Saga of Resistance

Theo Parrish goes deep with this remix of Sun Ra, and Detroit once again becomes a gateway into the cosmos splicing through time & space. One thing I miss about living in the Midwest is how seeped the whole area is with Sun Ra’s legacy… you just don’t get that sort of connection with his music in other parts of the country.

Shout out to the acknowledged classic blog.

It’s not all bad though. One of the few rock bands that I still care about in this day & age is the Psychic Paramount. Two of the dudes in that band were also in the excellent Laddio Bolocko, who had a sort of This Heat vibe, except noisier and more insane.

Recently I stumbled upon this bootleg of Laddio Bolocko at Emo’s, a club in Austin, Texas. If that doesn’t prove that I don’t love you, dear reader, than all is lost. The meta-data for this file has a date of 2009, which like most things on the internet, is a lie. What is real is that the sax playing on this recording is serious.

Rashied Ali made some incredible music with some incredible people. He will be missed.