Kaki King
Kaki King (born Katherine Elizabeth King, August 24, 1979) is an American guitarist and composer. King is known for her percussive and jazz-tinged melodies, energetic live shows, use of multiple tunings on acoustic and lap steel guitar, and her diverse range in different genres.
In February 2006, Rolling Stone released a list of "The New Guitar Gods", on which King was the sole woman and youngest artist (beating Derek Trucks in age by two months as the youngest on the list). In addition to a 10-year career that includes six LP and two EP albums, King has also scored music for television and film. She worked alongside Eddie Vedder and Michael Brook contributing music for the soundtrack to Sean Penn's Into the Wild, for which the trio received nominations for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score.
Childhood and early life
King was born the first of two daughters. While still a small child, her father noticed her natural musical ability, and encouraged her interest in music. She was introduced to the guitar at the age of four and played for several years, but after taking up the drums a few years later, they became her primary instruments as an adolescent.
Cargo cult
A cargo cult is a Melanesian millenarian movement encompassing a diverse range of practices and occurring in the wake of contact with the commercial networks of colonizing societies. The name derives from the belief that various ritualistic acts will lead to a bestowing of material wealth ("cargo").
Cargo cults often develop during a combination of crises. Under conditions of social stress, such a movement may form under the leadership of a charismatic figure. This leader may have a "vision" (or "myth-dream") of the future, often linked to an ancestral efficacy ("mana") thought to be recoverable by a return to traditional morality. This leader may characterize the present state regimes as a dismantling of the old social order, meaning that social hierarchy and ego boundaries have been broken down.
Contact with colonizing groups brought about a considerable transformation in the way indigenous peoples of Melanesia have thought about other societies. Early theories of cargo cults began from the assumption that practitioners simply failed to understand technology, colonization, or capitalist reform; in this model, cargo cults are a misunderstanding of the trade networks involved in resource distribution and an attempt to acquire such goods in the wake of interrupted trade. However, many of these practitioners actually focus on the importance of sustaining and creating new social relationships, with material relations being secondary.
Cargo cult (disambiguation)
A cargo cult is a kind of religious movement occurring in Melanesia.
Cargo cult may also refer to:
See also
Cargo Cult (musician)
Cargo Cult is the stage name of Slovakian musician Allan Vilhan, who produces music in the genre of electronica. The work is a blend of ambient and beat-driven with subtle transitions from track to track. He describes it as "trip rock". Vilhan lives in Filakovo, where he runs his family's restaurant, making music in his spare time. He is signed with the online music label Magnatune. As of 2004, he has produced two albums: Alchemy and Vibrant. Much of his music is licensed under Creative Commons, and his work has been used in the soundtrack of a video game.
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Podcasts:
Kaki King
ALBUMS
- The Neck Is the Bridge to the Body released: 2014
- Everybody Glows: B-Sides & Rarities released: 2014
- Glow released: 2012
- How I Got Lost released: 2010
- Junior released: 2010
- Dreaming of Revenge released: 2008
- …Until We Felt Red released: 2006
- Legs to Make Us Longer released: 2004
- Everybody Loves You released: 2002
- 2009-04-01: Le Nouveau Casino, Paris, France released:
- 2006-10-15: The Ark, Ann Arbor, MI, USA released:
2009-04-01: Le Nouveau Casino, Paris, France
- …Until We Felt Red
- Bone Chaos in the Castle
- Life Being What It Is
- Gouge Both Your Eyes Out (But Eat Only One)
- Carmine St.
- Sad American
- Lintoria
- Goby
- Playing With Pink Noise
- Night After Sidewalk
- Doing The Wrong Thing
- You Don't Have to Be Afraid
- Can Anyone Who Has Heard This Music Really Be a Bad Person
- 2 O'Clock
- These Are the Armies of the Tyrannized
- Zeitgeist
- Gay Sons of Lesbian Mothers
2006-10-15: The Ark, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- [intro]
- …Until We Felt Red
- Yellowcake
- I Never Said That I Love You
- [intro]
- Doing the Wrong Thing
- Goby
- You Don't Have to Be Afraid
- First Brain
- [chatter]
- Playing with Pink Noise
- Magazine
- Carmine St.
- Soft Shoulder
- These Are the Armies of the Tyrannized
- [encore break]
- Angeles
- Gay Sons of Lesbian Mothers
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Close To Me
by: Kaki KingI've waited hours for this
I've made myself so sick
I wish i'd stayed asleep today
I never thought that this day would end
I never thought that tonight could ever be
This close to me
Just try to see in the dark
Just try to make it work
To feel the fear before you're here
I make the shapes come much too close
I pull my eyes out
Hold my breath
And wait until i shake
But if i had your faith
Then i could make it safe and clean
If only i was sure
That my head on the door was a dream
I've waited hours for this
I've made myself so sick
I wish i'd stayed asleep today
I never thought that this day would end
I never thought that tonight could ever be
This close to me
But if i had your face
I could make it safe and clean
If only i was sure
That my head on the door