Thanks - cool photos -
As it happens, I'm reading that great bio of Sun Ra just now - amazing man
John
At 05:19 PM 7/29/2004 -0400, you wrote:
Sun Ra Photos:
http://www.sunraresearch.com/html/photo_11.html
JW
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Dr. John M. Bennett
Curator, Avant Writing
I deleted the earlier thread about Sun Ra. What's the citation on the
biography of him? Sounds like a blast. mIEKAL
On Friday, July 30, 2004, at 07:15 AM, John M. Bennett wrote:
Thanks - cool photos -
As it happens, I'm reading that great bio of Sun Ra just now - amazing
man
John
At 05:19
Szwed, John F., SPACE IS THE PLACE: THE LIVES AND TIMES OF SUN RA,
Edinburgh: Mojo, 2000. ISBN: 1841950556
Previous ed. was Edinburgh: Payback, 1997.
Jonan the Liberrian
At 10:12 AM 7/30/2004 -0500, you wrote:
I deleted the earlier thread about Sun Ra. What's the citation on the
biography of
Reed wrote:
I just finished the Susan Sontag anthology
of Artaud' writings while simultaneously
reading the excellent biography of Sun Ra
by John Szwed.
That Szwed book's great. Just to let you know also that Space is the Place
(Sun Ra's movie) has been re-released on DVD and also includes
That Szwed book's great. Just to let you know also that Space is the Place(Sun Ra's
movie) has been re-released on DVD and also includes some home movies of the arkestra
in Egypt. It seems to be available everywhere (the usual Amazon etc.)
thanks for the heads up on this, Sol.
Oh, Reed
Don Van Vliet.
How exactly is "Vliet" pronounced?
Myke
listening to stuff i haven't thought of in years. this place is really
dusty
c, :)
carol starr
taos, new mexico, usa
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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
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
>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
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
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
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
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.
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