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Kubrick’s ‘A Clockwork Orange’ gets ultra-violent with David Bowie’s ‘Suffragette City’
03.01.2011
03:41 pm
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Edited by Jeff Yorkes. (NSFW)

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03.01.2011
03:41 pm
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Giorgio Moroder performs ‘Looky, Looky’ on French TV, 1969
03.01.2011
01:56 pm
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Here’s an amusing clip of Giorgio Moroder and his mega-mustache performing “Looky, Looky” on the French TV show Musicolor back in 1969. I dig the silk scarf. 

 
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Posted by Tara McGinley
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03.01.2011
01:56 pm
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Wild Japanese jazz opera with music by Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Charlie Parker
03.01.2011
02:33 am
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This wonderfully surreal clip from a 1986 episode of Japanese TV variety show It’s Okay To Laugh hosted by popular comedian Tamori (who is never seen in public without sunglasses) takes a classic Japanese fairytale called “The Peach Boy” and melds it with American jazz to create something truly unique. And it gets progressively more unique as it goes along.

Featuring “Milestones” - Miles Davis, “Misterioso” - Thelonious Monk, “Sister Sadie” - Horace Silver, “Waltz For Debby” - Bill Evans, “Doxy” - Sonny Rollins, “Maiden Voyage” - Herbie Hancock, “Donna Lee” - Charlie Parker, “Moment’s Notice” - John Coltrane…and more.
 

Posted by Marc Campbell
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03.01.2011
02:33 am
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Mark Tulin bass player for The Electric Prunes R.I.P.
02.28.2011
04:11 pm
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Mark Tulin the bass player for The Electric Prunes died this past Saturday at the age of 62.

The Prunes, best known for their 1966 hit “I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night,” had re-formed in recent years and were working on new music with Smashing Pumpkin’s Billy Corgan producing. Tulin filled in as Smashing Pumpkins’ bassist for two shows in 2009, and played with the Corgan project Spirits in the Sky on a tour that year, as well as a tribute to the Seeds’ Sky Saxon.”

“I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night” is one of the seminal psychedelic garage rockers of the 1960s and still has the capacity to blow minds—sounds as fresh as ever.

Here’s a clip of The Prunes performing live on French TV in 1967.
 

 
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02.28.2011
04:11 pm
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Lovely new guitar noise: Geoff Mullen - New England Reverb
02.28.2011
03:33 pm
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I was just introduced to this lovely clip made by one Geoff Mullen today by the venerable composer and music seller Keith Fullerton Whitman who pointed out how well the simple manipulated old school consumer model video feedback suited the layers of noisy, modal guitars. All of which combine to really hit the spot for me today. Hope you enjoy it too.
 

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02.28.2011
03:33 pm
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Gorgeous classical meets electronic poster series by Hyejung Bae
02.28.2011
02:43 pm
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Simply stunning work entitled “Music Concert Series” by Los Angeles-based artist Hyejung Bae. The Yellow Magic Orchestra poster is my favorite.

Poster series for a concert of electronic musicians playing classical music with digital instruments. Newspaper illustrations from the 1800’s combine with contemporary optical patterns to represent the timeless value of classical music and its digital interpretation

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One more after the jump…

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02.28.2011
02:43 pm
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Diane Izzo R.I.P.: A singer/songwriter of formidable talent who deserved a wider audience
02.28.2011
04:13 am
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I didn’t know Diane Izzo well and yet I felt close to her. She was a regular customer in my coffeehouse in Taos, New Mexico and one of those rare people that I automatically connect with and feel as though I’ve known forever. Her partner/lover Marco Zas was also someone I felt a deep connection with. For the two years that I knew them, both were struggling with health issues. Marcus had kidney problems and Diane was battling brain cancer, but I had no idea how severe Diane’s cancer had become. She died this past Friday at the young age of 43 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Diane released an extraordinary album in 1999 called One. It should have brought her the kind of attention bestowed upon Patti Smith and PJ Harvey. But it was not to be. She retreated from the music scene and ultimately ended up in Taos where she took care of a ranch that once housed Aldous Huxley. But she was still determined to make her mark musically and in film. At the time of her death, she was working on a film project with Marco, Black & Gold, which provides an inspiring glimpse of the magic that Diane was still conjuring in the last year of her life.

As Diane’s cancer progressed she was struggling to retain her ability to speak. For a singer, losing your voice is of course a nightmare. But Diane was extremely determined to keep her tongue in tune with her thoughts. It required effort, but you can hear in this video that Diane’s singing was something she was not going to let go of. Her strength, humor and optimism was awe-inspiring. I regret not spending more time with her when she was around. I blew it. She was special.

Diane’s album One is available on Amazon. Get a copy here. It’s time for the world to discover the beauty of this extraordinary artist.
 

Posted by Marc Campbell
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02.28.2011
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Jimi Hendrix portrait made out of 5000 guitar picks
02.27.2011
07:25 pm
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Mosaic artist Ed Chapman made this portrait of Jimi Hendrix out of 5000 guitar picks. The portrait was auctioned off during an event for Cancer Research UK. Good work Mr. Chapman.
 
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02.27.2011
07:25 pm
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The performance that got The Doors banned from The Ed Sullivan Show
02.27.2011
05:43 am
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This is the infamous performance of “Light My Fire” by The Doors on The Ed Sullivan Show in September of 1967.

Jim Morrison and the band had been asked by the producer of the Sullivan show, Bob Precht, to alter the lyrics of the song so as to eliminate the phrase “we couldn’t get much higher.” Sullivan’s sponsors didn’t dig the idea that the song’s lyrics might suggest drug use. The band agreed to change the lyrics but come show time Morrison sang the lyrics as originally written. As a result, The Doors were banned from ever again appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show. As if it really mattered. The Doors were unstoppable and nothing, certainly not a TV variety show, was going to get in their way.

While The Doors banishment by Sullivan is an oft told tale, the video footage of the performance has only been available on the Internet in low quality truncated form. Here’s a good quality clip of the performance in full.
 

Posted by Marc Campbell
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02.27.2011
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Bollywood’s ‘Endhiran’ has great action but the musical sequences are even better
02.27.2011
02:39 am
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Bollywood special effects spectacular Endhiran is getting a lot of attention for its over-the-top action sequences but I found the musical numbers to be the most entertaining parts of the movie. With music by the fabulous A.R. Rahman and choreography by Prabhu Deva, Endhiran’s song and dance numbers are a high calorie feast for the eyes and ears. The musical sequences come out of nowhere and have little relationship to the plot of the movie, but in Bollywood it hardly matters. One of the more lavish numbers takes place in Machu Picchu which is totally baffling because there is no reference to Peru anywhere else in the film. For five minutes the movie suddenly shifts to Peru without explanation. Why? Because it looks awesome. No explanation needed. Goofy, surreal and silly, Endhiran is three hours of non-stop Bollywood insanity. Try to catch this one on the big screen in a theater with a good sound system.

Coming on like a mashup of Michael Jackson and Duran Duran videos with bits and pieces of Star Wars , The Terminator and Viva Las Vegas, the following clip will give you a taste of the pop culture explosion that is Endhiran. The song is “Arima Amira.”
 

Posted by Marc Campbell
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02.27.2011
02:39 am
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