When I Die

A little Halloween Music Maestro.

Can't Find My Way Home

I was dreaming about this song this afternoon while I was taking a short nap. So I thought I ought to post it. The words were a little different in my dream though "I'm naked and can't find my way home".

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Orphaned Land

They sing some English about 2 minutes in.

Intercourse and Conception had this to say about the band.

Orphaned Land is an Israeli band whose performances feature Middle Eastern Metal with a bit of religious iconography thrown in.

Israeli metal?

Well Gene Simmons of KISS led the way. Sort of.

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For Sale?

From Jesus Saves. Moses invests. Aleister Crowley changes the world.

Led Zeppelin is Satanic to the core. In the song "Houses of the Holy," Robert Plant (lead singer) speaks of Satan's daughter and making her garden grow (a sexual reference). The album cover displays naked women crawling towards the top of the temple. It's sickening in the name of decency. Anyone who denies the occult inspiration of Led Zeppelin's music is woefully deceived.

I have studied Crowley myself to excellent effect. I must add that Crowley designed his work to enhance any inherent tendencies you may have. If you lean to the Dark Side he will help you to the Black. If you want the light he will help you Shine like a Thousand Suns. "Every man and woman is a star."

The Book Of The Law

Magick In Theory and Practice [pdf]

Magick in Theory and Practice - from Amazon

May I especially recommend the Banishing Ritual on page 291 of the pdf. I used it to great effect to banish some evil spirits which had been vexing me for a long time. Of course if you understand the work you can design your own rituals. Something I used to do with a group called Panthea in Chicago. Funny enough the leader of the group, Christa Heiden Landon, was ordained as a Unitarian Universalist Minister. I used to drive her around the Chicago area when she needed to give a sermon at a Unitarian Church as part of her training for the ministry.



Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law

Love is the law, love under will

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A Woman Wrote Me A Love Song

Of course I was a Geek before being a Geek was a good thing. That was back in the days when hackers were the good guys. Still. It is nice to feel appreciated.

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Prohibition Blues

Jorma Kaukonen. Of Great Society, Jefferson Airplane, and Jefferson Starship Fame

Girl With No Eyes

Margaret Keane


It's A Beautiful Day

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Sweet Jane - Poddighe Power Trio

As you can tell English is probably their second or third language. No matter. This is one of my favorite versions of "Sweet Jane". Italy’s Poddighe Power Trio is reviewed in English. Along with some nice Lou Reed mp3s.

www.Poddighe.com

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Nostalgia

I'm feeling like a very old man. I grew up in the 40s and 50s. Gone are the days.

Ken Nordine And The Grateful Dead

I was at Mary's Place Friday night listening to my son's band Alpha Drop (he is the drummer) and got to talking to a sound man about this and that (mostly my experiences at WFMT from '62 to '63) and I mentioned I had just done a post on Ken Nordine. He suggested I look up - Ken Nordine Grateful Dead - I did. The above is the result. The first bit is one of my very favorite Ken Nordine pieces. And of course the Dead. The Greatest Band In the Universe (according to Nordine).

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In Walks The Village Idiot

Inspired by: IN WALKS THE VILLAGE IDIOT, AND HIS FACE IS ALL AGLOW. He’s been up all night listening to Mohammed’s radio.

Which linked to an article about The Village Idiot.

Does Liking Rap Music Make You Stupid?

Does liking rap music dull your intelligence? No. But it may indicate that your intelligence is already dull.

Like the Americans, the British teens who scored high marks for intelligence were more likely than their peers to prefer instrumental music, but no more likely to enjoy vocal selections.

Now, Beethoven symphonies are far more complex than pop songs, so an obvious explanation for these findings is that smarter people crave more complicated music. But Kanazawa doesn’t think that’s right. His crunching of the data suggests that preference for big-band music “is even more positively correlated” with high intelligence than classical compositions.

“It would be difficult to make the case that big-band music is more cognitively complex than classical music,” he writes. “On the other extreme, as suspected, preference for rap music is significantly negatively correlated with intelligence. However, preference for gospel music is even more strongly negatively correlated with it.

So what is the point of this post? I'm hoping that brain power snobbery will kill off rap. I hate that crap.

And for you gospel music lovers? What can I say? Anyway here is some brain music.





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Suspicious About Insanity

Epistle To Dippy - Donovan.

Bomp Faction Of Do Wop

The Marcels do Blue Moon.

Good Lovin

The Best Dead version of Good Lovin I've heard on YouTube.

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Great Society - Somebody To Love

I had some friends visit for the holidays. A loving time was had by all. Pictures when the first mate gets back with the camera. (It may be a while.)

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Indiana Family Man

Time of the Season. The Zombies.

Time Will Tell

Ballad Of A Thin Man

Yes It Does