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At 43 years of age, based in Nimbin, peddling
an act called the Pagan Love Cult inc., and
looking like an out-take from an old Furry Freak
Brothers comic, Neil Pike long ago gave up any
ambitions for mainstream credibility. Despite
this, he's led a colourful and varied career
managing to carve out a healthy but highly specific
international market for his unique brand of
claptrap.
Folk singer and ex-busker, in the 80s Neil
worked the Australian pub-rock circuit with
the band Secret Society, released the worldís
first indie CD and gained notice for his innovative
use of an early model macintosh.
In 1996, he released a multimedia CDRom, marketed
it via the web and somehow slid onto an international
lecture and performance circuit. He successfully
toured the US with a period as Nimbin Cultural
Ambassador or ìweirdo in residenceî at the Woodstock
museum and in 98, was an invited speaker at
the 5th Annual International Cyberconf in Budapest.
Following this with shows in London and Katmandu,
heís also successfully toured India and Amsterdam.
In amongst his travels, heís edited and directed
several documentaries (one of which recently
won an award in a European environmental film
festival), been a principal character in a couple
of others, maintained a niche net-based market,
performed many gigs and recorded an album with
his band.
These days, he likes to play with his new
G4, using the internet mostly to stay in touch
with the various cult members around the globe
and to sell CDs and CDRs.
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