Friday, 8 May 2009

The Stone Roses' debut to get deluxe treatment


The Stone Roses' 1989 self-titled album, a record that's often heralded as one of the greatest debut albums of all time, is set for a major resurrection this summer. On August 11, Silvertone/Legacy will deliver a deluxe 20th anniversary reissue of The Stone Roses in three different packages.

First, there's a single CD "Special Edition" containing the original album, remastered by Stone Roses frontman Ian Brown and producer John Leckie. It contains the original album as well as with the full-length version of "Fools Gold". Then there's a 2xCD plus DVD "Legacy Edition" containing the original album plus a bonus disc of demos plus the Live in Blackpool concert film, shot in 1989.

Finally, there's the mammoth "Collectors Edition", containing everything in the "Legacy Edition" as well as three LPs containing the original album and 13 non-album tracks. Oh, and a 2 GB USB drive shaped like a lemon (you know, like the album cover) containing "all the audio, promo videos, ringtones, wallpapers, plus previously unseen John Leckie home video footage of the recording of "Fool's Gold'," according to a press release. Not to mention a book featuring photos and musings from the band and their cohort as well as people like Noel Gallagher and Mark Ronson. AND six art prints painted by guitarist John Squire for the covers of the album's singles.

Whew. That's a lot of Stone Roses.

Tracklists for each disc listed below:
The Stone Roses:

01 I Wanna Be Adored
02 She Bangs the Drums
03 Waterfall
04 Don't Stop
05 Bye Bye Bad Man
06 Elizabeth My Dear
07 (Song for My) Sugar Spun Sister
08 Made of Stone
09 Shoot You Down
10 This Is the One
11 I Am the Resurrection
12 Fools Gold

The Lost Demos:

01 I Wanna Be Adored
02 She Bangs the Drums
03 Waterfall
04 Bye Bye Badman
05 Sugar Spun Sister
06 Shoot You Down (1 version)
07 This Is the One
08 I Am Resurrection
09 Elephant Stone
10 Going Down
11 Mersey Paradise
12 Where Angels Play
13 Something's Burning
14 One Love
15 Pearl Bastard

The B-Sides & Non Album Singles:

01 Elephant Stone
02 Full Fathom Five
03 The Hardest Thing
04 Going Down
05 Guernica
06 Mersey Paradise
07 Standing Here
08 Simone
09 Fools Gold
10 What the World Is Waiting For
11 One Love (Full Length)
12 Something's Burning (Full Length)
13 Where Angels Play

From 'Pitchfork' here.

The Stone Roses - Fools Gold


The best Can song NOT written by Can!

Cosey Fanni Tutti


The press release bill and the original poster (above) for the Coum Transmission's show 'Prostitution' at the ICA in 1976.
Cosey's thoughts on the show here and an interview here.
Cosey's 'action' at the Hayward Gallery 1979 (below) in which I was in the audience.



Thursday, 7 May 2009

Mark Lanegan - Hit The City

Mark Lanegan Band poster by Rhys Cooper (Melbourne 2004)

A great poster for what was a great gig back in '04!
Mark Lanegan & Greg Dulli play The Athenaeum on July 24.

John Cale's tribute to Nico in Italy

A LIFE ALONG THE BORDERLINE: A TRIBUTE TO NICO Domenica 10 maggio | Teatro Comunale
featuring: JOHN CALE and BAND, PETER MURPHY, LISA GERRARD, MERCURY REV, MARK LANEGAN, MARK LINKOUS, SOAP & SKIN
Details here.
Hope someone tapes this.
London performance from last year here.

Girlz With Gunz # 37

Throbbing Gristle @ 'boingboing'

Chris Carter's setup.
I recently found this self-portrait of me and my gear at the Industrial Records studios (Martello St.) in 1980.
The gear is...
(Left side - top down): Boss PH-1 phaser pedal, Simmons ClapTrap, Roland SRE-555 Chorus Echo, Roland SH-7 Synth, Boss DR-55 Dr.Rhythm, Roland CSQ 100 sequencer, Roland CR-78 CompuRhythm.
(Centre - top down): Self-built digital delay, Accesit Noise Gate & Compressor, Roland System 100M (M-191J): incl. Gristleizer, BBD Module, VCO, VCF, ADSR etc., Roland System 100M (M-191J) rack containing self-built modules: incl. VCO, VCF, ADSR etc.. Boss KM-4 mixer, Self-built effects unit (Gristelizer), Boss CE-2 Chorus, Boss BF-2 Flanger, Roland 100M M-181 Keyboard.
(Right side - top down): Auratone 5C speakers, JVC amplifier, TEAC cassette deck, Seck 6-2 audio mixer, Casio M10 keyboard.
From Chris Carter's Flickr page here.

Go here.
Video interview available to download.

"Dangerhorse"

Listen here.

Hard Ticket To Hawaii


Found over at 'Punks Git Cut' here.
So bad!!!

US hate list DJ to sue UK

Full story from the 'BBC' here.
More on Michael Savage/Weiner at 'Salon' here.

James Blackshaw - River of Heaven

Wednesday, 6 May 2009

Once upon a time...

Thank you Vale

L-R Sleazy, Cosey, Chris, Vale & Marian.
From Cris Carter's Flickr site here.



Also check out this.

Please welcome AlaskaRon to the blogosphere

Ice volcano

Recently I have been accused of showing an anti-American bias here @ 'Exile'.
(That would be you Greg!)
So to remedy this situation there are is now a living breathing American who will contribute to this blog whenever time permits.
AlaskaRon is a father, a biologist and an icecarver so I think we could be in for some interesting posts and I for one am looking forward to them!

Hipster grifter foldable

From 'Free Williamsburg' here.

The Streets - He's Behind You, He's Got Swine Flu

Smoking # 4

Girlz With Gunz # 36 (Kari Farrell AKA The Hipster Grifter)





'Hipster grifter' surrenders!
Story from 'Gawker' here.
Background here.
This is priceless!

The Philadelphia mugshot.

Sacred Dub Podcasts

Bill Laswell
Photo by Peter Gannushkin


Welcome to the Sacred Dub Podcast, a series of audio transmissions (now up to number 51) dedicated to contemporary dub, ambient and lo-fi chill music. The show regularly features artists like Bill Laswell, Pete Namlook, Mick Harris, Tetsu Inoue and many, many more. Each transmission is about an hour long and a detailed tracklisting for every show is provided.


Sacred Dub Podcasts

This post published simultaneously at 'Pathway To Unknown Worlds' here.

UN rebukes Israel over Gaza raids

The inquiry says Israel's use of white phosphorous was reckless in Gaza

Story from the 'BBC' here.

"...The Israeli Defence Minister, Ehud Barak, rejected the report, saying it was biased.
"We have the most moral army in the world," he said.
"IDF [Israeli Defense Force] commanders and soldiers made every effort to avoid hurting uninvolved civilians."

Not that I have listened to it you understand...

...but jeez is it good!!!

Tuesday, 5 May 2009

Oh no!!!! Years behind....

Monday, 4 May 2009

Down to the wire...

Benayoun (left) and Kuyt made the game safe for Liverpool in the first half.
Liverpool 3 VS 0 Newcastle United
Full story at the 'BBC' here.

Actual Music Quartet RSM - Grooba

Can - Get The Can (1968)


Allegedly this is the first recording of Can with singer Malcolm Mooney, made the first time they played together in 1968.
Does anyone have ANY info on this?
(Is it on 'Prehistoric Future'?)
(My thanx to RV for the pointer.)

(I still have my copy of the original cassette -only 2000 made! Picked up on a trip to Paris back in 1984!)

Sunday, 3 May 2009

Girlz With Gunz # 35 - The Inner Space (1968)

Holger Czukay - bass guitar, sound engineer, electronics
Michael Karoli - guitar, vocals, violin
Jaki Liebezeit - drums, percussion
Irmin Schmidt - keyboards, vocals
Rosemarie Heinikel (aka Rosy-Rosy, Kamera Song only)

Go to 'mplak_aout' here.
More info at 'Forced Exposure' here.


A clip from Kobi Jaeger's 1969 film 'Kamasutra - Vollendung der liebe' starring Bruno Dietrich and Barbara Schone.
Just before the clip ends Malcolm Mooney takes over and you get a few tantalizing seconds of "A Man Named Joe" from Can's Delay 1968 (aka Prepared To Meet Thy Pnoom).

A day of rest

Nice people these burn again Christians*

*TOPY 'T' shirt slogan c. early 1980's.

Saturday, 2 May 2009

Compassion?

The more often Americans go to church, the more likely they are to support the torture of suspected terrorists, according to a new survey.
Story at 'CNN' here.

Do endless representations of the crucifixion desenitise the faithfull to cruelty to others?

Gregory Corso on Jack Kerouac

Gregory Corso - an excerpt from 'The Riverside Interview'

Gregory Corso
here.
Gavin Selerie, "The Interview," in The Riverside Interviews: 3 Gregory Corso. Gavin Selerie, ed., Ladbroke Grove: Binnacle Press, 1982.

Tom McGrath 1940 - 2009 RIP

(Born 23 October, 1940 in Rutherglen, Glasgow, died 29 April 2009)
More from 'The Guardian' here and 'The Herald' here.

Another great Glaswegian bites the dust.
Playwright and piano player McGrath was the original editor of 'International Times'. A close friend of Alex Trocchi and author of the play 'The Hardman' about the infamous Jimmy Boyle.
There is a superb book of interviews with him from 'The Riverside Interview' series probably published in the early 80's, if you see it grab it!


I am personally indebted for his founding of the Third Eye Centre in Glasgow, a shrine to the avant garde, which is still in operation as the Centre for Contemporary Arts and where 35 years ago I first came across so many things that are still a part of my life.

Indeed...

It was once said that a black man would be President of the U.S.A. "when pigs fly."

Indeed, 100 days into Obama's presidency...

A Swine flu!

(Thanx to 'Smegger' JohnC')

Message for Simon (anon)

This is you yes?

Friday, 1 May 2009

Smoking # 3

Photo by 'This Is A Wake Up Call' here.

Oren Ambarchi & Nels Cline @ NGV 30 April 2009










(Photos by TimN)

Swine flu under the microscope

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(Via 'Mogodonia' with thanx.)