Interplanetary Interlude #14: The Round Dance of the Cross

The vision of Christ that thou dost see
Is my vision's greatest enemy.
-William Blake

May the baby Jesus shut your mouth and open your mind.
-Captain Beefheart

Playlist

1. Jesus Built My Hotrod- Ministry
2. He Has Risen- The Knights of the New Crusade
3. Plastic Jesus- King Earl Boogie Band
4. Chocolate Jesus- Tom Waits
5. Jesus Shootin' Heroin- The Flaming Lips
6. Walkin' With Jesus- Spacemen 3
7. Jesus Said- Art Boys Collection
8. Jesus- The Velvet Underground
9. Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam- The Vaselines
10. I am the Light of This World- Reverend Gary Davis
11. Jesus is Risen Today- John Fahey
12. Crucifixion- Jim & Jean

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Sympathy for Jesus

Too lazy even to put together my own mp3 mix today, so here's some videos. And here's some shit I wrote some time ago.

Drone Theater

I don't think Andy Warhol really knew how to work a camera, but he sure knew what to point it at. Hat tip to Open Culture. This most verite of documentaries is called A Symphony of Sound, an absurdly redundant (& very Warholian) title. Below that is VU's "Nothing Song" used as a soundtrack to another Warhol film.




Here's some more rare early Velvet Underground. I'm reminded of why The Velvet Underground & Nico is my favorite of their albums (and in my top 5 all time, probably). Lou Reed and John Cale are both geniuses and while Nico is far from a technically good singer, she has a strange sort of beauty- I can't think of a good word to describe it. It's like some ancient crag covered with mist.  No one band could hold these volatile elements together for long. I love all the other albums, but while it lasted the Reed/Cale collaboration was pure magic. The demo version of "Venus in Furs" is gorgeous. Cale sings it in a folk style not far removed from Simon & Garfunkel (musically, not lyrically; I'd love to hear S&G sing "taste the whip, now bleed for me"). The last piece, "Loop," is credited to VU, but I believe it's just John Cale.

Episode #3: A Reasonable Guide to Horrible Noise

Warning: Please do not listen to this episode if you have an aversion to dissonance and atonality. If you do choose to listen to this episode, please play it fucking loud.

Playlist

1. Portrait of Linda in Three Colors, All Black- Sonny and Linda Sharrock
2. Spirits Rejoice- Albert Ayler
3. I Heard Her Call My Name- The Velvet Underground
4. Metal Machine Music excerpt #1- Lou Reed
5. Moonlight on Vermont- Captain Beefheart
6. Lore- Tom Verlaine
7. L.A. Blues- The Stooges
8. Metaphors in a Mixmaster- Sun City Girls
9. Neon Meat Dream of a Octafish- Captain Beefheart
10. Metal Machine Music excerpt #2- Lou Reed
11. Soup- Can
12. Mars- Nels Cline/Gregg Bendian
13. First Take- Ornette Coleman
14. Metal Machine Music excerpt #3- Lou Reed
15. Bassomat- Spacebox



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