a visual collective outlet of inspirationjust to be clear, this is no music blog… it’s all lee’s fault for getting us started! basta! by dd
maysles brothers gimme shelter: rolling stones
gimme shelter is a great film, despite being a concert documentary. directed by the kings of doc the maysles brothers (even godard once called albert maysles “the best american cameraman“). the most memorable scene for me, was when mick is on stage trying to sing and do his crazy dance, while a drunk and pissed-off hells angel guard is standing next to him staring, like he’s some repulsive git (the key part is that there was no security at this concert, just the hells angels “protecting” the band from the drugged out crowd)… more than one thing goes wrong and you can just imagine the stones and what was going through their heads. must see if you haven’t already. by dd
1967 monterey festival: the original blue print for the woodstock festival
the 1967 monterey festival, a three-day concert in california, was the first widely promoted and heavily attended rock festival, attracting an estimated 200,000 total attendees. two years later, it became the blue print for the more generally known woodstock festival on the east coast which obviously had better PR and marketing behind it. eric burdon of the animals wrote this song as a tribute to those three days. i was never a fan of this song, listening to it made me chuckle at the time. it seemed pretentious to me, i don’t know why… a young brit impressed by the SF hippie scene and bragging about it while using much “groovy” words. that said the video is rather cool and i can forgive eric. maybe i was being too-cool-for-school myself! by dd
M. Ward: photographed with two of his favorite things
m. ward photographed with zooey dechanel
I’ll be damned if that is not a gretsch above and look… another one below.
so jealous!
well, after the m. ward post the other day i began to listen to ‘right in the head’ over and over again, and i just had to check, and indeed, the melody/solo on that track is a on a gretsch. in the pix above you can spot that cadillac V and the iconic gretsch bigsby tremolo bar. finally here’s a (horrible looking, but never the less) video as one more proof. P.S. does anyone know if ward plays exclusively on gretsch? by dd
M.Ward: roller coaster
for our friend butch. by dd
tauba auerbach’s deitch catalog
i was looking over artist tauba auerbach catalog from an exhibition she did at deitch gallery today. it’s not just a beautiful book, it’s exactly what you expect from an exhibition book. in other words, something that continues the experience, not photos that reproduce what you’ve just seen. on top of that, the manufacturing of the book is just sublime; no printed text, only debossings, holes, black and white and “thoughts for your eyes”…everything i love! by pp’
US bills: to carry added value
90% of U.S. bills carry traces of cocaine!
bills turned up positive for cocaine in these percentages:
100%: Detroit, Michigan
100%: Boston, Massachusetts
100%: Orlando, Florida
100%: Miami, Florida
100%: Los Angeles, California
88%: Toronto, Canada
77%: Salt Lake City, Utah
75%: Brasilia, Brazil
20%: Tokyo, Japan
20%: Beijing, China
00%: Zhuzhou, China
** new york city percentages were omitted as the results came in at an unreasonable 127%
Marian version: sisters of mercy
over clocked and over dubbed “nosferatu vs. sisters of mercy”
so the gretsch leads us to the animals and the animals to this… before nouvelle vague, there was “doktor avalanche” (the drum machine that followed eldrich from set-up to set-up). sisters of mercy’s singer and songwriter andrew eldritch is yet another of those english midgets who managed to pull off a hell-of-a-sound out of that tiny frame. i was an avid fan of these boys at the time… i know that paul will be proud. by dd
spend eternity on top of marilyn monroe
“spend eternity directly above marilyn monroe” or otherwise above the hollywood sex symbol, reads the ad placed on ebay. bidding opened at $500,000 just a one-up on hugh hefner who had bought the spot “next to” monroe in 1992. the seller will be “vacating” the remains of her husband “to make room for a new resident” at LA’s exclusive westwood village cemetery (housing what remains of dean martin, roy orbison, and truman capote), this also happens to be the place where the memorial services for my father were held – of course, with eric satie, playing in the background.
now why would you say, a widow in beverly hills, would move the remains of her ex-husband? well she hoped to make enough money to pay off the $1.6m mortgage on her mansion. “I can’t be more honest than that,” she said. “I want to leave it free and clear for my kids.”ok the last bit seems fair, but her own husband was placed face down in his crypt on top of the actress, in keeping with his dying wish… now hes gonna be one pissed-off corpse!
the seller, elsie poncher, says her husband’s remains will be moved over “one spot” into the crypt intended for her (now probably next to hefners), while she will be cremated when the time comes… I suppose Mr. poncher made the eternal mistake by facing monroe below instead of his wife, who was left, and was to be buried to the left… perhaps he got what he deserved after all. by uh
eric burdon – animals : house of the rising sun
all that gretsch talk got me thinking… it was brilliant when a midget like eric burdon of the animals, could belt out such deep vocals… pardon the horrible video setting but i hear those were the days, as eric was not exactly as sedated as he appears here. by dd
boffi kitchen
boffi kitchens have a way with cooks and pretty women… cooks seem to hate it, but pretty girls can’t seem to resist it! photo by laurent darmon. by xy
rickenbacker: let’s not forget this baby (legend)
the uber cool and under-rated george harrison with his rickenbacker guitar… lennon was great but after him, it’s george… then ringo… and maybe then the other one.
while on the topic lets not forget the Rickenbacker, ugly yes, but amazing too. if it was not for the love of vintage gretsch, the rickenbacker would surely be a second for me. by dd
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