
Photograph: Juli II I was born in 1924. If I were a violin my age I wouldn't be one of the best. As a wine I'd be first-rate or I'd be vinegar. As a dog I'd be dead. As a book I'd just be getting expensive, or be thrown away by now. As a forest I'd be young; as a machine, ridiculous. As a human being, I'm tired, very tired. - Yehuda Amichai. [...]
. But when, after counting the palm trees, he cast his eyes around him, the most horrible despair was infused into his soul. Before him stretched an ocean without limit. The dark sand of the desert spread further than eye could reach in every direction, and glittered like steel struck with bright light. It might have been a sea of looking-glass, or lakes melted together in a mirror. A fiery vapor carried up in surging waves made a perpetual whirlwind over the quivering land. The sky was lit with an Oriental splendor of insupportable purity, leaving naught for [...]

Photo Credit: Simone Volbrechtt Sandro Perri - double suicide (tiny mirrors / 2007) Gareth Dickson - Harmonics (Spruce Goose / 2005) Voice of the Seven Woods - The Journey ( The Journey / 2007 ) Corsican Paintbrush - floating down the mississippi (Diamonds / 2006) [...]
Get Up With It is an album collecting tracks recorded between 1970 and 1974 by Miles Davis . Released on November 22, 1974 as a double LP, it was Davis's last studio album before five years of retirement from music. "He Loved Him Madly" is a half-hour jazz dirge in tribute to Duke Ellington, who had died one month before; Brian Eno cited it as a lasting influence on his own work. ( wiki ) Miles Davis - Red China Blues Get up with [...]

Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future. - Coco Chanel . " Mellow Blue Sky (Paris - Johannesburg mix) " 01. Blue States - Heroes' Elegy Nothing Changes Under The Sun (Eighteenth Street, 2001) 02. Telepopmusik - Trishika Genetic World (2002) 03. Dimitri from Paris [...]

This track has fulfilled my expectations of The Jo'burg Sound, but due to the fact that my hatred of the central suburbs increases on a daily basis (no more Melville Yacht Basin for me), I've decided to rename the genre The Northern Suburban Sound, boo ya. By the way, I'm one of the guys on hand claps on this particular tune... yeah, that's totally how I hand clap right there, baby... Multi-Pattern - I've Been Looking For You

Image: Pork I have been one acquainted with the night. / I have walked out in rain - and back in rain. / I have outwalked the furthest city light. I have looked down the saddest city lane. / I have passed by the watchman on his beat / and dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain. I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet / when far away an interrupted cry / came over houses from another street, / but not to call me back or say goodbye; [...]

Photo credit: omnia Mt Macedon Cemetery in Victoria, Australia is home to Peter Schipperheyn ’s dramatic sculpture “Asleep”. It is one of the most intriguing and beautiful contemporary works of art I’ve come across in recent years. The beautiful contradiction between the young women’s vulnerability and the unsettling surroundings of the cemetery. The way her right hand lovingly grips the edge of the tombstone. It simply takes my breath away every time I look at it. The story goes that the artist was commissioned by a woman to make this sculpture [...]
Image: Heisuke Kitazawa Harry Akst - guilty Al Bowlly & The Ray Noble Orchestra - midnight, the stars & you Eddie Condon - Darktown Strutters Ball Al Bowlly - How could I be lonely? Oscar Aleman - Limehouse Blues Mezz Mezzrow Orchestra - sendin the vipers Hearing jazz while doing breakfast. Cream cheese & [...]
In its attempt to create a right to sue for "making available", the RIAA has argued, at the oral argument in Elektra v. Barker, and more recently in its opposition brief in Warner v. Cassin, that the term "to authorize" in the preamble language of 17 USC 106 means that merely "authorizing" something is tantamount to "infringement". This argument was recently repudiated by the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, in Latin American Music Co. v. Archdiocese of San Juan. - Recording Industry vs The People . " Anarcho-syndicalism, side note [...]

Photo credit: Michael Phelps With this list we come to the end of this series. A series that travelled from the heavy artillery of psychedelic freak-outs all the way to the serene bliss of dark and tranquil drones and ambient. This final 60+ minute playlist is like reaching our final destination in space. A peaceful place that glows with ecstasy and breathes an almost religious serene ambience. This couldn’t have been better portrayed than by Rhys Chatham’s incredible “A Crimson Grail”. A highly emotional recording which was made in the Sacre Coeur [...]

CAROLYN (overly cheerful) No, no, that's quite all right, dear. Your father and I were just discussing his day at work. (to Lester) Why don't you tell our daughter about it, [...]

“When I was young, I was extremely scared of dying. But now I think it a very, very wise arrangement. It’s like a light that is extinguished. Not very much to make a fuss about.” – Ingmar Bergman (14.7.1918 - 30.7.2007) Here I'm quoting Ingmar's words again. This time I'm going to say: No, I'm so afraid of it. It has been around me. From the death of Ingmar Berman, Michelangelo Antonioni, Wen Xing Yu (a famous and beloved local actor here), Max Roach, good [...]

“When I was young, I was extremely scared of dying. But now I think it a very, very wise arrangement. It’s like a light that is extinguished. Not very much to make a fuss about.” – Ingmar Bergman (14.7.1918 - 30.7.2007) Here I'm quoating Ingmar's words again. This time I'm going to say: No, I'm still so afraid of it. I'm afraid of losing anyone. Death has been around me. From the death of Ingmar Berman, Michelangelo Antonioni, Wen Xing Yu (a famous and beloved local actor [...]

Sister Nancy - Bam Bam (one, two... / 1982) M.I.A. - paper planes (Kala / 2007) The Clash - straight to hell (Combat Rock / 1982) Federico Aubele - ante tus ojos (Gran Hotel Buenos Aires / 2003) One Self - bluebird (children of possibility / 2005) Siobhan Donaghy - ghosts (Ghosts / 2007) Terribly sorry [...]
[image: members of Atman] Atman (often Theatre of Sound Atman) was founded in 1975 in Cracow (PL) by Marek Styczynski and Jacek Zadora, from 1982 it was basiclly a trio: Styczynski, Marek Leszczynski & Piotr Kolecki but many musicians, dancers were invited to perform together with group. Atman was not only a band but a kind of alternative movement with their own label - FLY Music, workshops and festival Music in Landscape. Their sound is defined by using traditional, sometimes exotic, instruments, many flutes, different small percussions, violin, mandolin, cimbalom, didgeridoo, acoustic guitars and vocals also. Apart from [...]
Max Roach (1924-2007) One of the most important jazz drummer in history of jazz R.I.P . " Small list, a tribute to Max Roach " 01. Four Tet - Thirtysixtwentyfive Thirtysixtwentyfive EP (Output, 1998) 02. The Max Roach Trio - Three-Four Vs. Six-Eight Four-Four Ways The Max Roach Trio, Featuring the Legendary Hasaan/Drums Unlimited (Collectables, 1964) 03. Venetian Snares - Nutimik [...]
" Imagine " is a utopian-themed song performed by John Lennon , which appears on his 1971 album, Imagine. Although originally credited solely to Lennon, in recent years Yoko Ono's contribution to the song has become more widely acknowledged. The song was produced by Phil Spector . [...] The lyrics were thought to be inspired by Lennon's hopes for a more peaceful world, though their origins are not known for certain. In 1963 Lennon penned the lyrics to " I'll Get You " with an opening verse of, "Imagine I'm in love with [...]
. " Samba and Guitar light mix " 01. Luiz Bonfa - Violao no Samba ( wiki ) Luiz Bonfa (1955) 02. Mônica Salmaso - Canto de Xangô Afro-Sambas (Gsp Records, 1997) 03. Baden Powell - Se Todos Fossem Iguais a Vocal ( wiki ) Solitude On Guitar (1971) 04. Baden Powell - Consolação À [...]

Lifelike - so electric (So electric / 2007) Curses! - what I need (unreleased)( web ) Delorean - apocalypse ghetto blast (transatlantic KK / 2007) Robyn - with every heartbeat (Robyn / 2005) The Paradise - in love with you (Alan Braxe & friends / 2005) [...]