The Zen Revolution

Chapter One - Fall to the Ground - read by H. Grevemberg - a new chapter every week. The story begins in the wilderness of Louisiana. Bumper music is Queen Adreena - Drink Me - Sleeping Pill.

Chapter Two - The Call to Practice - author H. Grevemberg reads from the back matter of Kafka’s The Metamorphosis - Wilhelm Emrich - The Animal as Liberating Self - Modern Alienation and it’s Law - before delving into chapter two of the Revolution. Bumper music is Blonde Redhead  - La Mia Vita Voilenta - Jewel.

Chapter Three - Open Season - author H. Grevemberg reads from the fourth chapter of Andre’ Gide’s The Immoralist before diving into the material. The bumper music is Sonic Youth - Anagrama - Tremens.

Chapter Four - Vashon - author H. Grevemberg reads from Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer. The saga continues, taking the reader from the Zen center to Grevemberg’s first 100-day solo retreat. The bumper music is Azalia Snail - Fumarole Rising - Hidden Addendum.

Chapter Five - Stella - author H. Grevemberg reads from Samuel Beckett’s Molloy. Afterward the revolution continues with a brief run through Seattle, kyol-che in Providence, and a new bearing – toward NYC. The bumper music is AFX – Analord 11 – W32.Mydoom.AU@mm.

Chapter Six – The Desert - the author begins anew on the West coast. An arduous stint at a desert monastery leads to his eventual indoctrination into a monastic order. The episode begins with an excerpt from Yukio Mishima’s final work The Decay of the Angel. The bumper music is Tricky – Maxinquaye – Black Steel.

Chapter Seven - Seoul - author H. Grevemberg reads from Camus The Myth of Sisyphus. The revolution continues on the way to Korea, to the author’s first glimpse at a real Zen monastery. The bumper music is Peter Gabriel – Passion – Of These, Hope - Reprise.

Chapter Eight - Gye Ryong San - author H. Grevemberg reads from Gogol Dead Souls. In chapter Eight of The Zen Revolution, the author attends a 90-day retreat in the Gye Ryong mountain range, Korea, at a 13-century old monastery. The bumper music is BÖC –Mirrors – The Vigil.

Chapter Nine - Haengjanim - author H. Grevemberg reads from Faulkner The Sound and the Fury. In chapter nine of The Zen Revolution, the author, confined to the monastery grounds, is forced to begin anew as a novice monk. The bumper music is Magik Markers –Boss – Taste.

Chapter Ten - Monsoon - author H. Grevemberg reads from Simone de Beauvoir’s The Mandarins. In Monsoon the author struggles to maintain in a pitched battle between two strong women sorting out their order of dominance. The bumper music is Sonic Youth –Dirty – On The Strip.