Grapes of rap: Napa rapper can yodel too
Alan “The Yodelmeister” Arnopole of Peju Winery in Napa Valley has developed some skilz beyond his knowledge of wine.
Can Eminem do this?
Via PCL.
Alan “The Yodelmeister” Arnopole of Peju Winery in Napa Valley has developed some skilz beyond his knowledge of wine.
Can Eminem do this?
Via PCL.
Thirty years ago today, the famous Brixton riot of spring 1981 brought the long-simmering issues of class, race and police repression to the front pages and TV screens of England.
Brixton was definitely not the first sign of racial unrest in the Thatcher era. A police raid on the Black & White Café in Bristol’s economically hard-hit St. Pauls district the year before had led to a day-long riot among Caribbean youth. And police apathy in investigating a fire at a party on New Cross Road in early ’81 fuelled the notion in South London’s black community that their lives were perceived by the cops as worthless.
In the days before things jumped off in Brixton’s Lambeth area on April 10, cops had launched the charmingly named Operation Swamp 81 in an attempt to curb local robbery and burglary. Over a week, officers stopped almost 1,000 mostly black people—including three members of the Lambeth Community Relations Council—and arrested 118.
Combined with the extremely high unemployment rate among Brixton’s sons and daughters of the Windrush generation of Caribbean immigrants, and the rise of organized white racist activism, the community’s temperature was at peak. As one of the youths put it in one of the films below: “Jobs, money, then National Front…something was bound to happen.” Confusion and bad-faith rumors around police involvement around a stabbing incident was all it took to set off two days of fighting.
The implications of the multiracial Brixton riot unfolded throughout the subsequent summer of that year in Handsworth, Chapletown and Toxteth. Despite the improvements and gentrification that Brixton has seen since ’81, the place hasn’t been free of unrest.
In 2001, director Rachel Currie produced The Battle for Brixton, one of the authoritative video chronicles of the revolt, for the First Edition program.
Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6
After the jump: on-the-ground footage from community members, and Brixton’s impact on music.
My testicles are cowering behind the couch. I’m trying to coax them out with a cup of warm milk.
Ladies, this may be therapeutic for some of you.
A new episode of Electric Independence has gone online at VBS.tv, and it features an excellent interview with Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti (aka Carter-Tutti/Chris & Cosey) seminal electronic musicians and one half of Throbbing Gristle. We find out how the couple met, how they were introduced to electronic music and their life in (and after) Throbbing Gristle. Gear heads are also in for a treat as the duo talk about the synths and equipment they use and have used, including some rare home made synths by Carter. It’s also heartening to see them keeping bang up to date with technology, including the use of Kaoss pads and BC8 synths, and recording their music with Ableton Live on a MacBook.
Previously on DM:
Happy Birthday Chris Carter: ‘The Spaces Between’ LP re-issue
Looks real to me. Can anyone confirm?
Below, Bowie performs “Drive in Saturday” on TV’s Russell Harty Plus program in 1973.
Butch Tuffington made this short video using “Happy Birthday” by electronic music pioneer Delia Derbyshire.
As usual, Mr.Tuffington delivers something both cosmic and comic. Zen montage with a lysergic twist.
Good gravy! Methinks Canadian car dealership Dale Wurfel is kind of pushing it here. Really, Dale Wurfel? Really???
Previously on Dangerous Minds:
‘Stuffed Girl’s Heads! Only $2.98’
(via The Hairpin)
I think this is kind of cool, but I question the wisdom of choosing to immortalize the Iggster at 64-years of age rather than 24?
This I can pass on, though had they gone with a Raw Power-era Iggy in his silver pants, I’d have bought it without hesitation…
Pre-order your Iggy Pop action figure from Toys R Us, it’ll ship in early June.
Below, Iggy smears himself in peannut butter at the Cincinnati Summer Pop Festival of 1970. Scroll in about two minutes for the Stooges mayhem to start:
Thank you Chris Musgrave!
