Archive for October, 2007
That’s Torn it
Ah, Rip Torn. I love a journeyman actor who’s something different to every generation, with a sack full of sensational stories to boot, including one disputed tale involving Rip, and superprick Dennis Hopper, involving the line “Why don’t we go outside, and you bring all the knives and then we’ll see who the punk is?” When [...]
Filed under: David Bowie, Dennis Hopper, Norman Mailer, Rip Torn | 1 Comment
Tags: David Bowie, Dennis Hopper, Norman Mailer, Rip Torn
Now this, pals, is a video. Just like they used to make ‘em. ABC and their mini-Bryan Ferry (but infinitely more fun and playful) Martin Fry rock the spot, and never more so than in this totally bonkers, single set fuckabout. Give these Sheffield synth popateers three-and-a-half minutes and they’ll give [...]
Filed under: Martin Fry, The Look of Love | 5 Comments
Tags: ABC, Martin Fry, Star Test, The Look of Love, Vidi Video
Supermatch Game!
In further tribute to the still dead and still fantastically brilliant Ronnie Hazlehurst, here’s a cracking sketch courtesy of Peter Serafinowicz, who seems to be doing a similar nice line in treading the line between wonderfully absurd and sweetly daft in his new show on Thursdays on BBC2.
Although I never thought [...]
Filed under: Blankety Blank, Peter Serafinowicz | 3 Comments
Tags: Blankety Blank, Freddie Starr, Kevin Eldon, Martin Freeman, Nick Frost, Peter Serafinowicz, Simon Pegg, Terry Wogan
“Your deciding is wrong!”
Buddy Rich, master of the jazz skins, could, at times, get a little exasperated. Well, I say exasperated, apoplectic is probably more accurate, as he had a tendency to ream out his entire band when their performances weren’t up to scratch.
What makes it noteworthy is the sheer poetry of the man when he’s in full [...]
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Tags: bootleg, Buddy Rich, Bus Tapes
Vidi Video #2: Easy Lover (1984)
Yeah, yeah, we all know this song, but when was the last time you watched the video for it? It’s almost thrillingly postmodern and, feel free to correct me, the first video that is actually its own “making of”, plus it kinda starts like a direct sequel to Dawn of the [...]
Filed under: Easy Lover, Phil Collins, Philip Bailey | 4 Comments
Tags: Easy Lover, Phil Collins, Philip Bailey, Vidi Video
And now… an occasional series of music videos to wet your whistles and soap up your kazoos. First up a trendscope face-off as artist and film-maker Miranda July quite literally throws shapes in aid of Blonde Redhead’s “Top Ranking”, all under the watchful eye of music video royal, Mike Mills. It’s like a flash-mob [...]
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Tags: Blonde Redhead, Mike Mills, Miranda July, Vidi Video
The Man with the Golden Throat
Just found out today that Jon Lucien, one of the most beautiful voices in jazz soul, passed away on August 18th. His voice is one of the expressive, warm and versatile I’ve ever heard and playing the incomparable Would You Believe In Me? never fails to make my hairs stand on end. Nobody else could quite so effortlessly fuse modern [...]
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Tags: Jon Lucien, TWA Flight 800
It Might Also Go A Little Something Like That- #009 THE TIME - AFTER HI SCHOOL (1981) From their eponymous... November 10, 2009
- THE TIME - AFTER HI SCHOOL (1981) November 10, 2009
- #008 PRINCE - EROTIC CITY (MAKE LOVE NOT WAR EROTIC CITY COME... November 9, 2009
- PRINCE - EROTIC CITY (MAKE LOVE NOT WAR EROTIC CITY COME ALIVE... November 9, 2009
- STEVIE NICKS - STAND BACK (1983) November 8, 2009
- #007 STEVIE NICKS - STAND BACK (ELI ESCOBAR DISCO REMIX) (2009)... November 8, 2009
- Photo November 8, 2009
- LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM - TROUBLE (1981) November 7, 2009
- #006 LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM - TROUBLE (1981) We continue playing... November 7, 2009
- Photo November 7, 2009
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