Friday, 13 February 2009

how to make a dreamachine here.

Hallucinate without the use of drugs


Turn on the full screen option and stare at the screen and when instructed look around wherever you are.
Try and look at your hand for example.

Brion Gysin's Dreamachine





Genesis P'Orridge, Marianne Faithfull & Brion Gysin from the documentary 'Flicker'.



Dreamachines at the October Gallery London for the Bryon Gysin exhibition 12 October 2008.

Master Musicians of Jajouka - Live In Lisbon 2007

Thursday, 12 February 2009

200 years! (Is that how old the world is Daddy?)

Charles Robert Darwin
(12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882)
(Thanx to Stevesmeggs for reminding me!)

Serge Clerc

'Jazz'
More Serge Clerc here and here.

Brain-steak bikini

(Poster by Rob Jones.)

Lots of Cramps pages here.
Serge Clerc comic strip 'Tales From The Cramps' (in French) from the pages of 'Metal Hurlantl' here.

Sorry

From 'coisas do arco da velha' blog here.

Diamanda Galás & John Paul Jones - Skótoseme (live Jon Stewart Show 1994)

Jack Kerouac's 'On The Road' scroll exhibition in Dublin



You can see the original manuscript scroll at University College, Dublin, Ireland until March 31.
More details here.

Amazing 2 year old drummer!

With thanx to the 'hangover-helper' who has another video at her blog here.

Wednesday, 11 February 2009

Leonard Cohen donates $200,000 (AUS) to Australian bushfire fund

(Photo by TimN)

Leonard Cohen,
you are one of the most amazing, inspiring and generous people to have ever walked this earth.


Full story from the 'BBC' here.


לא נראה כמוך שוב
אני להצדיע לך


(If anyone is interested Tim (whose photos of Leonard Cohen amongst others have graced this blog) has started a 'sheer joy of having seen Leonard Cohen on this world tour' group on Facebook. You can join it here.)

Holger Czukay - Cool In The Pool

'Sam' becomes an international star


This astonishing photo was on the cover of yesterday's 'Herald Sun' here in Melbourne.
Koalas do not usually behave like that as they are so timid.

"SAM became the most famous koala in the world when firefighter David Tree stopped to give her a drink amid the devastation."

Pictures of Sam, travelled around the globe and featured in major newspapers including The New York Times, London's The Sun and on CNN.The image provided a much-needed picture of hope in a week filled with news of despair. Yesterday Sam was recovering in Mountain Ash Wildlife Shelter.
Full story here.

UPDATE: this video has now surfaced.


David Tree, the firefighter said he was in the middle of backburning at Mirboo North when he saw the stricken koala. “I could see she had sore feet and was in trouble, so I pulled over the fire truck. She just plonked herself down, as if to say ‘I’m beat’,” he said.

“I offered her a drink and she drank three bottles.

“The most amazing part was when she grabbed my hand. I will never forget that.”

Mr Tree and his brigade then received an emergency call-out to save a house, but minutes later Sam was picked up by wildlife carers.

Tuesday, 10 February 2009

Can rhythm help heal?

Story from the 'BBC' here.
(Nice to see Topper Headon behind a drum kit again but this is what Mickey Hart has been saying for years!)