Barbara Birdfeather Dies
Posted by: Loren Coleman on May 1st, 2009
Barbara Birdfeather, 69, a husky-voiced disc jockey from the early days of Los Angeles underground radio, died of lung cancer Sunday, April 26, 2009, in Hollywood, California, according to the Associated Press.
Born in Mt. Kisco, New York, Birdfeather began her life’s adventure through her work as a professional astrologer.
Moving to Los Angeles, Birdfeather discjockeyed on FM stations KMET, KPPC and KPFK.
She was heard, along with Alan Watts, Louise Huebner, Peter Hurkos and Anton LeVey on the 1970 album The Occult Explosion, issued on United Artists Records.
Later, she continued writing about music for various publications, and served as publicist for acts including Scottish blues rocker Alex Harvey. More recently, Birdfeather had worked as a floral designer.
She is survived by her daughter Isabella, and Isabella’s and Lisa’s daughter, Britain.
Birdfeather’s oft-quoted thoughts on the mysterious Vulcan can be found in her 1969-published poem, “The Planets”:
And Vulcan reportedly seen
by reputable astronomers
yet probably invisible
having passed through evolution
to spiritualization
ready to return to the Sun’s bosom
as someday we all shall
intra-Mercurial planet
with rarefied vibrations
very highly eccentric
seen only by open eyes
Recording/Publishing info:
The Occult Explosion; United Artists UA-LA067-G2; (2-LP; spoken/music; Nat Freedland-introduction, Louise Huebner-witchcraft, Stanton T. Friedman-UFOs, Barbara Birdfeather-astrology, Peter Hurkos-psychics, Craig Carpenter-Indian magic, Anton LeVey-satanism, Alan Watts-meditation, Dr. Thelma Moss-ESP, Indra Devi-yoga, Rosemary Brown-Spiritualism/”Grubelei”, Black Widow-“satanic inspired rock recordings”), 1973.
The Birdfeather Astrological Space Book, LA: Nash Publishing Corporation, 1969.
About Loren Coleman
Loren Coleman is one of the world’s leading cryptozoologists, some say “the” leading living cryptozoologist. Certainly, he is acknowledged as the current living American researcher and writer who has most popularized cryptozoology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Starting his fieldwork and investigations in 1960, after traveling and trekking extensively in pursuit of cryptozoological mysteries, Coleman began writing to share his experiences in 1969. An honorary member of Ivan T. Sanderson’s Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained in the 1970s, Coleman has been bestowed with similar honorary memberships of the North Idaho College Cryptozoology Club in 1983, and in subsequent years, that of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club, CryptoSafari International, and other international organizations. He was also a Life Member and Benefactor of the International Society of Cryptozoology (now-defunct).
Loren Coleman’s daily blog, as a member of the Cryptomundo Team, served as an ongoing avenue of communication for the ever-growing body of cryptozoo news from 2005 through 2013. He returned as an infrequent contributor beginning Halloween week of 2015.
Coleman is the founder in 2003, and current director of the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine.
