Homer - The Odyssey
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Saturday, 28 February 2009
Sami flag
The Sami flag was inaugurated during the Sami Conference in Åre, Sweden on 15 August 1986. It was the result of a competition for which many suggestions were entered. The winning design was submitted by the artist Astrid Båhl from Skibotn, Norway.
The motif was derived from the shaman's drum and the poem "Paiven parneh" ("Sons of the Sun") by the south Sami Anders Fjellner describing the Sami as sons and daughters of the sun. The flag has the Sami colours, red, green, yellow and blue, and the circle represents the sun (red) and the moon (blue).
More on the Sami people can be found here.
The motif was derived from the shaman's drum and the poem "Paiven parneh" ("Sons of the Sun") by the south Sami Anders Fjellner describing the Sami as sons and daughters of the sun. The flag has the Sami colours, red, green, yellow and blue, and the circle represents the sun (red) and the moon (blue).
More on the Sami people can be found here.
Sofia Jannok
'Irene'
Sofia Jannok was born in 1982 at Gällivare in the top of Sweden and usually sings in Sami.
Her new album 'áššogáttis / by the embers' was released last month.
Her new album 'áššogáttis / by the embers' was released last month.
(sigh!)(My thanx to 'Herr B' for turning me on (ahem!) to this beautiful singer.)
(Another sigh!)Running out of ideas
(2009)
(2003)Interesting post regarding U2's 'No Line On The Horizon' artwork from 'Dr. Feelgoed' here.
More U2 'coincidences' relating to this cover from 'The Guardian' here.
While we are on the subject of Bozo sorry, Bono, 'Ultra151' brought to my attention an interesting article by Eamon McCann on U2's tax situation.
Read it here.
More U2 'coincidences' relating to this cover from 'The Guardian' here.
While we are on the subject of Bozo sorry, Bono, 'Ultra151' brought to my attention an interesting article by Eamon McCann on U2's tax situation.
Read it here.
REPOST - Bob Quine
Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
Lou Reed - Waves of Fear
Richard Hell & the Voidoids - Blank Generation
REPOST - Quintessential
"Someday Quine will be recognized for the pivotal figure that he is on his instrument, he is the first guitarist to take the breakthroughs of early Lou Reed and James Williamson and work through them to a new, individual vocabulary, driven into odd places by obsessive attention to 'On The Corner' era Miles Davis." (Lester Bangs)
Ikue Mori, Bob Quine & Marc Ribot - El Dorado
Jody Harris & Bob Quine - Flagpole Jitters
Bob Quine & Fred Maher - Village
Bob Quine - Film Music 9 (unreleased)
You can get them all here.
Quine's favourite piece of music 'He Loved Him Madly' by Miles Davis here.
Bob Quine on Lester Bangs here.
Recent article on Quine's death by James Marshall and more music here and here.
Richard Hell on Quine here.
Guyz With Gunz # 1
Richard Hell as 'Nick Detroit'.A complete guide to Richard Hell's archive which he sold to the New York University Library can be found here.
Inspirations
Bio
I first became aware of Richard Hell through a couple of articles in the English music papers NME and Melody Maker back in 1975. These were reports of the then nascent CBGB's scene and featured Patti Smith, The Ramones and Television ( a band to watch obviously!) amongst others.
Richard Hell had been a member of Television and had then formed The Heartbreakers with ex-New York Doll Johnny Thunders, sharing together a love of no frills rock and hard drugs.
There was just something about him that captivated me and led to a lifelong interest.
His style, his intelligence and mostly I suppose his attitude.
(In a piece that he wrote for 'Hit Parader' back then, that was ostensibly about David Johansen, but which was really nothing less than his manifesto he said that rock'n'roll' was all about attitude and that 100% wasn't enough it had to be more like 300%!)
Of course it wouldn't be until 1977 that I would get to hear his actual music with the release of The Voidoid's 'Blank Generation' album which also featured the incendiary guitar work of Robert Quine.
Richard Hell & the Voidoids
'Blank Generation EP' & 'The Kid With The Replaceable Head' singles are available at 'Pukekos' here.
I first became aware of Richard Hell through a couple of articles in the English music papers NME and Melody Maker back in 1975. These were reports of the then nascent CBGB's scene and featured Patti Smith, The Ramones and Television ( a band to watch obviously!) amongst others.
Richard Hell had been a member of Television and had then formed The Heartbreakers with ex-New York Doll Johnny Thunders, sharing together a love of no frills rock and hard drugs.
There was just something about him that captivated me and led to a lifelong interest.
His style, his intelligence and mostly I suppose his attitude.
(In a piece that he wrote for 'Hit Parader' back then, that was ostensibly about David Johansen, but which was really nothing less than his manifesto he said that rock'n'roll' was all about attitude and that 100% wasn't enough it had to be more like 300%!)
Of course it wouldn't be until 1977 that I would get to hear his actual music with the release of The Voidoid's 'Blank Generation' album which also featured the incendiary guitar work of Robert Quine.
Richard Hell & the Voidoids
'Blank Generation EP' & 'The Kid With The Replaceable Head' singles are available at 'Pukekos' here.
Friday, 27 February 2009
oh dear...
Jethro Lazenby Cave (Nick's son) modeling for Hedi Slimane.As Sussanah Breslin twittered..."the Derek Zoolander of our time."
(Have a word with him Dad, will you?)
More shockers here.
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