Irish Elvis impersonator James “The King” Brown does a sultry version of Nirvana’s ‘Come As You Are’. I was never a Nirvana fan, but I like this alot. Brown’s take on Nirvana was a hit in Europe back in 1999.
In 2001, Composer Ekkehard Ehlers released a series of singles wherein he plays, in the most tangential and opaque of ways, the work of another artist, in this case cinema genius John Cassavetes. See if you don’t recognize the extremely obvious source material and also see if you agree with me that it’s a gorgeous track in and of itself. Talk about yer cognitive dissonance !
More beautiful befuddlement awaits you after the jump…
Punk hysteria on TV. Faux punkers Mayhem play ‘Choke’ on Quincy episode Next Stop, Nowhere.
This Quincy episode aired on December 1, 1982. Some actual albums that were released in 1982: Black Flag - ‘Damaged’ Bad Brains - ‘Bad Brains’ Flipper - ‘Generic’ Exploited - ‘Troops Of Tomorrow’ Fear - ‘The Record’ Husker Du - ‘Everything Falls Apart’ Crass - ‘Christ: The Album’ Minor Threat - ‘Minor Threat’ Replacements - ‘Stink’ Descendents - ‘Milo Goes To College’ Meat Puppets - Bad Religion - ‘How Could Hell Be Any Worse’ Social Distortion - ‘Mommy’s Little Monster’.” Reverend Dan
“I saw a blind man the other day / took his pencils and ran away”
I loved this cool photo of Punk/No Wave-era Los Angeles-based performance artist Johanna Went that Xeni posted at Boing Boing, a piece from Ann Summa’s photography show at the Track 16 gallery.
I met Johanna Went once at a party in Los Angeles about 15 years ago and was flabbergasted that the woman I’d seen do such weird, messy and downright inexplicable things on the New Wave Theater TV program when I was a kid was standing right in front of me. She was super sweet!
Below, a preview of Johanna Went’s Club Years DVD:
The Flaming Lips were absolutely stunning this past weekend at their Austin City Limits Show, at moments reaching cosmic heights. Along with ACL performances by Muse and Sonic Youth, the Lips reminded me that the best rock and roll is passionate, magic and mystical. A welcome antidote to the blah shoegazing mope rock of the past couple of decades.
The Flaming Lips’ lead singer Wayne Coyne made limited edition posters for the Austin City Limits show using some of his own blood.
The Flaming Lips performing ‘Do You Realize’ live after the jump…
Sally Davies photographed a McDonald’s Happy Meal over 6 months. This is the result.
Now you know, if you want to leave a beautiful corpse live off McDonald’s.
Via Henri Podin
The back story here is that Winnipeg mayor Sam Katz kicked a kid in the face at a charity soccer game over the summer. This line of attack wouldn’t work for just anyone.
Via Political Wire
I visited The Liberace Museum in Vegas and loved it. Too bad it’s closing. Las Vegas is no longer the Vegas I dig.
For Immediate Release:
LIBERACE MUSEUM TO CLOSE ITS DOORS OCT. 17
Las Vegas – After 31 years of operation, the Liberace Museum will close its doors Sunday, Oct. 17, 2010 to focus its monetary contributions on the Liberace Foundation.Due to the economic downturn and the decline in the number of visitors, the Museum is forced to close the space and focus primarily on its dedication to the Foundation and the donation of scholarships.
“On behalf of the Board of Directors, we feel it is important to close the Museum to ensure the future of the Liberace Foundation and to keep the legacy of Liberace alive through its continued scholarship program,” said Jeff Koep, chair of the Liberace Foundation. “Since the inception of the foundation 34 years ago, more than $6 million in scholarships have been awarded to 2,700 students, and we will continue to award scholarships to deserving individuals.”
The memorabilia at the Liberace Museum will be maintained. A national touring exhibit is planned, and details will be announced at a later time. The board will also continue to research options for a location change to make the Museum more accessible to potential patrons.
“The traveling exhibit is an exciting way to share the life and legacy of Liberace while providing an income stream for the Foundation,” said Koep. “In no way do we intend to close the doors and not continue to explore options that will allow us to reopen at a later date.”
Our sister site Alterati.net has just posted this interview with yours truly on their in-house podcast Fear and Loathing on the Internet hosted by the esteemed Mr. Joseph Matheny, which was rather nice of him. Have a listen !