this blog is a visual notebook of inspirations for a group of bandit bloggers. we post things we see and like. our lives don’t revolve around singular topics and neither does our blog. sorry! nothing is in-or-out of context here. enjoy xx
i stumbled across ferruccio bortoluzzi’s work in my last year of high school and randomly found myself thinking about it again this morning. everything feels worn down and weathered, almost like it’s been through something, but the compositions still feel surprisingly modern. there’s a really nice balance between rough surfaces and structure that keeps the work from feeling dated.
i think that’s what i’ve always liked about concretism in general… how much it can do with so little. it’s mostly shapes, lines, structure, and composition, but somehow it never feels boring when it’s done right. everything just clicks into place. there’s something simple to it but not in a lazy way. his work is built on strong compositions rather than trends, and that’s probably why it holds up so well… definitely in my books of cool shit. by tnt
ok kanye had to go and fuck up another of my german favorites… first it was the interview with werner herzog (see our post here) and now holger czukay – whom ever is feeding him this shit, and tado ando, and sugimoto, can you please stop? geeeeeez!
2026 ye (kanye west) losing your mind… (is that considered dead naming?)
1973 the can – vitamin c
i was never a kanye fan, a never ye-er you could say – but as a fan of the CAN i must say i do love this song and this is a good edit – def influenced by british docu director adam curtis and a bit of zeitgeist the movie. its summing up everything going on in our heads…. and apparently @sneako s head… although i understand he is supposed to be a “bad guy“… or so the algorithm says…
now i don’t have much to say about ye, but jordan potter (farout) has this bit to say about the CAN, and the original song they ripped…
“although some people talk about krautrock as if it is a genre in itself, the only thing its leading proponents had in common was an experimental edge. while kraftwerk toyed with synthesisers and vocoders and tangerine dream pioneered experimental ambient music, can brought funky grooves to propulsive psych-rock jams. following a formative spell fronted by malcolm mooney in the late 1960s, the cologne-born band enlisted its most famous vocalist, damo suzuki.
suzuki’s influence on the band was profound. his lyrical vignettes and unique delivery style, which ranged from mumbling cadence to hair-raising shrieks, adorned the band’s finest trio of albums from tago mago to future days. often with a disregard for radio-friendly track durations, these releases also benefitted hugely from the virtuosic percussion of jaki liebezeit. he received particular praise for his contributions to the 18.5-minute tago mago classic ‘halleluhwah’.
in between tago mago and the comparatively sedate future days was ege bamyasi, can’s most accessible and widely-appreciated album. the record’s iconic sleeve, which features a colourful can of ege bamyasi (turkish for aegean okra), has since become the bad’s most recognisable symbol. okra is incidentally rich in vitamin c, the album’s most enduring ingredient.
as one of can’s more conventional compositions, the second single, ‘vitamin c’, hits the airtime sweet spot at three minutes and 32 seconds in length. like the album’s other highlights, ‘i’m so green’ and ‘one more night’, the song leads with percussive urgency, which reflects the true urgency with which the band recorded the record. according to guitarist michael karoli, suzuki and keyboardist irmin schmidt wasted much of their allotted recording time playing heated games of chess.
despite stringent time pressures, can delivered a true masterpiece and ‘vitamin c’ was the cherry on top. while suzuki’s famous chorus refrain, “hey you! / you’re losing, you’re losing, you’re losing, you’re losing your vitamin c,” is easy enough to digest, the mumbled verses are a little harder to decipher.
though you may not have heard it as such, the first verse introduces a female character who is ostensibly going off the rails: “her daddy got a big aeroplane / her mommy holds all the family cash / a beautiful rose is standing at the corner / she is living in and out of tune”. later in the song, suzuki further establishes this idea of social descent with the couplet, “a monster press machine is on her body / while she is stepping on the quicksand”.
as david bowie had a year prior on hunky dory, suzuki used quicksand as a metaphor for the snares of modern life. though he never explained definitively, the song is about a young woman who has grown up in an affluent and sheltered environment. with newfound independence, she is clearly struggling, living “in and out of tune” and losing her vitamin c. the latter could be a hint that she’s not feeding herself properly (not enough ege bamtyasi — you need to look up the LP cover to understand). alternatively, suzuki could have used the expression to outline the woman’s detached state as “lost at sea” like the scurvy-ridden sailors of yore.
suzuki left his oblique lyrics open to the listener’s interpretation and maybe never had a particularly clear image in his head. either way, the song, along with the other bulletproof material in can’s early 1970s catalogue, continues to capture the imagination of artists around the world today. famously, mark e. smith of the fall released the song ‘i am damo suzuki’ as a tribute to ‘vitamin c’ and its iconic singer in 1985. “what have you got in that paper bag?” he sang. “is it a dose of vitamin c?” peace. by dd
actor renaud verley and actress nathalie delon (yes the wife of alain delon)
and the main actress : a gold 1967 lamborghini miura P400
1968 french drama directed by michel boisrond following a teenage boy who begins an affair with an older woman in paris.
la leçon particulière is the kind of film that politely knocks on the door of scandal and then lets itself in anyway, wearing a perfectly tailored suit. what starts as a seemingly innocent arrangement—private lessons for a young man—quickly turns into a masterclass in awkward tension, moral gray zones, and the art of raising eyebrows without saying a word. the teacher, elegant and composed, handles the situation with the calm precision of someone ordering coffee, while the student oscillates between curiosity and the realization that this is definitely not in the standard curriculum. it’s all very french: a little provocative, a little philosophical, and somehow both serious and absurd at the same time—like discussing ethics while dramatically staring out a window for no practical reason. by dd
abby martin (born 1984 or 1985) is an american journalist, television presenter, and activist known for her independent, anti-imperialist, and investigative reporting. she is the creator and host of the empire files, an independent documentary and interview series, and is known for her vocal criticism of US foreign policy, militarism, and the israel-palestine conflict. by xy
a young chloe sevigney shopping at the other music store in noho new york
other music a documentary film official trailer 2020
if you can afford it, i do suggest you rent it and support the peeps, i will def do so myself
we used to shop at “other music” on east 4th just above houston near lafayette, across the street from tower records… i bought over a 100 cds and records from “other music” through the years, along with my top favorite “jammyland records nyc” which was then located at 60 east 3rd street in the east village and a few others… funny enough i never thought of “other music” as this super cool place, it was a bit broad – or so i thought, but i loved the people who worked there, and i surely was recommended some of my favorite records at “other music”… like rhythm & sound featuring tikiman and fela kuti & the africa ’70 V.I.P. / authority stealing long play rare release… and many others. i personally have not seen this documentary film but will definitely look it up maybe this very weekend. if you hate the concept of spotify and apple music as much as i do, you may find this interesting
here is a little blurb on the documentary: “other music was an influential and uncompromising new york city record store that was vital to the city’s early 2000s indie music scene. but when the store is forced to close its doors due to rent increases, the homogenization of urban culture, and the shift from CDs to downloadable and streaming music, a cultural landmark is lost. through vibrant storytelling, the documentary captures the record store’s vital role in the musical and cultural life of the city, and highlights the artists whose careers it helped launch including vampire weekend, the rapture, animal collective, interpol, yeah yeah yeahs, william basinski, neutral milk hotel, sharon van etten, yo la tengo and TV on the radio. the film opened theatrically in new york city at IFC center on april 15th 2019 and played in theaters in over twenty cities around the world. the film is digitally available on Vimeo On Demand, Apple TV, Amazon Video, and Fandango at Home. produced and directed by puloma basu and rob hatch-miller.by uh
this is the tune that’s been playing on repeat in my head for the past three weeks: back in the 60s at the night owl café, ellen mcilwaine and jimi hendrix crossed paths on the same stage.
the song reflects mcilwaine’s friendship with—and memories of—the one and only jimmy james. by tnt
nothing is a consumer technology company founded by carl pei that focuses on minimalist, design-driven electronics. its products include the nothing phone series with a transparent design and glyph lights, as well as wireless earbuds like ear (1) and ear (2).
the nothing 4(a) phone just came out and word on the street is that the build quality on it is excellent.
this question still persists… “does it steal my information?” by tnt
swiss-italian angie bee plastic doll album 1979-80
ah choo.. bless ya! did serge write this song too?
you know where this is probably going…
good moves for an ex model… angie bee (often credited as angie b.) was actually the stage name used by swiss-italian actress and model monica zanchi for her brief career as a disco singer. she is best known for the 1979/1980 italo-disco single “plastic doll”, which became a hit in italy and for some reason… mexico.
angie bee was born monica zanchi, in bern swwitzerland. she moved to bergamo, italy, at age eight. at 15 she left home, and spent three years backpacking across europe and morocco. before releasing plastic doll she was a prominent model in milan and a cultish b-movie actress.
she starred in various exploitation, erotic, and horror films throughout the 1970s, including such oscar winning films as “the nun and the beast” and “emanuelle and the last cannibals” this one was also nominated for the peace prize. strangely enough, monica eventually stepped away from the public eye after 1982, making a final television appearance in 1996. this was puzzling to everyone, as no beautiful woman had ever entered modeling and entertainment, only to run away and disappear form it all. she eventually moved to zurich and has been running an antique shop. monicas name was not on the epstein list. by ac
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