Ashwin Tumne (ashwin@visgen.com)
Thu, 20 May 1999 16:32:08 -0400 (EDT)
>
> I can't for the life of me figure out why anyone would skip 4 Hero to see
> Phantom Menace, which will playing until the end of the millennium (and I mean
> the actual end of the millennium--Dec. 31, 2000), but to each his/her own.
>
I see no contradiction - Dego and Mark are mad Star Wars fans - they'd
probably skip their own shows to check it out. It's a huge
inspiration for the outer space themes in 4Hero's music.
> I think everyone will agree that talking about Star Wars on this list is
> pretty darned off-topic, so it shold be avoided.
>
Star Wars (IMHO) has some mad insights into our society - like the first
movie where those creatures were selling R2D2, C3PO and other robots
as slave labour - that shit continues to this day in so many parts of the
world. I find Star Wars to be an epic on the scale of Roman and Hindu
mythology (mad parallels between the Ewoks and Monkey warriors in Hindu
Ramayana epic).
On the acid-jazz tip though, it's ish like star wars along other parables
and themes about outer space that inspire the works of many musical artists
we might discuss on this list (eg. 4Hero, Funkadelic, Sun Ra, DJ Spooky,
Africa Bambataa, David Durah). Star Wars by itself should be discussed
on other lists - if it's connected to the music we discuss, no harm
in mentioning that, I guess. But yeah, kool, to each their own.
> ObAJ: I got an advance copy (might not be advance anymore) of the new
> Herbaliser "Very Mercenary" and on first listen I'd give a thumbs up. Once
> again proving that Ninja Tune can do, or little, wrong.
>
On the Herbaliser/4Hero tip - I heard that both groups are going to be
playing in Quebec sometime this summer (with full bands). Can anyone
confirm this and maybe provide more info? I'll need to plan a road trip.
Thanks.
shanti,
ashwin
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