In fact, many surviving religious texts stretching back to an unfathomable oral tradition have been redacted, recast, rewritten, and co-opted, ever since the great Egyptian god of learning, Thoth, was remade litterally millennia later as the wing footed Mercury of the Romans. The Caesars of Rome routinely adopted the gods and deities of those lands they conquered. Scholars observe that the He...
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I'm working my way through posting some of my most beloved songs, and today it is time for Sun Ra, bringing his own particular style to a Jerome Kern's, I Dream Too Much. There's a lot I could say about this song (and Sun Ra), but since most of it will make me sound like a caricature of adolescent/midlife angst with my clichéd wonderings and overused quotes about the unknowableness of the huma..
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A friend's post (http://mog.com/ecompassrosa/blog_post/137075) has made me think of the great (now OOP??) double CD package of Sun Ra's singles. Here's a favorite track from it. By the way, Yo La Tengo do this sometimes and it appears on their rarities collection from a few years ago.
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Now I'm pretty sure it will be obvious to those who have ever had a yearn to explore, whether it be from your own home or not that Google Earth is pretty much the most amazing thing ever. With a Sun Ra soundtrack, I can search for American military instalations in the South Pacific and cousins in Colombia simultaneously. Sweet.Sun Ra - A Bird's Eye View of Man's World
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To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand And eternity in an hour. A robin redbreast in a cage Puts all heaven in a rage. - William Blake , Auguries of Innocence _____________________ " An Old Repeat " 01. Paavoharju - Valo Tihkuu Kaiken Läpi Yhä Hämärää [...]
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Telonius‘ new music video cuts up amazing footage from the afrofuturistic Sun Ra videos. Check out this color saturated, psychedelic vision!Sun Ra’s “Space is the Place” video from 1974 is a 5:00 minute psychedelic time-traveling vacation.Watch Sun Ra - Space Is the Place - 1974.avi in Entertainment | View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com
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