Legalize Heroin. Ban Hippies

Raymond Pettibon
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♪♫ PIL - Reggie Song (Later with Jools Holland)

Truth

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Glasgow

Ross Kemp has reported from Afghanistan and confronted bloodthirsty gangs in all the far-flung corners of the world.
Yet the toughest place he's ever been is a lot closer to home - Glasgow.
There'll be a reason why I left back in the seventies!

Speed Camera Shy - Blindspot by the Lighthouse (Hashashan remix)

Raymond Antrobus dropping some poetry
(Thanx Fritz!)

'100' (from 0 to 100 years 150 seconds)

In October 2011 I started documenting people in the city of Amsterdam, approaching them in the street and asking them to say their age in front of the camera. My aim was to 'collect' a group of 100 people, from age 0 to 100. At first my collection grew fast but slowed down when it got down to the very young and very old. The young because of sensivity around filming or photographing children and the very old because they don't get out of the house much. I found my very old 'models' in care homes and it was a privilege to document these -often vulnerable- people for this project.
I had particular problems finding a 99 year-old. (Apparently 100 year-olds enjoy notoriety, but a 99 year-old is a rare species...) And when I finally did find one, she refused to state her age. She simply denied being 99 years old! But finally, some 4 months after I recorded my first 'age', I was able to capture the 'missing link' and conclude this project. Enjoy.
(By the way: together these people have lived 5050 years...)
Shot on a Panasonic GH2
Lenses used: mainly a Cosmicar TV lens 25mm 1.4, Panasonic 20mm 1.7
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Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade (1984 / Full Album)

1. "Something I Learned Today" 00:00
2. "Broken Home, Broken Heart" 02:01
3. "Never Talking to You Again" 04:06
4. "Chartered Trips" 05:48
5. "Dreams Reoccurring" 09:27
6. "Indecision Time" 11:09
7. "Hare Krsna" 13:22
8. "Beyond the Threshold" 16:57
9. "Pride" 18:34
10. "I'll Never Forget You" 20:22
11. "The Biggest Lie" 22:42
12. "What's Going On" 24:45
13. "Masochism World" 29:10
14. "Standing by the Sea" 31:56
15. "Somewhere" 33:19
16. "One Step at a Time" 37:44
17. "Pink Turns to Blue" 38:34
18. "Newest Industry" 41:17
19. "Monday Will Never Be the Same" 44:23
20. "Whatever" 45:15
21. "The Tooth Fairy and the Princess" 49:11
22. "Turn on the News" 51:54
23. "Reoccurring Dreams" 56:21

A bullet shot into Play Doh

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New Stanford/NYU study documents the civilian terror from Obama's drones

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Australian #NatSecInquiry is Filling Me With Worry

US calls Assange 'enemy of state'

In U.N. Speech, Assange Demands U.S. End Persecution of WikiLeaks and Bradley Manning

Nick Lowe & Andy Williams (March 1978)

It was March 1978 at I was down at Top of the Pops with Jake Riviera and Nick Lowe, we were hanging around between the Rehearsal and the taping of the Show, it was Nick's first appearance and he was all dressed up in his Riddler Suit waiting to perform Breaking Glass. Then I spotted Andy Williams on the other side of the Studio. You were not supposed to have cameras but of course I had one hidden under my jacket, I grabbed Nick and marched him over to where Andy was standing. "Just go and talk to him" I said, "What about" said Nick, "I dunno, anything, tell him you want to produce his next record, just keep him talking long enough for me to get three frames, then we just leg it before I get caught taking photos in here" So Nick goes over and starts to say something to Andy, he has no clue who in the hell we are or why i'm trying to take pictures, the encounter lasts about 20 seconds before I run back over to the other side of the Studio where Jake is standing. "I've got it!" "What?" "Pictures of Nick and Andy Williams, it's brilliant, a total set up and he fell for it" I was smiling gleefully, "Excellent" said Jake as he smiled back with that wonderful Puckish grin he used to sport so well. The picture ran in the following weeks NME and a legendary photo made it's only appearance in print. I posted an alternate frame on Facebook a few months back, it coincided with Nick's gig at Town Hall here in New York. After the show we were hanging around backstage when someone showed Nick the photo on a cellphone, "A total ambush" he said immediately, "the poor bastard had no chance, he had no clue who we were or what we were doing" Of course that is totally true but I don't regret it for a moment. If I had not taken it then I could not post it here in recognition of the sad news of his death earlier today. He was a good sport, he could easily have had me thrown out, but, luckily he didn't...
Chalkie Davies

Talk Talk - Live At Montreux 1986 (Full Concert)

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1. Talk Talk
2. Dum Dum Girl
3. Call in the Night Boy
4. Tomorrow Started
5. My Foolish Friend
6. Life's What You Make It
7. Does Caroline Know
8. It's You
9. Living in Another World
10. Give It Up
11. It's My Life
12. I Don't Believe in You
13. Such a Shame
14. Renée

Sometimes the internet is an unexpectedly beautiful place!

Ease off...

Sage advice for this gentleman perhaps?
(Very NSFW)
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Miles Davis interviewed by Bill Boggs circa 1986 (Complete broadcast)

"I have been told by people over the years that this was an historic interview. 'Do you ever remember Miles Davis being on a talk show?' Apparently not too many people do cause they keep telling me this is unique. How'd it happen? Well the entire long form story is part of my play 'Talk Show Confidential,' but the Cliff Notes version is: I ran into Miles when I was in a restaurant in Los Angeles. Actually, he came to my table and said hello. 'That Midday was like my Today show,' he told me in that raspy voice. It turned out he'd been watching me for years and said, 'I always wanted you to interview me.' So the way this whole thing happened was he asked me what I was doing and I told him I had a show in Philadelphia called 'Timeout' and he basically said let's arrange to do it. And about a month or so later, there he was. I was not pleased that the producers of the show chose to add other guests. It should have been just Miles and me for the entire hour. But they were afraid he wouldn't carry the ratings-small thinking, in my opinion, since his appearance on the show made headlines and was discussed before and after on local radio. Anyway, the charming Maurice Hines, an old friend joins in as do some young trumpet players-which sort of worked..See for yourself..Miles Davis circa 1986 in Philadelphia." - Bill Boggs

Andy Williams R.I.P.

*sigh*

HA!

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Paul Westerberg - My Road Now (New Song/Free Download)

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Magnetik North - Peitsche/Fuck the Napkin/Long Way Back/Kings of the Robot Rhythm

Magnetik North is ‘live drum electronics’. Drum performances are fed through processors, samplers and sequencers to produce layers of rhythmic patterns that interact with each other. Other instruments are melted into different textures so that only the harmonic content remains. This is a new project from Ian Tregoning, engineer and producer for artists as diverse as Yello and Fela Kuti.
Now collaborating with Jaki Liebzeit, the legendary drummer from CAN, to add his endless evolving rhythms. The finished results are a hypnotic blend of industrial, classical, Krautrock and Detroit electronica. Like listening to a ‘raga in an earthquake’.
Musicians :
JAKI LIEBEZEIT drums
IAN TREGONING electronics, percussion
LEE HARRIS (from TALK TALK) djembe, chinese percussion
KUMO shaker, ARP 2600
DANNY ARNO piano
ANDY BAXTER bass
TIM HUTTON trumpet
MICHAEL POLLITT wash guitar
JOE HOLLICK guitar.

Double-vinyl release : Now available thru RoughTrade, Phonica, iTunes and here
http://magnetiknorth.bandcamp.com/album/e-v-o-l-v-e-r
Magnetik North

Rebel

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What The Future Sounded Like (2006)

Bonus:

Moog

Moog is a 2004 documentary film by Hans Fjellestad about electronic instrument pioneer Dr. Robert Moog. The film features scenes of Dr. Moog interacting with various musical artists who view Moog as an influential figure in the history of electronic music.
Moog is not a comprehensive history of electronic music nor does it serve as a chronological history of the development of the Moog synthesizer. There is no narration, rather the scenes feature candid conversation and interviews that serve more as a tribute to Moog than a documentary.
The film was shot on location in Hollywood, New York, Tokyo, and Asheville, North Carolina where Moog's company is based. Additional concert performances were filmed in London and San Francisco.
The film's 2004 release was designed to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of Moog Music, Robert Moog's company that was founded as R.A. Moog Co. in 1954.

Bad vibrations: Mike Love sacks Brian Wilson, Al Jardine and David Marks from Beach Boys anniversary tour

Maestro (The History of House Music & NYC Club Culture)

Documentary about House music and how it all started in New York’s underground clubs in the 70-80′s. The film takes you back to the first clubs (Paradise Garage, The loft etc.) and to the people who were involved.
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Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture (2002)

The Power Of The Situation

Discovering Psychology: The Power Of The Situation with Philip Zimbardo, Ph.D

Everyone back to Myspace???

First Listen: Flying Lotus - Until The Quiet Comes

For nearly a decade, electronic composer Steven Ellison, a.k.a. Flying Lotus, has churned out living, breathing collages of hip-hop, dubstep, jazz and blues. A disciple of the late beatmaster J Dilla, Ellison is the current king of the beat scene in Los Angeles.
Both his own music and the music of the artists on Ellison's Brainfeeder label have turned what started as instrumental hip-hop into a sound of his own. It's a wonky bundle of skittering beats, bass-heavy bottoms and delicate, melodic tops. Over the years, FlyLo has added to and refined this voice, and Until the Quiet Comes (out Oct. 2) plays like it comes from a tunesmith intimately familiar with his toolbox.
Ellison wends his way through a wide, dizzying canyon of sounds and sensations, all while keeping his cool. The result is intricate enough to make listeners scramble to dissect every little flourish in the mix, but it's also so sonically brash and powerful that it's hard not to let the whole body of sound wash over you. Until the Quiet Comes operates as a continuous thread of music, with a coherent flow of transitioning moods.
It starts off busy: "All In" is an introduction spun from bells, snares, shakers, harps, guitars, basses, kicks and a lilting voice in the background. The temperature cools as a voice wafts into the mix and seduces the ear into another barrage of thumping drum patterns. It's a method Ellison has mastered: lulling listeners with intoxicating melodies, then smacking them upside the head with a sobering bass kick.
This is far from the only trick in FlyLo's bag. Take, for example, "Sultan's Request": Forceful from the outset, the bending synths romp through the track as though they could rip holes through a dance floor. That is, until the low end comes in: an absurd drop of snaking bass that dwarfs the monster sounds preceding it. Then, Ellison jumps out of this low-frequency swamp back into the upper register, by bringing in helium-huffing samples that bounce beneath a steady string of hand claps. He moves from low to high, dense to sparse, mellow to frantic, dark to light, and almost always hits a sweet spot somewhere in between.
Ellison also possesses a knack for bringing in talent, whether as head of the exquisitely curated Brainfeeder or as an artist in search of featured guests. Featured on Until the Quiet Comes are past collaborators Erykah Badu and Thom Yorke. In "See Through to You," layers of Badu's voice are woven into loose, overlapping patterns that function as fibers in FlyLo's sonic quilt. Elsewhere, Yorke's voice haunts "Electric Candyman" with a reverb-thick roll. The Brainfeeder bassist Thundercat is here, too, making an appearance in "DMT Song," a swirling bag of vocals and plucked strings. Niki Randa and Laura Darlington's contributions exemplify Ellison's penchant for using vocals with a ghostly quality to them.
At just more than three-quarters of an hour, Flying Lotus' new album beats with a heart unique to its creator. With each release, FlyLo adds to his palette of sounds without cluttering his arrangements. Until the Quiet Comes is Ellison's most sonically adventurous and least muddled journey yet, as well as a trip worth taking over and over again — the quiet can come later.
Sami Yenigun @'npr'

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Anoushka Shankar - Festival Les Nuits de Fourvière 7/9/12 (Complete Concert)

Anoushka Shankar (born 9 June 1981) is a British sitar player and composer who lives between the United States, the United Kingdom, and India. She is the daughter of Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar and Sukanya Shankar. She is the paternal half-sister of Norah Jones

Anoushka Shankar: A Sitar Player In Andalusia (Listen/Download)

♪♫ Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Allah Hoo

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One of THE greatest singers of all time. When this man opened his mouth to sing, angels came out...

Qawwali Flamenco - Allah Hu

Qawwali Flamenco

The last thing I remember...

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New mix from King Midas Sound's Kiki Hitomi

Tracklist:
1. Blondie (Rapture) cover
2. Zomby (Witch Hunt) x Neil Young (Old Man)
3. Evian Christ (Thrown like Jacks) x Velvet Underground (Venus in Furs)
4. Portishead (Machine Gun) x Sister Nancy ( Bam Bam) x Ras G
5. Actress (The Kettle Man) x Missy Elliott (She's A Bitch / Work It)
6. Mark Prichard (Elephant Dub) x Buju Banton (Murderer)
7. Modeselektor (Grillwalker) x Grace Jones (Pull Up To The Bumper)
8. Omar Souleyman (Li Raja Behawakom) x The Bug (Skeng)
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‘We do not need any more proof’: Leaders tell UN it’s time to act on rape in war

Mona Eltahawy defaces 'anti-jihad' ad in Times Square station

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Peter Christopherson/Coil press conference (30/10/02)

Earth - Fowlers Live, Adelaide (14/9/12)

Appearing for the first time ever in both Australia, and Adelaide - Earth delivered a fantastic set, mixing in great new songs and old favourites. Despite a few technical difficulties, someone ignoring the "no flash" rule, and a low battery causing the final song to only be half recorded, the show was amazing!
Featuring a brand new song, Badger, this recording offers a good look into Earth doing what they do best.
Dylan Carlson - Guitar
Adrienne Davies - Percussion
Don McGreevy - Bass
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(Thanx Martin!)
Especially nice as I had to pass on the Melbourne gig due to my recent foot op...

Van Morrison - Born to Sing: No Plan B (2012)

out 2 October 2012

Review in Jazzwise Magazine by Stephen Graham:

"Van Morrison (v, p, el g, as), Paul Moran (Hammond Org, kys p, t), Alistair White (tb), Christopher White (ts, ct), Dave Keary (g), Paul Moore (b) and Jeff Lardner (d). Rec. date not stated

Van Morrison has jazz in his blood, only a fool would think otherwise, and Born to Sing is the latest proof although none is needed. His second for Blue Note, the first What’s Wrong With This Picture? was notable for the poignant ‘Little Village’, a song his fans immediately took to their hearts. Chances are the title track ‘Born to Sing’ will be joining the pantheon of his best songs of the last 25 years, up there with the wondrous ‘Fast Train’, ‘Only a Dream’, and ‘Celtic New Year’. On this, his first studio album since Keep it Simple, this time recorded unusually in his home town of Belfast, Morrison has come up with the goods once again after the commercial and critical success of Keep It Simple and the huge interest shown when he followed it by releasing a live album based on his great 1960s masterpiece, Astral Weeks.

Why he delivers here is mainly because of the anthemic title track, with its showband feel and rousing lyrics, although other tunes such as the bluesy ‘Pagan Heart’ are among a string of strong songs. ‘Close Enough For Jazz’, which adds words to an older instrumental version of the song, is a grower, with some deep-down low singing from Morrison, who turned 67 at the end of August, and a melody that recalls some of his playful work with Georgie Fame on albums such as How Long Has This Been Going On? ‘Educating Archie’ is the joker in the pack, recalling in its title, but not in its lyrics, an old radio show, later on TV, featuring a self willed ventriloquist’s dummy eventually ruling the roost. The album, which also tackles issues facing society including the relentless pursuit of money whatever the cost on the song ‘If In Money We Trust’, has a stripped down small band backing with fine trombone, good horn unisons and a stand-out electric guitar intro cutting the air like a razor on ‘Pagan Heart’."

♪♫ Defunkt Millenium - Believing In Love (2012)

Defunkt Millenium plays Defunkt classic from 1982 "Believing in Love" at Grafelfing Festival (Munich) 2012
Joe Bowie- trombone/vocals,
Kim Clarke- bass/vocals,
Adam Klipple- keyboards/vocals,
Tobias Ralph- drums/vocals,
Vincent Brijs- baritone sax/vocals
Composers Janos Gat/Joe Bowie
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