Monday, 6 February 2012

Occupy Melbourne protesters back to square one

Images: Spaceboy 'fights the power' at the City Square last Saturday (Photos:TimN)

'What I like about record companies is that they present and nurture artists. That doesn’t exist on iTunes, it doesn’t exist on Amazon. That’s what a record company does, and that’s why I like my record company. People look at record companies like they’re obsolete, but there’s a lot of soul in there – a lot of people who care about music, and that’s very important.'

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WTF Dept???
This from the man who was sued by Geffen Records for not sounding like 'Neil Young' enough???

Madchester - The Sound of the Glorious North

(Thanx SJX!)

The death of Tommy Cooper - 'When I go I want to be on stage I want the audience laughing and everyone happy'

Tommy Cooper was a Welsh-born, British prop comedian and magician, famous for the red fez he always wore, and the persona he crafted of a magician whose tricks always go wrong. Cooper died on April 15, 1984, as he performed live on television for a variety show entitled “Live from her Majesty’s”. During a sketch in which he was to pull numerous objects from a gown, just after his assistant helped him put the gown on, Cooper collapsed and sat against the curtain while the audience and his assistant laughed, thinking it was an impromptu part of his act. He then fell backwards onto his back, creating more laughs. However, as the minutes passed, it was apparent that something had actually gone wrong, and it wasn’t part of his act. Another curtain was closed to hide where he had fallen, and other acts carried on on the front of the stage. People backstage tried to resuscitate him but couldn’t. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Westminster hospital, from a heart attack. He was 63 years old.
I remember watching this at my Nan's house in Liverpool and we were pissing ourselves sure, like everyone else that it was part of the act...

(Thanx Sander!)

Spacemen 3 - Live @ Forum Enger, Germany 6th May 1988

For Luke & Máire - truly wonderful to have met you guys ♥

(Thanx SJX!)

Neal Cassady and Allen Ginsberg in conversation (City Lights 1965)

6 Mix – Mark Jones & Daniel Miller (Kraftwerk Special, Back To Da Future 5/2/12)

6 Music Celebrates Kraftwerk, 30 years after The Model reached number 1, with record label boss Mark Jones exploring the German band’s influence on electronic music.
It is the latest in Mark’s occasional series of 6 Mixes exploring synthesised music past and present. He talks to Mute Records boss and Kraftwerk expert, Daniel Miller, about the band’s huge impact on electronic music.
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