Smoking! # 2

BBC rehashes MPAA* propaganda

Full story from 'Torrent Freak' here.
*Motion Picture Association of America

Wow!

New 'holographic' DVD disc that can hold up to 500GB of data.
Story from the 'BBC' here.

Rapidshare shares uploader info with record labels

In Germany, the file-hosting service Rapidshare has handed over the personal details of alleged copyright infringers to several major record labels. The information is used to pursue legal action against the Rapidshare users and at least one alleged uploader saw his house raided.
Full story here.
(thanx to 'Mogadonia'.)

Natasha Veruschka - the 'Queen' of swords

Natasha Veruschka
Natasha currently holds seven world records in sword swallowing including the most swords swallowed by a female (13 twenty two inch long swords) and the longest sword swallowed by a female (twenty seven and a half inches long.)

Gulp!

Sword swallowing.
History here.

REPOST - Ornette Coleman & the Grateful Dead live 23rd February 1993 (Oakland Coliseum)

Photo above by Susana Millman
(Taken from the wonderful new book 'GratefulDead365')

Here you can get Ornette Coleman sitting in with the Grateful Dead at the 'Mardi-Gras' gig from the 23rd of February 1993 at the Oakland Colisseum.
Tracks are 'Space - The Other One - Stella Blue - Turn On Your Lovelight & Brokedown Palace'.
Again it would have been interesting to have heard them playing with each other in the seventies when both Ornette and the Dead were exploring new sonic boundaries.
Ornette's son Denardo is also sitting in on percussion in this set.

(Another gig of Ornette and the Dead playing together from later in the year can be found here.
David Murray live with the Grateful Dead at Madison Square Garden on September 22nd 1993 can be found here. Use search engine at top for much more Grateful Dead live material on this blog.)

The Mystery of Bill Laswell

A Dutch TV Program Loladamusica did an interview with Laswell.
Other musicians talking about Laswell include Liu Sola, DXT & Nicky Skopelitis.
Talking about: 'Rockit' - Hancock, Bootsy Collins, Pharaoh Sanders and mainstream music.
Showing around Laswell's studio by DXT and Laswell's Bass collection.
Some shots of Praxis, with Buckethead, Brain, DXT.

Good interview with Bill Laswell at 'Phil Zone' here.

(My thanx to 'Music Hertz', 'Burning Dervish' & the Laswell Yahoo! group for the heads up.)

Ornette Coleman to curate this years 'Meltdown' festival in London

THIS YEARS MELTDOWN FESTIVAL CURATED BY ORNETTE COLMAN.

featuring

Ornette Colman & The Master Musicians Of Jajouka

as well as

Patti Smith & The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra
Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band featuring Sean Lennon, Cornelius & guests
The Roots with guest David Murray
Yo La Tengo
Baaba Maal
Moby
Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra with guests Carla Bley and Robert
Wyatt + The Bad Plus
& More!!!!!

~For More info go to:
http://meltdown.southbankcentre.co.uk/

Nels Cline & Thurston Moore - 'In Store' performance @ Rhino Records Westwood LA 30/12/96

Bonus: Audio
Nels Cline/Thurston Moore
'In Store'

Nels Cline/Oren Ambarchi duo free Melbourne gig Thursday @ NGV (Fed Square) 6 PM

Oren Ambarchi
Sample of 'Inamorata' here.

Key to Nels Cline's pedal board (below)

Nels Cline

Lots of Nels Cline sample mp3's here.

Steppe - 'Delight' (New & unsigned Belgium band)

Lisa Steppe

Just came across this while browsing the web.
An unsigned band from Belgium called Steppe.
The band members are: Lisa Steppe:Vocals, Patrick Steenaerts:guitars, keyboards & arranging, Mario Goosens:drums, Werner Lauscher:bass, Mauro Pawlowski:backing vocals & Carlo Mertens on trombone.
Their 'myspace' page is here.
I like this.
A very sultry sound.

Girlz With Gunz # 32 - 34

Gallhammer

Yeah right!