Friday, 26 July 2013
Music of Resistance: Race To Fight Racism (Al Jazeera 2009)
For almost 15 years, Asian Dub Foundation has delivered uncompromising messages of social change - looking at prejudice against Britons of Asian descent. The first episode of Music of Resistance - a six-part series which tells the stories of musicians who fight repression and sing about injustices - looks at Asian Dub Foundation's efforts to steer talented, inner-city youngsters away from gangs and violence and toward music
Music of Resistance
♪♫ Asian Dub Foundation w/ Flutebox - Hovering
Asian Dub Foundation with Nathan "Flutebox" Lee perform a stunning live
session of 'Hovering' from their forth-coming album, The Signal and the
Noise
Burka Avenger: the Pakistani cartoon challenging the Taliban on girls' education
Watch a trailer for Burka Avenger, the first animated series to be
produced in Pakistan. The cartoon was created by local pop star Haroon
and stars a burka-clad female superhero who takes on her enemies using a
martial art called Takht Kabaddi, which uses books and pens as weapons.
The series is intended to provide a positive role model for girls in
the face of the Taliban's opposition to female education
Via
Via
Thursday, 25 July 2013
♪♫ The Howlin' Wolf Story: The Secret History of Rock and Roll (Director's Cut 2003)
Howlin' Wolf is a legendary figure in blues music, with an influence
that has seeped into the pantheon of rock 'n' roll via influential
figures namechecking him, such as Keith Richards. His life story is
presented here, tracing his career back to its roots, and following his
battle against hardship as he strove to get his music across to a wider
audience. Unfortunately this only occurred posthumously, but luckily
director Don McGlynn has exhumed a welter of material from the vaults,
much of which has never previously been made public. Discover a blues
original for yourself with this fascinating, in-depth documentary.
Includes: Rare footage of Howlin' Wolf presented by the Rolling Stones on Shindig performing "How Many More Years?"First presentation of previously unknown or unavailable performance footage. Drummer Sam Lay's rare, never-before-seen home movies of stars of the Chicago Blues clubs from the early '60s. Newly discovered photos of Howlin' Wolf and his band. First filmed interview with Howlin' Wolf's family and exclusive interviews with Hubert Sumlin, Billy Boy Arnold, Marshall Chess, and many others
Includes: Rare footage of Howlin' Wolf presented by the Rolling Stones on Shindig performing "How Many More Years?"First presentation of previously unknown or unavailable performance footage. Drummer Sam Lay's rare, never-before-seen home movies of stars of the Chicago Blues clubs from the early '60s. Newly discovered photos of Howlin' Wolf and his band. First filmed interview with Howlin' Wolf's family and exclusive interviews with Hubert Sumlin, Billy Boy Arnold, Marshall Chess, and many others
♪♫ Little Axe - Storm Is Rising
Taken From the second Little Axe album 'Slow Fuse'
MUSICIANS:
Skip McDonald - Vocals, Guitar
Kevin Gibbs -Lead Vocal
Saz Bell - Vocals
Keith Leblanc - Drums
Scott Firth - Bass
Doug Wimbish - Bass
Adrian Sherwood - Mixologist
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(Bonus repost of Dutch Radio '2 Meter Sessies' from November 1996. Little Axe recorded 'Return', 'Ride On', 'Black Diamond Train', 'Storm is Rising and 'Going Down Slow', but 'Return' and 'Black Diamond Train' weren't part of the original broadcast. The technicians were blown away by Keith LeBlanc and Doug Wimbish, 'the tightest rhythm section ever recorded' in their studio.)
More info on Little Axe HERE
COMING SOON: Little Axe's 'Return (Essentials & Remixes)'. Compilation CD on Echo Beach with extra 'digital' disc
(Thanx Owen!)
MUSICIANS:
Skip McDonald - Vocals, Guitar
Kevin Gibbs -Lead Vocal
Saz Bell - Vocals
Keith Leblanc - Drums
Scott Firth - Bass
Doug Wimbish - Bass
Adrian Sherwood - Mixologist
+
(Bonus repost of Dutch Radio '2 Meter Sessies' from November 1996. Little Axe recorded 'Return', 'Ride On', 'Black Diamond Train', 'Storm is Rising and 'Going Down Slow', but 'Return' and 'Black Diamond Train' weren't part of the original broadcast. The technicians were blown away by Keith LeBlanc and Doug Wimbish, 'the tightest rhythm section ever recorded' in their studio.)
More info on Little Axe HERE
COMING SOON: Little Axe's 'Return (Essentials & Remixes)'. Compilation CD on Echo Beach with extra 'digital' disc
Such Hawks Such Hounds (Full Documentary)
Such Hawks Such Hounds explores the music and musicians of the American hard rock underground circa 1970-2007, focusing on the psychedelic and '70s proto-metal-derived styles that have in recent years formed a rich body of unclassifiable sounds.
A great documentary film by John Srebalus about heavy music of USA. Music , interviews, live and some of the heavy metal, stoner, doom and drone legends from 1970 till now. More than one hour of great music, historic point of views, attitude and great people.
Ad Break: 'Fist Fuck'
Just fantasising what I'd like to do with those BIG red hands. Starting with whatever artwanker 'creative' came up with the idea. I then might move on to Rossi and see if the hand fits through that 'hole in the nose where all the cocaine goes'. As for Parfitt, I might just pat him on the head as he really is like that annoying shaggy haired mutt that insists upon following you home every time despite repeated shouts of 'fugoff'!
Wednesday, 24 July 2013
Melbourne Victory VS Liverpool (Live Blog)
What has Australia done to Nauru?
The Carlos Danger Name Generator
NB: There really is a guy named Carlos Danger: His sexting name is Benito Catastrophe! Also proving that gawd has a sense of humor yesterday was Monica Lewinsky's birthday, National Hot Dog Day, and Carlos Danger's weiner outing day...
The Hoboken Sound: An Oral History of Maxwell's
Royal Babylon: The Criminal Record of the British Monarchy
A series of 16 short films each detailing a crime of the British
monarchy, based on Heathcote Williams' poem "Royal Babylon: The Criminal
Record of the British Monarchy": RB opening - The Sex Pistols
argument, Killing an Ibis, Mad Monarchs, Michael X, Harry Trouble, I
Danced With A Man, Foot in Mouth, Folk on the Hill, Knighthoods, Milton
Gas, Glitter Freeze, Swift Justice, Raj Doubt, Gaunt etc, Koh I Noor,
Paine & Thoth/Blake Acres Zappa
(Thanx Martin!)
(Thanx Martin!)
Tuesday, 23 July 2013
♪♫ Ewan MacColl - Dirty Old Town
I recently finished reading Rob Young's Electric Eden (an excellent history of folk music in the UK), and came across MacColl and Charles Parker's Radio Ballads for the first time. You can watch Philip Donnellan's interpretation of three of them HERE
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