I must confess that I find it hard to mourn the death of Amy Winehouse. Don't think of me as a man possessed of a callous heart. Of course the death of a young, talented woman is a cause for sadness. But Ms Winehouse did not die in a tragic accident, as Otis Redding did, nor did a dread disease claim her, as it did Minnie Riperton. Amy Winehouse was a victim of her own excess; she lived a self-destructive lifestyle which first wounded her talent and then (as it appears) ended her life. My empathy is directed at her [...]
Few TV shows ever have so accurately observed the condition of the suburban teenager as The Wonder Years did. One may regard the series, which ran for six seasons (from January 1988 to May 1993), as an exercise in nostalgia. Coming into the middle of a revival that celebrated the 1960s and the beginning of the '70s, it benefited from fortuitous timing, but as a story of growing up as told by an adult man, the timeframe made perfect sense. Some may accuse the show of [...]
After a bit of a hiatus, Wild Weekend comes a-callin' again. Ready for issue 53? Right on and tally ho. This weeks harvest: a gospel scorcher, a garage blast and a soul gem, amongst others. Featuring no less than three songs from vinyl sources, so the purists among you have plenty reason to be proud of me. Make it a wild one, y'all. Let´s begin with a rather obscure bearded folkie: Gary Higgins. If you love his '73 masterpiece Red Hash like I do, you'll be pleased to [...]
- Allô ? L'Ambassade de France ? Bonjour, je suis Florence Cassez. Je suis détenue au Mexique, il n'y a pas moyen de me mettre en contact avec la DGSE ? Comme ça vous pourriez m'échanger contre quelques luchadores détenus sur des rings en France ?! *** - Allô ? L'Ambassade de France ? Bonjour, je suis Michaël Blanc. Je suis détenu en Indonésie, il n'y a pas moyen de me mettre en contact avec la DGSE ? Comme ça vous pourriez m'échanger contre quelques orang-outans détenus dans des zoos français ?! [...]
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This is your Daily 2% – Chilled and Ready to Serve . We will try to bring you one " chill " track every day. This is for when you get home and you are trying to unwind. You reach for that glass of wine or that unlit Black & Mild or maybe you reach for something more herbal. This track is for those times. We will try to bring you at least one a day. We are just your milkmen and I'm here to make a delivery. Chill….. Today's delivery is brought to you by [...]
Photo: Virginiaz Gil Scott Herron & Brian Jackson - We Almost Lost Detroit Bridges (1977) Betty Davis - F.U.N.K. Nasty Gal (MPC Limited / 1975) Charles Wright - I'm Aware Express yourself (1970) Fontella Bass - Hold On This Time Free (Mojo /1972) [...]
The secret of surrealism was that the most banal reality could become surreal, but only at privileged moments, which still derived from art and the imaginary. Now the whole everyday political, social, historial, economic reality is incorporated into the simulative dimension of the hyperrealism; we already live out the "aesthetic" hallucination of realty. - Baudrillard . Selected writings. Symbolic Exchange and Death . pp 146 " Sunday note. " 01. The Pernice Brothers - Cronulla Breakdown The World Won't End (Ashmont Records, 2001) [...]
Created by composer and multi-instrumentalist Jason Swinscoe in 1999, British-based The Cinematic Orchestra lives up to their name with an atmospheric and beguiling combination of ingenious sampling, live instruments and jazzy electronic sound with a great swing and beat. The Cinematic Orchestra's debut album 'Motion' , a soundtrack to an imaginary thriller, took everyone by surprise and was voted by listeners of Giles Peterson's Radio One show as the album of the year . Watch video: All That You Give (feat. Fontella Bass [...]
Enregistrée en 1970 et absente des catalogues depuis un bout de temps, la BO des Stances à Sophie , signée par l'Art Ensemble of Chicago featuring madame Fontella Bass, ressort en octobre. Et chez Soul Jazz s'il vous plait, ce qui veut dire qu'on aura droit à un vrai beau livret.
Hello World...how we feelin' out there? I know your meters must be runnin' dangerously low since it's been a long minute between posts, but no worries. I'm comin' through like Supafly with some high voltage soul power to rejuvenate that ass. Okay then...enough grandiose superhero nonsense. Let's get easy and take it back to the essence... MUSIC : "Mister Boogie" --- Brother Soul (zShare) "Mister Boogie" --- Brother Soul (savefile) I'm startin' this session off properly with a seriously infectious funk groove that will [...]
Rescue me, take me in your arms. Rescue me, I want your tender charms. 'Cause I'm lonely and I'm blue. I need you and your love too. Come on and rescue me. No, it's not Aretha Franklin singing, although Fontella had a very similar background singing Gospel music before moving over to the secular side. This song was her biggest hit, and came out in 1965, two years before Aretha hit [...]
... They didn't say anything. The man and the woman moved closer to each other, The round table between them. The stove was still on and burned the empty pot. She started to get up. One of them shot her. She leaned over the table like a schoolgirl doing her lessons. She thought about being beside him, being asleep. They took her long gray socks Put them over the barrel of a rifle And shot him. He went back in his chair, holding himself. She told him [...]
Finally got my hands on The Cinematic Orchestra's new album Ma Fleur (released June 5th) and it was the perfect accompaniment to my morning commute, which was filled with a heavy fog and fall tree colors hanging out of the edges of the road. The album consists of a mix of purely orchestral tracks along with songs featuring minimal vocals. Their band name really does describe the music best, as it sounds like music that would be played over your favorite dramatic movie. As I was listening to [...]
Bonjour chez vous !!! Je viens de tomber sur une news disant que Ublog (une des premières plateformes de blogging française) va bientôt fermer. J'avais fait une première tentative d'ouverture d'un blog le-Gouter chez eux. C'était bien une tentative... Un petit coup de nostalgie back en 2004 avant que tout cela ne disparaisse dans les limbes de l'Internet !! Mais avant tout une formidable envie de partager, bien vivace, que je dois à des filles. Pas que mais ces 4 là je les aime passionnément. [...]
De vuelta en Francia donde el verano nos recibe con noches lluviosas y temblores lúnaticos y de día el calor nos levanta rudamente los inflamados pómulos, con los ojos empujados sin poder librarse facilmente del agua ardiente que se mueve en ellos. La luz del verano nos engulle con una obcecada hambre blanca y nos enceguece con su copa vacia en cuyo fondo negrea una tenue carbonilla de locura. Una aridez opaca en donde se aclara el ofuscamiento. La estación mas difícil de domar es el verano irreprochable, hay que andarse con mucho cuidado y paciencia de su [...]
Fontella Bass - "Hold On This Time" Despite first appearances, "Hold On This Time" is a song of surpassing dignity. Yes, Bass sings of being cheated on, of being lied to and made a sucker. She admits to having been abandoned and used and then, more or less, having begged for more. The history she recounts is one of continual self-abasement in the course of maintaining a relationship in which she clearly holds the lower hand. On first listen, it may seem that Bass is being pathetically dependent and hopelessly undignified when she admonishes this unrepentant cheater to "hold on" [...]
SINCE I FELL FOR YOU Doris Duke I'm A Loser Canyon : 1970 [Buy It] SINCE I FELL FOR YOU Nina Simone Nina Simone Sings The Blues RCA : 1967 [Buy It] SINCE I FELL FOR YOU Fontella Bass The "New" Look Checker: 1965 Available on: The Very Best Of... [Buy It] SINCE I FELL [...]
"Une autre, s'il te plaît. la même chose ? oui, merci"L'envie est toujours présente, à jamais la recherche de l'étourdissement, le désir de se faire péter le oreilles et le coeur, d'en prendre plein la gueule. Et de vous rendre, tant bien que mal, les secousses de cet écosystème personnel. Moins de posts cette année, mais plus de lecteurs au-delà des frontières : des timides, des réguliers, des
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