McKenna (02)

Hello, as stated last week in the coming months the sundaze spotlight will be on Terence McKenna a writer, philosopher,ethnobotanist and an expressive lecturer. He was noted for his knowledge of the use of psychedelic, plant-based entheogens, and subjects ranging from shamanism, the theoretical origins of human consciousness, and his often criticized but unique concept of novelty theory.

So today we have a lecture on the UFO phenomena from the shamanistic perspective....it's available as a joined 181 mb mp4 file or split as it is derived from two different lectures in two parts.

T McKenna - Shamanic Approaches to the UFO part 1 (27min,117mb)

T McKenna - Shamanic Approaches to the UFO 2 (15min,63mb)

T McKenna - Shamanic Approaches to the UFO (42min,181mb)

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We continue with the fascinating True Hallucinations book as McKenna really takes you with him into the jungle, today part 2 Into the Devil's Paradise..just one of his wonderful lingotwists..

True Hallucinations 02 - Into the Devil's Paradise (36 min, 27mb)

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Now as it was Valentine's day today a little something for those without...

My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (91 ^ 108mb)

Guitarist/singer Kevin Shields and drummer Colm O'Ciosoig, formed their own band with Dave Conway around the end of 1983. The band was filled out by various members and split up and reformed on several occasions during 1984. Conway on the strength of the band's home recordings, managed to book the band a concert in Holland. The three recruited Conway's then-girlfriend Tina to play keyboards; adopted Conway's suggested name, My Bloody Valentine, for the concert; and moved to Holland. They stayed in Holland for three months before a lack of opportunities and correct documentation meant they had to leave. The band then chose Berlin as their next destination, where they recorded the mini-LP This Is Your Bloody Valentine for Dossier Records. The record failed to have the expected impact, the band left Berlin, returning to Holland briefly before settling in London around the middle of 1985. They were joined by bass player Debbie Googe got a recording deal and the EP, Geek! was released in December of 1985. The band soon began to play on the London gig circuit, but the record failed to make as much of an impact, again.
The next years 2 ep's were released did more gigs, until in 87 singer Dave Conway whose health had deteriorated decided to quit. After some time they managed to match in Bilinda Butcher, under pressure from their label Lazy rec they released 2 self financed EP's, until in 1988 Creation Rec gave them a proper contract with resulted in the EP Feed Me with Your Kiss and their debut album Isn't Anything(1988), which married shimmering guitar distortions to ethereal folk-pop.

The thick, swirling, multi-layered guitar sound developed by My Bloody Valentine would later be termed shoegazer by the British press because of the band's tendency to look down while performing in order to manipulate effect pedals.
The follow-up LP Loveless (1991), the best known album of their career, is generally considered representative of their sound: a distinct blend of warped, effects ridden guitar sounds, ambience, and folk tunes. This time the main vocal duties were taken by Bilinda Butcher. However, some critics viewed the album's heavily processed sound as overly clinical. Shields wrote all the songs, except "Touched", a short instrumental by Colm O'Ciosoig. In 1999 Pitchfork Media declared Loveless to be the greatest album of the 1990s

After signing with Island Records in 1992 , the band spent half a million pounds of Island's money but did not produce another release, and their final recorded song made available for release was a cover of "Map Ref. 41N 93W" by Wire, appearing on Whore: Tribute to Wire in 1995. Debbie Googe left the band to form Snowpony. Colm O'Ciosoig eventually left and recorded an album with Hope Sandoval of Mazzy Star. Shields collaborated sporadically with other artists, and is currently remastering My Bloody Valentine's catalogue.



01 - Only Shallow (4:17)
02 - Loomer (2:38)
03 - Touched (0:56)
04 - To Here Knows When (5:31)
05 - When You Sleep (4:11)
06 - I Only Said (5:34)
07 - Come In Alone (3:58)
08 - Sometimes (5:19)
09 - Blown A Wish (3:36)
10 - What You Want (5:33)
11 - Soon (6:58)

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P.S. Tomorrow starts a great new radio series Nebulous