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    I am just so proud today!! One of my fostered elephants...I foster for a very special group of people....is now in Ithumba and on her second step at living wild. Shukuru is a beautiful elephant that came to the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust...she was so tiny and so scared. But the keepers gave her much love and the best care...and now she is in Ithumba (just got there this morning) It is so hard to explain all I am feeling....but I will see her soon....there among the wild elephants :heart:

    That is so wonderful!!!!!!!

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    OMG!!! Found the first marketing piece from our label on a German website, putting us in the same company as Badfinger and Emitt Rhodes!!!!!

    ATHANOR - Flashback - LP Guerssen

    Chicago, early 70s. Greg Herriges is obsessed with Lennon, 12-string guitars and far-out psychedelic sounds. Rick Vittenson is a Beach Boys-Hollies-Who fanatic who writes for Crawdaddy! magazine. Both had previously played in several garage-college bands during the 60s. Combining their mutual love for Sixties music, Athanor was born.

    With the help of top studio musicians, they recorded and self-released three 45s between 1973 and 1975 (the first one produced by Mark Breyer, with whom Rick had played in pre-Skooshny band Brevity) which are now highly sought-after by fans of obscure psychedelic pop. All of them are featured here in stellar sound taken from the master tapes along with previously unreleased studio tracks and superb sounding home demos (1973-1981), plus a new song recorded in 2006 in the same vein as their vintage recordings.

    Athanor’s music features impressive songwriting & musicianship, a collision of Beatlesque harmony vocals, Rickenbacker & Guild 12-string guitars, occasional fuzz-wah leads, Fender Rhodes, studio effects…Psychedelic proto-power pop highly recommended to anyone into Lazy Smoke, Badfinger, Only Ones, Emitt Rhodes, Rockin’ Horse, Creme Soda.…

    Remastered sound from the original master tapes, insert with rare pictures and liner notes by Mark Breyer from cult psych-power pop band Skooshny, 180gr vinyl.

    Tracklist: Graveyard –Inner Space - Urizen (Your Reason) - I don’t mind – Habits – Read me – Rock me, roll me – Hidden monsters - Memory (Don’t fail me) – Wonder why I’m sick – Like a river flows – Inner Space (Previously Unreleased Mix)

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    Let's face it....the question is really unanswerable. Comments on both sides of the controversy are very valid. But I think that unless you're a Southerner or black, you can't really understand what the flag means to them. I'm a white Northerner, and I can see both sides.

    One thing I do know about that flag is that it did NOT come to represent slavery, bigotry and oppression until nearly 100 years after it was created. It represented the very special cultural heritage of the South, and independence from domination by the North. It represented rebellion. It wasn't until the Civil Rights movement that people identified it as a source of racism. And then racists started identifying with the flag, which didn't help matters.

    I was not surprised by the sight of the flag at TPATH concerts. In fact, I thought that, in context, it was endearing. I love the "Southern Accents" album because it says something very special about the way of life in the South. I think Tom was doing nothing more that showing affection for the South.

    Of course, you're right that the sight is disturbing to many. I seem to remember reading that on a later tour, someone threw a rebel flag on the stage and Tom commented that they used to fly the flag, but rethought it after he realized that it didn't have the same "rebel" symbolism for many that it had for him, and that he wouldn't be displaying it anymore.

    I understand that the flag means many things to many people. I refuse to judge Tom, any Southerner, or any of the folks offended by the flag, as I don't walk in their shoes.

    But listen to the lyrics....Tom's telling us what it means to him:

    There's a Southern accent, where I come from

    The young'uns call it country, the Yankees call it dumb

    I got my own way of talkin' but everything is done

    With a Southern accent where I come from...

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