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Rock Prophecy - Sex & Jimi Hendrix in World Religions - The Original Asteroid Prediction & Microsoft Connection

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Michael Fairchild's writings for Hendrix CDs are so much more stimulating to read than anything released since his career was obstructed by Paul Allen and an ungrateful Hendrix family. The Hendrix :Blues CD (MCA 1994) reached the Top-10 on Billboard charts. That release was named "Best/Historic Reissue of 1994" by Guitar Player magazine, was fawned over by Rolling Stone, and got critical acclaim around the world,thanks to Michael's selection of the music and superb booklet notes included with that CD. Likewise, his work on the Hendrix :Woodstock CD (MCA 1994) brought that release a "Best Reissue of 1994" citation from Rolling Stone.

That the new Hendrix company replaced Michael's writings with uninspired junk is a testament to their own dull perceptions. As Fairchild points out, we won't see a Hendrix release top the charts again, which is tragic, because Michael knew how to do that, and he was stopped by Paul Allen's meddling money, after Fairchild arranged for Allen's Experience Music Project to acquire some of the worlds best collections of Hendrix material. And now Fairchild's new book, Rock Prophecy, reveals how Paul Allen's media empire went on to overexpose the asteroid story. Evidence appears conclusive about Rock Prophecy being the source for hype about asteroids. Fairchild sought to publish Rock Prophecy while Paul Allen funded litigation that ended Michael's career with the Hendrix company. Why did the billionaire refuse to compensate Fairchild for helping to build the EMP's Hendrix collections? Mr. Allen appears as a jealous rogue obsessed with shutting this guy up.

It was Michael who was in there fighting Alan Douglas' control of the Hendrix legacy year after year. In one section of Rock Prophecy, Fairchild describes fighting a brutal battle against Alan Douglas, while at the same time fighting hordes of Douglas haters who resented the way Fairchild's advice kept getting Douglas-produced Hendrix releases back onto Billboard charts, while Paul Allen financed a lawsuit aimed to wrest control of Jimi's legacy away from Douglas. Mr. Allen's money nearly succeeded in silencing Fairchild, who is the brains behind the successful marketing of Hendrix in the 1990s.

Fairchild put together a CD titled Cornerstones that reached the Top-5 on Billboard charts. That, along with the :Blues CD that he worked on, remain the ONLY Hendrix releases to get into the Top-10 on the charts since 1971! But Fairchild defends himself well in the Introduction to Rock Prophecy. He states upfront that this is not a "Hendrix book" and he seems exhilarated to be free of the limited/limiting structure of "biographies." Rock Prophecy places Hendrix inside a vastly larger epic - mind boggling twists of history and religion. Some of these insights seem miraculous. It was Michael who was assigned by the Hendrix company to gather all quotes from Hendrix. If any of the enemies of Alan Douglas had made these discoveries, they would have made headlines years ago, I suspect. Fairchild pulls together over a hundred scholars, recognized experts on history, theology, anthropology, planetology, and science, to support a whole new context surrounding Hendrix. It's a fantastic read. Nearly 1000 footnotes cite sources for information. Rock Prophecy reports U.S. Government sponsored research into "remote viewing," but there are just a few sections about the occult, like five citings about witchcraft are in the Index - these are references to quotes from Hendrix on the subject, or references to 17th century witch-hunts as a "women's holocaust." The book does contain insightful analysis of Hendrix's obsession with Voodoo, implications for possession rites, and why these rituals are condemned by Judeo-Christian beliefs. That discussion precedes amazing interpretations about the early Christian Church, and the men who "closed the cannon" on the meaning of Jesus.

A remarkable aspect of this book is its seamless blend of religion with science. Hundreds of Hendrix quotes are assembled with striking results. The thought process of Jimi Hendrix has never before been revealed like this. Of particular interest is a Hendrix penned writing titled "Terra Revolution and Venus." In a brilliant juxtaposition, Fairchild cites the research of German physicist Otto Muck to explain how the Mayan calendar is based on an ancient alignment of Venus, Earth, and moon, which captured an asteroid and directed it to our planet. This is the only section on planetary alignment in this 380 page book, and it highlights the fate of related documents produced by ancient Mayans. Mayans had institutionalized adult homosexuality as a way of life. When Catholic Conquistadors invaded the New World, they destroyed almost all Mayan records that would have informed modern civilization of the threat of asteroids. Fairchild cites this as one more example of "Retarded History," a process that delays human progress and awareness.

Rock Prophecy is an immaculately researched book, evidence is incontrovertible about Hendrix's obsession with asteroids. It's incredible that this important aspect of Hendrix appears no where in any other book. THAT is why I think critics in the pocket of the Hendrix family and Paul Allen "have it in" for Fairchild, they realize that Rock Prophecy can take this subject out of the "guitar greaser" zoo it's now captive of and launch it all into permanent world literature.

Media fixation on asteroids in the 1990s really looks like a rip off of Fairchild's genius, at the hands of the "Microsoft Connection." All they can do now is try to slow down exposure of his book with "bad reviews," dissuade bystanders not to read what is destined to surface as the last word on the importance of the Hendrix story. Fairchild was cruelly brutalized by Alan Douglas, the Hendrix family, and Paul Allen's homophobic cronies, but these creeps might well be concerned over the effect Rock Prophecy will have once it achieves the circulation it deserves. This really is Seattle's dirty little secret.

Rock Prophecy, the book and cd by Michael Fairchild is a unique take on the Asteroid subject. Michael connects Jimi Hendrix to the co-founder of Microsoft, Paul Allen, and tells of Jimi's original prediction of an Asteroid heading towards us. Rock Prophecy goes on to discuss sex and Jimi Hendrix in particular in world religions. Michael, being the worlds most widely read Jimi Hendrix scholar is the first to decipher Jimi's writings, and in my opinion to uncover the depth of many subjects regarding Jimi and his life. Rock Prophecy is very well written, and includes almost a thousand footnotes adding to the validity of Michael's research. This is definitly a book that will make you think. ...

If you're looking for a great read, and you enjoy conspiracy and asteroids, or just want to know more about Jimi Hendrix, pick up Rock Prophecy!

I'm a student from Mass. going to school in Rochester, NY where, on Sept. 1, 2001, I went to see Michael Fairchild play the music of Jimi Hendrix. The performance was fantastic. If you closed your eyes you'd swear it was Hendrix playing. At this show I learned of Fairchild's CD, titled "rockprophecy.com", and his book "Rock Prophecy."
This book is exceptionally well written and pleasing to read. The stories are quite a surprise. Fairchild has unusual ways of seeing Hendrix. He combines this with new ways of thinking about religion and society. It strikes me as important research how these topics tie in with asteroids and Microsoft, and with rich people stealing credit for work done by others.
But after hearing Fairchild play that Hendrix music, I realized he does have the best understanding of Hendrix. The audience in Rochester was extremely enthused. Fairchild can use his musical talent to get his views across, which is good because "Rock Prophecy" gives evidence of what looks like jealous people trying to twist and misrepresent what the author is saying. Fairchild is in a battle with people who resent his talent and reject the view that equality is necessary if society is to organize for survival. The research is published here with sources cited for an impressive amount of information. To me, Fairchild reminds of Arthur and the Sword in the Stone. The one who can play that magical music so well is the one who will be listened to. The answers found in "Rock Prophecy" are answers everyone needs to hear.

This book changed the way I see today's world. There are so many intense insights here, Mr. Fairchild's view of Jimi Hendrix is the most stimulating I've seen. But this book's explanations about the major religions of the world is most valuable to me. The sections on Constantine and how the Council of Nicea altered Jesus' fixation with equality should be seen by everyone. The idea of "Retarded History" is a major breakthrough. How this book gets to these topics out of it's starting point of presenting the asteroid prediction of Hendrix is a wonderful adventure in historical associations. It seems outrageous, almost frightening, that someone like Mr. Fairchild could try to show us amazing research about Hendrix's obsession with asteroids and then have a wealthy mogul like Paul Allen simply rip off the ideas, while at the same time attacking Fairchild. I think Michael is right, the "seers" are always "silenced" because what they see is unacceptable to the privilieged ruling class that controls the media. I'm telling everyone I know about this book.

Michael Fairchild receives an extra star for his wild creativity. If you're looking for a biography, look elsewhere. What you'll find in this book is a fantastic tale of planetary alignment, full moons, and witchcraft. To Fairchild, Hendrix was not so much a talented musician but a lucky soul -- blessed by the cosmos and a series of ludicrous coincidences.

Fairchild brought us the liner notes to the Alan Douglas masterpiece (author's note: sarcasm) "Blues", which not only butchered Hendrix's musical genius with a CD full of Douglas-produced remixes, but in which Fairchild also explained Hendrix's talent by vividly describing weather events on the night of Jimi's birth.

"Rock Prophecy" keeps the Fairchild trend alive. Here, Fairchild fawns over Jimi's blessed abilty to see the future and predict practically every major event of the late 20th century. Of course, the story is told in the expected tone that places more importance on the tides than it does on the life.

But if you like a cosmic conspiracy, well...batter up.

There are a lot of intriguing ideas in this book, like the notion that life bearing planets evolve species to ultimately protect the planet itself from asteroid and comet impacts, that natural selection favors traits like flight, speed, and ability to produce explosions as a form of symbiosis, where the planet benefits from human ability to deflect asteroids, while humans depend on the planet to live. In that sense Rock Prophecy examines the words, music and writings of Jimi Hendrix to theorize that Hendrix embodied a leap ahead in human evolution, to a new capability to sense asteroids aimed at the planet, a capacity for what scientists call "remote viewing," as if Hendrix's perceptions form a mutation towards this ability that's still latent or dormant in 99% of the population. Hendrix was obviously fixated on the threats that asteroids and comets pose, and it's interesting to see how organically the title "Rock Star" fits the function that Hendrix had of expressing this new awareness of "Rocks" in the "rock music" that he invented.
The book goes on to describe the obstacles and set backs that have prevented people from fully understanding the threat of asteroids until the past few decades. Society's ability to prevent a collision is still decades away, yet impact could happen at any time. It's those reasons why the awareness of the threat, and the effort to do something about it, took so long that the author calls the "retarding of history." According to Hendrix it is human priorities that were unfortunate throughout history, especially the talents of so many people that were squandered and wasted, and in many cases valuable people forced into impoverishment or stifled by cultural rules that prevented them from developing their abilities.
I bet this book would make a great documentary film if the right person directed it.

I haven't read this book so I'm sure opening my self to cries of hypcropsy (sp?) but I have read plenty of Mr. Fairchilds diatribes on the now defunct internet mailing list Hey Joe for a couple of years. It made no sense then & makes no sense now. Taking credit for the success of the Hendrix CD :Blues because the of the liner notes? Ah what about the music? I will say that I did enjoy the linear notes to :Blues but then all you need to do is read the notes to :Woodstock. Obviously :Blues notes where a fluke. And since when is an album being in the top Ten an indactor of quality? I'm sure thirty years from now instead of talking about Jimi Hendrix we will be talking about Britney Spears and the Microsoft connection. Ha ha.

As far as being the original predictor of asteroid, I can't believe he is still going on about that. While NEO (near earth objects) including asteroids is a relatively new in the public arena, I guess scientists like Jan Ort & Kuipler working long before Faichild was born and working with some little thing called a telescope mean nothing. Oh I forget, recorded history begins with the birth of Mr. fairchild & Jimi Hendrix.

I can't believe some one actually published a book of his nonsese. Oh I know. It is placed in the comedy section.

Lest any buyers be confused, this entire book is just the insane ramblings of a bipolar tinfoil hat nutjob. You can read all of his theories on his website, if you can possibly read the mindless ramblings. This book has nothing to do with Hendrix. It's just some lunatic nonsense. Check the personal papers of David Koresh, L Ron Hubbard, or Joseph Smith -- you might find more lucidity in self-proclaimed Gods than you will in some nut claiming Jimi Hendrix was a divine prophet.

It is indeed unfortunate that a tree or two gave its very all for the delusional demagoguery presented in these pages.

The author obviously harbors a grandiose vision of himself, which is as far removed from the primary subject of this book as earth is to the center of this particular galaxy in which we presently find ourselves.

If you really wish to learn more about Jimi Hendrix, don't waste your hard earned frogskins on this one. My advise would be to begin with _"Electric Gypsy,"_ and then, perhaps, the _"Jimi Hendrix: Sessions"_ book.

If it would have been possible, I would not have given this book any rating stars. Hopefully when it is "remaindered," it may be rendered into the toilet paper which it truly already is.