Thursday, 24 May 2012

Paul Kelly On Mountain Stage

Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly makes his fifth appearance on Mountain Stage, recorded live in Charleston, W.V. Kelly has been recording for more than 25 years, earning awards back home for his film and TV compositions and a cult-like following in the U.S. and abroad. Though Rolling Stone has called him "Australia's rock icon," Kelly has diversified through the years, recording albums that borrow from country, rock, folk and bluegrass.
A few years ago, Kelly began performing "A to Z" concerts, wherein he performed 100 of his songs over the course of four nights, in alphabetical order. The accompanying monologues and stories led to his first book of prose, titled How to Make Gravy. Here, he's backed by his nephew Dan Kelly on electric guitar and ukulele for a set which spans his career — beginning with "From St. Kilda to Kings Cross," which was not included in the Mountain Stage radio broadcast.
Seagulls Of Seattle
From St. Kilda To Kings Cross
Stolen Apples
Foggy Fields Of France
Cities Of Texas
For The Ages

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Jan Tschichold: The New Typography

Jan Tschichold
The New Typography

Words fail me...

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Girlz With Gunz #167 (Miliciana)

Miliciana Marina Ginestá, member of the Communist Youth, taken on the 21th July 1936 at the penthouse of the Hotel Colón in Barcelona. Marina apparently is still alive in París and is over 90 years young.
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Wednesday, 23 May 2012

New pillars of wisdom

Facebook I.P.O. Raises Regulatory Concerns

The Who live at the Isle of Wight Festival (1970)

Bonus:

Live 1974

Personally I blame my tinnitus on standing in front of the HUGE PA at The Who live at Parkhead back in 1976...

Ad Break (Swag Snowboarding Apparel blu r magazine 1994)

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Lithogragh by Mark Sgarbossa

UK Jobseekers who reject help for alcohol and drug addiction face benefits cut

Tuesday, 22 May 2012

Where I was 35 years ago tonight

Mentioned this once or twice before...

My old age haze did make me think that the Ramones/Talking Heads gig was on the Friday instead of the Saturday though. My old friend Allan recently revisited this spectacular weekend once again and who can blame him?

I guess you had to have been there.

Facebook shares tumble as underwriters desert stock

♪♫ Jesca Hoop - Born To

OHM Dedication Series #2: JD Twitch presents Adrian Sherwood

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In my late teens and early 20s, Adrian Sherwood's work impacted on me more than anything I had previously heard and made me think about sonic possibilities in a completely new way. I would buy any record he had been involved with unheard and got into a lot of other artists purely because he had been involved with making their records. Indeed, my nom de plume "Twitch" came from a record he produced and our Optimo slogan "We Love Your Ears" came from the sleeve of a record he remixed. I hadn't listened to a lot of these records for many, many years and fell in love with them all over again while putting this together. It was a complete labour of love to do and a revelation to hear how fresh and wild this music still sounds."
This mix is the first half of a three hour mix by JD Twitch. This half "focuses on his more electronic wild side (Tackhead, Fats Comet, Keith LeBlanc etc.)" while the second half is dedicated to his dub work with the likes of Creation Rebel. Find that here: Optimo Podcast 12 - Adrian Sherwood On U Sound mix part 2 (dub) by JD Twitch