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| WFMU Record Fair 5.31.14 |
May 31, 2014
May 30, 2014
New Documentary Alert - The Seeds: Pushin' Too Hard
Here's a cool doc to keep an eye out for over the next few months. The Seeds: Pushin' Too Hard appears to be produced by their old, and still in business, record label, GNP Crescendo, and looks promising.
May 28, 2014
Found: 33 minutes of The Velvet Undergound at the Boston Tea Party, 1967, in color!
Mind: boggled. Thank you, internet. Here is some color footage of the Velvet Underground live in Boston from 1967. The sound quality pretty much suck, but who cares? If you listen closely you'll be able to make out some of the tunes. According to the uploader this was "directed" by Andy Warhol. I'm not not sure what that means exactly, but this is truly a treasure. Here is the description:
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND IN BOSTON (1967, sound, color, 33 mins. Dir: Andy Warhol):
This newly unearthed film, which Warhol shot during a concert at the Boston Tea Party, features a variety of filmmaking techniques. Sudden in-and-out zooms, sweeping panning shots, in-camera edits that create single frame images and bursts of light like paparazzi flash bulbs going off mirror the kinesthetic experience of the Exploding Plastic Inevitable, with its strobe lights, whip dancers, colorful slide shows, multi-screen projections, liberal use of amphetamines, and overpowering sound.
It is a significant find indeed for fans of the Velvets, being one of only two known films with synchronous sound of the band performing live, and this the only one in color. It's fitting that it was shot at the Boston Tea Party, as the Beantown club became one of the band's favorite, most-played venues, and was where a 16-year-old Jonathan Richman faithfully attended every show and befriended the group. Richman, who would later have his debut recordings produced by John Cale, and later yet record a song about the group, is just possibly seen in the background of this film.
New Documentary Alert: The Blueblack Hussar
Follow Adam Ant on his journey from obscurity to Top of the Pops, back down, to mental illness, and back up. If this doesn't look like a great episode of Behind the Music, I don't know what does. I'll be on the look out for this one. It'll be available on DVD and streaming on July 7, and its also screening periodically. Keep up with the news via the Facebook page.
May 27, 2014
Kickstarter Project of Note: The Viking of 6th Avenue
Here's a Kickstarter project I can really get behind, and I'm very excited about! The Viking of 6th Avenue sets out to tell the story of Moondog - one of the more interesting 20th century musicians to fall between the cracks of jazz and classical music, not mention art, so called counterculture, and a whole host of other genres & possibilities. Watch the trailer below, and click the links to watch & support them! Their monetary goal seems high from what I usually see, but perhaps that speaks to the possible quality of the finished product.
Attention filmmakers: One tiny request - will you be making an actual DVD of the final cut available at all?
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| Photo by Peter Martens |
May 26, 2014
Daily Travels: Phoenicia NY
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| Click the image for the full size, and see what happens to moving vehicles when the get caught in a panoramic photo. |
John Sebastian, Bob Dylan and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott dig vinyl
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| John Sebastian, Bob Dylan and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott looking at albums in Greenwich Village, New York. August 1964. Photo by Douglas R. Gilbert. |
Miles Davis Way unveiled today on Upper West Side
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| Photo by Francis Wolff |
After becoming official back in December, the unveiling of Miles Davis Way takes place today at 2:00PM at 77th Street between Riverside & West End. There will also be a block party between noon and 2:00PM. All is free and open to the public. Huzzah!
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| Photo by Emon Hassan for The New York Times. Shirley Zafirau underneath the sign on West 77th Street that will be renamed “Miles Davis Way,” in honor of the jazz musician who lived on the Upper West Side block. Ms. Zafirau led the campaign to rename the street. |
May 25, 2014
Obituaries of Note: Joe Wilder, Nash the Slash, and Bunny Yeager
May 24, 2014
May 23, 2014
Movie of the Week: 24 Hour Party People (2002)
If you're a fan of Factory Records and the UK post punk scene, and you've never seen this movie, you're in for a treat. Seriously, make some time over this long weekend, and watch it! It just might be the best music related biopic I know of...
Friday Ephemera: Postcard Records in Rough Trade Catalog (1981)
Postcard
Records centre spread in a 1981 Rough Trade Distribution Catalogue. The
idea was to pull it out and pin it up on your wall. The illustration and lettering is by Krysia Klasicki who also did the artwork on Josef K’s ‘The Only Fun in Town’ album.
Source : C86 & All That - The official page for the forthcoming publication of Neil Taylor’s book: of 'C86 & All That: Indie 1983-86'. The page features news, extracts, audio, visuals and extra material.
Source : C86 & All That - The official page for the forthcoming publication of Neil Taylor’s book: of 'C86 & All That: Indie 1983-86'. The page features news, extracts, audio, visuals and extra material.
Text & image source: Sound of Young Scotland
May 22, 2014
May 19, 2014
May 17, 2014
Kickstarter Project of note: Punk The Capital
Punk the Capital is a documentary in development, and explores how Punk took hold in Washington D.C., between the mid 70's and the mid 80's. Check out the trailer, and follow the links for more info.
Kickstarter campaign: http://kck.st/1nAtkuw
Website: www.dcpunkrockdoc.info
Facebook: www.facebook.com/punkthecapitaldocumentary
Twitter: www.twitter.com/punkthecapital
Twitter: www.twitter.com/punkthecapital
The filmmakers are also hosting an event in DC at the Black Cat on June 10 to screen
parts of the film along with unseen archival DC Punk footage: http://www.blackcatdc.com/shows/film-screening.html.
May 16, 2014
Sale time at the Archive of Contemporary Music!
Its that time of the year again.
For details on donating, membership, and more, please visit arcmusic.org.
May 9, 2014
May 8, 2014
Recently listed on eBay
Some of these items may be of interest to some of you. Please check all I have available here.
I'm also running a sale on some items for a limited time. You can see these here.
I'm also running a sale on some items for a limited time. You can see these here.
May 5, 2014
Special offer from the Harvest Ministers
Here’s a nice offer from the Harvest Ministers: The next 10 people to order the vinyl version of You Can See Everything From Here
will also receive a full colour limited print edition of the album
cover (10.5 inches x 10.5 inches) signed by the artist Padraig McCaul.
Order at http://theharvestministers.bandcamp.com/music.
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