Masons come from Saturn.

[alanmck]

or is it Egypt?

http://www.theguardian.com/music/201...lington-sun-ra

"django reinhardt's handshake" would be a great name for something or other...

[SirSlim]

or is it Egypt?

http://www.theguardian.com/music/201...lington-sun-ra

"django reinhardt's handshake" would be a great name for something or other...

I'd buy a sun ra apron.

[jakartajive]

"django reinhardt's handshake" would be a great name for . . . a really shit 80s indie band.You know, the kind whose career highlight was supporting The Men They Couldn't Hang

Funny.
I thought the same.

[Great Day]

The secret history of the jazz greats who were freemasons ....among them Duke Ellington and Sun Ra

“Although Sun Ra had links to the masons,” says Cherry, “there’s no evidence that he was ever a member of a particular Prince Hall lodge.”

ummm..

[alanmck]

The secret history of the jazz greats who were freemasons ....among them Duke Ellington and Sun Ra

“Although Sun Ra had links to the masons,” says Cherry, “there’s no evidence that he was ever a member of a particular Prince Hall lodge.”

ummm..

goddam illuminati, they never write anything down, prob cos their lizard claws can't hold pens or something.

i thought bits of the article were interesting, bits very silly, journalisitcally sloppy (like the word journalistically).

in the end though, i feel it was a good use of those 5 minutes of my life.

getting Sun Ra into the grauniad is always worthwhile. i see Dammers snuck him in today.

[Expiry2011]

goddam illuminati, they never write anything down, prob cos their lizard claws can't hold pens or something.

i thought bits of the article were interesting, bits very silly, journalisitcally sloppy (like the word journalistically).

in the end though, i feel it was a good use of those 5 minutes of my life.

getting Sun Ra into the grauniad is always worthwhile. i see Dammers snuck him in today.

I saw that
Not sure that Sun Ra is really an unsung musical hero - but maybe that's just me!
Looking forward to hearing Dammers take on Sun Ra in a couple of weeks

I just don't get the assumption in the article that its somehow strange for black musicians to be freemasons

Michael Caine is apparently a freemason - not a lot of people know that!

[SirSlim]

I just don't get the assumption in the article that its somehow strange for black musicians to be freemasons

I thought this was the most telling sentence of all:

"But, like so much in American life, freemasonry was segregated, with American masonic lodges split along colour lines."

[alanmck]

Looking forward to hearing Dammers take on Sun Ra in a couple of weeks

if you've never seen the Spatial AKA thing live before, you're in for a treat.

They are very good fun, pre-, during and post-gig.

Get there early and don't rush home.

i've been meandering round youtube this morning (hangover, holiday and just 'cos...), Dammers, Sun Ra and Kid Creole seem to have coalesced.

Thoroughly music'd up, I'm off to find some appropriate clobber now.

[babycart]

Don´t know who designed those buildings. Great architect, though. .

[medlar]

Thoroughly music'd up, I'm off to find some appropriate clobber now.

http://sobadsogood.com/uploads/media...h-Bands-16.jpg

Fellow on the right has a touch of style about him

[Sonovox]

Thoroughly music'd up, I'm off to find some appropriate clobber now.