Juana Molina: sálvese quien pueda…

Buenos Aires-born electro-ambient-folk genius Juana Molina blows my mind with her absolutely intriguing and masterful on-the-spot sampling. Great stuff – enjoy a few groovy tracks.

Original Vibration: Singing Bowls and Sacred Horns

As Space Blobs continue to baffle scientists and Sun Ra paints my summer mindscape with intergalactic questions and answers, my thoughts turn once again to the exploration of fundamental concepts in Eastern thought, specifically Vedic philosophy. Earlier I posted an essay attempting to articulate the concept of nondualism by creating an analogy with water drops […]

¡Sabroso! Eddie Palmieri’s “Vámonos Pa’l Monte”

This sweaty heat has me thinking of the Lower East Side, NYC: cars driving around with Puerto Rican flags painted on the hood, old dudes riding souped-up bicycles blaring Salsa out of boom boxes attached to the front baskets and folks sitting around card tables on the sidewalk playing dominoes. Maybe that’s why I’ve been […]

Space is the Place: the Sun Ra Appreciation Society

What is not to appreciate about the inimitable Herman Poole Blount, known forever as his professional persona, Sun Ra? One of the most prolific musicians of the 20th Century (recording over 1000 songs), the self-professed extra-terrestrial from the planet Saturn here on Earth to invite all Earthlings seeking a brighter today and tomorrow to join him […]

瀬場潤 NUJABES: World without Words

The musical lovechild of Astrud Gilberto and Ali Shaheed Muhammed, Tokyo DJ Nujabes’ ethereal jazzed-out soundscapes are equally at home gazing out at a sunset over Ipanema Beach or relaxing at a rooftop barbecue in Brooklyn. Spearheading a beautiful new vein of hip-hop interpretation, Nujabes first began to gain deserved recognition as one of the […]

The Mysterious Wisdom of Dark Energy Pt. 1: Chuang Tzu vs. Wu-Tang

Recent mysterious scientific discoveries have finally confirmed the existence of “dark energy” – the energy, predicted by Einstein but counterintuitive to what we understand about reality, that is able to explain why the Universe is expanding at an accelerating rate. It turns out that dark energy actually composes 74% of the known Universe, with “dark matter” (matter […]

Asian Noodles Sound System

In the far-away left-coast land of O.B., ancient legend tells of an ice-cream truck painted entirely in Rastafarian red, gold and green with an enormous booming sound system attached to the roof selling Asian noodles late nights to the bar crawlers, Vietnamese fishermen and penniless monks that can be found along Newport Avenue. Meditating on […]

¡Jala Barcelona! Kung-Fu en Vivo (3-1)

Surf GZ (English)

What is it that attracts us to the sea? Why does it call all of us? Is it that it reminds us of our primordial origin? Is it our very cells or DNA that turns our consciousness toward the oceans? Perhaps it is its insurmountable immensity that which reminds us of the unarguable insignificance of […]

Surf GZ (español)

¿Qué es esto que nos atrae al mar? ¿Por qué nos llama a todos? ¿Es que nos acuerda de nuestro origen primordial? ¿Son nuestras células mismas o nuestro ADN que nos dirige las conciencias hacia los océanos? Quizás es su insuperable inmensidad, la que nos recuerda de la indiscutible insignificancia del ego humano, y por […]