Month: August 2013

The Future is Unwritten

joe-strummer-mural-tomorrowstarted

a few days ago, i came across the news that the joe strummer mural, on the side of good ol’ niagara on the the corner of 7A in the EV, was being removed due to renovations. pretty bummed by the news as i have been on a bit of a stummer kick. luckily, i had just borrowed a handful of old albums to play on my new record player, one of them being the clash’s debut studio album. a little earlier today i found out that the mural will be redone after the building is renovated! here’s a little video that pays tribute to strummer and the mural. oh and happy birthday joe. thank you for adding to the soundtrack of our lives. by jr

CATEGORIES: clips, f#@k your heroes... look at ours, music

Krafting all that werk? Afrika Bambaataa Planet Rock

afrika bambaataa & soul sonic force

how the hell did kraftwerk’s ralf hutter and florian schneider’s music make it all the way from dusseldorf germany to the bronx? it’s still beyond me. how cool it must have felt to hear, for the first time, afrika bambaataa & soul sonic force play planet rock back-in-the-day in the middle of the bronx… i can just imagine… (cause my ass clearly wasn’t in the bronx). by dd

CATEGORIES: clips, music

Bad Video – Huai Shi Pin with Bix Sigurdsson

ahhhh good video… “bad video”  is the latest installment from our icelandic friend bix sigurdsson (gus gus), or as i recall him bix pender, AKA big spender… that’s what his agent used to call him… love the music especially since just last night i watched a series of great documentaries on brian eno, kraftwerk, pierre boulez, pierre henry (not the footballer!) etc. this track and video were done in collaboration with directors and musicians arni & kinski and chinese artist and vocalist tsien-tsien zhan. lovely… now where do we get it bix? someone post a link in comments. by dd

CATEGORIES: clips, music