Sun Ra Research - captured, collected, compiled and published - by John and Peter Hinds is a cornerstone in the (star) field of schol-ra-ship. Their work exudes love, respect, dedication and fascination, and they are major inspirations and teachers to me.
In 2002 I was fortunate enough to get the brothers to talk about their work and experiences in the land of Ra. Like Sun Ra Arkive's conversations with Trudy Morse and Hartmut Geerken, I think this is one of the only times - if not the only - that the lens was turned back on them to talk about themselves.
Sun Ra Research can be found online at:
Digital Collections - Hamilton College Library
Sun Ra Research is a an oral history project conducted by John and Peter Hinds. Since 1995 the Hinds brothers have published their interviews with the jazz musician Sun Ra and members of his band, the Arkestra, in their magazine Sun Ra Research. This collection features fully text searchable digital versions of the original issues of Sun Ra Research, and a single issue (all published) of the Sun Ra Quarterly. This digital collection is a collaborative enterprise between John and Peter Hinds and the Department of Special Collections and Archives, Burke Library, Hamilton College. Future additions to the collection may include transcriptions of additional, previously unpublished interviews with Sun Ra and the Arkestra.
MATERIALS DIGITIZED:
Sun Ra Quarterly (1996, one issue only)
Sun Ra Research (1995-2001)
Sun Ra Research—supplement (1988-1999)
If you want to share your Sun Ra Arkestra story with us, we'd love to hear from you!
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HI JOHN AND PETER
Thanks for your inspired and inspiring dedication to music and film.
Did you see this=
https://thepenngazette.com/secrets-of-the-sun/
about the SUN RA archive THAT HAS YOUR SUN RA RESEARCH magazine PICTURED. CONGRATS!!!
WE USED TO COMMUNICATE VIA THE ZAPPA HOTLINE AND OTHER CINEMA
I would like to interview YOU about your background, ideas, philosophies, music, and the creative process.
Let's talk please. I can send you possible dates/times for a Zoom conversation on my podcast. OK?
https://www.youtube.com/@improbablywrongabouteveryt6781/streams
Steve Vai wrote, "Fialka's questions were engaging. What a wonderful and uplifting interview."
"Fialka's interview with me was the most extraordinary, the most brilliant, and the most profoundly moving interview experience I have ever had. It was pure Joy and abundant Light. I was deeply honored by the opportunity and deeply grateful to him. He is a genius." - Joel Thome https://www.artists4peace.org/joel-thome He won a Grammy for playing Zappa music.
"Gerry is one of the most brilliant people I have ever known and ever met. He is an astoundingly astute and brilliant person. Gerry’s the kind of guy that Frank Zappa loved to have in his orbit." - Ike Willis (Zappa band member '78 - '88)
"Fialka brings his own distinctive approach. My phone interview with him lasted one hour and eight minutes, and its zigs, zags and sheer velocity were unmatched in my nearly 20-year journalism career. Was I writing about Finnegans Wake, or was I suddenly inside it?"
- Lois Beckett, The Guardian 11-12-23 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/nov/12/california-venice-book-club-finngeans-wake-28-years
I have done presentations at the Ann Arbor Film Festival, 17 times over 30 years. I have interviewed many of the AAFF filmmakers including Sabine Gruffat, Stephanie Barber, Abigail Child, Joseph Keckler, George Manupelli, Pat Oleszko, Leighton Pierce, Jay Rosenblatt, Terris Sarris, Rebecca Baron, Vera Brunner-Sung, Richard Tuohy, Ariel Dougherty, Josh Gibson, Gina Kamentsky, Tom Bray, Mike Rollo, Julia Yezbick, Carl Elsaesser, and more. Here's one of my link on the AAFF website: https://www.aafilmfest.org/single-post/aaff-tetrads
If you request it from me, I will send you a free PDF of my book of interviews with a foreword by David James
Strange Questions: Experimental Film as Conversation http://laughtears.com/strange-questions.html
with Tom Gunning, Chick Strand, Lynne Sachs, Jay Rosenblatt, Martha Colburn, Evan Meaney, Mike Hoolboom, Robert Nelson, Larry Gottheim, and Nina Menkes.
Recent podcasts interviews also include Richard Kerr, Caryn Cline, Bruce McClure, Oren Goldenberg, R Bruce Elder, Trent Harris, Lewis Klahr, Steve Anker, Bill Nichols, Bill Brown, Jon Else and more.
My essay on Craig Baldwin is in the new book
https://pfsuzy.medium.com/craig-baldwin-reel-mutha-foya-by-gerry-fialka-21a28c1292aa and https://incite-online.net/baldwin.html and I presented it live at the Roxie Book Launch event.
"Fialka's interview with me was the most extraordinary, the most brilliant, and the most profoundly moving interview experience I have ever had. It was pure Joy and abundant Light. I was deeply honored by the opportunity and deeply grateful to him. He is a genius." - Joel Thome https://www.artists4peace.org/joel-thome He won a Grammy for playing Zappa music.
Let's talk please.
Thank you,
Gerry Fialka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Fialka
Venice, California
310-306-7330 (landline)
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