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Sun Ra was heard by millions Sunday Night...

Lovecraft Country, a well meaning (though rather scattered) series on HBO offered
a fantastic segment dealing with the concept/belief of Afro Futurism in the most recent episode.

Part of it featured a short spoken word piece by Ra that fit the scene to perfection.

What a wonderful surprise!!!

The series always ends with Nina Simone's Sinnerman and has spoken word pieces in
each episode - James Baldwin, Gil Scott Heron, Janet league, Judy Garland, etc. as well as
a plethora of music encompassing some hundred years of American music.

I don't imagine so many people ever heard Sun Ra at the same time, most have no idea who
he is or what he accomplished and they never even heard a musical note from him.

It is SO in tune with Sun Ra.

Marvelous IMO.

"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination"-Michael McClure



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Topic - Sun Ra was heard by millions Sunday Night... - musetap 11:49:19 09/30/20 (12)

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