Go to 'The Weaklings' here and let Dennis Cooper take you through the exhibition dedicated to Serge Gainsbourg.Please note that this exhibition has been extended until March 15th.
Wednesday, 4 February 2009
Serge Gainsbourg 2008 exhibition - Paris
Go to 'The Weaklings' here and let Dennis Cooper take you through the exhibition dedicated to Serge Gainsbourg.Please note that this exhibition has been extended until March 15th.
Pete Doherty faces eviction
Pete Doherty pictured yesterday in Paris is facing eviction from his country pad following the broadcast of the MTV 24 Hours show. The Babyshambles frontman faces the threat of being turfed-out, due to the state he has let the house get in, reports The Sun. "We've had a few problems. It's high time Mr Doherty found somewhere else to live," the newspaper quotes The Earl Of Cardigan saying.Tuesday, 3 February 2009
There She Blows – Have The La's Ruined Lithuania's Eurovision Chances?
"Though nothing's been officially confirmed yet, news reaches us from NME's Eastern European division that Lithuania is currently in the midst of a musical crisis involving this year's Eurovision Song Contest entrant and… The La's.
As is customary for most, if not all, Eurovision-participating countries (I don't know, I keep well away from this stuff usually), Lithuania is in the process of choosing its song and performer for the competition via a public TV vote. What makes this year's competition noteworthy is the song by Deivis – a catchy little number called 'Lietuva'. Impressively, the tune scored maximum points in the quarter final heats earlier this month, making it the hot-favourite to go on and be the country's official entry.
Even better than that, though, is that it appears to have been stolen hook, line and sinker from The La's 'There She Goes'. Weirdly, nobody seemed to notice this until it had been performed in front of millions of people on TV. From what we can tell from these news reports (both written in Lithuanian), after 'Leituva' was performed, various viewers alerted Eurovision organisers that the song was just a tiny bit similar to 'There She Goes'. Annoyingly, most of the subsequent reports seem to credit Sixpence None The Richer with the song (in actual fact they butchered it), rather than elusive La's mainman Lee Mavers. It seems an investigation into the similarities is being carried out by some Eurovision suits, and Deivis is waiting to find out if he's been kicked out of the competition or not.
All of which is loads more entertaining than getting Andrew Lloyd Webber involved (as we have here in the UK) has been. Have a listen to 'Lietuva' for yourself. I quite like it actually. It's even got a key change before the end. Didn't think of that, did ya Mavers?"
By Matt Wilkinson Posted on 28/01/09 at 03:32:10 pm @ NME.com
BONUS:Three different versions of The La's 'There She Goes' as produced by
Steve Lillywhite, Mike Hedges & John Leckie.
Steve Lillywhite, Mike Hedges & John Leckie.
The Bureau of Public Secrets
Several documents on Guy Debord's films have recently been added at the Bureau of Public Secrets website:
Technical Notes on Debord's First Three Films
http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/debord.films/technotes.htm
Letter about Debord's Film "On the Passage of a Few Persons..."
http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/debord.films/passage-letter.htm
Original Announcement of Debord's Film "The Society of the Spectacle"
http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/debord.films/spectacle-announcement.htm
The Use of Stolen Films
http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/debord.films/stolen-films.htm
The Themes of Debord's Film "In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni"
http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/debord.films/ingirum-themes.htm
Instructions to the "In girum" Sound Engineer
http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/debord.films/ingirum-soundtrack.htm
Debord Chronology
http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/debord.films/chronology.htm
Debord Filmography
http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/debord.films/filmography.htm
Texts Relating to Debord's Films
http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/debord.films/bibliography.htm
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See also Guy Debord's "COMPLETE CINEMATIC WORKS", translated and edited by Ken Knabb and published by AK Press, which includes the scripts to all six of Debord's films plus 62 illustrations and extensive annotations
http://www.bopsecrets.org/cat.htm
For online excerpts from the filmscripts, along with the latest information on the films themselves, see
http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/debord.films/index.htm
Knabb's translation of Debord's "The Society of the Spectacle" is online at http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/debord/index.htm
The Situationist International Anthology is online at
http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/index.htm
Thanx to Ken Knabb for all the links.
Technical Notes on Debord's First Three Films
http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/
Letter about Debord's Film "On the Passage of a Few Persons..."
http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/
Original Announcement of Debord's Film "The Society of the Spectacle"
http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/
The Use of Stolen Films
http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/
The Themes of Debord's Film "In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni"
http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/
Instructions to the "In girum" Sound Engineer
http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/
Debord Chronology
http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/
Debord Filmography
http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/
Texts Relating to Debord's Films
http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/
* * *
See also Guy Debord's "COMPLETE CINEMATIC WORKS", translated and edited by Ken Knabb and published by AK Press, which includes the scripts to all six of Debord's films plus 62 illustrations and extensive annotations
http://www.bopsecrets.org/cat.
For online excerpts from the filmscripts, along with the latest information on the films themselves, see
http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/
Knabb's translation of Debord's "The Society of the Spectacle" is online at http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/
The Situationist International Anthology is online at
http://www.bopsecrets.org/SI/
Thanx to Ken Knabb for all the links.
Too True
(Photo by TimN)5 Most Obnoxious Front Men of All Time are...
1 Chris Bailey
2 Chris Bailey
3 Chris Bailey
4 Kate Cerebrano (sic) from I'm Talking ( but she's a religious nutter and can't help it)
5 Courtney Love ( but Kurt had just died)
Great gig though..god bless Ed Kuepper
Big Ern xxx
Melbourne Australia
A comment left at 'That Striped Sunlight Sound' here.
1 Chris Bailey
2 Chris Bailey
3 Chris Bailey
4 Kate Cerebrano (sic) from I'm Talking ( but she's a religious nutter and can't help it)
5 Courtney Love ( but Kurt had just died)
Great gig though..god bless Ed Kuepper
Big Ern xxx
Melbourne Australia
A comment left at 'That Striped Sunlight Sound' here.
Monday, 2 February 2009
Sunday, 1 February 2009
New album from Pete Doherty 'Grace/Wasteland' due on March 24
Full details and 'Last of the English Roses' mp3 available at 'Micropsia' here.You can also download his diaries here and don't forget his sage advice here.
Grace/Wasteland
Set for release March 2009
1. Arcadie
2. Last of the English Roses
3. 1939 Returning
4. A Little Death Around the Eyes
5. Salome
6. Through the Looking Glass
7. Sweet By and By
8. Palace of Bone
9. Sheepskin Tearaway
10. Broken Love Song
11. New Love Grows on Trees
12. Lady, Don’t Fall Backwards
(13. B-Side I Am The Rain)
UPDATE: Three tracks from the album are available to download from 'Our Iron Lung' blog here.
Set for release March 2009
1. Arcadie
2. Last of the English Roses
3. 1939 Returning
4. A Little Death Around the Eyes
5. Salome
6. Through the Looking Glass
7. Sweet By and By
8. Palace of Bone
9. Sheepskin Tearaway
10. Broken Love Song
11. New Love Grows on Trees
12. Lady, Don’t Fall Backwards
(13. B-Side I Am The Rain)
UPDATE: Three tracks from the album are available to download from 'Our Iron Lung' blog here.
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