"The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting screwed," says Caesar Pink.

What better way to fight the system and, at the same time, embrace the notion?

The evolving collective creates a performance that embraces sexuality and activism in the same breath. It floats petitions, records documentaries and touts its unique spiritual manifesto through its musical shows. The Imperial Orgy is an equal opportunity offender.

In celebration of the group's 10th year anniversary, and the release of its first nationally marketed disc "Micky Mouse World," the band returns to Café 210 to open the eyes of State College.

"It's something we used to do every year, but we haven't played for the past two years," Pink said.

Everyone is equal: fat men, ugly women, social pariahs and the beautiful people. Because at the center of it all is sex.

According to band's biographical DVD, "Our Daily Bread," The Imperial Orgy uses sex to induce a spiritual state in the audience. The group's approach is very cult-like, inviting members to bite from Catholicism's symbolic apple. Pink promises freedom of expression to those who let their bodies go and enjoy the music. Audience members are seduced into taking part in the stage show, and, according to the band, many shows have culminated in petting fests and dance-a-thons.

The band, led by Pink's well-researched religious themes, bases its spiritual discoveries on psychology, paganism and humanity. The band's openness of sexuality, however, isn't all porn. It's the celebration of life and mental empowerment, and, ultimately, total social, cultural and political freedom.

Pink and his gang have in the past created controversy -- literally -- in the name of artistic activism.

Posing as the leader of a local Christian youth group, Pink mailed a letter to church leaders which lambasted the Orgy as a group of drug-abusing deviants. The leaders, in turn, rallied against the band's appearance. The venue subsequently canceled the act.

"It was a publicity stunt that got way out of control," Pink said. "I guess it worked (though) because the next time we played, everybody wanted to find out what we were about."

The Orgy's acts were scrutinized in the State College area, and eventually the group moved to New York.

"It's preaching to the converted in New York City," Pink said. "It's more important to play to play outside the city."

Pink did leave New York recently to return to his hometown of Lewistown in an effort to make a difference.

"We started a nonprofit organization Lewistown," he said. "I went back there for six months and to help out with what I could" in light of the town's notorious drug and economic issues. "I taught courses (in) Web design and graphic design."

"Micky Mouse World" brought the band back together, musically. And while the performances rally around the music -- think Romantic-era Free Love a la Adam and the Ants, kraut-era David Bowie, and a glammed up Captain Beefheart -- the message is in the multimedia act. The music is only the soundtrack to themes of raw sexuality, tribal dance parties and political interventions.

Who will allow themselves to be the next converts?