. Intense polarization: ninety percent of the kids are totally into Shelter [The popular straightedge band Vic was part of before recently forming his new band, 108], heart and soul. The rest, dead set against us. The mixture... read more