the number 9, bulgaria, beauty, literature, esoterica, music, god, art, the myth of orpheus
Music
liturgical, gregorian chant, brian eno, radiohead, pink floyd, the doors, blonde redhead, david bowie,bjork, acid mothers temple, ash ra tempel, air, hank williams, ravi shankar, tom waits, nick cave, elvis costello, u2, cecil taylor, black sabbath, alice coltrane, huun huur tu, gnarls barkley, antonio carlos jobim, astor piazzola, kronus quartet, terry riley, morton feldman, john cage,sting, bruce sprigsteen, antonio vivaldi, aphex twin, the arcade fire, arvo part, astrud gilberto,yusef lateef,the beatles,george harrison,john lennon,jimi hendrix,bob dylan,leonard cohen,the velvet underground,syd barrett,ennio morricone,scott walker,jacques brel,serge gainsbourg,kurt weill&bertolt brecht,nico,nina simone,edith piaf,frank sinatra,nick drake,the grateful dead,tom petty,roy orbison,paul horn,randy newman,harry nillson,neil young,tom jones,elvis presley,neil diamond,johnny cash,willie nelson,thelonious monk,miles davis,ryuichi sakamoto,lou harrison,os mutantes,cafe tacuba,sun ra,moondog,harry partch,stockhausen,varese,bach,mozart,beetoven,bartok,janacek,varese,the beach boys,bill withers,van morrison,the band,blind willie johnson,bob marley,daniel lanois,michael brook,dead can dance,lisa gerrard,lorenna mckennitt,burt bacharach,the byrds,can,charles mingus,cat stevens,chet baker,the pogues,clara rockmore,david lindley,david sylvian,dimitri shostakovich,donovan,the sherman brothers,emmylou harris.enrico caruso,francoise hardy,the who,peter gabriel,david byrne,queen,gil scott-heron,gordon lightfoot,gyory ligeti,jethro tull,iggy pop,iz,jean sibelius,john barry,john cale,lou reed,ian hunter,joni mitchell,juliette greco,kate bush,the kinks,philip glass,pendereki,charlie chaplin,led zeppelin,leontyne price,les mogul,little milton,bb king,los lobos,louis armstrong,madredeus,mikis theodorakis,nat king cole,olivier messiaen,ornette coleman,paul simon,phil ochs,ry cooder,sly and the family stone,six organs of admittance,the police,warren zevon,toru takemitsu,steely dan,frank zappa,erik satie,beck,glen&marketa,the divine comedy,keane,sia,zero7,tricky,thye tiger lillies,the negro problem,giant ant farm,sigur ros,sarah blasko,sam philips,phish,manu chao,cornelius,momus,tinariwen,jon brion,jocelyn pook,jill sobule,jeff buckley,gorillaz,dj shadow,unkle,craig armstrong,comets on fire,dead meadow,david gray,coldplay,carter burwell,the chemical brothers,the cardigans,calexico,brazillian girls,brad mehldau,the bad plus,gram parsons,bohren&doer club of gore,wilco,bill fay,zbigniew preisner,snow patrol,the cinematic orchestra,judy collins,bright eyes,islaja,travis,karen ann,joe henry,komeda,unkle,jesse sykes&the sweet hereafter
Movies
The double life of veronique-Red-Wings of desire-Inland empire-Mulholland drive-Blue velvet-Lost highway-Wild at heart-wild strawberries-the seventh seal-lost in translation-the royal tenenbaums-rushmore-la dolce vita-8 1/2-before sunset-before sunrise-waking life-battle in heaven-eternal sunshine of the spotless mind-being john malkovich-the big lebowski-o brother where art thou?-amelie- oslo,hawaii-
Books
The Old Testament, The New Testament, Siddhartha by Herman Hesse, Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse, The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa, The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting by Milan Kundera, Chronicles vol.1 by Bob Dylan, Lowdown by A.J. Albany, Native State by Tony Cohan, Women by Charles Bukowski, On the Road by Jack Kerouac, Catching the Big Fish by David Lynch, A Monk's Alphabet by Father Jeremy Driscoll, Bono in Conversation with Michka Assayas, Jim Morrison by Stephen Davis, Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky-hell by henri barbusse-in favor of the sensitive man by anais nin-the stranger by albert camus-ask the dust by john fante-the attack by yasmina khadra-vanished splendors by balthus-the harmony of the spheres by salman rushdie-either/or by soren kierkegaard-mere christianity by c.s. lewis-poems by rilke-emily dickinson-olav hague-ee cummings-robert frost-wallace stevens-lorca-neruda-ts eliot-lord byron-keats-shelley-baudelaire-walt whitman-etheridge knight-william blake-lewis carrol-shakespeare-yeats-billy collins-coleridge-archibald macleish-sylvia plath-li po-rumi-elizabeth bishop-czeslaw milosz-petya doubarova-blaga dimitrova-w.s.merwin-gunnar ekelof-cesar vallejo-apollinaire-ivan davidkov-hristo smirnenski-tomas transtromer- robinson jeffers-the metamorphosis by franz kafka-the hunger artist by franz kafka-the wall by jean paul sartre-the daring young man on the flying trapeze by william saroyan-the misunderstanding by albert camus-snow by orhan pamuk
Lanny's Details
Status:
Single
Here for:
Friends
Orientation:
Straight
Hometown:
long beach
Religion:
Other
Zodiac Sign:
Capricorn
Occupation:
minstrel
Lanny mind trippin through the sonic ballyhoo Posted at 8:56 PM Nov 30 view more
About me:
The great guitar interrogator Roy Clark guided me through the astral plains one foggy night in Cypress, California. He was on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. He picked his guitar with such exuberance and joy that I decided to investigate this phenomena, this peculiar world of picking and grinning. Roy was to be my Virgil and through him I discovered the world of sound,the world of Django Reinhardt, a gypsy from Belgium who opened doors into the magical world of fire and nomadic mystery,a new sacred kabbalah of musical possibility-later i discovered such zen lunatic guitarophiles as Tal Farlow, Wes Montgomery, Ted Greene, Joe Diorio, Linc Chamberlin, John McLaughlin, Chet Atkins, , Jimmy Page, Robert Fripp and Derek Bailey who fed my wild perfection and imagination with shadow and wonder. This led to music from exotic landscapes and mystical porticoes. Leading the way was John Coltrane whose spiritual investigations and jazz prayer a love supreme would leave an indelible impression-coltrane was a musical omnivore and was drawn to the enormous vistas of music's potential to heal illuminate and shed light into those hidden chambers of the heart-because of his influence i began to discover other kinds of sound and vision like Tuvan throat singing, Greek Rembetika, the Fado from Portugal, the Tango from Argentina, the Mariachi from Mexico, music from Russia-Greece-the Middle East, and the many wild flavors of India-Koto music from Japan, Duduk music of Armenia, the Erhu music of China, the Gamelan orchestras of Indonesia, bossa nova and the music of Brazil,the mystery voices of bulgaria and the Saz music of Turkey-every culture is defined by its art and music-it reflects the landscape-the mood-the collective emotional state-the joy-the longing-the hope-the sadness-the beauty-the complexity-music knows no bounds-is universal-cosmic-solitary-communal-mystical-in greek mythology orpheus played his lyre to enchant the dwellers of the underworld to revive his beloved eurydice-king david played the lyre to cure his father king saul's madness-music as offering-lamentation-celebration-supplicaion-praise-ritual-birth-death-seduction-in all of nature music can be found-the sea-the earth and the sky all have secret melodies lying in wait to communicate divine transmissions- i joined the hollywood freak parade fresh out of high school in 1979 zooming through the portals of wild rock n roll excess and examining the codes of loud guitars-wailing vocals-big hair and this new phenomenon called woman-each night provided a clue into this grand mystery-the players changed as did the band names(the ocean,uz,lights,the white,american heroes,mondo cane) but the mission was the same-to explore the outer reaches of human behavior and to discover thy ain true self-i found myself in such illustrious dungeons as the starwood-the troubadour-the whiskey-madame wongs-radio city-the woodstock concert theatre-the queen mary-and many others that have been retired by the mistress called faded memory-sometime in the mid 80's i met and had a brief musical encounter with mark stein a music legend from 60's psyche icons the vanilla fudge-we were called danger zone and from him i learned many profound lessons and for this i am eternally grateful-serendipity then led me into the world of a band called giuffria and my first major label contract with MCA records-the album called silk and steel found your humble narrator on dick clark's american bandstand and a strange variety show called dance fever but no big time rock stardom-to my great relief and dismay another rock n roll meltdown-
Who I'd like to meet: milan kundera, karlheinz stockhausen, robert wilson, greek musicians, russian musicians, liturgical singers, arabic musicians, sub saharan desert nomads, microtonalists, anyone related to john coltrane, anyone related to albert camus, anyone related to sun ra, shaman, mystics, bedouins, poets, prophets, poverty crusaders, los angeles historians, david lynch, leonard cohen, jean luc godard, kenneth anger, situationists, warhol's factory dwellers, bohemians
Thanks for adding us!!! The songs we have up are some of our first songs. We are about to start recording our full length so we are expecting to have it done by February.
Ever wondered what to do in the event of a nuclear threat?
A while ago I found stuff that inspired me to make this film:
Living Under the Shadow of the Nuclear Umbrella
Both artistic (ensure you get the background music!) and educational, it primarily comprises official British government civil defence advice.
Though source materials are quite aged, much remains relevant today.
I encourage all to visit the YouTube page to learn more (Show support! Rate! Comment!) and responsibly circulate as widely as possible, here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaIim3Rj7L4
thanks so much lanny! i was just thinking about that play of yours that we saw. i really liked it! please let me know if another thing like that comes up! thanks again!
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