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May
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May 01, 2025 at 11:51 PM
COL Douglas Macgregor : US/Ukraine Mineral/Security Deal: Insane or Provocative?
This will drag the US back into Ukraine, and now that means the US will eventually be at war with Russia. The Neocons have played Trump for the fool, and he took the bait.
This will drag the US back into Ukraine, and now that means the US will eventually be at war with Russia. The Neocons have played Trump for the fool, and he took the bait.
May 01, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Who signed this deal on behalf of Ukraine?
Watch the first 9 minutes,
Null and Void Agreement Has Been Signed Military Summary
Watch the first 9 minutes,
Null and Void Agreement Has Been Signed Military Summary
May 01, 2025 at 11:49 PM
BLACKROCK WINS: Inside the SIGNED Secretive US-Ukraine Mining Deal and Its Consequences
Mar
15
Mar 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The Holographic Universe Theory: Is Reality Just an Illusion?
I remember my Guru was once commenting in a lecture about how history repeats itself and it’s a wonder that God doesn’t get tired of it all and just pull the plug! Ha! The reason history repeats itself is because human nature doesn’t change.
I remember my Guru was once commenting in a lecture about how history repeats itself and it’s a wonder that God doesn’t get tired of it all and just pull the plug! Ha! The reason history repeats itself is because human nature doesn’t change.
Jan
16
Jan 16, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Paramahansa Yogananda on the Dream-Nature of the World
This is the first recording in Self-Realization Fellowship’s Collector’s Series of rare archival talks by Paramahansa Yogananda. This talk by Paramahansa Yogananda was recorded at the Self-Realization Fellowship International Headquarters during an informal gathering on the occasion of his birthday — January 5, 1949.
Yogananda writes in his book Autobiography of a Yogi: “The substance of a dream is held in materialization by the subconscious thought of the dreamer. When that cohesive thought is withdrawn in wakefulness, the dream and its elements dissolve. A man closes his eyes and erects a dream-creation which, on awakening, he effortlessly dematerializes. He follows the divine archetypal pattern. Similarly, when he awakens in cosmic consciousness, he will effortlessly dematerialize the illusions of the cosmic dream.”
This is the first recording in Self-Realization Fellowship’s Collector’s Series of rare archival talks by Paramahansa Yogananda. This talk by Paramahansa Yogananda was recorded at the Self-Realization Fellowship International Headquarters during an informal gathering on the occasion of his birthday — January 5, 1949.
Yogananda writes in his book Autobiography of a Yogi: “The substance of a dream is held in materialization by the subconscious thought of the dreamer. When that cohesive thought is withdrawn in wakefulness, the dream and its elements dissolve. A man closes his eyes and erects a dream-creation which, on awakening, he effortlessly dematerializes. He follows the divine archetypal pattern. Similarly, when he awakens in cosmic consciousness, he will effortlessly dematerialize the illusions of the cosmic dream.”
May
29
May 29, 2024 at 1:39 PM
5-29-24
Just washed two of my bikes and getting ready to go for a ride. Should I take the Triumph and be Steve McQueen or the Harley and be Peter Fonda?
Peter Fonda, the star, co-writer and producer of the 1969 cult classic Easy Rider, has died at the age of 79. In a statement, his family said he suffered respiratory failure due to lung cancer, and died peacefully at home in Los Angeles. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49379130
Terrence Stephen McQueen was born to a single mother on March 24, 1930, at St. Francis Hospital in Beech Grove, Indiana, a suburb of Indianapolis. McQueen, of Scottish descent, was raised a Roman Catholic. His parents never married. McQueen's father, William McQueen, a stunt pilot for a barnstorming flying circus, left his mother, Julia Ann (or Julianne) Crawford,? six months after meeting her. Several biographers have stated that Julia Ann was an alcoholic. Unable to cope with caring for a small child, she left the boy with her parents (Victor and Lillian) in Slater, Missouri, in 1933. As the Great Depression worsened, McQueen and his grandparents moved in with Lillian's brother Claude and his family at their farm in Slater. McQueen later said that he had good memories of living on the farm, noting that his great-uncle Claude "was a very good man, very strong, very fair; I learned a lot from him".
In 1947, after receiving permission from his mother (since he was not yet 18 years old), McQueen enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. He was sent to Parris Island for boot camp. He was promoted to private first class and assigned to an armored unit. He initially struggled with conforming to the discipline of the service and was demoted to private seven times. He took an unauthorized absence, failing to return after a weekend pass expired. He was caught by the shore patrol while staying with a girlfriend (Barbara Ross) for two weeks. After resisting arrest, he was sentenced to 41 days in the brig.
McQueen was an avid motorcycle and race car enthusiast. When he had the opportunity to drive in a movie, he performed many of his own stunts, including some of the car chases in Bullitt and the motorcycle chase in The Great Escape. Although the jump over the fence in The Great Escape was done by Bud Ekins for insurance purposes, McQueen did have considerable screen time riding his 650 cc Triumph TR6 Trophy motorcycle. It was difficult to find riders as skilled as McQueen. At one point, using editing, McQueen is seen in a German uniform chasing himself on another bike. Around half of the driving in Bullitt was performed by Loren Janes.
McQueen followed a daily two-hour exercise regimen involving weightlifting and, at one point, running 5 miles (8 km), seven days a week. McQueen learned the martial art Tang Soo Do from ninth-degree black belt Pat E. Johnson.
According to photographer William Claxton, McQueen smoked marijuana almost every day. Biographer Marc Eliot stated that McQueen used a large amount of cocaine in the early 1970s. He was also a heavy cigarette smoker. McQueen sometimes drank to excess; he was arrested for driving while intoxicated in Anchorage, Alaska, in 1972.
In late October 1980, McQueen flew to Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, to have an abdominal tumor on his liver (weighing around 5 lbs) removed, despite warnings from his U.S. doctors that the tumor was inoperable and his heart could not withstand the surgery. Using the name "Samuel Sheppard", McQueen checked into a small Juárez clinic where the doctors and staff were unaware of his actual identity. On November 7, 1980, McQueen died of a heart attack at 3:45 a.m. at a Juárez hospital, 12 hours after surgery to remove or reduce numerous metastatic tumors in his neck and abdomen. He was 50 years old. According to the El Paso Times, McQueen died in his sleep. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_McQueen
Just washed two of my bikes and getting ready to go for a ride. Should I take the Triumph and be Steve McQueen or the Harley and be Peter Fonda?
Peter Fonda, the star, co-writer and producer of the 1969 cult classic Easy Rider, has died at the age of 79. In a statement, his family said he suffered respiratory failure due to lung cancer, and died peacefully at home in Los Angeles. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49379130
Terrence Stephen McQueen was born to a single mother on March 24, 1930, at St. Francis Hospital in Beech Grove, Indiana, a suburb of Indianapolis. McQueen, of Scottish descent, was raised a Roman Catholic. His parents never married. McQueen's father, William McQueen, a stunt pilot for a barnstorming flying circus, left his mother, Julia Ann (or Julianne) Crawford,? six months after meeting her. Several biographers have stated that Julia Ann was an alcoholic. Unable to cope with caring for a small child, she left the boy with her parents (Victor and Lillian) in Slater, Missouri, in 1933. As the Great Depression worsened, McQueen and his grandparents moved in with Lillian's brother Claude and his family at their farm in Slater. McQueen later said that he had good memories of living on the farm, noting that his great-uncle Claude "was a very good man, very strong, very fair; I learned a lot from him".
In 1947, after receiving permission from his mother (since he was not yet 18 years old), McQueen enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. He was sent to Parris Island for boot camp. He was promoted to private first class and assigned to an armored unit. He initially struggled with conforming to the discipline of the service and was demoted to private seven times. He took an unauthorized absence, failing to return after a weekend pass expired. He was caught by the shore patrol while staying with a girlfriend (Barbara Ross) for two weeks. After resisting arrest, he was sentenced to 41 days in the brig.
McQueen was an avid motorcycle and race car enthusiast. When he had the opportunity to drive in a movie, he performed many of his own stunts, including some of the car chases in Bullitt and the motorcycle chase in The Great Escape. Although the jump over the fence in The Great Escape was done by Bud Ekins for insurance purposes, McQueen did have considerable screen time riding his 650 cc Triumph TR6 Trophy motorcycle. It was difficult to find riders as skilled as McQueen. At one point, using editing, McQueen is seen in a German uniform chasing himself on another bike. Around half of the driving in Bullitt was performed by Loren Janes.
McQueen followed a daily two-hour exercise regimen involving weightlifting and, at one point, running 5 miles (8 km), seven days a week. McQueen learned the martial art Tang Soo Do from ninth-degree black belt Pat E. Johnson.
According to photographer William Claxton, McQueen smoked marijuana almost every day. Biographer Marc Eliot stated that McQueen used a large amount of cocaine in the early 1970s. He was also a heavy cigarette smoker. McQueen sometimes drank to excess; he was arrested for driving while intoxicated in Anchorage, Alaska, in 1972.
In late October 1980, McQueen flew to Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, to have an abdominal tumor on his liver (weighing around 5 lbs) removed, despite warnings from his U.S. doctors that the tumor was inoperable and his heart could not withstand the surgery. Using the name "Samuel Sheppard", McQueen checked into a small Juárez clinic where the doctors and staff were unaware of his actual identity. On November 7, 1980, McQueen died of a heart attack at 3:45 a.m. at a Juárez hospital, 12 hours after surgery to remove or reduce numerous metastatic tumors in his neck and abdomen. He was 50 years old. According to the El Paso Times, McQueen died in his sleep. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_McQueen
Oct 18, 2023 at 5:44 PM
Putin (left) visiting Solzhenitsyn today at his home near Moscow (ITAR-TASS) June 12, 2007 -- In a Kremlin ceremony to mark Russia Day, President Vladimir Putin granted the writer and anti-Soviet dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn a State Award for humanitarian achievement.
Putin said "millions of people around the world associate" Solzhenitsyn's name and work "with the very fate of Russia itself."
In a pre-recorded video message played at the ceremony, Solzhenitsyn said Russia's "bitter experience" in the 20th century "will warn and divert us from ruinous failures" in the future.
The 88-year-old novelist is best known for writing "The Gulag Archipelago," an effort to document the history of Soviet-era prison camps that led to his exile from the Soviet Union in 1974.
Solzhenitsyn will be the second person to receive the prize, which was first awarded last year to Russian Orthodox Patriarch Aleksy II.
Putin said "millions of people around the world associate" Solzhenitsyn's name and work "with the very fate of Russia itself."
In a pre-recorded video message played at the ceremony, Solzhenitsyn said Russia's "bitter experience" in the 20th century "will warn and divert us from ruinous failures" in the future.
The 88-year-old novelist is best known for writing "The Gulag Archipelago," an effort to document the history of Soviet-era prison camps that led to his exile from the Soviet Union in 1974.
Solzhenitsyn will be the second person to receive the prize, which was first awarded last year to Russian Orthodox Patriarch Aleksy II.
Jun 23, 2023 at 6:25 PM
JOHN MAYALL : CHICAGO 1970 : PART 1, Aragon Ballroom September 11th 1970
I remember this night well, most of it anyway. As usual I was conducting an experiment for the ICCD (Irving Crown Chemistry Department).
Brian Auger's Oblivion Express (https://www.discogs.com/artist/346461-Brian-Augers-Oblivion-Express), was the opening act. Brian is a great keyboard player, that night he just kept playing all these scales through his Moog Synthesizer. It started getting on my nerves so I went for a walk in the Ballroom. Went into the lobby when I saw a bunch of people sitting on the floor and I thought, “these people don’t look to good”. However, I thought sitting down wasn’t a bad idea. Well, this nice lady walked up to me and gave me an orange and a pat on the head (guess I didn’t look to good!).
While I was sitting there enjoying my orange, this guy ran into the lobby and yelled; JOHN MAYALL IS ON! We all went ran out and stood in front of the band. I remember the crowd wasn’t very big that night.
This particular band Mayall had didn’t use a drummer, it was a fusion of jazz and blues. The great Don "Sugarcane" Harris” played with Mayall’s band. He was a pioneer in the amplification of the violin. As he put it, he 'took a cartridge off a record player, taped the crystal to the wood of my violin, attached a shielded wire and plugged it into an amp.'' He used a wa-wa pedal and other electron devices with his violin. “Sugarcane Harris” also played with Zappa on the Hot Rats (Jazz album of the year) album and others. “Sugarcane” was a great musician, which made it a NIGHT TO REMEMBER. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_%22Sugarcane%22_Harris
I remember this night well, most of it anyway. As usual I was conducting an experiment for the ICCD (Irving Crown Chemistry Department).
Brian Auger's Oblivion Express (https://www.discogs.com/artist/346461-Brian-Augers-Oblivion-Express), was the opening act. Brian is a great keyboard player, that night he just kept playing all these scales through his Moog Synthesizer. It started getting on my nerves so I went for a walk in the Ballroom. Went into the lobby when I saw a bunch of people sitting on the floor and I thought, “these people don’t look to good”. However, I thought sitting down wasn’t a bad idea. Well, this nice lady walked up to me and gave me an orange and a pat on the head (guess I didn’t look to good!).
While I was sitting there enjoying my orange, this guy ran into the lobby and yelled; JOHN MAYALL IS ON! We all went ran out and stood in front of the band. I remember the crowd wasn’t very big that night.
This particular band Mayall had didn’t use a drummer, it was a fusion of jazz and blues. The great Don "Sugarcane" Harris” played with Mayall’s band. He was a pioneer in the amplification of the violin. As he put it, he 'took a cartridge off a record player, taped the crystal to the wood of my violin, attached a shielded wire and plugged it into an amp.'' He used a wa-wa pedal and other electron devices with his violin. “Sugarcane Harris” also played with Zappa on the Hot Rats (Jazz album of the year) album and others. “Sugarcane” was a great musician, which made it a NIGHT TO REMEMBER. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_%22Sugarcane%22_Harris
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Posted: Jun 06, 2024 at 3:53 AM
5-29-24
Just washed two of my bikes and getting ready to go for a ride. Should I take the Triumph and be Steve McQueen or the Harley and be Peter Fonda?
Peter Fonda, the star, co-writer and producer of the 1969 cult classic Easy Rider, has died at the age of 79. In a statement, his family said he suffered respiratory failure due to lung cancer, and died peacefully at home in Los Angeles. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49379130
Terrence Stephen McQueen was born to a single mother on March 24, 1930, at St. Francis Hospital in Beech Grove, Indiana, a suburb of Indianapolis. McQueen, of Scottish descent, was raised a Roman Catholic. His parents never married. McQueen's father, William McQueen, a stunt pilot for a barnstorming flying circus, left his mother, Julia Ann (or Julianne) Crawford,? six months after meeting her. Several biographers have stated that Julia Ann was an alcoholic. Unable to cope with caring for a small child, she left the boy with her parents (Victor and Lillian) in Slater, Missouri, in 1933. As the Great Depression worsened, McQueen and his grandparents moved in with Lillian's brother Claude and his family at their farm in Slater. McQueen later said that he had good memories of living on the farm, noting that his great-uncle Claude "was a very good man, very strong, very fair; I learned a lot from him".
In 1947, after receiving permission from his mother (since he was not yet 18 years old), McQueen enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. He was sent to Parris Island for boot camp. He was promoted to private first class and assigned to an armored unit. He initially struggled with conforming to the discipline of the service and was demoted to private seven times. He took an unauthorized absence, failing to return after a weekend pass expired. He was caught by the shore patrol while staying with a girlfriend (Barbara Ross) for two weeks. After resisting arrest, he was sentenced to 41 days in the brig.
McQueen was an avid motorcycle and race car enthusiast. When he had the opportunity to drive in a movie, he performed many of his own stunts, including some of the car chases in Bullitt and the motorcycle chase in The Great Escape. Although the jump over the fence in The Great Escape was done by Bud Ekins for insurance purposes, McQueen did have considerable screen time riding his 650 cc Triumph TR6 Trophy motorcycle. It was difficult to find riders as skilled as McQueen. At one point, using editing, McQueen is seen in a German uniform chasing himself on another bike. Around half of the driving in Bullitt was performed by Loren Janes.
McQueen followed a daily two-hour exercise regimen involving weightlifting and, at one point, running 5 miles (8 km), seven days a week. McQueen learned the martial art Tang Soo Do from ninth-degree black belt Pat E. Johnson.
According to photographer William Claxton, McQueen smoked marijuana almost every day. Biographer Marc Eliot stated that McQueen used a large amount of cocaine in the early 1970s. He was also a heavy cigarette smoker. McQueen sometimes drank to excess; he was arrested for driving while intoxicated in Anchorage, Alaska, in 1972.
In late October 1980, McQueen flew to Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, to have an abdominal tumor on his liver (weighing around 5 lbs) removed, despite warnings from his U.S. doctors that the tumor was inoperable and his heart could not withstand the surgery. Using the name "Samuel Sheppard", McQueen checked into a small Juárez clinic where the doctors and staff were unaware of his actual identity. On November 7, 1980, McQueen died of a heart attack at 3:45 a.m. at a Juárez hospital, 12 hours after surgery to remove or reduce numerous metastatic tumors in his neck and abdomen. He was 50 years old. According to the El Paso Times, McQueen died in his sleep. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_McQueen
Just washed two of my bikes and getting ready to go for a ride. Should I take the Triumph and be Steve McQueen or the Harley and be Peter Fonda?
Peter Fonda, the star, co-writer and producer of the 1969 cult classic Easy Rider, has died at the age of 79. In a statement, his family said he suffered respiratory failure due to lung cancer, and died peacefully at home in Los Angeles. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49379130
Terrence Stephen McQueen was born to a single mother on March 24, 1930, at St. Francis Hospital in Beech Grove, Indiana, a suburb of Indianapolis. McQueen, of Scottish descent, was raised a Roman Catholic. His parents never married. McQueen's father, William McQueen, a stunt pilot for a barnstorming flying circus, left his mother, Julia Ann (or Julianne) Crawford,? six months after meeting her. Several biographers have stated that Julia Ann was an alcoholic. Unable to cope with caring for a small child, she left the boy with her parents (Victor and Lillian) in Slater, Missouri, in 1933. As the Great Depression worsened, McQueen and his grandparents moved in with Lillian's brother Claude and his family at their farm in Slater. McQueen later said that he had good memories of living on the farm, noting that his great-uncle Claude "was a very good man, very strong, very fair; I learned a lot from him".
In 1947, after receiving permission from his mother (since he was not yet 18 years old), McQueen enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. He was sent to Parris Island for boot camp. He was promoted to private first class and assigned to an armored unit. He initially struggled with conforming to the discipline of the service and was demoted to private seven times. He took an unauthorized absence, failing to return after a weekend pass expired. He was caught by the shore patrol while staying with a girlfriend (Barbara Ross) for two weeks. After resisting arrest, he was sentenced to 41 days in the brig.
McQueen was an avid motorcycle and race car enthusiast. When he had the opportunity to drive in a movie, he performed many of his own stunts, including some of the car chases in Bullitt and the motorcycle chase in The Great Escape. Although the jump over the fence in The Great Escape was done by Bud Ekins for insurance purposes, McQueen did have considerable screen time riding his 650 cc Triumph TR6 Trophy motorcycle. It was difficult to find riders as skilled as McQueen. At one point, using editing, McQueen is seen in a German uniform chasing himself on another bike. Around half of the driving in Bullitt was performed by Loren Janes.
McQueen followed a daily two-hour exercise regimen involving weightlifting and, at one point, running 5 miles (8 km), seven days a week. McQueen learned the martial art Tang Soo Do from ninth-degree black belt Pat E. Johnson.
According to photographer William Claxton, McQueen smoked marijuana almost every day. Biographer Marc Eliot stated that McQueen used a large amount of cocaine in the early 1970s. He was also a heavy cigarette smoker. McQueen sometimes drank to excess; he was arrested for driving while intoxicated in Anchorage, Alaska, in 1972.
In late October 1980, McQueen flew to Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, to have an abdominal tumor on his liver (weighing around 5 lbs) removed, despite warnings from his U.S. doctors that the tumor was inoperable and his heart could not withstand the surgery. Using the name "Samuel Sheppard", McQueen checked into a small Juárez clinic where the doctors and staff were unaware of his actual identity. On November 7, 1980, McQueen died of a heart attack at 3:45 a.m. at a Juárez hospital, 12 hours after surgery to remove or reduce numerous metastatic tumors in his neck and abdomen. He was 50 years old. According to the El Paso Times, McQueen died in his sleep. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_McQueen
Posted: Oct 18, 2023 at 5:47 PM
Putin (left) visiting Solzhenitsyn today at his home near Moscow (ITAR-TASS) June 12, 2007 -- In a Kremlin ceremony to mark Russia Day, President Vladimir Putin granted the writer and anti-Soviet dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn a State Award for humanitarian achievement.
Putin said "millions of people around the world associate" Solzhenitsyn's name and work "with the very fate of Russia itself."
In a pre-recorded video message played at the ceremony, Solzhenitsyn said Russia's "bitter experience" in the 20th century "will warn and divert us from ruinous failures" in the future.
The 88-year-old novelist is best known for writing "The Gulag Archipelago," an effort to document the history of Soviet-era prison camps that led to his exile from the Soviet Union in 1974.
Solzhenitsyn will be the second person to receive the prize, which was first awarded last year to Russian Orthodox Patriarch Aleksy II.
Putin said "millions of people around the world associate" Solzhenitsyn's name and work "with the very fate of Russia itself."
In a pre-recorded video message played at the ceremony, Solzhenitsyn said Russia's "bitter experience" in the 20th century "will warn and divert us from ruinous failures" in the future.
The 88-year-old novelist is best known for writing "The Gulag Archipelago," an effort to document the history of Soviet-era prison camps that led to his exile from the Soviet Union in 1974.
Solzhenitsyn will be the second person to receive the prize, which was first awarded last year to Russian Orthodox Patriarch Aleksy II.
Posted: Jun 04, 2023 at 7:49 PM
Posted: Dec 26, 2022 at 5:24 AM
Shortly before my mom passed on she gave me some files and clippings of things she had saved. This Homecoming Court article was one of them.
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Posted: May 01, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Phil Andrick
COL Douglas Macgregor : US/Ukraine Mineral/Security Deal: Insane or Provocative?This will drag the US back into Ukraine, and now that means the US will eventually be at war with Russia. The Neocons have played Trump for the fool, and he took the bait.
Posted: May 01, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Phil Andrick
Who signed this deal on behalf of Ukraine?Watch the first 9 minutes,
Null and Void Agreement Has Been Signed Military Summary
Posted: May 01, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Phil Andrick
BLACKROCK WINS: Inside the SIGNED Secretive US-Ukraine Mining Deal and Its ConsequencesPosted: Mar 15, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Phil Andrick
The Holographic Universe Theory: Is Reality Just an Illusion?I remember my Guru was once commenting in a lecture about how history repeats itself and it’s a wonder that God doesn’t get tired of it all and just pull the plug! Ha! The reason history repeats itself is because human nature doesn’t change.
Posted: Apr 18, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Phil Andrick
Paramahansa Yogananda on the Dream-Nature of the WorldThis is the first recording in Self-Realization Fellowship’s Collector’s Series of rare archival talks by Paramahansa Yogananda. This talk by Paramahansa Yogananda was recorded at the Self-Realization Fellowship International Headquarters during an informal gathering on the occasion of his birthday — January 5, 1949.
Yogananda writes in his book Autobiography of a Yogi: “The substance of a dream is held in materialization by the subconscious thought of the dreamer. When that cohesive thought is withdrawn in wakefulness, the dream and its elements dissolve. A man closes his eyes and erects a dream-creation which, on awakening, he effortlessly dematerializes. He follows the divine archetypal pattern. Similarly, when he awakens in cosmic consciousness, he will effortlessly dematerialize the illusions of the cosmic dream.”
Posted: Jun 23, 2023 at 6:43 PM
Phil Andrick
JOHN MAYALL : CHICAGO 1970 : PART 1, Aragon Ballroom September 11th 1970I remember this night well, most of it anyway. As usual I was conducting an experiment for the ICCD (Irving Crown Chemistry Department).
Brian Auger's Oblivion Express (https://www.discogs.com/artist/346461-Brian-Augers-Oblivion-Express), was the opening act. Brian is a great keyboard player, that night he just kept playing all these scales through his Moog Synthesizer. It started getting on my nerves so I went for a walk in the Ballroom. Went into the lobby when I saw a bunch of people sitting on the floor and I thought, “these people don’t look to good”. However, I thought sitting down wasn’t a bad idea. Well, this nice lady walked up to me and gave me an orange and a pat on the head (guess I didn’t look to good!).
While I was sitting there enjoying my orange, this guy ran into the lobby and yelled; JOHN MAYALL IS ON! We all went ran out and stood in front of the band. I remember the crowd wasn’t very big that night.
This particular band Mayall had didn’t use a drummer, it was a fusion of jazz and blues. The great Don "Sugarcane" Harris” played with Mayall’s band. He was a pioneer in the amplification of the violin. As he put it, he 'took a cartridge off a record player, taped the crystal to the wood of my violin, attached a shielded wire and plugged it into an amp.'' He used a wa-wa pedal and other electron devices with his violin. “Sugarcane Harris” also played with Zappa on the Hot Rats (Jazz album of the year) album and others. “Sugarcane” was a great musician, which made it a NIGHT TO REMEMBER. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_%22Sugarcane%22_Harris
Posted: Jan 20, 2023 at 8:39 AM
Phil Andrick
You thought the leaden winter would bring you down foreverBut you rode upon a steamer to the violence of the sun
And the colours of the sea bind your eyes with trembling mermaids
And you touch the distant beaches with tales of brave Ulysses
How his naked ears were tortured by the sirens sweetly singing
For the sparkling waves are calling you to kiss their white laced lips
And you see a girl's brown body dancing through the turquoise
And her footprints make you follow where the sky loves the sea
And when your fingers find her, she drowns you in her body
Carving deep blue ripples in the tissues of your mind
The tiny purple fishes run laughing through your fingers
And you want to take her with you to the hard land of the winter
Her name is Aphrodite and she rides a crimson shell
And you know you cannot leave her for you touched the distant sands
With tales of brave Ulysses, how his naked ears were tortured
By the sirens sweetly singing
The tiny purple fishes run laughing through your fingers
And you want to take her with you to the hard land of the winter
Posted: Jan 01, 2023 at 11:27 PM