Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Elvis at a reggae show: Dread Zeppelin

Dread Zeppelin.com; Seth Auberon, Ashley Wells, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
Women love the pop idol: Elvis at 21: The Buddha | Smithsonian Institution (si.edu)
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Elvis/Budai is not fat, just lucky (etsy.com).
Wisdom Quarterly: American Buddhist Journal does irreverence right and is like a wok. If irreverence can be done right. Seems wrong. The Wong. We should be called "The Wok," spelled The WoQ, because that's how we refer to it around here. 

The sacred sounds of the King mixed with common reggae rhythms? Das rock 'n roll.

Big Fat Happy Elvis
The CIA promoted rock music (and Beatlemania) to foment controversy, protests, launch social movements (like feminism, just ask operative Gloria Steinem), destabilize the order and thereby keep it in check, make everybody work to increase GDP, spread drugs (with a flavor of the decade specialty to vibe with the dominant musical genre of each era).

Such "art" can set minds free, or just get us to go along to get along, if we're not thinking. Think. Choose. Just do it. Buddhism, or any of the great Dharmic religions/Eastern philosophies take guts for a Westerner to adopt. Truth is in the pudding, however. Go for it.

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Cultivating an artistic outlook or temperament (a rebellious aesthetic) has its benefits. Ginamarie G., with her penchant for Marilyn Monroe, might be proud. And who doesn't love Che Guevara as a symbol?

Behold our recent Dick Cheese coverage. So isn't it amazing that we're not the first to see the Buddha (or more accurately Budai Bodhisattva) in Elvis? The Smithsonian Institute, Etsy craftsmen, Pinterest pinners have all seen it. Reverence is good. But it's irreverence that makes us think.

Elvis (and Elvish) is a cultural icon (Facebook.com/BizarroComics, Sunday Punnies #37)
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