What are the deepest rhythms in your ears?

Posted about 1 year ago

Artist:

Blind Willie Johnson
Album:

Dark Was the Night
Track:

Dark Was The Night

http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/OrbitDiagrams.htmlSolar Synchronizations and Interplanetary Vagabonds. I think this song is about the perfect speed for my Cosmos. It's a fine human example to be chosen for the gold record placed on the "Voyager spacecraft":http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/goldenrec.html(should 'they' be so cool as to spin it).

Just to wonder what it 'sounds' like way out there...dipping your Pharaoh in the Solar Seas and finding yourself in some new Chichen Itza in the Vega system.

Watching this video made me think of the SOHO spacecraft:http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime-images.html I thought of these sounds as well: http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/sounds.html Click on the Music of The Spheres link there. Johannes Kepler made a musical readout of the tones reflecting the motions of the Sun's planets in their orbits:_Harmonica Mundi_.Mathematical frequencies indeed ...this video is fascinating. Just where are we in this 'post-modernism' world? Would you say a paradigm (or more) has shifted and we are on to a new label of thinking? Past thoughts on a new time. What are your plans these next 4 years? Talk about warp-factors Scotty! Beam me up indeed. Personally, I can't quite fathom the symbolism represented in our DIA (New World Airport) here - the murals of Quetzalcoatl are overwhelming.Things to make you think.http://postmoderntimes.com/

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Spike says Now that I'm pondering the deep questions, I find myself distracted by a banal conundrum: how did you get to have an old-school Mog player? The visuals on that video are amazing. This is a great post.

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Bartleby says Blind Willie Nelson as the epitome of the pace of your cosmos - how poetic. "Interplantetary vagabonds" conjure up images of those great people who like Coltrane or Bach who've travelled beyond the meek envelope of our earthly existence. - Food for thoughts indeed @Spike: You can still the old MOG player by embedding your own uploaded mp3 (avoid the Rhapsody thing) - just copy and paste the generated code and edit the end i.e. this part: a href="http://mog.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:#FFFFFF; font-size:12px">mog.comMore about this song Share

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hoppy says I have been seeing those old mog players in the comments also, and wondering how they are are being used. Linking to older music posts maybe? Very good post by the way, love to think about all this stuff. They say time is an illusion - everything past, present and future is all happening at once. The whole concept of no beginnings and no ends is something I don't think the human mind can understand yet. Happy New Year to everyone.

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Spike says Bartleby, thank you. I think you meant Blind Willie Johnson, though there _was_ a Blind Willie McTell. Often my comments have have typos, which I noticed as soon as they were published, though not this one;

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Bartleby says Thanks Spike for correcting my mistake. I hate myself for all the typos which pervade all my posts and comments. Re embedding your own mp3s or adding multiple tracks in your posts, just let me know if the above is not clear I can send you a MOG-mail.

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FastRMacR says If you'll pardon the metaphoric pun - use your browser on these pages\view\source (you'll see all the tags). Thanks Bartleby for teaching me that over on your Billie Holiday post. I think the brain will disable the old player source at some point. The only reason I use it yet is to preserve that linear scale FF/RW function. (I know they're working to improve the button player ..until then). PMs sent with info ;) I thank you all for your comments. It certainly is the best choice out of the bunch on the record for me (even Mozart). It fits perfectly as you peer into the darkness. Blinded by the lighty really.

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Bartleby says You're a true poet, FastR. For some reasons I can't quite explain, your words such as "blinded by the light" combined with Blind Willie Johnson's music seem to resonate in my brain - is that what they call consonance? At any rate, I'm truly moved. Great post FastR, thanks. PS: I agree with you - you've less control over the lay-out of your posts with MOG 2.0

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deadmandeadman says This track is so beautifuly haunting and enigmatic. That slide guitar shivers me timbers. A magnificent choice for a soundtrack to your spectacular post.

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ZeppoNoir says A wonderful post and video FastR. For those who don't know the narrator in that video, it's Daniel Pinchbeck, author of Breaking Open the Head and 2012 The Return of the Quetzalcoatl. If you're a fan of Terrence McKenna, Carl Jung or just mythology in general I highly recommend his books.

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FastRMacR says I thought you might like that. For the record folks, ZeppoNoir is the one that laid this film on me. I'm into archeoastronomy so this is keen stuff - I'm anxious to read this literature. Thanks for the comment, insights, info, and the inspiration. :) Bartleby, those words are too kind. Thanks for the correction and 'light'. That too, a correction of what I might instead call 'economical irony'. (I was thinking Plato's cave really). Thanks for your kind comments my good scrivener friend. I think your complimentary comment on my Buffalo Daughter post is more an example of 'consonance.' ;) DMDM, 'Shivers me timbers' is so true - cuts you to the bone that simple sound. They don't call The Blues - roots- for nothing. _Everything is there_ in that darkness. Happy New Year all!

Permalink posted 12/31/2007
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kristiana says Nice nice song, I agree. And lovely post, much fun. A new period? Four years to get it right? Hmm, I'm not sure. Maybe. I've always been interested in the idea of synchronicity though, and often find examples of it in my life. I've always felt that it's a matter of being open to it, recognizing it for what it is when it is happening. Maybe more and more people are getting hip to the idea, I dunno. Yes, sometimes there are just plain old coincidences. And then sometimes there are meaningful coincidences. This is a great post to read this evening after enjoying today's Tapestry episode on CBC radio about Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. It's a great program, on every Sunday afternoon. http://www.cbc.ca/tapestry/ if you're interested.

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FastRMacR says .ca is always welcome in my browser ;-) Thanks so much for your comment. I am - and I thank you (listening to this podcast sounds like a nice reprieve) - I'll take a listen. Would it be sychronistic that I was listening to Carol King's title song to _Tapestry_ when I first read your comment here? Hmmm I can never get over the sense that it all means something for nothing - a wandering paradox of metaphors. I'm just a small thing and I'm grateful that I can think about such grand things (I think). Then again I would most just like to be a loved dog somewhere just sniffing life and wagging my tail (sittin next to Willie Johnson on the back porch and tasting the moon). :-)

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kristiana says It definitely would! :)

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uncle creepy says deep thoughts... I mean, your post is deep, from Blind Willie to deep space... and, the code to the old Mog player in one of the comments... too cool!

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FastRMacR says Right On! Glad you liked the post and thanks for your comments. Deep-sky objects and dark skies are definitely part of my ontology. What lies out there is definitely 'old code'. ;) Deep thoughts are good for the soul - just like the blues.

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