Final Call Kitaro
Oleta Blaylock
Final Call is an album by Japanese New Age recording artist Kitaro, released by Domo Records on September 10, 2013. The album is a tribute to Kitaro's lifelong reverence of Nature, and a musical call to action to encourage everyone to take better care of how we treat our planet.
Marking another great collaboration with Grammy and Golden Globe-winning musician, Kitaro, and his new musical release of "Final Call", we have crafted this sparkling wine to celebrate this "epic voyage...a voyage of hope that all living creatures can someday live happily in harmony with each other." We must all learn to "respect the providence of the Universe," states Kitaro. Now boarding... "final call".
Well, about a month ago, I initiated the recent thread about Kitaro. I did contact the DPD, completed a form on the internet, citing safety, health, general hazardous conditions. These conditions remain. They are concerning. I received a response the following day, with a request to confirm my original complaint. I did that. I have not heard anything after that. I encourage others to call and contact DPD.
The next day, the editor called me back. He said he had just found out that Kitaro had connections at the inner circle of Yakuza. Of course, The Yakuza are famous for cutting off their own fingers, getting full-body tattoos, and inserting pebbles under the skin of their penises. They like to kill people too. The editor said, "I guess we are going to have to pass on the Kitaro interview" and I said "Are you kidding?!!! Now I REALLY want to interview him!!!!" So, we scheduled an interview that was supposed to take place two weeks later.
That same day, Kitaro's publicist called me and said, "We read some of the articles you had published and we were wondering... What kind of interview were you thinking about doing with Kitaro?" I said that I would probably ask a few questions that would be new to him. The publicist immediately got nervous so I had to lie to him. I said, "You know, I will ask Kitaro questions like 'So when will your new CD be out?' and 'How is your tour coming along?'" The publicist didn't seem very convinced.
A few minutes later he called me back. He said that I could only do the interview if I had the time to do it right then and there (instead of two weeks later). Of course, he was hoping that I would bail on the interview because I didn't have time to do any research. Still, I wasn't about to let the opportunity get away from me.
The publicist wasn't really expecting me to actually AGREE to do an on-the-spot interview. He basically put HIMSELF on the spot by trying to corner me like that. After an awkward pause, he said, "O.K., I'll have to call Kitaro and do a three way connection." I knew what this meant. The agent wanted to sit in on the interview so he could cut me off if things gotout of hand. Despite this, I agreed to do the three-way call.
So, the publicist got Kitaro on the phone. I started by saying, "Kitaro, it is nice to speak with you but I am having trouble hearing. Do you mind if we have your publicist hang up his end of the call?" Now, of course, Kitaro had no choice because he was supposed to act like a nice guy in interviews. He said, "No, I don't mind". When the publicist said, "Now wait a minute here..." I said "Kitaro and I want you off the line." He and I argued for a while. Finally, the publicist said the he would put us on hold and check in with us in a little while.
Toward the end of his life, perhaps thinking of the significance ofdeath for understanding individuality, perhaps re-considering thetheme of self-awakening as a kind of death and re-birth, Nishidadelved deeper into the relation between the individual finite humanself and the absolute or God. In his view, this relation logicallydefines the place of religion. Experientially it comes to the fore indeath. We will consider the meaning of death first, then the nature ofGod or the absolute in relation to the finite self.