McKenna (09)

Hello, Sundaze offers more of McKenna's True Hallucinations with another two great chapters. There's an embedded video that shows McKenna in Prague having an interesting conversation with Ram Dass and antropologist Angela Arrien on her path into the archaic revival. There's something interesting to read aswell, Terrance thoughts and insights on what had been the biggests thing for knowledge seeking men before they called it science...Alchemy. Now you could play this weeks musical component in the background but im afraid there's a sensuality to that female voice that might distract, Bill Laswells bass isnt just droning and Anton Fiers production sparkling as you can experience if you pick up "This Is How It Feels by The Golden Palominos.

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Terence McKenna




Hallucinations 13,14 - At Play in the Fields of the Lord/ Looking Backward (58 min, 40mb)



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Terence McKenna - On Alchemy ( PDF 40p, 64Kb)

McKenna goes back in time and explores the history and thinking about alchemy and dont think this was mumbo jumbo ..far from it, i guess the last great alchemist of note was non other then Isaac Newton. Here's a transcript of a talk McKenna gave

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Prague Gnosis (1)

Terence McKenna in dialogue with some of the foremost thinkers of the Global Consciousness movement today. Footage was shot on location in Prague, Czechoslovakia during the International Transpersonal Conference in June 1992. Terence engages in mind expanding conversations with Ram Dass, Angeles Arrien (pt 1), Kenneth Ring, Rupert Sheldrake, Jill Purce, David White and Alexander Shulgin (pt 2).



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Golden Palominos - This Is How It Feels ( ^ 146mb)

Golden Palominos first featured Fier, singer-guitarist Arto Lindsay, saxophonist John Zorn, bass guitarist Bill Laswell and violinist/guitarist Fred Frith. Their self-titled debut album was released on New York's Celluloid Records in 1983, the album is notable for having some of the first recorded turntable scratching outside of rap music, courtesy of Laswell and M.E. Miller. The Palominos' next album, 1985's Visions of Excess, would sound vastly different, leaning towards songs more in a folk vein, with a sound in some respects pre-dating the emergence of the alt-country genre by a few years. This record was also noteworthy as the debut of singer Syd Straw, whose songwriting and vocals would be featured prominently on this record and the next, Blast Of Silence. Cream's Jack Bruce, guitarists Richard Thompson and Jody Harris, and R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe also appeared on the record. Of the band members that were on the first record, only Fier and Arto Lindsay had remained. Blast Of Silence was released the following year, carrying on in much of the same vein as Visions Of Excess and with appearances by many of the same personnel.

A Dead Horse (1989) carried on in the sound of its predocessors slightly, but some of the songs also crossed into a darker, more ambient and ethereal sound, a sound which would dominate the Palomino records of the 1990s. Syd Straw had moved on and was no longer in the band, with most of the vocals now handled by Amanda Kramer. It saw the return of Bill laswell who brought Bernie Worrell and Aiyb Dieng along. Drunk With Passion marked the first record not on Celluloid Records, with its sound taking from some of the darker cues heard on A Dead Horse and also using more processed and electronic sounds, giving many of its songs an ethereal feel. This album could be argued was more influenced by its guest appearances than any of the others, who included Hüsker Dü's Bob Mould, Richard Thompson, and Michael Stipe.

This Is How It Feels, released in 1993, continued on in much of the ambient sound of Drunk With Passion, but it also incorporated many elements of club and trance music. It also marked the introduction of new lead vocalist Lori Carson, who co-wrote nine of the CD's tracks with Anton Fier. Bill Laswell's production work on this and on the following record, Pure, would heavily influence his own remix work of the late 90's, as seen on the CDs Emerald Ather and City Of Light. Pure, released a year later, is seen by many as the band's most focused work, due much to the strong contributions once again of Carson, Laswell, and Skopelitis. Tracks such as "No Skin" and "Pure" continue in the dance/ambient style of the previous album. The CD would also stir a minor controversy over the bare female breast on its cover. The song "Little Suicides", from Pure showed much of same sparse sound, production, and strong yet quiet vocals (albeit less electronic) that would influence Carson's solo work. Anton Fier would produce Carson's 1995 solo record, Where It Goes.

Dead Inside (1996) was another stylistic turnaround for the Palominos, and their last proper album. This time, the record had a deathly, industrial sound, with the line-up consisting only of Fier, multi-instrumentalist Knox Chandler (who before joining the Palominos, was also in a band with Lori Carson), Nicky Skopelitis, and poet Nicole Blackman. Much of the Golden Palominos work has become increasingly hard to find, and compilations do not provide a complete overview of their work.




01 - Sleepwalk (5:12)
02 - Prison Of The Rhythm (4:54)
03 - I'm Not Sorry (5:07)
04 - This Is How It Feels (4:45)
05 - To A Stranger (Voc.Lydia Kavanagh) (5:41)
06 - The Wonder (4:55)
07 - Breakdown (4:58)
08 - These Days (Voc.Lydia Kavanagh) (4:09)
09 - Rain Holds (5:52)
10 - Twist The Knife (5:21)
11 - Bird Flying (5:54)
12 - A Divine Kiss (Voc.Lydia Kavanagh) (3:15)

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