?! It's screening as part of the SF Film Festival on Friday and Sunday - I'm glad it's amazing, because I want to see it.
― sarahell, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 18:10 (twelve years ago) link
I try to make a point of peeling myself away from the screens, stepping outside and walking around for a while, no matter how busy ( reaching the backyard, at least). Also been meaning to check out some more self-organized (?) meditation. But listening to Donovan and the winds he's walking through during the last part of this clip, I'm reminded of having read that meditating brain waves were found to be not unlike those generated during a nap--nothing wrong w that, but also reminded i've been wondering if my type of zoning out on a tree is any better/different than staring at screens.
― dow, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 19:28 (twelve years ago) link
Kinda poignant http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/05/07/fifteen-years-after-the-suicides-who-is-running-the-heavens-gate-website/
― dow, Monday, 7 May 2012 22:01 (eleven years ago) link
The Lewis Shiner story I remember best is "Jeff Beck," which should def be in an anthology of rock x sf--maybe it already is? Anyway, it's in this collection, which I haven't read, and online (xpost and sev others)http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1235134277l/257355.jpg
― dow, Monday, 7 May 2012 22:11 (eleven years ago) link
what the heckimage credit: Perihelio Deviant Arthttp://static.flickr.com/67/193228466_587a24c090_o.jpg
― dow, Monday, 7 May 2012 22:19 (eleven years ago) link
Sorry! I meant to post those last two on I Love Books--but both kinda Cali/Kali appropriate also.
― dow, Monday, 7 May 2012 22:21 (eleven years ago) link
Coming to the Art Los Angeles Contemporary show at the Barker Hanger in Santa Monica:
Presented by Paris, LA magazine, director Jodi Wille screens scenes from and discusses her documentary "The Source." The film explores Source Family, a radical experiment in '70s utopian living. "The Source" provides an intimate, insiders’ view at this incredible group of people through their own archival photos, home movies, audio recordings, and contemporary interviews with members of the family. Jodi Wille is a filmmaker, book editor, and photographer known for collaborating with individuals who have amassed personal archives that document American subcultures. 4pm on Friday, January 25 at Art Los Angeles Contemporary.
http://www.artlosangelesfair.com/
― nickn, Friday, 18 January 2013 03:42 (eleven years ago) link
LA "nature boys" (a la Eden Ahbez) showing up in a Donald Duck strip from the 50s is not something I expected
― Welcome to my world of proses (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 4 February 2013 18:03 (eleven years ago) link
"Nature Boy" was so big not surprised at it showing up anywhere at all.
― Leopard Skin POLL-Box Hat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 4 February 2013 18:08 (eleven years ago) link
I can't find an img of it but it was pretty lol to see Donald giving a speech to a bunch of hippies
― Welcome to my world of proses (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 4 February 2013 18:11 (eleven years ago) link
or proto-hippies as the case may be
oh good holy crap -- came to this thread via marjorie cameron/elrond hubbard/the parsonage, stayed for the "nature boy"
at least i can say that i learned something new today.
― this customer is a jerk (La Lechera), Monday, 4 February 2013 18:31 (eleven years ago) link
Speaking xp of The Source Family--Father Yod's, that is--here's the trailer for the doc:http://vimeo.com/58953915
― dow, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 23:54 (eleven years ago) link
http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs133/1102021487007/img/241.jpg
THE SOURCE FAMILY
IN THEATRES MAY 1, 2013
VIA DRAG CITY FILM DISTRIBUTION
NEW YORK CITY PREMIERE @ IFC CENTER ON WED. MAY 1STos Angeles, CA (February 6, 2013) -- Drag City Film Distribution announced today the May 1st theatrical release of THE SOURCE FAMILY (previously titled The Source), the feature length documentary directed by Maria Demopoulos and Jodi Wille about Father Yod and The Source Family's radical experiment in '70s utopian living. This treasure trove of interviews with never-before-seen home movies, photographs, and original music created by The Source Family themselves provides an unparalleled insider's view into the cult/commune phenomenon and wild social experimentation of the early '70s - as well as a being a wholly unique California story. The Source Family's outlandish lifestyle, popular celebrity-hangout restaurant, rock band, and beautiful women made them the darlings of Hollywood's Sunset Strip; but their outsider ideals, controversial spiritual leader Father Yod, along with his 13 wives, instigated local authorities. They fled to Hawaii, leading to their dramatic demise. Years later, family members surface and the rock band reforms, revealing how their time with Father Yod shaped their lives in the most unexpected ways. These personal accounts, along with interviews with outsiders, make up the interviews in the film. However, the story is largely cinematic, expressed through the use of the group's extensive film and audio archive maintained by Isis Aquarian, one of Father's wives, Family documentarian, and a central character in the documentary (as well as being associate producer). The film's soundtrack is composed entirely of original Source Family music produced from 1971-1975.THE SOURCE FAMILY is inspired by the cult-classic book The Source: The Story of Father Yod, Ya Ho Wa 13 and The Source Family written by Isis Aquarian and Electricity Aquarian and edited by Jodi Wille (Process Media, 2007). It received extensive praise in outlets including The New York Times Magazine, Los Angeles Times, PAPER, NPR, and LA Weekly.THE SOURCE FAMILY, then titled The Source, was selected to world-premiere as one of eight documentary feature films in competition at SXSW 2012 and has played numerous festivals since, including sold-out screenings at SXSW, Silverdocs, Hot Docs Doc Soup, San Francisco International Film Festival, and the Seattle Film Festival. Other festivals and special screenings include the True/False Boon Dawdle and Burning Man.THE SOURCE FAMILY will premiere at the IFC Center in New York City on Wed. May 1st. Other premiere dates and related special events will be announced in the coming weeks.
― dow, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 23:59 (eleven years ago) link
Got some of their music a couple years ago: pretty cool, so hopefully the soundtrack will get its own release.
― dow, Thursday, 7 February 2013 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
will see!!
― and that sounds like a gong-concert (La Lechera), Thursday, 7 February 2013 00:04 (eleven years ago) link
another relevant film:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5CpWvk0WtI
A radical hybrid of spy, sci-fi, Western, and even horror genres, Craig Baldwin’s Mock Up On Mu cobbles together a feature-length “collage-narrative” based on (mostly) true stories of California’s post-War sub-cultures of rocket pioneers, alternative religions, and Beat lifestyles. Pulp-serial snippets, industrial-film imagery, and B- (and Z-) fiction clips are intercut with newly shot live-action material, powering a playful, allegorical trajectory through the now-mythic occult matrix of Jack Parsons (Crowleyite founder of the Jet Propulsion Lab), L.Ron Hubbard (sci-fi author turned cult-leader), and Marjorie Cameron (bohemian artist and “mother of the New Age movement”). Their intertwined tales spin out into a speculative farce on the militarization of space, and the corporate take-over of spiritual fulfillment and leisure-time.
― Chris S, Tuesday, 12 February 2013 06:52 (eleven years ago) link
Hadn't heard of that, thanks! Also, something I used to hear about in the 70s: brain breathing--not the yoga kind, this is vaya con trepanation. Think Wm. Burroughs mentioned meeting a couple of euphoric brain breathers, though whether they were experiencing increased oxygenation or a touch of lobotomy, I dunno:http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Trepanation
― dow, Thursday, 14 February 2013 21:33 (eleven years ago) link
The Source tour dates.
http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/movie-poster-for-the-new-the.html
― nickn, Friday, 8 March 2013 04:15 (eleven years ago) link
Yes Lord that poster!http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001h_yvoje1DNM5Pg421LA_7Bo2vY-CaIdmJK-Li2QQKKOhwoibShEcD36NvCcnO-W0P4tbq-nWYpqR12x75Qi5oTc-tKc6NTYP_KDAdzJZTqqUXwX0FloC8O_T9lwP78eHXev8EIPlI6OBpUTEABtX8HRpcza4NxG-GpzmwxlszJs=
― dow, Friday, 5 April 2013 18:31 (eleven years ago) link
And the most extensive listings so farLos Angeles, CA (April 5, 2013) - Drag City Film Distribution expands the theatrical run of THE SOURCE FAMILY (previously titled The Source), the feature length documentary directed by Maria Demopoulos and Jodi Wille about Father Yod and The Source Family's radical experiment in '70s utopian living, and announces special premiere events happening in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and beyond. Directors Jodi Wille and Maria Demopoulous have organized a series of special events in various cities: bands will form to play original Source Family music, renowned chefs will prepare and serve original Source recipes, original Source Family members will lead workshops teaching rituals and meditations, and various Source Family members will be present for Q&As following screenings. A detailed list of all of these events is below, along with a list of all of the cities where THE SOURCE FAMILY will be playing throughout May and June. More cities are being added.
The Source Family's outlandish lifestyle, popular celebrity hangout restaurant, rock band, and beautiful women made them the darlings of Hollywood's Sunset Strip; but their outsider ideals and controversial spiritual leader, Father Yod, instigated local authorities. Yod was a visionary health food restaurateur, war hero, and judo champion who had thirteen wives and fronted the now legendary psych band Ya Ho Wa 13. The family fled to Hawaii, leading to their dramatic demise. Years later, family members surface and the rock band reforms, revealing how the experience shaped their lives in the most unexpected ways. These personal accounts, along with interviews with outsiders, make up the experiences told in THE SOURCE FAMILY. However, the story is largely cinematic, expressed through the use of the group's extensive film and audio archive maintained by Isis Aquarian, one of Father's wives and a central character in the documentary (as well as being associate producer). The film's soundtrack is composed entirely of original Source Family music produced from 1971-1975. This treasure trove of interviews and never-before-seen home movies, photographs, and original music provides an unparalleled insider's view into the cult/commune phenomenon and wildly outside-the-box social experimentation of the early '70s-as well as a being a wholly unique California story.
THE SOURCE FAMILY trailer - http://vimeo.com/58953915
THE SOURCE FAMILY official poster - http://bit.ly/10a2Wwr
THE SOURCE FAMILY will premiere in theaters in 25+ cities beginning May 1st.
**** new additions
New York, NY - opens Wed. 5/1 @ IFC Center - http://www.ifccenter.com/ San Francisco, CA - opens Thu. 5/2 @ Roxie Cinema - http://www.roxie.com/ Seattle, WA - opens Fri. 5/3 @ SIFF Cinema Uptown - http://www.siff.net/cinema/index.aspx Los Angeles, CA - opens Thu. 5/9@ West Hollywood Standard Hotel, Fri. May 10 @ Cinefamily - http://www.cinefamily.org/ Boston, MA -opens Fri. 5/10 @ Coolidge Corner - http://coolidge.org **** Dallas, TX - runs Fri. 5/10-Sun. 5/12 @ Texas Theatre - http://thetexastheatre.com/ Philadelphia, PA - plays Sat. 5/11 @ International House Philadelphia - http://ihousephilly.org/film/ Ft. Collins, CO - runs Wed. 5/15 & Thu. 5/16 @ Lyric Cinema Café - http://lyriccinemacafe.com/ Columbia, MO - runs Wed. 5/15 & Thu. 5/16 @ Ragtag Cinema - http://www.ragtagfilm.com/ Houston, TX - opens Fri. 5/17@ Sundance Cinemas - http://bit.ly/14JIfJ2 **** Portland, OR - opens Fri. 5/17 @ Hollywood Theatre - http://hollywoodtheatre.org/ San Jose, CA - opens Fri. 5/17 @ Camera 3 Downtown - http://bit.ly/c7Udoq Salt Lake City, UT - opens Fri. 5/17@ Tower Theatre - http://www.saltlakefilmsociety.org **** Santa Fe, NM - opens Fri. 5/17 @ Center for Contemporary Arts - http://www.ccasantafe.org Tulsa, OK - opens Fri. 5/17 @ Circle Cinema - http://www.circlecinema.com/ Miami, FL - opens Fri. 5/17 @ O Cinema - http://www.o-cinema.org/ Bellingham, WA - opens Fri. 5/17@ Pickford Film Center - http://pickfordcinema.org/ Nashville, TN - opens Fri. 5/17 @ Belcourt Theatre - http://www.belcourt.org Nevada City, CA - runs Fri. 5/17-Sun. 5/19 @ Nevada Theater - http://bit.ly/WY1pns Phoenix, AZ - runs Fri. 5/17-Sun. 5/19 @ Film Bar - http://www.thefilmbarphx.com/ Austin, TX - runs Sun. 5/19-Mon. 5/20@ Alamo Drafthouse - Ritz - http://bit.ly/kwhUzr Jacksonville, FL - plays Mon. 5/20 @ Sun-Ray Cinema - http://www.sunraycinema.com **** Portland, ME - plays Fri. 5/24 @ SPACE Gallery - http://www.space538.org **** Denver, CO - opens Fri. 5/31 @ SIE FilmCenter -http://www.denverfilm.org/filmcenter/ **** Cleveland OH - plays Wed. 6/5 @ Cleveland Museum of Art - www.ClevelandArt.org/Film Omaha, NE - opens Fri. 6/7 @ Film Streams - http://www.filmstreams.org/ **** Chicago, IL - opens Fri. 6/14 @ Music Box - http://www.musicboxtheatre.com/ **** Hartford, CT - opens Fri. 6/21@ Reel Art Ways - http://www.realartways.org/ ****
THE SOURCE FAMILY PREMIERE EVENTS:NEW YORK
Sun. 4/28 - Source Family Immersion: Dinner with The Source Family @ Temple M, Harlem, 7pm
(private residence, tickets will be sold through brown paper tickets and address sent to participants only, link to come soon)
Dinner party with original Source restaurant recipes in a converted church by chef Anne Apparu and Dave Nuss Special guests Isis Aquarian (family archivist, one of Father Yod's wives and associate producer of the film) and Electricity Aquarian, who will lead a meditation ritual exercise Original Source Family music performed by Dave Nuss (No Neck Blues Band, Sabbath Assembly), Matt Sweeney, Sophia Knapp, Spencer Yeh, Rachel Mason, Damon McMahon and Amen Dunes, Gordon Roecker, and the improv group Georgia.
Mon. 4/29 - An Evening of Source Family Film Rarities @ Spectacle Theatre, Brooklyn
Rare films and public access clips from Source Family archives with Isis Aquarian (family documentarian, one of Father's 13 wives, associate producer), Electricity Aquarian, and directors Maria Demopoulos and Jodi Wille
Tue. 4/30 - Source Family Immersion @ Body Actualized Center, Brooklyn
5 pm: "Playshop" with Electricity Aquarian teaching the basic white magic rituals and "keys" from the Source Family. 7 pm: Source Family pop-up restaurant by chef Anne Apparu ($12) Soundtrack listening party as dinner is served 9 pm: Special live Source Family-inspired musical performance with surprise guests
Wed. 5/1 - THE SOURCE FAMILY National Theatrical Premiere @ IFC Center, West Village
Q&A with directors Maria Demopoulos, Jodi Wille and Isis Aquarian and Electricity Aquarian Original recipe Source Family cheesecake by chef Anne Apparu served in concessions.
SAN FRANCISCO
Wed. 5/2 - THE SOURCE FAMILY Premiere (Food/Show/Party) @ The Roxie (produced by The Roxie, Bold Italic, and Folk Yeah)
Q&A with Maria Demopoulos, Jodi Wille, Isis Aquarian, and Galaxy Aquarian Post-screening Source food served by Bold Italic and musical performance by Source Family tribute band at The Chapel including musicians: Michael Beach, Adam Camilleri and Peter Warden (all of Electric Jellyfish), Noel von Harmonson (Comets on Fire/Sic Alps), Andy Carlton (Carlton Melton), and Utrillo Kushner (Comets on Fire/Colossal Yes)
Thurs. 5/3 THE SOURCE FAMILY screening and special Rarities after-film screening @ The Roxie
Post-screening special presentation of ultra-rare home movies and public access clips from Source Family archives with Isis Aquarian, Electricity Aquarian, and Maria Demopoulos and Jodi Wille
SEATTLE
Thu. 5/3 - THE SOURCE FAMILY Premiere @ SIFF Uptown Theatre
Post-screening Q&A with original Source Family members Makushla (Father Yod's "Mother Angel), Omne Aquarian (Family astrologer, family photographer), Rain Aquarian (Thoughtful Israel) and One Aquarian (Won Israel)
LOS ANGELES
Thu. 5/9 - THE SOURCE FAMILY Premiere @ Standard Hotel, West Hollywood (produced by Cinefamily/Cinespia)
350-seat premiere on the pool deck of the Standard Hotel, across the street from the original Source restaurant Group white magic ritual with Source Family members and fans in the parking lot before the event Special menu of original Source Family recipes offered by The Standard Hotel About 40 original Source Family members will be in attendance Post-screening Q&A with Maria Demopoulos, Jodi Wille and Isis Aquarian After party features original Source Family music performed by Guy Blakeslee (Entrance Band) and featuring Will Scott (Wolfmother), Mira Bolette (White Magic), plus a special performance by Ann Magnuson
Fri. 5/10 - Thu. 5/16 - THE SOURCE FAMILY One-Week Run @ Cinefamily
Special appearances and Q&As throughout the week by Isis Aquarian, Maria Demopoulos, Jodi Wille, and Source Family members Pop-up restaurant at the Cinefamily featuring original Source restaurant recipes prepared by chef Anne Apparu 5/10 is "Family Night" - Source Family members to attend and connect with the public Ritual and meditation workshops led by Source Family members during the week Local filmmakers' shorts and music videos will be presented prior to the film on several nights
DALLAS
Fri. 5/10 - THE SOURCE FAMILY Premiere @ Texas Theater
Post-screening Q&A with original Source Family members Joshua, Summer and Wave Aquarian
PORTLAND
Fri. 5/17 - THE SOURCE FAMILY Premiere @ Hollywood Theater
Post-screening Q&A with original Source Family members Aquarius Aquarian and Cosmos Aquarian (now known as Dr. Mark)
PHOENIX
Fri. 5/17 - THE SOURCE FAMILY Premiere @ The Film Bar
Post-screening Q&A with original Source Family members Ahom (Father Yod's first wife and family musician)
THE SOURCE FAMILY is inspired by the cult-classic book The Source: The Story of Father Yod, Ya Ho Wa 13 and The Source Family written by Isis Aquarian and Electricity Aquarian and edited by Jodi Wille (Process Media, 2007). It received extensive praise in outlets including The New York Times Magazine, Los Angeles Times, PAPER, NPR, and LA Weekly.
THE SOURCE FAMILY, then titled The Source, was selected to world-premiere as one of eight documentary feature films in competition at SXSW 2012 and has played numerous festivals since, including sold-out screenings at SXSW, Silverdocs, Hot Docs Doc Soup, San Francisco International Film Festival, and the Seattle Film Festival. Other festivals and special screenings include the True/False Boon Dawdle and Burning Man.
For more information, visit:
http://www.thesourcedoc.com/
http://www.facebook.com/thesourcedoc
https://twitter.com/sourcefamilydoc
http://www.pitchperfectpr.com/a_source.html
― dow, Friday, 5 April 2013 18:41 (eleven years ago) link
on the calendar!
― and that sounds like a gong-concert (La Lechera), Friday, 5 April 2013 18:42 (eleven years ago) link
oh I wannna see thsi
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 5 April 2013 18:44 (eleven years ago) link
something tells me im not gonna be hooked-up enough to make that nyc premiere screening...
― Jopy's on a vacation far away (Jon Lewis), Friday, 5 April 2013 18:52 (eleven years ago) link
update from Drag City: soundtrack's streaming pre-release (May 21)
http://www.dragcity.com/system/stories/primary_images/731/large.jpg?1368824046 In case you don't know the underground legend already or haven't seen the film yet - for the last couple decades, the cult around The Source Family cult has enjoyed the music of Ya Ho Wa 13, whose nine albums with Father were a major part of their story. Recorded during an eleven-month span during 1973 and '74, these albums continue to fascinate listeners to this day. The Original Soundtrack album pulls plums and cherries from these freakish fruit trees of The Source Family, whose album releases from the 1970s are an indication of how weird the world can be even when it isn't trying. Some of the most awesome jams from their privately-pressed classics are represented here, along with a brace of previously unreleased song chosen to include the widest variety of Source Family members, revealing the talents of many not previously showcased. Their music ranges from soulful to spiritual to shamanistic, with Father fronting the band on journeys through inner and outer psychosis and bliss - and for the next li'l bit, you can stream the whole thing, here!http://boingboing.net/2013/05/15/free-stream-the-source-family.html
― dow, Saturday, 18 May 2013 15:36 (ten years ago) link
14 tracks in 38 minutes and change, half or 'em excerpts, but brilliantly chosen. A standard of thoughtful, passionate versatility and precision that might've earned daily bread in the L.A. music biz, brought on home to Father Yod--although his own voice is phonogenic enough to get work in Babylon, if he wanted it. Streaming 'til the CD release on May 21, I think--but worth checking later, if you don't have time before that--here's a more direct linkhttps://soundcloud.com/drag-city/sets/the-source-family-soundtrack
― dow, Saturday, 18 May 2013 19:52 (ten years ago) link
THIS THREAD
― balls, Sunday, 16 June 2013 04:50 (ten years ago) link
Saw Source Family yesterday. It was pretty good, the music was mostly great, did not expect live birth scene but hey why not. Overall, worthwhile for Isis's rather amazing amount of footage and the story, which I didn't know a whole lot about aside from that the Source Family existed.
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Monday, 17 June 2013 14:49 (ten years ago) link
When the "underground-to-mainstream" co-option train goes non-linear, look out! From Vogue Magazine: Dress the Part: Get The Source Family's 70s Boho-Cult Chic Look
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 04:25 (ten years ago) link
that's insane
― wk, Wednesday, 19 June 2013 06:15 (ten years ago) link
The Creation of Beachwood Canyon's Theosophist "Dreamland"http://la.curbed.com/archives/2014/05/the_creation_of_beachwood_canyons_theosophist_dreamland_1.php
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 23 May 2014 01:06 (nine years ago) link
Oh yeah, Andy Samberg and Joanna Newsome bought it:Moorcrest was built for the utopian Krotona Colony in Beachwood Canyon and was designed by Marie Russak Hotchener, a rare-for-the-time female architect who designed several buildings for the Theosophist community; Moorcrest is considered one of her most famous and out-there pieces.They just do not build 'em like this anymore. Links to other coverage of high level koo-koo arkitexture on this same page:http://la.curbed.com/archives/2014/07/41_photos_inside_andy_samberg_and_joanna_newsoms_mindblowing_moorcrest_estate.php
― dow, Monday, 21 July 2014 14:03 (nine years ago) link
goddamn
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 21 July 2014 15:34 (nine years ago) link
so jealcan't stop thinking about what it must be like to wake up there every day
― La Lechera, Monday, 21 July 2014 15:41 (nine years ago) link
right? like after a year you'd still be hi-fiving each other 'WE TOTALLY LIVE HERE NOW'
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 21 July 2014 15:53 (nine years ago) link
As seen on Tumblr
http://37.media.tumblr.com/67d38d646a8970f7024f113107085a3f/tumblr_n97v4sSlpY1tbxt1go1_500.jpg
(though the Oahspe cult is associated more with New Mexico than Joshua Tree)
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 24 July 2014 19:38 (nine years ago) link
Marjorie Cameron visual art show coming to LA MOCA at PDC.
http://dangerousminds.net/comments/cameron_songs_for_the_witch_woman
― nickn, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 21:35 (nine years ago) link
Wow, that's great, thanks nickn! Speaking xpost of vision quests not Cali-exclusive (though certainly inclusive), behold the Van Dykes (incl. "the lesbian Joseph Smiths), in the Wild Wild West:http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/03/02/lesbian-nation
― dow, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 23:50 (nine years ago) link
While the paywall is down, that is ("Get it, whiiille you cann")
― dow, Wednesday, 30 July 2014 23:52 (nine years ago) link
just came to post about the MOCA show! so awesome!
― the late great, Friday, 1 August 2014 20:55 (nine years ago) link
Huffpo, but it has lots of reproductions of her art.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/08/marjorie-cameron-moca_n_5656561.html
― nickn, Thursday, 14 August 2014 20:30 (nine years ago) link
From Drag City newsletter:
http://d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net/20141003/96/10/ad/98/67e1dbfb3186acbc7cc919ea_476x271.jpg
RETURNING TO THE FIRST COMING OF THE SOURCE FAMILYWith the story of The Source Family out there, both as the subject of an acclaimed book and documentary film (as well as an ongoing series of rare, never-before-released recordings), it’s time to turn the light back on the records that made this whole thing a story in the first place. In the 1990s, it was a revelation to discover that there was a series of records made by a hippie cult led by a big Santa Claus-looking guy named Father Yod. More so that these records weren’t predictable light-rock recitals about Jesus — far from it! Instead, they were darkly psychedelic, stream-of-consciousness jams, with Father and the members of his band (usually The Spirit of ’76 or YaHoWa13) transforming divine coils of enlightenment rock over and over. The records were amazing home-recorded documents, adorned with hand-drawn phrases, logos and grainy color shots of what appeared to be truly magical everyday cult life with Father.Now we return to the beginning, for the second coming of Kohoutek. It was the first spontaneous recording they actually pressed up and came out in 1973, the year of the comet Kohoutek, whose immanent arrival spawned a new round of cosmic consciousness in the media and with people all over the planet. It was more than a comet; its radiance was enormous, coming from ancient times to be experienced again by the enlightened people of the day. The Source Family were alive with expectation about the return of this long-haired messenger, and Father devoted considerable time chanting and eventually changing in his identity to Yahowa while meditating on the comet - the event provided an infusion of energy. The two sides of Kohoutek are a special jam that passes through tranquility to exultation, a tapping of the passing flame in the skies and a greeting from Father to the messenger and bearer of such awesome gifts. Very pure.By contrast, Savage Sons of Ya Ho Wa is a record that Father doesn’t appear on. Well, he doesn’t play on the record, but look on the cover — Yahowa is still in the driver’s seat. Musically, YaHoWa13 go it on their own, with Octavius, Sunflower, Djinn, and Rhythm collaborating with Electron, who supplies powerful lead vocals. What’s here is a collection of heavy rock songs that will echo in your consciousness, like the opening track, “Edge of a Dream,” and the refrain “I want to see/What’s going on.” The guttural nature of Electron’s vocal sound may recall the name of Beefheart to some; Electron occupies the same unconsciousness, free in the communal slipstream, with less blues and more country gospel in his soul.Neither album has been available on vinyl for decades, but by YaHoWa, it's our mission to bring these emanations of original, pure Source Family spiritual visions from the mid-1970s to you, November 18th - prepare for their re-arrival on this earth!
― dow, Saturday, 4 October 2014 18:50 (nine years ago) link
Eden Ahbez only wrote the lyrics for Nature Boy. The tune's an old Yiddish folksong
Do we have an authoritative source on this? Wiki sez not THAT old:
Yiddish theatre composer Herman Yablokoff claimed in his biography... that the melody to "Nature Boy" was plagiarized from his song "Shvayg mayn harts" ("Hush My Heart"), which he wrote for his play Papirosn (1935). When met with a lawsuit in 1951 for the plagiarization, ahbez first proclaimed his innocence, and telephoned Yablokoff to explain that "had heard the melody as if angels were singing it... in the California mountains. He offered me $10,000 to withdraw the suit. I said that the money was not important, but I wanted him to admit that the song was geganvet [stolen]; and if he heard angels, they must have bought a copy of my song." Eventually ahbez's lawyers offered to have an out-of-court settlement, offering $25,000 ($227,147 in 2014 dollars) to Yablokoff, which he accepted.
― this horrible, rotten slog to rigor mortis (Dr Morbius), Monday, 20 October 2014 15:53 (nine years ago) link
In your research did you learn what film the song originally appeared in or did you already know?
― Thus We Frustrate Kid Charlemagne (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 20 October 2014 16:34 (nine years ago) link
i don't think it was written FOR The Boy with Green Hair...
― this horrible, rotten slog to rigor mortis (Dr Morbius), Monday, 20 October 2014 16:50 (nine years ago) link
(never seen the film)
― this horrible, rotten slog to rigor mortis (Dr Morbius), Monday, 20 October 2014 16:51 (nine years ago) link
8 Notorious Los Angeles Cult Locations: Then and Now - http://la.curbed.com/archives/2014/10/8_notorious_los_angeles_cult_locations_then_and_now_1.php
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 21 October 2014 07:56 (nine years ago) link
More LA cult stuff from curbed. They also had a Jack Parsons article, but it doesn't cover any new ground.
http://la.curbed.com/archives/2014/10/ask_the_experts_why_does_los_angeles_attract_so_many_cults.php#more
― nickn, Wednesday, 22 October 2014 06:42 (nine years ago) link
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/12/07/1958_1115_krishna_venta.jpg
Krishna Venta. After moving Venta started the WKFL (Wisdom, Knowledge, Faith and Love) cult in the 1940s out in Box Canyon on the Ventura/LA County border. WKFL was a relatively public cult and helped out folks after earthquakes, floods, even a plane crash. Cult members simply had to follow the 10 Commandments and Venta's teachings of “Love one. Love ye on another. Love all. Serve ye one another.” Venta eventually extended his "love all" teachings to other member's wives and in 1958 two jealous ex-members set off a bomb killing Venta and nine others.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedailymirror/files/1958_1211_cover.jpg
Selected links:http://framework.latimes.com/2011/01/28/krishna-venta-killed-bombing/#/6http://mkv-archives.blogspot.com/http://krishnaventa.blogspot.com
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 24 October 2014 01:51 (nine years ago) link
The fuck
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― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 29 October 2014 00:48 (nine years ago) link