A Sense of Doubt blog post #2843 - Death Series #002 - Exposure - Towers of Silence - an honorable end

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/zoroastrian-towers-of-silence

A Sense of Doubt blog post #2843 - Death Series #002 - Exposure - Towers of Silence - an honorable end 

Thinking about how I want my body disposed of: not this way.

Though I am curious about learning more about the Zoroastrians. My college religion classes were a long time ago.

When my mother died, I photo/video documented her corpse and the funeral home personnel wheeling her away.

I did not want to let go.

I did not want her to be dead, to be gone.

I rarely, almost never, look at those pictures.

I have never shown those pictures or videos to anyone.

I have not posted those photos or videos on this blog, EXCEPT for the picture of her empty chair and a picture of her hands with her wedding ring still on.

Bodies are garbage.

The person we love is gone.

Though garbage has some uses remaining.

THE DEATH SERIES - POST #002 OF 10

In a series of ten posts over 12-13 days, I am presenting a fact a day about death from the book I am reading titled Advice for Future Corpses by Sallie Tisdale. I hope the thought provoking facts that I share will enrich your life as much as they have enriched mine.

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EXPOSURE

"Other cultures consider exposure to be an honorable end. Traditional Tibetans practice what is called sky burial: the body is chopped into pieces and laid out for carrion eaters. The Zoroastrians place their dead bodies in a round raised structure known as a Tower of Silence. The thick, high walls are intended to protect the body from being degraded by water and fire. The bodies are laid on a rim inside, open to the air and the scavenger birds that perch on the walls. When they are reduced to a skeleton, attendants push the bones into the pit in the center" (Tisdale 164).

Work Cited

Tisdale, Sallie. Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them): A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying. Gallery Books, Simon and Schuster, 2018.

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- Days ago = 2707 days ago

- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I plan to continue Hey Mom posts at least twice per week but will continue to post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.

A Sense of Doubt blog post #2842 - Death Series #001 - Cremation

A Sense of Doubt blog post #2842 - Death Series #001 - Cremation

I am starting a new, somewhat short series in an effort to make a series of simple posts to catch up as I am currently writing this on 2212.08, which means I am TEN days behind.

It's been seven years since my mother's death and yet the grief still sneaks up on me and reminds me it's still lurking inside. I sobbed earlier this year after receiving some bad news right around Mother's Day when I was missing my Mom a lot.

Though more than seven years has passed, 2706 days, since I keep a count on the blog, I have found it difficult to plow through the book Advice for Future Corpses by Sallie Tisdale as I am still at times fragile, too introspective, too sensitive, on the verge of tears and despondency. I had to take a week off from listening to this book. In part, the break came due to the need to think about work things, plan lessons, write lectures in my head, but also I needed the break because the book was affecting my mental state, and I needed to save myself from being dragged down at the end of the quarter when a teacher's work is the hardest.

So, here we go, first installment.

Thanks for tuning in.

Enjoy.

THE DEATH SERIES - POST #001 OF 10

In a series of ten posts over 12-13 days, I am presenting a fact a day about death from the book I am reading titled Advice for Future Corpses by Sallie Tisdale. I hope the thought provoking facts that I share will enrich your life as much as they have enriched mine.

LOW POWER MODE: I sometimes put the blog in what I call LOW POWER MODE. If you see this note, the blog is operating like a sleeping computer, maintaining static memory, but making no new computations. If I am in low power mode, it's because I do not have time to do much that's inventive, original, or even substantive on the blog. This means I am posting straight shares, limited content posts, reprints, often something qualifying for the THAT ONE THING category and other easy to make posts to keep me daily. That's the deal. Thanks for reading.


CREMATION

"A cremation oven runs as hot as 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit. Few bonfires reach the temperatures needed. The human body is wet, a loose collection of watery cells, about 85 percent moisture. In the oven, the coffin or shroud burns away first. The intense heat quickly evaporates the body's water and the suddenly dry skin and hair ignite. Everything soft chars, shrivels, and burns away. The abdomen may swell and burst. On occasion, the chamber has to be opened to reposition the body for a more thorough burn. Metal may melt but not combust: gold fillings, jewelry, the rods and pins of a rebuilt femur. Gradually the skeleton is exposed, cooking until the bones are friable and begin to crumble. At the end of cremation, about 5 percent of the body is left.

"Perhaps one day we will collectively throw up our hands and decide cremation is just too dirty. Crematoria are considered incinerators, in the same category as municipal waste and hazardous waste incinerators. The cremation of an average adult requires more than two million BTU an hour of energy. (To compare, a gallon of gasoline provides about 124,000 BTU). The pyres of India and Nepal use up more than fifty million trees every year and create a significant fraction of the particulate pollution of this very polluted region" (Tisdale 177-178).

Work Cited

Tisdale, Sallie. Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them): A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying. Gallery Books, Simon and Schuster, 2018.

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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 2211.29 - 10:10

- Days ago = 2706 days ago

- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I plan to continue Hey Mom posts at least twice per week but will continue to post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.

A Sense of Doubt blog post #2841 - SoD Reprint of #1495 - Music Monday - "Ether" by Mogwai

A Sense of Doubt blog post #2841 - SoD Reprint of #1495 - Music Monday - "Ether" by Mogwai

I have played the video for Mogwai's song "Ether" many times in the class room in the years since I discovered it.

The song is uplifting and the video provides a powerful message about life, connection, shared experience.

We are all in this life together.

We all came from the same cell division, the same sprouts.

We will all return to the same Prima Materia when we die.

"Ether" is so powerful in its visual message that I should reprint it annually.

I am grateful for this work of art and for Mogwai.

Thanks for tuning in.

ENJOY.

REPRINT ORIGINALLY FROM:

Monday, March 25, 2019

A Sense of Doubt blog post #1495 - Ether - Mogwai - Musical Monday for 1903.25

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A Sense of Doubt blog post #1495 - Ether - Mogwai - Musical Monday for 1903.25

Still in low power mode.

Since 2017 when I discovered it, one of my favorite songs and one that I repeat all the time is "Ether" by Mogwai.

I did not realize that Mogwai was a Scottish band, but that does not surprise me. Because, you know, SCOTTISH.

Mogwai was one of those bands I had not explored very much. Well no more.

Here begins the exploration of more Mogwai.

Follow me as I walk into the dark mirkwood.

Monday Graveyard Focus 3 is out now, and is a concise love letter to the sublime @mogwaiband album Come On Die Young, released by @ChemUnderground almost 20 years ago to the day.https://t.co/TVYqavD6UR

— The Monday Graveyard Podcasts (@mondaygraveyard) March 7, 2019

https://www.clashmusic.com/videos/mogwai-ether

Mogwai - 'Ether'

Pieced together by Mark Cousin...

ROBIN MURRAY 

VIDEOS

01 · 03 · 2016

Mogwai are set to release new album 'Atomic' on April 1st, an album featuring re-worked versions of material recorded as the soundtrack for Mark Cousin's documentary Atomic: Living In Dread And Promise.

Ahead of this, the Scottish post-rock group have unveiled the clip for new cut 'Ether'. The track itself has a glistening, Krautrock feel, akin to Neu! or even the second side of Bowie's 'Low'.

The accompanying video is a montage of archive film, pieced together by Mark Cousin. Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite says:

“Mark’s film captures both the horror and beauty of the atomic age. Ever since we went to Hiroshima this has been a subject very close to us. Ether is the first song on the album and soundtracks the opening and most optimistic part of the film. We tried to mirror that with the music. The soundtrack is one of the most intense and fulfilling projects we've taken on as a band, and one that I’m extremely proud of.”

Watch it now.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mogwai

Mogwai (/ˈmɒɡwaɪ/) are a Scottish post-rock band, formed in 1995 in Glasgow. The band consists of Stuart Braithwaite (guitar, vocals), Barry Burns (guitar, piano, synthesizer, vocals), Dominic Aitchison (bass guitar), and Martin Bulloch (drums). The band typically compose lengthy guitar-based instrumental pieces that feature dynamic contrast, melodic bass guitar lines, and heavy use of distortion and effects.

The band were for several years signed to Glasgow label Chemikal Underground, and have been distributed by different labels such as Matador in the US and Play It Again Sam in the UK, but now use their own label Rock Action Records in the UK, and Sub Pop in North America. The band were frequently championed by John Peel from their early days,^[1] and recorded seven Peel Sessions between 1996 and 2004.^[2] Peel also recorded a brief introduction for the compilation Government Commissions: BBC Sessions 1996–2003.^[3]

Contents

• 1History
  • 1.1Formation (1991–1995)
  • 1.2Mogwai Young Team (1995–1997)
  • 1.3Come On Die Young (1998–1999)
  • 1.4Rock Action (2000–2001)
  • 1.5Happy Songs For Happy People (2002–2003)
  • 1.6Mr Beast (2004–2006)
  • 1.7The Hawk Is Howling (2007–2008)
  • 1.8Burning / Special Moves (2009–2010)
  • 1.9Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will (2011–2013)
  • 1.10Rave Tapes (2013–2015)
  • 1.11Every Country's Sun (2016–present)

Discography[edit]

Main article: Mogwai discography

• Mogwai Young Team (1997)
• Come On Die Young (1999)
• Rock Action (2001)
• Happy Songs for Happy People (2003)
• Mr Beast (2006)
• The Hawk Is Howling (2008)
• Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will (2011)
• Rave Tapes (2014)
• Every Country's Sun (2017)

I think most people are not used to having no lyrics to focus on. Lyrics are a real comfort to some people. I guess they like to sing along and when they can't do that with us they can get a bit upset.

— Stuart Braithwaite, The Express^[53]

Band members[edit]

Current

• Stuart Braithwaite – guitar, bass, vocals (1995–present)
• Dominic Aitchison – bass, guitar (1995–present)
• Martin Bulloch – drums (1995–present)
• Barry Burns – guitar, bass, keyboards, synthesizer, flute, vocals (1998–present)

Former

• Brendan O'Hare – keyboards, guitar (1997)
• John Cummings – guitar, laptop (1995–2015)

Occasional contributor and touring members

• Alex Mackay – guitar, keyboards, percussion (touring member: 2016–present)
• Luke Sutherland – violin, guitar, vocals, percussion (1998–2016)
• James Hamilton – drums (touring replacement for Martin Bulloch: 2011–2013)
• Scott Patterson – guitar (touring replacement for John Cummings: 2015)
• Cat Myers – drums (touring replacement for Martin Bulloch: 2017–2018)^[54]

Timeline[edit]

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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 2211.28 - 10:10

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- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I plan to continue Hey Mom posts at least twice per week but will continue to post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.

A Sense of Doubt blog post #2840 - COMIC BOOK SUNDAY for 2211.27 - Reprint of #1744 - Marvel Superheroes (with additions)

A Sense of Doubt blog post #2840 - COMIC BOOK SUNDAY for 2211.27 - Reprint of #1744 - Marvel Superheroes (with additions)

Another reprint today of a comic book post from 2019 on this very same day even though it wasn't a Sunday.

I didn't start the Comic Book Sunday thing until the pandemic (2020).

Thanks for tuning in.


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Wednesday, November 27, 2019

A Sense of Doubt blog post #1744 - MARVEL SUPERHEROES 17, 18, 20

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A Sense of Doubt blog post #1744 - MARVEL SUPERHEROES 17, 18, 20

Just because.

Three classic comics.

https://comicvine.gamespot.com/marvel-super-heroes-20-this-man-this-demon/4000-10208/

In this issue, the star is - DOCTOR DOOM! Witness the life of Marvel's most monumental menace! Plus: classic tales featuring Torch and Toro, Namor, the Captain America of the 1950s, and more!

When the trickster known as Diablo appears before Doctor Doom offering an allegiance, Doom is presented with a face from his past that will make him question everything he is, was and could have been.

Creators

•  Frank Giacoiaartist
•  Larry Lieberpenciler
•  Roy Thomaswriter
•  Sam Rosenletterer
•  Stan Leeeditor
•  Vince Collettainker

Issue details

Name	This Man... This Demon!
Volume	Marvel Super-Heroes
Issue Number	20
Cover Date	May 1969
In Store Date	N/A

https://comicvine.gamespot.com/marvel-super-heroes-18-origin-of-the-guardians-of-/4000-9996/

Issue details

Name	Origin of the Guardians of the Galaxy
Volume	Marvel Super-Heroes
Issue Number	18
Cover Date	January 1969
In Store Date	N/A

Dane Whitman is harboring doubts about his super-hero identity, Black Knight. After encountering the spirit of Sir Percy of Scandia, Whitman realizes that he may be a worthy possessor of the title after all.

Creators

•  Howard Purcellartist, cover
•  John Romitacover
•  Roy Thomaswriter

https://comicvine.gamespot.com/marvel-super-heroes-17-the-black-knight-reborn/4000-166076/

Issue details

Name	The Black Knight Reborn
Volume	Marvel Super-Heroes
Issue Number	17
Cover Date	November 1968
In Store Date	N/A

Dane Whitman is harboring doubts about his super-hero identity, Black Knight. After encountering the spirit of Sir Percy of Scandia, Whitman realizes that he may be a worthy possessor of the title after all.

Creators

•  Howard Purcellartist, cover
•  John Romitacover
•  Roy Thomaswriter

LOW POWER MODE: I sometimes put the blog in what I call LOW POWER MODE. If you see this note, the blog is operating like a sleeping computer, maintaining static memory, but making no new computations. If I am in low power mode, it's because I do not have time to do much that's inventive, original, or even substantive on the blog. This means I am posting straight shares, limited content posts, reprints, often something qualifying for the THAT ONE THING category and other easy to make posts to keep me daily. That's the deal. Thanks for reading.

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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 1911.27 - 10:10

- Days ago = 1607 days ago

- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I plan to continue Hey Mom posts at least twice per week but will continue to post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.

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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 2211.27 - 10:10

- Days ago = 2704 days ago

- New note - On 1807.06, I ceased daily transmission of my Hey Mom feature after three years of daily conversations. I plan to continue Hey Mom posts at least twice per week but will continue to post the days since ("Days Ago") count on my blog each day. The blog entry numbering in the title has changed to reflect total Sense of Doubt posts since I began the blog on 0705.04, which include Hey Mom posts, Daily Bowie posts, and Sense of Doubt posts. Hey Mom posts will still be numbered sequentially. New Hey Mom posts will use the same format as all the other Hey Mom posts; all other posts will feature this format seen here.