NO CONDITION IS PERMANENT [Episode #446 ~ 05-24-31]

Pictured: eden ahbez.

Moving to Los Angeles in the mid-1940s, Aberle became [eden] ahbez. He fell in with a group of nature mystics that included John and Vera Richter, the owners of the Eutropheon, a vegetarian cafe on Laurel Canyon Boulevard. Like the long-haired “hermit turned showman” William Pester – whom it is thought ahbez met in the late 1930s – the Richters were adherents of lebensreform (life reform), a philosophy that had begun in Switzerland and Germany in the first decade of the 20th century. Coexisting with the early Wandervogel – or wandering birds, the young, usually male, hikers who advocated a return to nature – lebensreform pioneers congregated in communities, foreswore private property, and practised vegetarianism and organic farming, in an attempt to counter the toxins of mechanised contemporary life. Visitors included Hermann Hesse, Carl Jung, Paul Klee, Rudolf Steiner and Hugo Ball.

This was one seedbed for an alternative lifestyle that would flourish during the next 50 years. ahbez was directly influenced by Pester – thought to be the inspiration for [ahbez-penned ’50s hit] “Nature Boy” – and came into contact with these ideas at the Eutropheon, where he worked. “Nature Boy” was the conduit through which vegetarian ideals, nonconformism and notions of living in harmony with nature began to filter into US culture. True to his beliefs, ahbez continued to live rough even after the song had earned him generous royalties; he camped for a short period under the then Hollywood sign.

— Jon Savage, ‘Mother Nature’s Son: The Exotic World of Songwriter eden ahbez,’ The Guardian (01/25/22)

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 446 of No Condition Is Permanent:

FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE...

Chic — “Rebels Are We” — Real People

Livy Ekemezie — “Delectation” — Friday Night

Alfredo Mendietta — “Chicken Run” — Strummin’ Mental! Part 2: Raw, Crude, Instrumental R & R!

Charif Megarbane — “Hanadi” — Hawalat = حوالات

Keith — “The Problem” — The Adventures Of Keith

Hayvanlar Alemi — “Yekermo Sew” — Sublime Frequencies 45rpm

Pere Ubu — “Crazy Horses” — Trouble On Big Beat Street

The Observers — “Have No Fear Version (aka ‘It Is I’)” — Tubby’s Want The Channel: Dubbing With The Observer 1976-1978

IT’S MADISON TIME…

Manfred Hübler & Siegfried Schwab — “Dedicated To Love” — Vampyros Lesbos: Sexadelic Dance Party

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Dino & The Dell-Tones — “Sticks And Stones” — Eccentric Soul: The Cobra Label

Samah سماح — “Shawish Aldawriat شاويشالدورية, (Patrol Sargeant)” — Born in the City of Tanta: Lower Egyptian Urban Folklore and Bedouin Shaabi from Libya’s Bourini Records 1968-75

Public Image Ltd — “Careering” — Metal Box

Ramon Pyrmee — “An Mwe” — Mizik Maladi: Disques Debs International Vol. 3

George Clinton with Parliaments / Funkadelic — “All Your Goodies Are Gone” — The Singles 1967-1971

Charanjit Singh — “Pyar Chaiye Keh Paisa” — The Bombay Connection

Flat Duo Jets — “Wild Trip” — Go Go Harlem Baby

Linval Thompson — “Fisha Man Dub” — Strong Like Samson Dub