Saturday, April 29, 2006
YouTube - Kraftwerk - Tanzmusik (1973)
Ralf und Florian period Kraftwerk performing "Tanzmusik" on German television. Niceee
YouTube - Kraftwerk - Tanzmusik (1973)
YouTube - Serge Gainsbourg - Requiem Pour Un Con
YouTube - Serge Gainsbourg - Requiem Pour Un Con: "
Above: Boom boom bak bak bak Boom boom bak bak bak!
It gets no cooler than this: mid-60s clip of Serge Gainsbourg et le band smoking cigarettes and playing the classic "Requiem Por Un Con", which features a mammoth drum break. Whoever Serge's band was during this period (see also "Bonnie and Clyde") were really amazing. Enjoy!
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Serge gives the drummer some! This was originally posted on the Monkeyfunk Audioblog (http://monkeyfunk45.blogspot.com).
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Friday, April 28, 2006
Kaz's Underworld
Above: Elementary math, Underworld style
I've been following Kaz's work since the late eighties, when I first became aware of the comics revival around RAW magazine. Nearly 20 years later, he still is the king of the underworld. Enjoy!
Kaz's Underworld: "News"
Barbican - Os Mutantes & Nacao Zumbi
Above: Os Mutantes are back!
Barbican - Os Mutantes & Nacao Zumbi:
Os Mutantes & Nacao Zumbi + special guest Devendra Banhart
22 May 2006 / 19:30/Barbican Hall/London
Part of Tropicalia
Thursday, April 27, 2006
deltasleep: A Very Special Treat
Post 3 in my vintage electronic music series: mp3s from a RCA Mark II synthesizer demo record.
The RCA Mark II was the main instrument at the famous Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center in the 1950s, and the first programmable electronic music synthesizer. Cheers!
deltasleep: A Very Special Treat
Music You (Possibly) Won't Hear Anyplace Else: HAL's father??
Post two in a three-part series of cool vintage electronic music records: This is a great bell telephone labs 7" from 1963 which includes synthesized speech. Bell Labs was interested in synthesized speech to improve telephone call quality, but this technology, including the Vocoder, would soon be turned to creative purposes like being used on Electro records. Enjoy!
Music You (Possibly) Won't Hear Anyplace Else: HAL's father??
First Philadelphia Computer Music Festival
Above: Computer Music '79!
Here's a cool record of the 1978 First Philadelphia Computer Music Festival, featuring mp3s you can download of various
composers, playing on obscure synths like the RCA Cosmac, ALF, SSM, or NOTRAN. This record is a surprisingly late issue of traditional academic electronic music (think Columbia-Princeton). It is weird to hear old chestunts like the Mexican Hat Dance played on synths several years after Kraftwerk had written Autobahn and Cabaret Voltaire were unleashing electronic squalls in Sheffield. Anyway, a great find and a generous post.
First Philadelphia Computer Music Festival
Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance . Home | PBS
Above: Vasari: Cosimo I consults battle plans
First part of a great docudrama on pbs last night called "Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance". Sumptous period pieces and dramatizations of
a 15th century Sopranos-style clan--that is, if the Sopranos supported people like Brunelleschi, Michelangelo, Boticelli, and Donatello as well as making deals and bumping off rivals. This family had major ups and downs, assassinations, triumphs, papal power, exile, and still found time to pour extravagant cash on the tender shoots of the Renaissance. There are lots of interesting historical details included, like how one of the Medici was fed a mixture of crushed jewels and pearls on his deathbed, or how the painter Boticelli, despite his sensual depictions of pagan mythology and physical beauty, succumbed to religious fanaticism and consigned some of his work to a bonfire. Even though the narrator strays a bit into Burgess Meredith territory with his breathy delivery, this show is an inspiring example of how history can be brought to stunning life. Highly recommended!
Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance . Home | PBS
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
UVa-HSL :: Historical Collections : 19th Century Medical Caricature
Above: headache!!
Nice collection of 18th century British and French medical illustrations. Lots of interesting
caricatures and arcance practices (bloodletting, anyone?)
UVa-HSL :: Historical Collections : 19th Century Medical Caricature
HAWAIIAN NUMBERS
Just in time for your summer trip to the Big Island, the Hawaiian numbers from
Ekahi to Umi!
courtesy of mefi
HAWAIIAN NUMBERS
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Dave Wright of Not Breathing and his circuit bent instruments of doom (you tube)
Cool clip with Dave Wright of not breathing and carrion sound demonstrating the use of various circuit bent instruments. If you're not familiar, Circuit Bending is a technique developed by Reed Ghazala in the 70s in which one takes an existing electronic sound generator, the classic example being a speak n spell, open it up, and resolder the parts, add various switches, and uncover the atonal monsters in the circuitry. Dave makes & sells some beautiful circuit bent instruments, which he gives cool names and nice finishes to.
There are two new DIY book out about circuit bending: this one and this one
and a documentary
YouTube - Dave Wright's Wall of Sound
YouTube - The Cat Came Back (1988) Cordell Barker Vhs
Cute animation by Cordell Barker about a cat that just won't stay away. I first saw this at the Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted animation festival in NY around 1990. The song is pretty catchy too!
YouTube - The Cat Came Back (1988) Cordell Barker Vhs
Ten auf der Turntable
Above: The immortal CAN
"Matmos" by Matmos
"Flat Pack Philosophy" by the Buzzcocks
"The Runk Focker Edits" by Romanowski
"Rough Trade Post Punk 1 & 2" by Various
"Music Meets Poetry" by Len Sousa
"Blowout Comb" by Digable Planets
"BBC Radiophonic Workshop Effects" by Various
"Gilgamesh - A New Translation" by Stephen Mitchell
"Incognitos Redux" by Various
"Cabaret Manana" by Esquivel
Monday, April 24, 2006
Tattoo Art
Tattoo Art
amazing, glo-in-the-dark tattoo. Would be cool to see a face version of this. You could just flash a black light on your face and scare the hell out of people.
Typography of the Electric Company - a photoset on Flickr
My flickr set of the Typography of the Electric Company, part 1.
Not only was The Electric Company (1971-1977) a hugely successful show aimed at improving kid's reading skills, with a stellar cast including Bill Cosby, Morgan Freeman, and Rita Moreno, psychedelic early video effects, and funky music, but it was a program in love with letters. Every episode was filled with various type and lettering, and I believe it planted a seed in my mind that would flourish years later as a love of lettering and found typography. Enjoy!
Typography of the Electric Company - a photoset on Flickr
YouTube - Switchblade Sisters Trailer
Teenage girls + switchblades + urban guerilla warfare exploitation flick. The
Legendary Switchblade Sisters. I saw this in Honolulu, Tarantino introduced it
and talked about how it was one of his favorite movies. Here's the trailer.
YouTube - Switchblade Sisters Trailer
YouTube - Rezillos - Destination Venus #2
This should get your Monday morning started: Hi octane Scottish Space Pop from Scotland! The criminally overlooked Rezillos!
YouTube - Rezillos - Destination Venus #2: "
Old Grey Whistle Test, BBC TV 1978
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Thursday, April 20, 2006
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
YouTube - Dictator Octopus
who needs drugs when you have this??!??
I think this explains why Octopi should not be allowed to become
dictators.
YouTube - Dictator Octopus
YouTube - Maakies Drinky The Crow
One of 6 animations of the amazing "Maakies" cartoon on you tube.
see Maakies website for more insanity.
YouTube - Maakies Drinky The Crow
Germano Facetti | Self and Others by RD Laing
Germano Facetti | Self and Others by RD Laing
Germano Facetti, art director at Penguin from 1961 to 1972, died last weekend. Below are a handful of the iconic jacket designs that allowed Penguin to set the benchmark for exemplary design in the publishing world.
Courtesy of MeFi
http://books.guardian.co.uk/gallery/0,,1752252,00.html
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Friday, April 14, 2006
Monday, April 10, 2006
Fantastic Then Press
Spend the weekend at the Ape Expo with Ted Jalbert of Fantastic Then Press. Cool to see the show from behind the tables. See http://www.cafepress.com/pantufla for tees and postcards.
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