Archive | November, 2010

Allen Ginsberg..”America” live March 18,1956

Allen on a roll..Happy Thanksgiving America!

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Danny Carey, Soundcheck

— Originally airing in ’97 on a now defunct station in the Netherlands, this is a nice clip featuring the drummer from Tool, Danny Carey. He talks about some formative drumming/musical influences, including a certain 1981 album that I know is seminal to many who frequent here… interesting to hear his take on it.

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Johnny Woods

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R.L.Burnside & Johnny Woods..”Telephone Blues” Live 1984.

Doesn’t get more real than this. Totally hypnotic.

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Triple A..

no doubt there’s a back story but here’s what I like about this clip: *the guy paddled out..dicey conditions. *he got worked.. but kept going. *he made a great take off..and pulled in (1:58) and did not come out. looks like surfing to me. a certain kind of commitment. these kind of waves show up [...]

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NYC’s Underbelly Project

The Underbelly Project: making you want to wait at this subway station since 2010. Actually, this showcase of 103 street artists in an abandoned subway station has taken over 18 months to complete, with each artist getting secretly escorted to the underground location and having only one full night to work. This unauthorized gallery was [...]

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Bruce Irons in Mexico..

Picked up from RT’s blog..Warbles. Fairly unworldly surfing,waves,and attitude. Scares me.

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Off the Wall: Lee Michaels and Frosty..”No Part of It”, Live Somewhere

Way back in the day it seemed Lee Michaels and Frosty would always be on the concert bill..usually an opening band. Pink Floyd, Hendrix, Love..whatever,whomever. I used to see them a lot, and really liked them, but never really appreciated what a innovative and ballsy approach they had. I mean really..a Hammond organ and drummer..that’s [...]

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—– Not that I consider surfing necessarily a sport, people do ‘compete’ at it, but this guy here… He’s what I’d call an ‘elite’ athlete.

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Temporal Collections (of Inner and Outer Space)

From the upcoming film of the same name by Ryan Thomas. Rt has a uniquely refreshing approach, with a very fine eye for the detail that most of us unconsciously absorb as part of the moment to moment,day by day film that passes for reality. As someone once said “this is recorded through a fly’s [...]

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