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"TO FATHOM HELL OR SOAR ANGELIC...
JUST TAKE A PINCH OF PSYCHEDELIC"
Humphry Osmond 1917-2004
Add some Celestial Psychedelic
Ambiance to your next event!
Please contact "The
Solar Fire Lightshow" for more information.
 Thursday,
April 12, 2007 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART - "REVOLUTIONS IN COLOR"
In celebration of "OPTIC NERVE: PERCEPTUAL ART
OF THE 60's" the museum will host a performance
by "THE SOLAR FIRE LIGHTSHOW", a stunning
psychedelic experience of light and color! DJs Killer
B and Captain Lonesome will provide the night's soundtrack
spinning the best garage and psychedelic music of the
60's.
Admission is free. Please call 614-629-0355 for more
information.Columbus Museum of Art - 480 E Broad St.
Columbus, OH 43215 info@columbusmuseum.org
Friday, April 20, 2007
NELSON LEDGES QUARRY PARK
NLQP's annual 420 show where the Early Birds gather
to break the cabin fever!
FRIDAY NIGHT 4/20 - The Zen Tricksters, The Fareed
Haque Group, Groove Prophets, and The Solar Fire Lightshow!
SATURDAY NIGHT 4/21 - One Under, Moser Woods, Ep3,
The Chicago Afrobeat Project, Jim Miller Band, Big Brother's
Brother, Jones 4 Revival, AudioEuphoria, with Screens
by Garbaz!
Nelson Ledges Quarry Park - (440) 548-2716
12001 State Route 282 (Nelson Ledge Road)
Nelson/Garrettsville,Ohio 44231
nlqp@modex.com
Saturday, April 21, 2007
JIGSAW CONCERT CLUB
Doors @ 8:00 PM. The SOLAR FIRE LIGHTSHOW will be doing
their unique visuals for the Byron Nemeth Group's CD
Release party at the Jigsaw Saloon. See: http://www.byronnemeth.com
for all the details. Joining them will be GRAVITY, EGO,
and ROB METZ.
The Jigsaw Concert Club - (216) 299-7199
5324 State Rd. Parma, Ohio
www.myspace.com/jigsawsaloon
SPACESHIP HAWKWIND
SCHEDULED TO LAND IN AMERICA
Band to play NEARFEST on SATURDAY, JUNE 23rd 2007 *
 STRANGE
TRIPS is pleased to announce that the legendary British
space rock band Hawkwind will headline the ninth annual
NEARfest in Bethlehem, PA this year - giving hope that
perhaps news of a US Tour isn't far behind! We'll keep
our eyes and ears open for further news and post any
new information we may receive.
Led by guitarist, keyboardist and vocalist Dave Brock,
Hawkwind has earned world-wide renown for their 36 year
musical mission to explore inner and outer space. From
their genre defining classic albums "Space Ritual",
"Hall of the Mountain Grill", and "Warrior
on the Edge of Time" to their newest recording
"Take Me to Your Leader" the band has blasted
through the cosmos with their progressive hard rock
guitar and keyboard led attack, sci-fi themed lyrics,
and memorable songs. For more information see: http://nearfest.com
(and) http://www.Hawkwind.com
* pending expected visa approval
James L. Lascko
http://www.Strange-Trips.com
On this July 3rd - the eve of the celebration of our
country's birth - it would be much more appropriate
for us to be mourning the "Death of America"
at the hands of the greedy and brutal Bush administration
rather than attempting to celebrate the actual principles
and high ideals that helped give birth to the bold experiment
of a democratic republic governed "by the people
for the people".
Our firework celebrations should be solemn this year
rather than merry! Any thinking person will realize
that the celebratory explosions are merely echoing the
lethal bombs going off around the world as the Bush
administration attempts to shove its greedy, ill conceived,
and short sighted policies down the throats of resisting
people worldwide at the point of the world's largest
gun.
GONE is diplomacy... GONE is reason... GONE are the
very ideals that once made America the beacon of freedom
and hope for ALL the oppressed people of this world.
It has been replaced with unparalleled corporate greed,
crushing governmental corruption, and incredibly ignorant
and heavy handed arrogance on the part of America's
so called leaders as they strip away our rightful heritage
- and our future - along with our basic civil rights.
The last time these things were witnessed on such a
massive scale was in Nazi Germany at the beginning of
World War II when mindless and slavish obedience to
the German's "State Policy" trumped any thought
of Human Rights or Dignity! It took most of the world
allied together to beat back the threat that was posed
by Nazi Germany as their totalitarian regime waged a
war of aggression on country after country after country.
The stakes have only gone up over time simply because
there are more people living in this world with constantly
shrinking resources to go around. Our new technology
has enslaved us, not freed us!
It has increased the danger to peace loving people
everywhere with its computerized high tech weaponry
of planes, smart bombs, missiles, drones, etc. all controlled
by governmentally brainwashed "do-anything-for-a-buck-plus-benefits"
people sitting in front of monitor screens and likening
their sterile actions to playing a video game... rather
than actually killing people by the tens of thousands
with just a push of a button mounted on a joystick!
Can anyone now doubt that conditioning our youth to
electronic games and video screens over the last 20
years was for any other reason?
On this 4th of July people need to sit down and watch
the movie "Schindler's List" to remind themselves
of just what happens when greedy and small minded megalomaniacs
run the government with no opposition at all from their
people - when "The Law" is only what THEY
say it is!
There are what's known as the "Laws of God",
"Laws of Nature", and "Laws of Man"...
and the United States of America has been violating
them all for years with absolute impunity!
When will a "Summit of Civilized Nations"
be called forth in order to address the problem of the
United States of America running wild throughout the
world - just as we once needed to band together in order
to fight the threat of a rising Nazi Germany?
Eisenhower warned us about this very moment in his
farewell speech of 1961 when he said...
"In the councils of government, we must guard
against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether
sought or unsought, by the military/industrial complex.
The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power
exists and will persist.
We must never let the weight of this combination endanger
our liberties or democratic processes. We should take
nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable
citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge
industrial and military machinery of defense with our
peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty
may prosper together". - Dwight D. Eisenhower,
1961
And from someone else who knew firsthand...
"Fascism should rightly be called corporatism,
as it is a merger of state and corporate power".
- Benito Mussolini
The time is here.. the time is now!
Stand up for what America is supposed to be about
and let the sound of freedom, not oppression, ring across
our land.
 Strange
Trips has recently learned that one of SpaceRock's most
talanted and stalwart US supporters, DOUG WALKER (founder
and driving force behind the band ALIEN PLANETSCAPES)
had unexpectedly died of a heart attack on April 4,
2006 at his home in Queens, NY.
He follows his beloved late wife Fran into "The
Last Great Unknown" and will be greatly missed
by us all! Doug was a musician's musician and equally
at ease whether performing on stage, or discussing various
aspects of advanced musical theory in a classroom setting.
Politically astute (resulting from his coming of age
in the turbulent 60's and 70's) he was greatly dismayed
by this country's recent attack on our civil liberties
and it's resulting slide towards fascism.
His band ALIEN PLANETSCAPES had appeared at many of
our past shows and Strange Daze Festivals to literally
stagger the audience with their unique and high-powered
brand of tightly woven SpaceRock. Doug was extremely
prolific in his musical career and produced many live
recordings of his original compositions over the years
- made mostly available on cassette tapes.
May God Bless you, Doug! It was my pleasure to have
known you and it's my sincere hope that He will reunite
you with your dear wife on some distant sunny shore...
Scott Heller (shll@hagedorn.dk)
and Jerry Kranitz (jkranitz@aural-innovations.com)
have plans to put some items concerning Alien Planetscapes
on a new site http://www.Alienplanetscapes.com
that Scott is developing. Please contact them if you
should have any photographs, articles, reviews, interviews,
etc. concerning AP that you are willing to share.
Condolences, pictures, special memories, or a few simple
words of encouragement may be sent to:
The Walker Family
191-32 116 Ave.
St. Albans, NY 11412
THE SOLAR FIRE LIGHTSHOW is pleased to be appearing
at NELSON LEDGES QUARRY PARK for the 10th MAYFLOWERS
MUSIC FEST taking place May 19th/21st.
This event will combine the OHIO ROCK 'N REGGAE FESTIVAL
with Nelson Ledges' first ever ART & MUSIC SHOW!!
Go here for more information: http://www.nlqp.com/mayflowers06.htm
Artists include...Carlos Jones and the Plus Band...
Jim Miller Band...Bob Niederriter Quartet... Sultans
Of Bing... Boombox... The Ark Band... Willy Mac Music...
Hypnotic Clambake... Mifune... Sage... The Kellys...
with art showings and vendors such as Julie Leatherbarrow
(Leatherbarrow Glasswerks)... Sam Vecchio & Patti
(Cosmic Glass)... Cindy Chmielewski (Paintings)... Jim
Sharrer (Matchstick Art)... Victoria Miller (Paint on
Wood)... and John "Pops" Dickerson (Photography).
Nelson Ledges has some mighty fine camping with cool
quarry lake swimming - and lots of good people hang
out there! A VERY MELLOW AND LAID BACK PLACE... so be
sure to join us for some FUN IN THE SUN and get this
summer off to a good start!
THE SOLAR FIRE LIGHTSHOW will be making
an appearance at the 2nd CLEVELAND PROGRESSIVE ROCK
FUSION FEST http://www.cprffsummerprog.com
taking place Saturday June 10th, 2006 at the JIGSAW
CONCERT CLUB located at 5324 State Road Parma, Ohio
- just 3 blocks South off I-480's State Rd. Exit.
Appearing (in this order) will be Ego,
Rare Blend, Byron Nemeth Group, and KMOB. Special
guest MC will be Randy Allar of CSU's The Fusion Show
on FM 89.3 Doors open at 8pm Only $5 for 21 and over
and $8 for those who are 18-21.
The last one was a complete blast! It's
a beautiful new concert club with GREAT SOUND and
excellent views of the stage, very good and reasonbly
priced food - plus a large selection of your favorite
beers! Stop in and check it out... I'm sure you won't
be disappointed!
The next "SACHSENHEIM BALL" is going to happen
on 4/20 and THE SOLAR FIRE LIGHTSHOW is proud to be
part of the mix!
April, 20, 2006 at Sachsenheim's Hall
7001 Denison Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44102
$12 adv / $15 dos
All sides of town will come together on 4/20 for a
good time grass roots blow-out featuring the hippest
electronica, turntablism, beatboxing, independent film,
interactive art displays, live bands, unreal lightshows,
incredible vegan cooking, highly skilled baristas, and
artists of all stripes from the city of Cleveland and
beyond - all packed into an elegant, 3 story, multi-chambered
event facility.
Artists participating will be: Mifune... Sultans of
Bing... Carlos Jones & the PLUS Band... Xe La...
ModQuad... Waterband... Neil Chastain... JP and the
Chatfield Boys... ULTRALAST... Smiley Baldazar... Echo
Canyon Players... The Caribou Foot... The Groove Prophets...
The People's Republic of Gefiltestan... One Way Rider...
Cuyuga... DC & The Continentals... Hot Sauce Gravy...
Corinne Noelle... Kevin McCarthy... Ryann Anderson...
JiMiller Band... Jane Dough... Newport... Danny Longhair...
Willy Mac Music... John Welton... Chase The Tale...
E-roc Sosinski... The Brian Combs Experience... The
Solar Fire Lightshow... Grumpy... and so much more,
more, more.
Plenty of non-alcoholic beverages will be available
with an all night tea house courtesy of the Lakewood
Phoenix Coffee House. The Ball is a chance for everybody
sweet to meet and greet. SEE YOU THERE
Beginning with the Hawklords in 1978, HARVEY BAINBRIDGE has
proven himself to be one of the longest tenured HAWKWIND
veterans to date. A one man dynamo, he surrounds himself
on stage with keyboards, synthesizers, and samplers.
Harvey is known lyrically for his socially relevant
commentaries and can soothe you with
dreamy, spacey ambiance - or jolt your consciousness awake with his
trancey, pulsating beats and direct vocal approach! His signature
Hawkwind compositions such as "Dream Worker", "The Changing", "T.V.
Suicide", and "Back in the Box" shows that Harvey has an acerbic wit
and very keen observation while his contributions to Hawkwind classics
like "Valium Ten", "Free Fall", "Angel Voices", "Coded Languages",
"Dust of Time", "Mutation Zone", "Joker at the Gate", and the
increasingly prophetic "Fall of Earth City" have helped Hawkwind
maintain their legendary underground status. For more information
please visit: http://harvey.strange-trips.com
SPACESEED hails from Atlanta, GA and play
their own unique brand of spacey, high energy, rock & roll...
loud, raucous, and almost punk-ish at times! They released "Future
Cities of the Past Pt. 1" and did a 13 date US tour with NIK TURNER in
2004. This year they joined forces with HARVEY BAINBRIDGE and will
release "The Empire of Night" on the newly formed Zeta Reticuli label.
For more information please visit: http://www.spaceseed.org
THE SOLAR FIRE LIGHTSHOW is an eye
assaulting, mind bending, psychedelic stew of colorful geometric
designs, B/W moires', oil wheels, strobes, and more - all combined with
some very striking images of deep space and beautiful alien
planetscapes! They've toured with HAWKWIND, OZRIC TENTACLES, GONG,
PORCUPINE TREE, and NIK TURNER and have done light shows for many
others over the years. To view photos of past shows online please
visit: http://strange-trips.com/ozrics
(and) http://harvey.strange-trips.com/04.htm
Tour Venue Links:
EyeDrum.org
OldTownTheater
ScatteredPlanets
KnittingFactry
GarfieldArtWorks
GrogShop
RhinosYouthCenter
http://www.terryhawke.co.uk
will be the Compere/DJ at this year's "Spacerock Spectacular"
at Bicester, Oxford on September 30th starting at
7pm. Expect an "aural massage" of searing Space-Rock,
Electro-Synth and Ambient pulsations. Five bands will
be playing live: Modal Logic, Grooveweird, Bubbledubble,
Underground Zero, and Assassins of Silence. For more
details please log onto: www.aospromotions.co.uk
Be sure to check out http://www.triptourium.com
when searching for psychedelic eye candy for your head!
And while you're visiting them be sure to look into the fabulous
PSYTOPIA festival that they are putting on in Jamaica this coming
August: http://www.psytopia.org It's shaping up to become THE EVENT of
the year!
Anubian Light's "PHANTASCOPE" is to be released
this winter and a five piece line up is gearing up to
play the first shows in 2 years. A video for the song
"Wild Winter" is due out soon and the new Anubian Lights
LP with Lydia Lunch will be out this September on Atavistic.
Go to http://www.atavistic.com
for details.
The Anubian Lights track 'Walking Eagle"
appears on the Haack LP [Eenie Meenie] and also features
Stereolab, Mouse on Mars, Dimitry, Beck, Dj me/dj you,
The Eels, etc. This release will coincide with the release
of the movie "Haack".
Chermitt the Atmosphere (a NEW Space/Krautpop
project from Grenas, Kirk, Fox, and Guttmacher) is in
its finishing stages. The new LP will be called Krautmask
Replica and negotiations are now in progress. It should
be coming out this fall.
Farflung are currently recording their
5th LP and it's going great! An extended space opus
is brewing - and that's just what's to be expected from
California's premier Space Travelers!
Plans to tour are in the works...
For more info please see: http://www.Farflung.org
HERE
are some great photographs (courtesy of Cindy Kunst
& Susan J. Weiand) along with some smaller
video captures of the Ozric Tentacles 2005 US Tour
recently completed with The Solar Fire Lightshow - in
place of their usual Fruit Salad Lights - because of
a sudden emergency.
It was a great time for me and many people
came out to see the Ozric's once again! Many thanks
to the band - Ed, John, Brandi, Metro, and Justin...
their crew... and all the many other individuals that
helped them through the states this time around.
Strange Trips wishes Jasper (from Fruit
Salad Lights) good luck and a most speedy recovery!
We sincerely hope and pray that he's up and running
again at full throttle very soon.
We would also like to thank the Ozric
Tentacles for giving The Solar Fire Lightshow an opportunity
to at least TRY to fill his extremely large shoes! ;-)
Thanks to all that came out to the recent Nik Turner
& Harvey Bainbridge
shows in Cleveland, Ohio. Nik Turner, Spaceseed, Harvey
Bainbridge,
Cotton Casino & company... they all turned in great
sets and everyone
really enjoyed gettting together once again! A few photos HERE...
Check out Harvey Bainbridge's
page: http://Harvey.Strange-Trips.com
containing a short biography, discography, CD reviews, and sample
tracks from all of Harvey's releases - including the songs he did with
Hawkwind! You can also buy Harvey's previous releases on this site that
are now available as very good quality CD-R's. Must haves for any
Hawkwind fan!
Wot?... No Festivals? Never mind - Come to the Real
Music Club!
Support this proposed monthly event featuring Real Festival
Music bands
and others at The Marlborough Theatre (Upstairs at
the Marlborough Pub)
4 Princes St, Brighton, Sussex.
For upcoming shows and more complete information please
see:
http://www.realfestivalmusic.co.uk/realmusicclub1.html
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