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New Beatles branded tennis shoes: All you need is dough
03.05.2011
12:42 am
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With The Beatles and Apple Corporation’s seal of approval, Commes des Garcons in tandem with French company Spring Court are selling tennis shoes emblazoned with The Beatles and Apple logos.

While this appears to be just another tacky attempt at sucking more money from the Beatles’ legacy, there is some historical context for this particular bit of marketing. John Lennon wears Spring Court sneakers on the cover of Abbey Road.

If you’ve got a spare $295.00 lying around and dubious taste in footwear, you can buy the sneakers here.
 
Via Highsnobiety

Posted by Marc Campbell
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03.05.2011
12:42 am
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Collapsing and building: Blixa Bargeld documentary and “bloopers”
03.04.2011
11:06 am
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Few artists personify the spirit of demoralized post-‘60s Europe like Blixa Bargeld, the frontman for legendary German post-industrial music outfit Einstürzende Neubauten. Born in Berlin two years before the Wall went up, Bargeld leveraged his destroyed looks and singular voice—which Nick Cave likened to the sound of strangled cats or dying children—to make Neubauten the key progenitors of Western machine-age art.

As brought to our attention by TwentyFourBit‘s esteemed Peter Henry Reed (and fortunately for us English-speaking-only dopes), YouTuber Nevaree has seen fit to add English subtitles to Birgit Herdlitschke’s fascinating 2008 Blixa doc, Mein Leben. It traces Bargeld’s journey from young, torn-up Berlin musician to cosmopolitan middle-aged avant-garde artiste, actor, and gourmet, and features both answers to the heroin question and a visit with his charming mutti.
 

 
Mein Leben part 2 | Mein Leben part 3 | Mein Leben part 4
 
After the jump: Blixa grimaces at Neubauten live mistakes…

READ ON
Posted by Ron Nachmann
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03.04.2011
11:06 am
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John Foxx & Gary Numan Remix Competition
03.04.2011
08:15 am
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The London-based events company Back To The Phuture have a competition open until the end of the month to remix living synth legends Gary Numan and John Foxx. While the prizes for this competition are only really relevant to people living in the UK (free tickets to the Back To The Phuture concerts on April 1st and 2nd in Manchester and London, playback of the winning remixes at the concerts) I thought this would be worth sharing here for all the Foxx and Numan fans who might want to have a crack of the whip. From the press release:

This is the first time in their prolific careers that Gary Numan and John Foxx have decided to share the creative side of making music with fans. The competition involves entrants making the best remix of either ‘Scanner’ by Gary Numan or ‘Shatterproof’ by John Foxx & The Maths. The winner will get a pair of VIP passes to Back To The Phuture, plus signed copies of the latest Gary Numan album ‘Jagged Edge’ and John Foxx album ‘Interplay’. The winning remixes will be played at Back To The Phuture (at the massive Troxy in London and Manchester Academy). Entries will be judged personally by Gary Numan and John Foxx and an endorsement from each will be given – not a bad boost to any up-and-coming producer’s career!

Gay Numan “Scanner” plus stems:
 

 

John Foxx & The Maths “Shatterproof” plus stems:
 

Upload ‘Scanner’ remixes to this SoundCloud page: http://soundcloud.com/groups/bttp-gary-numan-remix-competition

Upload ‘Shatterproof’ remixes to this SoundCloud page: http://soundcloud.com/groups/bttp-john-foxx-remix-competition/tracks

More details on the Gary Numan Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/GaryNumanOfficial?v=app_10442206389

If you are a UK resident, and want to know more about the Back To The Phuture gigs (featuring Numan and Foxx Live, support from Recoil, Motor and Mirrors, and DJ sets from Mute’s Daniel Miller and Wall Of Sound’s Mark Jones) then go here: www.crowdsurge.com/backtothephuture. More info on Back To The Phuture at: http://www.backtothephuture.net.

Posted by Niall O'Conghaile
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03.04.2011
08:15 am
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Gold Blood: New Wave Cold Wave
03.04.2011
08:09 am
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Gold Blood are the electronic duo of Michael Wright and Emile Bojesen. No ordinary synth-punk act are they - by day Emile is a college lecturer and Michael makes gorgeous electronic disco as Brassica. When these two got together, it was murder. Sounding quite unlike anything else around at the moment (but with nods to pioneering acts like Liaisons Dangerous, early Human League and John Foxx) what sets them apart is their combination of lush, analogue synths and a kinetic, hyperactive vocal style derived from Bojesen’s other job fronting hardcore act Chariots.

Gold Blood released their debut 6-track Twilight Language EP last year on Manchester’s Human Shield records, to some very good reviews, and they have just followed this up with the “Gets You Laid”/“Say Something” 7” on Ex-Yat records. “Say Something” is available as a free download from rcrdlbl.com, as is the exclusive track “The Friction”. Yes, there are other bands doing similar things right now, but none of them sound as distinctive as this. In fact, I would say that you’ll either love or hate this straight away, but fans of cold/dark/minimal-wave should definitely check it out.
 
Gold Blood - Say Something
 


 
Gold Blood - The Intruder
 

 
The Twilight Language EP is available to buy from Boomkat.

More info, and more free MP3s, at goldblood.co.uk.

 

Posted by Niall O'Conghaile
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03.04.2011
08:09 am
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Frank Zappa dealing dope on ‘Miami Vice’
03.04.2011
04:59 am
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In this episode of Miami Vice called “Payback” which aired on March 14, 1986, Frank Zappa plays Mario Fuente, the head of a drug ring dealing “weasel dust.”

I spent 13 years snorting weasel dust and the best part of the experience was the anticipation prior to snorting the first line. It was straight downhill after that.
 

 
Via Exile On Moan Street

Posted by Marc Campbell
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03.04.2011
04:59 am
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‘Melody’ a film starring Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin
03.03.2011
11:44 pm
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Histoire de Melody Nelson, a 27 minute rock opera released on vinyl in 1971, is generally considered to be Serge Gainsbourg’s magnum opus, albeit one that is somewhat smaller in scale than most operatic masterpieces. It tells the tale of a wealthy middle-aged man who crosses paths with a younger woman, practically killing her when his car collides with her as she is bicycling, and his subsequent erotic obsession for the girl. At the time of its release, the music, lyrics and production of Histoire de Melody Nelson were considered innovative, adventurous and provocative and still to this day continue to enthrall listeners and influence countless musicians.

Dangerous Minds’ Richard Metzger has previously written about Histoire de Melody Nelson in his typically tantalizing fashion and you can read it here.

Melody, a film based on Histoire de Melody Nelson made for French TV, was directed by Jean Christophe Averty with Gainsbourg and his lover Jane Birkin in the lead roles. Averty’s visual style was acutely attuned to Gainsbourg’s surreal sensibilities and the fusion of film to music and lyrics works wonderfully.

Here is Melody in its entirety:

Posted by Marc Campbell
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03.03.2011
11:44 pm
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Arthur Lee’s 1973 album ‘Black Beauty’ is finally being released
03.03.2011
08:00 pm
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Arthur Lee’s lost album Black Beauty is finally receiving an official release after nearly 40 years of being in bootleg limbo. Newly launched label High Moon Records is releasing it on June 7.

Originally planned to be released by Buffalo Records in 1973, Black Beauty was shelved when the label went bankrupt. It was recorded by one of Lee’s various incarnations of his band Love: Robert Rozelle, Bass Guitar ~ Joe Blocker, Drums ~ Melvan Whittington, Lead Guitar.

High Moon founder George Wallace stated in a press release that Black Beauty is “that rarest of rock artifacts: a never-before-released, full-length studio album, from an undisputed musical genius.”

You can listen to tracks from Black Beauty here.

Fan made video of the song “Midnight Sun” from Black Beauty:

 
Via The Daily Swarm

Posted by Marc Campbell
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03.03.2011
08:00 pm
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GG Allin Latex Mask
03.03.2011
01:01 pm
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You can contact SikRik via his email to be added to the waiting list for your very own GG Allin latex mask. From Rick’s website Sikrik Masks:

imageGG Allin Officially Licensed unlimited 2nd edition $89.00.

Production for the unlimited 2nd edition will begin in mid April 2011 once I have completed all of the orders for the 1st edition.

Each edition has been handcrafted, casted and painted one at a time by me. The designs are intended for display purposes; however they can be modified with vision/breathing holes to be worn.

(via Cherry Bombed)
 
 

Posted by Tara McGinley
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03.03.2011
01:01 pm
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Cozy Powell plays 400 drums in one minute
03.03.2011
11:28 am
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Cozy Powell plays 400 drums in under a minute on the British children’s TV show Record Breakers. As one YouTuber points out, “He´s a record breakeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer!”

(via HYST)

Posted by Tara McGinley
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03.03.2011
11:28 am
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Shackleton vs Jim Jarmusch: “Dead Man”
03.03.2011
10:12 am
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One of the UK’s premiere dubstep producers Shackleton this week releases a new EP called Deadman on London’s reggae and dub imprint Honest Jon’s. Dead Man is also the name of a fantastic 1995 film by Jim Jarmusch starring Johnny Depp as a man called William Blake, wandering through a black and white recreation of the old West while nursing a fatal gunshot wound.

I don’t know if the Shackleton release (sleeve pictured above) is an hommage to the film, but the enterprising folks at The 29th Nov films have made a video for the track itself using footage from the Jarmusch film. It’s great. Rivaling Neil Young’s original minimalist guitar score for haunting atmosphere, Shackleton’s signature sound of Eastern hand percussion hits, disembodied voices and washes of dub noise prove a perfect accompaniment to the gorgeous monochrome footage of Johnny Depp slowly dying:
 

 
Shackleton’s Deadman is available to buy on vinyl and download from Juno.

Jim Jarmusch’s Dead Man is available to buy from Amazon.

Posted by Niall O'Conghaile
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03.03.2011
10:12 am
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