The Harry Smith Archives marked the passing of its namesake: “Today marks 31 years since Harry’s passing. His friend, poet Paola Igliori, described him as dying in her arms, “singing as he drifted away”. Smith was pronounced dead one hour… Continue Reading
I’ve been a Pleasant Gehman fan for years, digging her music journalism exploits out in L.A. But I never realized that she was involved in occultism till – she published Rock ‘N’ Roll Witch: A Memoir of Sex Magick, Drugs,… Continue Reading
What?! Ultra snotty UK music webzine talkin’ about A.O. Spare?! YES PLEASE! “There’s a 1955 photograph of the South London mystic and artist Austin Osman Spare, in the last years of his life, playing the clarinet, his hair on end,… Continue Reading
Currently available on 7″ transparent red vinyl, Laurence R. Harvey dramatic reading over a score by Chris Bozzone of Aleister Crowley’s, “At the Fork of the Roads.” It’s pressed on 150 gram vinyl and comes housed in triple-panel sleeve with art by… Continue Reading
Here’s a recent Sunday Lunch With Toyah and Robert, this one featuring the Mrs. and Mr. Fripp performing Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman’s theme song, AC/DC’s “Back In Black.” Robert Fripp of course is a long time devotee of the… Continue Reading
Here’s a recent Sunday Lunch With Toyah and Robert, this one featuring the Mrs. and Mr. Fripp performing Nookie. Robert Fripp of course is a long time devotee of the teachings of Gurdjieff as taught by J.G. Bennett. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFonEZNxqKA.
Oh for the love of Ra! Far Out Magazine posted the clickbait piece: Is David Bowie’s ‘Let’s Dance’ inspired by Aleister Crowley? An excerpt reads: “Since 1971’s Hunky Dory, Bowie has been referencing Crowley’s teachings. In his song ‘Quicksand’, Bowie sings: “I’m… Continue Reading
Living in the Sunlight by Steve King addresses “A long-forgotten meditation practice developed by Jeanne Robert Foster (Soror Hilarion), and assiduously practiced by Aleister Crowley and Charles Stansfeld Jones” (as per Ordo Templi Orientis Australian Grand Lodge’s description). The posted description of… Continue Reading
New York City in the 1960’s was home to an extraordinary socio-cultural milieu wherein the pioneers of avant-garde film, theater, literature and music mingled with cutting edge pop music artists, early advocates of Gay liberation and anti-racism and the nascent… Continue Reading
If you’re lucky… you learn something new every day. Somehow I missed that a new book on EGC bishop and possible A.’.A.’. Probationer Harry Smith was the subject of a new biographical study that was published last year, Sounding for… Continue Reading