Wednesday, August 31, 2011

PATTI SMITH - KRONOS QUARTET

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

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

AUGUST ETC

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."

Friday, August 19, 2011

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.