Tried to do a Spotify arab collection.....but no Laila Mourad, or Um Khalthum, or much Abdel Halim Hefez on spotify yet......so it's bolstered with some random classical stuff - but then, it's all orchestras sitting down, right?
Talking of which - found out this week about the old Baghdad music school for blind children - hence the shaded musicians in arab orchestras, the prevalence of which I could never understand. I (offensively?) assumed it was just 60's iraqi hipsters being 60's iraqi hipsters...though they were that too, of course....
This week's office chart
Jonny
business trip
15 Step (Feat. USC Marching Band) from the Grammys
a big thank you to both Dr David Campbell for arranging and the USC Marching Band for working so hard with us to get this right..
we had such a laugh.
a big thank you to both Dr David Campbell for arranging and the USC Marching Band for working so hard with us to get this right..
we had such a laugh.
Thom
"I've been blown about for years"
Saw Magazine play last night in Oxford. It was remarkable....nearly 30 years since they last played, and they were everything you could hope for. It was strangely free of nostalgia - just great songs, well played.
The one mention of their past - a tribute to the memory of the remarkable musician John McGeoch - was very affecting, but also part of this sense they had of 'we know this music's great, you know it's great, and it goes like this' - nothing smug, or especially triumphant - it was just obvious to everyone there. They opened with "The light pours out of me" and didn't falter once.
About time they got recognized for their song writing (which informs so much of what radiohead do - no guitarist inspired me more that John McGeoch), and live performances (which we were too young to have seen). Go and see them this time around if you can get a ticket (or can shamelessly blag one like I did....)
The one mention of their past - a tribute to the memory of the remarkable musician John McGeoch - was very affecting, but also part of this sense they had of 'we know this music's great, you know it's great, and it goes like this' - nothing smug, or especially triumphant - it was just obvious to everyone there. They opened with "The light pours out of me" and didn't falter once.
About time they got recognized for their song writing (which informs so much of what radiohead do - no guitarist inspired me more that John McGeoch), and live performances (which we were too young to have seen). Go and see them this time around if you can get a ticket (or can shamelessly blag one like I did....)
Jonny
hi beck hows it going? hope you're well.
a horned reptile that is crawled upon the earth
this weeks office chart
london air conditioning in the middle of winter. recycling dead cells.
sucking the moisture out of me until i feel utterly dessicated. i put my headphones on and pretend i'm working.
'Ghost Town' by the Specials
'Dirtbox' by Harmonic 313 from When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence
'Homeless (Quarta 330 rmx)' by Cardopusher
'Little Acorns' by Leila Feat. Khemal & Thaon Richardson from Blood, Looms And Blooms
'Hotta' by T.O.K.
'Goodnight Georgie' by Clinic from Internal Wrangler
'Caution Me' by The Chap from Mega Breakfast
'Mad Again (Jokers Of The Scene - Trancehall Mix) by South Rakkas Crew from Mad Again (Drop The Lime / Fake Blood Mixes)
'I'll Be Seeing You' by Billie Holiday
'Impossible Bouquet' by No Age from Nouns
sucking the moisture out of me until i feel utterly dessicated. i put my headphones on and pretend i'm working.
'Ghost Town' by the Specials
'Dirtbox' by Harmonic 313 from When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence
'Homeless (Quarta 330 rmx)' by Cardopusher
'Little Acorns' by Leila Feat. Khemal & Thaon Richardson from Blood, Looms And Blooms
'Hotta' by T.O.K.
'Goodnight Georgie' by Clinic from Internal Wrangler
'Caution Me' by The Chap from Mega Breakfast
'Mad Again (Jokers Of The Scene - Trancehall Mix) by South Rakkas Crew from Mad Again (Drop The Lime / Fake Blood Mixes)
'I'll Be Seeing You' by Billie Holiday
'Impossible Bouquet' by No Age from Nouns
back to the office
sitting on the photocopier while the phone rings off the hook and the emails pour down the screen
drinking sandy waterd down coffee while printing out this weeks office chart>
1. Robert Wyatt Stay Tuned2. Matmos Les Folies Françaises 3. Darkstar Need You 4. Kwaidan Hoichi < kwaidan
5. Four tet Ringer < Ringer Ep
6. Public Enemy Night of the living baseheads7. The Sight Below At first touch 8. Nina Simone I put a spell on you < feeling good
9. Aaron Martin & Machinefabriek Cello Recycling < cello recycling
10. Plastikman Ping Pong < Closer
drinking sandy waterd down coffee while printing out this weeks office chart>
1. Robert Wyatt Stay Tuned
5. Four tet Ringer < Ringer Ep
6. Public Enemy Night of the living baseheads
9. Aaron Martin & Machinefabriek Cello Recycling < cello recycling
10. Plastikman Ping Pong < Closer
Thom
Rest in Peace Dear Oliver Postgate
I woke up this morning to hear the Oliver Postgate has died, which makes me very sad.
His childrens Tv shows changed my life and my childrens so we wish him well wherever it is he is off to next.
He had a great website as well, was very politically minded.
Anyone who is involved in the upcoming climate negotations in Poland might, in memory of him and all his amazing work, want to read this essay from 2006
Political Reality
His childrens Tv shows changed my life and my childrens so we wish him well wherever it is he is off to next.
He had a great website as well, was very politically minded.
Anyone who is involved in the upcoming climate negotations in Poland might, in memory of him and all his amazing work, want to read this essay from 2006
Political Reality
Thom
Christmas Skanking at Duncan's
Willie Williams
Messenger man, and
Armagideon time. - All The Way
Innocent Youths
Earth, Roots and Water
Tougher than tough/iroy/glen brown
Do your thing vers.
Chosen few - federal and harry j studios
Kingston 1971-73
Tristan Palma
How can a man be happy
Trojan
B/W
Barry brown - living as a brother
Toots and the maytals
Pass the pipe
The congos -
Feast
Ltj bukem- logical progression
Knowledge - straight outta trenchtown
Messenger man, and
Armagideon time. - All The Way
Innocent Youths
Earth, Roots and Water
Tougher than tough/iroy/glen brown
Do your thing vers.
Chosen few - federal and harry j studios
Kingston 1971-73
Tristan Palma
How can a man be happy
Trojan
B/W
Barry brown - living as a brother
Toots and the maytals
Pass the pipe
The congos -
Feast
Ltj bukem- logical progression
Knowledge - straight outta trenchtown
Ed in London
Colin
found this while looking for something else.. it is now my screen saver
The most recent interview by children in South Africa, with a very cool lieutenant from the Manenburg police - check out what he has to say at the end about ' success '
Let's hope, like he says, that this does promote peace after such a long time.
Please sign an urgent action calling on restraint by China who have imposed the most horrendous crackdowns against monks at Kirti monastery and the Tibetan people in Ngaba town with the installation of hundreds of Paramilitary Armed Police, the closure of roads and the cutting off all communications to the outside world.
all nuclear explosions mapped from 1945-1998
try and get your head around it.
IT CUTS BOTH WAYS .... THE ALTERNATIVES. This is a film exposing the alternatives to the government's austerity measures; it's about the positive; it's about revealing the many options we actually have at a time when we're being told there are no alternatives
Japanese Red Cross. Please donate if you can.
Those big drag nets that trawlers drop to the bottom of the ocean and decimate all life in their path?
And use radar while local fishermen loose their livelihoods? Just to fill empty shelves in Supermarkets? This lot are using lottery money internationally to stop all that.
Beautiful, and a little disturbing.
"is this what we're doing now?" - quick! Watch all episodes on iPlayer (for the next few days) if you're in the UK. Best british comedy in ages, so well played and written. Right up there with Curb Your Enthusiasm!
Prague Show filmed by fans - released 23.08.10
Another great film by warmeye...
Chinese authorities arrest Tenzin Delek, a Buddhist monk, and sentence him to death .. please go to the online petition to try and secure his release, or at least a fair retrial...
good for yer kids too
Anyone who rides a bike should read this blog because it's ice box cool.
here is some nicely shot video footage from the cambridge show thanks maggie!!!
Music+physics=John Matthias.
Don't let the Stupid define the Age.
Tim Hunkin's inventions, under the pier at Southwold. I keep trying to go there but not quite making it. Maybe you'll have better luck. Go to Ipswich and turn right.
depression is not fussy about who it hits. and feeling isolated and powerless doesnt help especially when yer young and all. this site has lots of people sharing their experiences which is what us humans need in order to cope.
Great dance music site, lots of old articles and features, dj mixes
Found this extraordinary shop in Brighton last week. It's well worth a visit...
“The relationship between photographers and police could worsen next month when new laws are introduced that allow for the arrest - and imprisonment - of anyone who takes pictures of officers ‘likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism’.”
maybe it's about time the likes of Apple took responsibility for the manufacture of their products, as they're supposed to be so cutting edge.
As we're lifelong contributors to 'anthrophony' we're pretty culpable....but still, fascinating studies.
Look to the stars!
The Chestnut Tree Café. ...it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.
In Rainbows video competition
Plastic. Is. Everywhere.
Bhopal was the worst industrial disaster in history. A leak of methyl isocynate killed 20,000, injured millions more and Union Carbide... um, er...
THE REVOLUTION WILL (NOT) BE TELEVISED
the artists have no recollection of most of this.
There Will Be Blood
film info for the UK
film info for the UK
ken korda as Adam Buxton on Scotch Mist
Jonny Greenwood: 'There Will Be Blood' Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
Available from Tuesday 18th December.
Available from Tuesday 18th December.
Vote vote vote! Mmm... participatory democracy...
As they say, we don't live in the Information Age, or even the Oil Age. We all have to eat. We live in the Agriculture Age.
Download books on to your Blackberry instead of using it to send email, 'browse' the 'web' or any of the other tedious business-related 'apps'. It'll still look like you're really really busy.
This is great if you should be doing something boring for someone else.
Man, I couldn't even read this, it looked so scary. But maybe you can? Maybe it has a happy ending?
Fascinating, horrifying, beautiful photography.
Put that important work aside. Slack off. Play this, it's great.