Monday, 14 May 2012

The Specials - 30th Anniversary Tour (Wolverhampton Civic Hall 2009)

Hacking The Hackers: A Counter-Intelligence Operation Against Digital Gangs

Femen Protester Almost Nabs the Mystical Euro Cup

WTF???

Getting just a little bit desperate don't you think?

Jeez - I really do detest...

...this particular popdwarf!

This will explain part of the reason but there is more. So much more!

(And we won't mention the Los Lobos thang!)

'What About Me' portays the gradual deterioration of Lisa Napolitano (Rachel Amodeo) a young women forced to exist on the streets, intermingling with the outcasts of society. Along the way she encounters a shell-shocked Vietnam veteran, Nick (Richard Edson); a nihilistic East Villager, Tom (Nick Zedd); and a sympathetic good samaritan, Paul (Richard Hell). 'What About Me' was filmed in black and white on location in Tompkins Square Park and the Lower East Side. Gregory Corso, Judy Carne, Johnny Thunders, Jerry Nolan and Dee Dee Ramone appear in addition to the homeless residents of the park. The soundtrack includes music by Johnny Thunders.
(Thanx Chuck!)

♪♫ Spectrum - Undo the Taboo (Live @ The Chop Suey, Seattle)

FOR FUCKS SAKE!!!

LEGALISE ALL DRUGS. TAKE THE MONEY AWAY FROM THE CRIMINAL ELEMENT AND STOP THIS FUCKING MADNESS NOW!!!

Spiritualized Live at 9:30 Club in Washington D.C.

WATCH

"Hey Jane"
"Lord Let It Rain On Me"
"Headin' for the Top Now"
"Walkin' with Jesus"
"Oh Baby"
"Rated X"
"Born Never Asked"
"Electric Mainline"
"Soul on Fire"
"I Am What I Am" *
"Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space" *
"Mary"
"Stay with Me" *
"So Long You Pretty Thing" *
"She Kissed Me (And It Felt Like a Hit)" *
"Come Together" *
"Cop Shoot Cop"

* featured video

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Sunday, 13 May 2012

Donald 'Duck' Dunn RIP

Details are sketchy at this time but, according to a Facebook post by Steve Cropper, legendary sessions bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn passed away Sunday morning in Tokyo.
His post:

Today I lost my best friend, the World has lost the best guy and bass player to ever live. Duck Dunn died in his sleep Sunday morning May 13 in Tokyo Japan after finishing 2 shows at the Blue Note Night Club.

A page has already been put up on Facebook saluting Dunn, "A place for fans, friends, and others to share their messages of support or respect for those who cared for such an incredible person..."
Dunn grew up in Memphis, a close friend in childhood with Cropper. In their teens, Dunn and Cropper formed the group the Royal Spades with Dunn on guitar, Cropper on bass, future Memphis Horns player Wayne Jackson on trumpet, Charlie Freeman on guitar, Terry Johnson on drums, Don Nix on baritone saxophone, Charles "Packy" Axton on saxophone, John "Smoochy" Smith on keyboards and Ronnie Angel on vocals.
At the urging of Axton's mother, who owned Satellite Records, they changed their name to the Mar-Keys and, in 1961, went to number 2 on the R&B and 3 on the pop charts with Last Night. Dunn left soon after to play with Ben Branch's Big Band but would return to the rock charts in 1964 when he replaced original bassist Lewie Steinberg in Booker T. & the M.G.'s.
Dunn, along with the Memphis Horns and drummer Al Jackson, Jr., also became the house band for Stax Records, playing on such big hits as Respect and I Can't Turn You Loose by Otis Redding, In the Midnight Hour by Wilson Pickett and Hold On, I'm Coming by Sam & Dave.
Booker T. & the M.G.'s also continued to branch out from their original Memphis sounds on albums throughout the 60's and 70's. Dunn also became a major session player on his own for everyone from Eric Clapton to Bob Dylan to Stevie Nicks and was a regular member of the Blues Brothers Band and appeared as himself in both Blues Brothers movies.
Dunn went into a semi-retirement in the middle of the last decade but continued to play occasional M.G.'s shows along with special shows.
Via

Fuck the rain away

Via

Anti-WiFi wallpaper lets cellular and radio through

Evan Djirlic: N'EX to Narita

The N'EX is an amazing express train system that stops in many major urban parts in and around Tokyo

On the train journey to Narita Airport I placed my camera on the windowsill of the carriage and filmed the passing buildings and landscape. Upon arriving home I mirrored the images I had recorded 90 degrees in post and was left with an amazing kaleidoscope-like montage of symmetrical structures floating seamlessly in the sky. Please, sit back and enjoy.
Shot on the Canon S95
Music by Trentemøller