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I guess the drug thing is a touchy subject for me. Personal experiences being both good and bad. My only LSD experience was having some jerk put it in my wine at a party. They put in a lot. It was not fun. I had no idea what was happening or why and it was like having someone pull every self doubt/highschool low self opinion that rested in my skull out and hand them to me. That was four years ago, and I feel I've been healing since. Soundscaping has been a big part of that healing. >From: mark <mark.francombe@in2win.com> >Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com >To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com >Subject: Re: Drugs+music: Off topic? >Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 18:36:04 +0200 > >I very much agree with Mark, >....and the fact that what binds us freaks together is the interest in >loops, in some bizarre love/interest in repetion/hypnosis, in the making >of music and/or sounds that by their very nature produce a trancelike >(or mind altered) state. Of course the aim of all music is to produce an >emotional response, and the particular response that we loopers are >looking for is some shortcut to our unconscious. That said are we not >the very same bunch of people who, while not necessarily taking drugs, >should embrace and empathise with those artists who do, for they >themselves are using drugs to reach a place where their inspiration is >pure emotion in a primal way, and therfore continue to push the >boundaries of art/music to evermore meaningfull heights. >I myself have used drugs on some occasions and have stopped now (mostly) >I care a little too much for my health/bank balance and the crappy >feeling the next day. There are risks of course, and I suspect that many >addict musicians get to that position but taking drugs as a replacement >for the adrenalin high that one experiences from playing live, and that >is a shame, but inspirational careful non abusive use, I can see many >benefits. > >DOPE TALE #1 >I once played a gig completely left handed after taking acid, I didnt do >it for some kind of intellectual experiment, I just forgot that I was >right handed, the result? Well... I guess you could say that an >industrial indie band became kinda... um....jazz? > > >MArk Francombe Red > >Mark Sottilaro wrote: > > > > For all recorded history there are tales of artists and drugs. It >seems > > to be an indelible part of art "lore." Should the list avoid the > > topic? Some feel uncomfortable with the topic, due to either bad > > personal experience or bad press, but how can we avoid this topic. The > > stereotype of the drug addled musician didn't come from nowhere. > > > > Back to the Bulgarians... I was actually tripping the first time I >heard > > the Bulgarian Woman's Choir. It made me cry with joy. If I had not > > been tripping, my emotional response would probably not have been that > > acute. Why? Internal social "noise" imprinted in most male humans > > stifles such behavior. What the LSD did was put my "filter" off-line > > for a while and let it all stream out (in?) with out that little mental > > traffic cop, I call Mr. Conscious, pointing the way. > > > > Now, should I have been able to "go there" without LSD? Of course. >But > > how can one go to a place that one doesn't know exists? The reason I > > don't do drugs any longer is that they've served their purpose for me. > > I can get there on my own. Bizarre social constructs block most > > creative free form thinking. Face it, true artists are few and far > > between. We should not need to use any substance to access this > > integral part of ourselves, but we also should not get scolded for > > "coloring outside the lines." I'm one generation away from a time when > > nuns beat my father for writing with his left hand. > > > > So how does one leapfrog over such social hurdles? I used > > psychedelics. Now I cry like a baby when I see the episode where >Snoopy > > runs away...has anyone... Oh, sorry. I know I could have gotten to > > where I am without drugs. That's tough for a boy raised in the land of > > Malls. But I'm not sorry for wanting to see what inspired I Am The > > Walrus. Or the Giles, Giles and Fripp album, for that matter. If > > Robert Fripp wasn't tripping in those days, I'd be amazed. And >speaking > > of our heroes, has anyone listened to Adrian Belew's "1967" on Mr. >Music > > Head? > > > > Let's face it: a very large proportion of the music that we listen to > > was created under the influence of some drug. (I include alcohol in >that > > list.) Why is this? I'd love to hear anyone else's theories. > > > > Mark Sottilaro > >-- >\ >-\ >--\ >---\ >----\ >-----\ >------\ >-------\ >--------\ >---------\ >----------\ >-----------\ >------------\ >mark-red-----\ >--------------\ >---------------\ >work------------\ >-----------------\ >in2win------------\ >-------------------\ >multimedia-designer-\ >ovre-slottsgate-5----\ >0157-oslo-------------\ >tlf.--22-40-29-94------\ >fax--22-42-14-24--------\ >e-mail--mark@in2win.com--\ >web--http-//www.in2win.com\ >---------------------------\ >----------------------------\ >personal---------------------\ >tlf.-22-43-10-79--------------\ >mob.-91-56-99-88---------------\ >mark@8day.com-------------------\ >christine@8day.com---------------\ >----------------------------------\ >-----------------------------------\ >redweb------------------------------\ >http-//www.8day.com/redweb-----------\ >--------------------------------------\ >---------------------------------------\ >icq-4531031-----------------------------\ >-----------------------------------------\ > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com