On the night of June 6, 1899 Aleister Crowley laid down in his bed in the warm arms of the Green Faerie. When he drifted off into the purple-tinged ether he heard a sound, pounding in the distance like a far-off heartbeat. Closer, he could make out words–“Hey, hey mama, said the way you move gonna make you sweat, gonna make you groove.” And Crowley l-o-v-e-d it. Here’s lesson 37 of the 101 Series: Led Zep, Satan’s favorite band (sorry, Black Sabbath). In this episode we bear with Robert Plant’s Tolkien-inspired bullshit for two hours and escape the Misty Mountains unscathed . . .
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