Sunday, 16 September 2012

The Joy of Disco


HA!

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The xx to Collaborate With BBC Orchestra

On September 19, the xx will collaborate with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra for a performancethe BBC reports. They'll play new arrangements of tracks from 2010's The xx and Coexist, as well as new, specially commissioned work. The band will work with composer Alex Baranowski, who previously worked with Underworld on music for Danny Boyle's theater production of Frankenstein.
The free concert will take place on the water, in the seaside resort of Bridlington in East Yorkshire, England as part of this fall's BBC Philharmonic Presents... series. It will be broadcast live on Zane Lowe's Radio 1 program.
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Bonus:

The xx: 'It's abnormal for bands to share so much'

Hmmm! We are really getting into 'Hooked On Classics' or Jaz Coleman's orchestral versions of the likes of fugn 'Dark Side Of The Moon' aren't we? One problem - Coexist is probably my major musical disappointment of the year. It's just not very good at all in my opinion and I WAS expecting much more...

Rock Family Trees - The New Merseybeat





The Liverpool music scene of the late 1970s and 1980s.

FFS!!!


Rush Limbaugh, with typical and incredibly insulting unintelligent rhetoric, suggests that Al Qaeda may have given up Osama bin Laden specifically to make Obama look good. That way, he’d get back at in the White House and they’d have a better chance at getting rid of Israel and Jews in general.
The audio and transcript are really self-explanatory, so here they are. Video courtesy of Mediaite
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Black Cab - Supermädchen


Tim Holmes mix of Supermädchen from forthcoming fourth album by Melbourne band Black Cab. Guest electro drums by Dyko. Cab on this track: James Lee, Steve Law and Andrew Coates. Mastered by Casey Rice.

A Lonely Redemption

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Girlz with Gunz #5938 (Ann Margaret)


Steve Earle's BIGSOUND Keynote


Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose


More US campaign commercials from 1952-2008 HERE
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Parliament Funkadelic - One Nation Under A Groove (2005)

Known to its legions of fans simply as P-Funk, Parliament Funkadelic has had a profound impact on the development of contemporary music, aesthetics and culture. PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC: One Nation Under a Groove chronicles the unique alchemy of the musical influences that fed into the band`s singular approach to music, documenting P-Funk`s continuing influence on today`s artists and musicians and featuring an in-depth look at the musical and entrepreneurial mastermind of its leader George Clinton.
To create a film that reflected the distinctive nature of P-Funk, filmmaker Yvonne Smith used animations both cell- and computer-generated to create the special sequences and virtual environments that reflect the P-Funk aesthetic. Inspired by a P-Funk lyric, she created the "Afronaut",a cartoon character from outer space who serves as the film`s host and narrator. The Afronaut`s voice is provided by hip-hop comic and actor Eddie Griffin, who co-starred in the popular series Malcolm and Eddie and feature films including Undercover Brother, Herbie: Fully Loaded, and Deuce Bigelow: Male Gigolo
and its sequel Deuce Bigelow: European Gigolo. In PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC, the Afronaut descends to earth from a new millennium version of the Mothership, created by computer graphics artist Paul Collins. The Afronaut was brought to life in cell animation from the drawings of Kevin Lofton, a former animation artist on Beavis and Butthead.
In PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC, interviews with the original Parliaments the late Ray Davis, Calvin Simon, Grady Thomas and Clarence "Fuzzy" Haskins take place in a virtual barber shop, reminiscent of the group`s early years doing hair and singing in a New Jersey hair salon run by George Clinton. The barbershop and the various environments in which George Clinton appears, were created in digital animation. In addition to the Parliaments, the film also features original interviews with George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell, Garry Shider, Dawn Silva, one of the Brides of Funkenstein and other key P-Funk band members and staff. Other musicians interviewed include Rick James, Ice Cube, Flea and Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, De La Soul, Shock G (also known as "Humpty Hump" of the Digital Underground) and Nona Hendryx of LaBelle. Reginald Hudlin, director of House Party and Boomerang, president of entertainment for BET and a P-Funk fanatic, also appears, as does funk historian and author Rickey Vincent.
Bonus:
Cosmic Slop
Do that Stuff
Gammin' on Ya
Standing on the Verge
Undisco Kid
Children of Production
Mothership Connection
Swing Down Sweet Chariot
Dr. Funkenstein
Comin' Around the Mountain
P. Funk
Tear the Roof Off the Sucker
Night of the Thumpasorous Peoples
Funkin' for Fun

Rock Family Trees - The Prog Rock years


Bonus:
BBC Prog Rock Britannia an Observation in Three Movements
Prog Rock Sunday (For HerrBXXX)

Saturday, 15 September 2012

The Residents - Equals E


Bonus:
La Edad de Oro (Madrid 1983)