Wednesday, 17 December 2014

Happy Birthday Chelsea Manning!

Supporters including Molly Crabapple, Terry Gilliam and Michael Stipe send birthday wishes
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Guy in Santa costume pulls off genius bank heist during SantaCon

South Shields Graffiti

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...in case you are scratching your head

Unpaid internships rig the system. Curb them, now

On-U Sound All Stars featuring Mark Stewart - Hysteria (Ramsgate Music Hall 18/1114)

This one-off show had a never to be repeated line up!
Bass: Doug Wimbish (Living Colour / Sugarhill Gang / Tackhead)
Vocals: Mark Stewart (The Pop Group/Maffia)
Guitar: Skip McDonald (Little Axe / Sugarhill Gang / Tackhead)
Drums: Perry Melius (Tricky / African Headcharge / Billy Ocean)
Live Dub mix: Adrian Sherwood (On-U-Sound Master-mind)

United States of Audio - Play It All Back: A Tribute To Tack>>Head

A tribute to the world's most underrated pioneers of modern electronic music!
Starting as the house band at Sugar Hill records, Keith LeBlanc, Doug Wimbish and Skip McDonald hooked up with Adrian Sherwood to form Tackhead (aka Fats Comet). Working together with Mark Stewart (as Maffia) and Gary Clail (as Tackhead Sound System) they produced some of the most exhilarating, funky and down-right experimental electronic music of the 1980s. This set charts their career from 1984-1989, mixing in rare dub mixes, alternate versions and interviews with the band members themselves. It's time they got their dues; it's time to Play It All Back: "Tackhead in the Area!"
Tracklisting:
1. Double Dee & Steinski - The Sugar Hill Suite (Castle Music)
2. Tackhead - Body to Burn (World Records)
3. Tackhead- What's My Mission Now - (On-U Sound)
4. Tackhead - Now What? (On-U Sound)
5. Tackhead - Mind at the End of the Tether (12" version) (On-U Sound)
6. Tackhead - Mind at the End of the Tether (LP Version) (Red Rhino)
7. Keith LeBlanc - I'll Come up with Something (World Records)
8. Tackhead - Ticking Time Bomb (World Records)
9. Tackhead - Ticking Time Bomb (12" version) (World Records)
10. Keith LeBlanc - Move (World Records)
11. Tackhead - King of the Beat (On-U Sound)
12. Tackhead - King of the Beat (Live) (Plus Au Sud)
13. Fats Comet & The Big Sound - Bop Bop (World Records)
14. Fats Comet & The Big Sound - Zoop Zoop (World Records)
15. Mark Stewart - As the Veneer of Democracy Starts to Fade (Mute)
16. Keith LeBlanc - No Sell Out (Tommy Boy)
17. Fats Comet - Deejay's Dream (World Records)
18. Fats Comet - Deejay's Program (World Records)
19. Fats Comet - Eat The Beat (World Records)
20. Mark Stewart- Hypnotized (Remix) (Mute)
21. Keith LeBlanc - Heaven on Earth - (World Records)
22. Keith Leblanc - Tack Unit (Extended Interference) (Collision)
23. Keith LeBlanc - Major Malfunction (World Records)
24. Tackhead / Gary Clail- Life and Dreams (World Records)
25. Tackhead - Man in a Suitcase (Red Rhino)
26. Tackhead / Gary Clail - Reality (World Records)
27. Tackhead - Get This (Red Rhino)
28. Gary Clail - Half Cut For Confidence (World Records)
29. Gary Clail- Half a Gram a Shout (World Records)
30. Keith LeBlanc - Mechanical Movements (Yellow Ltd)
31. Keith LeBlanc - Technology Works Dub (World Records)
32. Keith LeBlanc - Technology Works (Collision)
33. Fats Comet- O.K. Bye (World Records)
34. Fats Comet - Rockchester (World Records)
35. Fats Comet - Dub Storm (World Records)
36. Fats Comet- Stormy Weather (World Records)
37. Gary Clail - Hard Left (instrumental) (World Records)
38. Gary Clail - Hard Left (Red Rhino)
39. Keith LeBlanc - You Drummers Listen Good (World Records)
40. Doug Wimbish - Freak Out (World Records)
41. Doug Wimbish - Don't Forget That Beat (World Records)
42. Doug Wimbish - Don't Forget That Beat (Alternate Mix) (Dunk Yer Funk Records)
43. Doug Wimbish - Don't Forget That Beat (Alternate Dub) (Dunk Yer Funk Records)
44. Doug Wimbish - Don't Forget That Beat (Dub Mix) (Dunk Yer Funk Records)
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Monday, 15 December 2014

Jeff Sparrow: The Logic of Torture

Social media teacher at Sydney Uni learns very quickly how NOT to use social media after this tweet

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Euros Childs - EILAAIG (Free Download)

This and other albums available to download at The National Elf Library

Judy Henske - High Flying Bird (Hootenanny 1963)

"If Linda Ronstadt's a torch singer, Henske's a flame thrower." - Andrew Vachss (Blue Belle)
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Bob Dylan and 1 Man

Bob Dylan does a one man concert in Philadelphia for a Swedish TV experiment. "From Experiments Alone - Episode 6 - Bob Dylan"
"Seeing his biggest idol live is in fact often a fantastic experience. But how is it to do it all alone, without anyone else in the audience? Fredrik Wikingsson knows. On November 22 2014 played Bob Dylan in Philadelphia, only for him."