Art by Clementine Melois
Tuesday, 27 October 2015
Peter Christopherson - Time Machines II (Albumstream)
THE PRESENT- Sleazy
...was my suggestion to Jimmy Page for the title of the album Led Zeppelin later called Presence (an infinitely less interesting variation, without the multiple meanings, in my view).
However, as I get older, it becomes clear that the old adage "Be Here Now" is a wise one. The present moment, though only a single fold-in-time away from what has gone before and is yet to come, is the only moment that really matters.
Time Machines remains one of the Coil album's about which I get the most mail. Despite its lack of melody or lyrics, its Power lies in the way it Changes the State of the listener.
Usually our elected authorities try to discourage, tax beyond reason, or even forbid outright, the average citizen from having control of his own State.
Pictures, moving or otherwise, that Change the State of the viewer are tightly controlled, not to mention the ingestion of unprescribed or unlicensed substances, even if you picked, grew or synthesised them yourself.
Even unregulated religious or physical practices, straying too far from the safety of the middle of "the bell-curve" of what's currently considered acceptable, are frowned upon, and often illegal.
So far, few have identified the potential of sound as a possible Changer of State (other than chanting Holy Men of all creeds across the aeons), and of course the Military (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_weapon) if you need more.)
The last few years have seen me becoming more interested in changing state (legally obviously) not as a route to intoxication, leading to loss of Awareness of the Present Moment, but as way of opening doors to new visions, capabilities and knowledge.
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Coil - Colour Sound Oblivion (16 DVD Boxset Free Download)
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DVD 15 & 16
DVD1
Air Gallery, London, 1983-08-24 (CSO 1)
Performer – Jhonn Balance, John Gosling
Performer [Spoken Words] – Marc
Recorded by – Cerith Wyn Evans
DVD2
Sonar, Barcelona, 2000-06-17 (CSO 2)
Performer – Jhonn Balance, Ossian Brown, Peter Christopherson, Thighpaulsandra, Bill Breeze
Recorded by – Fabijan Rainer, Jon Whitney
DVD3
Convergence, New York, 2001-08-18 (CSO 3)
Performer – Danny McKernan, Jhonn Balance, Martin Schellard, Matthew Gibson, Ossian Brown, Peter Christopherson, Thighpaulsandra, Tom Edwards
Recorded by – Don Poe
DVD4
DK Gorbunova, Moscow, 2001-09-15 (CSO 4)
Cameraman – Игорь Якимов, Сергей Дышук
Coordinator – Митя Самойлов
Directed By, Film Editor – Дмитрий Великанов
Executive Producer – Игорь Тонких
Mixed By [Audiomix] – Russell Polden
Performer – John Balance, Peter Christopherson, Thighpaulsandra, Tom Edwards
Teatro Delle Celebrazioni, Bologna, 2002-04-06 (CSO 5)
Performer – Cliff Stapleton, John Balance, Mike York, Ossian Brown, Peter Christopherson
Recorded by – Angelo Visone
DVD6
New Forms, Den Haag, 2002-06-07 (CSO 6)
Performer – Cliff Stapleton, John Balance, Ossian Brown, Peter Christopherson, Thighpaulsandra
Performer [Black Sun Productions] – Massimo, Pierce
DVD7
Flex, Vienna (+ Prague), 2002-10-29 (CSO 7)
Performer – John Balance, Ossian Brown, Peter Christopherson, Thighpaulsandra
Performer [Black Sun Productions] – Massimo, Pierce
DVD8
Vagonka, Konigsberg, 2002-09-29 (CSO 8)
Performer – John Balance, Ossian Brown, Peter Christopherson, Thighpaulsandra
DVD9
Ydrogeios, Thessaloniki, 2002-10-05 (CSO 9)
Performer – John Balance, Ossian Brown, Peter Christopherson, Thighpaulsandra
Performer [Black Sun Productions] – Massimo, Pierce
Mutek, Montreal, 2003-05-29 (CSO 10)
Performer – Peter Christopherson, Thighpaulsandra
Recorded by – Don Poe, Jon Whitney
DVD11
La Loco, Paris, 2004-05-23 (CSO 11)
Mastered by – Yann Dub
Performer – Cliff Stapleton, John Balance, Mike York, Peter Christopherson, Thighpaulsandra, Tom Edwards
DVD12
Melkweg, Amsterdam, 2004-06-03 (CSO 12)
Performer – Jhonn Balance, Peter Christopherson, Thighpaulsandra, Tom Edwards
Recorded by – Claus Laufenberg, Jeffrey Cornille
DVD13
(Selvagina), Jesi, 2004-06-11 (CSO 13)
Filmed by – Colonel XS
Performer – Cliff Stapleton, John Balance, Peter Christopherson, Thighpaulsandra
DVD14
City Hall, Dublin, 2004-10-23 (CSO 14)
Countertenor Vocals – Francois Testory
Hurdy Gurdy – Cliff Stapleton
Performer – Jhonn Balance, Peter Christopherson, Thighpaulsandra
Recorded by – Royce Harper
DVD15
The Coil Reconstruction Kit Disc One (CSO 15)
DVD16
The Coil Reconstruction Kit Disc Two (CSO 16)
CDS ARE BORING! ;-)
In the early 90s Geff commissioned a wooden fireplace from a handsome gay carpenter friend of of ours called Spud, and he chose to inlay the words Colour Sound Oblivion into it.- Sleazy
Within a few months of its completion, Geff and I were standing in the Chelsea funeral directors, looking down at Spud's dried out corpse, unrecognisable compared with the charismatic ruffian we had so recently known and loved. Once Spud knew he was sick, and the treatments were making no difference, he had deliberately OD'd, but he was already nothing but walking bones.
The Colour Sound Oblivion Coil Live Video box is named by and dedicated to him. I wish I'd thought about it before...
Vols 1-14 Download
Vols 15 & 16 Download
NB: There are many more Coil albums, live gigs and videos to be downloaded for free at the Archive
Keith Richards' Desert Island Discs
Keith Richards, member of the Rolling Stones, is interviewed by Kirsty Young for Desert Island Discs.
Keith was born in Dartford and grew up as an only child. He and Mick Jagger went to the same primary school, but then lost touch until meeting again at Dartford train station in 1961 and discovering they shared a taste in blues music. Keith picked up his love of the guitar from his grandfather and honed his skills whilst at art college.
If one single, living person could be said to personify rock n' roll then it is surely him. He's been making music and causing havoc for over half a century and counting. His song writing, singing and guitar playing have helped to make The Rolling Stones a stratospherically successful group and his early and single minded dedication to the triumvirate pursuits of sex and drugs and rock and roll made him a counter-culture icon.
No surprise then that as a boy he would go to sleep at night with his arm around his first guitar.
Producer: Sarah Taylor
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...and for those who don't know who Matt Sweeney is
Monday, 26 October 2015
Sleaford Mods - Silly Me
Silly Me is about the long tunnel, the one that has no light. Another week spent walking up and down the street. The quiet tension of your living room with its shit sofa. The unconfirmed nature of 'doing' instead of 'trying'.
It’s that realisation that all you have to work with is your own failure, it's the only starting point you have and to ignore it, to dismiss the reasons why unhappiness is still haunting you is a mistake. It's your ticket out of misery if you keep trying to confront it because eventually persistence rules. Not all the time though.
This isn't one of those fucking smug acid jazz positivity yawns. Large numbers of people have fuck all and that won't change. That's horrible. ‘Silly Me’ is just one experience over Andrew’s solid, hard funk loop
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