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It Ain't City Music

2012-02-01T08:59:00.000-08:00

"Started in a barn"

This guy reinvents the shredding wheel. Incredible.

Amazing short documentary from 1973.

Stream here: http://www.folkstreams.net/film,55

And look out for 'Shorty'.

Meg-a-thyr-ree-um

2012-01-09T09:55:00.000-08:00

Megatherium. the best veggie, shaggy, sloth-y dino.

"Model facts: the tree that the Megatherium model is holding is the original Victorian tree that grew too large and eventually broke the arm of the model off. It now has a replica arm in its place and the tree has subsequently died."

But still he clings on.

Loyal comfort.

I like him.

His hug.

New Year New R Stevie

2012-01-02T03:30:00.001-08:00

The Young and Left

2011-12-28T03:38:00.000-08:00

Pre-Robot

2011-12-04T07:03:00.000-08:00

Aw.

Complete Matter of Principle

2011-12-01T04:08:00.000-08:00

Not much of it around.

Thanks Robin!

Happy Barrage

2011-11-29T06:04:00.000-08:00

Probably the most powerful amazing documentary I've ever seen.

Adam Curtis is a genius.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/

This ∞

2011-11-08T07:20:00.000-08:00

The Island Song - U.S. Girls from Ross Turnbull on Vimeo.

Hurdy Generations

2011-11-01T07:47:00.000-07:00

Surly

2011-10-28T10:56:00.000-07:00

Mourning Evening

2011-10-28T10:51:00.000-07:00

Steinbeck is alive and well

2011-10-27T10:35:00.000-07:00

Driving through what you're reading - none more authentic.

Respectfully Henry Miller

2011-10-27T10:21:00.001-07:00

Big Sur, CA.

"Check your neuroses and psychoses at the gate"

euROPE climb

2011-10-14T10:46:00.000-07:00

Took off-roads got hawks, toadstools and bird towers. Hill slants and sideways climbs. Closer view. Foothills. fields that shape and breathe.

Versus.

The straight line. The toll troll. Formal fuel trades, tired. The motorway is a blind swipe on the beg-eye.

Take me longer.

And never easy.

Where no needles can damage or nurse

2011-10-07T09:02:00.000-07:00

I keep listening on this French motorway. Crying without tears. They got stole away by the close trees and the wide corn, they wipe my eyes as I keep moving. I feel old and I feel young. Seeking slanted comfort in a song about escape, about death.

"Through ages man's desires

To free his mind, to release his very soul

Has proved to all that live

That death itself is freedom for evermore."

Now on then

2011-09-07T09:49:00.001-07:00

The floor keeps moving.

The present is a fast past out the window.

Snap it. Shoot it.

Hold close and let go.

High (d)arts USA

2011-09-06T15:06:00.000-07:00

Tour Floor

2011-08-31T07:10:00.000-07:00

Time machine please

2011-08-28T08:21:00.001-07:00

Cute

2011-08-27T12:25:00.000-07:00

First Tuesday - Made In Huddersfield (Punk... by Saklas

A Young Glasgow

2011-08-14T06:53:00.000-07:00

A Hero

2011-08-12T09:27:00.000-07:00

A Shaman in residence.

Cosmological breather.

Living Artist.

Collector.

Listener.

Turner.

Destroyer.

Talk, talk, talker.

Disorder(er).

Debt riddler.

Spiriter.

Donator of the largest known paper airplane collection in the world to the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum.

Ukranian Easter Eggs Collector.

Died while singing in Paola Igliori's arms, Room 328, Chelsea Hotel, NYC.

Yes. Lets.

2011-07-31T15:51:00.000-07:00

Keith is the moon child

2011-07-17T07:01:00.000-07:00

Mama's Boy

2011-07-07T07:25:00.000-07:00

Edward Woodward with a pre-Beastie Boys Ad Rock with Carry On's Jim Dale...

what more could you want?

Chickity China the Chinese chicken

2011-07-02T10:30:00.000-07:00

Dog Dread

2011-07-02T10:21:00.000-07:00

Dog had tail with a real dread on it. He lives on a boat. Blame the parent.

Stoke Newington Street Cleaners

2011-07-02T10:20:00.001-07:00

Looking

2011-06-26T06:57:00.000-07:00

forward to going to Detroit again.

This forever

2011-06-22T08:32:00.000-07:00

Succinct

2011-06-20T04:02:00.000-07:00

is the nearest shop to my mums house.

Glasgow

2011-06-13T10:07:00.000-07:00

Day 1

Day 2

The "& more" being porn and car stereos then.

But how? And how big?

Kelly, Dom, Anna : Alive

What more?

2011-06-13T10:05:00.000-07:00

Well thank you

2011-06-01T03:45:00.000-07:00

Up

2011-05-30T09:28:00.000-07:00

and down.

Heroine

2011-05-23T02:55:00.000-07:00

Ganglians Jungle

2011-05-19T02:41:00.000-07:00

Ganglians - Jungle from Pete Dee on Vimeo.

Another way is Essex

2011-05-15T10:03:00.000-07:00

Last weekend I touched the centre of the universe

2011-05-10T15:34:00.001-07:00

I did. Touched it and looked up and this was above the centre of the universe:

The centre of the universe itself was a small funnel quite low to the ground with what looked like an ashtray attached to it.

Jerusalem.

No commercial tour guides here, just an assurance that this, little funnel thing is the centre of the universe. So what do you do faced with the centre of the universe? Well you uniformly reach out and touch it with your hand. Like everyone else does. And the centre of the universe felt cold. And I looked up and this was above and the angelic chorus of strings kicked in, except they didn't but they should have done.

This place is incredible.

This Jerusalem.

Both Jerusalems.

Old (walled city, up there, top-middle) and New (spreading and sprawling over holy mountains).

Mostly I'm blown away by the stories and the fantasies that have sprung from this one tiny city and have shaped, formed and defined the shape of this world we all freak out in. All the havoc wreaked. Death. Creation. Magic. Wonder. Beauty. Savagery. Kindness.

Faith.

These faiths that consume and won't be shaken.

All from this little city.

From a little piece of holy rock in this little city.

And now here the hustling religions they are metres from each other. One of the most holiest (third after Medina & Mecca?) Muslim mosques (with real gold leaf dome courtesy of the King of Jordan) just seconds away from the Jewish worshipped Western (Wailing) Wall. The Muslim tannoy call to prayer soundtracks the Jewish faithful placing there messages in the Western Wall, praying, getting as close as they can to their piece of the rock. Their holy site, the second temple.

And just around the corner the Christians and their Church of the Holy Sepulchre, which pretty much houses everything to do with the crucifiction of Jesus. Some seriously heavyweight Christian stuff in here.You can climb the hill and touch the actual rock that Jesus' crucifix was mounted upon.

There's a lot of touching of things here.

There's a lot of people losing their shit. Completely consumed. But there is something mesmerising and beautiful about it. This city means so much to people, a ridiculously intense significance and pull that still holds out after thousands of years. People have killed and have been killed just to be here. People have died trying to get here. And now it's a melting pot; Christian quarter, Jewish Quarter, Muslim Quarter and the (much more private and downtempo) Armenian Quarter. This beautifully rich co-existence. No tourism. Not really. You can walk Jesus' last walk, whether you believe in his existence or not you can't deny the feeling of absolute history and the fascination of the story. You can feel it in the ancient limestone you're walking on. You see how the brutal crusaders have influenced architecture and design and how the many differences between the orthodox and the Roman and the Muslim styles have influenced the modern world. Among all the wars and conquering small acts of respect and kindness that have changed futures and maintained difference.

This little city.

At times it's hard to get the Life of Brian out of my head. There's monks in full robes walking around. Jesus guys that actually look like Jesus in bare feet walking about. Heavy metal looking dudes in robes with long hair and beards and beads. Japanese Christian pilgrims singing together at every station of the cross. You can borrow giant crucifixes and carry the burden around town if you want.

But it's so cool.

So many different kinds of people.

Makes Dalston look about as culturally diverse as Henley-on-Thames.

Wall and dome.

Churches and mosques and churches and mosques.

The Mall.

Jeez roof.

Your new band name.

Indiana Jones.

Just an arch from a hundred and something AD. No big deal.

Kiss for magic.

Hip priest.

Mount of Olives.

A mountain of rock cut tombs and secret tunnels and passages.

A mourner.

And to end.

Sunset on Jaffa.

A fisherman's restaurant.

A blanket.

And no guns.

And harmony hopes.

BBC meet LA

2011-05-09T04:29:00.000-07:00

love Alan Whicker

love BBC/LA

Skipper

2011-05-02T10:36:00.000-07:00

Barcelona

Inner love

2011-05-02T06:47:00.001-07:00

"To Mick, Thank you for your many services and remember, your hair is irresistable when washed! Long live David Bowie! With love, Fran x"

Beautiful

2011-04-22T11:04:00.000-07:00

Afternoon

2011-04-20T15:00:00.000-07:00

Hope high

2011-04-20T14:56:00.000-07:00

Yes, unplugged!

2011-04-18T16:43:00.000-07:00

Daymade

2011-04-13T17:10:00.000-07:00

To lift up the lids of your eyes

2011-04-09T05:18:00.000-07:00

Witchy real

2011-04-04T14:17:00.000-07:00

Wanted it.

Went to Salem.

Got it.

Mcdonalds

2011-03-27T06:21:00.000-07:00

MCDONALDS GOOD PARTS music video from shaun kessler on Vimeo.

Shoegasm

2011-03-23T15:51:00.000-07:00

potential shoegasms

"Drink for the Heart, Heart for the Road"

2011-03-12T14:23:00.000-08:00

I love them. Have a half hour with me.

Unlearning

2011-03-11T14:39:00.000-08:00

Out of the woods

2011-03-10T16:55:00.000-08:00

Over here among the sawdust and wood shavings on the dusty floor of the internet, I'm really digging this guy. Mark Lindquist. A wood turning pioneer.

That's all.

Head to heart

2011-03-09T16:23:00.001-08:00

This river

keep it on our side

from mountains

to the city.

Porch morning

2011-03-07T18:16:00.000-08:00

Locked

out

and

looking

fine

Open for Peace

2011-03-06T18:14:00.000-08:00

use the other door

Blue wings

2011-03-06T18:07:00.000-08:00

Woodstock, NY

Walk out

2011-03-06T09:22:00.000-08:00

Cabin got fever. Went for a walk.

Followed the arrow.

What ?

haunt

Dreaming hard

2011-03-04T15:23:00.000-08:00

lifting the roof.

Worship Working

2011-03-04T08:24:00.000-08:00

All hundreds of ladybugs, snare drums, dogs, hippies, mice, fender silvers and song after song after song.

Upstate night viewing

2011-03-03T11:19:00.000-08:00

Harsh Trash

2011-03-02T17:12:00.000-08:00

His music has been used by NASA

2011-02-16T03:09:00.000-08:00

Keep RIPping Charles

2011-02-12T04:47:00.000-08:00

Australia is not fucked

2011-02-09T10:15:00.000-08:00

http://eternalsoundcheck.blogspot.com/

I remember why

2011-02-08T14:50:00.000-08:00

don't get lazy with the why

Bound ?

2011-02-04T02:29:00.000-08:00

Josh bangs!

2011-01-15T04:15:00.001-08:00

Kit "Ambrosia" from who ate my teeth? on Vimeo.

My Home Town

2011-01-13T17:53:00.000-08:00

in the sale

My cousin gets the best presents

2010-12-27T09:51:00.000-08:00

Charles and New Di.

Look at the George Bush/Steve Coogan-ness of Charlie there.

Oof.

The Idea of the West

2010-12-27T07:17:00.000-08:00

Some amazing people I know took part in this. I don't know Beck, Devendra Banhart and Caetano Veloso, any Auctioneers or Whip Crackers. Though I wish I did.

Hold

2010-12-14T01:14:00.000-08:00

November ender

2010-11-26T11:34:00.000-08:00

somewhere it's snowing.

Coping

2010-11-19T16:03:00.000-08:00

/not coping when moving. Copenhagen.

Wien

2010-11-19T15:58:00.000-08:00

Excalibur World

2010-11-19T13:50:00.001-08:00

is real.

Death decorates life

2010-11-17T03:13:00.000-08:00

Alps High

2010-11-11T10:17:00.000-08:00

Brighter than the street lights

2010-11-06T12:59:00.000-07:00

One thing about Paris: better graffiti. A lot of colour in tight traffic, on this City approach. Shines in this dark blurring rain. Abundance is good if there is quality.

Dole Darling

2010-11-06T12:37:00.000-07:00

Drool

2010-11-06T12:24:00.000-07:00

Drool

Trying angles

2010-11-06T11:47:00.000-07:00

Short infinities

2010-11-05T14:21:00.000-07:00

hold

point

see

I lit a candle

2010-11-05T14:09:00.000-07:00

for Mae and Bill. They would have been pleased. Even though he once sent me out to the kitchen to make tea so he could tell my first girlfriend to dump me because I'm "as bad as the animals in the fields" for "losing my faith". I remember LOLing in the world before LOLs.

The Ledge

2010-11-05T14:06:00.000-07:00

Kids on the edge. Their edge. Their sea. Someone else's horizon.

One more road trip then 2010

2010-11-03T10:39:00.000-07:00

Keep me warm Europe.

Just

2010-11-02T15:46:00.001-07:00

I see the signs

2010-10-13T03:31:00.000-07:00

England (in to) Scotland

2010-10-11T08:12:00.000-07:00

Beat the Ba s ne

2010-10-10T15:11:00.000-07:00

Detroit revisited

2010-10-06T10:04:00.000-07:00

Went back to one of my favourite places in the world wide world. Detroit.

I marvelled all about Heidelberg on here before. Here is some more blinks on this beautiful place. This time I followed a black squirrel around it all.

More tour

2010-10-04T03:41:00.000-07:00

OK then. UK then.

The olde soul patch goes wild

2010-09-27T13:24:00.001-07:00

Nine floors up in Toronto

2010-09-27T12:09:00.000-07:00

Waking: Had a thumb war with Thom Yorke. Visited his country house to buy a car from him. Ended up going for a walk with him in the English countryside. He was throwing tiny soup crackers in to the muddy fields because it was at the top of his 'To Do List'. He gave me a cast iron skateboard. I won the the thumb war but he has strong little thumbs. Powerful like an otter.

Landlocked and snug

2010-09-25T19:19:00.000-07:00

Felt the sun set in Cincinatti. Felt it.

Left it.

Put smoke on this moon when it got bright-glass-white when all else got black black dark.

Then crossed a bridge in to Kentucky.

yellOhio

2010-09-25T19:14:00.000-07:00

Do you like postcards

2010-09-21T08:34:00.000-07:00

for everyone?

Henge USA

Kiss

2010-09-21T08:32:00.000-07:00

Kiss

Plain trains/automobiles

2010-09-19T16:19:00.000-07:00