HISTORY OF CONSPIRITUALITY 2009
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HISTORY OF CONSPIRITUALITY 2009 〰️
THE "AMBUSHED" VIDEO WAS RELEASED ON YOUTUBE ON JANUARY 16, 2009, SURPASSING 500,000 VIEWS AND CATCHING THE ATTENTION OF CONSPIRACY AUTHOR MARK DICE, WHO SENT A WEBSITE MESSAGE ON FEBRUARY 23, 2009, STATING THE SONG WOULD BE FEATURED IN HIS NEW BOOK. GEMINEYE RESPONDED ON FEBRUARY 24 OFFERING THE ADVANCE DOUBLE ALBUM, TO WHICH MARK DICE REPLIED ON MARCH 5 ACCEPTING THE ALBUM AND REVEALING HIS NEW BOOK WOULD ARRIVE IN MID-APRIL. PERFORMANCES CONTINUED AT THE MODERN ON MARCH 16 AND MAHONEY & SONS UBC ON MARCH 21—THE SAME DAY THE VIDEO PREMIERED ON WORLD STAR HIP HOP. ON APRIL 10, 2009, MARK DICE EMAILED APOLOGIZING FOR HIGH INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING COSTS AND MENTIONING HE WAS PRETTY MUCH BROKE. THAT SAME DAY, CONSPIRITUALITY PERFORMED AT DENMAN ISLAND COMMUNITY HALL WITH SWEATSHOP UNION AND GEMINI MINDS. THE ADVENTURE REACHED A HISTORIC CLIMAX ON APRIL 13, 2009, WITH THE RELEASE OF MARK DICE’S BOOK "THE ILLUMINATI: FACTS & FICTION," EXPLICITLY NAMING CONSPIRITUALITY AND THE "AMBUSHED" VIDEO, CULMINATING IN A PERFORMANCE AT THE MODERN THAT VERY NIGHT.
THE MISSION REACHED A FEVER PITCH ON MAY 16, 2009, WITH A CRITICAL EMAIL TO MARK DICE, LEADING TO HIS RESPONSE ON MAY 17. THIS SET THE STAGE FOR THE HISTORIC MAY 22, 2009 RELEASE OF THE CONSPIRITUALITY DOUBLE ALBUM, FEATURING THE PROFESSIONALLY RE-RECORDED "RIPPLES IN THE POND" AND "NAZARENE VOW". THE TRIUMPH WAS CELEBRATED WITH A RECORD RELEASE PARTY AT CHEERS NIGHT CLUB IN DELTA, B.C., WHICH BIRTHED THE LEGENDARY WEEKLY "INNER EARTH SATURDAYS". THE SUMMER RUN WAS A BLITZKRIEG OF PERFORMANCES: CELEBRITIES NIGHT CLUB ON JUNE 14 FOR ZEITGEIST CANADA'S "SPIRIT OF THE TIME" EVENT, SENDING MARK DICE THE DOUBLE ALBUM ON JULY 6, AND STAGING SHOWS AT MONDAY NIGHT LIVE AT THE MODERN ON JULY 13, ENVY NITE CLUB ON JULY 17, "HIP HOP FOR HUNGER" IN NANAIMO ON JULY 30, "GROUNDBREAKERS LIVE IN MISSION" ON AUGUST 14, INNER EARTH SATURDAYS AT ENVY NITE CLUB ON AUGUST 15, AND THE PALACE HOTEL IN NANAIMO ON AUGUST 21.
ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2009, THE TRAIL LED TO "FREEDOM FEST 09" IN KELOWNA ALONGSIDE POLITICAL SPEAKERS DAN MERCHANT AND ROBERT MÉNARD, WHOM THE HERO DROVE TO VANCOUVER AFTER THE SHOW. LATER THAT MONTH, A MASSIVE NEW YORK EXPEDITION COMMENCED, TRAVELING TO MANHATTAN TO SHOOT THE "I DON’T BELIEVE" VIDEO WITH STUEY KUBRICK. ON THE SOLEMN DATE OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2009, THE SQUAD PERFORMED AT THE "WE ARE CHANGE REAL CHANGE CONFERENCE" IN MANHATTAN, SHARING THE STAGE WITH IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE, WISE INTELLIGENT, AND CHANNEL LIVE, WHILE UNWITTINGLY BEING RECORDED BY THE 5TH ESTATE FOR THEIR TELEVISION SPECIAL. BY LATE SEPTEMBER, A TEXT FROM HELL RAZAH SPARKED A COLLABORATION THAT LASTED FROM OCTOBER 2009 TO MARCH 2010, RECORDING "SPIRITUAL WARFARE" AND "POWER OF THE TRINITY". THE YEAR CLOSED WITH A SECOND DAVID ICKE LECTURE ON OCTOBER 4, AND PERFORMANCES AT WILD COYOTE ON NOVEMBER 26, ENVY NITE CLUB ON NOVEMBER 27 AND DECEMBER 4, THE "I DON’T BELIEVE" VIDEO RELEASE ON DECEMBER 11, AND THE "I HATE CHRISTMAS" TOUR AT THE CAMBIE ON DECEMBER 23.