30 years ago Occult Science was:
Javier Hernandez-Miyares – Electric Guitar
Alberto Hernandez-Miyares – Bass
Ralph Garcia – Synth Loops
Donald Johnson – Organ Drone
Joe Nocilla – Drums
Tommy Shaw – Synth
This song was written by Bill Laswell and arranged by Javier Hernandez-Miyares
This is live and recorded on cassette…Play It Loud!!!
Fee Fi Fo Fum / Americana (Painting On A Car Hood By Keith Greco)
I have cobbled together the similitude of the live performance of Fee Fi Fo Fum for a benefit for 23 Press. 23 Press was an underground L.A. magazine that published vanguard poetry. Unfortunately nothing exists of that publication now.
Fee Fi Fo Fum was:
Donald Johnson / Keys and Vocals
Javier Hernandez-Miyares / Guitar and Vocals
Alberto Hernandez-Miyares / Bass
John Millspaugh / Drums
All songs were written by Donald Johnson and Javier Hernandez-Miyares
Illustration Of The Pharos Lighthouse By Salvador Dali
I’m floating on an open flame,
the Hercules are far behind…
i finally got the diaphanous vocal effect that i sought, and i didn’t have to hold my nose!
this is the final track template, and the final mix will appear on an orbscure fetish that i will release later this year. if you want one, let me know now.
Diana
my song begins this way:
i’m floating on an open flame,
the hercules are far behind.
Diana
if i only knew three chords,
i would have drowned before i got
to this place in our song.
Diana your coast is a mirage.
The light house keeper turned his tee vee off.
I’m Drinking sand from Zanzibar,
and your mermaid pinata hides your siren song.
I’m Listening.
Diana
when i learn how to sing.
my voice will reach you far away,
from this place that i’m in.
Diana your coast is a mirage.
The light house keeper turned his tee vee off.
I’m Drinking sand from Zanzibar,
and my demon pinata is a man of war.
I’m singing.
JHM plays guitar, hand claps, rain stick, Bells, Voice, jangling keys, and mellotron.
The birds singing track was recorded at the end of the session at the break of dawn in Forest Hills NYC.
I doggy paddled finished finally this tune now. I squeezed my nose on the verse vocals to create that odd but intimate vox delivery (a snorkeler singing), and under water everything is strange; If you listen until the chorus you will hear my beautiful voice as natural as the birds that chirp in the background. I wrote this song for Diana Vargas Trent who is my co-conspirator, and this is an homage to her.
Diana
my song begins this way:
i’m floating on an open flame,
the hercules are far behind.
Diana
if i only knew three chords,
i would have drowned before i got
to this place in our song.
Diana your coast is a mirage.
The light house keeper turned his tee vee off.
I’m Drinking sand from Zanzibar,
and your mermaid pinata hides your siren song.
I’m Listening.
Diana
when i learn how to sing.
my voice will reach you far away,
from this place that i’m in.
Diana your coast is a mirage.
The light house keeper turned his tee vee off.
I’m Drinking sand from Zanzibar,
and my demon pinata is a man of war.
I’m singing.
JHM plays guitar, hand claps, rain stick, Bells, Voice, jangling keys, and mellotron.
The birds singing track was recorded at the end of the session at the break of dawn in Forest Hills NYC.
I agree with Mr. Adams on all his points except the last one. The United States is not the best country to make art; It may very well be the best country for a bourgeoisie artist to make a good living, although at the expense of abandoning a dialectical relationship with history. In my opinion the best art is the finest art that challenges, and transforms the public mind: it transforms our sense of ethos. The best art today is available on the internet, and most of the artists that make it, have to work a day job to make a living. They live in every country on the earth.