You down with Neferiu? This record label sponsors my radio show, yo. Here’s a free playlist that will stream reck’ly to your mind! (more…)
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Badass Zappa Remixes
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Last SSVH of the Year!
What to expect from todays Sweet and Sour Variety Hour: Half an hour of music, Film Buff Radio explores Moonrise Kingdom, 5 mins of event updates and weather-talk. Every Wednesday at 8am!
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Remember, everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.
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The Little Mushroom
From Erowid:
The Mazatec call the mushrooms Nti-si-tho, in which “Nti” is a particle of reverence and endearment; the rest of the name means “that which springs forth.” Maria Sabina, a Mazatec shaman explained this thought poetically:
“The little mushroom comes of itself, no one knows whence. Like the wind that comes, we know not whence nor why.”
The shaman chants for hours, with frequent clapping or percussive slaps on the thighs in rhythm with the chant. Maria Sabina’s chanting, which has been recorded, studied, and translated, in great part proclaims humbly her qualifications to cure and to interpret divine power through the mushrooms. Excerpts from her chant, all in the beautiful tonal Mazatec language, give an idea of her many “qualifications.”
Woman who thunders am I, woman sounds am I.
Spiderwoman am I, hummingbird woman am I.
Eagle woman am I, important eagle woman am I.
Whirling woman of the whirlwind am I, woman of a sacred, enchanted place am I,
Woman of the shooting stars am I. -
Reason, facts, scientific evidence…but only when it suits
In Nanaimo’s little newspaper, someone had this to say in a letter with the headline Northern Gateway may bring us great prosperity: “To those who oppose this project even before hearings on the Northern Gateway pipeline are completed, I ask “then what” are they proposing?”
Here’s a great response from a fellow person who pays attention: (more…)
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Sweet and Sour Half-Hour & Hour
I spent last evening dusting off all of my old CD’s and picking out all my favourite tracks. This week’s episode of the Sweet and Sour Variety Hour featured 100% music, 100% from Ashta’s over-played personal collection from high school and beyond. These are the days of my life. No making fun!!
Lookit! An Instagram!