what music are you listening to now

[schubert]

amazin
listen with earphones! (lots of that effect where sounds go from one ear to the other)

[ada]

[RitaJC]

I, personally, prefer what is commonly called "silence"

https://www.lifehack.org/377243/science-...an-thought

[Stranger]

Seems I've found my song!


A Stranger on Earth / Lyrics
Some fools don't know what's right from wrong
But somehow those folks belong
Me, I try for all I'm worth
But I still remain a stranger on this earth

Some people gloom, other folk cry
Me, I have to struggle to keep alive
Ever since the day of my birth
I've been a stranger, stranger on this earth

I try to be what all folks should
Forgetting the bad and doing good
But no matter how I try
My troubles always multiply

Now, I've been doing the best I can
Ever since life began
Some day when I prove my worth
I won't be a stranger on earth

Now I've been living the best I can
Ever since my life began
The day's gonna come when I prove my worth
And I won't be no stranger
No, I won't be a stranger
On this earth

Songwriters: Sid Feller / Rick Ward
A Stranger on Earth lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

To be clear, I neither struggle to keep alive, nor do my troubles multiply. I thought you wanderers might appreciate the general sentiment.

[Cyanatta]

[ada]

[ada]

[Dekalb_Blues]

~




ビッグアップル  ["Bigguappuru" in Engrish/Japenglese]

Ukiyo-e (浮世絵) translates as "picture[s] of the floating world".

[ada]

[ada]

[ada]

[ada]

[Dekalb_Blues]

~

Actual unretouched photo of artiste


https://www.facebook.com/SkyArtsHD/video...156357042/


-- from https://alienmusician.tumblr.com/



Lyrics:

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAOOOUUH
OW WO UH UH UHHAHAHAHA UHHAHAHAHA UHHAHAHAHA  UHHAHAHAHA 
UHHAOWHAOOH OOH HU UH OW!! OOH HU UH OW!! OOH HU UH OW!!  
WAHA HOOHA HOOHA HOOHA HOOHA HOOHAHA HOOHA 
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA HAHA HAHA HAHAHAHA 
HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HO HO HO (indistinguishable)
WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWO HUHOOHUHOOHOOHU HO HO....
WOHO OOHOOHOHA OOHOOHOHA OOHOOHOOHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA                  
AHA         AHA          AHAHAHAHAHAHOOHOOHAHA  UHAHA UHAHA UHAHA UHAHA 
UHAHAHOOHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA OOHHAHA OOHHAOH OOHHAHA OOHHAOH OOHHAHA 
OOHHAOH OOHHAHA OOHHAOH OOHHA AH HA HOO OH HO OOH HO OOOHHH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH AH 
AHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHA  AHHA HAHA ha OHHAHAHA 
OHHAUAHOOHHAUAHOOHHAUAHOOHHAUAHAHAHHA AHHA AHAHA AHAHA aaaaaahhhhhhh.....



[From transcript of an illicit FBI Cointelpro* investigation into Communist subversion in Hollywood:]

Subject 1 ["Shemp']: Hmm, hmm. Rm. Heh-heh-heh-heh-heh. Rm. OOOOH, OH, OH! Pfft, pfft. RMMM! Mm, mm, mm. 
Mwoooh! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOHHHHHHH!!!!! Oh, oh. Oh-ho-ho, oh-ho-ho. Hmm! You double-crosser! 
Oh, oh; oooohhhh! OH, oh, oh, oh. Hm. Ru-ru-ru-ru-ru-ru-ruff, ruff! Wiseguy, this time I'll close ya! OH, no! I'm sorry, Moe!
Subject 2 ["Moe"]: Aw, think nothing of it. 
Subject 1: Oh, gee, thanks! 
Subject 2: You're welcome. 
Subject 1: AAAH-AAAAH-AAAH-AAAH-AAAAAAAHHHH-AAAAHHH!!!!!!

* https://vault.fbi.gov/cointel-pro



Mme J. demonstrates how to scream the right way:



Intensely covering "Big Mama" Willie Mae Thornton's "Ball And Chain"* at the Monterey Pop Festival, June 1967;
Columbia Records signed Big Brother and the Holding Company on the basis of this performance, beginning
Janis "Pearl" Joplin's rise to the Parnassian Heights of international pop-stardom-verging-on-mythical-apotheosis
that she ultimately attained (succumbing en route, of course, to the mysterious workings of the 27 Club**):

(Note awed encomium from another "Mama", Cass Elliot, at 5:25: "Oh, wow! Wow, that's really heavy stuff!")

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vypSOetzlQo
** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_Club


https://www.bbhc.com/a-true-cheap-thrill...the-cover/
http://popdose.com/the-1-albums-cheap-th...g-company/
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music...ion-19147/




BTW, some Beatles trivia: オーシャンチャイルド = Ōshanchairudo ("Ocean Child") = Yoko
Thus John Lennon's subtle but profound reference to Yoko Ono in the lyrics of "Julia", his "song of love" to his dead mother.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d-PmEWxIHI
https://medium.com/the-beatles-faq/why-w...68ac0a6329

Nick Offerman: Why Yoko Ono Should be a National Hero
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpCQ5yWUx7g (following_2:45)

[Dekalb_Blues]

~
Shakin' it... shakin' it -- like a Polaroid picture!
1:25 Joey Heatherton CONFIRMED




Little-Known Music-Biz Fact: Panda Bear was actually a covert side-project/collaboration of Walter Becker, Donald Fagen, David Byrne, Brian Eno, and Nina Hagen!
https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/board...44cbf1.png


Typical crowd at the Bring4th Forum-Members Cotillion, happening nightly in the astral-plane shared-dreamworld

 Le mode de danse ultra restreint

 Mode de danse ultra fluide

 Mode de danse plus fou que ta mère


 Mode de danse mentale soufflé



"Found God in a Tomato" -- Psychedelic Porn Crumpets 
from High Visceral (Part 1) [2016]

I’m barely operating
Yet a functional being
I always seemed to be vacant
Parading myself as an abductee

Then one day I was transposed
From a simple young man
To a godly tomato that held all existence
And told me that we should expand

And now the world will always revolve
Around me
I’ll wake up and I'll always be fine
Now I know
Everything always will be easy
And the way I like
I’m grateful that I held that tomato
So it could change my life
'Cause I’m different
At least I thought so

What a triumphant occasion
How to change your design
Oh, that one thought has left my head on a pillow
On my Cloud Nine
I wonder how many more fruits
Can connect to my head
I would take a papaya
Travel the world and the universe as two best friends

And now the world will always revolve
Around me
I’ll wake up and I'll always be fine
Now I know
Everything always will be easy
And the way I like
I’m grateful that I held that tomato
So it could change my life
'Cause I’m different
At least I thought so

I've found it gets harder every
Time, I count backwards in my head
Time, I’m coming back with
Time, I’m coming back with
Time, I'm not here

I’m coming back with
I’m coming back with
I’m coming back with
All my life
All my life

And now the world will always revolve
Around me
I’ll wake up and I'll always be fine
Now I know
Everything always will be easy
And the way I like
I’m grateful that I held that tomato
So it could change my life
'Cause I’m different
At least I thought so


Méta-mode transcendantal zut alors

iv. Sudden Awakening (dun wu)

Few ideas are so closely associated with Huineng’s Chan [Chinese Zen] than “sudden awakening” (dun wu). Rooted 
in earlier Buddhist and Daoist teachings, it primarily referred to statements of truth a sage made in relationship to 
specific audiences. Those that were direct and profound were given to those ready for such a “sudden” dose of reality 
whereas those that were more indirect and metaphorical were provided for those who needed to be led “gradually.” 
The difference, thus, lies in those who receive the teachings rather than the actual content of the teachings. Some 
are, as it were, closer to their “Buddha-nature.” According to later Chan tradition, Huineng advocated the (superior) 
way of “sudden awakening” in contrast to Shenxiu, whose dharma [i.e.,"cosmic law and order"] verse clearly points 
to the (inferior) way of “gradual awakening.”

This polemical distinction, however, does not capture Huineng’s full meaning. The term dun, typically translated as 
“sudden,” might better be rendered as “poised” or “ready” for some great undertaking. Those who experience such 
“sudden awakening” are those who are “keen” and “fast,” ready to awaken in action, poised to break-through to
fuller, wise and compassionate living. By contrast, those who are “dull” are “slow,” not quite as prepared or attentive 
to respond in so wise a fashion. Equally as important, moreover, is Huineng’s insistence that from the standpoint of
the “Buddha-nature,” there is no “sudden” or “gradual.” Thus he notes, “The dharma itself is the same, but in seeing 
it there is a slow way and a fast way. Seen slowly, it is the gradual; seen fast it is the sudden [teaching]. Dharma is 
without sudden or gradual, but some people are keen and others dull; hence the names ‘sudden’ and ‘gradual.’” (section 39)
---from https://www.iep.utm.edu/huineng/#SSH4aiv

Enlightenment must come little by little -- otherwise it would overwhelm. 
---Idries Shah


 

[ada]

[Nau7ik]

Utada Hikaru- Simple and Clean I love this song. I’ve been playing Kingdom Hearts and she sings the theme songs for the games.

[BlatzAdict]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc_pYsdeyVY [/video]

Walk through the filth you will find me there

Needle hanging from my vein I own you I own your emotions
I can make you love i can make you hate
You are within me you are within me we are one
The punk rock scene is big bucks now you headliners with your gaurantees
Just having fun ain't enough anymore you got demographics to please
It's time to make a change and redefine our roots
We're sick and tired of punk rockers playing in buisness suits
It's time to change
Time to change
Time to change your atitude
It's time to change
Time to change
Time to change your life
You used to be angry now your just bored
Your bands worthless wasted and poor stop masturbating and break up already
If you want money so bad become a whore
Sure the whole thing started on the majors emi
And warner ruled but now the indies are wanna-bes:major distrobution dude!

[BlatzAdict]

 

"All-O-Gistics"


o worshippers of the mighty all
i had a dream
the bass master general came to me
we had a little snack at the donut shop

he said
"drink of my bonus cup, it is my blood"
"eat of this crapper, it is my body"
and his spirit entered me and i became all-ular
the bass master said "you are the chosen one"

"these are the all-o-gistics"
[chanting begins]

thou shalt not commit laundry
thou shalt covet thy neighbor's food (all)
thou shalt not create ties with the scathed (no all)
thou shalt always go for greatness
thou shalt not commit adulthood (all)
thou shalt not partake of decaf (all!)
thou shalt not suppress flatulence
thou shalt not commit hygiene (all!)
thou shalt not have no idea (all)
thou shalt commit thyself to an institution (no all)
thou shalt not take the van's name in vain
thou shalt not allow anything to deter you in your quest for all (all!)

tell me good people who is the sole achiever
who has ground his teeth and gums
so we may live in the beauty of all
(bass master general)

you may achieve all
and not wallow unknown for eternity,
all you have to do is do it! all!
(we shall achieve all)

study them, believe in them,
you must believe, do you believe in it?!
believe and you shall achieve
(we shall achieve all)

he who bears the most gas,
let him also bear forth his ass,
and cast forth the first frap
(all!)

you may achieve bass by chanting the small psalm of all (all!)
chant with me
qwah qwaaaah qwaoh qwah
chant!
qwah qwaaaah qwaoh qwah
pretty good, pretty good
qwah qwaaaah qwaoh qwah [x2]

oh no! here we go again!
the mighty spirit has taken over!
do you feel it, do you feel it?!
(bass master general)

he does everything for us [best guess for this phrase]
for when he brought it among us
the bass master issued[?] forth an all-timatum:
(we shall achieve all)

if you believe, if you believe
you shall achieve all, all, allll!!!
(we shall achieve all!)

[Cyanatta]

[Nau7ik]

Utada Hikaru - Sanctuary

[ada]

[Nau7ik]

Utada Hikaru- Simple and Clean I love this song. I’ve been playing Kingdom Hearts and she sings the theme songs for the games.

The first video is in Japanese. Here’s the English version:

[flofrog]

[ada]

[Dekalb_Blues]

~
. . . Or, Tay-tay & Katy Meet Kirsten -- Long-Prophesied End-Times-Wokeness Ensues





"Produced by Paulo Paulera and inspired by a recent t-shirt design that pictured her and her cat as the two characters 
on the cover of Sonic Youth's Goo album, 
[ https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e...th_Goo.jpg ]
[ https://www.plasticosydecibelios.com/wp-...swift1.jpg ]
Taylor Swift. donning a black outfit and wielding solely a white Johnny Marr Signature Fender Jaguar, took the stage in 
Los Angeles to perform a Kim Gordon noise-guitar piece she retitled 'Wildest Dreams of Guitar Feedback and Drone' 
(that's 'Can't Help You' originally). Enjoy."






WIDE AWAKE

I'm wide-awake
I'm wide-awake
I'm wide-awake

Yeah, I was in the dark
I was falling hard
With an open heart (I'm wide-awake)
How did I read the stars so wrong? (I'm wide-awake)
And now it’s clear to me
That everything you see
Ain’t always what it seems (I'm wide-awake)
Yeah, I was dreaming for so long

I wish I knew then, what I know now
Wouldn’t dive-in, wouldn’t bow-down
Gravity hurts, you made it so sweet
‘Til I woke-up on, on the concrete

Falling from Cloud Nine
Crashing from the high
I'm letting-go tonight
Yeah, I'm falling from Cloud Nine (I'm wide-awake)

I'm wide-awake
Not losing any sleep
I picked up every piece
And landed on my feet (I'm wide-awake)
Need nothing to complete myself, no (I'm wide-awake)
Yeah, I am born-again
Out of the lion's-den
I don't have to pretend (And it's too late)
The story's over now -- The End

I wish I knew then, what I know now
Wouldn't dive-in, wouldn't bow-down
Gravity hurts, you made it so sweet
'Til I woke-up on, on the concrete

Falling from Cloud Nine (It was out of the blue)
I'm crashing from the high
I'm letting-go tonight (Yeah, I'm letting you go)
I'm falling from Cloud Nine (I'm wide-awake)

Thunder rumbling
Castles crumbling (I'm wide-awake)
I am trying to hold-on (I'm wide-awake)
God knows that I tried
Seeing the bright side (I'm wide-awake)
I'm not blind anymore

I'm wide-awake
I'm wide-awake

Falling from Cloud Nine (It was out of the blue)
I'm crashing from the high
I'm letting-go tonight (Yeah, I'm letting you go)
I'm falling from Cloud Nine (I'm wide-awake)

I'm wide-awake
I'm wide-awake
I'm wide-awake
I'm wide-awake
I'm wide-awake


SONG-CONTENT QUIZ

Which state of percipience does Mme Perry contend that she is currently enjoying? (choose one):

a. Her own personal Idaho
b. Comatosity
c. Kinda-sorta-awakeness
d. Hyp-mo-tizedness
e. Wide-awakeness









This classic anarcho-punk band of the '90s L.A. angry-youth scene is still fronted by one of its 1990 founders, epically-righteously-irate & 
very-vocal vocalist (& obvious Wanderer) Kirsten Patches (seen above, with co-founder Phil Suchomel, her late husband).
https://archive.bangordailynews.com/2005...punk-rock/

Track taken from Naked Aggression's eponymous 7" EP (1993)

RIGHT NOW

So much war, so much destruction, lives are wasted for production
So much anger, so much hate, if things don't change the human race will end!
Will the '90s be another decade of apathy? 
Are you going to sit-by and watch things get worse and worse? 
NOOOOOO!!!
The rich will stop at nothing to control the world and keep their power
They all live like royalty at the expense of you and me!

RIGHT NOW in this New World Order
RIGHT NOW no one is free!
RIGHT NOW corporations own this world!
RIGHT NOW we are victims of their greed!

Buying-off the Government
Destroying the environment
Making sure there's not enough
So they can keep their prices up!
There's food rotting-away in warehouses while people starve to death!
Big Business won't give it to these people to save their lives 
Because they won't make a profit! 
AAAAAHHHHH!!!
Every country must obey what these corporations say!
If they choose not to comply, troops will be sent there and they will die!

RIGHT NOW in this New World Order
RIGHT NOW no one is free!
RIGHT NOW corporations own this world!
RIGHT NOW we are victims of their greed!

Are you prepared, do you have what it takes
To overlook your selfishness and create a better place?

FIRST WE MUST DESTROY THE SYSTEM!!!

RIGHT NOW in this New World Order
RIGHT NOW no one is free!
RIGHT NOW corporations own this world!
RIGHT NOW we are victims of their greed!
If things don't change, the human race will end!

--------------------------
Helpful YouTube-commenter's critique of above song:
"Good song but the message is for idiots who don't know anything. Still a good tune."
And there you have it!

    Because what narrow thinkers imagine to be wisdom is
often seen by the Sufis to be folly, the Sufis in contrast
sometimes call themselves 'The Idiots'.

    By a happy chance, too, the Arabic word for 'Saint' (wali) 
has the same numerical equivalent  as the word for 'Idiot' (balid).

    So we have a double motive for regarding the Sufi great ones 
as our own Idiots.

    This book contains some of their knowledge.

--- Introductory Note to Idries Shah, Wisdom of the Idiots (London: Octagon Press, 1969)
https://idriesshahfoundation.org/books/w...he-idiots/


From 1994, Kirsten neatly transcends both the falsely-dichotomous Nature-vs.-Nurture* and Social-Conformity-vs.-Individual-Expression** questions:
 0:37 -- PJ Harvey cameo-appearance CONFIRMED

* https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/news...60/103.jpg
** https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/news...1288910120

[ZW929]

[ZW929]

[ZW929]

[ada]

[Cyanatta]