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  Dancing with Genius, Dancing with Madness (in Honor of Jalaluddin Rumi)

                                                             (Rumi Visions II CD cover art by  Marvin Mattelson) I think of Genius and Madness as being very much like a twin brother and sister.  And it doesn’t really matter which one we call the brother, or which we describe as the sister, for one simple reason.  Within the…

  September 30, 2014
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  Text and Meaning in Elemental the Power of Illuminated Love (part 2 of 3)

            Video cover image for the music and poem video “Angel of Better Days to Come.” One example of ELEMENTAL, The Power of Illuminated Love’s principal themes would be the painting “Christ Listening to Stereo.” It depicts a youth on a bus in New York City.…

  September 25, 2014
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  Text and Meaning in Michael Jackson’s Xscape (part 5 of 5)

  “In more ways than one, his status as a ‘superstar’ served largely as a vehicle that allowed him to render as much service to humanity on as many levels as he could.”––Article Excerpt (Aberjhani)  The lucky number seventh track on Xscape, “Blue Gangsta,” is the perfect musical metaphor for the…

  June 25, 2014
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  Text and Meaning in Michael Jackson’s Xscape (part 1)

    “He talked always about giving love. It was never about how much love he got back.”––Antonio “L.A.” Reid discussing Michael Jackson, Xscape Documentary DVD Any announcements of “new music” from Michael Jackson must necessarily and rightly be met with a healthy amount of skepticism. Important questions have to be…

  June 18, 2014