Monday 29 July 2013
RIP Mick Farren
Tim Blake, the Crystal Machine driver from HAWKWIND, remembers Mick: “He’ll remain one of the London Revolutionaries from the ’68 explosion who kept a straight path in his thinking – and never really Deviated!.. Musically, I wasn’t close at all, but read much of his writing on my way through the past 45 years. Someone suggested a “PinkWind” memorial gig… That’d be the thing you’d get from all the Ex-Hawkwinders clammering for attention – and highly inappropriate . Mick did that kind of thing his way, putting on a gig with THE DEVIANTS , and dropping dead on-stage – Man, he’s always admired the legend of rock ‘n roll, an now he’s pulled it off! You cannot but admire him!”
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Michael Anthony 'Mick' Farren (3 September 1943 - 27 July 2013)
Sunday 28 July 2013
167 Theremins inside Russian dolls play 'Symphony No. 9 Boogie'
Have you ever heard of a theremin? If you haven’t, you’re definitely not alone. A theremin, thanks to Wikipedia, is an instrument patented in 1928 by a Russian inventor named Léon Theremin that can be played without touching it. Watching someone play it is almost like watching someone play with a marionette or conduct an orchestra, until you hear the electronic, vaguely piano-like noise that comes out of it in time with the player’s careful hand movements. Really, it looks a bit like magic.
Now imagine one of those russian dolls that fit inside each other, also known as a Matryoshka or Russian nesting dolls. Good. Now picture a theremin inside of a Matryoshka. You’ve just pictured, or tried to picture, a very real instrument called a Matryomin.
In China, there are ensembles that play the Matryomin in groups. One such ensemble is called Matryomin ensemble “Da.” A video of the group’s performance of Beethoven’s 9th appeared on NPR today, and watching the 167 members play together simultaneously is quite a site. In this video they play Beethoven’s 9th with their own added “boogie,” which kicks in around the 1:30 mark.
Watch the full performance above. You can watch more Matryomin videos here.
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Nature's 3D Printer
The Smarter Every Day Facebook Page: http://on.fb.me/13vku56
A Blog entry written by Phil, from Rainforest Expeditions: http://bit.ly/12dia4C
A Blog entry written by Phil, from Rainforest Expeditions: http://bit.ly/12dia4C
Saturday 27 July 2013
NUKEMAP
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Dropping a 'Little Boy' in the centre of Melbourne certainly would get me in my suburb of Fairfield
Radical thinkers: Wilhelm Reich's Sex-Pol
Wilhelm Reich, one of the early pioneers of Freudian psychoanalysis,
wrote widely on sexuality, feminism and politics. But he is most famous
for his 'inventions', the now discredited orgone energy accumulator and
the cloudbuster. At the Freud museum in London, Stella Sandford discusses Reich's legacy and asks if he has anything to teach us today
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♪♫ Atoms For Peace - The Clock
Recorded live at London's Roundhouse on 25th July 2013. Watch and
download the whole set or individual tracks in high quality MP4 on http://www.soundhalo.com
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