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i said no playing ball inside the fuckin’ studio bob!! by dd
music
bjork in three as four
i’m posting this ’cause a) bjork never looked this good, b) shes wearing a coat (harmonograph quilted coat) by our beloved friends c) it’s such an art-packed image, i’m counting 5 “arts” by tilda’s bf. by dd
NINA LUV DOES IT RIGHT
last night i cycled home in the warm pouring rain at 2:30 in the morning after a lovely night of old friends and good wine, and now i get the privilege of a little of the high priestess of soul aka nina simone style inspiration with her cover of frank sinatra’s ‘my way’. life is good. thought you may enjoy it as well. by kl
im just mending ma fences
a handsome young david gilmour fixing his guitar backstage in the early pink floyd days. by dd
cochon ville: original uncensored video of Sébastien Tellier plus the hey champ dimitri remix
here’s tellier again with his crazy digs. i generally hate remixes but i must say love the dimitri remix on this, been in my head since icff. by xy
berlin: romy haag and the young david bowie
space age disco queen romy haag and the berlin days. not taking away credit from bowie but he was for sure influenced by haag. by uh
james pants: we’re through 2011
wins the worst video award of all time, but in a good way… kinda’ like ed wood. dig it pp. by dd+pp
rock & roll heaven: john lennon and ernesto che guevara duet
i was wondering which track they were playing, lets see; working class hero? hasta siempre comandante che guevara? look at me? god? nobody love you (when you’re down and out)? mil congojas? well anyhow definitely not “imagine” that would be a bit too cheesy. by dd
our good neighbor
but will he out last uh, bh and xy?! by jr
david bowie “pin ups” – the story behind the cover
“I remember distinctly that I’d got it with the first shot. It was too good to be true. When I showed Bowie the test Polaroids, he asked if he could use it for the Pin Ups record sleeve.
I said: “I don’t think so, since this is for Vogue. How many albums do you think you will sell?”
“A million,” he replied.
“This is your next album cover!” I said.
When I got back to London and told Vogue, they never spoke to me again. Several weeks later, Twigs and I were driving along Sunset Boulevard and we passed a 60ft billboard of the picture. I knew I had made the right decision.”
Justin de villeneuve on the picture he made that ended up being the cover of bowie’s “pin ups”. the entire story here by pp+tg.
rumor has it… sunday matinees are back??
early this year village voice rumored about the new owners of the CBGB brand/estate (purchased from lisa kristal burgman, the daughter of late founder hilly kristal) are planning a 4/5 day music/conference/film festival for july in NYC and are currently looking for a location to open a reincarnation of CBs. today the rumors were furthered with articles on the matter by nytimes.com and rollingstone.com. at first glance this might seem like a ploy to profit on the name and merch that i’m sure will go along with the festival but going by the new investors words
“We’re never going to recreate that moment in time… We’re trying to continue the idea of supporting live music, making a lot of noise and being a part of New York City. The festival is one way we can do it. Eventually the club will be another way we can do it.”
of tim hayes, this might be a new venue that many of us have been waiting for. the festival promises to bring an array of live music from central park summerstage to gramercy ballroom and across to the new knitting factory over in brooklyn with acts such as cro-mags, guided by voices, the hold steady’s craig finn, new york dolls’ david johansen and a personal favorite sick of it all.
although i was not there during the hay days of the early shows by blondie, ramones, sonic youth or even during the hardcore sunday matinees in the 80’s and early 90’s, i was blessed to have CBs apart of my life spending the better half of my teenage years and beyond (until its closing in 2006) going to shows, hanging out and even play on the stage there. a few stand out shows for me were the gorilla biscuits reunion or the last sunday matinee seeing sick of it all, agnostic front and madball on that ghetto stage together!
if you are actually still reading the longest post i think i’ve done to date, i’d love for anyone to share a memory they might have had at the good ol CBGB’s in the comments! by jr
lee ranaldo – between the times and the tides
as a big sonic youth fan, it always makes me happy to hear that sinister guitar be noisy. check out lee ranaldo’s solo album “between the times and the tides” by ak
