Article From Many Moons Ago.., Them's fighting words! Options

[Ed Addict]

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http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/02.../live-9709.html

LOVE Secret Samadhi! One of my favourite albums. So this pissed me off.

[Voodoo Lady]

I’ve always had a thing for Secret Samadhi. I was in college when it was released and I’ve never, ever been so anxious and excited for an album to drop. I remember going to the record store in the mall to get it. I remember everything about that day. It was gray and cold which added to the “mood.” I didn’t open the CD until I got back to my dorm room where I could focus on it and have “my moment.” I vividly remember peeling it open & seeing the pics for the first time & how those liner notes smelled as I studied those lyrics. It was serious and dark and I loved it. But I’ve always preferred edgier and harder stuff, so it was perfection IMO. What anyone said in a review or article at the time really didn’t change anything or matter for me. I suppose some say there is a weakness in that the lyrics are strange. I still don’t know what some of those lyrics mean and I don’t think they do either. But it’s really up to the listener to interpret their own meaning, just like poetry. A certain type of poetry isn’t going to be for all types of people. This album was definitely my type of thing. What really was the pinnacle of the time was the Lakini’s Juice performance on Saturday Night Live. They KILLED it and Ed seemed absolutely insane (those eyes!). Following up with Heropsychodreamer (my fave SS track) and Ed’s smug face at the end of that one. Yea, they knew they blew the roof off that place. It was just the icing on the Secret Samadhi cake. My favorite Līve moment. What a great album and time. Miss those days.