The Courtauld Talks

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Total Track: 1   Total Length: 66:22

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Decent If You're Into This Sort Of Thing

TheAccuser

Jaz Coleman speaks about occultism. There--that should tell you everything you need to know to decide whether to download this or not. It's not worth having to buy as an album from other places because it's not something you need to hear more than once or twice, but as a single measly download credit, it's worth it, unless you're either (A):Someone who believes the Bible is the Ultimate Authority On Everything or (B):Someone who believes there is a Perfectly Rational (read:boring) Explanation For Everything. Oh, and despite what the other review might lead you to think, there is nothing 'spooky' about this: it's a sober look at certain misunderstood subjects, not some kind of shlock-horror crap.

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Alan Watts meets Lovecraft

bigdaddy

A nice eccentric British lecture on the elder gods and the downfall of everything. It made great Halloween music for our trick-or-treaters this year, along with a mix of Stockhausen musique concrete and some Ligeti choral works.

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This is a CD reissue of a bizarre 1989 double LP. Jaz Coleman delivers a monologue and is eventually backed by constant percussion and sporadic guitar. His talk on demonology and numerology suggests that only the present day magician (sometimes masquerading as musician, I infer) can hope to survive the imminent arrival of the “elder gods.” This lecture would have gone over big if delivered to the esteemed staff of Miskatonic University. Is Coleman serious? I am now afraid to listen to my old Killing Joke records except from the protection of a thaumaturgic circle. – Tom Schulte