RAY HIGHSMITH

RAY HIGHSMITH b. Acton 1945
parents JACK andROSALYND a conjurer and a singer, respectivly.
a.k.a. Spin, Spinner, Ray High.
Ray High is introduced (in 2003) as the Narrator of TBWHM for the period 2003.. 2035
1950 at age 5 is not given much attention. “the show must go on” Parents are immature and busy with each other and career more than with child rearing. He is left in the care of his incompetent grandmother who abuses him.
1962 (Spin) at 17 – An art student. Meets Harold Silverman who doesen’t like 2D things.
Spin plays in R&B and rock bands in England and becomes famous.
Note: (A lot like PT. Or a composite of mid 60s British Invasion rockers)
1967 travels to Calcutta to meet guru, BOLLO. (about when PT went to learn from Meher Baba)
1969? Describes self as a “spiritual seeker and self-immolating religious flagellant.. “
1971 at age 26, Ray High. Predicts the GRID to an indifferent art-school audience. A rock star, married with two daughters, 2yr and new. Returning to London from Scotland for the underground (Lifehouse?) concert. Ray is becoming addicted to everything - smoking, drinking, crack, “abused and an abuser.”
1972 RAY and DAMOO go into business forming BBZee studios.
1975 RAY likes pop music and thinks ABBA’s “SOS” is the best pop song he has heard. Describes successful pop music as beatific and having a place in pop nirvana.
Note: (ABBA is an anagram of BABA, 1 of 6)
1985 Lectures about the GRID again.
2004 Ray sells his house to Gabriel and moves to a mental hospital, seemingly of his own free will.
2003.. 2035.. Ray seeks his beloved In the Ether, in a mental hospital of some sort. (waiting for Gabriel or someone like him) Josh and Leila seem to reside or visit in a room across the cafeteria from Ray’s room at some time (2035)