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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Plakthonestrid Uru: Does Gibberish have a place in Vocal Music?
In a recent classroom survey to determine the most important musical elements for college students deciding whether or not to like a new song, coherent and comprehensive lyrics were given as one of the top two answers. Only one percent … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Essays, Literary Criticism, Literature, Recommended reads, Uncategorized
Tagged abbess hildegard, alternative music, Bjork, choirs, choral music, classical music, Cocteau Twins, composers, conlang, David Bowie, Dead Can Dance, Debussy, early music, Enya, ethnomusicology, fictional languages, folk, gibberish, Hildegard von Bingem, indie music, jazz, King Crimson, language, lyrics, Medieval, music, music history, nadsat language, nonsence literature, pop songs, Ravel, rock music, Romantic Music, scat singing, Sigur Ros, sim series, singers, singing, Talking Heads, Traditional music, vocal music, vocalists, world music
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Visions of the Drowning Man by Dee Sunshine
I have lost these bones/ scattered them in mad patterns like a lunatic shaman/ out of his mind on iboga, trying to pull polar-opposite hemispheres together again. Visions of the Drowning Man is the third book of poetry from Glaswegian … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Literature, New authors, New books, Poetry, Recommended reads
Tagged Art, avant garde, Baudelaire, British Literature, British Novel, British poetry, charcoal drawings, consummate craftsman, d m thomas, Darkwave, Dee Sunshine, Drawing, ecole des beaux arts, edinburgh college of art, Experimental Art, experimental literature, fiction, Glasgow, Gothic literature, hieronymus bosch, Marc Chagall, mercurial nature, Painter, Painting, poetic muse, poetry, poetry reader, poetry zine, Rimbaud, Romantic Poetry, Scotland, Scottish Literature, Scottish Novel, Scottish poetry
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Dee Sunshine on Skylight Press
Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Dee Sunshine came to poetry at a young age, winning the Lochaber High School poetry competition in 1979. Soon after he liaised with an active London poetry scene and published a couple of chapbooks. Always interested … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Literature, New authors, Poetry
Tagged Art, avant garde, Baudelaire, British Literature, British Novel, British poetry, charcoal drawings, Darkwave, Dee Sunshine, Drawing, ecole des beaux arts, edinburgh college of art, Experimental Art, experimental literature, fiction, Glasgow, Gothic literature, Marc Chagall, Painter, Painting, poetry, poetry zine, Rimbaud, Romantic Poetry, Scotland, Scottish Literature, Scottish Novel, Scottish poetry
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The Fat Git by Alan Richardson
Those that are familiar with Alan Richardson’s first two novels, The Giftie and On Winsley Hill, will know that as well as having a rather delightful turn of phrase this author can also tell a rip-roaring story. Richardson’s The Fat … Continue reading
Posted in British Literature, Esoteric, Literature, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged Alan Richardson, Allegory, Arthur, Arthurian Legends, British fiction, British Literature, British Novel, burlesque, comedic purposes, comedy, English fiction, English novel, esoteric, Fable, fairytale, fiction, humour, Malory, Merlin, Myth, mythology, novel, Occult, Parody, postmodern, psychic, sardonic wit, satire, thomas love peacock, Western Mysteries
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Censor & Sensibility
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Tagged Censor, Censorship, Congress, Internet, Law, Piracy, Senate, US Government, Websites
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Tudor History – Give me the Warts!
As someone interested in Tudor history I’m often tempted to have a peek at new television and film adaptations of the period – but have learned to temper my hopes and expectations in doing so. In the old days it … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Uncategorized
Tagged Anne Boleyn, British History, charlton heston, Costume Dramas, duke of anjou, Elizabeth I, Elizabethan, English history, Epic films, Film, Helen Mirren, Henry VIII, henry viii and his six wives, Hilary Mantel, Historic films, Historical Fiction, Historical novel, History, Lady Jane Grey, mary of guise, mary queen of scots, Mary Tudor, Movies, Ray Winstone, Richard Burton, Television Drama, The Tudors, Tudor History, Tudors
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The Passenger by Richard Froude
Identity is so often bound up in where we’ve been, where we’re going, and where we are. Basho once said something to the effect that man travels around seeking so much that the journey itself becomes home. This is never … Continue reading
Posted in American Literature, British Literature, Literature, New authors, New books, Poetry, Recommended reads
Tagged American literature, American Poetry, Beat literature, Bristol, British Literature, British poetry, Charles Baudelaire, Colorado, Cross-genre literature, Denver, English novel, fiction, hybrid literature, iain sinclair, Jack Kerouac, Literature, novel, poetry, Prose poems, Richard Brautigan, Richard Froude, San Francisco Renaissance
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Merlin and the Grail Tradition by Gareth Knight
Few figures from myth and legend have impressed the imagination like that of Merlin, Archmage of the land of Logres, whose shadowy, compelling presence plays a key part in the tales of Arthurian legend and the Quest of the Holy … Continue reading
Posted in Esoteric, Essays, New books, Recommended reads
Tagged archetype, Arthurian Legends, British History, Brythonic Literature, celtic history, Celtic Mythology, chrétien de troyes, Dion Fortune, Esoteric. Western Mysteries, Faery Lore, faery tradition, Gareth Knight, grail legends, Grail Tradition, Hawkwood, Inklings, Jungian theory, Lectures, Magic, Malory, Masonic, Merlin, merlin and the grail tradition, Occult, qabala, quest of the holy grail, ritual, spirituality, tarot, Western Mystery Tradition
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A short review of Gareth Knight’s “I Called it Magic”
Here is a short review of Gareth Knight’s autobiography, I Called it Magic, written for The Inner Fire Journal by David Goddard: “If you have ever wanted to glean some understanding of the mind, and motivation, of an adept Mage-of-Light … Continue reading
Posted in Esoteric, Recommended reads, Reviews
Tagged Autobiography, Christian Mysticism, cs lewis, Dion Fortune, Esoteric. Western Mysteries, Faery Lore, Gareth Knight, Grail Tradition, Inklings, Magic, Masonic, Occult, qabala, ritual, rosicrucianism, Society of Inner Light, spirituality, tarot, Tolkien, Western Mystery Tradition
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