The Happy Time Tabernacle Statement of Belief

Mistress TT reminded me late last night that I had forgotten to post Our Belief Statement.  Good lookin’ out Mistress....for those of you who have been asking for it, here it is:

The Happy Time Tabernacle Statement of Belief

Our Faith stands on the sacrifices made by our ingenious, culturally creative ancestors: blues shouters, jazz improvisers, groove masters, soul singers, funky dancers, writers, poets, rhyme sayers, and original signifiers.

We believe that the The Great Book of Soul, which contains the sum total of all of the rhymes, lyrics, limerics, stories, poems, toasts and boasts ever sung, shouted, hollered, scatted or stated in a blues, jazz, RnB, calypso, mambo, soul or doo-wop song, is the only infallible, authoritative Word of the Stanktidy.

We believe in Being on the One, eternally and forever revealed in the persons of The Godfather of Soul, St. George of Clinton and St. Sly of the Stone.

We believe that the hard work and sacrifices of all The Saints of Soul Music are Sacred Sacraments, in the dues that they paid, in the doors they knocked down, in the blood, sweat and tears that they shed, in spite of the hardships of humiliation that they faced, and in the Return of live music played by real living musicians to popular demand.

We believe that resuscitation by the power of the African Holy Ghost is absolutely essential for the body to move with the groove and get down and dance in a polyrhythmic trance, and that this is the Gift of the Gut Bucket.

We believe in the ministry of Funky Music which does indeed dwell within those who recognize the Stanknasity when they see it, which did cause the Bump to be, and in those Saints empowered by all things groovy.

We believe that True Evil exists in the form of media monopolies and multi-national corporate interests which seek to control the master tapes of all recording artists, in radio station franchises that play the same tired songs over and over; and that these Evil Doers will one day be defeated by independent artists who do control and distribute their own products over the internet, and that these Evil Entities will soon be cast headlong into a Mighty Big Ditch of Doo-Doo.

We believe in the spiritual unity of all believers in the Everlasting Stanktidy, which is a Force of Funkatism that does bring people together irregardless of race, gender, nationality, economic class or credit history.

We believe that the Happy Time Tabernacle, Temple Number II, is the primary instrument of the Work of the Stank in the world, but that wherever there is a good juke joint, or a funky party, a high time can be had by all.

And lest I forget, the first Happy Land Tabernacle Time Radio Broadcast is actually here: Download htpilot.mp3 (35721.6K)

Comments

[Cécile]

Yeah! True words, indeed. Keep on movin´, and a very happy time!

[Deacon Peedyboy]

Thanks Tangerine! We 'preciate it!!

[tangerine]

cool site, maaaannn!

[tangerine]

cool site, maaaannn!