It was today that I read the nominations for this year's Golden Raspberry Awards and noticed that Jessica Alba is nominated for four (!) films; The Killer Inside Me, Little Fockers, Machete and Valentine's Day . Well done Jessica, wish you go for more next year.
Jessica's success, made me remember The Killer Inside Me, the only of the four movies that I've watched. An interesting, yet very disturbing film with an even bigger disturbing parallelism. Spade Cooley, whose music is heard in the film, murdered his wife, just like Casey Affleck did with Alba in the film. Cooley's music though, remains an essential chapter in country music, thus gaining him the title of the King of Western Swing.
download link: here (cd1) and here (cd2) from mirrorcreator or here from rapidshare
Update: A nice post for the same subject by my fellow blogger Barrie.
The Roma expulsions and the demolition of their camps that Sarkozy has ordered was the event that shocked me the most during my months of absence. Such treatment shows the real brutal face of the "civilised" west and brings us appalling memories of the Nazi pogroms. And, yes, it is a round-up, even if they want to hide behind more elegant words only to hide their fascism.
Today's upload is a rewarding release which presents pre WWII gypsy violin-led orchestras before the massive Nazi wipe out.
download link (cd1): here (mirrorcreator)
download link (cd2): here (mirrorcreator
download link: here (rapidshare)
100 Club, a London venue of great importance is under a closure threat. The story emerged in September, but I couldn't help to write about it even if I am very late. A relevant campaign is running.
Although its history as a venue starts from the 40's its focal point was in the late 70's where many of the groups of UK punk found a place to play. Most importantly, on 20 and 21 September 1976 the 100 Club Punk Special took place there, an event with which punk entered the limelight. The line-up was: Monday, 20 September Sex Pistols The Clash Siouxsie and the Banshees Subway Sect Tuesday, 21 September Buzzcocks The Damned Chris Spedding & The Vibrators Stinky Toys
Siouxsie, Michelle and Steve Severin at the front of the queue, the 100 Club, 20 September, 1976
Jon Savage writes in "England's Dreaming" (p.217,218): "'Always announce your music in the most theatrical manner possible' McLaren wrote in a retroactive manifesto. He was preparing his final media assault; the movement was to be born by caesarian if necessary. The idea of a festival was good: if it could be done at CBGBs or Mont de Marsan, then he would make the English festival the way to secure England's lead. The 'Punk Rock Festival' was the climax of his campaign to woo the record companies." (...) 'Its was a good idea of Malcolm's,' says Simon Barker, 'because it gave the media the idea that Punk Rock was big enough to have a festival. Really it was just a couple of nuts down at the 100 Club, but people still go there just to see the place. It's like some Mecca.'(...) 'That first afternoon, when people were first putting down their gear and sound checking,' say John Ingham, 'Ron Watts was saying that there were going to be hundreds of people down that night and the place would be packed. People told him he was out of his mind, but he went out, came back and said there were about five hundred people outside. This was the first time I'd seen a Punk I didn't know in the street.'"
Tracklisting: 01-Siouxsie & the Banshees - The Lords Prayer 02-Clash - White Riot 03-Clash - London's Burning 04-Clash - I'm So Bored With The USA 05-Clash - How Can I Understand The Flies 06-Clash - Protex Blue 07-Clash - Deadly Serious 08-Clash - Deny 09-Clash - 48 Hours 10-Clash - What's My Name 11-Clash - Janie Jones 12-Clash - 1977 13-Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK 14-Sex Pistols - I Wanna Be Me 15-Sex Pistols - Seventeen 16-Sex Pistols - New York 17-Sex Pistols - No Lips 18-Sex Pistols - Submission 19-Sex Pistols - Liar 20-Sex Pistols - No Feelings 21-Sex Pistols - Substitute 22-Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant 23-Sex Pistols - Problems 24-Sex Pistols - No Fun (cut)
download link (part1): here (link removed due to a relevant request) :-( download link (part2): here (link removed due to a relevant request) :-(
Hello, again. In a rather bleak Christmas day, which is also the 4th birthday of this blog, I wish you all happy holidays. Although many things have changed since my last upload, during my six months of absence I often found myself thinking about this blog. I kept notes about some of the news that would "deserve" a post here and I tend to give it a try to cover the gap for some of them.
PS Thanks for the comments during my hiatus.
Tracklisting:
1 Grandaddy - Alan Parsons in a Winter Wonderland
2 Dandy Warhols - The Little Drummer Boy
3 Webb Brothers - Everyday Is Christmas
4 Eels - Everything's Gonna Be Cool This Christmas
5 El Vez - Feliz Navi-Nada
6 Morgan - Christmas in Waikiki
7 Drugstore - Maybe at Christmas Time
8 Belle & Sebastian - O Come, O Come Emmanuel
9 Giant Sand - Thank You Dreaded Black Ice, Thank You
10 Flaming Lips - White Christmas [Demo for Tom Waits]
11 Saint Etienne - My Christmas Prayer
12 Departure Lounge - Christmas Downer
13 Six By Seven - I Believe in Father Christmas
14 Snow Patrol - When I Get Home for Christmas
15 Spiritual Guidance - Titan
16 Big Boss Man - Christmas Boogaloo
17 Teenage Fanclub - Christmas Eve
18 Calexico - Gift X-Change
19 Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Hwiangerdd Mair
20 Low - Just Like Christmas
21 Laverne - In the Bleak Midwinter
Late as always, this is the dedication post for Dennis Hopper. An actor/director that although his career went through much turbulence, he gave us some tremendous roles for which he has attained a huge cult status. Naturally, most of the references about him were for the Easy Rider, for which he was also the director, so I thought that it would be too obvious to upload its soundtrack. Colors, although of course not reaching the importance of Easy Rider, was a very good effort to depict the gang life in South Central Los Angeles. As a result, its soundtrack is full of rap standards of the time.
Tracklisting:
A1-Ice-T - Colors
A2-Decadent Dub Team - Six Gun (44 Mag. Mix)
A3-Salt-N-Pepa - Let The Rhythm Run
A4-Big Daddy Kane - Raw
A5-Eric B. & Rakim - Paid In Full (Cold Cut Remix)
B1-Kool G Rap - Butcher Shop
B2-7A3 - Mad, Mad World
B3-Roxanne Shante - Go On Girl
B4-MC Shan - A Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Waste
B5-Rick James - Everywhere I Go (Colors)
