Wednesday 5 September 2012

Sound (1966)

Directed by Dick Fontaine.
Although Rahsaan Roland Kirk and John Cage never actually meet in this film (Cage's enigmatic questions about sound are intercut with some of Kirk's more ambitious experiments with it) these two very different musical iconoclasts share a similar vision of the boundless possibilities of music. Kirk plays three saxes at once, switches to flute, incorporates tapes of birds played backwards, and finally hands out whistles to his audience and encourages them to accompany him, "in the key of W, if you please." Cage, on the other hand, is preparing a work for musical bicycle with David Tudor and Merce Cunningham at the Seville Theatre in London. Cage meets Rahsaan's music in an echo chamber, and he ends his search for the sound of silence in his favorite spot -- the anechoic chamber -- where it turns out to be the uproar of "your nervous system in operation."
(Martin Williams)

Throbbing Gristle - Live @Tramway, Glasgow 17/6/09


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Ironic eh?

♪♫ Bob Mould - The Descent (David Letterman 4/9/12)


Bonus:

Fuckwit!!!

Tuesday 4 September 2012

Ken Hong Leung

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Pahnl: The Sound Of Stenciling


The making of a stencil painting.
I have been stenciling since 2003 and I thought it was about time I gave people a little insight into how I work. Cutting stencils isn't a spectacle, it's done in solitude and so I think a lot of my friends, artist or not, will find this interesting.
The painting featured in the video is titled 'And I'm Not Going To Take This Anymore'. Photos and more details about the piece can be found at pahnl.co.uk/store/anymore.php
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Slavoj Žižek: The politics of Batman

♪♫ Lou Doillon - I.C.U.


Bonus:



Another of Jane Birkin's daughters...

Tactics for Counter Tourism: Pirates

Interested now? Get a counter-tourism pocketbook, handbook and further tactics from:
www.countertourism.net

♪♫ Angel Olsen - The Waiting


Why Jesus Would Have Been A Pussy Riot Fan

Animal Collective Radio


Transmission 1: Panda Bear
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Transmission 2: Deakin

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Transmission 3: Avey Tare
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Transmission 4: Geologist
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Retail sales 'hurt by Olympics' in August

Retail sales fell 0.4% on a like-for-like basis from the same month last year, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
Excluding Easter, it was the weakest month since November.
"The feel good factor from the Olympics failed to inspire spending," the BRC said.
In particular, online shopping grew 4.8% in August, the lowest increase since the BRC started collecting the data in October 2008.
"There's no evidence here of any Olympic boost to retail sales overall," said BRC director general Stephen Robertson.
"Hot weather and the Olympics did help sales of party food and drink but that was more than offset by a really weak performance for non-food goods."
Shops in central London saw a sharp drop in visitors during the Olympic Games.
The BRC acknowledged this, but said that the net effect of the Games was minimal as "lower footfall in London was offset by a better performance in the rest of the country".
In terms of fashion, the autumn-winter ranges in womenswear did not attract many fans, the BRC said.
But women's footwear did attract more fans than men's shoes.
@'BBC'

George Osborne Gets Booed Handing Medals at the Paralympic Athletics Medal Ceremony


Massive Wall Street effigy torched at Burning Man

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Lennono

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Ad Break: Chloe Sevigny/Opening Ceremony - Where's Bambi?

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Girlz with Gunz #5937 (Natalie Wood)

(Thanx Samia!)

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How copyright enforcement robots killed the Hugo Awards

The Last Testament: The Making of London Calling (2004)


The documentary tells the story of the making of The Clash's 'London Calling' album and included in a special 25th Anniversary edition re-release of the original album. Directed by Don Letts and including interviews with Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon, Topper Headon and othey key figures, this also includes previously unreleased home footage of The Clash recording London Calling in Wessex Studios.
Bonus:
Rebel Truce - The History of The Clash (2007)
This revealing programme goes back to the pre-Clash band's days, The 101ers, featuring Joe Strummer, London SS and a mix of the mid 1970s UK punk scene. Through candid interviews with Clash front-man Mick Jones, drummer Topper Headon, Paul Simonon as well as historic interviews with Joe Strummer, this is the first time that the band have really aired their true story.
Blessed with two exceptional songwriters in Joe Strummer and Mick Jones, The Clash successfully fused punk, rock and reggae in music which was characterised by rousing calls to arms to the downtrodden underdog. The Clash's outlaw image was bolstered by frequent brushes with the law, but the band also began to branch out into social activism. After achieving enormous success with hits including London Calling, White Riot and I Fought The Law, the band eventually began to fall apart in the mid-80s, finally imploding in 1986.
Told to the back-drop of Clash music, performance footage as well as archive interviews with those close to the band add to the inside-story: Sex Pistol Glen Matlock, Generation X Tony James, Buzzcocks Steve Diggle and Vince White, Mick Jones' replacement in The Clash.
This documentary sees the band tell their own story. It may be over 20 years since their demise, but the The Clash's legacy lives on, ensuring that they remain one of the most influential and exhilarating bands of all time.
Directed by Alan G Parker

What's On: B'dum B'dum (Buzzcocks & Magazine 1978)


B'dum B'dum
Granada TV's "What's On" Special about the Buzzcocks and Magazine
Broadcast on July 21st, 1978
Featuring interviews with Pete Shelley and Howard Devoto.
Hosted and Produced by Tony Wilson

Don Letts: The Punk Rock Movie


Roxy club disc jockey Don Letts was given a Super 8 camera as a present by fashion editor Caroline Baker. When Letts started to film the acts at The Roxy, it was soon reported that he was making a movie, so Letts determined to film continuously for three months. He needed to sell his possessions in order to continue to purchase film.
The film features live footage of The Clash, the Sex Pistols, Wayne County & the Electric Chairs, Generation X, Slaughter and the Dogs, The Slits, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Eater, Subway Sect, X-Ray Spex, Alternative TV and Johnny Thunders and The Heartbreakers. Backstage footage of certain bands, such as Generation X, The Slits and Siouxsie and the Banshees, is also included.
All live footage was shot at the Roxy, except that of the Sex Pistols, who were filmed at The Screen On The Green cinema in London on 3 April 1977. The performance was Sid Vicious' first public concert with the band.
Directed by Don Letts
Produced by Peter Clifton
Bonus:
Sex Pistols: Number 1

Sex Pistols Number 1 is a compilation of TV clips from 1976 and 1977 intended to present the group and the punk rock scene visually, apart from the music. The short film was shown at Sex Pistols concerts from April 3, 1977 (at Screen on the Green, London) through January 14, 1978 (the last show in San Francisco).
Directed by Julien Temple and John Tiberi

CBGB's: The Roots of Punk


A documentary on CBGB's commissioned by its owner and creator, Hilly Kristal.
Bonus:
CBGB's: Blitzkrieg Bop

A documentary film examining the early glory days of the punk rock explosion with live performances recorded in New York in 1977. Here punk rock musicians candidly share their musical outlook and philosophies along with commentary by their managers, music critics and promoters.
Goodbye CBGB
Free New York episode #427 "Goodbye, CBGB"
This episode takes a look at the last night CBGB was open, on October 15, 2006. Several fans of the club tell us their opinions of and experiences at CBGB, including musician Matt Pless, artist Andrew Galindo, a member of the Hungry March Band, and legendary Lower East Side musician David Peel, who closes our program with the song "Goodbye, CBGB" while several photos of the club's interior remind us of what we're losing.
Directed by Chris F.

Which Side Are You On?



Happy Labor Day North American Workers!

On Labor Day, GOP Leadership Celebrates Management

Monday 3 September 2012

Koch Suckers

The Carpenters - Live in Australia (1972)

00:02 - Help
02:37 - Love Is Surrender
04:30 - *Richard explains harmonies
07:30 - Ticket To Ride
11:40 - For All We Know
14:06 - Close To You
17:37 - Cinderella Rockefella
19:35 - Superstar
23:16 - *Band Introduction
26:47 - Medley
--------- Any Day Now
--------- Baby It's You
--------- Make It Easy On Yourself
--------- There's Always Something There To Remind Me
--------- Walk On By
--------- Do You Know The Way To San Jose?
39:04 - Hurting Each Other
42:28 - We've Only Just Begun

Yang Yongliang

Chinese new media artist Yang Yongliang was classically trained in Chinese painting and calligraphy from a very young age but uses digital tools to capture that time-tested aesthetic. Traditional Chinese culture permeates his cutting-edge creative process, using new techniques and software to interpret older forms, like Chinese landscape paintings.
Spaceboy and I often visit his piece in the Kid's Gallery at the NGV in Fed Square...

Sunday 2 September 2012

Cat Scratch Fever

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Looking For Johnny: The Legend of Johnny Thunders


Wanna help finance this film?

Gawd! I truly despise EVERYTHING about Z*ppa

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Women are 'destroying the joint'

SOMEDAY ALL THE ADULTS WILL DIE

Boo-Hooray is pleased to announce Someday All The Adults Will Die: Punk Graphics 1971-1984, curated by Johan Kugelberg and Jon Savage, which will open at the Hayward Gallery in London this fall. The exhibition provides a comprehensive overview of punk graphic design, highlighting imagery before, during and after the punk years, drawing upon previously unseen public and private archives and collections. Punk and post-punk graphic design is illuminated by examples of homemade cassettes, fanzines, posters, handbills, records and clothing. Highlights include original artworks by Gee Vaucher, Jamie Reid, Gary Panter, John Holmstrom and Penny Rimbaud alongside numerous anonymous artists.
The exhibition coincides with the publication of Punk: An Aesthetic by Johan Kugelberg and Jon Savage, published by Rizzoli.
'SOMEDAY ALL THE ADULTS WILL DIE'
Punk Graphics 1971 - 1984
Hayward Gallery, London
13 September - 4 November 2012

Uncommon Deities - The God of Single Cell Organisms

David Sylvian's Samadhisound will be releasing Uncommon Deities on the 24th September 2012. Last year's Punkt Festival played host to Uncommon Deities, an unusual confluence of talents and media. Walking into the gallery’s large space, visitors were greeted by a series of paintings by Atsushi Fukui that culminated in the striking, hermaphroditic figure in “The Botanist.” An audio installation by David Sylvian filled the space, and the opening night celebration brought poets and musicians into the mix: the acclaimed Norwegian poets Paal-Helge Haugen and Nils Christian Moe Repstad read alongside Evan Parker and Arve Henriksen, and their works were read in English by Sylvian, whose recorded voice was accompanied by John Tilbury, Philip Jeck, and Sidsel Endresen.
The CD release of Uncommon Deities isn’t a document of the installation, but a reinvention: the poems and Sylvian’s readings are placed in new settings by Jan Bang and Erik Honoré.
The cofounders of the Punkt festival and close collaborators on the original installation, Bang and Honoré draw on new performances by the deeply sympathetic trumpeter Arve Henriksen and the startling, elemental singer Sidsel Endresen. These improvisations join live material captured at last year’s Punkt events, in a production that’s spacious and atmospheric, somber and escapist, light-hearted and steeped in history - a recording as rich as the ancestry of the work that inspired it.
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(Thanx JA!)

Hal David RIP







Hal David dies at 91

Saturday 1 September 2012

Federal Authorites Drop Criminal Case Against Joe Arpaio


Man held over double murder in which graffiti was linked to Pussy Riot