Tuesday 29 December 2009

Manchester - Hulme

Hulme

Hulme

Hulme

Hulme

Wednesday 23 December 2009

The Christmas movies

Thee Christmas movie this year

The Muppets: Bohemian Rhapsody


La Sonora Matancera con Carlos Argentino - Ay Cosita

Friday 18 December 2009

Gétatchèw Mèkurya



Gétatchèw Mèkurya - Ethiopiques 14

Primal and shamanic, Mekurya's playing evokes something of saxophonists Ornette Coleman and Albert Ayler, with all their passion and in-the-moment invention (though none of Ayler's extended altissimo screeching), with a shot of honking tenor men Big Jay McNeely and Willis Jackson thrown in for added funk.

But the relationship is an illusory one: Mekurya's style developed in complete isolation from the US free jazz it distantly and tangentially resembles, and is entirely Ethiopian in origin and form. It's based on a specialised genre of traditional vocal music sung by warriors before going into battle—pumped up, epic, threatening and boastful, harsh and hoarse-voiced—with discursive modal improvisation at its core. Unlike its US resonances, it's mostly performed in 3/4 time, from slow and menacing through fast and furious. The instrumental variant developed in Addis Ababa dancehalls in the early to mid 1950s.

Mekurya was amongst the first musicians to play instrumental shellela, and he remains its most revered saxophonist.

in allaboutjazz.com




Ethiopiques & Badume's Band (featuring Getatchew Mekurya) - WOMAD 2009 @ Charlton Park


Friday 11 December 2009

James White and the Blacks - Downtown 81

James White and the Blacks - Downtown 81

Friday 4 December 2009

Ferré - Brassens - Brel

La Table Ronde: Interview de Jacques Brel, Georges Brassens et Léo Ferré

A gorgeous interview from three masters of the prose, the word and of other things as well.

Uma entrevista de três mestres da prosa, da palavra e de outras coisas também.



Interview de Georges Brassens, Jacques Brel et Léo Ferré
Trois hommes dans un salon : Brassens, Brel, Ferré

Saturday 28 November 2009

Metal Hurlant - 1975



Sunday 22 November 2009

Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart

A squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous.
Got me?
That's right, The Mascara Snake. Fast and bulbous!
Also, a tin teardrop!
Bulbous, also tapered.



Egg City Radio - Captain Beefheart
The Captain Beefheart Radar Station

Captain Beefheart Documentary with John Peel


Captain Beefheart documentary (part 2 of 6)
Captain Beefheart documentary (part 3 of 6)
Captain Beefheart documentary (part 4 of 6)
Captain Beefheart documentary (part 5 of 6)
Captain Beefheart documentary (part 6 of 6)

Sunday 15 November 2009

Zappa

Aynsley Dunbar - Happy Together (The Mothers of Invention)

So, you have a hit record in the charts with a bullet?
Please, play me your hit record in the charts and the bullet.

Saturday 3 October 2009

Nick Cave - Big Black

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Saint Huck (Live, HQ)


Big Black - Steelworker ( Pigpile live )

Wednesday 23 September 2009

Braga - Costa de Prata

A few ones from the days of old. I've just found them on my hard drive but are nothing more than dodgy scans. They're dating from 93 and should deserve a better treatement.

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Algumas dos tempos do antigamente que encontrei no meu disco duro. Datam de 93 e podiam ser scaneadas com melhor qualidade. Merecem melhor de facto.

Semana Santa Braga

Semana Santa 2

Semana Santa Braga

Semana Santa 4

Semana Santa 5

Semana Santa 6

Semana Santa 7

Semana Santa 8

Semana Santa 9

Minas do Borrageiro
Borrageiro 1

Borrageiro 2

Aveiro
Costa 1

Aveiro
Costa 2

Torreira

Thursday 17 September 2009

Talking Heads

This must be the place (naive melody)


Live in Rome 1980 - 10 Born Under Punches

Wednesday 16 September 2009

Manchester - Rusholme

Manchester

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Tuesday 8 September 2009

Manchester

Rusholme
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Monday 7 September 2009

Manchester

Rusholme
Rusholme

Heald

Rusholme

Rusholme

Rusholme

Rusholme

Rusholme

Rusholme

Rusholme

Rusholme