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Captain beefheart Documentary
Jan 28th
I found this documentary about the legendary Captain Beefheart on Youtube and wanted to share it here. It was made for the BBC in 1997 and is narrated by the man who introduced me to most of my favorite music: John Peel.
Part one is embeded below and links to the other sections can be found at the end of the post.
Captain Beefheart Documentary part 1
Captain Beefheart Documentary part 2
Captain Beefheart Documentary part 3
Captain Beefheart Documentary part 4
Captain Beefheart Documentary part 5
Captain Beefheart Documentary part 6
El Camino Del Rey Video
Jan 27th
This video is quite old but I decided to post it anyway for those who might not have seen it yet. It is filmed in a place in Spain called El Camino Del Rey (The King’s little pathway) which is near Álora in Málaga. The Camino is a a pathway along the edge of a narrow gorge, it was built between 1901 and 1905.
Wikipedia has the details about the Camino:
“In 1901 it became obvious that workers at the hydroelectric power plants at Chorro Falls and Gaitanejo Falls needed a walkway to cross between the falls, to provide for transport of materials, and for the inspection and maintenance of the channel.
The walkway has now gone many years without maintenance, and is in a highly deteriorated and dangerous state. It is one meter (3 feet and 3 inches) in width, and is over 100 meters (350 feet) above the river. Nearly all of the path has no handrail. Some parts of the concrete walkway have completely collapsed and all that is remaining is the steel beam originally in place to hold it up. One can latch onto a modern steel safety-wire to keep from falling, though it can’t hold much weight. Several people have lost their lives on the walkway in recent years; after four people died in two accidents in 1999 and 2000[1], the local government closed the entrances. However, many adventurous tourists still find their way onto the walkway to explore it.”
Since this was written the pathway has been reopened although I’m not sure if it has been restored or not. Either way you wouldn’t catch me up their without being attached to the safety wire, just watching the video makes me feel a little bit sick. Having said that I would love to visit the trail, I have even looked into car hire in Spain and nearby hotels. If I do walk the trail I will film it and post it here although I might have to edit out the sound of me crying in fear…
Is This The Best Car Hire Advert Ever?
Dec 15th
Whoever made this advert clearly had a big budget and a lot of time to think of an original concept. Unlike a lot of adverts for car hire it focuses more on creating a story than such trivial details such as price or locations. The result is slick and entertaining although it doesn’t really have a pay off in terms of plot. What would you do if you had the use of an Audi R8 and a Ferrari California for the night?
These New Puritans Return With New Single ‘We Want War’
Dec 7th
These New Puritans’ first album Beat Pyramid was released in January of 2008 and received a lot of positive reviews. It was Vice’s album of the month and was given a score of 7.5/10 by Pitchfork, even MOR dad rock magazines like Q and Mojo had good things to say about the band. Elements of cLOUDDEAD, The Fall, WU Tang Clan and Ikara Colt combined with a deadpan delivery and nonsensical lyrics such as ‘I am in the rain, I am in the rain. I am in the- sixteen seconds!’.
The band recently anouced that their second album Hidden will be released on the 18th of Janurary 2010:
“Produced by TNPS’s Jack Barnett and Graham Sutton (Bark Psychosis, Boymerang) and mixed by Dave Cooley (J Dilla, MF DOOM) the album draws equally on on the rhythmic lexicons of dancehall and 20th century post-minimalism, with instrumentation redolent of both the oceanic brass of Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes and the plastic textures of modern U.S. pop. It is sometimes brutal, sometimes melancholy, and sounds like nothing else.
Hidden features six-foot Japanese Taiko drums, a thirteen piece brass and woodwind ensemble, sub-heavy beats, prepared piano, a children’s choir, Foley recording techniques (including a melon with cream crackers attached struck by a hammer, used to simulate the sound of a human head being smashed), and the ethereal voice of Heather Marlatt from dream-pop group Salem.”
The first single from the album is called We Want War and is over seven minutes long. The video was created by Daniel Askill and is as epic and hypnotic as the track itself. Check it out below.
The History of Espresso
Nov 26th
I found this interesting video about the history of Espresso and Coffee in general. Did you know that Coffee was invented by an Ethiopian goat herder called Kaldi? This video was made by Douwe Egberts and features this an other interesting facts about black gold.
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