- At this point, the only pop-cultural event that could possibly upstage Jay-Z’s new album, The Blueprint III, is Dan Brown’s new book, The Lost Symbol.
- But if Brown thinks he has the market cornered on Freemasonry and the occult, he had better watch his back. Mitch Horowitz, author of American Occult says that Jay-Z has a keen grasp of certain esoterica, especially in the music video for his new single, “Run This Town.”
- In an interview with Guy Raz, Horowitz pointed to Jay-Z’s use of the phrase “Peace God” as an allusion to the Five Percenters. Also known as the Nation of Gods and Earths, they teach that the original black man is God — and that all men are potentially God. “Peace God” is a typical Five Percenter greeting.
- “A phrase like ‘Peace God’ does not find its way into someone’s vernacular by accident,” Horowitz says. “He’s making a very definite statement.”
- Of course, Five Percent Nation teachings have had a deep impact on hip-hop for many years. Though not a Five Percenter himself, Jay-Z was born and bred in New York, the birthplace of the movement. So it’s common to find such references in rap.
- But Jay-Z’s connection to the occult may extend a bit further. In the making-of video for “Run This Town,” he’s pictured wearing a sweatshirt with the phrase “do what thou wilt” printed across the chest.
- “Yes, that has very deep roots in modern occult culture,” Horowitz says. “The full expression is ‘Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.’ That was one of the key maxims of the British occultist Aleister Crowley. So when Jay-Z appears in a hoodie with that phrase on it in public, that’s exactly what he’s referencing.”
Sheep Squeeze…LIVE!!! (via certone)
- Yes we can and Hope we can believe didn’t sound quite like the Sixties; they sounded more like the Seventies’ tin-eared counterfeits you would hear on Quinn Martin productions whenever a crime trail might lead Cannon or Barnaby Jones to a go-go club. There was nostalgia, though not for the dangerous and authentic historical moment, but for the regurgitated mush of the first nostalgia.
- And they earned Obama the White House: perfect for a relaunch of that establishment hit factory which hadn’t topped the charts since Let’s Roll! and Bring ‘Em On (Get it on). But Obama is a President like Franklin Roosevelt only in the sense that the Monkees were a pop group like the Beatles. A radical departure from “beltway consensus” was as unwise, to his producers and Chicago entourage, as letting Mike Nesmith and Peter Tork write and perform their own material. Iraq, Afghanistan, Bernanke, Blackwater: a new house singer may bring his own interpretation, but the song remains the same.
Swine influenza comes from America… spreads around the world… its true name is A(H1N1)… what a shame!
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Download the .mpg file here “Shown on China Southern Airlines Co. planes in recent weeks, the cartoon features pigs singing while red arrows – the paths of infection – stream toward China from the U.S.” |
Moonbell: Lunar music generator
- Moonbell is an automated music generator that plays musical scores based on lunar topographical data obtained by Japan’s Kaguya (SELENE) explorer during its orbit around the moon from late 2007 to June 2009.
(WOW! The Real music of the spheres!)
BBC NEWS | UK | England | Sussex | Guitarist death to be re-examined
The death of former Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones is to be reviewed following new evidence, it has been revealed.
Police in Sussex were handed new information connected to the musician’s untimely death 40 years ago.
Mr Jones, was found dead at the bottom of a swimming pool at a house in Cotchford farm, Hartfield, East Sussex.
An inquest recorded a verdict of death by misadventure but speculation continued that he was murdered.
A spokesman for Sussex police said the force had been handed documents connected with Jones’s death, prompting the review.
But he added it was too early to launch a fresh investigation.
He added: “These papers will be examined by Sussex Police, but it is too early to comment at this time as to what the outcome will be.”
Jones, who was 27 when he died, was a founding member of the Rolling Stones.
henry rollins
A few less showers and his hair would remind me of the “My War” days…and we can all do without the shorts.
“Skate mean, live clean, brah.”
- Lady Gaga is a poster-girl for mind control, a puppet who embodies exactly what the public represents in the eyes of the elite: mindless drones, mannequins, remote controlled robots, hypnotized degenerates incapable of thinking coherently. On the other hand, her symbolism is deep, esoteric and even spiritual. This paradoxical aspect of Lady Gaga is something that deserves to be analyzed and understood. While masses of young people imitate Gaga’s brain-dead persona, the subversive symbolism surrounding her art still reaches the fan’s subconscious. She is not the Antichrist though (last I’ve heard), she is simply one of the many pop stars sending out similar messages to the public. Combined with Hollywood movies, TV shows and commercials, media outlets are programming young minds to think and act a specific way.
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The FELDMANS - “Graduate High School Already”
Known as the party song punk fans gotta hear. Sing-a-long heaven: “Never good, never good, never good anymore…Don’t be surprised when I kick your ass out of my door…”
(Download the whole EP for free, HERE.)
and if you haven’t heard of this legendary pop/drunk/punk EP, check out this infamous review.
Thanks! -los feldmans-
This Friday has just officially gotten AWESOME.
