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[music, instrumental]
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[people shouting]
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This is Jimmy Fey, Channel Five,
stone jive, the all black station for
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all black people, with all the news that
groves at noon, live from Oakland, California.
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[laughs]
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As you are probably aware, several local
mystics have predicted a landing from
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space this afternoon, here at this spot
opposite the sector five government
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building in the person of a black musician
and thinker named, "Sun Ra."
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Speaker 2: I haven't seen him yet.
He should be here anytime now.
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Jimmy: He's reported to have disappeared
while traveling in Europe in June, 1969.
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He's reputed to have been traveling in
outer space all this time with his
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Intergalactic Myth-Science Solar Arkestra,
and upon landing here will reveal to the
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world his so-called plan for the salvation
of the black race.
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Speaker 2: Where the hell is he?
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Jimmy: It is now a couple of minutes past
the time when Mr. Ra is scheduled to appear.
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So, apparently, he's not quite as efficient
as our own NASA program people.
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[laughs]
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Speaker 3: That son of a bitch. Ain't that
just like him - two minutes late.
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Speaker 2: Hey, there he is. [Over there!]
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[sounds of a space ship flying]
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Jimmy: This is incredible. I can't
believe it. It's really happening.
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[sounds of a space ship flying]
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[sirens]
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Jimmy: I can't believe it. It's really
happened. Ra's ship has landed.
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Ra's ship has landed.
Mobile units
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are being dispatched to the area, and
we should have reports momentarily.
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This is Jimmy Fey, Channel Five's stone
jive saying, "Follow me!"
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[sirens]
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Follow me!
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[sirens]
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[music, instrumental,
Satellites Are Spinning by Sun Ra]
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Sun Ra: I am the alter-destiny. I am the alter-
destiny. The presence of the living myth.
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Jimmy: What is the power of your machine?
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Sun Ra: Music.
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[music, instrumental]
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Sun Ra: This music is all a part of
another tomorrow. Another kind of
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language. Speaking things of nature.
Naturalness - the way it should be.
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Speaking things of blackness, about
the void. Being this void,
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the bottomless pit surrounding you.
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[Music: Satellites Are Spinning by
Sun Ra]
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♪ The satellites are spinning.
A better day is breaking. ♪
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♪ The galaxies are waiting
for planet Earth's awakening. ♪
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♪ Oh, we sing this song to
a great tomorrow. ♪
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♪ Oh, we sing this song to
a body's sorrow. ♪
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♪ Oh, we sing this song to
a great tomorrow. ♪
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♪ Oh, we sing this song to
a body's sorrow. ♪
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Sun Ra: Why doesn't the Earth fall?
How can you walk upon it?
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It's the music.
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It's the music of the Earth.
The music of the sun and the stars.
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It's the music of yourself -
vibrating. Yes. You're music too.
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You're all the instruments.
Everyone is supposed to be playing
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their part... in this vast
Arkestry of the Cosmos.
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[Music: Satellites Are Spinning by
Sun Ra]
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♪ Oh, we sing this song to
a great tomorrow. ♪
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♪ Oh, we sing this song to
a body's sorrow. ♪
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♪ A body's sorrow.
A body's sorrow. ♪
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♪ A body's sorrow.
A body's sorrow. ♪
