Tuesday, 4 September 2012
Tactics for Counter Tourism: Pirates
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Retail sales 'hurt by Olympics' in August
Excluding Easter, it was the weakest month since November.
"The feel good factor from the Olympics failed to inspire spending," the BRC said.
In particular, online shopping grew 4.8% in August, the lowest increase since the BRC started collecting the data in October 2008.
"There's no evidence here of any Olympic boost to retail sales overall," said BRC director general Stephen Robertson.
"Hot weather and the Olympics did help sales of party food and drink but that was more than offset by a really weak performance for non-food goods."
Shops in central London saw a sharp drop in visitors during the Olympic Games.
The BRC acknowledged this, but said that the net effect of the Games was minimal as "lower footfall in London was offset by a better performance in the rest of the country".
In terms of fashion, the autumn-winter ranges in womenswear did not attract many fans, the BRC said.
But women's footwear did attract more fans than men's shoes.
@'BBC'
The Last Testament: The Making of London Calling (2004)
The documentary tells the story of the making of The Clash's 'London Calling' album and included in a special 25th Anniversary edition re-release of the original album. Directed by Don Letts and including interviews with Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, Topper Headon and othey key figures, this also includes previously unreleased home footage of The Clash recording London Calling in Wessex Studios.
Bonus:
Rebel Truce - The History of The Clash (2007)
This revealing programme goes back to the pre-Clash band's days, The 101ers, featuring Joe Strummer, London SS and a mix of the mid 1970s UK punk scene. Through candid interviews with Clash front-man Mick Jones, drummer Topper Headon, Paul Simonon as well as historic interviews with Joe Strummer, this is the first time that the band have really aired their true story.Bonus:
Rebel Truce - The History of The Clash (2007)
Blessed with two exceptional songwriters in Joe Strummer and Mick Jones, The Clash successfully fused punk, rock and reggae in music which was characterised by rousing calls to arms to the downtrodden underdog. The Clash's outlaw image was bolstered by frequent brushes with the law, but the band also began to branch out into social activism. After achieving enormous success with hits including London Calling, White Riot and I Fought The Law, the band eventually began to fall apart in the mid-80s, finally imploding in 1986.
Told to the back-drop of Clash music, performance footage as well as archive interviews with those close to the band add to the inside-story: Sex Pistol Glen Matlock, Generation X Tony James, Buzzcocks Steve Diggle and Vince White, Mick Jones' replacement in The Clash.
This documentary sees the band tell their own story. It may be over 20 years since their demise, but the The Clash's legacy lives on, ensuring that they remain one of the most influential and exhilarating bands of all time.
Directed by Alan G Parker
What's On: B'dum B'dum (Buzzcocks & Magazine 1978)
B'dum B'dum
Granada TV's "What's On" Special about the Buzzcocks and Magazine
Broadcast on July 21st, 1978
Featuring interviews with Pete Shelley and Howard Devoto.Granada TV's "What's On" Special about the Buzzcocks and Magazine
Broadcast on July 21st, 1978
Hosted and Produced by Tony Wilson
Don Letts: The Punk Rock Movie
Roxy club disc jockey Don Letts was given a Super 8
camera as a present by fashion editor Caroline Baker. When Letts started
to film the acts at The Roxy, it was soon reported that he was making a
movie, so Letts determined to film continuously for three months. He
needed to sell his possessions in order to continue to purchase film.
The film features live footage of The Clash, the Sex Pistols, Wayne County & the Electric Chairs, Generation X, Slaughter and the Dogs, The Slits, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Eater, Subway Sect, X-Ray Spex, Alternative TV and Johnny Thunders and The Heartbreakers. Backstage footage of certain bands, such as Generation X, The Slits and Siouxsie and the Banshees, is also included.
All live footage was shot at the Roxy, except that of the Sex Pistols, who were filmed at The Screen On The Green cinema in London on 3 April 1977. The performance was Sid Vicious' first public concert with the band.
Directed by Don LettsThe film features live footage of The Clash, the Sex Pistols, Wayne County & the Electric Chairs, Generation X, Slaughter and the Dogs, The Slits, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Eater, Subway Sect, X-Ray Spex, Alternative TV and Johnny Thunders and The Heartbreakers. Backstage footage of certain bands, such as Generation X, The Slits and Siouxsie and the Banshees, is also included.
All live footage was shot at the Roxy, except that of the Sex Pistols, who were filmed at The Screen On The Green cinema in London on 3 April 1977. The performance was Sid Vicious' first public concert with the band.
Produced by Peter Clifton
Bonus:
Sex Pistols: Number 1
Sex Pistols Number 1 is a compilation of TV clips from
1976 and 1977 intended to present the group and the punk rock scene
visually, apart from the music. The short film was shown at Sex Pistols
concerts from April 3, 1977 (at Screen on the Green, London) through
January 14, 1978 (the last show in San Francisco).
Directed by Julien Temple and John Tiberi
CBGB's: The Roots of Punk
A documentary on CBGB's commissioned by its owner and creator, Hilly Kristal.
Bonus:
CBGB's: Blitzkrieg Bop
A documentary film examining the early glory days of the punk rock explosion with live performances recorded in New York in 1977. Here punk rock musicians candidly share their musical outlook and philosophies along with commentary by their managers, music critics and promoters.
Goodbye CBGB
Free New York episode #427 "Goodbye, CBGB"
This episode takes a look at the last night CBGB was open, on October 15, 2006. Several fans of the club tell us their opinions of and experiences at CBGB, including musician Matt Pless, artist Andrew Galindo, a member of the Hungry March Band, and legendary Lower East Side musician David Peel, who closes our program with the song "Goodbye, CBGB" while several photos of the club's interior remind us of what we're losing.
Directed by Chris F.
Monday, 3 September 2012
The Carpenters - Live in Australia (1972)
00:02 - Help
02:37 - Love Is Surrender
04:30 - *Richard explains harmonies
07:30 - Ticket To Ride
11:40 - For All We Know
14:06 - Close To You
17:37 - Cinderella Rockefella
19:35 - Superstar
23:16 - *Band Introduction
26:47 - Medley
--------- Any Day Now
--------- Baby It's You
--------- Make It Easy On Yourself
--------- There's Always Something There To Remind Me
--------- Walk On By
--------- Do You Know The Way To San Jose?
39:04 - Hurting Each Other
42:28 - We've Only Just Begun
02:37 - Love Is Surrender
04:30 - *Richard explains harmonies
07:30 - Ticket To Ride
11:40 - For All We Know
14:06 - Close To You
17:37 - Cinderella Rockefella
19:35 - Superstar
23:16 - *Band Introduction
26:47 - Medley
--------- Any Day Now
--------- Baby It's You
--------- Make It Easy On Yourself
--------- There's Always Something There To Remind Me
--------- Walk On By
--------- Do You Know The Way To San Jose?
39:04 - Hurting Each Other
42:28 - We've Only Just Begun
Yang Yongliang
Chinese new media artist Yang Yongliang was classically trained in
Chinese painting and calligraphy from a very young age but uses digital
tools to capture that time-tested aesthetic. Traditional Chinese culture
permeates his cutting-edge creative process, using new techniques and
software to interpret older forms, like Chinese landscape paintings.
Spaceboy and I often visit his piece in the Kid's Gallery at the NGV in Fed Square...
Spaceboy and I often visit his piece in the Kid's Gallery at the NGV in Fed Square...
Sunday, 2 September 2012
SOMEDAY ALL THE ADULTS WILL DIE
The exhibition coincides with the publication of Punk: An Aesthetic by Johan Kugelberg and Jon Savage, published by Rizzoli.
'SOMEDAY ALL THE ADULTS WILL DIE'
Punk Graphics 1971 - 1984
Uncommon Deities - The God of Single Cell Organisms
David Sylvian's Samadhisound will be releasing Uncommon Deities on the
24th September 2012. Last year's Punkt Festival played host to Uncommon
Deities, an unusual confluence of talents and media. Walking into the
gallery’s large space, visitors were greeted by a series of paintings by
Atsushi Fukui that culminated in the striking, hermaphroditic figure in
“The Botanist.” An audio installation by David Sylvian filled the
space, and the opening night celebration brought poets and musicians
into the mix: the acclaimed Norwegian poets Paal-Helge Haugen and Nils
Christian Moe Repstad read alongside Evan Parker and Arve Henriksen, and
their works were read in English by Sylvian, whose recorded voice was
accompanied by John Tilbury, Philip Jeck, and Sidsel Endresen.
The CD release of Uncommon Deities isn’t a document of the installation, but a reinvention: the poems and Sylvian’s readings are placed in new settings by Jan Bang and Erik Honoré.
The cofounders of the Punkt festival and close collaborators on the original installation, Bang and Honoré draw on new performances by the deeply sympathetic trumpeter Arve Henriksen and the startling, elemental singer Sidsel Endresen. These improvisations join live material captured at last year’s Punkt events, in a production that’s spacious and atmospheric, somber and escapist, light-hearted and steeped in history - a recording as rich as the ancestry of the work that inspired it.
Info
(Thanx JA!)
The CD release of Uncommon Deities isn’t a document of the installation, but a reinvention: the poems and Sylvian’s readings are placed in new settings by Jan Bang and Erik Honoré.
The cofounders of the Punkt festival and close collaborators on the original installation, Bang and Honoré draw on new performances by the deeply sympathetic trumpeter Arve Henriksen and the startling, elemental singer Sidsel Endresen. These improvisations join live material captured at last year’s Punkt events, in a production that’s spacious and atmospheric, somber and escapist, light-hearted and steeped in history - a recording as rich as the ancestry of the work that inspired it.
Info
(Thanx JA!)
Saturday, 1 September 2012
Friday, 31 August 2012
Bvdub. Moscow. Tonight (31/08)
Время: 23.00, 31/08
Вход: 500 — предпродажа через Timepad (http://clumba-lab.timepad.ru/event/31502) / 700 — в день мероприятия
Our Future
And billions now are pleading to enjoy a better life
Their hope lies with resources buried deep within the earth
And the enterprise and capital which give each project worth
Is our future threatened with massive debts run up by political hacks
Who dig themselves out by unleashing rampant tax
The end result is sending Australian investment, growth and jobs offshore
This type of direction is harmful to our core
Some envious unthinking people have been conned
To think prosperity is created by waving a magic wand
Through such unfortunate ignorance, too much abuse is hurled
Against miners, workers and related industries who strive to build the world
Develop North Australia, embrace multiculturalism and welcome short term foreign workers to our shores
To benefit from the export of our minerals and ores
The world’s poor need our resources: do not leave them to their fate
Our nation needs special economic zones and wiser government, before it is too late.
By Gina Rinehart (age 58)
Via
If you won’t consider my well-being, at least allow me to remember you as the neat, trim, capable and attractive young lady of the Wake Up Australia tour, rather than the slothful, vindictive and devious baby elephant that you have become.Nice to see the American papers and blogs pick up on GR. Man you are lucky you don't have to live with her tho. Let's see:
'Embrace multiculturalism and welcome short term foreign workers to our shores' to work in your mines for less than the minimum wage and that would really help 'the bludgers' find work wouldn't it? Oh well guess grog and a smoko it is again then...and fair play to Fairfax standing up to you too!
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