John Sinclair Radio Show #308 (London)

John Sinclair Radio Show #308

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Published: January 25, 2010 Posted in: John Sinclair Radio ShowTags: Bobby Charles, Dirty Strangers, Eddie Cochran, Garaj Mahal, john sinclair, John Sinclair & His Amsterdam Blues Scholars, Jonathan Moberly, Late Late Breakfast Show, London, Olu Dara, Radio Free Amsterdam, Resonance Radio, Shannon McNally, the Alabama 3, The Foundry, Tracey Moberly, Yodet Gherez

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The Foundry -
Friday, January 22, 2010 @ 3:00-4:00 pm [20-1004]
London, uk.

This morning I made another in my continuing series of appearances as a guest on Tracey Moberly’s Late Late Breakfast Show on Resonance Radio from The Foundry in London, and then stuck around to make an episode of my own program by querying Tracey and artist/activist Yodet Gherez and playing recorded music by Garaj Mahal, Eddie Cochran, Dirty Strangers, Olu Dara, the Alabama 3, John Sinclair & His Amsterdam Blues Scholars, three classics on Chess Records by the recently departed Bobby Charles, and Shannon McNally with a salute to Mr. Charles, the legendary Louisiana songwriter, singer, and most colorful character indeed.

Playlist 308

[01] Opening Music: Garaj Mahal: B-Dope
[02] John Sinclair Intro Comments with Tracey Moberly
[03] Eddie Cochran: C’Mon Everybody
[04] Dirty Strangers: Ain’t That Too Much
[05] Olu Dara: Shopping Blues
[06] John Sinclair Conversation with Tracey Moberly & Yodet Gherez
[07] Alabama 3: Peace In The Valley
[08] John Sinclair & His Amsterdam Blues Scholars: Smells Like Sulfur Here
[09] John Sinclair Conversation with Tracey Moberly & Yodet Gherez
[10] Bobby Charles: See You Later Alligator
[11] Bobby Charles: Take It Easy Greasy
[12] Bobby Charles: Watch It Sprocket
[13] John Sinclair Closing Comments with Tracey Moberly & Outro
[14] Closing Music: Shannon McNally: Music Makes the World Go Around

Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam
Recorded by Jonathan Moberly
Produced, edited & assembled by John Sinclair
Posted by Larry Hayden
Executive Producer: Larry Hayden
Special thanks to Tracey & Jonathan Moberly and Yodet Gherez

© 2010 John Sinclair. All Rights Reserved.

Dirty Strangers with John Sinclair - Lewes 7th August 2009

Dirty Strangers with John Sinclair - Lewes 7th August 2009



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John left Amsterdam in a cloud of haze, London bound on that Euro dog, rolling steel all the way to Brussels, and then on to London. John Sinclair, on the train, relaxin’, steamin, workin’ ‘cookin’ but never ‘moanin’.

Since our recording session here in Amsterdam John has been lovingly including some of our fresh cuts on his shows, broadcasting out, in all directions, between three radio stations.

It was the turn of FAT BOY to roll out into the air. That bold statement on behalf of humanity against killingry. –Steve Fly

John Sinclair Radio Show #307

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Published: January 18, 2010Posted in: John Sinclair Radio Show
Tags: Al Green, Ann Peebles, Anne Sexton, Etta James, Ismaa Arif, Jane Goodsir, Jim Jones Revue, John Phillips, john sinclair, John Sinclair & His Amsterdam Blues Scholars, L.B. Scott with Dr. Prof. Barry Kaiser, Ladbroke Grove, Little Esther Phillips & Mel Walker, Mick Farren, Paul Muhammad, Radio Free Amsterdam, Richard "Groove" Holmes, Steve the Fly Agaric, the Dirty Strangers, the London Print Studio, the University of Wales in Cardiff, Vincent Pino

London Print Studio -
Saturday, January 16, 2010 @ 9:00-10:00 pm [20-1003]
London, uk.

I’m in London this week and started off Thursday evening with a poetry reading at the London Print Studio in Ladbroke Grove that was filmed by John Phillips for an exhibition he’s mounting at the University of Wales in Cardiff at the end of February. I came back on Saturday afternoon to be interviewed by two sets of careful interrogators for a pair of future art projects at the Studio, and I stuck around into the evening to make this episode of the radio show with John Phillips, Jane Goodsir, Ismaa Arif and Paul Muhammad contributing information about the LPS and its many activities in the neighborhood, spelled by music from Richard “Groove” Holmes, Little Esther Phillips & Mel Walker, Etta James, Al Green, Ann Peebles, Anne Sexton, the Dirty Strangers, Jim Jones Revue, Mick Farren, L.B. Scott with Dr. Prof. Barry Kaiser, and John Sinclair & His Amsterdam Blues Scholars with Vincent Pino on guitar & Steve the Fly Agaric on drums.

Playlist 307

[01] Opening Music: Richard “Groove” Holmes: Flyjack
[02] John Sinclair Intro Comments & Opening Tokes
[03] Little Esther & Mel Walker: Cupid’s Boogie
[04] Etta James: Good Rockin’ Daddy
[05] Little George Sueref: Treat Your Daddy Right
[06] John Sinclair Comments & Conversation with Jane Goodsir & Ismaa Arif
[07] Al Green: Let’s Stay Together
[08] Ann Peebles: I Can’t Stand The Rain
[09] Anne Sexton: You’re Losing Me
[10] John Sinclair Comments & Conversation with John Phillips
[11] Dirty Strangers: Lock & Key
[12] The Jim Jones Revue: Burning Your House Down
[13] Mick Farren: People Call You Crazy
[14] John Sinclair Comments & Conversation with Paul Muhammad & Outro
[15] Closing Music: L.B. Scott: Leaving Atlanta
[16] John Sinclair & His Amsterdam Blues Scholars: Fat Boy

Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam
Produced, recorded, edited & assembled by John Sinclair
Posted by Larry Hayden
Executive Producer: Larry Hayden

Special thanks to Jane Goodsir, John Phillips, Ismaa Arif, Paul Muhammad & everybody at the London Print Studio

© 2010 John Sinclair. All Rights Reserved.

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John Sinclair Radio Show #306

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Published: January 11, 2010Posted in: John Sinclair Radio ShowTags: amsterdam, Café The Zen, detroit, James Semark, John Coltrane, john sinclair, John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars, Little Rock, London, Louis Prima, Maurits, Michael Ray & the Cosmic Krewe, Miles Davis, new orleans, Nicholas Payton, Oxford MS, Radio Free Amsterdam, Tuba Fats, Wardell Quezergue

Café The Zen-
Saturday, January 9, 2010 @ 2:00-3:00 am [20-1002]
Amsterdam, nl.

It’s late Friday night at Café The Zen in Amsterdam Oost and I’m making my last Amsterdam radio show for the winter before leaving for London, Detroit, New Orleans, Little Rock, Oxford MS and the East Coast until early May. We’ve had a ball this winter making programs and building our website, and tonight is no exception with music by Michael Ray & the Cosmic Krewe, Louis Prima, Tuba Fats, Nicholas Payton, Wardell Quezergue, John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and James Semark.

Playlist 306

[01] Opening Music: Michael Ray & the Cosmic Krewe: Voo Doo Boo
[02] John Sinclair Intro Comments & Opening Tokes qith Larry Hayden
[03] Louis Prima: There’ll Be No Next Time
[04] Tuba Fats: Didn’t He Ramble
[05] Nicholas Payton: Whoopin’ Blues
[06] Wardell Quezergue: Passin’ It On
[07] John Sinclair Comments
[08] John Sinclair & His Amsterdam Blues Scholars: humphf
[09] John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars: Homage to John Coltrane
[10] John Coltrane: Interview
[11] Miles Davis & John Coltrane: Fran-Dance
[12] John Sinclair Closing Comments & Outro
[13] Closing Music: James Semark: A Movement for John Coltrane

Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam
Recorded & posted by Larry Hayden
Produced, edited & assembled by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Larry Hayden
Special thanks to Bro. Maurits and the splendid staff at Café The Zen

© 2010 John Sinclair. All Rights Reserved.

HUMPHF - JOHN SINCLAIR AND THE AMSTERDAM BLUES SCHOLARS by flyagaric23

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HUMPH - JOHN SINCLAIR AND HIS AMSTERDAM BLUES SCHOLARS by flyagaric23

JOHN SINCLAIR and his AMSTERDAM BLUES SCHOLARS

John Sinclair - Words
Vincent Pino - Guitars, Effects
Steve Fly - Drums, Turntables, Production.

RECORDED AND MIXED BY Tim Eggmond at EI COMPLEX studios, AMSTERDAM. Monday 4th January 2010.

JOHN SINCLAIR and his AMSTERDAM BLUES SCHOLARS

Kicking off 2010 with a fresh/live recording session at the EI COMPLEX studios, Amsterdam. After an initial session between Vince and Fly last year, plus a brilliant solo 'Monk suite' of poems by John, we returned together in early 2010 to record six poems.

Starting at roughly noon, Vincent and myself recorded two sets of music, followed by 3 sessions with John Sinclair starting around 5 PM through until 8. We made two passes on "It Smells Like Sulphur Here," playing a little slower on the second cut, and the poem in honour of Jimi Hendrix "Scuze Me While I Kiss The Sky" is repeated twice by John, capturing our groove and giving us a healthy double-dose, or was it a triple? of the poem.

All the other tracks were spontaneous creations—unplanned grooves—built from feeding back with John a little before we played, and listening to him in our headphones live. The poems are:

SMELLS LIKE SULPHUR HERE by flyagaric23

SMELLS LIKE SULPHUR HERE
HUMPHF
PANNONICA
SCUZE ME WHILE I KISS THE SKY
FAT BOY
FRIDAY THE 13TH

FRIDAY THE 13TH - John Sinclair and his Amsterdam Blues Scholars by flyagaric23

Shortly after the session I handed the freshly cut tracks to John, who promptly programmed some of them into his underground radio shows to stunning effect, that you can listen to now on John Sinclair Radio Show 306 and Sinclair On The Air 15 & 16.

I went back to the the studio again yesterday, wednesday 13th January, and picked up the earlier part of the session where Vince and I let loose on some Marshmallow mayhem.
Open Source Democracy (b)- DOCTOR MARSH... by flyagaric23

The results have been chopped into 15 Tracks, some are available here, at my soundcloud account, now, free.

We plan to modify parts of these sessions further and produce an album, including turntable parts, bass, and other instrumentalists, plus we will record - new fresh - material in the coming months.

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Detroit Life Radio Show 53

Detroit Life Radio 53

December 31st, 2009 by johnsinclair

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents

DETROIT LIFE RADIO 53

New Orleans Music Show with John Sinclair

420 Café, Amsterdam, Wednesday, January 23, 2008 [DL8-0123]

DETROIT LIFE 53

[01] Opening Theme: Eluard & Co.: Gumbolia

[02] John Sinclair Intro & Opening Comments

[03] Pud Brown & Danny Barker: Palm Court Strut

[04] Smiley Lewis: Goin’ Down the Road

[05] Soul Rebels: Let Your Mind Be Free

[06] John Sinclair Comments

[07] Roy Brown: Beautician Blues

[08] Rockie Charles: She Got a Dummy Made of Me

[09] ReBirth Brass Band: Just a Little While to Stay Here

[10] John Sinclair Comments

[11] Professor Longhair: Big Chief

[12] Snooks Eaglin: The Chokin’ Kind

[13] New Orleans Jazz Vipers: Zonky

[14] John Sinclair Closing Comments & Outro

[15] Treme Brass Band: Gimme My Money Back

[16] Closing Music: Wild Magnolias: Smoke My Peace Pipe

A JOINT PRODUCTION

Radio Free Amsterdam & Detroit Life Radio

Hosted by John Sinclair for DetroitLife313.com

Produced & edited by John Sinclair at the 420 Café

Recorded by Larry Hayden

Executive Producer: Holice P. Woods

Sponsored by the 420 Café, Amsterdam

© 2009 John Sinclair. All Rights Reserved.

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420 New Orleans Music Show #5

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Published: February 21, 2008Posted in: John Sinclair's 420 New Orleans ShowTags: 420 cafe, 6th Ward All Stars, amsterdam, eddie bo, Eluard & Co, john sinclair, new orleans, New Orleans Nightcrawlers, Radio Free Amsterdam, Rockie Charles, Smiley Lewis, Snooks Eaglin, Tommy Ridgley, Troy Andrews, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Wild Magnolias/Re-Birth Brass Band

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420 Café, Amsterdam -
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 @ 4:20-5:20 pm
John Sinclair plays music from the Crescent City

Playlist New Orleans #5

[01] Opening Theme: Eluard & Co: Gumbolia
[02] John Sinclair Intro & Opening Comments
[03] Troy Andrews: Swingin’ Gate
[04] New Orleans Nightcrawlers: Sidewalk Strut
[05] Walter “Wolfman” Washington: Only You Baby
[06] John Sinclair Comments
[07] Wild Magnolias/Re-Birth Brass Band: Let’s Go Get ‘Em
[08] June Victory & the Bayou Renegades: Old Time Indians
[09] 9th Ward Warriors/Re-Birth Brass Band: Shoo Fly
[10] John Sinclair Comments
[11] Snooks Eaglin: Thrill on the Hill
[12] Tommy Ridgley: In the Same Old Way
[13] Smiley Lewis: I Want to Be with Her
[14] John Sinclair Comments
[15] Rockie Charles: I’m a Rolling Tumble Weed
[16] Eddie Bo: I Know You Mardi Gras
[17] John Sinclair Closing Comments & Outro
[18] Closing Music: 6th Ward All Stars: I Know You Mardi Gras

Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam
Produced & edited by John Sinclair at the 420 Café
Recorded by Larry Hayden
Mastered by Henk Botwinik
posted by Larry Hayden
Executive Producer: Larry Hayden

Sponsored by the 420 Café, Amsterdam

©(p) 2008 John Sinclair. All Rights Reserved.

John Sinclair Radio Show #184

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Published: April 25, 2008Posted in: John Sinclair Radio ShowTags: 420 cafe, and the New Birth Brass Band, and Thelonious Monk., john sinclair, plus cuts from John Sinclair & Mark Ritsema, Professor Longhair, Radio Free Amsterdam, the 6th Ward All Stars, the John Coltrane Quartet, the Mighty Chariots Of Fire, the Neville Brothers, the New Orleans Jazz Vipers, Tuba Fats

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420 Café, Amsterdam –
Friday, January 11, 2008 @ 9:30-10:30 pm [20-0804]

It’s Friday night at the 420 Café and Larry Hayden and I strapped Steve Pratt down in a chair and got him to talk to us away from the cannabis counter where he’s usually posted. Steve used to live in New Orleans, so we played a lot of great music from the Crescent City by the 6th Ward All Stars, Tuba Fats, the Neville Brothers, the New Orleans Jazz Vipers, Professor Longhair, the Mighty Chariots Of Fire, and the New Birth Brass Band, plus cuts from John Sinclair & Mark Ritsema, the John Coltrane Quartet, and Thelonious Monk.

Playlist #184

[01] Opening Music: 6th Ward All Stars: 6th Ward Mardi Gras
[02] John Sinclair Intro & Opening Tokes with Steve Pratt
[03] Tuba Fats: Didn’t He Ramble
[04] Neville Brothers: Wild Indians
[05] John Sinclair Comments with Steve Pratt
[06] John Sinclair & Mark Ritsema: pannonica
[07] John Coltrane Quartet: Transition
[08] John Sinclair Comments with Steve Pratt
[09] New Orleans Jazz Vipers: I Hope You’re Comin’ Back to New Orleans
[10] Professor Longhair: Hadacol Bounce
[11] Mighty Chariots Of Fire: 99 1/2 Won’t Do
[12] John Sinclair Closing Comments with Steve Pratt & Outro
[13] New Birth Brass Band: Shakin’ That Ass
[14] Closing Music: Thelonious Monk: The Way You Look Tonight

Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam
Produced & edited by John Sinclair
Recorded by Larry Hayden
Mastered by Henk Botwinik
Posted by Larry Hayden
Executive Producer: Larry Hayden

Special thanks to Joeri Pfeiffer

©(P) 2008 John Sinclair. All Rights Reserved.

Pink Eye Orchestra And John Sinclair

Tearing Down The Shrine Of Truth And Beauty
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John Sinclair Radio Show #267

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Published: August 17, 2009Posted in: John Sinclair Radio ShowTags: Adam Brook, Aurora Harris, Baba Israel, detroit, Detroit City Poetry event, George Tysh, Hollywood, Jaime, Jeff Howitt, john sinclair, John Sinclair & the Pinkeye Orchestra, Monika & Cecilia, Park Bar, Radio Free Amsterdam, Scott Martin, Sunny & Beyonce Sinclair, Tearing Down the Shrine of Truth & Beauty, the Bohemian National Home, the MOCAD, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Unabonger

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Park Bar > MOCAD –
Saturday, November 1, 2008 >
Thursday, April 16, 2009 [20-0926]
Detroit.

When I’m in Detroit I’ve been working and recording for the past year with a large improvisational ensemble called the Pinkeye Orchestra. We made an album together last summer called Tearing Down the Shrine of Truth & Beauty and it was released November 1st at a concert at the Park Bar at Park & Elizabeth in downtown Detroit where we performed two of the pieces from the album and excerpts from my Homage to John Coltrane suite. These performances are combined for this episode with readings by Aurora Harris and George Tysh from the MOCAD Detroit City Poetry event of April 16, 2009.

Playlist #267

[00] RFA Tag > Unabonger: Opening Tokes
[01] Opening Music: John Sinclair & the Pinkeye Orchestra: Homage to John Coltrane
[02] Aurora Harris: 3 poems for John Coltrane
[03] John Sinclair & the Pinkeye Orchestra: 3 monks
[04] George Tysh: New Paris Poems
[05] John Sinclair & the Pinkeye Orchestra: nutty
[06] Baba Israel Outro > RFA Tag

Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam
Recorded by Pinkeye at the Park Bar, Detroit, November 1, 2008 & by John Sinclair at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, April 16, 2009
Produced, edited & assembled by John Sinclair @ the Bohemian National Home, Detroit, May 4, 2009

Special thanks to Jeff Howitt, Adam Brook, Hollywood, Scott Martin, Jaime, Sunny & Beyonce Sinclair, Monika & Cecilia, Aurora Harris, George Tysh, & the Bohemian National Home

© 2009 John Sinclair. All Rights Reserved.

Detroit Life Radio Show 66 (Fly Agaric 23)

Detroit Life Radio 66

December 25th, 2009 by johnsinclair

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents

DETROIT LIFE RADIO 66

Fly Agaric Saturnalia 2009

Fly Agaric Studio, Amsterdam, December 23, 2009 [DL9-1223]

The last few weeks I’ve witnessed John Sinclair programming spontaneous radio shows across the table from me. John made a number of shows that knocked me off my stool so I figured it was my duty as DJ Fly Agaric to respond with a festive selection of tunes. The tracks were selected from my LP collection, recorded Wednesday 22^nd December 2009 on a H4 Zoom Recorder.Both DetroitLife313.com and RadioFreeAmsterdam.com are broadcasting John’s shows out to the universe—you can tune in anywhere there’s an Internet signal and hear the music: fresh and raw.

Love, Steve

DETROIT LIFE 66

[00] Baba Israel > Detroit Life Radio ID

[01] Darlene Love: Marshmallow World

[02] Channel One Studio: Ballistic Affair version

[03] Miles Davis: Round About Midnight

[04] Bobby Lester & the Moonglows: Hey Santa Claus

[05] Clark-Boland Big Band: Sakara

[06] Fel Kuti: Trouble Sleep Yanga Wake Am

[07] The Larks: I Ain’t Fattening No Frogs For Snakes

[08] The Ronettes: Sleigh Ride

[09] Jimmy Reed: Rockin’ with Reed

[10] Marcus Belgrave: Glue Finger (Part 2)

[11] James Brown: Don’t Tell a Lie about Me

[12] Bob Marley: No Water

[13] Rage Against the Machine: Killing In The Name

[14] MC5: Kick Out The Jams

[15] Baba Israel > Detroit Life Radio IS

A JOINT PRODUCTION

Radio Free Amsterdam & Detroit Life Radio

Produced, edited & assembled by DJ Fly Agaric 23

Vinyl spun on two Vestax turntables & recorded on Zoom H4 recorder

Post-production & editing by John Sinclair

Executive Producer: Holice P. Woods

Special thanks to Steve “Fly” Agaric & a Merry Xmas to all.

© 2009 The John Sinclair Foundation. All Rights Reserved.

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The tale of the tribe

High Time and the Counter-cultural hall of fame.

I like the idea of the Counter-cultural Hall of Fame, as developed by High Times and Steven Hager, and I’m happy that the legendary characters from America’s exulted tradition of counter-cultural revolutionaries, artists, poets, musicians and humanitarian activists in the fullest sense of that term: revolutionary. High Times magazine seem to have developed a good selection process for the Hall Of Fame and the Celebrity Cup judges, besides all the weed, the poetry and scholar activism blooms.

In his essay - T.A.Z - from the book TSOG: The thing that ate the constitution. Robert Anton Wilson writes about being picked to be a celebrity judge for the High Times Cannabis Cup in 1999 and his experiences in Amsterdam. I read this essay again recently and found all sorts of cross links and descriptions of the Cannabis Cup and Amsterdam that I find irresistible to share.

1. T.A.Z or Temporary Autonomous Zone invokes Peter Lamorn Wilson, another brilliant bearded anarchist 'scholar activist philosopher' of the American tradition, who RAW often criss-crosses paths with when musing upon cultural revolution. Peter Lamborn Wilson’s TAZ seems to be used here as the title of Bob’s essay [see excerpt below] to help describe the unique red-light and coffeeshop Zones of Dutch tolerance here in Amsterdam, and some other parts of the Netherlands, and a generally intelligent and exemplary model.

2. William S. Burroughs was inducted into the High Times Hall of Fame in 1999, and RAW participated in the induction ceremony by reading parts from NOVA EXPRESS, a small clip of this event can be found on you tune in a video compiled based on the induction of the Beat generation into the High Times Countercultural Hall Of Fame. It was Burroughs who turned Wilson onto the 23 enigma' and Wilson compared WSB with James Joyce as the two greatest literary entities of the 20th century.

3. The name Simon Vinkenoog was familiar to me by way of Dr. Robert Anton Wilson, like so many things; who noted Simon’s work in his books, such as the tale of the Sage of Dalkey in his last published work – email to the Universe. When I arrived in Amsterdam Simon was active and a strong part of the Dutch resistance to Bullshit, mediocrity and Tsarist Occupation Government. Simon passed onwards into outer-hyperspace July 12th, 2009. Simon was recently featured upon John’s 10 show holiday extravaganza, and for me this fact makes yet another loop between American and European counter-cultural anthropology, bound together by John’s choice of musical artefacts, that continue to delight the air-waves.

4. The current editor in Chief of High Times and Grand Wizard of the Cannabis Cup – Steven Hager – wrote a book called ‘The Octopus Conspiracy’ that for me, brings together much of the work and playful confidence found in RAW’s occasional work with the High Times Magazine. This book helps one enter the process of engaging in counter-cultural information theory, in my humble opinion – the art of social historicism on the furtive cusp of Conspiracy Theory. I’m not going into the area of conspiracy research with this article, but instead I choose to honour research. This may also be translated as independent journalism - thinking for yourself and following your sense for truth and knowledge - no matter which rabbit hole your tricky senses may lead.

The following excerpt brings together James Joyce, Ezra Pound, William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg and John Sinclair into an Amsterdam synchro-mesh that seems a perfect example of RAW's hologramic prose' - in which every part contains the whole - here we have the Moderns, the Beats, the Post-Moderns, and, the sense of ambiguity that has haunted the 20th century, all in a paragraph that could equally be in resonance with "the tale of the tribe'.

Temporary Autonomous Zone, TSOG: The Thing That Ate The Constitution. by Robert Anton Wilson, [excerpt]

“John Sinclair started talking about his days with the MC-5, a great Rock group of the 1960’s. My brain did a quantum jump and reorganized the whole world. This was not the John Sinclair I once knew, who wrote a brilliant column for the Village Voice. No wonder he didn’t look like ‘himself’: he wasn’t ‘himself’ at all. He wa the other John Sinclair, from Detriot, who founded the White Panther Party and served a few years in prison for generously giving a joint to an undercover narc. (Under Michigan law at that time, giving somebody a good high for free was punished with the same imprisonment as selling it.) I had mixed up two different John Sinclair's. I felt relieved. Mixing all that fucking pot hadn’t fucked up my fucking brain after all. They led me to the stage. (Was it the same day or another day?) I was giving a speech, inducting William S. Burroughs into the Cannabis Hall of Fame. I told them reasons I consider Burroughs the greatest writer since Joyce, but they seemed restless, so I quoted them a bit of unpublished Burroughs:

“A coprophile named Scott
Who lived in Aldershot
Said, “I’m unbeatable-
My shit is eatable!
Perpetual motion I’ve got.

”I went into a flashback...... November 1968, at the Playboy Club in Chicago, having lunch with Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg. We had been Demonstarting against the War all week, but now we were enjoying a pleasant meal, and Allen was telling us about his recent meeting with Crazy Uncle Ezra Pound in Rapollo. He had told Ez he considered the Cantos the greatest poem of the 20th Century, and Ez said, “But it is all vitiated by that stupid, suburban anti-semitism.”
“Suburban,” Burroughs repeated, considering the connotations of the word; I was more fascinated by “vitiated.”
I snapped back to Amsterdam. – Robert Anton Wilson, Temporary Autonomous Zone, TSOG: The Thing That Ate The Constitution.

"Thanks," Dillinger said modestly. "Actually, the Illuminati own the companies that put out most of the rock. We started Laughing Buddha Jesus Phallus to counterattack. We were ignoring that front until they got the MC-5 to cut a disc called 'Kick Out The Jams' just to taunt us with old, bitter memories. So we came back with our own releases, and the next thing I knew I was making bales of money from it. We've also fed information, through third parties, to Christian Crusade in Tulsa, Oklahoma, so they could expose some of what the Illuminati are doing in the rock field. You've seen the Christian Crusade publications—Rhythm, Riots and Revolution, and Communism, Hypnotism and the Beatles, and so forth?" - Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea, Illuminatus Trilogy, page 78.

“Robert Anton Wilson learns about the significance of the number 23 from William Burroughs:

William Burroughs introduced me to the 23 Enigma while I was still at Playboy. I had said, on first seeing the unpublished manuscript of Naked Lunch in 1956, This man is the greatest prose writer since James Joyce. (I am still rather proud of being the first to make that comparison) I did not meet Burroughs until 1966, and found Bill a more charming and ordinary individual than his books suggest - one had been prepared for a mad genius and found instead a rather prosaic, almost academic, quite gentlemanly genius. His story of the 23 mystery went like this... In the early 60s in Tangier, Burroughs knew a certain Captain Clark who ran a ferry from Tangier to Spain. One day, Clark said to Burroughs that hed been running the ferry 23 years without incident. That very day, the ferry sank, killing Clark and everybody on board. In the evening, Burroughs was thinking about this when he turned on the radio. The first newscast told about the crash of an Easter Airlines plane on the new York-Miami, and the flight was listed as Flight 23. Burroughs began keeping records of odd coincidences. To his astonishment, 23s appeared in many of them.

Sean Halligan tells distant cousin Peter that he has heard that expression somewhere before, in a dream he recalls. It was a dream reported by the Swiss psychologist Carl Gustav Jung. He had written about the dream in his book Memories, Dreams and Reflections, strangely enough, on page 223: -- http://www.poee.org/living/GetPage.aspx?ID=180

"A ganachakra (Sanskrit: gaṇacakra, or 'gathering circle'; Tibetan: tshogs kyi 'khor lo) is also known as tsog, ganapuja, chakrapuja or ganachakrapuja. It is a generic term for various tantric assemblies or feasts, in which practitioners meet to chant mantra, enact mudra, make votive offerings and practice various tantric rituals as part of a sadhana, or spiritual practice. The ganachakra often comprises a sacramental meal and festivities such as dancing; the feast generally consisting of materials that were considered forbidden or taboo in medieval India, where the tantric movement arose. As a tantric practice, forms of ganachakra are practiced today in both Hinduism, Bön and Vajrayana Buddhism. --TSOG

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM DETROIT LIFE RADIO

Happy New Year from Detroit Life Radio

January 1st, 2010 by johnsinclair

Happy New Year, everybody! Detroit Life Radio programming continues into the New Year:

January 4 57 **Café The Zen, Amsterdam December 13, 2009

January 5 58 Frantic Ernie D on WDET July 7, 1991

January 6 64 Frantic Ernie D on WDET July 28, 1991

January 7 67 *Cafe The Zen, Amsterdam December 30, 2009

January 8 68 *Cafe The Zen, Amsterdam December 30, 2009

January 9 69 **Cafe The Zen, Amsterdam January 2, 2009

January 10 70 Frantic Ernie D on WDET July 28, 1991

January 11 71 Famous Coachman on WDET c.1990-91

January 12 72 Jazz Classics with John Sinclair May 16, 2008

January 13 73 Empty Bowl Show with Mary Jo March 21, 2008

January 14 74 New Orleans Music Show with John Sinclair January 30, 2008

January 15 75 **Bohemian National Home September 25, 2009

January 16 76 Homage to Hunter S. Thompson with David Kunian February 2, 2005

* Sinclair On The Air Episodes from Salto Wereld Radio, Amsterdam

** John Sinclair Radio Show episodes from Radio Free Amsterdam

Happy New Year and thanks for listening….

Note: Our special holiday programming began at 9:00 pm on Christmas Eve with the first of five Christmas Bonus Shows in addition to our regular daily schedule. The programs are archived here as follows:

36 Blues with the Red Rooster Christmas 2007

37 *Shepherd’s Bush, London November 14, 2009

38 **Shepherd’s Bush, London November 14, 2009

39 *Hempshopper, Amsterdam November 21, 2009

40 **Bohemian National Home September 18, 2009

52 Andre Williams, Part 2 with David Kunian October 2006

53 New Orleans Music Show January 23, 2008

54 **Café The Zen, Amsterdam December 6, 2009 [DL9-1206]

55 *Café The Zen, Amsterdam December 3, 2009 [DL9-1203]

56 *Café The Zen, Amsterdam December 9, 2009 [DL9-1209]

59 *Café The Zen, Amsterdam December 17, 2009

60 *Café The Zen, Amsterdam December 17, 2009

61 **420 Café, Amsterdam December 20, 2009

62 *Café The Zen, Amsterdam December 23, 2009

63 *Café The Zen, Amsterdam December 23, 2009

65 **Cafe The Zen, Amsterdam Christmas Day 2009

66 Fly Agaric Saturnalia 2009 December 23, 2009

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