Thursday 30 April 2015

Blank City (Celine Dahnier 2009)

In the late 1970s a group of aspiring New York filmmakers, inspired by the burgeoning underground music scene, takes to the streets to shoot guerrilla-style movies and in the process fosters the influential and highly regarded No Wave movement. This film examines the events that led to No Wave's creation, in which the city itself, which was in decay at the time, plays a significant role. Featuring interviews with Jim Jarmusch, John Waters, Thurston Moore, Debbie Harry and Lydia Lunch

Waleed Aly on the five ways Chan and Sukumaran were let down

Abbott government backflipped on AFP death penalty directive

When the Song Dies (Scottish folklore on the brink of being forgotten)

In Scotland, folk songs serve as memories, of places and the dead who once inhabited them. Exploring the theme of change, When the Song Dies seeks to bring the audience under the captive spell of the old ways. Featuring a range of contributors, the film is a poignant reminder that the dead linger on, all around us, in the houses and landscapes we live in, and in the language and music of our culture.
Whilst Scottishness is at the heart of the film, this story is as universal as it is specific. It is the story of a culture that is, like so many, in danger of fading from human memory
Directed by Jamie Chambers
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David Simon on Baltimore’s Anguish

Milibrand

Wednesday 29 April 2015

Hatred of Capitalism

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Dig!

Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe - German Tangerine

Jack Ely R.I.P.

Jack Ely singer with the Kingsmen dies at 71. Here's the FBI report into 'Louie Louie'

President Obama on Baltimore Riots

“We can’t just leave this to the police. I think there are police departments that have to do some soul searching. I think there are some communities that have to do some soul searching. But I think we as a country have to do some soul searching. This is not new. It’s been going on for decades.”
Watch especially from 8:55