Another innovator and great musician gone, Daevid Allen of Gong, 13th January 1938-13th March 2015.

Wow...  Mosh will be gutted!

Hi,
 
Today
While at work
I read the news
...
oh boy 
...
silence
nada
quiet
tear
shock
...
just sad
...
a slight uneasy
feeling
of unrest
inner quiet
inner something
inner 
feeling
...
alone
...
not always lonely
...
going somewhere
that we don't know
can't imagine
...
empty inside
...
thoughts all over
can't turn off
the internal dialogue
but today
I hear one thing
that was once called
Space Pirate Radio
and it did
something
that no one ever has done
...
before
...
and it was neat
but it taught me
something
about ability
poetry
appreciation
...
on the air
was 
a wise man in your heart
and he was inside a radio on the air
inside of another radio
also on the air
...
and hearing that song
echo in the distance
far away from us all
became a theme
of sorts
for me
...
because one guy
had the ability
to really see
what it all was about
and then sing it
...
the wise man
in your heart
was not
far away at all
...
it just seemed that way
...
he spoke
serenely
sang quietly
...
to a soft beat
...
and that Guy
let it shine
...
in what
really
was one of the great
compliments
artistically
to another artist
...
Like any dream
...
no one that did not
hear that
on that particular night
...
will never
hear it
...
one of the greatest
moments of all
in music 
and its art
...
the perfect theater
...
space
...
through the air
...
into the night
...
a wise man
was in our hearts
for a long time
...
yeah
...
I will miss him
and his friends
...
the photographs
...
the music
...
the glissando
to the stars
my very own soundtrack
...
...
you have lifted
some spirits
higher than you know
...
magick brother
...
and 
the mystic sister
...
we will forever
live
love
hear
attune
...
to the glissando
of our hearts
and its wise words
amidst the quiet
beat of your hearts
...

 
http://www.pedrosena.com/photos.htm
(Daevid and Gong pictures)
 
(c) Pedro Sena 03/13/2015 Published at PA and Cakewalk with permission

Hi,
 
I'm not gutted.
 
Just happy to have met and enjoyed the company of some of the finest people I have ever met in my life. They were real people, and true friends, and I can not imagine not having had the chance to spend time with them and taking pictures, and enjoy them.
 
The music was also stupendous ... but not many here know that or have even experienced the glissando or anything like it, to even consider trying to use something else in their own music ... that is the only sad part ... that inspiration is just another rock music idea whose meaning is so fleeting ... defined in just another song with some vapid words.
 
And reading Robert Wyatt's book this week is even more satisfactory ... that the so-called weirdness and lack of fame in all the stuff I love is not all the world is about. There is "ART" out there ... and a song or a poem is not enough!
 
I just wanna see MAGMA one more time, before they too dissipate ... both Christian and Stella are not getting younger! A couple more weeks! There won't be special work and music like Gong or Magma or Robert Wyatt for the next 20 to 30 years ... maybe even more.
 
With much mosh and love