The Church of the Ecstatic presents:
It’s been 70 years and 4 days since George Orwell’s 1984 was published. I didn’t realize this when my partner and I watched it (me for the first time) on its publication date, June 8th, this weekend. So many things resonate today, from ubiquitous screens, surveillance, and the whiplash of contradicting news and ‘facts,’ I had to do a show about it. I still have the well-worn copy I inherited from my high school teacher, its cover torn off, and I read a couple of passages on this show. Mostly though, it’s a collage of music referencing or inspired by the novel, a testament to its staying power and cultural influence through the past seventy years.
It is not a book about any specific party, economic system, or nation. It is about power, control, deceit, hatred, and oligarchy; it demonstrates the forces that keep the status quo to benefit the powerful, and to keep other humans powerless. Love is radical, and breaks down these heirarchies. We can never let this cautionary tale come true, by letting love be taken from us.
David Bowie, “1984 (2016 Remastered Version)”
from Diamond Dogs (2016 Remastered Version)
Parlophone UK - 1974
David Bowie, “Big Brother (2016 Remastered Version)”
from Diamond Dogs (2016 Remastered Version)
Parlophone UK - 1974
Dead Kennedys, “California Über Alles”
from Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death
Manifesto Records - 1987
Sister Euphonia The Church of the Ecstatic June 12th, 2019
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