Sunday, 15 February 2009
Victorian bushfires update
My fellow blogger Bob from 'That Striped Sunlight Sound' (a wonderful Australian music blog) has posted an update about the bushfires as well as news about the floods that have devasted northern Queensland.There is a bonus to all this in that you can also grab hold of an interview with Robert Forster (The Go-Betweens) broadcast on the 'ABC' yesterday where he talks of his experience with natural disasters as well as performing his song 'If It Rains'.
Go here.
NB: On the right sidebar is a Red Cross symbol, that if clicked will take you to the homepage of the 'Australian Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal' (or click here).
Go here.
NB: On the right sidebar is a Red Cross symbol, that if clicked will take you to the homepage of the 'Australian Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal' (or click here).
If you can spare a couple of dollars to donate it is certainly going to a very worthy cause.
نصرت فتح على خاں
“To be a qawwal is more than being a performer, more than being an artist,” he notes with a stern, but wise smile. “One must be willing to release one’s mind and soul from one’s body to achieve ecstasy through music. Qawwali is enlightenment itself.”'The Spirit of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan'
by Andy Carvin
Here.
I was lucky enough to see Nusrat perform at Womadelaide in 1992.
When he sang it was as though angels were coming out of his mouth!
I was lucky enough to see Nusrat perform at Womadelaide in 1992.
When he sang it was as though angels were coming out of his mouth!
BONUS:'Allah Hoo Allah Hoo'
Studio version and live version from Nusrat's last concert on May 4 1987.
Saturday, 14 February 2009
Anarchists in love
Co-organiser Pinki.
I did not believe that a Cause which stood for a beautiful ideal, for anarchism, for release and freedom from conventions and prejudice, should demand the denial of life and joy 
The moon over Melbourne
(Photo by TimN)There was a real smokey haze yesterday here in Melbourne and with it not only the smell of the bushfires but also a weird orange diffused light.
Just taking the dog for a walk I noticed that the moon also has this orange glow to it.
The photo above was taken about 5 minutes ago.
Friday, 13 February 2009
Throbbing Gristle USA tour in April
THROBBING GRISTLE 2009 USA TOUR
THURSDAY 16th APRIL
NEW YORK
Masonic Hall
Fort Greene Brooklyn
317 Clermont Ave at Lafayette Ave.
TG’s first ever New York and East Coast performances and their first in the USA since May 1981.
Brooklyn NY Event is now SOLD OUT!
TG thank you for supporting this event
Because of the demand for tickets and the unlikelyhood of there being another TG USA tour we
are looking into the possibility of playing a second New York area show on Sunday 26th April.
SUNDAY 19th APRIL
COACHELLA FESTIVAL
PALM SPRINGS
Empire Polo Field
81-800 Avenue 51
Indio, CA 92201
Admission:
$99 one day pass
$269 three day pass
www.coachella.com
Coachella Festival is a large scale music festival with live music all day.
TG will perform a 60 minute set from across TG’s history
in a 6000 capcity tented stage sometime in the early evening (on stage 7pm'ish/tbc)
TUESDAY 21st APRIL
LOS ANGELES
U.C.L.A
Le Conte Ave & Westwood Blvd
Westwood, CA 90024
TG will perform a live soundtrack to Derek Jarman’s 60min alchemical film
'In The Shadow of The Sun' ( filmwork 1974, TG soundtrack 1980 & 2006)
This event is TBC.
THURSDAY 23rd APRIL
SAN FRANCISCO
Grand Regency Ballroom
1290 Sutter St
San Francisco, CA 94109
TG will play one 75 minute set of material from throughout their history.
Admission: $30
Doors: TBC
Promoters: Goldenvoice
www.regencycentersf.com
Support : Erika M Anderson
SATURDAY 25th APRIL
CHICAGO
Epiphany Episcopal
201 S. Ashland Ave.
Chicago, IL 60607-5301
TG’s first ever Chicago and Mid West American performances on their first tour in the USA since May 1981.
SPECIAL TG EVENT
TG will play TWO sets,
A new live soundtrack to Derek Jarman’s 60min alchemical film
'In The Shadow of The Sun' ( filmwork 1974, TG soundtrack 1980 & 2006)
PLUS a second set of material from across TG’s history.
Admission: $50, or $20 later set only
Doors: TBC
Epiphany-chicago.org
Promoters: Empty Bottle www.emptybottle.com
Support : Emeralds www.emeraldsohio.com
THURSDAY 16th APRIL
NEW YORK
Masonic Hall
Fort Greene Brooklyn
317 Clermont Ave at Lafayette Ave.
TG’s first ever New York and East Coast performances and their first in the USA since May 1981.
Brooklyn NY Event is now SOLD OUT!
TG thank you for supporting this event
Because of the demand for tickets and the unlikelyhood of there being another TG USA tour we
are looking into the possibility of playing a second New York area show on Sunday 26th April.
SUNDAY 19th APRIL
COACHELLA FESTIVAL
PALM SPRINGS
Empire Polo Field
81-800 Avenue 51
Indio, CA 92201
Admission:
$99 one day pass
$269 three day pass
www.coachella.com
Coachella Festival is a large scale music festival with live music all day.
TG will perform a 60 minute set from across TG’s history
in a 6000 capcity tented stage sometime in the early evening (on stage 7pm'ish/tbc)
TUESDAY 21st APRIL
LOS ANGELES
U.C.L.A
Le Conte Ave & Westwood Blvd
Westwood, CA 90024
TG will perform a live soundtrack to Derek Jarman’s 60min alchemical film
'In The Shadow of The Sun' ( filmwork 1974, TG soundtrack 1980 & 2006)
This event is TBC.
THURSDAY 23rd APRIL
SAN FRANCISCO
Grand Regency Ballroom
1290 Sutter St
San Francisco, CA 94109
TG will play one 75 minute set of material from throughout their history.
Admission: $30
Doors: TBC
Promoters: Goldenvoice
www.regencycentersf.com
Support : Erika M Anderson
SATURDAY 25th APRIL
CHICAGO
Epiphany Episcopal
201 S. Ashland Ave.
Chicago, IL 60607-5301
TG’s first ever Chicago and Mid West American performances on their first tour in the USA since May 1981.
SPECIAL TG EVENT
TG will play TWO sets,
A new live soundtrack to Derek Jarman’s 60min alchemical film
'In The Shadow of The Sun' ( filmwork 1974, TG soundtrack 1980 & 2006)
PLUS a second set of material from across TG’s history.
Admission: $50, or $20 later set only
Doors: TBC
Epiphany-chicago.org
Promoters: Empty Bottle www.emptybottle.com
Support : Emeralds www.emeraldsohio.com
There willl also be included in the event a TG signing:
to which you are welcome to bring along ONE ITEM from your collection for them to sign.
There will also be for sale special 'TG USA 2009' merchandising
(all new TG CD album, TG T-shirt specific to this event, TG Tour Enamel Badge, TG Tour Embroidered Patch)
to which you are welcome to bring along ONE ITEM from your collection for them to sign.
There will also be for sale special 'TG USA 2009' merchandising
(all new TG CD album, TG T-shirt specific to this event, TG Tour Enamel Badge, TG Tour Embroidered Patch)
Miss Atom 2009
Yes its that time of the year to choose the most glamorous female working in the Russian nuclear industry.Алёна Кирсанова has my vote (just for being near that water!).
All the participants here.
(Via 'Arms Control Wonk')
(There could well be a market for Russian brides that glow in the dark!)
For the winner of Miss Chernobyl 2004 go here.
UPDATE:
We have a winner!
Go here.
Hallucinate without the use of drugs
Turn on the full screen option and stare at the screen and when instructed look around wherever you are.
Try and look at your hand for example.
Try and look at your hand for example.
Brion Gysin's Dreamachine
Genesis P'Orridge, Marianne Faithfull & Brion Gysin from the documentary 'Flicker'.
Dreamachines at the October Gallery London for the Bryon Gysin exhibition 12 October 2008.
Thursday, 12 February 2009
Brain-steak bikini
Serge Clerc comic strip 'Tales From The Cramps' (in French) from the pages of 'Metal Hurlantl' here.
Jack Kerouac's 'On The Road' scroll exhibition in Dublin
You can see the original manuscript scroll at University College, Dublin, Ireland until March 31.More details here.
Wednesday, 11 February 2009
Leonard Cohen donates $200,000 (AUS) to Australian bushfire fund
(Photo by TimN)Leonard Cohen,
you are one of the most amazing, inspiring and generous people to have ever walked this earth.
Full story from the 'BBC' here.
לא נראה כמוך שוב
אני להצדיע לך
(If anyone is interested Tim (whose photos of Leonard Cohen amongst others have graced this blog) has started a 'sheer joy of having seen Leonard Cohen on this world tour' group on Facebook. You can join it here.)
'Sam' becomes an international star
This astonishing photo was on the cover of yesterday's 'Herald Sun' here in Melbourne.
Koalas do not usually behave like that as they are so timid.
Koalas do not usually behave like that as they are so timid.
"SAM became the most famous koala in the world when firefighter David Tree stopped to give her a drink amid the devastation."
Pictures of Sam, travelled around the globe and featured in major newspapers including The New York Times, London's The Sun and on CNN.The image provided a much-needed picture of hope in a week filled with news of despair. Yesterday Sam was recovering in Mountain Ash Wildlife Shelter.
Full story here.
UPDATE: this video has now surfaced.
Pictures of Sam, travelled around the globe and featured in major newspapers including The New York Times, London's The Sun and on CNN.The image provided a much-needed picture of hope in a week filled with news of despair. Yesterday Sam was recovering in Mountain Ash Wildlife Shelter.
Full story here.
UPDATE: this video has now surfaced.
David Tree, the firefighter said he was in the middle of backburning at Mirboo North when he saw the stricken koala. “I could see she had sore feet and was in trouble, so I pulled over the fire truck. She just plonked herself down, as if to say ‘I’m beat’,” he said.
“I offered her a drink and she drank three bottles.
“The most amazing part was when she grabbed my hand. I will never forget that.”
Mr Tree and his brigade then received an emergency call-out to save a house, but minutes later Sam was picked up by wildlife carers.
“I offered her a drink and she drank three bottles.
“The most amazing part was when she grabbed my hand. I will never forget that.”
Mr Tree and his brigade then received an emergency call-out to save a house, but minutes later Sam was picked up by wildlife carers.
Tuesday, 10 February 2009
Can rhythm help heal?
Story from the 'BBC' here.
(Nice to see Topper Headon behind a drum kit again but this is what Mickey Hart has been saying for years!)
(Nice to see Topper Headon behind a drum kit again but this is what Mickey Hart has been saying for years!)
Monday, 9 February 2009
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