Man Bartlett

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Forever curious human. Artist (sound, drawing, digital, etc). First Light DJ on EVR every 3rd Friday 8a-10a ET.

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Man Bartlett@manbartlett· 28d

starting off this month's show with a masterful rendition of ahir bhairav by kishori amonkar released in 1991.

SIDE A

All great art gives you happiness by touching your heart and not just your mind. It elevates you to a different level of existence and appreciation. So, too, with music. The audio stimulus goes deep within, and this is why it is very important for me as an artiste to have the listener's sustained involvement. That is why I sing with all my heart.
A raga should be developed so that it unfurls like a bud blooming into a rose, each note coloured with its mood, its feeling. It is the musical medium to take you to the ultimate emotion, ras or bhav.
But music is more than notations, or compositions, or styles. It is an ocean of philosophy, a mountain of knowledge, an etemal teacher whose student I will always remain. Through music I try to know myself. within and without. I try to comprehend the universe and the vastness of the cosmos. The planets, the tides - all have their movements and sounds. Is this not akin to sur and laya? And when at last 1 must face my Creator, I shall say.
I know nothing, I am thirsty. please give me a few drops more from the well of music."
KISHORI AMONKAR
Raga Ahir Bhairav.
Khayal vilambit and drut in teentaal.
The raga originates from the parent scale
Bhairav. It is a sampuma raga, using seven surs in the ascent and seven in the descent. Though traditionally the important surs are Ma and Sa, I have placed the importance on Sa and Pa, thus conveying the mood of pleasantness or hasya ras.
SIDE B
Raga Sampurna Malkaus.
Khayal vilambit and drut in teentaal.
Generally sung late at night. the mood of this raga is one of pathos or plaintiveness. The notes used are the shuddh Sa ReMa Pa, and the komal Ga Dha Ni.
The bandish in drut that i have sung has been composed by my mother.

Man Bartlett@manbartlett· Jul 14

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Blue sky photo and a sliver of the palisades at the bottom

Man Bartlett@manbartlett· Jul 13

protect @404media.co at all costs lol

screenshot of a headline "I Bought the $3,000 Fitness Suite That Electrocutes You. I'm Sending It Back." And a photo collage including presumably the author and a crazy looking suit with pads on it and the author's feet?

Man Bartlett@manbartlett· Jul 5

He should go to bed tbh

Man Bartlett@manbartlett· Jul 5

New meme format just dropped

Screenshot of a livestream of Trump staring in the direction of the camera with a tv behind him (where he was watching himself)

Man Bartlett@manbartlett· Jul 5

Art

Screenshot of the AP video with a cart filled with bags of ice and the phone number of the rental for the carts

Man Bartlett@manbartlett· Jun 25

same tbh

Screenshot
Sea turtles are only ok navigators
Green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) use Earth's geomagnetic field as a map, but are only able to follow it approximately. Researchers tracked eight turtles as they made a journey of more than 1000 kilometres. They found that the animals tended to plough ahead in one direction for extended periods, then stop to reorient when they'd strayed from their course. The turtles have only "an approximate idea of where they are and where they're going", says marine ecologist and study co-author Graeme Hays. So they take "circuitous routes that eventually get them where they want to be".

Man Bartlett@manbartlett· Jun 24

And NBC has called the race for @darializaforny.bsky.social but wow does it still seem close considering how many votes remain

A screenshot showing Darializa Avila Chevalier as the projected winner against Adriano Espaillat (32,100 to 29,929)

Man Bartlett@manbartlett· Jun 23

Name your fav album to hear start to finish, no skips Manuel Göttsching’s E2-E4 ;)

A chess board illustration in brown and cream with the musician’s name and album title small at the top.

Man Bartlett@manbartlett· Jun 18

🕯️new first light coming to your ear space this friday 8a-10a on @eastvillageradio.bsky.social tune in: eastvillageradio.com/first-light-...

A blue sky with a very small plane making chemtrails I mean contrails across it and a quarter-ish moon nearby

Man Bartlett@manbartlett· Jun 17

I love that Espaillat clearly doesn’t understand that these @darializaforny.bsky.social deleted tweets are all moderate positions now. Oops!

A photo of an anti-Darializa flyer from the Espaillat campaign that features a bunch of her old tweets that all sound moderate now

A photo of the back of an anti-Darializa flyer from the Espaillat campaign that features three old tweets that all sound moderate now

Man Bartlett@manbartlett· Jun 5

I take it back threads good

Threads good. A photo of a woman with open mouth and two rows of solid chewing plates and caption:

why do we have 32 separate teeth when we could've had 2 continuous chewing plates like this?

And a reply with a photo of a skeleton’s veins on the left and on the right those same veins zip-tied and looking super organized

Man Bartlett@manbartlett· Jun 1

Nope! My dude this is not the flex you think it is. Even more looking forward to voting for @darializaforny.bsky.social now.

Photo of an Adriano Espaillat mailer calling himself “The Real Democrat”, which, lol

Man Bartlett@manbartlett· Jun 1

Not at Liberty, exhibition walkthrough. Galeria Ocupa, Porto. 2026. 🎥 Pedro Lopes www.consultorioprojectroom.com/man-bartlett...

Man Bartlett@manbartlett· May 31

very brief excerpt from today’s drone zone journey. #synthsky

Man Bartlett@manbartlett· May 30

unreal

Man Bartlett@manbartlett· May 29

Full house for the master rudra veena player Bahauddin Dagar 🙂‍↔️

Full house for the master Bahauddin Dagar

Man Bartlett@manbartlett· May 20

caption this

A gull of some kind (idk honestly they all look the same to me) seemingly yelling at a plastic owl on a roof. The gull is actually nesting here so maybe it’s thanking Mrs Owl and baby owl for protecting the nest idk what do you think also apple says this is a

Man Bartlett@manbartlett· May 20

Insane stat. Go knicks

Screenshot of a stat that says “Largest playoff comeback win since 1970
Ended game on 44-11 run”

Man Bartlett@manbartlett· May 19

lol this is not looking promising.

presale waiting room for angine de poitrine tickets lol yeah not gonna happen

Man Bartlett@manbartlett· May 15

Tune in to First Light with Man for two hours of bliss 8a-10a ET on East Village Radio eastvillageradio.com/first-light-...

A photo of the blue sky with some light white clouds

Man Bartlett@manbartlett· May 13

A green lathe cut 7” on a pale yellow I guess the kids who are actually probably fully adult aging millennials would call it butter yellow time is a flat circle so here we are again and forever

Man Bartlett@manbartlett· May 13

portrait of the young artist as a statue, etc

A printed photograph of a young pale blond child posing as the Statue of Liberty with a paper torch, crown, and tablet. The child is wearing a blue shirt featuring a green brontosaurus 🦕

Man Bartlett@manbartlett· May 11

out today www.consultorioprojectroom.com/esculpio-edi...

a photo of a green, 7" record (a lathe cut) coming out of its jacket, the cover is mostly white with a small vertical photo of the artist as a young person posing as the statue of liberty. in front of the release is a paper insert, and the whole photo is on a butter-yellow background

Man Bartlett@manbartlett· Apr 29

🗽

Photo of the flame on top of statue of liberty’s torch.

not at liberty
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Man Bartlett@manbartlett· Apr 26

shot, chaser

Screenshot of an instagram story featuring a closeup of a woman’s face (Debra Lea) and the text “Shooter is dead”

Screenshot of an Instagram story from Debra Lea featuring a phone propped up that’s showing Trump at what looks like a press conference and a cap of a jelly jar or similar idk it’s weird (inside the cap it says Life’s Sweet) and text overlay on the story that says “Shooter isn't dead. Phone has 1%. Speak to you soon.” Which is weird because which phone is she talking about the one in the photo or the one taking the story. Is the one in the photo someone else’s phone? How much battery does that phone have. So many questions, alas.

Man Bartlett@manbartlett· Apr 17

that vibratory life indeed, my friend

The Sky of Mind Dissolves in Light
The mind is like a cave of bats. Countless eyes are suspended in darkness, with sharp feet clinging to the convolutions of the brain, hiding from light. The billions of thoughts and images swarm out in the dark night sky of mind, lusting and hungry for their objects.
What can be done? No struggle in the sky can cause this numberless herd to vanish. But if attention itself is simply turned to the light, the inward crowd dissolves, and the cave and the sky dissolve in the night-rise, passing beyond the day into Brightness.
And what is that light by which the mind is vanquished, if only attention is surrendered there? It is the All-Pervading Current of Vibratory Life, in which the body, the brain, and the world are floating. And it is the Transcendental Consciousness, from which attention and then thought both rise, the way a bat follows sound into darkness with an open mouth to be fed.
Reprinted by permission from The Enlightenment of the Whole Body by Bubba [Da] Free John © 1978 Vision Mound Ceremony
This tape was inspired by and is dedicated to the American Spiritual Adept Master Da Free John. The titles "Green is Here", "Quandra" and "Too Wounded" were taken from the works of Master Da Free John.
All compositions by Ray Lynch • Performed by Ray Lynch (synthesizers, piano, guitar), Van Thanh Nguyen (Tibetan bells), Beverly O'Mahony (flute), Eric Leber (recorders), Adam Trombly (tambura), Julie Feldman (cello), Rick Concoff (violin). Ginny Leber, Sylvia Hayden and Antonina Wilcox (voices) • Recorded at Corasound Recording (San Rafael) • Engineered by Stephen Hart • Photograph by Cliff Baker • Insert design by Kim Prager

Man Bartlett@manbartlett· Apr 17

aaaand now we head into Ray Lynch's 1983 work The Temple.

Man Bartlett@manbartlett· Apr 17

I can’t stop thinking about Kevin Morby’s dog (presumed) looking at the solar eclipse a few years ago that he just posted. @darthbluesky.bsky.social maybe we need a thread of musician’s pups? idk

The most beautiful King Charles chocolate and black staring up v regal omg

Man Bartlett@manbartlett· Apr 16

Honestly this is probably the platonic ideal of this website