tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4961015522778754525.post3658222515352039041..comments2024-03-27T12:09:26.438-07:00Comments on Archaic Inventions: Mother Zosima - The Greatest Story Ever Sold -1990's- (Tape, Self-Released), USBencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05006579689002296108noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4961015522778754525.post-80331376880751657852022-12-11T07:54:55.688-08:002022-12-11T07:54:55.688-08:00Good morning! Been looking for you ... PLEASE GI...Good morning! Been looking for you ... PLEASE GIVE ME AND MARK A CALL! .... 206_949_2168... LOVE YOU ANNE...annemclark.ac@gmail.com Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4961015522778754525.post-28236417106846284122020-12-12T06:14:15.853-08:002020-12-12T06:14:15.853-08:00Big fan of Mother Zosima checking in from Maine--I...Big fan of Mother Zosima checking in from Maine--I saw her on the streets of Seattle c.1990, bought the cassette, and went on to attend the same seminary as Nadia Bolz-Weber, (who would love her music if she doesn't already). I was eventually ordained in the United Church of Christ. This music has been quoted in sermons, and now that it's Advent, I'm thinking of it again in a radical-activist-joyful-resistance "magnificat" kind of way. Mother Zosima, if you see this, carry on with your Good Trouble! RevCelthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16272380456409233169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4961015522778754525.post-52027873924533612942020-07-14T22:18:44.679-07:002020-07-14T22:18:44.679-07:00Awesome and amazing to hear from you! And I am so ...Awesome and amazing to hear from you! And I am so glad that you approve! Thanks for the detailed info, too! So it sounds like I was inaccurate about seeing you at the Fair in the 80s, since you didn't go solo until 1989. Well, you know how all those Fairs blend together...<br /><br />BTW, I am not the person who runs this blog, but I'm the guy who uploaded the Raw Sugar music to YouTube. The source tapes I used were borrowed from Teri Ciacci (who I think you might know?)<br /><br />I'm a big fan, so I always try to share your tunes with anyone who I think needs to hear it. Yes, sadly, it's still relevant. Glad to know you are still at it!RLShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01563276105889851350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4961015522778754525.post-21315634188561098202020-06-17T16:24:23.400-07:002020-06-17T16:24:23.400-07:00Omgods!! Lol at those old Raw Sugar cassettes! I d...Omgods!! Lol at those old Raw Sugar cassettes! I do not even have copies of those anymore! Linda and I first performed as Raw Sugar in 1982 at the University Street Fair in Seattle, sharing an intersection with Artis the Spoonman, Reggie Miles, Robert Almblade and Scarecrow playing together. I believe that first cassette with One Hour Mama, which I forgot we even recorded, was recorded and sold in 1984. Then the next year was the 1985 cassette. We made our own jay cards with press on letters, it was all very independent in all ways! It is crazy to hear these recordings I made in my 20's now that I am almost 60! Thanks for posting them!Mother Zosimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07678032942652299189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4961015522778754525.post-21479174301210849092020-06-17T16:18:20.021-07:002020-06-17T16:18:20.021-07:00Hi there, it is I, Mother Zosima, still singing in...Hi there, it is I, Mother Zosima, still singing in my nun's habit at protests in Hollywood in 2020! My performing chronology is <br />1978 - busker Pike Place Market, performing breaks at clubs for what became the Royal Famille du Caniveaux<br />1980 - underage backup singer in Seattle Motown band, Annie Rose and the Thrillers<br />1982 - Raw Sugar forms with me, Linda and Becky Woods, who went on to become Miss Washington<br />1983 - performed with Seattle Swing, David The Minstrel and Harmonica Bruce<br />1983 - 1989 Linda and I perform as duo Raw Sugar<br />1989 - current I have performed as Mother Zosima<br />throughout the decades, I have performed at fairs, clubs, events, on streets. I got 8 tickets for obscenity/peace disturbance for singing the songs on this cassette in Santa Cruz, CA in 1986. The ACLU represented me on all 8 charges and the charges were dropped but I began wearing the nun's habit to get cops to quit harassing me on streets! As Artis the Spoonman was a block away screaming his "poem" "give me back my foreskin" I was being arrested for singing "girls have got to act a certain way or they call us bitch" - charged with obscenity for "bitch!" The Pike Place Market took my busking permit over bitch in that song too, requiring a hearing...ugh. The double standard for obscenity re men and women on streets busking is marked! I am glad to see people still enjoying my music. I wish it would become irrelevant!! <br />Mother Zosimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07678032942652299189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4961015522778754525.post-69236854700472550932020-06-15T21:40:42.465-07:002020-06-15T21:40:42.465-07:00Er, "Sold," not "Told."Er, "Sold," not "Told."RLShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01563276105889851350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4961015522778754525.post-61567453745615990942020-06-15T21:26:01.406-07:002020-06-15T21:26:01.406-07:00But wait, there's more!
Mother Zosima teams u...But wait, there's more!<br /><br />Mother Zosima teams up with Linda Schierman to form Raw Sugar. Here is their cassette release, which is probably self-titled, though from the inside cover art it sort of looks like it might be titled "1985." I'm assuming this is also the release date. I do not have the outer cover art, so who knows?<br />https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqHGg1aRXJXtckK617bVc04vkXL_-aSg1<br /><br />And then there is another collection of Raw Sugar songs...though I have no idea what its title is, or even whether it was ever released. Someone just loaned me this tape without much labeling, so here it is:<br />https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqHGg1aRXJXvh2wL5r4aAbUF7zrQgfXeL<br /><br />Mother Zosima was frequently a strolling musician at the Oregon Country Fair in the 1980s. This point of information, plus the date of 1985 on the Raw Sugar release, leads me to suspect that your guess of a '90s release date for "The Greatest Story Ever Told" may be off by a decade.<br /><br />Thanks for posting great and obscure stuff!<br />RLShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01563276105889851350noreply@blogger.com