A moved Smith said she was “humbled and inspired” to receive the award. She thanked her family and band members and appealed to the audience to “turn their hearts and minds and resources” toward the famine in Africa.
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/08/30/3872198/kronos-quartet-patti-smith-accept.html
http://www.clashmusic.com/news/patti-smith-wins-polar-prize
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14724251
Patti Smith Prepares Retrospective'Outside Society' due on September 12th.
http://www.clashmusic.com/news/patti-smith-prepares-retrospective
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kronos_Quartet
Some Links You Might Enjoy
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Monday, August 22, 2011
METALLICA meet LOU REED
http://www.loureedmetallica.com/
http://cover.mojo4music.com/Item.aspx?pageNo=1828&year=2011
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/Metallica/Lou/Reed/ponen/expresionistas/elpten/20110822elpepucul_2/Tes
LOU REED/METALLICA: A clash of the gods, the growling absolute lord of New York punk and the divine beings of speed metal meet for the beat poetry riff monster of ‘Loutallica’. Keith Cameron lends an ear.
http://www.nme.com/news/metallica/58763
Speaking in New York Magazine, Reed revealed he and the thrash titans have re-recorded some of the music he wrote as a score for a musical version of German playwright Frank Wedekind's Lulu.
Reed said: "The version of the Lulu music I did with Metallica is awe inspiring. It’s maybe the best thing done by anyone, ever. It could create another planetary system. I’m not joking, and I’m not being egotistical."
http://cover.mojo4music.com/Item.aspx?pageNo=1828&year=2011
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/Metallica/Lou/Reed/ponen/expresionistas/elpten/20110822elpepucul_2/Tes
LOU REED/METALLICA: A clash of the gods, the growling absolute lord of New York punk and the divine beings of speed metal meet for the beat poetry riff monster of ‘Loutallica’. Keith Cameron lends an ear.
http://www.nme.com/news/metallica/58763
Speaking in New York Magazine, Reed revealed he and the thrash titans have re-recorded some of the music he wrote as a score for a musical version of German playwright Frank Wedekind's Lulu.
Reed said: "The version of the Lulu music I did with Metallica is awe inspiring. It’s maybe the best thing done by anyone, ever. It could create another planetary system. I’m not joking, and I’m not being egotistical."
Friday, August 19, 2011
ANTARCTIC ICE FLOW
Fresh news about Planet Earth with a bit of music to make it less hard to read.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-256
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=106877491
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-256
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=106877491
Sunday, August 14, 2011
LET ENGLAND SHAKE
LET ENGLAND SHAKE was released last February amidst a traditional cold winter; now England is 'shaking' and it's hot. This album by Ms Harvey is exquisite.
Incidentally, I'm on holiday, but not too far from the Net. Cheers!
"In the Dark Places"
We got up early,
washed our faces,
walked the fields
and put up crosses.
Passed through
the damned mountains,
went hellwards,
and some of us returned,
and some of us did not.
In the fields and in the forests,
under the moon and under the sun
another summer has passed before us,
and not one man has,
not one woman has revealed
the secrets of this world.
So our young men hid
with guns, in the dirt
and in the dark places.
Incidentally, I'm on holiday, but not too far from the Net. Cheers!
"In the Dark Places"
We got up early,
washed our faces,
walked the fields
and put up crosses.
Passed through
the damned mountains,
went hellwards,
and some of us returned,
and some of us did not.
In the fields and in the forests,
under the moon and under the sun
another summer has passed before us,
and not one man has,
not one woman has revealed
the secrets of this world.
So our young men hid
with guns, in the dirt
and in the dark places.
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