Monday, 12 January 2015

These are the biggest hypocrites celebrating free speech today in Paris

Robert Crumb on the Paris shootings

I showed it to her, and she said, “Oh, my God, we’re going to have to go into hiding.” [Laughs.] So, then Aline had this idea for another cartoon, which we also sent to Liberation, a collaboration, that’s showing her looking at the drawing saying, “Oh, my God, they’re going to come after us! This is terrible…I want to live to see my grandchildren!” And then she has me saying, “Well, it’s not that bad. And, besides, they’ve killed enough cartoonists, maybe they’ve gotten it out of their system.”

Sunday, 11 January 2015

There is a difference between being brave and being funny

The dark legacy of Carlos Castaneda

Brinsley Schwarz - Cruel To Be Kind

On a bit of a pub rock kick after just watching the Beeb's 70's rock shows. The BBC, however, said Cruel To Be Kind was a Brinsley's B side...

Hmmm I certainly can't remember it. I'm pretty certain the version above is from the last Brinsley Schwarz album which was almost immediately withdrawn after being released in 75 and again in 88. You can buy this album direct from Ian Gomm HERE

Tracklist:
1 We Can Mess Around (Lowe) Nick Lowe - Lead Vox
2 Cruel To Be Kind (Lowe/Gomm) Nick Lowe - Lead Vox
3 As Lovers Do (Lowe) Nick Lowe - Lead Vox
4 I'll Take Good Care Of You (Berns/Ragavoy) Nick Lowe - Lead Vox
5 Hey Baby (There Playing Our Song) (Holvay & Beisber) Ian Gomm - Lead Vox
6 Do The Cod (The Thirty Pounder) (Lowe/Andrews/Gomm/Rankin/Schwarz) Instrumental
7 God Bless (Whoever Made You) (Lowe/Gomm) Ian Gomm - Lead Vox
8 Everybody (T.Rowe) Ian Gomm - Lead Vox
9 Private Number (T.Jones/W.Bell) Bob Andrews and Ian Gomm - Lead Vox
10 Give Me Back My Love (Lowe/Gomm) Nick Lowe - Lead Vox
11 It's All Over Now (B.Womack) Ian Gomm - Lead Vox
There does appear to be another version of Brinsley Schwarz doing Cruel on an album of live and studio sessions recorded for the BBC

Pete Frame's account of the disastrous Brinsley Schwarz American launch (Zigzag 1970)

Best venue frontage ever

The Music Room (Atlanta)

KUKL - Ríkisútvarpíð Special (RÚV 1986)

Björk, KUKL and Purrkur Pillnikk – the anarcho-punk roots of Iceland's music scene

Welcome to the secret society

...and the winner of the 2015 'Humblebrag o'the Year' goes to...

...But you get into dangerous territory when you start thinking about your audience.
I don’t want Michael Gira thinking about me when he makes records. I don’t want Nick Cave wondering how I’m going to feel when he starts working on something. You’ll be cheating me. I just want it to be exactly what it is you want it to be. At least, that way it’s honest.