Tuesday 23 July 2013

John Cooper Clarke honoured by University of Salford

Ian Dury Retrospective Opens At Royal College of Art

Monday 22 July 2013

A welcoming song for when the little fucker pops out...

Florida linebacker Antonio Morrison arrested for barking at police dog

Where there's a will(y) there's a way

Why David Cameron's war on internet porn doesn't make sense

A protester holds a placard in the rain during a protest against the Australian Government asylum seeker policy in Melbourne on July 20, 2013.Australia's deal with Papua New Guinea is vulture capitalism at its worst

MP: How do we benefit?

Priest: New asylum seeker agreement ridiculous

Breaking Good

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♪♫ Andrew Weatherall - Live @Chinwag (Outlaws Yacht Club 13/6/13)

Chinwag is an evening of conversation and music run by Chris Madden and the good people at Outlaws Yacht Club in Leeds. Recently we were lucky to have an enlightening chat with Andrew Weatherall followed by a set on the turntables playing a selection of dub, rockabilly and rock n roll.
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Jay Z's 99 Illustrated Problems

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99 Problems ((but a hyphen ain't one)
*HIC

What you missed last night (Black Cab at Yah Yah's)


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Michael X and the Black House of Holloway Road

♪♫ Cabaret Voltaire - I Want You


Cabaret Voltaire live shows to be released by Richard H. Kirk’s Intone label

Sunday 21 July 2013

The Corner (HBO 2000)

Gary's Blues

DeAndre's Blues

Fran's Blues

Dope Fiend Blues

Corner Boy Blues

Everyman's Blues

The Corner is a 2000 HBO drama television miniseries based on the nonfiction book The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood by David Simon and Ed Burns and adapted for television by Simon and David Mills. It premiered on premium cable network HBO in the United States on April 16, 2000, and concluded its six-part run on May 21, 2000. The series was released on DVD on July 22, 2003. It won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries in 2000.
The Corner chronicles the life of a family living in poverty amid the open-air drug markets of West Baltimore. "The corner" is at the junction of West Fayette Street and North Monroe Street

♪♫ Talking Heads VS Television (BBC 1984)

Songs performed include:
“Life During Wartime”
“Big Blue Plymouth (Eyes Wide Open)”
“Once in A Lifetime”
“Mind”
“Big Business”
“I Zimbra”
“Slippery People”
“Psycho Killer”
“My Big Hands (Fall Though the Cracks)”
“Swamp”
“What A Day That Was”
“Crosseyed And Painless”
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Pine Gap drives US drone kills

Desert secrets

And then Australia will wonder "why?" should there be a terrorist attack against its interests somewhere. It's called 'blowback'!

For those in the heat

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♪♫ The Sugarhill Gang - Funkbox (1981)

Via Keith Leblanc who says: A blast from the past! Crazy to see this, I had hair! Keith Leblanc Doug Wimbish Skip McDonald The Sugarhill Gang: Crag Derry Keith Cloud Winston Dixson doing the flip
Gotta say that neo-nazi's do make me laugh at times

♪♫ Stagger Leeds - Fantastic Voyage (Redux)

(Thanx trnsnd!)

This week in press freedoms and privacy rights

Joe Bageant: In the footsteps of Neal Cassady's ghost

Shame

Australians think of themselves as decent people who give others a fair go. We shine when we help each other after disasters. Everyone feels good about pitching in to get through a bad time.
That’s why yesterday was a day of national shame. - Christine Milne
(20/7/13)

Australia Adopts Tough Measures to Curb Asylum Seekers

Impotence

Black Cab: Free gig at Yah Yah's (Smith Street) TONIGHT

Duo BC tonight (Andrew and James)
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Support: HUMANS featuring Sean from the Spoils and Chris Chapple mixing a dark brew of electronics and guitars
NB: Black Cab on at 10 PM 

The Record Store Day Film


Greatcoat Films and Entertainment Retailers Association Present: THE RECORD STORE DAY FILM
Shot live on location at Record Store Day 2013
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Saturday 20 July 2013

A Riot Of My Own

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FOAAS

♪♫ David Bowie - I'm Waiting For The Man (Radio Session 5/2/70)

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Nigel Trevena: I'm Waiting For My Man

Bloody Hell! I remember buying the comic that this was from in Listen records in Glasgow in 1977
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Paul Terence Madden: Richard

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(Thanx Joe!)

Richard Hell Finds His Peace in East Village Apartment

♪♫ Blue Cheer - Summertime Blues

Was amazed to discover recently that RE/search's Vale was an original member of Blue Cheer!

HA! (One more time)