FLUXLIST: Sun Ra
Hi all, Nice to see a Sun Ra discussion. I have quite a lot of his work on CD and some on LP that I bought before these CD days. Since he died a few years ago most of his back catalogue has been re-issued on CD including a lot of hard to find stuff (e.g. a live album of Sun Ra and the Arkestra performing songs from Disney movies - I have this gem!). Many of his original releases were fairly small editions(certainly early on) especially the singles. He used to draw the covers and labels himself to save money then get some records pressed and sell them at the live shows. I believe he was hugely in debt through out his life, especially since he insisted on maintaining a big band and taking them on the road way after most big band had given up because of the expense of touring with so many musicians. Also he maintained a house where all of his band, the Arkestra, lived together - this way of making music is comparable to how Beefheart made Trout Mask replica locking his whole band up together for six months. Sun Ra however used this method of working for much longer, communal living and strict rehearsals. Sun Ra is a fantastic artist. Myke mentioned him saying he was from another planet. Yes, he claimed he was from Saturn. This wasn't serious however but rather he used this as a metaphor for the black man's alienation in a white society. Anyway, I'd love to talk about Sun Ra all day but I've a tonne of work to do. I'd recommend that you all read. Space Is the Place : The Lives and Times of Sun Ra by John F. Szwed Da Capo Press; ISBN: 0306808552 This is a wonderful biography, carefully researched and giving a lot of detail on Sun Ra's musical influences. Who would have thought he was influenced by Scriabin for example? Reed, "Space is the place" is both the title of a song and the title of a film Sun Ra made which I believe is now available on video but I've not seen a copy. Sun Ra was a pioneer of the black avant-garde. His blend of big band jazz science fiction and mysticism influenced many later artists, most notably George Clinton who also adopted a Sun Ra style of dress and had spaceships land on stage during Parliament concerts. Sun Ra's music however is in a class of it's own. Apparently Sun Ra was once asked to stop playing by the owner of a venue who accused him of playing the music that only God was allowed to play. That says it all. Anyway, read the biography and buy every CD you find you won't be disappointed. cheers, Sol.
Re: FLUXLIST: query/ Graham Bond
Of course I've heard of Sun Ra and his Cosmic Arkestra but never Graham Bond. Who Father of "Graham Bond Organisation". I dont remember all the groups and people he played with. A certain strangeness. He didnt make so much ado about space etc like Sun Ra, but he lived in a different world, sotosay, too. Maybe there in a rock music dictionary somewhere near you. I only have a tape somewhere. Radio feature. Or lets put it this way: an important figure in the british rockscene of the 60s and early 70s who played with.. Another important person, together with Keith T. in a public telephone cell phoning with the children somewhere in europe, she had her greatest hits with 16 or so, is Julie Driscoll. And there is Laura Nyro. In the USA. I think "Graham Bond Organisation" was one of the first bands of John McLaughlin. Has anybody records of this ? The space, escalator over the hill, wonderwall. Etcpp. H.
Re: FLUXLIST: As seen on TV
yesandiwantone - i'll send you a lemon in a c-clamp in exchange. p.s. - your stamp is due zoon - within 2 weeks. kisskiss, ms petalpusher and her rowdy flower kittens allen bukoff wrote: Think I should turn this into a rubber stamp? - Name: seen.gif seen.gifType: GIF Image (image/gif) Encoding: base64
Re: FLUXLIST: As seen on TV
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Re: FLUXLIST: As seen on TV
Think I should turn this into a rubber stamp? yes. YESSS! If I can have one once they're made...maybe we can do some kind of swap deal? cheers, Sol.
FLUXLIST: Fluxus before Fluxus.
I mean the time between the Cage class, when many people dropped out, more or less, and the coining of the label. Economy of information. Economy of SOHO. The revolution eats its children.
Re: FLUXLIST: Fluxus before Fluxus.
Maybe I missed the earlier part of this thread? Heiko wrote: I mean the time between the Cage class, when many people dropped out, more or less, and the coining of the label. I thought the Cage class where Higgins, Hansen and others met was in 1958 and Maciunas came up with the name Fluxus for his magazine in 1961. Maybe I have these dates wrong in my head. What do you mean about dropping out? Out of what? Fluxus? Life? cheers, Sol.
Re: FLUXLIST: As seen on TV
don't know...can't view gif/jpg...is it on the web? c :) carol starr taos, new mexico, usa [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, allen bukoff wrote: Think I should turn this into a rubber stamp?
Re: FLUXLIST: Sun Ra
wow sol, glad to know about the bio of sun ra. i'm going to get it from the library. my mental association with his concert that i attended is that of a particular time. the '70's.during those years i went to alot of concerts but that one has always stood out in my memory. i've been experimenting with my i-zone camera and have learned that it will photograph morning but not sunset. the camera seems to do best in bright sunlight.hope to get something off to you soon. my friend with the scanner is at berkley this week so i'm getting along with my mac2. best regards, c :) carol starr taos, new mexico, usa [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FLUXLIST: Daterape.org
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Re: FLUXLIST: Sun Ra
>On 29 Mar 00, at 9:14, Sol Nte wrote: > >Reed, "Space is the place" is both the title of a song and the title of a >film Sun Ra made which I believe is now available on video but I've not seen >a copy. For those of you living in the DC/Baltimore area i know that video americain in Baltimore has a copy of it (somewhere in the back, possibly in the "camp" section, which is kind of annoying) so i would assume that the other locations would have copies, or if not they'd probably be able to get it for you from Baltimore. They also are going to offer rental by mail to people outside the area soon so if you can't find the sun ra film (or other great stuff like the joseph beuys "transformer" documentary) near you, that will be an option in the near future. Their website is www.videoamericain.com . - nick
Re: FLUXLIST: Reed Altemus at the i-zone Gallery
Alan Bowman who sent the 18 venice carnevale images in one go.so who Cries for an animated gif.
Re: FLUXLIST: Reed Altemus at the i-zone Gallery
Thanks Sol. Look forward to seeing the Pokemon pictures. Sounds great. RA Sol Nte wrote: Hi all, Well, it's another i-zone gallery update: Reed Altemus has sent me some nice i-zone cards to put up also I've put some more of my own pieces up. One of my pieces is taken with a Pokemon camera which is one of the newer novelty cameras - as you can see it adds a pokemon border to all the photos you take with it. Unfortunately it's so poorly manufactured that not all the film I put through it gets exposed properly. I've had it about 3 months and probably only got a handful of decent photos from several 24 exposure films. That said it's quite something when it works. Now before I end this I'd like to take a moment to thank everyone who has contributed work to the i-zone gallery and the Fluxus Eye Zone. Thanks for supporting it. I think you've all made it an interesting site to visit. So please keep sending i-zones, novelty photos and Fluxus photoworks. Remember you can send me stuff by snail mail to scan if you don't have a scanner. The address is Sol Nte, 97,Century St. Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST1 5HY UK cheers and thanks to you all, Sol. BTW - The current record holder for most i-zones sent in one instance is Alan Bowman who sent the 18 venice carnevale images in one go.so who wants to try and break this record? ;-)
Re: FLUXLIST: Sun Ra
Sol, lived together - this way of making music is comparable to how Beefheart made Trout Mask replica locking his whole band up together for six months. Sun Ra however used this method of working for much longer, communal living and strict rehearsals. Regarding Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet) and the whole Trout Mask Replica sessions thing. Recently, people have raised a question about Beefheart and his treatment of his band. Some people think it was a cult and that he brainwashed them. There's a book out on him assessing his whole career. Here's the blurb from the Small Press Distribution Catalogue: Bamberger, W.C. Riding Some Kind of Unusual Skull Sleigh: On The Arts of Don Van Vliet ISBN 0-917453-35-2 2;10pp. paperback Alap Editions 1999. $17.00. For more than 17 years, Don Van Vliet made music under the name Captain Beefheart. When he walked away from music, he turned to his other art and is now an internationally known and collected abstract painter. This book looks at the phases of Van Vliet's musical career through the lense of the new ecological theories of mind which were emerging at the time Captain Beefheart the Magic Band were beginning to record. The result is a unique interpretation of Van Vliet's music and motives- "Van Vliet as Gaia microcosm"- which looks at both his genius and the darker side of his Captain Beefheart persona. The author also offers a detailed analysis of Van Vliet's drawings and paintings and suggests that art world acceptance has drastically changed his art- and perhaps the artist himself. Illustr. of Van Vliet's paintings are not included. I'm really not sure where I stand on the whole thing. I have always regarded Beefheart as one of the geniuses of rock music, although I must admit I haven't heard every one of his records. The records I have heard are some of my favorite music though. Sun Ra is a fantastic artist. Myke mentioned him saying he was from another planet. Yes, he claimed he was from Saturn. This wasn't serious however but rather he used this as a metaphor for the black man's alienation in a white society. Anyway, I'd love to talk about Sun Ra all day but I've a tonne of work to do. I'd recommend that you all read. Space Is the Place : The Lives and Times of Sun Ra by John F. Szwed Da Capo Press; ISBN: 0306808552 This is a wonderful biography, carefully researched and giving a lot of detail on Sun Ra's musical influences. Who would have thought he was influenced by Scriabin for example? Reed, "Space is the place" is both the title of a song and the title of a film Sun Ra made which I believe is now available on video but I've not seen a copy. Sun Ra was a pioneer of the black avant-garde. His blend of big band jazz science fiction and mysticism influenced many later artists, most notably George Clinton who also adopted a Sun Ra style of dress and had spaceships land on stage during Parliament concerts. I've always liked the song "One Nation Under A Groove" isn't it Parliament/Funkadelic w/ George Clinton? You know "One nation under a groove, getting down just for the funk of it" Sun Ra's music however is in a class of it's own. Apparently Sun Ra was once asked to stop playing by the owner of a venue who accused him of playing the music that only God was allowed to play. That says it all. That's a great story. I love it. Thanks. RA
Re: FLUXLIST: query
Anne, Sol and all, All this talk about jazz etc. reminds me of the things I listened to in college. Anyone ever heard of Rhashan Roland Kirk? I always liked his music a lot. It was very comical and he used to play three horns at once. RA Ann Klefstad wrote: -- From: Davidson Gigliotti [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FLUXLIST: query Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 12:22 PM Oh yes, I remember Sun Ra. I saw him in a tiny hall in Santa Monica. The thing about him and his very large Arkestra is that they all lived together for 30 years out in the country, and played together all the time, so they were like a single entity, doing improvisations of a complexity and supernatural tightness that were incredible. His use of common-and-garden popular tunes in these amazingly orchestrated works was also intensely charming (viz Sol's Disney tunes album). A friend told me that he saw Sun Ra blowing a note for many minutes on end (circular breathing), turning in a circle on one leg. I have the album Space is the Place, and some others. He was one of the wonders of the world. AK
FLUXLIST: re: Sun Ra
Check for re-releases of sixties material originally on the ESP label (as I recollect). I heard them at the time. Exceptional. Gerald O'Connell http://www.wonderport.com
Re: FLUXLIST: query/ Graham Bond Organisation/Julie Driscoll
with 16 or so, is Julie Driscoll. And there is Laura Nyro. In the USA. I've heard of Laura Nyro of course but never actually heard her music. Its a pity. I'm not familiar with at all, probably because she's European. You mean she had her greatest hits when she was 16? Yep, together with Brian Auger and the Trinity. Some hits and then some kind of early Carla Bley, "1969". And Free Jazz Sol probably knows more. "Swinging London." Maybe this has some fluxus content... Yes, I know of John McLaughlin if you mean the guitarist who studied Eastern music and did jazz fusion. Same guy? Yep ! From England. He did some nice music in 69 with Tony Williams Lifetime. "Emergency" was one of my favourite music some years ago.
Re: FLUXLIST: query/ Graham Bond
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Reed Altemus [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes another important person, together with Keith T. in a public telephone cell phoning with the children somewhere in europe, she had her greatest hits with 16 or so, is Julie Driscoll. And there is Laura Nyro. In the USA. I've heard of Laura Nyro of course but never actually heard her music. Julie Driscoll I'm not familiar with at all, probably because she's European. You mean she had her greatest hits when she was 16? I think "Graham Bond Organisation" was one of the first bands of John McLaughlin. Has anybody records of this ? I saw Graham Bond on numerous occasions - Ginger Baker was drummer in the Organisation's earliest incarnation (Bond later played in Baker's post-Cream 'Airforce'). I'm not sue whether McLaughlin actually recorded with Bond though... He may be on an early live album they issued. Gerald O'Connell http://www.wonderport.com
Re: FLUXLIST: Sun Ra
I have always regarded Beefheart as one of the geniuses of rock music, I met him in 1974 when I was working on the Virgin label and they signed him. I was shocked. He seemed like a burned out shell of a man, going through the motions. I tried to talk to him about Howling Wolf (the undoubted inspiration for his vocal style) but he was too embarrassed ! Gerald O'Connell http://www.wonderport.com
Re: FLUXLIST: Sun Ra
lived together - this way of making music is comparable to how Beefheart made Trout Mask replica locking his whole band up together for six months. Sun Ra however used this method of working for much longer, communal living and strict rehearsals. I knew this crazy guy in Baton Rouge named Aye-A (pronounced "EYE - AY") who was percussionist in the Arkestra and lived in Sun Ra's big communal house. He said there where different "planets" in the house where the different musicians lived. The horn players lived in the Venus part of the house, the drummers and piano people in the Saturn part and so on. Sun Ra lived in the middle Sun part, though he originally hailed from Saturn. Aye-A himself was from outer space. Aye-A said they'd all eat dinner at sundown in the big center room and the play until the wee hours of the night. We kind of doubted he was actually in the Arkestra, since there was no mention of him in any of the album notes and he was always talking about these famous people he had met and worked with, until some reliable friends attended the Sun Ra concert with him at the New Orleans JazzFest back in the early 90's. Aye-A and my friends somehow got backstage to meet Sun Ra, where Sun Ra was sitting in a big makeshift throne. When he saw Aye-A, he boomed "Aye-A, come to me my brother", and gave him a big hug. members of the Arkestra went nuts whooping and hollering and started jamming with Aye-A pounding on a metal folding chair. Alex __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
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FLUXLIST-digest wrote: FLUXLIST-digest Wednesday, March 29 2000 Volume 01 : Number 210 In this issue: == Re: FLUXLIST: Sun Ra Re: FLUXLIST: Reed Altemus at the i-zone Gallery Re: FLUXLIST: query/ Graham Bond Re: FLUXLIST: Reed Altemus at the i-zone Gallery Re: FLUXLIST: Sun Ra Re: FLUXLIST: As seen on TV Re: FLUXLIST: query/ Graham Bond FLUXLIST: re: Sun Ra Re: FLUXLIST: query Re: FLUXLIST: query/ Graham Bond Organisation/Julie Driscoll Re: FLUXLIST: Sun Ra Re: FLUXLIST: Sun Ra -- Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 15:27:16 -0600 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FLUXLIST: Sun Ra biggerOn 29 Mar 00, at 9:14, Sol Nte wrote: Reed, "Space is the place" is both the title of a song and the title of a film Sun Ra made which I believe is now available on video but I've not seen a copy. For those of you living in the DC/Baltimore area i know that video americain in Baltimore has a copy of it (somewhere in the back, possibly in the "camp" section, which is kind of annoying) so i would assume that the other locations would have copies, or if not they'd probably be able to get it for you from Baltimore. They also are going to offer rental by mail to people outside the area soon so if you can't find the sun ra film (or other great stuff like the joseph beuys "transformer" documentary) near you, that will be an option in the near future. Their website is www.videoamericain.com . - - nickcolorparam,,/param nofill -- Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 21:35:45 +0200 (CEST) From: Heiko Recktenwald [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FLUXLIST: Reed Altemus at the i-zone Gallery Alan Bowman who sent the 18 venice carnevale images in one go.so who Cries for an animated gif. -- Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 16:09:43 -0500 From: Reed Altemus [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FLUXLIST: query/ Graham Bond another important person, together with Keith T. in a public telephone cell phoning with the children somewhere in europe, she had her greatest hits with 16 or so, is Julie Driscoll. And there is Laura Nyro. In the USA. I've heard of Laura Nyro of course but never actually heard her music. Julie Driscoll I'm not familiar with at all, probably because she's European. You mean she had her greatest hits when she was 16? I think "Graham Bond Organisation" was one of the first bands of John McLaughlin. Has anybody records of this ? Yes, I know of John McLaughlin if you mean the guitarist who studied Eastern music and did jazz fusion. Same guy? RA -- Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 16:12:10 -0500 From: Reed Altemus [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FLUXLIST: Reed Altemus at the i-zone Gallery Thanks Sol. Look forward to seeing the Pokemon pictures. Sounds great. RA Sol Nte wrote: Hi all, Well, it's another i-zone gallery update: Reed Altemus has sent me some nice i-zone cards to put up also I've put some more of my own pieces up. One of my pieces is taken with a Pokemon camera which is one of the newer novelty cameras - as you can see it adds a pokemon border to all the photos you take with it. Unfortunately it's so poorly manufactured that not all the film I put through it gets exposed properly. I've had it about 3 months and probably only got a handful of decent photos from several 24 exposure films. That said it's quite something when it works. Now before I end this I'd like to take a moment to thank everyone who has contributed work to the i-zone gallery and the Fluxus Eye Zone. Thanks for supporting it. I think you've all made it an interesting site to visit. So please keep sending i-zones, novelty photos and Fluxus photoworks. Remember you can send me stuff by snail mail to scan if you don't have a scanner. The address is Sol Nte, 97,Century St. Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST1 5HY UK cheers and thanks to you all, Sol. BTW - The current record holder for most i-zones sent in one instance is Alan Bowman who sent the 18 venice carnevale images in one go.so who wants to try and break this record? ;-) -- Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 16:39:12 -0500 From: Reed Altemus [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FLUXLIST: Sun Ra Sol, lived together - this way of making music is comparable to how Beefheart made Trout Mask replica locking his whole band up together for six months. Sun Ra however used this method of working for much longer, communal living and strict rehearsals. Regarding Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet) and the whole Trout Mask Replica sessions thing. Recently, people have raised a question about Beefheart and his treatment of his band. Some people think it was a cult and that he brainwashed them. There's a book out on
Re: FLUXLIST: query/ Graham Bond
I saw Graham Bond on numerous occasions - Ginger Baker was drummer in the Organisation's earliest incarnation (Bond later played in Baker's post-Cream 'Airforce'). I'm not sue whether McLaughlin actually recorded with Bond though... He may be on an early live album they issued. The live album, which I had on 8-track long ago and really wish I could replace, was recorded after Dick Heckstall-Smith replaced McLaughlin. The only released tracks with McLauglin came out on a compliation in the 80s. (Something else I wish I could find.)
Re: FLUXLIST: query
Certainly Rasahn was wonderful, though comical isn't quite how I'd describe it--he has his moments of wit but also of grandeur and also of just superb tastiness. I have a couple of his albums, vinyl of course, I'd have to look them up. It's been a while. AK Also I liked Captain Beefheart very much, I remember buying trout mask, jeez, 25 years ago, and playing it over and over. Wandered off now, I'm afraid. Shiny Beast is another good one (bat chain puller, you know) but that one was on my turntable when it was stolen some 15 years ago. At least I still have my Raincoats EP. -- From: Reed Altemus [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FLUXLIST: query Date: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 2:04 PM Anne, Sol and all, All this talk about jazz etc. reminds me of the things I listened to in college. Anyone ever heard of Rhashan Roland Kirk? I always liked his music a lot. It was very comical and he used to play three horns at once. RA Ann Klefstad wrote: -- From: Davidson Gigliotti [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FLUXLIST: query Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 12:22 PM Oh yes, I remember Sun Ra. I saw him in a tiny hall in Santa Monica. The thing about him and his very large Arkestra is that they all lived together for 30 years out in the country, and played together all the time, so they were like a single entity, doing improvisations of a complexity and supernatural tightness that were incredible. His use of common-and-garden popular tunes in these amazingly orchestrated works was also intensely charming (viz Sol's Disney tunes album). A friend told me that he saw Sun Ra blowing a note for many minutes on end (circular breathing), turning in a circle on one leg. I have the album Space is the Place, and some others. He was one of the wonders of the world. AK
Re: FLUXLIST: Sun Ra
I met him in 1974 when I was working on the Virgin label and they signed him. I was shocked. He seemed like a burned out shell of a man, going I met somebody of the very posh gallery that marketed his artworks, the guy who worked with Mary Boone, and he said, yes, long ago, he had made music. As if that had been something dirty ;-) Don Van Vliet. Save as milk or what was this Virgin record called ? One of the less interesting. There were some legal problems with a record, one of the two I have, with artwork on the cover: Shiny Beast, Warner Brothers.
Re: FLUXLIST: query
college. Anyone ever heard of Rhashan Roland Kirk? I always liked his music a Didnt he invent this: (circular breathing), turning in a circle on one leg. (Without the leg.) H.
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-- From: Davidson Gigliotti [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FLUXLIST: query Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 12:22 PM Oh yes, I remember Sun Ra. I saw him in a tiny hall in Santa Monica. The thing about him and his very large Arkestra is that they all lived together for 30 years out in the country, and played together all the time, so they were like a single entity, doing improvisations of a complexity and supernatural tightness that were incredible. His use of common-and-garden popular tunes in these amazingly orchestrated works was also intensely charming (viz Sol's Disney tunes album). A friend told me that he saw Sun Ra blowing a note for many minutes on end (circular breathing), turning in a circle on one leg. I have the album Space is the Place, and some others. He was one of the wonders of the world. AK
Re: FLUXLIST: query/ Graham Bond
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], BlackMonk (Tom,as always) [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes I saw Graham Bond on numerous occasions - Ginger Baker was drummer in the Organisation's earliest incarnation (Bond later played in Baker's post-Cream 'Airforce'). I'm not sue whether McLaughlin actually recorded with Bond though... He may be on an early live album they issued. The live album, which I had on 8-track long ago and really wish I could replace, was recorded after Dick Heckstall-Smith replaced McLaughlin. The only released tracks with McLauglin came out on a compliation in the 80s. (Something else I wish I could find.) That's right, Heckstall-Smith then joined the post Peter Green (he is continuing his rehabilitation from paranoid schizophrenia, I hear) John Mayall lineup. There were cries of 'traitor' and 'soul band' amongst angered blues fans when the horn section first appeared - obviously from people who had only ever heard the Anglicised Article then prevalent ! Gerald O'Connell http://www.wonderport.com
