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Wednesday 10 December 2008
Breaking News - FBI: Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich conspired to sell or trade Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat for benefits.
Report: Blagojevich taken into custodyScandal-tarred Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D-Ill.) might not be making that Senate appointment after all.
From the Chicago Tribune:
A source said today that Gov. Rod Blagojevich was taken into federal custody at his North Side home this morning. The U.S. attorney's office would not confirm the information.
A Blagojevich spokesman said he was unaware of the development. "Haven't heard anything -- you are first to call," Lucio Guerrero said in an e-mail.
NBC News has since confirmed the Trib's report.
via 'Politico'
Updated at 9:17 a.m.:
Blagojevich also was alleged to be using a favors list, made up largely of individuals and firms that have state contracts or received taxpayer benefits, from which to conduct a $2.5 million fundraising drive before year's end.
Even Blagojevich's recently announced $1.8 billion plan for new interchanges and "green lanes" on the Illinois Tollway was subject to corruption, prosecutors alleged.
The complaint repeatedly references conversations secretly recorded by federal authorities.
The criminal complaint alleges Blagojevich expected an unnamed highway concrete contractor to raise a half-million dollars for his campaign fund in exchange for state money for the tollway project. "If they don't perform, (expletive) 'em," Blagojevich said, according to the complaint.
The criminal complaint alleges Blagojevich expected an unnamed highway concrete contractor to raise a half-million dollars for his campaign fund in exchange for state money for the tollway project. "If they don't perform, (expletive) 'em," Blagojevich said, according to the complaint.
Marianne Faithfull - The Girl On A Motorcycle/Naked Under Leather' (1968)
'The Girl On A Motorcycle'
'Naked Under Leather'
Tuesday 9 December 2008
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
DUE TO RECENT DEVELOPMENTS WHERE BLOGGER HAVE TAKEN DOWN SOME OF MY POSTS THERE WILL BE A FEW CHANGES HERE AT 'EXILE'.
Firstly as the posts that were taken down were both linked to music at www.archive.org and therefore were completely legal to download, I have to presume that it is bots that are
Firstly as the posts that were taken down were both linked to music at www.archive.org and therefore were completely legal to download, I have to presume that it is bots that are
The Hollowmen - Margaret
1980s Australian group fronted by Billy Baxter and in this clip featuring the wonderful Barb Waters (Billy Baxter on harmonica).
Paul Kelly - Billy Baxter
Possibly Paul Kelly's very first appearance on TV.
This is with his band 'The Dots' and is from 1981.
Billy Baxter had a band 'The Hollowmen'.
This is with his band 'The Dots' and is from 1981.
Billy Baxter had a band 'The Hollowmen'.
Paul Kelly - From St. Kilda To Kings Cross
Paul Kelly's promo-video for the track 'From St. Kilda To Kings Cross' taken from the 1985 album 'Post'.
Paul Kelly - 40 Miles To Saturday Night
The promo clip, by Paul Kelly & The Coloured Girls.
(Released as PK & The Messengers overseas).
Video by Sue Davis 1988.
Monday 8 December 2008
Afghans win 'homeless' soccer world cup
"A-F-G"Story from 'The Age' here.
My vote for the first 'exile-oxymoron-of-the-year' award goes to the letter writer in last Saturday's 'The Age' who on hearing that a competitor in this tournament had disappeared with the possible intention of claiming political asylum wrote that we should just
"send the homeless back home."
Roman Kaminski from Lurg, you are an idiot!
More on the Homeless World Cup here.
My vote for the first 'exile-oxymoron-of-the-year' award goes to the letter writer in last Saturday's 'The Age' who on hearing that a competitor in this tournament had disappeared with the possible intention of claiming political asylum wrote that we should just
"send the homeless back home."
Roman Kaminski from Lurg, you are an idiot!
More on the Homeless World Cup here.
Delmore Schwarz 1913 - 1966
Delmore Schwarz was born on this day in 1913."You killed your European son
You spit on those under twenty-one
But now your blue cars are gone
You better say so long
Hey hey hey bye bye bye …
You made your wallpaper green
You wanted to make love to the scene
Your European son is gone
You better say so long
Your cloud is drifting goodbye"
Lou Reed (Velvet Underground) - “European Son
(to Delmore Schwartz)”
America, America!
I am a poet of the Hudson River and the heights above it,
the lights, the stars, and the bridges
I am also by self-appointment the laureate of the Atlantic
-of the peoples' hearts, crossing it
to new America.
I am burdened with the truck and chimera, hope,
acquired in the sweating sick-excited passage
in steerage, strange and estranged
Hence I must descry and describe the kingdom of emotion.
For I am a poet of the kindergarten (in the city)
and the cemetery (in the city)
And rapture and ragtime and also the secret city in the
heart and mind
This is the song of the natural city self in the 20th century.
It is true but only partly true that a city is a "tyranny of
numbers"
(This is the chant of the urban metropolitan and
metaphysical self
After the first two World Wars of the 20th century)
--- This is the city self, looking from window to lighted
window
When the squares and checks of faintly yellow light
Shine at night, upon a huge dim board and slab-like tombs,
Hiding many lives. It is the city consciousness
Which sees and says: more: more and more: always more.
Delmore Schwartz
the lights, the stars, and the bridges
I am also by self-appointment the laureate of the Atlantic
-of the peoples' hearts, crossing it
to new America.
I am burdened with the truck and chimera, hope,
acquired in the sweating sick-excited passage
in steerage, strange and estranged
Hence I must descry and describe the kingdom of emotion.
For I am a poet of the kindergarten (in the city)
and the cemetery (in the city)
And rapture and ragtime and also the secret city in the
heart and mind
This is the song of the natural city self in the 20th century.
It is true but only partly true that a city is a "tyranny of
numbers"
(This is the chant of the urban metropolitan and
metaphysical self
After the first two World Wars of the 20th century)
--- This is the city self, looking from window to lighted
window
When the squares and checks of faintly yellow light
Shine at night, upon a huge dim board and slab-like tombs,
Hiding many lives. It is the city consciousness
Which sees and says: more: more and more: always more.
Delmore Schwartz
Today is the 28th anniversary of John Lennon's murder
Lennon giving Chapman his autograph just before the shooting.
Mark Chapman shot Lennon outside The Dakota on this date in 1980.Where were you?
I was in Liverpool staying with my Nan and then went to the riverside memorial concert on the 14th of December.
(Where I seem to remember Elvis Costello performing.)
See here also.
Texas cops get busted
(Thanx to 'Smeggers' for this)
Odessa (TX) cops bust a house where two xmas trees are being grown under lights in elaborate sting to expose illegal police conduct.
Full story here.
Odessa (TX) cops bust a house where two xmas trees are being grown under lights in elaborate sting to expose illegal police conduct.
Full story here.
Olmert condemns settler 'progrom'
"We are the children of a people whose historic ethos is built on the memory of pogroms," Olmert said. "The sight of Jews firing at innocent Palestinians has no other name than pogrom. Even when Jews do this, it is a pogrom."As a Jew, I am ashamed that Jews could do such a thing."
Story from the 'BBC' here.
No smoking in the White House
You may remember that Obama promised Michele that in return for her blessing to run for president that he would give up smoking, well he admits to sneaking a few in on the election trail.Full story at 'The Huffington Post' here.
I sympathise.
It is SO hard to give up.
Wasn't it Dennis Hopper who said that of all the drugs, nicotine was the toughest to quit?
Sunday 7 December 2008
Saturday 6 December 2008
A New Grateful Dead Live Album Released Next Week (Road Trips: Volume 2 No. 1)
Madison Square Garden: September '902 Disc Set + Bonus Disc
"To kick off Volume 2 of our Road Trips series, we're making our first foray into the '90s-specifically, the extraordinary Madison Square Garden run from September of 1990!
You'll recall the unusual historical circumstances surrounding this famous series of shows: In July, Brent Mydland had died tragically after a glorious 11-year stint as the Dead's keyboardist. With both the band and Dead Heads in shock, a few planned summer shows were cancelled, and it looked as though the group's long-scheduled tour of Europe might be in jeopardy, as well. But then, two things happened: friend and fellow traveler Bruce Hornsby, already well-versed in the band's music, volunteered to venture into the breach temporarily once his summer tour was over; next, the group settled on former Tubes keys man Vince Welnick to step into Brent's big shoes on a permanent basis. Fortunately, he was a quick study! By early September, Vince had played his first shows with the Dead (in Cleveland and Philadelphia), and then the band moved on to Madison Square Garden -- always one of the most magical places the group played-- for a series of six shows spanning September 14-20, before jetting off for the big European tour.
Bruce joined the band beginning with the second concert in that series, and immediately the chemistry of this new septet was apparent. Bruce was a bold and assertive player who really pushed the band--and particularly Garcia--in some fascinating new directions, and the combination of his grand piano and Vince's electronic keyboard textures made for a big and dynamic sound. There were smiles all around as the new unit found its footing and with surprising confidence ushered in a new era of Grateful Dead music before roaring New York crowds!
Back in 1997, our late, great vaultmaster Dick Latvala pegged the September 16, 1990 Garden show to be Dick's Picks Vol. 9, but many fans of the run have long believed that the hottest shows from MSG that year were actually the two concluding concerts, September 19 and 20. So, for this Road Trips we offer some two-and-a-half hours of high energy rock 'n' roll and intense jamming from the second sets of 9/19-20 (as well as the moving "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" encore from 9/18). Included are spacey and beautifully developed journeys through "Dark Star" and "Playing in the Band"; a rare second set "Let It Grow" that rolls into a fantastic improvisation that really shows off the chops of the "new" band; a rousing "Uncle John's Band"; rockin' tunes like "Truckin'" and "Turn on Your Lovelight," and more. The spirit and life on these tracks is amazing! You can find the entire track listing below. As always, the discs have been expertly mastered to HDCD by our own Jeffrey Norman, and the package includes a 16-page booklet with lots o' groovy pix and an essay about the shows by Dan Levy.
This time out, the exclusive limited edition Bonus Disc was compiled entirely from the 9/18/90 MSG show, another sizzler. Highlights include "Foolish Heart," "Eyes of the World," the rare-in-every-era "To Lay Me Down," and an especially rollicking take on "Picasso Moon."
OK, by now you probably know the drill: Order your copy today by going here!
Track List
Disc One - 9/20/90 and 9/19/90
Truckin'>
China Cat Sunflower>
I Know You Rider
Playing In The Band>
Ship of Fools>
Playing In The Band>
Uncle John's Band>
Let It Grow>
Jam>
Disc Two - 9/20/90
…Jam>
Dark Star>
Playing In The Band>
Dark Star>
Throwing Stones>
Touch Of Grey
Turn On Your Lovelight
Knockin' On Heaven's Door (encore 9/18/90)
Bonus Disc - 9/18/90
Mississippi Half Step
Picasso Moon
To Lay Me Down
Eyes of The World>
Estimated Prophet>
Foolish Heart>
Jam"
(Information from: dead.net)
OK. Hot on the heels of the 'Egypt' and 'Road Trips: From Egypt' packages comes the above.
It is going to be shipped out next Wednesday which would suggest that if you want the bonus disc you are going to have to pre order before then.
Once again it's a composite from a couple of shows (three if you count the bonus material).
The above details only appeared on dead.net on Friday!
Rhino. A question for you.
Who are you aiming these discs at?
Most Deadheads will either have this stuff already or are after a complete concert from the past.
Not this cobbled together fake gig that just makes us feel cheated.
There are some 'holy grail' gigs that perhaps you could look into releasing and from the top of my head I would be looking at a couple of dates from the 'Europe 72' tour but 'hey' - that's my obsession.
(7th April at Empire Pool Wembley, London and 24th May at The Lyceum also in London if you are really interested.)
Another question.
Is it going to be released with the tapes running at the right speed this time?
Finally a bit of semantics I realise but (and this thought occurred to me when you released the 'From Egypt With Love' set recorded at Winterland) do multiple gigs at one venue really qualify as a 'Road Trip'?
For a limited time you can listen to a soundboard recording of the
last night of the Madison Square Garden run (20-09-90) here:
Setlist and other details from archive.org
The Flying Burrito Brothers - Live at Palomino's LA 1969
If you go here you will be able to get to hear Gram Parsons and the Burrito's version of 'cosmic American music' as played in North Hollywood in 1969.From 'Aquarium Drunkard'
A confession.
I named my eldest son Gram 22 years ago.
He was conceived in Amsterdam (where somewhat ironically and to my chagrin he is now living).
When he was less than a year old we went to a party and a Channel 9 idiot, sorry 'identity' said to me that- "it was a great name".
To which I replied- "thanks".
An hour later he returned and asked if it "was short for Gramaphone"!
("There was a wee laddie called Gram
who piped up from the depths of his pram.
"I may be an Oz
but I was named so because
I was conceived in old Amsterdam.")
Always wear your helmet
Remember kids that if you are going to do drugs, just make sure that you do them safely.(As demonstrated here by Mr. P. Doherty.)
Friday 5 December 2008
An unedited interview with Deepak Chopra
Photo AP/Random House'...Bill O'Reilly asked him to come on The O'Reilly Factor too. "I will appear on your show on two conditions," he emailed O'Reilly. "Number one: You will not raise the volume of your voice. And number two: You will not interrupt me. And I will not raise the volume of my voice and I will not interrupt you." O'Reilly has yet to reply...'
I will keep my personal thoughts about Deepak Chopra (and other self-help gurus) out of this and just say that there is a very good interview with him from 'The Huffington Post' here.
I will keep my personal thoughts about Deepak Chopra (and other self-help gurus) out of this and just say that there is a very good interview with him from 'The Huffington Post' here.
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