Re: SR museum?hipness
Re: SR museum?hipness
My name is Knoel Scott, I am have a college degree and over fifty years on =
this planet........I dont speak for anyone else other than myself and the i=
nspiriation I get from the Creator and most stongly object to anyone speaki=
ng for me or voicing ideas that they believe I espouse.;that in effect is t=
he severest form of arrogance and ego both of which I am in ample supply of=
and thusly have no need to be the subject of anyone elses;=A0=A0 Did Sun R=
a ever tell you what happened the only time he forgave a person?=A0 Well; I=
forgive the person who used this site for a personal attackou.=A0 fimplyin=
g I have a murderous heart=A0 I have no hatred or amnimosity toward anyone.=
=A0 I do, hate stupidity.=0AAs for correct info about Knoel Scott=A0 who pl=
ayed on about Fifty Ra Albums=A0 and vas Sun Ras aide=A0 during the last fi=
ve years of his visit to this planet=0A;check out knoelscott on Face book=
=A0 Im currently living and playing in France and will rejoin the Arkesta d=
uring its European tour=0AI have been invovled, in every major profect of, =
the Arkestra since 1997 and until the return=A0 of Danny Thompson served as=
assistant to the Maestro=A0 Allen..=0AI have developed=A0several =A0projec=
ts outside of the Arkestra the most recent is Knoel Scotts 'Djangology'=A0 =
A Homage to the musics of Charlie Parker and Djabgo Rhienhart=A0 this group=
is currently working as well as recording its first CD in Nancy, France=0A=
The Knoel Scott Quartet is appearing this Friday at The Clou, place de vosa=
ge, Nancy France;=A0 featuring Jean Michel Albertucci on piano and Kenyatte=
Abdur Rahman on batterie=0AAs for what I want this site to do, I clearly s=
tated it.=0A=A0 To all of thede alturist do gooders out there;;;;;;;;;;;;;;=
Get Kalaparush Ari Difda out of the NYC subway=A0,get him a goodhorn and so=
me gigs and recordings.......He is a living giant of the Tenor Saxophone=0A=
Do this and God will truly bless you=0A=0A=0A=0A___________________________=
_____=0AFrom: Margaret Davis Grimes musicmargaret@earthlink.net=0ATo: SAT=
URN@NIC.SURFNET.NL=0ASent: Sun, March 28, 2010 8:21:08 PM=0ASubject: Re: SR=
museum?hipness=0A=0AOn March 17th, Stephen Ramirez posted a comment that t=
hings are "generally pretty quiet here. There used to be quite a lot of int=
eresting discussions," and I responded that "I used to post fairly often, b=
ut there were very few replies, and most of those were from a few people wi=
th psychological problems who automatically fly into attack mode.=A0 Others=
on the list have witnessed this and have apparently decided it's not worth=
it to participate (this is referred to in politics as the 'chilling effect=
').=A0 So here we have a list of 3OO interested members, and probably more =
than 275 never post anything at all."=A0 =0A=0AThis latest offensive by Kno=
el Scott is exactly what I was referring to -- and offensive it is, and is =
meant to be.=A0 Mr. Scott feels that we should all shut up and do whatever =
it is he thinks we all should do, which is hardly the intent or purpose (pa=
ce Bill Dixon) of a Sun Ra internet discussion group, and he hopes to intim=
idate the group into silence, and eventually out of existence.=A0 Why?=A0 B=
ecause he hates the very fact of its existence, and ours.=A0 Unsubscribe, "=
Townsend"?=A0 That's exactly what he wants you to do.=0A=0AIt's not really =
a matter of hipness or the lack of it (perhaps "Townsend" picked the wrong =
phrase there); it's a matter of Mr. Scott's rudeness, bullying, hostility, =
personal insults, arrogance, [fill in your own descriptives].=A0 Mr. Scott =
is a hater, his spirit has gone bad (for whatever reasons, which are not ou=
r fault), and that spirit represents only himself, not Sun Ra, not Marshall=
Allen, and not the Arkestra, and in fact is the opposite of the joyful, lo=
ving, playful spirit shared between the Arkestra and the fans.=0A=0ANext, w=
e have from Mr. Bukowski his opinion that Knoel Scott is in the "inner circ=
le" and therefore is not to be disagreed with.=A0 Mr. Bukowski is a person =
who recently boasted on this list that he sold a collection of=A0 6OO 9O-mi=
nute Sun Ra and Arkestra bootlegs on cassette for money; he is also a perso=
n who gets very ugly if anyone points out that maybe some of the proceeds s=
hould go to the Arkestra.=A0 Mr. Bukowski is a person who has posted his ma=
ntra about people having their "undies in a wad" 2O times in the past two y=
ears, and I didn't even think it was cute the first time.=A0 And then, of c=
ourse, Ms. Pearlstine drops in once again to inform us that we "gotta love"=
Mr. Bukowski.=A0 No, we don't gotta.=0A=0AAbout this "inner circle" busine=
ss, we do not know what relationship actually existed between Sun Ra and Kn=
oel Scott, but I do know that he is not in the inner circles of the Arkestr=
a now, and he has been estranged from the Arkestra off and on for quite a l=
ong time, though he does still perform in the Arkestra.=A0 And well he migh=
t, because regardless of whatever is wrong with him spiritually or emotiona=
lly, he is among the=A0 greatest musicians / dancers / entertainers on this=
planet, and I'll be the first to tell you that.=A0 I'll always be glad to =
see and hear him on the bandstand, even if he wants to kill me -- and he mi=
ght.=0A=0AMr. Scott had a Web site at http://www.knoelscott.com, which has =
now somehow turned into a jewelry site with no mention of him on it, and on=
that site he had a document called http://www.knoelscott.com/Resume.htm, a=
nd on there he himself stated that he left the Arkestra in 2OO6, though we =
don't know whether he left voluntarily or not.=A0 At http://www.knoelscott.=
com, it showed that he was living in Alaska for several years, and there we=
re concert dates and other details shown.=A0 Despite the fact that the site=
has been sold to a jewelry company (or whatever happened there), you can s=
till see some parts of it here:=0A=0Ahttp://web.archive.org/web/20071107180=
216/knoelscott.com. =0A=0ABut you can't see the specific document at resume=
.htm, so you'll just have to take my word for what was on it.=0A=0AAlso, if=
you look at Mr. Scott's January 13th posting on his myspace page (http://w=
ww.myspace.com/knoelscott, scroll a little less than halfway down and look =
at the right side of your screen), you'll find him stating that he's now li=
ving in Nancy, France.=A0 And likewise on Facebook at http://www.facebook.c=
om/knoelscott#!/profile.php?id=3D100000571133359&ref=3Dts ("Have relocated =
to France..."). =0A=0AThe Arkestra home base is in Philadelphia (about whic=
h, by the way, Sun Ra said, "To save the planet, I had to go to the worst s=
pot on Earth, and that was Philadelphia"). =0A=0AAnd we still haven't heard=
from the other 275 members of this group.=0A=0A<< >> << >> <> > =0A=0AOn S=
unday, March 28, 2010 at 12:19 PM, "Townsend" wrote:=0A=0AI simply don't ac=
cept Mr. Scott's condemnations and guilt trips. Even if the shoe fits, I ch=
oose to go barefoot.=0A=0AIf admonishments from on high are what list membe=
rs seek, include me out. I will seek inspiration elsewhere.=0A=0AHow do I u=
nsubscribe?=0A=0A<< >> << >> <> > =0A=0AOn Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 6:08 A=
M, Mr. Bukowski wrote:=0A=0AMethinks a history lesson is needed.=0AKnoel Sc=
ott is a member of the Arkestra.=0AKnoel Scott has been a member of the Ark=
estra for many years.=0AKnoel Scott has studied with Sun Ra.=0AKnoel Scott =
knows of the Ancient Wisdom.=0AKnoel Scott is in the "inner circle."=0AThus=
, Knoel Scott IS hipper than thou, Jack, dig?!=0A=0A<< >> << >> < >> =0A=0A=
On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 10:01 pm, "Townsend" wrote:=0A=0A"you people"=0A"su=
cking the life blood"=0A"you wouldn't understand anyway"=0ASorry, guess I'm=
not enough of an ass kisser to agree with this=0Ahipper-than-thou crap.=0A=
=0A<< >> < <>> < <>> =0A=0AOn Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 4:29 AM, Knoel Sc=
ott wrote:=0A=0AIs there a museum of the Christ?=0ASun Ras legacy resounds =
in the creativity of the Arkestra, AACM, World=0ASaxophone Qt;=0AIn answ<er=
to your question?=A0 Yes Sunny would delight in his legacy being=0Ascatter=
ed to the four winds ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;winds such as the Orchestra in=0Athe Re=
public of Tuva (siberia) which basded its concept on the Sun Ra=0AArkestra,=
to that crazy japanesese=A0 Big band, to the poetry of Imamu Amiri=0ABarak=
a=0AIts time you people dug in your souls and spririts and created some bea=
uty=0Ainstead o=E7f just sucking the life blood out of the Creative Artsts =
then=0Achewing on their bones in Museums;=0ACREATE CREATE CREATE CREATE CRE=
ATE CREATE CREATE CREATE CREATE CREATE=0Athat is the greatest legacy Sun Ra=
could have.........The rest, you wouldnt=0Aget=A0 i;e; understand anyway=
=0AThis is the viewpoint of Knoel Scott, prodigal son of Sun Ra=0A=0A<< >> =
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