Name: Patti Smith "The Histories of the Universe" (1975) by brainpicker in ...SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
Duration: 7 min 44 s
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...SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT

Taken from the Forthcoming album "Falling Faster Then You can Run" January 20th 2014

Live In London 
5th December Shacklewell Arms
10th December The Islington 
Tickets from www.communion.co.uk

Nathaniel Rateliff - "Nothing To Show For"

I WIll Wait (Bluegrass Tribute to Mumford and Sons)

Seven Psalms

Splendour, Glorious Splendour

Kaki King - Montreal

From the album Tomorrow Is My Turn

The landscape of American music is littered with the ghosts of the unknowable and mysterious blues musician, scratchy voices on a 78 conjuring up an era and an energy long gone. No one represents this better, perhaps, than Geeshie Wiley, who, along with equally unknown L.V. Thomas, recorded a handful of sides for Paramount Records in 1930–31. “Last Kind Word Blues” calls to me in a way that I can’t really explain, but when producer T Bone Burnett suggested it for the record, I knew instantly it was the way to begin.

Tomorrow Is My Turn

Last Kind Words

SEE/HEAR THE WHOLE PROJECT & READ THE WHOLE STORY: https://bit.ly/strungoutinheaven
.....
credits
from Strung Out In Heaven: A Bowie String Quartet Tribute, releases February 5, 2016 
Written/Composed By:  
David Bowie 
Published by: RZO Music Inc obo Nipple Music 
Artwork by Cassandra Long
.....
LYRICS:
In the villa of Ormen 
in the villa of Ormen 
Stands a solitary candle 
In the centre of it all 
in the centre of it all 
Your eyes 
​ 
On the day of execution 
on the day of execution 
Only women kneel and smile 
ah-ah 
ah-ah 
At the centre of it all 
at the centre of it all 
Your eyes 
your eyes 


In the villa of Ormen 
in the villa of Ormen 
Stands a solitary candle 
at the centre of it all 
at the centre of it all 
Your eyes 

your eyes 

Something happened on the day he died 
Spirit rose a metre and stepped aside 
Somebody else took his place and bravely cried 
I’m a blackstar 
I’m a blackstar 
​ 
How many times does an angel fall? 
How many people lie instead of talking tall? 
He trod on sacred ground, he cried loud-into-the-crowd 
I’m a blackstar 
I’m a blackstar 
I’m not a gangster 
​ 
I can’t answer why 
(I’m a blackstar) 
Just go with me 
(I’m not a filmstar) 
I’m-a take you home 
(I’m a blackstar) 
Take your passport and shoes 
(I’m not a popstar) 
And your sedatives, boo 
(I’m a blackstar) 
You’re a flash in the pan 
(I’m not a marvel star) 
I’m the great I am 
(I’m a blackstar) 
​ 
I’m a blackstar, way up, oh-honey-I’ve-got-game 
I see right so white, so open-heart it’s plain 
I want eagles in my daydreams, diamonds in my eyes 
I’m a blackstar 
I’m a blackstar 
​ 
Something happened on the day he died 
Spirit rose a metre and stepped aside 
Somebody else took his place, and bravely cried 
I’m a blackstar 
I’m a star star 
I’m a blackstar 
​ 
(I)can’t answer why 
(I’m not a gangster) 
But I can tell you how 
(I’m not a flam star) 
We were born upside-down 
(I’m a star star) 
Born the wrong way ‘round 
(I’m not a white star) 
I’m a blackstar 
I’m not a gangster 
I’m a blackstar 
I’m a blackstarI’m not a pornstar, I’m not a wandering star 
I’m a blackstar 
I’m a blackstar 
​ 

In the villa of Ormen stands a solitary candle 
At the centre of it all 
your eyes 


On the day of execution 
only women kneel and smile

At the centre of it all 
your eyes 

your eyes



Blackstar (Featuring Anna Calvi)

The original members of Pentangle - Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Jacqui McShee, Danny Thompson and Terry Cox - reconvened in summer 2008 for a final tour. This track was recorded live at London's Lyceum Theatre.

Live album from UK tour 2008

PENTANGLE ~ Light Flight

Kurt Vile, "Smoke Ring For My Halo (Live at Converse Rubber Tracks)"

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Source:
http://youtu.be/mLEtb9N9oMA

George Carlin on Humanity

Background: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/08/07/the-histories-of-the-universe-patti-smith/

Patti Smith "The Histories of the Universe" (1975)

Marcel Duchamp reads his 1957 essay, "The Creative Act." Full text + background here: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/08/23/the-creative-act-marcel-duchamp-1957/

Marcel Duchamp: The Creative Act (1957)

Lotus Plaza - "Black Buzz"

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"The ancient tradition that the world will be consumed in fire at the end of six thousand years is true, as I have heard from Hell.
For the cherub with his flaming sword is hereby commanded to leave his guard at the tree of life, and when he does, the whole creation will be consumed and appear infinite and holy whereas it now appears finite & corrupt.
This will come to pass by an improvement of sensual enjoyment.
But first the notion that man has a body distinct from his soul is to be expunged; this I shall do, by printing in the infernal method, by corrosives, which in Hell are salutary and medicinal, melting apparent surfaces away, and displaying the infinite which was hid.
If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite.
For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narow chinks of his cavern."
William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

Music: Neil Young

Source:
http://youtu.be/rUCFmQ1jT8k
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112817/

Infinite

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Source:
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People are not wearing enough hats

Recording courtesy of PennSound. Background and context: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/12/14/adrienne-rich-on-love-loss-happiness-creativity/

Patti Smith "The Histories of the Universe" (1975)

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