Friday, August 14, 2009

quotes from Lady From Shanghai

Starring Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth.
These quotes are by Mike "Black Irish" O'Hara played by Welles.


...tough guy?

What´s a tough guy?

I don´t know.

A guy with an edge.

What makes him sing better
than me? Something in here.

What makes it loud?
A microphone. That´s his edge.

-Edge?
-A gun, a nightstick or a razor.

Something the other guy ain´t got.

An extra reach on a punch, instead of
brass knuckles, a stripe on a sleeve...

...a badge that says ´´cop´´
on it, a rock in your hand...
...or a bankroll in your pocket.

That´s an edge, brother.

Without an edge,
there ain´t no tough guy.

-You hear that, Black Irish?
-lt´s true.

Well...

...bear it in mind.

screenplay from lady from shanghai. a most quotable movie.

and another one

´"Tis a fair face to the land...



...but you can´t hide
the hunger and guilt.



It´s a bright, guilty world."

this quote was telling of the feelings that Orson Welles had for central and south america. Feelings that would manifest themselves into a documentary that never would never be fully finished but was made into something called "It's all true".


...once, off the hump of Brazil...

...I saw the ocean so darkened
with blood it was black...

...and the sun fainting away
over the lip of the sky.

We´d put in at Fortaleza...

...and a few of us had lines out
for a bit of idle fishing.

It was me had the first strike.

A shark it was.

Then there was another.

And another shark again.

Till all about, the sea
was made of sharks...

...and more sharks still.
And no water at all.

My shark had torn himself
from the hook...

...and the scent or maybe the stain it
was, and him bleeding his life away...

...drove the rest of them mad.

Then the beasts took
to eating each other.

In their frenzy...

...they ate at themselves.

You could feel the lust of murder
like a wind stinging your eyes.

And you could smell the death
reeking up out of the sea.

I never saw anything worse...

...until this little picnic tonight.

And you know...

...there wasn´t one of them sharks
in the whole crazy pack that survived.

Thursday, August 13, 2009

nasty disco funk!

I'm a simple man! Going on 10 years now, all I want out of my weekend night out is to walk into a club/bar with stiff drinks of high quality, a good sound system... hopefully playing something like this:





http://mp3.juno.co.uk/MP3/SF356162-01-01-01.mp3


thank you to marz ent, Randy Deshaies, riseclub.us, Cambridge's own Phoenix landing, the wonder boys from Soulclap, and the all of the artists out there still making high quality dance music.

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

youtube

Youtube over the past few years has become a fantastic place to look up rare dance tracks of all shapes and sizes. generally showing a photo of the records circular decal or even a home made video put together with a diy editing program while the song plays out. It would be quite easy to make a cool music video mashup station using something like yahoo pipes and some keywords filtering tags and artist names.



These gems I gleaned in a very stream of consciousnous manner. I hope you enjoy listening and watching them as much as I did.

1)Drexciya - Journey Home
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9y9Snt1g5E
2)Bochum Welt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdNooBW-TEM&feature=related
3)Lego Feet aka autechre
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BXUEkJj5t4&feature=related
4)James Hunter- Walk Away. I must explain this as it is completely different from the other tunes ive linked to. My boss was playing this song at work for the past few days and I really have gotten to like it. Hailing from London, Hunter has by the sound of it been something of a secret for many years and has over the past decade finally receiving the press and accolades he deserves. His sound is nice and spread out, uncluttered reminds me of sam cooke a bit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGQd8M5t4Ao
Deep Forest - Deep Forest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4mskaR3OzE



4) SEHR GUT MEIN HERR! I came across this track on beatport a few weeks ago and it has grown on me. This version I have linked to is done live with a drummer and is quite fantastic!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy-ztntdQq0
Sam Annand is set to release his debut album as Architeq later this year. The London-based Scotsman hasn't been particularly prolific over the past two years, but the tracks he has unveiled have already made waves with fans of both disco, dub, and wonky instumental hip-hop. Last year's Birds Of Prey EP may have been his debut single, but showed an admirable level of production expertise with his slow wiggling grooves and off-kilter funk.

Three of the tracks from Birds Of Prey have found their way onto the full-length, which goes by the title of Green And Gold, but there will be ten brand new cuts for eager fans to get their teeth into, including three vocal contributions. The dulcet tones of Sunharbour vocalist Junior Williams sits atop the lilting "Nothing," Ilija Rudman gets on the mic for the electro-boogie of "Mind Games," and Angéle David Gillou compliments the strutting jazz piano of "Spinning Plates."


http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=10906

Monday, August 03, 2009

John Walker Lindh


I recently listened to the Friday July 31 edition of democracy now with Amy Goodman and learned new information about the man once called "the american taliban". John Walker Lindh (Sulayman Lindh) is sitting in Terre Haute for the next decade on some charges unrelated to terrorism or aiding and abetting terrorism.
John Walker turns out to be from Marin county California and from his parents comments in the interview, was taken in by islam while watching the 1996 movie. X. The story of Malcolm X... I find this interesting as this was also my first introduction to Islam as well, Alex Haley's Malcolm X biography. After listening to the entire interview with his parents I'm impressed by the character of these people and the enormity of their struggle. This story has all the makings of a great movie or far reaching tell all bio of the backstory behind the war on terror. If I don't start seeing college activists holding "FREE Sulayman LINDH" posters soon I'll be very surprised...

http://openleft.com/diary/14442/john-walker-lindha-lens-and-a-mirror


"In their first extended interview, the parents of John Walker Lindh, Marilyn Walker and Frank Lindh, join us for the hour to tell their son's story. He was born in Washington, DC in 1981. At the age of sixteen, he converted to Islam. In 1999, Lindh left the United States for Yemen to study Arabic and the Koran. He later traveled to Pakistan and then to Afghanistan, before 9/11, where he received military training from the US-backed, Taliban-run Afghan Army to fight against the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan's civil war. He was captured in late 2001, found emaciated and wounded, one of the few to survive a massacre by the Northern Alliance. To his parents' relief, he was handed to US forces, but they brutalized him, as well. Donald Rumsfeld had ordered them to "take the gloves off." He was designated Detainee 001 in the war on terror. When he returned to the United States in January 2002, he was being held as a prisoner accused of conspiring to kill Americans. As part of a plea deal, Lindh pleaded guilty to serving in the Taliban army and carrying weapons and was given a twenty-year sentence."