17. 28 december 2013

Ode aan Venus, the opening words of Lucretius' De Rerum Natura.
And a report of the wonderfull concert of the legendary band The Low Countries in Café AMI the day before.
http://www.youtube.com/user/thelowcountries?feature=watch
https://soundcloud.com/thelowcountries

Music:
- Popol Vuh : Hungern und Dürsten (1974)
- Black Sabbath : Planet Caravan (1970)
- The Screaming Tribesmen : Looking On (1993)
- The Celibate Rifles : Back on the Corner (1983)
- The Low Countries :
  -A Friend worth the Name (2010)
  -Handmaid's Blush (Live Dec. 27th, 2013)
  -Hoor je mij? (2013)
  -Brian Cox's Locks (Live Dec. 27th, 2013)
  -The Invisible Ray (2013)
- The High Ones : Saved (1998)
- Brant Bjork : Little World (2010)
- The Sword : Winter's Wolves (2006)
- Paul Kantner & Jefferson Starship : Sunrise (1970)

Whilst waiting for the next program:
- Paul Kantner & Jefferson Starship : Hijack, Home, Have You Seen The Stars Tonight, XM & Starship (1970)
- Nigel Parrington : Gently Johnny (P. Giovanni)
- Acid Mothers Temple : Eleking the Clay (2008)
- The High Ones : Come Back (1998)
- InterKosmos : Hypnotizer (2008)

16. 14 december 2013

From Jan van Aken's book 'De Afvallige' (2013) we tell about the not so bad emperor Julianus (361-363). There's a statue of him in Tongeren.
Sounds from a flute found in a German cave, around 35.000 years old.
And the hope for new genealogic information from recent found human-DNA.
Again and again we take note of the abuse of Mac Beth's name, this time of Gruoch, Lady Mac Beth: 
The Vlaamse Opera brings a play from Dimitri Sjostakovitsj, who apparently did not know better.   Our distant cousin Ludwig van Beethoven did!

Sounds from:
- Popol Vuh : Andacht, Nicht hoch im Himmel & Andacht (1972)
- In Gowan Ring : Wind that Cracks the Leaves (2005)
- Lyres : Shake it some more (1993)
- Birdbone Flute (35.000 years b.p.)
- Ole Lukkøye : Kachun (1996)
- Electric Wizard : The Chosen Few (2007)
- Bert Jansch : Just a Dream (1995)
- Dragontears : Borderline (2007)
- The Walking Seeds : Gates of Freedom (1990)
- The Low Countries : Low Country (2013)

15. 30 Nov. 2013

For starters a word about Thomas Hariot (1560-1621), a forgotten great Mind.
Next, Fiona told us the story of Buddha's Enlightenment (celebrated on December 8th, Bodhi Day).
And from 'Spinoza, Filosoof van de Blijheid', Tinneke Beeckman (red.) we learn about the similarities between Spinoza's road to Joy and Buddhist meditation (vipassana).

Some music:
- Popol Vuh : Abschied & Segnung (1972)
- Lamp of the Universe : Tantra Asana (2001)
- Died Pretty : Mirror Blues 1 (1984)
- Causa Sui : Brassica Blues (2011)
- Catharine K S : In you own time (2000)

14. 16 Nov. 2013

The lucky re-emerge of Lucretius' De rerum natura, described in Stephen Greenblatt's book 'The Swerve: How the World became Modern' 
(De Zwenking: Hoe de wereld modern werd, 2008).
And an extract from Alan Watts' 'Het Niets' 
('Nothing', part III of the Essence of Alan Watts, 1974).

Music:
- Popol Vuh : Hosianna Mantra (1972)
- Lyres : Ain't goin' nowhere (1992)
- Destroy All Monsters : Bored (1979)
- Sainkho Namtchylak : Like Transparent Shadow (2000)
- Baby Woodrose : Dark Twin (2007)
- Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats : 13 Candles (2011)
- The Sword : Lawless Lands (2010)
- The Wipers : Land of the Lost (1986)
- Alan Stivell : Ys (1971)

13. 2 november 2013

Some word about other parts of 'Vanished Kingdoms' by Norman Davies.
Overview of the contents from 'Poldergrond', new book from the Koninklijke Heemkundige Kring van de Antwerpse Polder.
www.polderheemkring.be

Sounds:
- Popol Vuh : Kyrie (1972)
- H.P.Lovecraft : It's About Time (1968)
- Spids Nøgenhat : Mere Lys (2013)
- Fleetwood Mac : The Green Manalishi (1970)
- Les Variations : I was down (1972)
- Pandit Deobrat Mishra & Friends : Indeuropia (2012)
- Steel Mill : Green Eyed God (1971)
- Spids Nøgenhat : Lolland Falster (2013)
- Electric Wizard : Venus in Furs (2010) 
  

12. October 19, 2013

- The Kingdom of the Rock, Dumbarton (5-12th century). A not well known history of a part then not yet part of Scotland. 2nd chapter from the book 'Vanished Kingdoms' by Norman Davies (2011). (Alas, making the damned classic Mac Beth mistake)
- Earth's own rhythm in a.o. climate, from Salomon Kroonenberg's book 'De Menselijke Maat, De aarde over tienduizend jaar' (2006).
- First chapter from Theun de Vries' Spinoza-biografie (1991).

Music:
- Popol Vuh : Ah! (1972)
- The Incredible String Band : The Circle is Unbroken (1968) & October Song (1966)
- Lamp of the Universe : Born in the Rays of the Third Eye (2001)
- Emtidi : Touch the Sun (1972)
- Acid Mother's Temple : From the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. (1997)
- Human Instinct : Black Sally (1970)
And again an extra hour with:
- Human Instinct : Midnight Sun & Tomorrow (1970)
- Zaam : Pan on the Moors (2004)
- Fit & Limo : Stein (2000)
- Stone Breath : The Unbinding String (2000)
- Sandra Bell : Willow (1998)
- Uncle Acid : Poison Apple (2013)
- Baby Woodrose : I'm gonna make You mine (2007)

11. 5 October 2013
Liberation day for Ekeren (1944)

Fiona told us the story of Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man (1862-1890), who even had a bad time in Belgium: Brussels, Ostend, and Antwerp.
And an article about when our ancestors were near extinction, around 100.000 years ago. A mere 2000 survived some really bad times and from then went on to populate the Earth.

Sounds from:
- Popol Vuh : Vuh (1971)
- Paul Giovanni : Gently Johnny (The Wicker Man, 1973)
- Stone Breath : Treehugger/Decay (2000)
- Mariee Sioux : Wild Eyes (2008)
- Baby Woodrose : Disconnected (2003)
Again an extra hour with:
- Necronomicon : Tips zum Selbstmord (1972)
- Uncle Acid : Mind Crawler (2013)
- Al Hotchkiss : Beatifics (2006)
- The Miracle Workers : Hung Up (1984)
- Zaam : Beyond the Beyond (2003)
- Acid King : Electric Machine (1999)
- De Kat : 'Bruno' (1972)
- Acid King : 39 Lashes (1999)
- Maelstrom : End of Time 2 (1992)
- The Trees : Murdoch (1970)
- Vinegar : Fleisch (1971)

10. 21 September 2013

Fiona recites from Louis Paul Boon's "De kleine Eva uit de Kromme Bijlstraat" (1956), a murder story in Antwerp and the media fabulations in the 1930's.
We also spot another book that is probably worth a read: "De Verlichting als Kraamkamer" by Jabik Veenbaas. High time for more Enlightenment.
And again some theater company, het Toneelhuis, is unaware that the essence of the Shakespeare play they will bring is that a lie by repetition becomes truth! 
'fair is foul and foul is fair' indeed, there is no proof that Mac Beth killed young and foolish king Duncan (cfr. 17 april 2013)

Music:
- Popol Vuh : Improvisation1971 (1971)
- Uncle Acid : Get on Home (Charles Manson) (2013)
- The Deadly Hume : Passengers Blues (1986)
- Josefus : Situation, Dead Man & Feeling Good (1969)

9. September 7th, 2013

While the city of Antwerp has it's Liberation Ball on September 6, the towns of Ekeren and Merksem had to wait, back then in 1944, one more month, a month full of violence and suffering. With the end of the German occupation came also an end to 'Big-Antwerp'. Alas, this nazi-invention was re-installed in 1983.
Note that the port of Antwerp has the second biggest concentration of petro-chemical industry, after Texas.
Also in 1944, the republic of Touva lost it's independance.
And a word about the Cambrian explosion (around 500 million years ago), made possible by the rise of oxigen giving carnivores more energy, thus spuring on the evolution of spiecies.

Intro before the show:
- Royal Servants : Latin Underground (1970)
- Agitation Free : Deliverance (1974)
- Pentagon : A Sad Song (1970)
- Gila : Viva Arabica (1972)

During:
- Popol Vuh : In den Gärten Pharaos (1971)
- Witchcraft : It's so Easy (2004)
- The Things : Another Girl Like You 
- The Warlocks : Life's a Misery (1966)
- The Stoics : Hate (1967)
- Homer : Dandelion Wine (1970)
- Yat-Kha : Kozhamyk (1995)
- The Spacious Mind : Your Mind And Mine (1994)
- The Sword : Winter's Wolves (2006)
(Last song cut short by next radioshow, reprise in another season)

8. 24 augustus 2013

Once in 25 years the Ros Beiaard (known in several places in the Southern Netherlands) will make an appearance in Mechelen (Sunday August 25th), along with other folklore figures that mostly have roots in pre-christian times. 
Further on the influence of horses on history. 
Also some thoughts on the evolution of mankind.

Sounds:
- Popol Vuh : Bettina (1971)
- Midwinter : Sanctury Stone (1973)
- Acid Mother's Temple : Pink Lady Lemonade (1997)
- Dead Can Dance : Saltarello (1990)
- Ship Of Fools : Passage by Night (1993)
- Vágtázó Halottkémek : Battle of the Huns (1992)

7. 27 juli 2013

Throwing, next to a. o. an omnivore diet and cooking, as one of the elements that helped evolve Homo Erectus into Homo Sapiens. 
Also a word about the proposal to let family naming run free. From a genealogical point of view too extreme, anyway make your family tree, we are all family.
Book: Het Verhaal van onze Voorouders, Een pelgrimstocht naar de Oorsprong van het Leven. (The Ancestor's Tale. A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life); Richard Dawkins.

Music:
- Popol Vuh: Affenstunde (1970)
- In Gowan Ring: Hazel Steps (2000)
- Arica: Absorption (1972)
- La Revolution de Emiliano Zapata: At the Foot of the Mountain (1971)
- Samsara Blues Experiment: Singata Mystic Queen (2009)
- Mourning Cloak: How the Earth Bleeds when the Stars Turn (1998)
- The Bevis Frond: Somewhere Else (1990)
- Magic Carpet: Father Time (1972)
And an extra hour filled with:
- Planet G-Force: Carefull Step into Chaos part 2 (1995)
- Hood: For a Moment, Lost (1998)
- Graveyard: Goliath (2012)
- Fit & Limo: Open Scene (1998)
- Tangle Edge: The Pinworm Era (1990)
- Zaam: Rejoicing Nature (2004)
- Azusa Plane: Implication of Holomovement (1998)
- Maelstrom: ND2 (1992)

6. July 13th, 2013

B. de Spinoza as a precursor, via Diderot's Encyclopédie, to the French revolution. Some words about his descent and a hint of his Radical Enlightenment to wet your appetite. Also for Radio Centraal's "La Fête du Quatorze Juillet"

Sounds from:
- Popol Vuh: Ich Mache Eine Spiegel, Dream part 49 (1970)
- Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes: Paix (1972)
- Birds Of Passage: The Patterns on your face (2010)
- In Gowan Ring: Morning's Waking Dream (2003)
- Malicorne: Dame Lombarde (1974)
- The Sword: Ebethron (2006)
- Les Thugs: Femme Fatale (1984)

5. June 15th 2013

An excerpt out of Albert De Vree's 'Van Poldersloot tot Wereldhaven': Het dichterlijke leven van Wannes Kwak, read by Fiona.
And some highlights from De Derde Chimpansee, evolutie en toekomst van het dier dat mens heet (orig. The Third Chimpanzee. The Evolution and Future  of the Human Animal) by Jared Diamond.
"Het verleden was een gouden tijd vol onwetendheid,
het heden een ijzeren tijdperk vol bewuste blindheid." (p390)

Music:
- Popol Vuh: Ich Mache Eine Spiegel, Dream part 5 (1970)
- Selda: Ince Ince Bir Kar Yagar (1976)
- Bevis Frond: City of the Sun (1988)
- Roky Erickson: the Interpreter (1977)
- Bevis Frond: Long Journey into Light (1988)
- The Sword: Freya (2006)
- Mystic Siva: Keeper of the Keys (1972)
- Rocky Erickson & Jack Johnson: I am (1982)

4. June 1st 2013
(A bit too late)
Very short about counter-history of filosofy, maybe again next time...
the book: Antieke Wijsgeren - Tegengeschiedenis van de filosofie
(orig.: Les sagesses antiques - Contre-histoire de la philosophie) 
by Michel Onfray
Music: 
- MC5 : Future/Now (1971)
- Popol Vuh : Ich Mache einen Spiegel, Dream Part 4 (1970)
- Vangelis O. Papathenassiou : He-o (1973)
- Seikilos: Song of Seikilos (+200bc)
- Erkin Koray : Istemem (1970)
- Planet G-Force : Careful Step into Chaos part 1 (1995)
- Earth : Ouroboros is Broken (1990)

3. 24 april 2013 (in de zandbak)
A first word about B. de Spinoza, the source of the Radical Enlightenment.
And, on the eve of 25 de abril, also about the Portugees revolution of 1974.
the Music:
- Stone Breath : Devotional Two (1998)
- Baby Woodrose : Light up your Mind (2013)
- Popol Vuh : Oh, Wie weit ist der Weg Hinauf (1976)
- Jordi Savall : Fantasian
- Pandemonica : Tomorrow may never come (2000)
- José Afonso : Grândola, Vila Morena (1973)
- José Afonso : Era um redondo vocábulo (1973)
- Mão Morta : Tiago Capitão (2010)
- José Afonso : Que Amor Não Me Engana (1973)
- José Afonso : Moda do Entrudo (1970)

2. 17 april 2013 (in de zandbak)
The story of the real MacBeth mac Findleach & Doada, possibly the best king of An Alba-Scotland. Away with that English propaganda fiction bore.
The book : 
MACBETH, High King of Scotland 1040-57AD by Peter Berresford Ellis.
The Music:
- Stone Breath : Fleance (1998)
- (Scottish weather in Gaelic)
- Catherine-Ann McPhee : Cànan Nan Gàidheal (1987)
- Alison Helzer : Fear a Bhàta (2010)
- Catherine-Ann MacPhee : Chi Mi'n Geamhradh (1992)
- James Reid : Fallen King (2006)
- The Low Countries : Drone King (2008)
- Alan Stivell : Ian Morrison Reel (1973)
- Writing on the Wall : Shadow of Man (1969)
- The Thanes : Shipwreck (1997)
- Battlefield Band : Lads O' the fair (1980)

1. 10 april 2013 (in de Zandbak)


Literally about the Holmebrug, the Scandinavian origin of Holme 
(= Steenborgerweert), Ekeren, Leerwijk en de Burcht of Antwerpen. 
Nearly all disappeared by 'progress' in these industrial destruction times.

http://eeckersenweghenholmebrug.blogspot.be/
http://vikingenekeren.blogspot.be/

Music by :
- Alrun Rod: Natskyggevey (1969)
- Spids Nøgenhat : Når Spindelvævene Blomstrer (2001)
- Dunderklumpen : Blomhåret talar med Vattenfallet (1974)
- Witchcraft : Schysta Lögnar (2004)
- Blåkula : Idolen (1975)
- Aron : Morgendis (2003)
- Lisa Ekdahl : Att älska är större (1996)

www.radiocentraal.be/Realescape/

soundcloud.com/zaam/maelstrom-over-de-holmebrug