Car

From Tim Barber who apparently runs Tiny Vices (which is great) though I found this image at Triangle Triangle (also great) which I linked to through wonderful music blog Longo.

Insight

Got this from Discipline In Disorder which I came across trying to clean up my link list. It's by Jerry Berndt who has a collection out called Insight.

Glory be

From the glorious Sartorialist - so many great shots of great style here.

More

From Petra Lindholm at Contempoary Art Daily again

And enjoy this from Speck Mountain...

Chunks

Image from Marius Engh at Contemporary Art Daily hits the spot.

Yeah

Pic from Land magazine

We Went There - Valet

Someone's put this track on You Tube so I thought I'd share it with you. It's from Honey Owens' Valet who are part of the Portland, Oregon scene along with Jackie O Motherfucker.

Someone asked me the other day what kind of music I was into and I mentioned Valet and JOMF as I always do. I said they were psychedelic but that's not the whole story, of course. They are not the 'neon psychedelia' of the late 60s or angry, reactionary psychedelia. There is the spirit of meditation, exploration and celebration here - the unmistakeable vibe of being on a trip but not going into the zone of danger, but stopping just short and vibrating there in warm, peaceful, high, animal caution.

Delightful Musical Confections

A Collection Of Delightful Musical Confections Handpicked For Your Diversion By That Fine And Esteemed Gentleman Howard Gardenia...

Something of a labour of love this mix and featuring several tracks ripped from my cd collection as well as the usual gems redistributed from blogland. Available at Mediafire or Rapidshare. Hope you enjoy.

1. I Couldn't Get HIgh FUGS
2. Lucky 28 QUARTETTE TRES BIEN
3. Vivre PIERRE BAROUH
4. Why Am I So Romantic LILIAN ROTH
5. Well OLYMPICS
6. Shrinking Up Fast CAMILLE HOWARD
7. Boog It GENE KRUPA
8. Come My Little Baby CHANTELS
9. The Ostrich PRIMITIVES
10. The Trip KIM FOWLEY
11. Nago TRIO MOCOTO
12. Lock Groove (Out) LIQUID LIQUID
13. Equivalence BLUE PHANTOM
14. Melancholy Serenade JACKIE GLEASON
15. I'll Be Your Mirror (Live) VELVET UNDERGROUND
16. Sandy Land FIDDLIN' SAM LONG
17. So Tired JEAN GOLDKETTE
18. Star Eyes ANITA O DAY
19. Zoom Zoom Zoom ENCHORDS
20. Jeanette GUS VISEUR
21. Night Lady FATS SADI
22. Spiderman FREDDIE MCCOY
23. Love Is Oh So Easy (Kaluga) MGM STUDIO ORCHESTRA
24. No Jive LITTLE AL
25. Denise HOWARD MCGHEE SEXTET
26. I'm In Love With A German Film Star PASSIONS

Image is 'Sans titre' by Gaston Chaissac (1961)

Ken Park

Great film.
Economy of action and dialogue, intense performances.
Brutal yet celebratory, real, to the point.

Fugs - Couldn't Get High

Permission Denied

I've loved the roots & blues blog Merlin In Rags since I first became aware of it a couple of years back. Now I'm getting a 'permission denied' screen, 'open to invited bloggers only'. Anyone out there know how one gets invited (this isn't the first time this has happened). Or does it just mean that The Man has caught up with Merlin / Jokski and so another noble blogger has bitten the dust?

Links

Check the second comment for a rapidshare link to this delightful session headed by the brilliant and underrated Belgian vibesman Fats Sadi at Magic Purple Sunshine
Some cool post-punk from The Slits at Music Traveler
Refreshing strumming from Baden Powell at Loronix
Genuinely brilliant Italian library with plenty of fuzzbox at old favourite FM Shades
And some wonderful 20s/30s stuff on a comp called Flappers, Vamps and Sweet Young Things which is still available for d/l at Zero G Sounds

Rec'in Havoc

Glitch-free techno strictly in the deep end from Deetron at Roof FM
Chunky, bouncy mix with plenty o' woodblock from Claude Von Stroke at Get the Curse
Wonderful, lush meditation music from Don Cherry at defunct-looking blog Treehouse
Souped-up MOR (check it from 30 minutes in) from Deepsoul3 at Talking In Stereo
Dive into the ocean with the clean, crisp sounds of Donato Dozzy at Bleep43

Get diffuse against the machine!

Hotfoot Benny

Summer 2009 mix

Summer 2009 mix

My 32C mix was only downloaded 9 times! You're having a Rory McGrath! Hope this proves more popular...


1.Almost Cut My Hair DAVID CROSBY
2.Wild Wind SHOCKING BLUE
3.State Trooper BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
4.Tonight Will Be Fine LEONARD COHEN
5.Like I Like It AURRA / TIMMY REGISFORD
6.Sunshine NANCY WILSON
7.Whatcha Gonna Do BLAZE
8.Funktion ROY DAVIS JR & JAY JUNIEL
9.Bill Colector TRANKILOU
10.Finally KINGS OF TOMORROW / DANNY KRIVIT
11.Are U Using Me? LUTHER VANDROSS / M.A.W.
12.Time After Time (Montreux 89) MILES DAVIS
13.King Of Sorrow SADE

Image is 'Nude Street' by Tatiana Sardá at Flickr

Rec Creation

Some proper far out 60s shit at Zero G Sound
Deep moody minimal techno at Acrocosm
Utterly charming chanseuse Melody Gardot at amazing bootleg source Big O
A mix for the whippersnappers from obscure DJ SOS one of whose mixes I heard being played very loudly in Selfridges as I was buying overpriced clothes with my overdraft. Find his electro house mash mixes at House-mixes
Finally something completely different from Steinski at WFMU - a mix of old-style US preachers!

Black Gardenia R.I.P.

Farewell to the Black Gardenia who will hopefully find a new venue for their brand of retro sleaze, evidenced by these photos I got off their myspace. Paloma Faith supported by Mika Doo played them out. Well done Zimon and Jake and co for creating a true underground hovel and conjuring up the old school spirit of Soho.

Recommended Mix

Must mention this fine mix which has been standing out for me over the last few weeks on the commute. I found it on Infinite State Machine and it's by Toby Frith, who's part of (or possibly the main man at) Bleep43, a site I will now one day check out. It's a retro-fresh Italo-y treat though I found it a bit slow to start though so I suggest getting in at 15 minutes or so. Here mix. Um enjoy um.

This is one for all you jilted lovers out there in radioland. keep the flame burning...

http://www.rwt.co.uk/play/touch.htm

Viva La Felicità