Sunday, 30 September 2012
Saturday, 29 September 2012
Leonard Cohen, Belgravia, London (1974)
Photographer Barrie Wentzell
Kind of Blue
Kind of Blue is a studio album by American jazz musician Miles Davis, released August 17, 1959, on Columbia Records in the United States. Recording sessions for the album took place at Columbia's 30th Street Studio in New York City on March 2 and April 22, 1959. The sessions featured Davis's ensemble sextet, which consisted of pianist Bill Evans (Wynton Kelly on one track), drummer Jimmy Cobb, bassist Paul Chambers, and saxophonists John Coltrane and Julian "Cannonball" Adderley.
After the entry of Bill Evans into his sextet, Davis followed up on the modal experimentations of Milestones (1958) and 1958 Miles (1958) by basing the album entirely on modality, in contrast to his earlier work with the hard bop style of jazz. Though precise figures have been disputed, Kind of Blue has been described by many music writers not only as Davis's best-selling album, but as the best-selling jazz record of all time. On October 7, 2008, it was certified quadruple platinum in sales by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It has been regarded by many critics as the greatest jazz album of all time and Davis's masterpiece.
The album's influence on music, including jazz, rock, and classical music, has led music writers to acknowledge it as one of the most influential albums ever made. In 2002, it was one of fifty recordings chosen that year by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry. In 2003, the album was ranked number 12 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
Accolades
Kind of Blue has been cited by writers and music critics as the greatest jazz album of all time and has been ranked at or near the top of numerous "best album" lists in disparate genres. In 2002, Kind of Blue was one of 50 recordings chosen that year by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry.In selecting the album as number 12 on its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, Rolling Stone magazine stated "This painterly masterpiece is one of the most important, influential and popular albums in jazz". On December 16, 2009, the United States House of Representatives passed a resolution honoring the fiftieth anniversary of Kind of Blue and "reaffirming jazz as a national treasure". It is included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, described by reviewer Seth Jacobson as "a genre-defining moment in twentieth-century music, period."
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Miles Davis except where noted (see content section for more information). Only six complete takes of the five songs on the album exist:.
No. Title Length
1. "So What" 9:22
2. "Freddie Freeloader" 9:46
3. "Blue in Green" (Miles Davis and Bill Evans) 5:37
4. "All Blues" 11:33
5. "Flamenco Sketches" (Miles Davis and Bill Evans) 9:26
Reissue bonus track
No. Title Length
6. "Flamenco Sketches (Alternate take)" 9:32
Tracks 1, 2 and 3 (side one on the original vinyl release) recorded March 2, 1959; tracks 4 and 5 (side two) recorded April 22, 1959. All tracks recorded at Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York City.
Personnel
Musicians
Miles Davis -- trumpet, band leader
Julian "Cannonball" Adderley -- alto saxophone, except on "Blue in Green"
Paul Chambers -- double bass
Jimmy Cobb -- drums
John Coltrane -- tenor saxophone
Bill Evans -- piano (except "Freddie Freeloader"), liner notes
Wynton Kelly -- piano on "Freddie Freeloader"
Teo Macero -- production
Portugal: File Sharing For Personal Use Is Legal
In a move that should remind you of Spain's ruling that personal file-sharing was legal, before America's entertainment industry helpfully wrote the Spanish people a new law (wait...what!!?!?), file-sharing for personal use has been declared legal in Portugal. How could something so monumental happen, you wonder? Well, funny story: the entertainment industry made it happen.
The tale goes something like this. An anti-piracy group sponsored by the entertainment industry called ACAPOR got all uppity about Portuguese filesharing a year ago and decided to helpfully deliver boxes (yes, physical boxes) of IP addresses suspected of filesharing infringing files to Portugal's Attorney General's office. They did this while wearing shirts that proclaimed "Piracy is illegal" in case anyone thought they were there for a cause that is actually useful and/or interesting.
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The tale goes something like this. An anti-piracy group sponsored by the entertainment industry called ACAPOR got all uppity about Portuguese filesharing a year ago and decided to helpfully deliver boxes (yes, physical boxes) of IP addresses suspected of filesharing infringing files to Portugal's Attorney General's office. They did this while wearing shirts that proclaimed "Piracy is illegal" in case anyone thought they were there for a cause that is actually useful and/or interesting.
“We are doing anything we can to alert the government to the very serious situation in the entertainment industry,” ACAPOR commented at the time, adding that “1000 complaints a month should be enough to embarrass the judiciary system.”Secure in their knowledge that justice would be done, ACAPOR's minions then went home and did whatever it is these kinds of people do when they aren't making fantastic amounts of noise and generally making fools of themselves...
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Friday, 28 September 2012
FINAL ACADEMY / 2012 - Horse Hospital, Bloomsbury, London (October 27th, 2012)
Organised by Joe Ambrose, FINAL ACADEMY / 2012 will feature :
-The movie Words of Advice; On the Road with William Burroughs
-Language Virus by Raymond Salvatore Harmon with music by Philipe Petite,
-William Burroughs, 1914-1997 by Gerard Malanga
- Spoken word performance by Scanner and others.
FINAL ACADEMY / 2012 will be marked by the pubication of Academy 23, an anthology edited by Matthew Levi Stevens featuring Jack Sargeant, Joe Ambrose, Gerard Malanga, Emma Doeve, Paul Green, and John Balance (Coil).
Soundtrack for the event provided by Testing Vault, Plague Doctors featuring DJ Mix by DJ Raoul, Islamic Digger No1. One Way, Alma featuring Joe Ambrose.
INFO
Words of Advice ( Dir. Lars Movin, Steen Møller Rasmussen) features previously unseen footage of Burroughs on tour in the late 80s, plus rare home movies of Burroughs in Kansas towards the end of his life. Contributors include Patti Smith John Giorno, Islamic Diggers, and Bill Laswell.
Scanner is one of the leading electronic musicians of his generation. In 2004 he was commissioned by Tate Modern to create thir first sonic art work. He is a contributing editor to kultureflash.net
Raymond Salvatore Harmon is a distinguished American graffiti atist, painter, and filmmaker. Utilizing new media, urban art, and interactive architecture in coordination with public performance, graffiti style ad bombing, and web based social engineering Harmon's work has carved out an over arching form of contemporary media insurgency.
Gerard Malanga was, according to the New York Times "Warhol's most important associate." A poet and photographer, Malanga's best known photographs feature his friends Iggy Pop, William Burroughs, and Bob Dylan.
Joe Ambrose directed the movie Destroy All Rational Thought featuring William Burroughs and co-prodced the album 10% featuring Marianne Faithfull, John Cale, Paul Bowles, William Burroughs, and Scanner.
The Origin of the Psychic Cross
- Geneis Breyer P'Orridge
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!
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
imaginevideo.nl
filmersblog.com
Via
(Thanx Sander!)
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
imaginevideo.nl
filmersblog.com
Via
(Thanx Sander!)
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
Thursday, 27 September 2012
Nick Lowe & Andy Williams (March 1978)
Chalkie Davies
Talk Talk - Live At Montreux 1986 (Full Concert)
Info
- Talk Talk
- Dum Dum Girl
- Call in the Night Boy
- Tomorrow Started
- My Foolish Friend
- Life's What You Make It
- Does Caroline Know
- It's You
- Living in Another World
- Give It Up
- It's My Life
- I Don't Believe in You
- Such a Shame
- Renée
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
Wednesday, 26 September 2012
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
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.
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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