tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887440039323868659.post1925879016035446599..comments2024-03-28T22:15:25.617-07:00Comments on RAWIllumination.net: Ask Eric WagnerCleveland Okie (Tom Jackson)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07810736442596736041noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887440039323868659.post-58901717283536001162020-03-27T10:37:40.752-07:002020-03-27T10:37:40.752-07:00Thanks for the questions. I feel slammed at work r...Thanks for the questions. I feel slammed at work right now (even working from my dining room table). I plan to start answering next week. April seems the cruellest month....Eric Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04312033917401203598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887440039323868659.post-68092124236602031762020-03-26T13:22:05.490-07:002020-03-26T13:22:05.490-07:00Eric, I know this has been discussed elsewhere but...Eric, I know this has been discussed elsewhere but I'm wondering if you have any specific memories: how did RAW feel about the less-than-impressive trajectories for life extension and space migration? I can't imagine he was a big fan of the space shuttle program...aside from the ISS I've always been bitter about the switch to the shuttle. <br /><br />As an expert on the Wake and RAW: what was RAW's favorite sequence in Finnegans Wake? I always imagined it was the prayer to Anna Livia which he included in Prometheus Rising but that's just fan speculation. I do say that prayer often. Inflame thyself! Rarebit Fiendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09650603980195179414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887440039323868659.post-71164483617249989652020-03-25T15:12:08.597-07:002020-03-25T15:12:08.597-07:00Thanks for the opportunity. I also have two questi...Thanks for the opportunity. I also have two questions, but will ask the second one tomorrow: <br />Beside the wonderful and colorful list of rock bands in the final chapter of illuminatus, there‘s hardly any mentioning of neither popular nor underground music in his texts. <br />Taken the important role, that different styles and scenes have had in the development of counter culture, expression of freedom and conscious altering techniques (e.g. Underground Rock in the 60/70s, Rap and HipHop in the 90s and Techno in the 90/00s) it seems interesting that it never really appeared on his screen. But maybe i am just not aware of certain thoughts and output on this issue?<br />Could you talk a little bit about that from your point of view?<br />Thanks and see you tomorrow! <br />DMS*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887440039323868659.post-62189268027209648762020-03-23T11:42:00.375-07:002020-03-23T11:42:00.375-07:00Wonderful idea, now just to come up with a good qu...Wonderful idea, now just to come up with a good question. I also somehow missed the interesting desert island discs post that was linked to above. I wonder if Iron Butterfly was a joke? It seems a contrary aesthetic to the rest of the list. At least two of his choices I know and love despite lacking a classical music foundation: Beethoven's 9th, and Vivaldi's Four Seasons. Another reader, Roman T. had my all time favorite at the top of his list: John Cage's 4:33. You can listen to it any time, anywhere. The variations in it might prove extremely subtle on a desert island, like the variations in an Eno ambient cycle.<br /><br />I recently looked at An Insiders Guide again when unpacking all my books after a recent move. I'm looking forward to the new edition which I'll get as soon as it becomes available.<br /><br />My question: do you know if there are extant copies of the MLA courses RAW guided - Illuminatus, Crowley, there was one on politics, Tales of the Tribe or any others? <br /><br />My second question: how do you think RAW would have responded to the current pandemic and the resulting social isolation and economic slowdown?Oz Fritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06061222169144560970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887440039323868659.post-65353716276411506222020-03-23T09:12:20.500-07:002020-03-23T09:12:20.500-07:00Thank you for sharing this and the link to Bob’s d...Thank you for sharing this and the link to Bob’s desert island discs. Eric Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04312033917401203598noreply@blogger.com