Music Is The Ultimate Aphrodisiac

Burton spoke of the existence of what he called the “‘Sotadic Zone,’” a reference to the third-century B.C. Greek-Egyptian poet Sotades, who wrote homoerotic poetry. (...) The Sotadic Zone encompasses not only Arab countries in Africa from “Morocco to Egypt,” (...) but also “meridional France, the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Greece.” Inside the Sotadic zone “the Vice [homosexuality] is popular and endemic, held at the worst to be a mere peccadillo, whilst the races to the North and South of the limits here defined practise it only sporadically amid the opprobrium of their fellows who, as a rule, are physically incapable of performing the operation and look upon it with the liveliest disgust.”

Joseph A. Massad. Desiring Arabs. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2007

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HELLO!!! Asking my moots what sort of vibes I give off :-) (please be nice i’m Scared 👍)

You remind me of Copernicus. You have spent hours researching the things you are passionate about (on very diverse fields, some very close to magic -- you literally understand how sound waves work) and you are brave enough to share it with people even if it makes life harder for you; but, at the end of the day, the things you say change the world for the better.

Also: the color red, hawaiian shirts, and, most of all,

Final [3/3]

1991: The Union tour at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California. [Source: Tim Mosenfelder/Getty]

1994: Me, Martin Taylor and the Batmobile.

1996: With jazz legend Tal Farlow.

2000: Bigger is better in Argentina. [Source: Dave Wilkerson]

2002: A jam with Elvis Presley’s guitarist Scotty Moore.

2012: When two guitars are better than one on the Fly From Here tour.

2017: On stage with Yes and Rush’s Geddy Lee on bass at the 32nd Annual Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at Barclays Center in New York City. [Source: Jamie McCarthy/WireImage]

2019: Live at the Jazz Cafe. [Source: Colin Hart]

2020: Three generations of the Howe family. Dylan, Georgia, Cal, me, Jan, Zuni, Steph and Diego.

All the photos from Steve Howe's biography. Some of them are common knowledge, but I like his commentary.

Long post, so I'll add them under the cut [1/3]

1951: Aged 4 in the middle between Mum, Philip, Dad and Stella.

1952: Aged 5. || 1956: The obligatory school photo aged 9.

1967: Keeping warm with my Tomorrow bandmates. Junior Wood, Twink, me and Keith West.

1970: A garden writing and rehearsal session for The Yes Album in Devon.

1971: Me, Tony Kaye, Chris Squire, Jon Anderson and Bill Bruford. [Source: Barrie Wentzell]

1971: The Yes Album tour. My first tour with the band. [Source: Barrie Wentzell]

1972: Sharing the mic with Jon Anderson on the Close To The Edge tour at Gaelic Park, New York City.

1977: Hanging out in London with Les Paul, the legendary guitarist, songwriter, luthier, and pioneer of solid-body electric guitar.

1978: Yes live at Madison Square Garden on the Tormato tour. [Source: Michael Putland/Getty]

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correct !

roger and david are both thinking this

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snuffles and alphonso compilation ok? ok