Monday 23 August 2021

Otis Gibbs on Tom T. Hall

Tom T. Hall R.I.P.

Don Everly R.I.P.

Bitch, please

Sunday 22 August 2021

Mesmerising!

A Couple of Mixes To Take You Out of Your Head

Psyche Ward 101-A Mix Psyche Ward 101-B Mix Tracklists: 
A
B
A mere 5 months on, the second half of the mix is finally here. Also a slight tweak to the original 101-A mix too

Debord Under Lockdown?

Futura: The Clash Lyceum London (10/81)

Got to all but two of those gigs back in Oct 81. Was great watching Futura painting the backdrop live on stage while they played. 
I also had one of those massive posters *sigh

Jason Pierce (HiFi Bar Melbourne 8/1/09)

Photos by TimN

ANDMY SOUL SBEEN SPIR ITUA LIZED SELFIE

Exile Towers 
22/8/21 

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Spiritualized® - Live @ Brixton Academy (8/3/02 XFM show)

Setlist: 
Cop Shoot Cop 
Electricity 
Shine A Light 
Born Never Asked 
Electric Mainline 
Out Of Sight 
On Fire 
Walking With Jesus 
Angel Sigh 
Medication 
No God Only Religion 
Broken Heart 
Take Your Time 
I Think I'm In Love 
Don't Just Do Something 
Come Together 
Take Me To The Other Side 
Lord Can You Hear Me?

The Spaceman Reissue Program Part Three: LAGWAFIS (10/9/21)

 
We went out to America ahead of recording this record. John had joined on guitar and I’d recorded the title track and a number of other demos that ended up on the finished record. 
But we got to play Cop Shoot Cop and Electricity live and to work them out before we recorded them for the record and then John became integral to the band. He came from a world of Syl Johnson and Al Green, Teenie Hodges and Reggie Young; a different world within the guitar lines. And then there was Kate (Radley)’s hugely influential keyboard that was relentless and loud. 
I like Pure Phase the best of these four records, but people still say Ladies and Gentlemen is where everything kind of came together. I’m still astounded by both records, where they don’t let up. There’s no kind of curfew. Or no “you can’t stay on that section for that length of time”. They sit on where they arrive and stay there, and I found that kind of amazing. 
The abstract parts were just as beautiful as these kind of pop / simplistic nursery rhyme ideas and they were no less important. 
I went all over the place to make it. I went to Memphis to see (country recording legend) Jim Dickinson for two weeks, I think. Parts of his recordings are in there but by the time I finished, I had all these different mixes. There was very little that was one single mix. There were some mixes from the old A&M studio on La Brea in Los Angeles. Part of the reason that I’ve never received any royalties from any of these records is that I was always thinking, ‘Well where should I go now?’ Suddenly, the move from Rugby to London was small-time compared with “well can I do this in L.A, can I do it in Memphis, can I do it again?” And then “Can I fly out to New York and put Dr John on the record?” 
With Dr John, I just wrote a letter, sent the track and his response was immediate. He said “absolutely, absolutely, love it”. It was where he wanted to be. I was completely in awe of him and his playing and everything he put to it. I could hardly speak, to be honest. Not that I needed to speak much. It didn’t add anything little or less to the proceedings. It was an amazing session, amazing to do



The Tampa affair, 20 years on: the ship that capsized Australia’s refugee policy

AND

Friday 20 August 2021

Thoughts & Prayers

Thursday 19 August 2021

The Voice of Cassandra - Bill Laswell Mixtape #6

Tracklist : 
Material - Mantra 
Iggy Pop & Bootsy Collins - Purple Haze 
Buddy Miles Express - All Along The Watchtower 
Arcana - Returning 
NIN - Vessel (mix 2) 
Ozzy Osbourne - I Don't Wanna Stop 
Afrika Bambaataa & Family - Kick Out The Jams 
Hasil Adkins - I Just Got Back From Mars 
Hector Zazou - I'll Strangle You 
Material - Words of Advice 
Jah Wobble & Bill Laswell - Virus B 
Ginger Baker - Mektoub 
Fanu + Bill Laswell - Bloodline

Primal Scream - Shine Like Stars (Andrew Weatherall Remix)