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...thundering of a thousand palms, they rushed back on with Dr. Dog (the opening artist, who looked like Kid Rock as a Parliament backup dancer) in tow.With the instruments finally almost outnumbered, together, the musicians launched into “Do the Whirlwind.” Rising a meter from the ground, The shoes (now warm and soft and a little more worn from the dance) wiggled free from the limits of the floor. The pants, set free from fist-clenched pocket occupants, hung looser. The shirts, soaked through, fluttered in the breeze of the subwoofers. Uniforms weathered by battle.THE...
...chops as a composer, with nine original tunes that evoke the muscular lyricism of Herbie Hancock and Keith Jarrett while still feeling fresh. Glasper is at his best on the title track, playing off tenor saxophonist Mark Turner in a minor-key vamp that constantly shifts mood and meter but never loses touch with its simple, soulful melody...
Reactive tendencies are stopped in the process of auditing, a non-evaluative therapy. The auditor uses an e-meter, a device Hubbard invented to measure tension, to help identify painful memories. Then a subject unburdens herself of bad decisions or events, thus ending neuroses and contributing to a feeling of well-being. Some Scientologists claim that after enough auditing they can remember all the way to their birth, and back further into their past lives...
Jeff explained that L. Ron Hubbard invented a machine to help an auditor (literally, one who listens) question and aid a subject. The e-meter runs a slight electric current—no more than a battery, Jeff explained—which forms a circuit through the subject’s body. If the subject sits still, the e-meter measures his or her internal tension. The subject holds two shiny metal cylinders, which attach to a console that looks ripped from a 1920s airplane cockpit. Jeff explained that triggers can access different parts of the memory, which is stored...
Then it was Allen’s turn. He took up the e-meter and agreed with Jeff that, indeed, his work is a source of tension...