Monday, 6 February 2012
The death of Tommy Cooper - 'When I go I want to be on stage I want the audience laughing and everyone happy'
Tommy Cooper was a Welsh-born, British prop comedian and magician, famous for the red fez he always wore, and the persona he crafted of a magician whose tricks always go wrong. Cooper died on April 15, 1984, as he performed live on television for a variety show entitled “Live from her Majesty’s”. During a sketch in which he was to pull numerous objects from a gown, just after his assistant helped him put the gown on, Cooper collapsed and sat against the curtain while the audience and his assistant laughed, thinking it was an impromptu part of his act. He then fell backwards onto his back, creating more laughs. However, as the minutes passed, it was apparent that something had actually gone wrong, and it wasn’t part of his act. Another curtain was closed to hide where he had fallen, and other acts carried on on the front of the stage. People backstage tried to resuscitate him but couldn’t. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Westminster hospital, from a heart attack. He was 63 years old.
I remember watching this at my Nan's house in Liverpool and we were pissing ourselves sure, like everyone else that it was part of the act...
(Thanx Sander!)
Spacemen 3 - Live @ Forum Enger, Germany 6th May 1988
For Luke & Máire - truly wonderful to have met you guys ♥
(Thanx SJX!)
6 Mix – Mark Jones & Daniel Miller (Kraftwerk Special, Back To Da Future 5/2/12)
It is the latest in Mark’s occasional series of 6 Mixes exploring synthesised music past and present. He talks to Mute Records boss and Kraftwerk expert, Daniel Miller, about the band’s huge impact on electronic music.
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Kraftwerk Live 1981
I was at one of those Odeon gigs..:)
Sunday, 5 February 2012
♪♫ Graham Nash and James Raymond - Almost Gone (The Ballad of Bradley Manning)
Nash and Raymond (David Crosby's son) composed the song "Almost Gone " during this spring's US tour of Crosby-Nash, and the new recording serves as the music bed for the video; it features an impassioned lead vocal by Nash, a two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted (Crosby, Stills & Nash, and The Hollies). "Bradley Manning is a hero to me," he sings, acknowledging Manning's role in making public videos and documents that shed light on such as issues as the true number and cause of civilian casualties in Iraq, human rights abuses by U.S.-funded contractors and foreign militaries, and the role that spying and bribes play in international diplomacy.
Today Spaceboy and I found THE stairway to heaven...
Saturday, 4 February 2012
In my world they don't fugn exist...
...and why need them when you got that!
tlanehudson Lane Hudson
Corporate tax rate lowest in 40 years. At 12.1% of profits, lower than most indiv. tax rates. Not cool! on.wsj.com/xP3xYX
Corporate tax rate lowest in 40 years. At 12.1% of profits, lower than most indiv. tax rates. Not cool! on.wsj.com/xP3xYX
After ‘Lunch’ - The Letters William S. Burroughs Wrote at the Height of His Success
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Luc Sante @'NYTimes'
#FFFLOL!!!
AlexiMostrous Alexi Mostrous
Met police tells me: "The video relates to an FBI conference call involving a PCeU rep.The matter is being investigated by the FBI."#FFF
Met police tells me: "The video relates to an FBI conference call involving a PCeU rep.The matter is being investigated by the FBI."
Anonymous spies on FBI / UK Police hacking investigation conference call
U.S. Unemployment Rate Falls To 8.3 Percent
abumuqawama Andrew Exum
Great job, my fellow veterans. Our devious "pretend we're crazy and unstable so they give us jobs" plan appears to be working!
Breaking news from The Daily Fail...
Right-wingers are less intelligent than left wingers, says study
Jeez - I also could have told you that years ago!
(Thanx Tommy!)
Friday, 3 February 2012
Internet Rising
'Internet Rising' is a digi-documentary investigating the evolving relationships between the Internet and collective consciousness of humanity. It provokes many questions about ancient and modern paradoxes of life, its pleasures and pains… and the gray area contrasts in between – but most of all it is meant to be an inspiring conversation starter.
'Internet Rising' is a labor of love comprising a rapid fire mashup stream of live webcam interviews all conducted within the web sphere. The film’s participants include many profound personalities and key internet influencers ranging from professors, corporate academics, futurists, researchers, writers, bloggers, media creators, activists, gamers, educators, scientists, artists, innovators – real humans, all of whom provide amazing insights into how our state of the world is changing and transforming via various forces of economic, social, geographic, political, philosophical development… all centered around technology’s transformative and generative power.
Released on 11.29.11
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