MIND CONTROL SYMBOLISM IN VINTAGE MADNESS VIDEO

I caught this Madness video on Top Of The Pops 1983 last night. Anyone who’s looked at the symbolism will recognise the second half of this, (about 2:10 onwards) as being Mind Control Programming 101. Absolutely blatant, and the relevance would have been missed by 99.9 per cent of people at the time, without the opportunity then for the public to research such things.
 
I’m looking at a whole load of 80s pop videos with a fresh perspective now.

MARK DEVLIN GUESTS ON SAGE OF QUAY RADIO PODCAST

This is likely to be the only radio interview I do this year as I throw myself into writing my new book. A great two-hour chat with Mike Williams, aka Sage of Quay, where we get into some different kind of stuff - spiritual and consciousness issues, as well as reflecting on mind-control and social engineering through popular culture, and some different-from-usual slants on the whole Paul Is Dead saga!

(Audio-only download version coming soon.)

GOOD VIBRATIONS PODCAST, VOL. 101: MIKE ANGEL - REFLECTIONS ON ACID HOUSE

With 2017 marking the 30th anniversary of the UK partying revolution known as Acid House, music industry veteran and old-school raver Mike Angel returns to offer some perspectives on this movement.

The ‘Second Summer Of Love’ as it came to be dubbed, led, in turn, to open-air raves, then the UK superclubs, before paving the way for EDM - or Electronic Dance Music - to be exported to the rest of the world. It’s now a colossal scene, influencing the lives of millions of young clubbers all over the world. We reflect on whether a movement with this level of reach would have been allowed to evolve naturally, or whether it bears the hallmarks of the military intelligence and social engineering institutions, as the original ‘Summer Of Love’ in California has now been shown to have done.

Whereas LSD went hand in hand with the psychedelic music of the 1960s, the soundtrack to the electronic dance music of the late 80s and beyond was MDMA/ Ecstasy. Where did all the pills come from, and why were they allowed to be distributed when the authorities could have cracked down much harder if they’d chosen to?

MARK DEVLIN AT THE FREE YOUR MIND 5 CONFERENCE, APRIL 2017

I’m happy to announce that I’ll be back as one of the speakers at the Free Your Mind Conference near Philadelphia, happening between 5th and 7th April. There’s a mind-expanding array of presenters and topics on offer once again, as well as the invaluable networking opportunities with like-minded individuals. You can book advance tickets (which helps the organisers to make these things happen considerably) via the following link:

http://www.freeyourmindconference.com/speakers/

HEAVY BUSINESS AT POETIC JUSTICE, LONDON

What an awesome set of performances at Poetic Justice, Conscious hip-hop, poetry and beatboxing from head honcho John Blake, aka The People’s Floet, Luke Miller, DVG, Kev The Poet, Benjamin Meah Shamanic, Kane Headley Cummings, La Roche and Maverick & Malachi. It was the female MCs who particularly blew me away - amazing sets from Eva Rose, Loudspeka, and this heavy collaboration between Shay D and beatboxer Malachi. Expect to hear tracks from many of these cropping up on The Sound Of Freedom soon! Big shout to John for putting it all together. It was my first experience of this event, but it certainly won’t be the last.

GOOD VIBRATIONS PODCAST, VOL. 99: LONG LASTIN’, ROUND 4 - DEMONIC SONICS IN HIP-HOP

Conscious music producer Long Lastin’, (who produced the theme music for this series) returns for his fourth GV appearance, as we discuss the ongoing agenda to debase and degrade mainstream ’hip’-hop’ output.

While the manipulation of other music genres receives endless scrutiny, what’s being done to contemporary ‘hip-hop’ is rarely, if ever discussed. We get into what others won’t talk about - the blatantly obvious debasement of the sound frequencies in these recordings, and ask what unseen effects these could be having on those who consistently absorb them - particularly when combined with the degraded lyrical content, and the subliminal programming employed by their accompanying videos.

Long Lastin’ gives his views on the sonic structures of four so-called ‘hip-hop’ bangers, included in this recording. Give these a listen if you’re unfamiliar with the output of this genre and consider how they make you feel.

The intro and outro tracks on this podcast are from Long Lastin’s own album, ‘Illumi-Nation’, which offers inspiring truths through vocal samples set to to new, original beats. You can grab it here -

(Ironically for a conversation about sound production, the quality of the Skype line on this was appalling, so apologies for the less-than-perfect audio quality!)

EXPLICIT CONTENT: NOT SUITABLE FOR LISTENING BY CHILDREN


Long Lastin’s previous appearances on Good Vibrations are here:


Round 1:
https://soundcloud.com/mark-devlin/good-vibrations-podcast-vol-7?in=mark-devlin/sets/good-vibrations-podcast-series

Round 2:
https://soundcloud.com/mark-devlin/good-vibrations-podcast-vol-24?in=mark-devlin/sets/good-vibrations-podcast-series

Round 3:
https://soundcloud.com/mark-devlin/good-vibrations-podcast-vol-65-long-lastin-round-3-illumi-nation?in=mark-devlin/sets/good-vibrations-podcast-series

MD CONSCIOUS MUSIC DJ SET AT POETIC JUSTICE, LONDON, 22ND DECEMBER

I’m greatly looking forward to being a part of the Poetic Justice Solstismas event on Thursday 22nd at Hive in Dalston, London. I’ll be dropping a conscious music DJ set to get the evening underway, before a whole host of street poets and performance artists step up to do their thing. Positive vibes and good intention throughout. Full details here:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1882773378675490/