No Condition Is Permanent

Pictured: Los Shapis.

I decided to try some Yage prepared Vaupes method. The Indian and I started scraping off bark with machetes (the inner bark is the most active). This is white and sappy at first but almost immediately turns red on exposure to air. The landlady’s daughters watched us pointing and giggling. This is strictly against Putumayo protocol for the preparation of Yage. The Brujo of Macoa told me if a woman witnesses the preparation the Yage spoils on the spot and will poison anyone who drinks it or at least drive him insane. The old us routine. I figured this was a chance to test the woman pollution myth once and for all with seven female creatures breathing down my neck, poking sticks in the mixture, fingering the Yage and giggling.

The cold water infusion is a light red color. That night I drank a quart of infusion over a period of one hour. Except for blue flashes and slight nausea – though not to the point of vomiting – the effect was similar to weed. Vividness of mental imagery, aphrodisiac results, silliness and giggling. In this dosage there was no fear, no hallucinations or loss of control. I figure this dose as about one third the dose that Brujo gave me.

— William S. Burroughs, The Yage Letters.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 399 of No Condition Is Permanent:

FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Love Unlimited Orchestra — “Strange Games And Things” — Strange Games And Things

Gboyega Adelaja — “Adua (Prayer)” — Colourful Environment

Wadadli Riders — “Kawaramachi” — Made In Antigua

John Holt — “Stealing Stealing” — Rocksteady Soul: The Original Cool Sound Of Duke Reid’s Treasure Isle

The Undertones — “Family Entertainment” — The Undertones

Devil’s Anvil — “Shisheler” — Saz Beat: Turkish Rock, Funk, And Psychedelic Music Of The 1960s And 1970s

Roy Montrell — “(Everytime I Hear) That Mellow Saxophone” — Blowing The Fuse: 1956

Tito Chicoma Y Su Orquesta — “La Contamanina” — Gozalo! Bugalu Tropical Vol. 2

Bobby Parker — “Watch Your Step” — V-Tone 45prm

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Oceanliners — “Funky Pants” — Funky Crimes

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Junior Murvin — “Roots Train (Previously Unreleased Dub Plate Mix)” — Black Art from the Black Ark

The Detroit Cobras — “He Did It” — Life, Love and Leaving

M.B.T’s — “M.B.T’s Sound” — Congo Funk! Sound Madness from The Shores Of The Mighty Congo River (Kinshasa/​​Brazzaville 1969​-​1982)

New York Dolls — “Personality Crisis” — New York Dolls

Los Shapis — “Como Un Errante” — Los Auténticos

Dave Hamilton — “Pisces Pace” — Dave Hamilton’s Detroit Funk

Sơn Ca — “Khi Tình Yêu Đến” — Saigon Supersound Vol. 2

Jack Starr — “Crazy Rock” — Born Petrified

THIRD SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Black Truth Rhythm Band — “Asprire” — Ifetayo

The Slits — “Earthbeat” — Return Of The Giant Slits

Lloyd Terrell — “I Did It” — Jamaican Funk Experience

Roxy Music — “The Thrill of It All” — Country Life

Cortijo Y Su Combo (con Ismael Rivera) — “Déjalo Que Suba” — ¡Saoco! The Bomba And Plena Explosion In Puerto Rico 1954-1966

The Olympics — “The Stomp” — West Coast Sock Hop: The Arvee Records Story

Ikebe Shakedown — “The Viking” — Ikebe Shakedown

THE FINAL SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Aural Exciters — “Maladie D’Amour” — Spooks In Space

Johnny’s Guitar — “Klongyao” — Thai Beat A Go Go Vol. 1: Groovy 60’s Sounds from the Land of Smile!

Ambitious Lovers — “Copy Me” — Greed

U Brown — “Hard Time Dub” — DJ Jamaica: Inna Fine Dub Style

Suicide (Alan Vega and Martin Rev) — “Mr. Ray” — Suicide (Second Album)

Kalyanji-Anandji — “Johnny Mera Naam (Title Music)” — Bollywood Funk: 15 Funk-Fuelled Grooves From The Bollywood Classics

LORD BUCKLEY’S WEEKLY BENEDICTION…

Mr Acker Bilk — “Acka Raga” — Metronome 45rpm

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