Stephanie Lynne Thorburn

This year, 2011 marked the 25th Anniversary of Dr. David English's Bunbury's pro-celebrity charity cricket project. The summer season was suffused with special memories and matches, including the fifth annual Bunbury ball at Grosvenor House and the 25th English Schools' Cricket Association Festival. The 25th Anniversary ball at the inception of the season was a star-studded occasion, featuring performances from Eric Clapton and Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings.

Twelve months ago I began my engagement with a personal quest to author a collection of post-graduate published works. As a freelance writer this mode of study was a logical extension of a number of my forte skills and potentially rewarding. In this article, I am reflecting on my own dissertation and am seeking to integrate personal observations/ goals with the benefit of a broader more macro, contextual perspective.

I thought it would be appropriate to pen a short, illustrative vignette for Tony Fox Sales, musician extraordinaire at the advent of his 60th birthday, (26th September 2011.) Tony Sales has become an important friend to me, Stephanie Lynne Thorburn. Since writing an eBook on Tony and brother Hunt titled 'Quintessentially Soul Brothers', 2009, I have also created a resource page on the webjam server titled, 'Sales Brothers Definitive' to assimilate internet resources, archival footage and up-to-date content.

This is an updated version of my original feature on Amchron from 2008, 'Exopolitics and Abstract Truths' for 2011, containing content regarding my current postgraduate research work on the Space Renaissance Initiative.

Boogie Woogie pianist extraordinaire Ben Waters has been synthesising a landmark tribute album for the 'Sixth Rolling Stone' Ian Stewart due out this spring. The album is in prospect, a true Pandora´s Box of surprises and has already captured the imagination and hearts of the music press.

This text forms an abridged introductory section from a dissertation I am undertaking on the Space Renaissance Initiative (SRI). The research dissertation is titled,'The Astrosociological Imagination and the Space Renaissance Initiative- A Discourse Analytical Perspective'. The work shares some of the essentially humanist themes of C. Wright Mills´ 1959 classic text ´The Sociological Imagination´ and seeks to integrate social, personal and historical elements into a discourse analysis of the SRI, as I am on the organisation´s current Board of Directors and Scientific Committee. The work is portioned into chapters addressing key elements of the SRI manifesto and discourse in relation to modern environmental political theory. This introductory chapter forms a précis of my literature review and explores traditional debates inherent within sociological critique regarding the environmental crisis, in context of the conceptual precepts offered by Max Weber on rationalisation in contemporary industrial society. The SRI´s philosophies clearly present a radical departure from the polarities and inherent limitations of existing schools of thought on both environmental and socio- cultural developmental issues. The Space Renaissance Initiative is an organisation that challenges the parameters of our thinking in regard to human scientific, technological evolution.

Dr.David English has cultivated an evocative niche in the hearts and minds of all those who have had the opportunity to meet him from within the realms of show business, sport and charity. He is blessed with a gregarious and quintessentially English demeanour that meets all the criteria of an endearing British eccentric. I feel though, that this cliché of David English rather overlooks the secure foundation from which his altruistic nature flows- for beneath the exterior of this free agent lies a man who has lived and breathed at the cutting edge of the complementary spheres of music, sport and philanthropy throughout the course of his distinguished career...

´Quintessentially Soul Brothers: The Sales Brothers In Their Own Words': New eBook by Stephanie Lynne Thorburn offering in-depth interviews with drummer Hunt Sales and bassist Tony Sales. The text features a detailed biographical overview of the Sales Brothers' including content on their contribution to Iggy Pop's archetypal solo album 'Lust For Life' and a reappraisal of David Bowie's Tin Machine. Succinct testimonials include input from some of the Sales Brothers´ colleagues and friends, namely guitarists James Williamson (Stooges), Reeves Gabrels and Brian Ray.

Reappraising Methodological Issues: The Efficacy of Allied Traditions. By Rev. Dr. Stephanie Lynne Thorburn. The field of parapsychology would appear to have encountered an apparent philosophical crisis of confidence, both in respect to its status in the public domain and in relation to the scientific, academic community. A series of consistent issues related to the conveyance of key epistemological aspects of parapsychology display an apparent disregard for the potential individuality and development of the discipline as an independent sphere of theory and practice for students and parapsychologists alike. This conceptually disappointing outcome is at least in some substantial part, an inevitable response to the embracing of somewhat uniform methodological ideals shared by the contemporary social sciences. Through the consideration of a series of allied spheres namely Reiki, shamanism, meditation and hypnosis, I have addressed issues in relation to relative status of these practices both in the public eye and in the academic domain in comparison to parapsychology. My forthcoming paper will reappraise what might be learned through the identification of key epistemological and ontological differences between these practices and parapsychology. Further I have explored some papers and progressive syllabuses currently being developed in the field to suggest a range of fruitful new directions emerging within the essentially human science of parapsychology.

Obituary to comedian and TV host Soupy Sales- pioneer of slapstick comedy and a much loved household name in the States. Soupy reached the peek of his career in the 1950's and 60's, featuring a range of esteemed musicians on his show including Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie and Duke Ellington.

An overview of my new online publication ´Nuance´. Nuance webzine offers a challenging conceptual fusion of music, culture, metaphysics and esoteric spirituality. The webzine represents an integration of tangible mainstream features with an exploration of more cerebral, ontological spheres. I have also outlined details of my new blog ´Paranormal scholar´, a portal for parapsychological and exopolitical issues, now hosting ´Abstract Maxims´ weblog.

An overview synopsis and introductory text from the new eBook title on archetypal saxophonist Dick Heckstall-Smith by Stephanie Lynne Thorburn.

A biographical resume of B.B. King's esteemed career in context of news related to the new B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive centre facility in Mississippi.

Music journalist Stephanie Lynne Thorburn recounts some evocative ´tales of the unexpected´ in the diverse career of Rolling Stone bassist Bill Wyman, whose musical odyssey has seen him embrace some unlikely performing platforms over the years, in both the fields of music and English cricket..

UK rock critic Stephanie Lynne Thorburn reflects on a mercurial youth, spent in the company of some evocative aficionados of the music and media industry. Lucid memories of some classic debutante moments are jux ta posed with reflections on the role of both writing and popular music in contemporary culture.

In her candid memoirs, writer and rock critic Stephanie Lynne Thorburn reflects on her mercurial youth, spent in the company of some evocative aficionados of the music and media industry. Lucid recollections of some classic debutante moments are jux ta posed with reflections on the role of both writing and popular music in ensuring freedom of expression in contemporary culture.

´Abstract Maxims' exopolitical blog by Stephanie Lynne Thorburn launched last year with the aim of offering a selection of the most diverse and plausible news sources from around the web, integrating the mainstream with the esoteric. Abstract Maxims II and III are poised to explore new issues and philosophical territories..