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Seasons greetings
to all of our beloved readers/listeners/viewers from all
of the staff at This Is TheThe Day from here, our mountain
retreat in the Norwegian mountains, during our annual
staff skiing and drinking trip. And here we are, all dressed
in white outfits whilst staggering back to the chalet
in a blizzard (I’m the one in the middle!)
In this edition we bring you part 5 of Johnny Marr’s
interview with MJ plus two famous interviews from the
Lazarus archives. Charles Neal’s interview with Matt
from his cult classic book ‘TAPE DELAY - Confessions
From The Eighties Underground’ and Martin Roach’s
interview with Matt from his famous book of nineties interviews
‘THE RIGHT TO IMAGINATION AND MADNESS - An Essential
Collection of Candid Interviews With the UK’s Top
Alternative Songwriters.’
No news yet on when the Showroom will actually open for
business I am very afraid to tell you. I know we promised
that it would be open by now but we are held hostage to
circumstances beyond our control and still awaiting the
green light.
Some holiday reading material and interesting links for
you all to be getting along with while you digest the
mince pies and turkey including some words of wisdom from
Matt’s favourite philosopher Silver Birch, some digging
around in the distant past of the human race by Michael
Cremo and for those of you in the USA, and with access
to a radio or tv set, a link to one of the better news
programmes currently operating in your country, Amy Goodman’s
Democracy NOW!
Happy Holidays and God bless us all for 2003!
EXTRACTS
FROM THE TEACHINGS OF SILVER BIRCH
www.angelfire.com/ok/SilverBirch/Tcon.html
“Who
are you? Do you know? You know just that facet that is
expressed through your body, but that is only the pin
point as distinct from the larger life which is beyond
it.
When
you say you would like to find out which is you and which
is not you, you have to begin by discovering which is
you altogether. Do you think that you have in this earthly
life expressed anything but a tiny segment of your whole
self? And do you think that the consciousness that is
registered now is anything but a tiny fraction of the
greater, complete consciousness that is you?
How
are you to decide then which is your thought, your imagination,
and which is the impression, the guidance which comes
from your larger self or from higher realms that are using
you?
You
must get the proper perspective. You must realize that
you are spiritual beings expressing yourselves through
physical bodies and that the spirit is the supreme part
of you. The spirit is the higher, the body is the lower.
The spirit is the master, the body is the servant. The
spirit is king, the body is the subject. The spirit is
that part of you which is divine.
It
is the self-same spirit which has created, devised and
fashioned the whole universe. You have in embryo, in miniature,
in microcosm, all the vast powers that belong to what
you call God. If you would allow this innate divine strength
to rise to the surface, to dominate your lives, you would
banish every care, anxiety and worry, because you would
know that there is nothing that could happen in your world
over which you could not triumph. That is what you have
to learn. It is not easy.
Give
attention to your body as the house in which you live.
But it is only the house, it is not you. Being the house,
it must be kept in good condition, in good repair, so
that the tenant can be amply looked after. But always
remember it is only the house; it is not the tenant.
That
same power which fashioned the universe is the power which
is responsible for life. Life is not physical or material,
life is spirit, and spirit is life. Wherever there is
life there is spirit and where there is spirit there is
life.
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Watson 1993 |
PART
5.
J: So
obviously, after Mind Bomb, your world was rocked
really wasn’t it? You had a lot of sadness
in your life before you got into making Dusk.
M: Yes. This was actually
halfway through the tour. Eugene, my younger brother,
died. That really changed everything...
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www.democracynow.org
Democracy Now! is a national, listener-sponsored public
radio and TV show, pioneering the largest community media
collaboration in the USA.
The show airs Monday-Friday on over 120 stations including
Pacifica radio stations, Pacifica affiliates, WBIX.org,
public access TV stations, Free Speech TV (DishNetwork
Channel 9415), and Shortwave Radio (Radio for Peace International).
The show was launched by Pacifica Radio in 1996 to open
the airwaves on a daily basis to alternative voices traditionally
excluded from the political process.
Democracy Now! consistently brings you the voices you
don't hear anywhere else, from democracy movements across
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With the storm clouds of war gathering overhead the station
needs your help to continue it’s unprecedented media
work. Please contact the station through their website
if you are interested in helping out in any way.
Barbara
Nitke 1993
AN ESSENTIAL
COLLECTION OF CANDID INTERVIEWS WITH THE UK’S TOP
ALTERNATIVE SONGWRITERS.
FROM THE BOOK BY MARTIN ROACH
The son of a publican, Matt Johnson was born and grew
up in the East End of London, where he became the young
friend of various sportsmen, villains and local characters
who frequented his father’s premises. His musical
interest was started early and his lofty ambitions were
increased by his intense dislike of school. At 15 he left
school, and two years later formed The The...
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www.mcremo.com
From its initial release in 1993 to the present, Forbidden
Archeology has shocked and delighted readers around the
globe with a veritable encyclopedia of anomalous scientific
evidence challenging the standard views on human evolution.
Over the past two centuries researchers have found countless
bones and artifacts showing that people like ourselves
existed on earth millions of years ago. But the scientific
establishment has ignored these remarkable facts because
they contradict the dominant views of human origins and
antiquity.
Michael Cremo and Richard L. Thompson challenge
us to rethink our understanding of human origins, identity,
and destiny. Forbidden Archeology takes on one of the
most fundamental components of the modern scientific world
view, and invites us to take a courageous first step towards
a new perspective.
Their work uncovers a startling picture not only of what
the evidence is and what it means but also of how science
reached its story.
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CONFESSIONS
FROM THE EIGHTIES UNDERGROUND.
FROM THE BOOK BY CHARLES NEAL
Matt Johnson first became involved with the
music industry after he left school and worked in
a recording studio in Soho. However, making cups
of tea proved intolerable for Johnson, who spent
the next two years unemployed. He subsequently advertised
in the music papers for people with similar affection
towards The Residents, Throbbing Gristle and The
Velvet Underground, eventually forming The The in
1979. After releasing two singles, Controversial
Subject and Cold Spell Ahead, and supporting Wire,
Scritti Politti, DAF, This Heat and Cabaret Voltaire
live, Johnson liquidated The The; under his own
name he released Burning Blue Soul in 1981- an album
on which he played all the instruments and recorded
for a mere eighteen hundred pounds. Re-adopting
the name The The, the East-end native signed to
Some Bizzare and released the album Soul Mining
through CBS in 1983. Work over the next three years
culminated with the release of Infected in 1986,
in which Johnson explores addiction, affliction
and attrition – his view of the Western condition.
In addition to The The, Johnson has also recorded
with The Gadgets and Marc Almond in Marc And The
Mambas.
CN:
How do you want people to see Matt Johnson?
MJ: I don’t know really. As a serious
musician in that I’m strong in my beliefs and
sincere in the music that I do...
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