The Threshold HouseBoys Choir - A Time of Happening

Filmed at the GinJae (vegetarian) Festival held in Bangkok Thailand.
This was Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson's first musical venture since the untimely death of his Coil partner John Balance.

This video is incredibly hypnotic and is the first part of the Threshold HouseBoys Choir CD/DVD release 'Form Grows Rampant'.
All voices are from indigenous sources, completely re-styled, re-tuned and re-arranged.
The sound & vision on this release work perfectly together.
Would you expect anything else from someone who was part of the Hipgnosis design group for so long?

Sleazy is probably packing his bags at his compound in Thailand at this present time to go and 'wreck some civilisation' in America as Throbbing Gristle are about to perform there for the first time since 1981.

Boy am I jealous of the people going this time around, though I was lucky enough to have witnessed numerous performances by TG in London in the seventies and (very) early eighties.

(Use the search engine to the right as there is more TG scattered throughout this blog!)

Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine*

This painting 'Christ of the St. John of the Cross' by Salvador Dali hangs in

Kelvingrove Art Gallery in Glasgow.
It was bought in 1951 for £8,200 although Dali initially asked the Glasgow Corporation for £12,000 for the painting. Unusually, Dali also signed away the copyright of the image.
The purchase proved controversial coming as it did just seven years after the end of the Second World War, with many suggesting the funds would be better spent elsewhere.
The Spanish government is said to have recently offered £80 million for the painting, an offer allegedly turned down.
In 1961 a visitor to the museum threw a brick at the painting seriously damaging it. His reason being that he objected to the fact that the viewer is looking down on Christ.
Kelvingrove Gallery is now the most popular free visitor attraction in Scotland and the 14th most popular major gallery in the world.

Growing up in Glasgow I used to wag, sorry (been in Australia so long) skive school (a lot) and take myself off to the gallery and I could (and did) spend hours just looking at this picture.
I really am not a fan of the majority of Dali's paintings but there is something about this picture that intrigues me.
When/If I ever work out what it is - I shall let you know I promise.

* Patti Smith

Brion Gysin's illustrations for 'Time' by William S. Burroughs (1965)

William S. Burroughs created his own version of Time magazine in 1965.
It included a cover taken from the authentic 'Time' (November 30, 1962) which was then collaged over by Burroughs with a reproduction of a drawing, four drawings by Brion Gysin and twenty-six pages of typescript comprised of cut up texts and various photographs serving as news items.
Time was bootlegged in 1972 by Roy Pennington as an 'Urgency Press Rip Off'.
According to Maynard & Miles, Pennington published this bootleg edition for sale at the Bickershaw Festival.

Note: There is a copy for sale at present here for $350 (US)

My late friend Mike Hart (from Compendium Bookshop in Camden Town London) had a copy of this as well as Burrough's
'Mayfair Academy Series More or Less' (also published by 'Urgency Press Rip Off').
I hope that after Mike passed away his amazing collection of books and records found a good home (tho' if his son Stephen is anything like his Father, they will be in safe hands).
Back in the 70's in London I had actually managed to collect most of the original issues of 'Mayfair' from the couple of years or so that contained Burrough's column.
Most (but not all) of them were collected in such anthologies as 'Port of Saints' & 'Exterminator!'

If there is anyone out there who has a copy of either of these and wouldn't mind photo-copying or scanning the contents...well I would be eternally grateful!

Full story & scans of 'Time' available at 'Reality Studio' here.

Paris nocturne

'Hyper-Photo'

Kanye's blog response to 'South Park'

"SOUTH PARK MURDERED ME LAST NIGHT AND IT'S PRETTY FUNNY. IT HURTS MY FEELINGS BUT WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FROM SOUTH PARK! I ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON MY EGO THOUGH. HAVING THE CRAZY EGO IS PLAYED OUT AT THIS POINT IN MY LIFE AND CAREER. I USE TO USE IT TO BUILD UP MY ESTEEM WHEN NOBODY BELIEVED IN ME. NOW THAT PEOPLE DO BELIEVE AND SUPPORT MY MUSIC AND PRODUCTS THE BEST RESPONSE IS THANK YOU INSTEAD OF "I TOLD YOU SO!!!" IT'S COOL TO TALK SHIT WHEN YOU'RE RAPPING BUT NOT IN REAL LIFE. WHEN YOU MEET LITTLE WAYNE IN PERSON HE'S THE NICEST GUY FOR EXAMPLE. I JUST WANNA BE A DOPER PERSON WHICH STARTS WITH ME NOT ALWAYS TELLING PEOPLE HOW DOPE I THINK I AM. I NEED TO JUST GET PAST MYSELF. DROP THE BRAVADO AND JUST MAKE DOPE PRODUCT. EVERYTHING IS NOT THAT SERIOUS. AS LONG AS PEOPLE THINK I ACT LIKE A BITCH THIS TYPE OF SHIT WILL HAPPEN TO ME. I GOT A LONG ROAD AHEAD OF ME TO MAKE PEOPLE BELIEVE I'M NOT ACTUALLY A HUGE DOUCHE BUT I'M UP FOR THE CHALLENGE. I'M SURE THE WRITERS AT SOUTH PARK ARE REALLY NICE PEOPLE IN REAL LIFE. THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DRAW MY CREW. THAT WAS PRETTY FUNNY ALSO!! I'M SURE THERE'S GRAMMATICAL ERRORS IN THIS... THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW IT'S ME!"
(here)

The Black Angels - You On The Run

As featured in 'The Limits of Control'.

Boris: skateboards

Details here.

Boris: graphics

These graphics are affectionate pastiches of the Virgin Records logo (circa the mid seventies) designed by Roger Dean and of Nick Drake's classic 1970 album 'Bryter Layter' for the cover of 'Akuma no Uta'.

The original inspirations:

'The Limits of Control' soundtrack details

The soundtrack to the new Jim Jarmusch film 'The Limits of Control' will feature the following sounds:

01. Intro - Bad Rabbit*
02. Fuzzy Reactor - Boris with Michio Kurihara
03. Saeta - La Macarena
04. Sea Green Sea - Bad Rabbit
05. Feedbacker (TLOC Edit) - Boris
06. Por Compasión: Malaguenas - Manuel el Sevillano
07. Farewell - Boris
08. N.L.T. - Sunn O))) & Boris
09. El Que Se Tenga Por Grande - Carmen Linares
10. Dawn - Bad Rabbit
11. You On The Run - The Black Angels
12. Omens and Portents 1: The Driver (TLOC Edit) – Earth and Bill Frisell
13. El Que Se Tenga Por Grande - Talegón de Córdoba & Jorge Rodriguez Padilla
14. Blood Swamp (TLOC Edit) - Sunn O))) & Boris
15. Schubert 2. Adagio [String Quintet in C, D.956] (TLOC Edit) - Ensemble Villa Musica
16. Daft Punk Is Playing At My House - LCD Soundsystem
17. " " (TLOC Edit) - Boris

*Bad Rabbit is actually Jim Jarmusch's new band and they will also soon be releasing an EP thru' iTunes

"I have a file of the music that I think is appropriate atmospherically for each film, and that has inspired me even before shooting. I pick the music, so there's no music supervisor per se...When I was writing 'The Limits of Control,' I was already imagining using some things from Boris and Sunn O))), and Earth and The Black Angels. I made [director of photography] Chris Doyle CDs so he could listen to Boris; you could categorize Boris as a psychedelic/noise/metal band, but they're just so original."
- Jim Jarmusch

'Brooklyn Vegan'.

Boris - Statement

For HerrB.

Message:

Thank you.

Translation: "Welcome to our country Mr. President, I am an idiot!"

Turkish TV news anchor dons 'blackface' to report on Obama's visit.
(Thanx again to the 'hangover-helper'.)

Don't forget to send a postcard

One of my favourite destinations on the blogosphere is shutting up shop for a couple of weeks as the 'fucoid' explores the Carpathians.
Have fun, "bon-voyage" and stay safe.
PS: I suspect (hope) that your package will be awaiting you on your return.
(Just been a bit of a delay as my burner has decided to pack in!)

Always trust a policeman?

A video sheds new light on the death of Ian Tomlinson, a 47 year old newspaper seller who had been on his way home from work when he was confronted by lines of riot police near the Bank of England at the recent G.20 protest in London. The film (here) reveals that as he walks, with his hands in his pockets, he does not speak to the police or offer any resistance. A phalanx of officers, some with dogs and some in riot gear, are close behind him and try to urge him forward. A Metropolitan police officer appears to strike him with a baton, hitting him from behind on his upper thigh. Moments later, the same policeman rushes forward and, using both hands, pushes Tomlinson in the back and sends him flying to the ground, where he remonstrates with police who stand back, leaving bystanders to help him to his feet.The man who shot the footage, a fund manager from New York who was in London on business, said: "The primary reason for me coming forward is that it was clear the family were not getting any answers."

Story from 'The Guardian' here.

(Thanx to the 'hangover-helper' for pointing me in this direction.)

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