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Post by pippa on May 21, 2010 16:36:34 GMT
you don't have to shush in here. The Cool Roomeveryone welcome here. whatever takes your musical fancy. though i suspect somehow i shall probably be playing here on my ownsome - having a great time of course. ~~~~ "the greatest drummer that ever lived" ! true - Brian Eno says so. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Allen_%28musician%29he played alongside Fela Kuti and Manu Dibango. more recently he was drummer for 'the good the band and the queen'. more here: www.myspace.com/tonyallenafrobeatand just a few days ago Tony Allen performed at brighton festival: www.brightonfestival.org/Event/This%20is%20Afrobeat/3596 back later edit: just rearranging this thread and including the clip i posted last night
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Post by pippa on May 23, 2010 16:31:16 GMT
it's a gorgeous day and just made tabbouleh. ideal for this searing heat - never one to complain though, no matter how hot. ( recipe at the end of this post for anyone interested). right, back to the moosic. when tony allen left fela kuti's band in 1977, Fela had to hire four drummers to replace him, he was that good. and this is the legendary Fela Kuti, a personal hero of mine not only for his music but for his human rights activism that spanned decades. well known also for his stage performances which included all of his 28 wives, backing vocals and dancers. Fela's outspoken political views and activism railed against the corrupt Nigerian government and landed him in prison. he hated multinationals and launched blistering attacks against Thatcher and Reagan. Fela died in 1997. his mother, herself a womens rights activist dating back to the 1950s, was murdered in 1978 by the Nigerian military who threw her out of a second floor window having stormed the 'Kalakuta Republic', a communal compound-cum-recording studio and rehearsal space founded by Fela. two of my favourite albums are 'teacher don't teach me nonsense' and 'black president'. I.T.T. (international thief thief) is a great song. Tabbouleh
small cup of crushed wheat or cous cous bunch fresh mint - chopped bunch fresh parsley - chopped 4 tomatoes - roughly chopped 1 onion, i use red - finely chopped salt (i use maldon salt chrystals) & ground black pepper 3 tbs olive oil clove garlic - chopped some spring onions - chopped
allow the crushed wheat to soak for 1/2 hr. strain thoroughly. mix it all with seasoning and olive oil.chill
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Post by pippa on May 23, 2010 23:07:57 GMT
a Goran Bregovic / Iggy Pop collaboration, introduced to me by the darling daughter:
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Post by pippa on May 25, 2010 8:16:32 GMT
hmm... so what to do today...
follow the fancy foot work of Irina Chiriac & Donald P. Borchers and sidestep to La Valse D'Amelie from the romantic dreamworld of Jeane-Pierre Jeunet's delightful Amelie
or, stay with the Romany theme and go with gogol bordello - the so called 'new york' (because they live there, Gypsey punk band? start wearing purple or this one:
both, the waltz and Immigraniada, obviously.
edit: <yikes> what about that 70's porn star moustachio?
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Post by pippa on May 26, 2010 8:26:16 GMT
been a huge fan of ol' Taj since i first heard his album 'take a giant step' in 1969. i've owned so many of his albums - inevitable some have taken a walk and i grieve for their loss. i just love his music; how he has grown and stretched his style, over the decades, expanding into all sorts of genres; although sadly he's been heavily criticised by blues purists for straying off the path. so unfair, imo, to expect any artist to remain in the box and stick to only one essential genre all their life - pah! - how limiting.
loving in my baby's eyes
he did a very fine version of 'you're gonna need somebody on your bond' on the 'giant step' album but cant find one that's not been fucked about with from his original and that's the one i love. so Blind Willie Johnson will do quite nicely in his stead, thankyou. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA-gSUZ-E2A&feature=related [/youtube]
without a doubt i will be back with more taj as he is one mean slide guitarist.
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Post by pippa on May 27, 2010 8:11:41 GMT
busy today and in a rush.
a little while ago sweet Costal played this cover that i'd never heard before (originally a clash song), 'guns of brixton', on Alpha Hooligans magical coolbox (not so far away in cyberspace). credit, btw, to AH for the idea to start this thread. anyway i really liked the song and coincidentally heard it again the very next day at a pub in brighton - twice in a row.
just as an aside, i once had the good fortune to meet Joe Stummer at 'Rock Against the Rich' concert at the brighton 'dome', which i hasten to add, the whole thing (Brighton Dome concert) was organised by yours truly on behalf of a bunch of anarchists. less than a month later my daughter was born. JS said afterwards during an interview that it was the best organised tour he'd ever been on. how about that?
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Post by pippa on May 28, 2010 9:38:51 GMT
it's odd, i'd always thought 'slippery people' was originally by the Staple Singers. however having hunted for on the web for their early version, not the 1884 club mix , it seems David Byrne is credited with writing it... hmm.
i cannot find the one i want by the Staple Singers so Talking Heads will do - it's a great song nevertheless.
a moral tale.
its a classic.
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Post by pippa on May 29, 2010 9:16:21 GMT
the only version of this song worth listening to, imo
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Post by pippa on Jun 2, 2010 11:58:10 GMT
played this all too short(nin') tasty piece some time ago. it's just a bite.
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Post by pippa on Jun 2, 2010 12:55:19 GMT
just one very fine arrangement of a traditional song . i've heard Taj do this a couple of ways. might try and find more versions.
thanks to Johnny'sMoth on the R4 Zimful thread for reminding me of 'Blackjack Davey.
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Post by pippa on Jun 3, 2010 9:10:17 GMT
and while on the traditional track i dont think you could get much more traditional than Leadbelly.
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Post by pippa on Jun 4, 2010 17:26:28 GMT
sad to hear of the death of bad boy Dennis Hopper - actor, film maker, poet, and artist, who died aged 74 of prostate cancer on May 29th. i always had a soft spot for him and although i doubt easy rider would be such a good film to watch now, it was a classic in its time. i remember watching it in some old flea pit in Seaton Devon having not long moved to the uk from southern africa.
i tried to find Alan Price's version of 'wasn't born to follow' - it really is a good cover but cant seem to find it anywhere, so posting the byrds. i;ve always loved this song.
pah! - something wrong with the embedding. hope this one works ok
i found this though, a collaboration with Dennis Hopper and 'gorillaz', which takes us full circle. Damon Albarn, frontman of 'gorillaz' also participated in 'the good the bad and the queen' along with the greatest drummer that ever lived, in the world, Tony Allen, the first listing on this thread.
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Post by pippa on Jun 5, 2010 23:16:35 GMT
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Post by pippa on Jun 11, 2010 8:04:24 GMT
never ever have i been a footie fan and rarely do i have the telly on, but this evening i happened to watch the celebrations introducing the world cup in south africa. and, if there is one thing south africans really know how to do well, its throw a party. i know they are going to just love this world cup hosting.
having been to see Hugh Masekela so many times in brighton's the tiny pavillion theatre venue during his years in exile, it was fantastic to see him back home on a south african stage alsongside; Desmond Tutu, old Madiba (i think via a link in joburg, Angelique Kidjo (not a south african, btw) - the tears welled up in me.
why the the info blurb mentioned nothing of the fine african musicians there, only shakira and black eye'd peas, i cannot comprehend. well actually i can, stupidly they are the popular artists who have impacted on the west which is the viewing puller - pah!
i've played Brenda Fassie before now, and Angelique Kidjo, on the previously nuked board. sadly Brenda Fassie is dead, far too young to die which is so often the way in the music industry. no doubt had she still been alive she would have been performing this evening.
i meant to post this last night but my inernet connection has been apalling recently. so i'm not even going to check this through in case i lose it again. ahh but i have managed to, wonder how long it will last.
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Post by pippa on Jun 27, 2010 19:27:22 GMT
hullooo out there
hah! i've finally changed my internet provider so hopefully connection problems will disappear.
thank ***k u2 weren't playing at glastonbury - for whatever reason, i'm deeply thankful - they'd only have gone and completely marred what seems to have been the best line up that i've come accross. been catching snippets on the telly and so far have liked all what i've seen.
the inimitable Mr Rascal, fantasmo - it's great that he embraces influences outside of hip hop. who'd have thought a blend with nirvana would work so well. then of course the ever expansive Damon Albarn. not ever having been a fan of bleurgh, i used to think he was a bit of a prat, but the more i hear his collaborations and the interesting and diverse talent who appear with him, the more impressed i am. in fact i'm coming to the conclusion the guy is quite brilliant - clearly a genius with musical ability. loved the oriental lady he performed with and must find out who she is. also, was good to see him and snoop dogg. i gather lou reed and fall frontman, mark e smith also made an appearance with gorrillaz, so will have to catch up with those. they did the 'fire coming out of a monkey's head' thing with dennis hopper (of course now demised, so showed a video which included some of the iconic clips from 'easy rider' (see my post above)
saw a little of flaming lips which i liked and reminded me of the splendid 'golden path' collaboration with chemical brothers:
also caught a wee bit of the folksey mumford and sons as well as vampire weekend, again not bands i'm at all familiar with, and liked them.
wrote this on friday night but been out and about. still to catch up with femi kuti, son of Fela Anikulapo Kuti (see one of the posts above) and of course the legend that is stevie wonder. ahh, and then there's faithless. i have a compilation album of theirs with dillinger's 'cocaine', and various other budda bar stuff
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