Professor Sun Ra

[Dave Monroe]

My one Sun Ra record (though my youngest [schizophrenic (my mom's
sister blames Schoenberg)] brother is a big fan, bought him the
biography in grade school [?!], even):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-XQgpj7Qnw

http://www.discogs.com/Sensational-Guitars-Of-Dan-Dale-Batman-Theme-Robins-Theme/release/2370799

http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-sensational-guitars-of-dan-and-dale-batman-and-robin-mw0000006532

On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 5:10 PM, ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks, man. A big Kirk and Sun Ra Fan, and was thrilled to discover that
> Kirk was the major influence of Ian Anderson.  was at the music festival
> outside reo, in niteroi, and so many were playing....who would have thought
> so many would be playing....and then, after a little seu jorge, came this
> sun ra...well, i was impressed...and then ....a church type band....it was
> too much memory flooding, like the finger of god from the clouds ....not
> Calvinist but graceful god of spiritual catholic,liberation, yeah...
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serra_dos_%C3%93rg%C3%A3os
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> On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 9:02 PM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> "In the Spring of 1971 Herman 'Sonny' Blount, aka Sun Ra, was
>> artist-in-residence at the University of Califonia at Berkeley, where
>> he offered a lecture course, variably described as African-American
>> Studies 198, 'The Black Man in the Universe,' or 'The Black Man In the
>> Cosmos,' or perhaps it was AAS 171. Apparently there was always some
>> confusion regarding the course, and students had difficulty in picking
>> up books from the required reading list, although one listing, The
>> Source Book of Man’s Life and Death (i.e, The Bible, 'King James'),
>> whose author was listed as 'God,' was available from 'numerous'
>> publishers."
>>
>> http://sensitiveskinmagazine.com/professor-sun-ra/
>>
>> ‘THE BLACK MAN IN THE COSMOS’: SUN RA TEACHES AT UC BERKELEY, 1971
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>>
>> http://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_black_man_in_the_cosmos_sun_ra_teaches_at_uc_berkeley_1971
>>
>> Sun Ra’s Full Lecture & Reading List From His 1971 UC Berkeley Course,
>> “The Black Man in the Cosmos”
>>
>>
>> http://www.openculture.com/2014/07/full-lecture-and-reading-list-from-sun-ras-1971-uc-berkeley-course.html
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