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Archive for April, 2009
A tune a day..
Apr 30th
“We Are The People”, the brand new video from Empire of the Sun’s debut album “Walking On A Dream” Shot on location in the towns of Garcia, Xilitla, and the Icamole Desert in Mexico.
Playing for change
Apr 30th
This Song Around The World is a folk tune from Chennai, India. We started the track in New Orleans and added musicians from the across the globe before finally delivering it the people of it’s origin. We ended up in Chennai recording and filming the vocals from the Oneness Choir. The track has a feeling of perseverance and joy and features vocalists from four continents.
http://playingforchange.com -- From the award-winning documentary, “Playing For Change: Peace Through Music”, comes the first of many “songs around the world” being released independently. Featured is a cover of the Ben E. King classic by musicians around the world adding their part to the song as it travelled the globe.
Adopt Jack
Apr 24th
This is what you get if you mix a Bulldog with a Mastiff. Originally bred to find and immobilize poachers, the breed has proven popular as a family pet.
Name: Jack
Age: 10 months
He’s looking for a new family to take him in. Contact me for details.
LATER EDIT: Jack has found a new home. Good boy!
A quote a day..
Apr 21st
Always that same LSD story, you’ve all seen it. ‘Young man on acid, thought he could fly, jumped out of a building. What a tragedy.’ What a dick! Fuck him, he’s an idiot. If he thought he could fly, why didn’t he take off on the ground first? Check it out. You don’t see ducks lined up to catch elevators to fly south—they fly from the ground, ya moron, quit ruining it for everybody. He’s a moron, he’s dead—good, we lost a moron, fuckin’ celebrate. Wow, I just felt the world get lighter. We lost a moron! I don’t mean to sound cold, or cruel, or vicious, but I am, so that’s the way it comes out. Professional help is being sought. How about a positive LSD story? Wouldn’t that be news-worthy, just the once? To base your decision on information rather than scare tactics and superstition and lies? I think it would be news-worthy. ‘Today, a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration. That we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. There is no such thing as death, life is only a dream and we’re the imagination of ourselves’ . . . ‘Here’s Tom with the weather.’
BILL HICKS [1961-94]
New Placebo album coming up..
Apr 21st
I, I, I, will battle for the sun, sun, sun.
And I, I, I wont stop until I’m done, done, done.
You, you, you are getting in the way, way, way.
And I, I, I have nothing left to say, say, say.
I, I, I, I, I will brush off all the dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt.
And I, I, I, I, I will pretend it didn’t hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt.
You, you, you, you, you, are a black and heavy weight, weight, weight, weight, weight, weight, weight.
And I, I, I, I, I, will not participate, pate, pate, pate, pate, pate, pate.
Dream brother, my killer, my lover.
Dream brother, my killer, my lover.
I, I, I will battle for the sun, sun, sun, sun.
Cause I, I, I, have stared down the barrel of a gun, gun, gun, gun, gun, gun, gun.
No fun, you, you, you, you, you are a cheap and nasty fake, fake, fake, fake, fake, fake, fake.
And I, I, I, I, I am the bones you couldnt break, break, break, break, break, break, break, break!
Dream brother, my killer, my lover.
Dream brother, my killer, my lover.
[Instrumental Solo]
Dream brother, my killer, my lover.
Dream brother, my killer, my lover.
Dream brother, my killer, my lover.
Dream brother, my killer, my lover.
I, I, I will battle for the sun.
