Nick Drake, c. 1969. No footage of the adult Drake exists; he was only ever captured in still photographs and in home footage from his childhood.
Watched a bit of Skin Too Few: The Days of Nick Drake last night, and that fact cited above is now kind of obsessing me.
Per usualy, Merlin drops some insightful info
Taken from NPR, which was taken originally from Chunklet:
Having Fun On Stage With Fugazi (posted 11.30.09 by H2O):
Y’know, it’s funny. Around 1990, I was convinced that there were no better live bands on the planet than Fugazi and The Jesus Lizard. And here it is almost 20 years later and I spent many a night following the latter across the planet (just like the ol’ days) and I got to have my post-teenager sentiments reinforced as I watched four men all hovering around fifty years old f—-ing sweep the floor with their younger counterparts asses on a nightly basis. No question about it.
One thing I didn’t particularly enjoy at these shows were the jag bags that were crowd surfing. I know, I know. I’m a f—-ing drag for saying that, but when Yow does it, he’s a professional. When some yahoo with lumberjack boots does it, people get clobbered in the noggin. Sorry, it’s the truth and it’s lame. But man, I remember Fugazi. I remember Fugazi telling people not to do it. And looking back on it, I think what a loving request it was. Even when I was 19 or 20, I’d deal with the jocks being violent, but Fugazi stood their ground and defended the majority of a crowd that wanted to enjoy themselves and not get injured in the process.
So it was with great pleasure when James Burns contacted me to tell me he had assembled a 40+ minute montage of Fugazi stage banter…Please enjoy and (if you’re old enough) remember how blissfully intense their shows were.
Listen to James Burns’ collage of Fugazi stage banter mp3 here
25 Plays
“Want within the Need” by Second Story Man.
Second Story Man record release show Saturday, December 5th @ Skull Alley w/ Straight A’s (I’ll be playing some songs with them) and Softcheque.
El Mac es magnífico
Whiskerino Day 22: Enchilada night!
More long delaying than looping really. Loses its way a little at the toaster, but somehow claws it back. It was pretty hard looping like this because every timing error made was amplified each time round, so that in the end the loops were totally out of sync with the metronome in my ear!
I broke a couple of things when I was making this. But mum shrank a good jumper of mine a few days before, so we decided to call it even. It was a GREAT jumper though…
The good news is that mum and dad got a new toaster and it has a button on the side that, when pressed, makes the bread gently lower into the toaster and some shiny doors slide across to keep the heat in so it’s more efficient. It makes toast more exciting, which, if you have it with something like blueberry jam, is almost TOO exciting.
Si delivers another Vimeo classic.
