John Cage Meets Sun Ra - The Complete Coney Island Concert (1986)

“Every minute of the historic 1986 Coney Island John Cage and Sun Ra performance.“ Marshall Allen: Wind Synthesizer Intro 1:13 Sun Ra: Keyboard Solo 2:15 John Cage: Empty Words [Silent and vocal] 9:00 Sun Ra: Keyboard Solo 2 19:15 We Hold This Myth To Be Potential “We hold this myth to be potential Not self evident but equational: Bridge-doorway Abstract projection-presence Omni-dimension direction To another kind unknown living live-life. This myth are these This myth are and is We be potential This myth is not that which you know... What you know is the knowledge But beyond that is the separate of the ignorance The greater wisdom is the unknown-ignorance Which you do not know... And is the knowledge beyond the knowledge For beyond the knowledge is the infinity: The uncharted ignorance. You cannot measure that which is the ignorance; Thus because of your limitations, You are of the limited ignorance... If you are only of the earth mind You have not as yet seen That there is a mirror between you and the universe; And all you see is your reflection-thought.“ 22:09 The Damned Air “Around the earth circles the eternity of the damned air the damned inheritance of the heart are the same vibrations it ever was We need new air We need the air that vibrates with the sound of another kind of mind We need the beam of the future to strike the earth like the lightning And the power of a thunder bolt in order that the dying embers of the past should suddenly be extinct There is no place for the past in the realm of the future, expect temporarily as an exhibit of that which is taboo Because the past is the past and the future is the future The eternity of the limited past was for those who were taught the limited darkness The unlimited reach of the future is another kind of forever There is an inner darkness and there is an outer darkness dwell therein Those who become subjects of the outer darkness shall dwell there-out Out is the way of the outer and in the way of the inner The in of the inner in is different from the end of the outer in Because the outer in is the outer on Yes... out is the outer and in is the inner, the way out is the way to living breathing life Let’s blast the damned air and claim the right to be a part of the outer heavens in outer space that we might live and breathe and be eternally alive forever Let’s blast the damned air, the imprisoning circle that bands the earth with the echoes of the dead truth of the damned word Lets the light shine upon the darkness that enchains the meaning of the knowledge that has been used as the law to destroy“ 24:48 John Cage: Empty Words [Silent and Vocal] 27:40 Sun Ra: The Living Parable “Wisdom an abstract planes Uses myth as medium to understanding. Thus a living parable to the outward or the inward truth Is every myth; And from the base and crest of the myth You can see like from an all revealing eye The comparison symbol-blueprints of the truth... Like from a picture You can see the likeness of a person And know the person when you first meet, For the image pictured symbols Knock boldly upon the door of darkness And voices speak from without.“ 35:26 The Cosmic Age “This is the space age The age beyond the earth age: A different direction beyond the the gravitations of the past. This is the Space Age: The disguised twin of tomorrow Striking upon the earth with relentless power Like a perpetual whip. This is the Space Age - - - - Prepare for the journey! You have a rendezvous With the Living Wisdom Of the unadulterated fate. Prepare for the Journey! Like a happy child You will step out of the pages Of the blinding blend of the Book, And gaze astounded At the endless space of the Cosmo-Void Your new course is the Cosmic Way - - - - Your new vehicle is the cosmic plane; You are to reach/approach the Omni-Cosmo Way You will learn to journey with courage... With fiery aim to find The even greater day of the greater tomorrow... The Cosmo-timeless realm Of the Omni-Everlution-Immortalic day.“ 36:03 Keyboard Solo 3 37:27 Enlightenment (featuring June Tyson) [Note: The distorted vocals is the result of amplification problems] 44:04 Keyboard Solo 4 46:18 John Cage and Sun Ra: Silent Duet 1 48:18 Empty Words and Keyboard 50:32 Silent Duet 2 55:52 Sun Ra: Keyboard Solo 5 58:25 Rick Russo: Introduction Marshall Allen: EVI Sun Ra: Yamaha DX7, vocals, words and silence John Cage: vocals and silence June Tyson: vocals