A fantastic collection of photos by Allan Tannenbaum of New York in the seventies, from the days before we learned to hate America because of their freedom, grrr freedom.
And in keeping with the seventies theme the official website of the Go-Go boot mailing list We are a diverse group, all sharing a common enthusiasm for women’s boots, and the women who wear them, a diverse group with very specific interests.
via we make money not art
Get out this Thursday 6.30pm from Parnell Sq, Dublin to get your voice heard by G8 leaders. Go on don’t make Bono tell you twice.
Lots of free downloads today. Firstly a bittorrent file for David Byrne with the Tosca Strings performing at the Mountain Winery Saratoga, CA June 21 2005 in FLAC (free lossless audio codec) format. Free and legal from the excellent etree.org community bittorrent tracker.
MP3s of Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash from 1969, from the session that the duet Girl from the North Country comes from. Via Between thought and Expression
The BBC Beethoven experience continues with a free download of Symphony 6 with the BBC Philharmonic under Gianandrea Noseda for one week only.
This Thursday
Every year I make a summer drivin’ CD, this is designed to get you in that summer mood while driving to the beach so it must be upbeat, summery and sound good in a car and it doesn’t matter if it’s really obvious. Summer has now officially arrived here in Dublin as I have made the first draft of 2005′s summer driving CD.
Sugar Kane – Sonic Youth
Lotus – REM
SpongeBob and Patrick Confront the physic wall -The Flaming Lips (maybe the best feelgood summer hit ever only the Lips can sing such nonsense and make it sound meaningful)
Ice Cream Man – Jonathan Richman
Waterloo Sunset – The Kinks
Watching the Detectives – Elvis Costello (a controversial choice but Elvis is always summer for me)
Surfin’ on a Rocket – Air
Jammin’ – Bob Marley
Lazy – Press2 featuring David Byrne
Move on Up – Curtis Mayfield
Hey Ya – Outkast
Build me up Buttercup – The Foundations
Here comes the Summer – The Undertones
Tony’s Theme – The Pixies
Rockaway Beach – The Ramones
Cross Town Traffic – Jimmy Hendrix
Personality Crisis – The New York Dolls
Hillbilly Motorbike – Stereolab
A message to you Rudy – The Specials
Groovejet – Spiller
Allo – Les Rita Mitsouko
In my mis-spent youth I read more Biggles books then is considered healthy, for those of you spared that pleasure Biggles (Capt Bigglesworth) was a British colonial boys-own-adventurer type who flew around the world teaching foreigners a lesson in many different exotic locations. He was a ‘confirmed bachelor’ who travelled the world with his mates Algy and Bertie generally leading a lifestyle that I assume got the books in trouble with Thatcher’s section 28. There is now an exhaustive Biggles Information web site which lists all the books with their covers, all illustrations and plot summaries. How I ended up as a peace-loving lefty who disapproves of empires and colonialism in general I’ll never know.
New evidence from an archeological find in China backs up some long held Creation science beliefs.
At Tuppenceworth they’re running a campaign to object to the erection of railings in the front portico of the Four Courts in Dublin. The Four Courts is a beautiful building and it’s quite extraordinary that they would try and make such a half assed addition to it and that’s even before you take into consideration the implications of railing off such a symbol of Irish Justice. Go and add your support
STATELY, PLUMP BUCK MULLIGAN CAME FROM THE STAIRHEAD,
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WalkSpace for the iPhone is an alternative walking app to let you navigate the city in a new and unexpected way.
