jesse jarnow<p>just heard the sad news that francesco lupica, whose homemade "cosmic beam" inspired mickey hart's instrument, passed away late last year. in turn, lupica was inspired by john lazelle, a one-time harry partch disciple. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/topangalocal/posts/8743557902402646/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">facebook.com/groups/topangaloc</span><span class="invisible">al/posts/8743557902402646/</span></a><br>on tom snyder's show in the '70s: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xexxX-Kni-g" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=xexxX-Kni-g</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://heads.social/tags/percussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>percussion</span></a> <a href="https://heads.social/tags/drone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drone</span></a></p>