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)