Counter-culture Journals (文革)

Counter-culture Journals (文革)

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Spring has sprung

The spring equinox has passed and spring is now on its way. Good by winter. Some people and animals are happy to see the coming of spring.




Tuesday, March 22, 2011

SPRING AFFIRMATION 2011

by yoko ono


Spring is in the air again.
All seeds on the planet are quietly starting to shine.
Ready to stretch, open and grow.
And I am thankful for another year added to my life.
So I, also, could grow and increase my understanding of life.
Walk with awareness. Dance with joy.
I am indebted to every one of you on this planet Earth.
Without you, I would not be here.
In gratitude, I would like to share an affirmation with you.
Thank you, thank you, thank you
For a beautiful day.
Today is the beginning and the foundation
Of our exciting, interesting and magical life.
We are healthy and whole.
Every part of our body is rapidly rejuvenating, revitalized,
And healed.
We are energetic and powerful and wise,
We remember everything we need to remember.
We express and communicate ourselves clearly.
That which we wish to communicate,
To whom we wish to communicate
Spiritually, mentally, physically,
Vocally and verbally.
We make the right judgement, the right decision, the right move
At the right time, at the right place
For ourselves and others.
And make planet Earth an oasis for the Universe
For the highest good of all concerned, so be it.
yoko
Yoko Ono
20 March 2011

Friday, March 04, 2011

ONO: Move On Fast is #1 in the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Chart


Yoko Ono continues her dance floor domination with her 6th consecutive #1 Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Chart-topper MOVE ON FAST.
Featuring explosive mixes by Dave Aude, Digital Dog, Ralphi Rosario, Richard Morel, Chris The Greek, Emjae, Twisted Sound+Vision, DJ Yiannis, Nacho & Ivan and Timmy Loop
Sitting atop the cream of the pop crop (Rihanna, Britney Spears, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Taio Cruz, Kylie Minogue, And Jennifer Lopez) Yoko Ono once again seizes the coveted #1 spot on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Chart with her latest dance floor reinvention MOVE ON FAST (The Remixes) (Issue Date: 12 March 2011).
The single marks the influential pop culture iconoclast’s SIXTH consecutive #1 dance hit (and EIGHTH overall) following WOULDN'IT (I’M A STAR), GIVE ME SOMETHINGI’M NOT GETTING ENOUGHGIVE PEACE A CHANCE and NO NO NO. It’s an accomplishment which few, if any artists can boast.
MOVE ON FAST finds ONO rocking hard with an all-or-nothing fearlessness and galvanizing energy that focuses and flexes the raw, teeth-gnashing grit she and husband John (and their Elephants Memory backing band) were crafting in NYC's rough-hewn Downtown art and music scenes.
Originally issued as the B-Side to the folksy Dylan-esque single NOW OR NEVER and culled from her landmark 1972 double album APPROXIMATELY INFINITE UNIVERSE, the song embodies the sprawling set’s offbeat pop/rock sound, which is laced with bop, big band swing, and razor-sharp feminist rock overtones. If NOW OR NEVER was a wistful wake-up call to a tuned-out, slacked-off America, MOVE ON FAST grabbed them by the scruff to shake them out of their collective stupor and shout burn it at both ends and live for today - a strident, rebellious and political statement from the avant-garde matriarch, which would foreshadow the rise of the punk movement still years down the road!
ONO enlists an international assemblage of dance music innovators to recast her galvanizing call to arms into a searing 21st Century club juggernaut, featuring vibrant re-rubs from Dave Aude, Richard Morel, Digital Dog, Ralphi Rosario, Wawa, DJ Yiannis, Emjae, Twisted Sound+Vision, Chris The Greek, Timmy Loop and newcomers Nacho & Ivan.
It’s the latest installment from ONO’s ongoing remix series campaign, which has seen the boundless art-rock visionary opening up her pandora’s box of original material for an eager generation of superlative cutting-edge artists to cleverly reinvent, including: Flaming Lips, Pet Shop Boys, Antony And The Johnsons, Sparks, Basement Jaxx, Junior Boys, Danny Tenaglia, Porcupine Tree, Stonebridge, CSS, Bimbo Jones, The Sleepy Jackson, Peaches, Linus Loves, Cat Power and Oscar winning composer Craig Armstrong.
To date, the groundbreaking series has spawned 2 critically-acclaimed remix albums –
YES, I’M A WITCH and OPEN YOUR BOX -
8 x #1 BILLBOARD HOT DANCE CLUB PLAY chart-topping hits including
MOVE ON FAST, WOULDNIT’ (I’M A STAR), GIVE ME SOMETHING, I’M NOT GETTING ENOUGH, GIVE PEACE A CHANCE, NO NO NO, EVERYMAN/EVERYWOMAN and the seminal anthem WALKING ON THIN ICE.
MOVE ON FAST (The Remixes) is available as three separate digital green singles (no materials used or abused) on MIND TRAIN / TWISTED Records at iTunes and the TWISTED Records online store.