Alan Davey Vision Quest Request

Chris Allen mysterioso at GMAIL.COM
Thu Jan 7 09:01:11 EST 2010


There are a few fantastic radio plays of Lovecraft works by the Atlanta
Radio Theatre Company/
http://www.artc.org/catalog/hpl.html

<http://www.artc.org/catalog/hpl.html>The Shadow Over Innsmouth and At the
Mountains of Madness being two particular favourites of mine.

Mind you, I've a wee soft spot for HP Lovecraft the band, too.  Maybe I
shouldn't admit that openly...

Chris.


2010/1/6 Steve Swann <swann1066 at gmail.com>

> I have that too, plus the "documentary" about their efforts to stage it.
>  ;-)
>
> Steve
>
> On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Arin Komins <akomins at uchicago.edu> wrote:
> > Steve,
> >
> > I can also highly recommend the HPLHS version of Fiddler on the Roof (A
> Shoggoth on the Roof).  It's hysterical.
> >
> > Their radio adventures are pretty good, too.
> >
> > Arin
> > (also a HPL fan.  Unsurprisingly.)
> > --------------------------------------------
> > Arin Komins
> > akomins at uchicago.edu
> > Assistant Director - Solutions Architecture
> > University of Chicago/NSIT/RP&A
> > 1155 E. 60th St. #409, Chicago, IL 60637
> > tel: (773)834-4087
> > fax: (773)702-0559
> > --------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > : -----Original Message-----
> > : From: BOC/Hawkwind Discussion List [mailto:BOC-
> > : L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET] On Behalf Of Steve Swann
> > : Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:50 AM
> > : To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET
> > : Subject: Re: Alan Davey Vision Quest Request
> > :
> > : Lovecraftiana is one of my other great enthusiasms besides
> > : BOC/Hawkwind.  ;-)  This Holiday season I was listening to the "Scary
> > : Solstice" albums by the awesome and wonderful H.P. Lovecraft
> > : Historical Society:
> > :
> > : http://www.cthulhulives.org/store/store.lasso?1=product&2=122
> > :
> > : My friends and I have had these albums for a few years now, and some
> > : of us have virtually forgotten the "real" lyrics to a lot of these
> > : carols....  ;-)
> > :
> > : Steve
> > :
> > :
> > : On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Mary Sullivan
> > : <maryann.sullivan1 at verizon.net> wrote:
> > : > Jonathan Smith wrote:
> > : >>>>> ..... in an infinitely probable alternate universe -- Alan's
> > : >>>>> Bedouin has recently produced a fine "Arabic space doom" concept
> > : >>>>> album for Rise Above based around Lovecraft's character "
> > : >
> > : > Although I don't agree with Mr. Lovecraft's attitudes toward women
> > : and black
> > : > people I do like a good story, even though after a while the stories
> > : follow
> > : > a similar pattern.  I'd think one would need to take care in that
> > : alternate
> > : > universe, I wouldn't want to cross paths with that mad Arab he refers
> > : to so
> > : > often.  A concept album would be really cool.  Vision Quest is such a
> > : great
> > : > song.
> > : >
> > : > Mary
> > : >
> > : > -----Original Message-----
> > : > From: BOC/Hawkwind Discussion List [mailto:BOC-
> > : L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET] On
> > : > Behalf Of Jonathan Jarrett
> > : > Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 2:25 PM
> > : > To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET
> > : > Subject: Re: Alan Davey Vision Quest Request
> > : >
> > : >
> > : > On Mon, 14 Dec 2009, Jonathan Smith wrote:
> > : >
> > : >> It would work for sure! :) The idea of Arabic psychedelia sounds
> > : >> great. *
> > : >> Bellymetal* (Kephra seem to be its sole band) sounds too good to be
> > : true.
> > : >> There was Hassan i Sabbah....
> > : >>
> > : >> 2009/12/14 Carl Edlund Anderson <cea at carlaz.com>
> > : >>
> > : >>> On 14 Dec 2009, at 07:41 , Jonathan Smith wrote:
> > : >>>>> ..... in an infinitely probable alternate universe -- Alan's
> > : >>>>> Bedouin has recently produced a fine "Arabic space doom" concept
> > : >>>>> album for Rise Above based around Lovecraft's character "Abdul
> > : >>>>> Alhazred". If only I could dimension hop to the right universe in
> > : >>>>> order to hear it! :)
> > : >>>>
> > : >>>> I'd love to hear that! Not that anyone's sanity would be intact
> > : >>>> after listening to it! ;)
> > : >>>
> > : >>> It would totally work, though, no?
> > : >>>
> > : >>> There's a list on MySpace of "oriental/arabic metal" groups --
> > : >>> http://groups.myspace.com/orientalmetal -- though I kind of dig
> the
> > : >>> label "bellymetal", which I hadn't encountered before but rather
> > : wish
> > : >>> I had. :)  The genre seems heavy on death/black metal groups ...
> > : but
> > : >>> I totally see a space in which psychedelically tinged doom,
> > : underlain
> > : >>> by Alan's surging bass lines, could play ....  Well, in that
> > : >>> charmingly alternate universe, anyway!
> > : >
> > : >        A long time ago when Bedouin were still touring and I had
> > : > something to do with putting them on in Cambridge, I actually talked
> > : with
> > : > Alan about something similar to this; he wanted to find a female
> > : vocalist
> > : > who could do genuine Arabian-style singing for the next Bedouin album
> > : (I
> > : > can't remember if there was even one then, I'm pretty sure this was
> > : after
> > : > Sean Masset left but I'm not even sure of that, it was a *long* time
> > : ago)
> > : > so as to make music that really lived up to the potential of the
> > : name.
> > : > It's therefore kind of weird to find him collaborating with Bridget
> > : > Wishart again now! That's almost the antithesis of that plan! I'd
> > : like
> > : > to think that if he'd found the sinder, it would have been the album
> > : you
> > : > envision, Carl, it could completely have worked, you're right. And
> > : Rise
> > : > Above would have been a natural home for it; we've often commented
> > : here, I
> > : > remember, on how strange it was that Bedouin never crossed the
> > : > space/stoner divide, which really isn't that big.
> > : >
> > : >        Also, congratulations on parenthood, since I'm running in my
> > : usual
> > : > message timewarp here. It's easier than it seems when you're actually
> > : > facing it, you will soon find out. But you were always good with
> > : children
> > : > anyway so really this is just an excellent excuse to indulge that
> > : tendency
> > : > :-) Good luck, yours,
> > : >                      Jon
> > : >
> > : > ObCD: Clutch - _Elephant Riders_
> > : > --
> > : >       Jonathan Jarrett, Cambridge    jjarrett at
> > : chiark.greenend.org.uk
> > : >
> > :  ======================================================================
> > : =
> > : >  "With Capitalism, man exploits man.  With Socialism, it is exactly
> > : > opposite"
> > : >                         -Robert Anton Wilson
> > : >
> >
>



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