Friday, 13 February 2015

Silence resembling stupidity

David Bowie and The Spiders From Mars - Suffragette City (Live @Imperial College London 1972)

Television - Marquee Moon (1993)

Richard Lloyd on 'Marquee Moon'


My part is in the right speaker. The hard part I wrote for See No Evil. No-one has duplicated it correctly. Ever.
I also play the solo on the beginning song on each side of the Vinyl. Venus I play all the melody except the solo, which is Tom. Friction I wrote the beginning part which goes through the entire song -- no songwriting credit Tom plays the leads on this one because I have to keep my part underneath...Marquee Moon is mostly Tom's but I play the harder part in the verses, and the first solo after the second verse. And the double stop trills, but Tom showed them to me. I play the lead in the choruses.
After the third verse I take over the rhythm while Tom plays the solo. This seems like a different version than the original. It's a little symphony with parts we all knew. The rise happens three time and then come the "Birdies" by Tom.
Then it starts over and ends. This IS a different version.
That's me starting Elevation with the "cupped" minor chord Am Dm Em. And the leads in the chorus with the bends. Then back to the "cupped minors" I play the solo which is double tracked. It is written exactly and I can replicate whatever I play which either Tom of Andy Johns could believe till I did it. Lots of doubling by me on the record.
I wrote the line to Guiding Light and told Tom if I didn't get songwriting credit I would not play it. So finally I got one song as a co-write. I play the solo and the melody for the last minute is 8 tracks of one melody of mine.
Tom plays the piano. I play the solos. Tom is a good pianist.
I turned the rhythm on Prove It into a calypso/reggae and play the leads in the chorus. Tom plays the solo...till the vocal returns.
Billy's timpani trick begins the next song & I play the rhythm as in Foxhole. Otherwise I have little to do with it.
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Stevie Wonder - Live in NYC (1972)


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TimesTalk: Laura Poitras, Glenn Greenwald and Edward Snowden

Moderated by David Carr just hours before he died
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David Carr 1 VS 0 Vice

David Carr: Me and My Girls

...To be an addict is to be something of a cognitive acrobat. You spread versions of yourself around, giving each person the truth he or she needs — you need, actually — to keep them at a remove. Let’s stipulate that I do not have a good memory, having recklessly sautéed my brain in fistfuls of pharmaceutical spices. Beyond impairment, there may be no more unreliable narrator than an addict. Recovered or not, I am someone who used my mouth to constantly create one more opportunity to get high.Here is what I deserved: hepatitis C, federal prison time, H.I.V., a cold park bench, an early, addled death.Here is what I got: the smart, pretty wife, the three lovely children, the job that impresses.Here is what I remember about how That Guy became This Guy: not much. But my version of events is worth knowing, if for no other reason than I was there.

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Thursday, 12 February 2015

The mystery of Mingering Mike: the soul legend who never existed

The invisible network that keeps the world running

Sherwood & Pinch Live @Rough Trade East 13/2/15

You also get an exclusive mixtape. If any kind soul does make it along and would like to share the mix for those of us unable to get to the instore...well that would be very kind

Adrian Sherwood & Pinch - NE171 Mix


Tracklist:
1. Adrian Sherwood ‘Amongst The Grateful’ (On-U Sound)
2. Pursuit Grooves ‘Transformation Of Consciousness’ (Tectonic)
3. Roska ‘Hyperion’ (Tectonic)
4. Scientist vs ASBO ‘Dog Money Dub’ (Tectonic)
5. Sherwood & Pinch ‘Precinct Of Sound’ (On-U Sound vs Tectonic)
6. “DeProgramme You” Adrian Sherwood (unreleased Onu Sound)
7. Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry “Train To Doomsville” (from the On-U Sound album Pay It All back Vol.2)
8. Sherwood & Pinch ‘Shadowrun’ (On-U Sound vs Tectonic)
9. Kahn ‘Dread’ (Deep Medi)
10. Sherwood & Pinch ‘Music Killer (Machinedrum remix) (On-U Sound vs Tectonic)
11. Rashad & Spin & Taso ‘Cream’ VIP (Teklife)
12. Defce ‘Purposed’ (Ohm Resistance)
13. Machinedrum ‘Eyesdontlie (Sherwood & Pinch Clash Machinedrum Dub Fi Dub, Downtown, Uptown and All Around Town Remix)’
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