MR. SCARY PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS:
The 1st Annual Benefit Concert for the Lisa McPherson Trust
For immediate release- October 12, 2000 - Tampa, Florida - National and
regional musicians and artists are participating in an all-day event
organized by Mr. Scary Productions to benefit the Lisa McPherson Trust.
All proceeds will be donated to the Lisa McPherson Trust, a watchdog
group dedicated to exposing the abusive and deceptive practices of
Scientology in an effort to reform the organization and its harmful
tactics.
The event will take place on Saturday, November 11, 2000 from 12 p.m. to
2 a.m. at Club More, located at 703 Franklin Street, Clearwater, Florida
33756. All ages are welcome before 8 p.m., at which time only
adults 18 or older will be permitted. Cover charges will be
free/donation for those 15 or younger, $15.00 for ages 16 thru 20, and
$10.00 for ages 21 and older. Club More may be reached at
727-466-6673.
Poets, guest speakers including former Scientologists, cult experts and
video presentations will accompany the musical acts. Musical acts
scheduled to date include WMNF radio disk jockey Jah-Be, The Hazies,
Crizzy and the Punx, Fornikulture, Undecided, Wicker God, Trocar,
Shiver, The Outpatients, Boney Fiend, The Gotohells, and ACK Records
recording artist Tranceboy.
Scientology founder and Dianetics author L. Ron Hubbard's great-grandson
Jamie Kennedy will be the Master of Ceremonies for this event.
Poet and artist Kennedy has been profiled by television's 60 Minutes and
in the New York Times regarding his volatile performances at poetry
slams. He truly has a unique, critical perspective about
Scientology and his family. Jamie Kennedy will also perform
several of his "poetry slam" pieces. Click the following
link to hear his performance titled, "Judas' Son" in
RealAudio:
For booking and promotional information contact Mr. Scary Productions
at MrScary@tampamail.com
. Jamie Kennedy and other event participants are available for
interviews, which may be scheduled through Mr. Scary Productions.
For more information about the Lisa McPherson Trust, contact Karin D.
Case at 727-467-9335.
Club More is not affiliated with any religious or political
organization.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
It recently came to the attention of Tampa Bay area musicians and
artists that the Lisa McPherson Trust has been literally under attack by
the Church of Scientology, its adherents and its various front groups.
Their most recent tactic has been to try to label the Lisa McPherson
Trust and its members as religious bigots, and to call the trust a
"hate group." Scientologists have attempted to destroy
businesses owned by critics and members of the board of directors of the
Lisa McPherson Trust, including handing out fliers to workers at those
businesses alleging the directors are affiliated with Nazis and the KKK.
A large group of Scientologists at the Tampa airport recently greeted a
German Government representative with chants of "Nazi go
home," primarily because she had scheduled a press conference at
the Lisa McPherson Trust to expose immigration and tax fraud by a German
Scientologist. Several peaceful picketers of Scientology's
"spiritual headquarters" in Clearwater have been physically
assaulted by Scientologists in the past few months.
Many of the board members of the Lisa McPherson Trust are former
Scientologists, and their stated goal is to educate the public as to the
true nature of Scientology and its methods, as well as to help those who
want to leave the group. The Lisa McPherson Trust states that its
objectives include: Exposing the Church of Scientology's abuse of
the human, civil and privacy rights of its members and critics.
Revealing its deceptive advertising practices that border on consumer
fraud. They will bring to light those "religious
practices" that violate civil or criminal law. They help
people in recovering from their unique personal experience with the
abusive and deceptive practices of the Church of Scientology. They
offer counsel to Scientologists who choose to hear the truth about how
the Church of Scientology uses deceptive mind control techniques.
Their dedicated staff provides the information, love and support to
Scientologists that enables them to release the bonds of cult mind
control.
We at Mr. Scary Productions chose to become involved and to work with
area volunteers to organize this benefit concert out of a desire to help
educate the public as to the truth about the Lisa McPherson Trust.
A concerted effort has been made by Scientology and its members to
depict the trust, and ALL critics of Scientology as criminals, liars,
and worse. The fact is that Scientology is putting to work the
writings of L. Ron Hubbard, which included this doctrine regarding
critics- "Always attack, never defend."
The story of Lisa McPherson's death broke in 1996, a year after she died
at the hands of Scientology, after 17 days of being held against her
will in the Ft. Harrison Hotel in Clearwater. As the details of
her tragic and senseless death began to be publicized, more and more
people across the country came together to oppose the abuses occurring
in the Church of Scientology.
The Lisa McPherson Trust believes in religious freedom for all, but they
do not believe that anyone has the right to engage in behavior that
violates other people's rights, or the laws of the land.
For more information, please see the following websites:
http://lisatrust.freewinds.cx
http://www.xenu.net
http://www.lisamcpherson.org
http://www.xenu-city.net
http://www.xenutv.com
http://www.entheta.net
http://www.cisar.org
http://www.lermanet.com
MR. SCARY PRODUCTIONS
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