Monday 15 April 2024

Michael Crichton interview on Charlie Rose about "Prey" (2002)

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At 15 April 2024 at 22:39 , Anonymous Anonymous said...

The Beatles and Ozzy Osbourne found common ground in Aleister Crowley

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“… [Some] believe the Beatles used the record [Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band] to pay their respects to Crowley.

“… [The band placed] Crowley on the album cover.

“[And] many have made a connection between the opening track’s first line — ‘It was 20 years ago today Sergeant Pepper taught the band to play’ — and Crowley’s death 20 years prior to the album’s 1967 release on December 1, 1947 …

“[In 1980 while] speaking of his time with his then-ex-bandmates, [John Lennon] said, ‘The whole Beatle idea was to do what you want, right? To take your own responsibility’ …

“This musing reminded readers of one of Crowley’s central tenets of his belief system, Thelema: ‘Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law’.

“Thirteen years after the release of the Beatles’ iconic ‘Sgt. Pepper’s’ album, Ozzy Osbourne released his 1980 solo debut ‘Blizzard of Ozz’ …

“… [The] former Black Sabbath frontman capitalized on this occult inspiration for his solo debut’s B-side opener, ‘Mr. Crowley’ …

“On the 40th anniversary of ‘Blizzard of Ozz’, Osbourne tweeted that he had read several books by Crowley before coming to his bandmates with his song idea …”

https://americansongwriter.com/the-beatles-and-ozzy-osbourne-found-common-ground-in-an-english-occultist/


SHARON RACHEL LEVY OSBOURNE


Sharon Osbourne “is credited with reviving her husband's heavy metal career …

“Sharon Rachel Levy was born on 9 October 1952 … her father was Ashkenazi Jewish …

“Osbourne revealed she was surrounded by violence during her childhood …

“In 2020, she portrayed herself in season 5, episode 2 of Lucifer …”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Osbourne

 

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