Saturday, July 19, 2003

The postman mustn't have slept last night. Meaning that I had a 7 a.m. start on one of the two days in a week where lie-ins are sometimes possible. So, a long breakfast with the items of the two parcels the postie delivered: Holly Golightly's Painted On and Paulo Freire's Politics of Education.

Very different theologies, these two. But both cut it for me, even over Shreddies. "God won't like it", says Holly, scratchy guitar, thumping bass, recorded in a shed. I'm not so sure. "Culture, Power, Liberation," proclaims Freire. They're both in the same business.

Wednesday, July 16, 2003

...... today the new Nitin Sawhney album 'Human '........I consider him to be 'a beautiful one'.
I have all his works and have seen him live at the Royal Albert Hall with ......get a load of this:-
London Chamber Orchestra
Jeff Beck
MC Cole
Courtney Pine ......... what 'wonder'

On this new one 'Aqualung' appear .... as you know ..... playing Greenbelt this year ...... so soon!
"Falling ......
some day the wind will change and you will see me clearly " they sing.
more later.
bhp

Continuing this thread...

I guess, first up, my sites is up again, the blog will be again at least before GB :S (this week actually)...and email is now daniel at integrationresearch dot org...guess I should russle up some promo info for IR before GB as well...

2nd, the EP getting done before GB took a very frustrating downturn this week. A week ago I made arrangements with a small local studio owner to start recording ASAP. I was also hiring a producer from Croatia, an associate of the studio owner. At first we were going to start over the weekend, then Monday, then on Monday I got a call: the studio's Mac crashed. Now we're scheduled for this Friday; already a week behind schedule and I'm doubtful even then. I should have expected this; this being the Balkans and all; chaos should be expected. But like I said, it is very frustrating. I really want to get a proper recording into some peoples' hands at GB, the beginnings of a big UK push through the end of this year.

3rd, the ever-changing set list: Nick Cave is definately out. Picking cover songs often comes down more to how they sound overall coming from one's hands and vocal chords. While Mr. Cave is right in my ballpark, and I can even sound a lot like him if I want, and God is in the House is an amazing tune, it just wasn't coming out right...as for Over the Rhine, I was going to leave it to crowd choice, but actually I'm pretty set on Latter Days, for the same reasons. So depending on time, I will also cover Josh Joplin's The Future That Was and New End Original's Lukewarm. As for originals, I'm contemplating playing Gospel Song, which I'm renaming to Gospel Bar Song. (This tune was avail. only briefly on my site last spring.) I think it may go over quite well at GB. (e.g. there are those with social success that they call being blessed.)

I haven't played in front of people since May, and it's really driving me crazy. I am supposed to play at a club here in Sarajevo before, at least, GB, but again it is your typical Bosnian Cluster{} ("Yeah, yeah, of course, of course, no problem"). Either way I'm really looking forward to playing. 30 minutes will be a big tease, but hey.... I'll go defuzz at the Polyphonic Spree set and maybe all will be well with the world for a few minutes at least...

cheers, d

Tuesday, July 15, 2003

BACKTOBACK .....talking with two people.

One wanted to talk and able. Open and thinking and feeling and articulating the feelings. There was a depth of feeling and knowledge about feelings and dependancy. Problems yes. Big, so big I cannot tell you. It started well and finished well. An agreement for more.

Another was 'suggested' into talking by another so we sat on a bench outside alone. I was alone because the 'wait a minute' lasted 6 and I was about to go when ........there was two on the bench.
" I cannot talk. I have all-sorts of feelings and they can only come out when I explode. I am scared of my feelings and I cannot talk but want to"
My words just said that I am available when needs sweep the will over the fear of touching those feelings. Feelings are like a volcano, they will erupt and hurt the person and others when they do. The 'hell of a young life' is heading for more hell. Scared of the feelings inside. Honest to say the feelings are depressing and hurting but not able to talk. We agreed to meet and talk when ............ I hope it is not too late. There is pain inside.

Confidentiality keeps me vague so I apologize.
bhp

"Evangelical Christianity was behind Wilberforce's successful campaign to abolish slavery. Elizabeth Fry and John Howard fought for prison reform and Lord Shaftesbury put a stop to children being sent down mines and up chimneys. It was a tradition that influenced many of the founders of the Labour party and trades union movement. "

So says the article in the Guardian today which also says that Evangelicals have now become the modern 'witch burners' and not the reformers of today.

It is so sad that we cannot be accepting.

You are a beautiful human person.
bhp


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Monday, July 14, 2003

Greenbelt looms ever so soon and the Management Group meet today in a monthly meeting ....... 2003 penultimate. Then follows, so soon, the 30th festival -looking so good if not the best ever. Amazingly the majority of people do go to Greenbelt not because of the line up. We don't go to Cheltenham, we go to the festival no matter where it may be.

That is the following we get and we gather together like a clan, a tribe, a family coming to a wedding of a loved one. And isn't that true? Love, love, love.

We are also getting new family members as we travel. New people who discover that their faith is helped to make more sense because of the gathering of the clan. Roots down walls down. That sort of clan.

Wondrously there are new people who join who faith in God is not too important to them and have not adopted his lifestyle pointers. That thing of being open and welcoming does something to the seekers too. Noses go into the clan lifestyle and ears into the audio spilling from 15000 lips and eyes read the crapminamized non-verbal communication and ........... decide to join the clan. Some hold out their hands and touch finger tips with their new non earthly parent .............with the same dna! ......... and like 'run dmc' ....... "walk this way".

What is all this stuff around Jeffrey John? What is this gay scene which seems to scare some people of faith. Anger some people of faith? Bigot some people of faith. So ....... the clan discusses and discovers a faith that is vivid and real today and not locked into ancient dogma. Didn't we run through this pathway of nettles when we had the women's issues in new focus ....... as we still do? Didn't we work at this and get stung when apartidete was a ugly blot for the world tribe.....as prejudice still is?

I will go to Greenbelt to learn so much and most of it ...... I am not looking for because I am not there yet ...... not even looking. But it is beautiful to discover that newness which exercises the mind and the whole of me.

To offer is also on my agenda. My uniqueness will take something new into the clan. My journey in the last year will be shared and in my sharing I myself will discover new things as it pours from my soul and becomes concrete.

And you ............................?

hmmm Greenbelt ..............................

bhp