Saturday 28 February 2009
Sami flag
The Sami flag was inaugurated during the Sami Conference in Åre, Sweden on 15 August 1986. It was the result of a competition for which many suggestions were entered. The winning design was submitted by the artist Astrid Båhl from Skibotn, Norway.
The motif was derived from the shaman's drum and the poem "Paiven parneh" ("Sons of the Sun") by the south Sami Anders Fjellner describing the Sami as sons and daughters of the sun. The flag has the Sami colours, red, green, yellow and blue, and the circle represents the sun (red) and the moon (blue).
More on the Sami people can be found here.
The motif was derived from the shaman's drum and the poem "Paiven parneh" ("Sons of the Sun") by the south Sami Anders Fjellner describing the Sami as sons and daughters of the sun. The flag has the Sami colours, red, green, yellow and blue, and the circle represents the sun (red) and the moon (blue).
More on the Sami people can be found here.
Sofia Jannok
'Irene'
Sofia Jannok was born in 1982 at Gällivare in the top of Sweden and usually sings in Sami.
Her new album 'áššogáttis / by the embers' was released last month.
Her new album 'áššogáttis / by the embers' was released last month.
(sigh!)(My thanx to 'Herr B' for turning me on (ahem!) to this beautiful singer.)
(Another sigh!)Running out of ideas
(2009)
(2003)Interesting post regarding U2's 'No Line On The Horizon' artwork from 'Dr. Feelgoed' here.
More U2 'coincidences' relating to this cover from 'The Guardian' here.
While we are on the subject of Bozo sorry, Bono, 'Ultra151' brought to my attention an interesting article by Eamon McCann on U2's tax situation.
Read it here.
More U2 'coincidences' relating to this cover from 'The Guardian' here.
While we are on the subject of Bozo sorry, Bono, 'Ultra151' brought to my attention an interesting article by Eamon McCann on U2's tax situation.
Read it here.
REPOST - Bob Quine
Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
Lou Reed - Waves of Fear
Richard Hell & the Voidoids - Blank Generation
REPOST - Quintessential
"Someday Quine will be recognized for the pivotal figure that he is on his instrument, he is the first guitarist to take the breakthroughs of early Lou Reed and James Williamson and work through them to a new, individual vocabulary, driven into odd places by obsessive attention to 'On The Corner' era Miles Davis." (Lester Bangs)
Ikue Mori, Bob Quine & Marc Ribot - El Dorado
Jody Harris & Bob Quine - Flagpole Jitters
Bob Quine & Fred Maher - Village
Bob Quine - Film Music 9 (unreleased)
You can get them all here.
Quine's favourite piece of music 'He Loved Him Madly' by Miles Davis here.
Bob Quine on Lester Bangs here.
Recent article on Quine's death by James Marshall and more music here and here.
Richard Hell on Quine here.
Guyz With Gunz # 1
Richard Hell as 'Nick Detroit'.A complete guide to Richard Hell's archive which he sold to the New York University Library can be found here.
Inspirations
Bio
I first became aware of Richard Hell through a couple of articles in the English music papers NME and Melody Maker back in 1975. These were reports of the then nascent CBGB's scene and featured Patti Smith, The Ramones and Television ( a band to watch obviously!) amongst others.
Richard Hell had been a member of Television and had then formed The Heartbreakers with ex-New York Doll Johnny Thunders, sharing together a love of no frills rock and hard drugs.
There was just something about him that captivated me and led to a lifelong interest.
His style, his intelligence and mostly I suppose his attitude.
(In a piece that he wrote for 'Hit Parader' back then, that was ostensibly about David Johansen, but which was really nothing less than his manifesto he said that rock'n'roll' was all about attitude and that 100% wasn't enough it had to be more like 300%!)
Of course it wouldn't be until 1977 that I would get to hear his actual music with the release of The Voidoid's 'Blank Generation' album which also featured the incendiary guitar work of Robert Quine.
Richard Hell & the Voidoids
'Blank Generation EP' & 'The Kid With The Replaceable Head' singles are available at 'Pukekos' here.
I first became aware of Richard Hell through a couple of articles in the English music papers NME and Melody Maker back in 1975. These were reports of the then nascent CBGB's scene and featured Patti Smith, The Ramones and Television ( a band to watch obviously!) amongst others.
Richard Hell had been a member of Television and had then formed The Heartbreakers with ex-New York Doll Johnny Thunders, sharing together a love of no frills rock and hard drugs.
There was just something about him that captivated me and led to a lifelong interest.
His style, his intelligence and mostly I suppose his attitude.
(In a piece that he wrote for 'Hit Parader' back then, that was ostensibly about David Johansen, but which was really nothing less than his manifesto he said that rock'n'roll' was all about attitude and that 100% wasn't enough it had to be more like 300%!)
Of course it wouldn't be until 1977 that I would get to hear his actual music with the release of The Voidoid's 'Blank Generation' album which also featured the incendiary guitar work of Robert Quine.
Richard Hell & the Voidoids
'Blank Generation EP' & 'The Kid With The Replaceable Head' singles are available at 'Pukekos' here.
Friday 27 February 2009
oh dear...
Jethro Lazenby Cave (Nick's son) modeling for Hedi Slimane.As Sussanah Breslin twittered..."the Derek Zoolander of our time."
(Have a word with him Dad, will you?)
More shockers here.
Thursday 26 February 2009
Wednesday 25 February 2009
Thought for the day
"You say you like my shirt, you say you like my hat,
You never say that you like me or something nice like that."
Kevin Ayers
You never say that you like me or something nice like that."
Kevin Ayers
REPOST - Dudu Pukwana - Flute Music
Dudu Pukwana & Spear
'Flute Music'
Here.
As already mentioned here I was lucky enough to live in London when Dudu was playing around town.
In fact I saw him in London, Glasgow, Liverpool & Amsterdam.
I also worked at a jazz club in London for a while (100 Club) and when he would play there we would have a few ales...
At the end of the night we often found ourselves catching the same bus and Dudu would play his sax to me and whoever else was there at the bus stop.
Wish that I had thought to record those impromptu sessions on my walkman.
This music is just perfect as the weather starts warming up.
There is a Dudu Pukwana discography to be found here
and a wonderful site dedicated to all things 'Brotherhood of Breath/Blue Notes' here.
Tuesday 24 February 2009
REPOST - 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.)
REPOST - Ken Hyder's Talisker - Land of Stone (ECM 1977)
Marcio Mattos and John Lawrence: basses
Davie Webster: alto saxophone
John Rangecroft: tenor saxophone, clarinet
Ricardo Mattos: soprano and tenor saxophones, flute
Maggie Nicols, Frankie Armstrong, Brian Eley, and Phil Minton: vocals
Ken Hyder has two web sites here and here.
There you will find tracks from the past and the present to download.
Here is an interview with him from 'The Wire'.
The vocalists, substituting Julie Tippetts (nee Driscoll) for Frankie Armstrong had worked together as 'Voice'.
"...it sounds for all the world like an Albert Ayler album released post-New Grass when the tenor alchemist was experimenting with a woodwind contraption called the chanter—the blown portion of Scottish highland bagpipes. The twin sax / twin bass lineup of Hyder's quintet creates a droning, cantatorial spiritsound one can imagine as the sound of Ayler's dreams."
(From a review of the first Talisker album)
This is my 'desert island disc' and it has never been reissued on CD!
Finally for those of you who were in the Feral Choir when Phil Minton came out here to Melbourne, you can watch (and hear) yourself here and you may recognise one of the vocal motifs from the above album.
Davie Webster: alto saxophone
John Rangecroft: tenor saxophone, clarinet
Ricardo Mattos: soprano and tenor saxophones, flute
Maggie Nicols, Frankie Armstrong, Brian Eley, and Phil Minton: vocals
Ken Hyder has two web sites here and here.
There you will find tracks from the past and the present to download.
Here is an interview with him from 'The Wire'.
The vocalists, substituting Julie Tippetts (nee Driscoll) for Frankie Armstrong had worked together as 'Voice'.
"...it sounds for all the world like an Albert Ayler album released post-New Grass when the tenor alchemist was experimenting with a woodwind contraption called the chanter—the blown portion of Scottish highland bagpipes. The twin sax / twin bass lineup of Hyder's quintet creates a droning, cantatorial spiritsound one can imagine as the sound of Ayler's dreams."
(From a review of the first Talisker album)
This is my 'desert island disc' and it has never been reissued on CD!
Finally for those of you who were in the Feral Choir when Phil Minton came out here to Melbourne, you can watch (and hear) yourself here and you may recognise one of the vocal motifs from the above album.
Monday 23 February 2009
Sunday 22 February 2009
Japanese gas attack posters (1938)
"Toxic area! Run! Flee! Better to seek soap and water nearby than to travel to an aid center far away."
"Military use- Full protection
- Rubber face mask
- Body suit (rubber)
- Filter
- Gloves (rubber)
- Boots (rubber)
Civilian use
- (Right) For any gas except blister gas and tear gas
- (Center) For various types of gas
- (Left) Transparent visor"
"Do not allow victims to walk. Carry them gently.Move to a safe location upwind."
From 'Pink Tentacle' here.
Leonard Cohen North American tour dates announced
(Photo by TimN)04-02 Austin, TX - Michael and Susan Dell Hall at Long Center
04-03 Grand Prarie, TX - Nokia Theatre at Grand Prarie
04-05 Phoenix, AZ - Dodge Theatre
04-07 San Diego, CA - Copley Symphony Hall
04-10 Los Angeles, CA - Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
04-13 Oakland, CA - Paramount Theatre of the Arts
04-17 Indio, CA - Coachella Festival
04-19 Vancouver, British Columbia - General Motors Place
04-21 Victoria, British Columbia - Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
04-23 Seattle, WA - WaMu Theater at Qwest FieldEvents Center
04-25 Edmonton, Alberta - Rexall Place
04-26 Calgary, Alberta - EPCOR Centre's Jack Singer Hall
04-28 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Credit Union Centre
04-30 Winnipeg, Manitoba - MTS Centre
05-03 Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theatre
05-05 Chicago, IL - The Chicago Theatre
05-09 Detroit, MI - Fox Theatre
05-11 Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion
05-12 Philadelphia, PA - Academy of Music
05-14 Waterbury, CT - Palace Theater
05-16 New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall
05-19 Hamilton, Ontario - Copps Coliseum
05-21 Quebec City, Quebec - Pavillon de la Jeunesse
05-22 Kingston, Ontario - K-Rock Centre
05-24 London, Ontario - John Labatt Centre
05-25 Ottowa, Ontario - National Arts Centre, Southam Hall
05-29 Boston, MA - Wang Theatre
06-02 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
04-03 Grand Prarie, TX - Nokia Theatre at Grand Prarie
04-05 Phoenix, AZ - Dodge Theatre
04-07 San Diego, CA - Copley Symphony Hall
04-10 Los Angeles, CA - Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
04-13 Oakland, CA - Paramount Theatre of the Arts
04-17 Indio, CA - Coachella Festival
04-19 Vancouver, British Columbia - General Motors Place
04-21 Victoria, British Columbia - Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
04-23 Seattle, WA - WaMu Theater at Qwest FieldEvents Center
04-25 Edmonton, Alberta - Rexall Place
04-26 Calgary, Alberta - EPCOR Centre's Jack Singer Hall
04-28 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Credit Union Centre
04-30 Winnipeg, Manitoba - MTS Centre
05-03 Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theatre
05-05 Chicago, IL - The Chicago Theatre
05-09 Detroit, MI - Fox Theatre
05-11 Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion
05-12 Philadelphia, PA - Academy of Music
05-14 Waterbury, CT - Palace Theater
05-16 New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall
05-19 Hamilton, Ontario - Copps Coliseum
05-21 Quebec City, Quebec - Pavillon de la Jeunesse
05-22 Kingston, Ontario - K-Rock Centre
05-24 London, Ontario - John Labatt Centre
05-25 Ottowa, Ontario - National Arts Centre, Southam Hall
05-29 Boston, MA - Wang Theatre
06-02 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Saturday 21 February 2009
Cults & Inspirations
Bio
I first became aware of Richard Hell through a couple of articles in the English music papers NME and Melody Maker back in 1975
I first became aware of Richard Hell through a couple of articles in the English music papers NME and Melody Maker back in 1975
Hazel Dooney press release (AKA Girlz With Gunz # 22)
'MODERN STRATEGIES OF SURVIVAL, LAKE EYRE ON ACID'2003 High gloss enamel and reflective vinyl on board, 100cm x 150cm
Three more Hazel Dooney paintings under the hammer at Menzies Art Brands, 25th March
Menzies Art Brands http://www.menziesartbrands.com has announced that three more of Hazel Dooney's enamel paintings – a large work from the now hard-to-find Lake Eyre On Acid series and two smaller Sports Babes, Resized For Easy Consumption – have been submitted for Menzies' major auction of Australian art scheduled for 25th March, in Sydney. Last December, Dooney's large enamel on board painting, Dangerous Career Babe: The Aviatrix, painted in 2008, was sold for $A32,701 at Christie's auction Modern And Contemporary Australian And South African Art in London. This exceeded the low-end of Christie's pre-sale estimate and represented a new record for Dooney's work at auction – an extraordinary achievement during a global economic downturn, especially for a young artist who has yet to exhibit in Europe. Just a week before, one of Dooney's earliest works, a ten-year-old enamel painting, Drowned Ophelia, was sold in Sydney, at Deutscher-Menzies' high profile auction of contemporary art, for over $A13,000. With buyers premium and taxes added, this exceeded the very ambitious pre-sale estimate of $A10,000 to $A14,000. The painting was first sold for around $A1,200.
Menzies Art Brands http://www.menziesartbrands.
For further information, please visit http://www.hazeldooney.com and Hazel's popular blog, Self Vs. Self, at http://hazeldooney.blogspot.
For an interview or further comment, please contact Evie at Hazel Dooney's studio, dooneystudio@gol.com.
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