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A LIFE ALONG THE BORDERLINE: A TRIBUTE TO NICO Domenica 10 maggio | Teatro Comunale
featuring: JOHN CALE and BAND, PETER MURPHY, LISA GERRARD, MERCURY REV, MARK LANEGAN, MARK LINKOUS, SOAP & SKIN
Details here.
Hope someone tapes this.
London performance from last year here.

Chris Carter's setup.
I recently found this self-portrait of me and my gear at the Industrial Records studios (Martello St.) in 1980.
The gear is...
(Left side - top down): Boss PH-1 phaser pedal, Simmons ClapTrap, Roland SRE-555 Chorus Echo, Roland SH-7 Synth, Boss DR-55 Dr.Rhythm, Roland CSQ 100 sequencer, Roland CR-78 CompuRhythm.
(Centre - top down): Self-built digital delay, Accesit Noise Gate & Compressor, Roland System 100M (M-191J): incl. Gristleizer, BBD Module, VCO, VCF, ADSR etc., Roland System 100M (M-191J) rack containing self-built modules: incl. VCO, VCF, ADSR etc.. Boss KM-4 mixer, Self-built effects unit (Gristelizer), Boss CE-2 Chorus, Boss BF-2 Flanger, Roland 100M M-181 Keyboard.
(Right side - top down): Auratone 5C speakers, JVC amplifier, TEAC cassette deck, Seck 6-2 audio mixer, Casio M10 keyboard.
From Chris Carter's Flickr page here.

Go here.

Video interview available to download.

Listen here.

Found over at 'Punks Git Cut' here.
So bad!!!

Full story from the 'BBC' here.
More on Michael Savage/Weiner at 'Salon' here.

L-R Sleazy, Cosey, Chris, Vale & Marian.
From Cris Carter's Flickr site here.

Also check out this.

From 'Free Williamsburg' here.

'Hipster grifter' surrenders!
Story from 'Gawker' here.
Background here.
This is priceless!

The Philadelphia mugshot.

Welcome to the Sacred Dub Podcast, a series of audio transmissions (now up to number 51) dedicated to contemporary dub, ambient and lo-fi chill music. The show regularly features artists like Bill Laswell, Pete Namlook, Mick Harris, Tetsu Inoue and many, many more. Each transmission is about an hour long and a detailed tracklisting for every show is provided.

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This post published simultaneously at 'Pathway To Unknown Worlds' here.

The inquiry says Israel's use of white phosphorous was reckless in Gaza

Story from the 'BBC' here.

"...The Israeli Defence Minister, Ehud Barak, rejected the report, saying it was biased.
"We have the most moral army in the world," he said.

"IDF [Israeli Defense Force] commanders and soldiers made every effort to avoid hurting uninvolved civilians."

...but jeez is it good!!!

Benayoun (left) and Kuyt made the game safe for Liverpool in the first half.

Full story at the 'BBC' here.

Allegedly this is the first recording of Can with singer Malcolm Mooney, made the first time they played together in 1968.
Does anyone have ANY info on this?
(Is it on 'Prehistoric Future'?)
(My thanx to RV for the pointer.)

Holger Czukay - bass guitar, sound engineer, electronics

Michael Karoli - guitar, vocals, violin
Jaki Liebezeit - drums, percussion
Irmin Schmidt - keyboards, vocals
Rosemarie Heinikel (aka Rosy-Rosy, Kamera Song only)

Go to 'mplak_aout' here.
More info at 'Forced Exposure' here.

A clip from Kobi Jaeger's 1969 film 'Kamasutra - Vollendung der liebe' starring Bruno Dietrich and Barbara Schone.

Just before the clip ends Malcolm Mooney takes over and you get a few tantalizing seconds of "A Man Named Joe" from Can's Delay 1968 (aka Prepared To Meet Thy Pnoom).

The more often Americans go to church, the more likely they are to support the torture of suspected terrorists, according to a new survey.
Story at 'CNN' here.

Do endless representations of the crucifixion desenitise the faithfull to cruelty to others?

Gregory Corso
here.
Gavin Selerie, "The Interview," in The Riverside Interviews: 3 Gregory Corso. Gavin Selerie, ed., Ladbroke Grove: Binnacle Press, 1982.

(Born 23 October, 1940 in Rutherglen, Glasgow, died 29 April 2009)
More from 'The Guardian' here and 'The Herald' here.

Another great Glaswegian bites the dust.
Playwright and piano player McGrath was the original editor of 'International Times'. A close friend of Alex Trocchi and author of the play 'The Hardman' about the infamous Jimmy Boyle.
There is a superb book of interviews with him from 'The Riverside Interview' series probably published in the early 80's, if you see it grab it!

I am personally indebted for his founding of the Third Eye Centre in Glasgow, a shrine to the avant garde, which is still in operation as the Centre for Contemporary Arts and where 35 years ago I first came across so many things that are still a part of my life.

This is you yes?

Photo by 'This Is A Wake Up Call' here.

(Via 'Mogodonia' with thanx.)

Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso & William Burroughs at Naropa Institute.
A whole series of lectures and readings by WSB can be downloaded here.

New Wilco cover of Woody Guthrie's 'The Jolly Banker' available here.