"The Spook Who Sat By the Door" (video - full movie w/interview)

The Spook Who Sat by the Door is a 1973 film based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Sam Greenlee. It is both a satire of the civil rights struggle in the United States of the late 1960s and a serious attempt to focus on the issue of black militancy. Dan Freeman, the titular protagonist, is enlisted in the Central Intelligence Agency's elitist espionage program as its token black. After mastering agency tactics, however, he becomes disillusioned and drops out to train young Chicago blacks as "Freedom Fighters". As a story of one man's reaction to white ruling-class hypocrisy, the film is loosely autobiographical and personal. (WIKI:  The Spook Who Sat by the Door)

There is no clear thought on the reason the suppression of this movie or about yet another example of something major but which received little to no attention.  Until today, I had no particular awareness of the Russian Memorial to 9/11 which is tasteful, beautiful and respectful.  It's in New Jersey and calls no attention itself from that distance but it's an extraordinary thing and worthy of anyone's respect.

There won't be an attempt to weave some conspiracy theory into this because they make my toes itch and who needs that.  There's knowledge we never get for a number of reasons and it's not my purpose to analyze the reasons but rather watch the movie, keep an awareness of the memorial, and get on with making my song happen.

Both of these statements make profound observations about violence but they do not contribute to it and in that they become part of the music, not as notes but rather foundation.  These are the things which make humanity more than something squeezed out of a Pink Floyd sausage machine.