Tuesday 15 November 2016
Monday 14 November 2016
Land of the free?
This is how America ends. https://t.co/hF7REE9KAi— Jesse Berney (@jesseberney) November 12, 2016
Sunday 13 November 2016
Mosul 2016
Carrying her cat Lulu in her purse, a displaced Iraqi woman safely reaches a checkpoint east of Mosul after escaping ISIS
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Saturday 12 November 2016
Oh FFS!
...Returning home to Trump Tower from the White House may not be Mr.
Trump’s only embrace of the familiar. His aides say he has also expressed interest in continuing to hold the large rallies that were a staple of his candidacy. He likes the instant gratification and adulation that the cheering crowds provide, and his aides are discussing how they might accommodate his demand
Ale Damiani: M.A.M.O.N. - Latinos VS Donald Trump
M.A.M.O.N. (Monitor Against Mexicans Over Nationwide)
Friday 11 November 2016
Nick Cave on Leonard Cohen
'I discovered Leonard Cohen with Songs Of Love And Hate.
I listened to this record for hours in a friend’s house. I was very
young and I believe this was the first record that really had an effect
on me. In the past, I only listened to my brother’s records. I liked
what he liked, followed him like a sheep. Leonard Cohen was the first
one I discovered by myself. He is the symbol of my musical independence.
I remember these other guys that came to my friend’s house that thought
Songs of Love and Hate was too depressing. I’ve realized that this
‘depression’ theory was ridiculous.
“The sadness of Cohen was inspirer, it gave me a lot of energy. I always remember all this when someone says that my records are morbid or depressing'
Painting by Ben Smith
“The sadness of Cohen was inspirer, it gave me a lot of energy. I always remember all this when someone says that my records are morbid or depressing'
Painting by Ben Smith
A pattern emerging
Trump supporters in Russia unveil triptych portraits of Putin, Trump and Le Pen. In case you were in any doubt as to the trend here. pic.twitter.com/s5BPhejLHz— Alex Andreou (@sturdyAlex) November 9, 2016
The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month
In Memory of
2766529, 6th Bn., Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
who died age 20
on 24 April 1944
Son of Robert Arthur and Catherine Haddock,
of Orrell, Bootle, Lancashire.
Remembered with honour
CASSINO WAR CEMETERY
[REPOST]
Thursday 10 November 2016
The Can Project featuring Irmin Schmidt, Jaki Liebezeit, Malcolm Mooney and Thurston Moore Live In London 2017
Founding member Irmin Schmidt premieres an orchestral reinterpretation of classic Can material alongside new work with the London Symphony Orchestra, before an all-star band of former Can members and long-time admirers pay tribute to their pioneering music.
Assembling their music through improvisation and studio editing, Can’s writing process resembled collage. Tonight, Can founder Irmin Schmidt takes that approach to their entire oeuvre, conducting the world premiere of his piece An homage to Can, written with Gregor Schwellenbach, which weaves together quotations and abstractions of some of the band’s most renowned pieces.
After an extended interval screening of Can’s 1972 performance at Cologne Sporthalle, the second half of the show brings together a supergroup led by Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), featuring ex-Can drummer Jaki Liebezeit, as well as Can’s first singer Malcolm Mooney, realising and reinterpreting the band’s music.
Laying the foundations of what came to be known as Krautrock, Can became one of the most influential avant-rock groups of all time, and echoes of their work is audible in everything from Joy Division, to Radiohead, to Kanye West. Can combined the deconstructed rock’n’roll of The Velvet Underground, the determined rhythmic propulsion of Sly & the Family Stone, and the appetite for studio experimentation of their former teacher Karlheinz Stockhausen to create a new kind of rock music – something avant-garde and groovy, both wildly experimental and utterly compelling.
The show will be preceded by a Q&A with Rob Young, author of a new book devoted to Can – one-part biography, one part memoir by Schmidt himself
Tickets
Assembling their music through improvisation and studio editing, Can’s writing process resembled collage. Tonight, Can founder Irmin Schmidt takes that approach to their entire oeuvre, conducting the world premiere of his piece An homage to Can, written with Gregor Schwellenbach, which weaves together quotations and abstractions of some of the band’s most renowned pieces.
After an extended interval screening of Can’s 1972 performance at Cologne Sporthalle, the second half of the show brings together a supergroup led by Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), featuring ex-Can drummer Jaki Liebezeit, as well as Can’s first singer Malcolm Mooney, realising and reinterpreting the band’s music.
Laying the foundations of what came to be known as Krautrock, Can became one of the most influential avant-rock groups of all time, and echoes of their work is audible in everything from Joy Division, to Radiohead, to Kanye West. Can combined the deconstructed rock’n’roll of The Velvet Underground, the determined rhythmic propulsion of Sly & the Family Stone, and the appetite for studio experimentation of their former teacher Karlheinz Stockhausen to create a new kind of rock music – something avant-garde and groovy, both wildly experimental and utterly compelling.
The show will be preceded by a Q&A with Rob Young, author of a new book devoted to Can – one-part biography, one part memoir by Schmidt himself
Tickets
Wednesday 9 November 2016
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