Michael Anthony – Untold Van Halen
Michael Anthony – Untold Van Halen I have said this always: Michael left VH with his fortune, marriage to high school sweetheart and dignity intact. He is the true winner of VH.
Music
Why is it so difficult to start up an unique band?
Why is it so difficult to start up an unique band? I would say 95% of the musicians I know, and know of are very vanilla in their thinking. The only driving force seems to be making a few bucks and making sure people can dance to it. I want to start up a very … Read more
Healing with Cymatics Sound Medicine – a deep dive
Healing with Cymatics Sound Medicine – a deep dive Life vibrates. An exploration of cymatics and vibrational healing through three distinct lenses — ancient history and mysticism (e.g., Saqqara and the Voice of God), modern fringe research (e.g., military projects, Emoto, Eileen McKusick), and biophysical mechanisms (e.g., protein formation, vibrational synthesis of life). Each will … Read more
Baltimore, The Black Pivot, and Coltrane’s 30+ Albums
Baltimore, The Black Pivot, and Coltrane’s 30+ Albums I was floored by the ‘Coltrane released over 30 albums…’ comment (it was actually more than 45 albums) and so I started looking around. Yes — John Coltrane released over 30 albums as a bandleader in his lifetime, with even more posthumously compiled from unreleased sessions and … Read more
Strange paucity of peal bells
Strange paucity of peal bells A deeply fascinating and underexplored mystery — the decline of peal bells and the silencing of traditional bell-ringing, particularly in churches and cathedrals. When viewed through both historical and arcane lenses, this subject offers several layers of inquiry — technological, cultural, spiritual, and perhaps even conspiratorial. 1. What Are Peal … Read more
Mark Devlin interviews MK’d Cathy O’Brien RE Satanica Musica
Mark Devlin interviews MK’d Cathy O’Brien RE Satanica Musica Mark Devlin interviews MK’d Cathy O’Brien RE Satanica Musica “Trance-Formation of America” book “I am a survivor of CIA MK-ULTRA mind control. I was used on a White House / Pentagon level. I was deep in the Washington, DC swamp among perpetrators who steal elections and … Read more
Jarring Bizarrity of David Bowie
Jarring Bizarrity of David Bowie Tortured, disjointed soul. Chaos. Confusion. An elemental of the NWO. Screams. Fits. Rages. Perplectica Ginormous. It would appear Bowie has some otherworldly grip on your right forearm… my feeling is at some point Ozzy Osborn pissed in the pool and it was never the same Allot of those guys were … Read more
Michael’s Drums 19
Michael’s Drums 19 Sep 2024 Update I have A Lot of different drumsticks, weights, cuts, woods…been playing over the years with sanding/roughing body, shoulder, tip…same, differing, etc. Same for the tips. I recently came across Claus Hessler via his technique of ‘crushed rudiments’ which mimicks a similar idea I’ve been exploring. Then I found he … Read more
Michael’s Drums 18
Michael’s Drums 18 18 Jul 2024 Update Below is (still) my #1 snare, “steam-bent single-ply maple”. It’s so unusual because it is so unlike all my other drums. 1-ply steam-bent maple. Hardware unspecial except for its vintageness (which isn’t that much more ‘vintage’ compared my main kit’s hardware!). The rims are die-cast, not triple-flange. Heads … Read more
Michael’s Drums 17
Michael’s Drums 17 Oct 2023 Update So I long ago gave up on finding, in one shot, ‘the other half’ of my main kit, a 6-ply maple Ludwig Rockers II kit covered in black cortex. My original half is 12 and 13 mounted on 22 with 16 floor. The absent half is 14 and 15 … Read more