{"id":71058,"date":"2013-10-15T17:31:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-15T21:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=71058"},"modified":"2013-10-15T18:42:57","modified_gmt":"2013-10-15T22:42:57","slug":"u-s-a-on-the-brink-and-mercury-and-the-eclipse-and-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/planet-waves-fm\/u-s-a-on-the-brink-and-mercury-and-the-eclipse-and-mars\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S.A. on the Brink — and Mercury, and the Eclipse, and Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Scene from Kris Perry’s “Machines&quot, installed in the man theater at Backstage Studio Productions as part of the the O+ Festival this past weekend. Photo by Eric Francis.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nhttp:\/\/planetwaves.fm\/podcast\/131015-pwfm.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Click here if you use an Apple mobile<\/strong> device<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Every edition of Planet Waves FM I forget to mention one thing — and unlike text, I cannot do a quick edit before sending it out. This week that thing is the role of religion in the current government crisis. I mention that a bunch of Fundy Xtians — Dominionists, as they are properly known — are behind this. What I don’t make is the connection to their “let’s take a federal default out for a spin” mentality.<\/p>\n

They know it would be catastrophic; and that is what they live for. Things going well is not enough. Getting their way is not enough — their way is The End. This is why the founders of the United States divided church and state, not just in the Bill of Rights but in the Constitution itself.<\/p>\n

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In tonight’s edition I cover the federal mess and the associated astrology: Mars ingressing Virgo; Friday’s eclipse of the Moon in Aries; Mercury stationing retrograde in Scorpio; and an eclipse of the Sun in Scorpio. Amanda has been tracking all of this copiously and competently in Daily Astrology; I provide some extra commentary and context here.<\/p>\n

Our musical guest is Kris Perry and his MACHINES project. I describe my experience of the music-sculpture installation, meeting Kris and why I think the whole thing is so impressive. Kris is a genuinely interesting guy, an artist down to his cells, and sufficiently “not a musician” to have invented many instruments and what amounts to a new genre of music. If you go to the project’s homepage, you will see Kris explain what he does<\/strong><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you’re curious about O+ and want to hear some cool interviews, Rob Galgano spent the weekend cruising around the festival with his digital recorder getting spontaneous impressions. Here’s a playlist<\/strong><\/a>, which he says is growing as he processes the audio and posts it to Soundcloud.<\/p>\n

You can find a direct link to the MP3 of the program<\/a> on this URL<\/strong>. Here is your program in the Old Player<\/a>. Note, will also be able to download a compressed file of the program on the Old Player page, which also includes a full archive of Planet Waves FM going back to 2010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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