No one did sultry like Donna Summer did. And teaming up with Giorgio Moroder was a stroke of genius. A real musical match made in heaven. “I Feel Love” is one of the all time classics.
If you ever wondered what we do when the microphones are switched off and the music is playing, this video for “Love To Love You Baby” from 1975 will give you an idea of our super smooth moves.
Just in case we didn’t make ourselves clear on Saturday’s show (and listening to the playback we probably didn’t) the new Saturations album Runaway is now available to purchase over at Bandcamp for NZ$1 per track or $9.90 for all 10. Have a listen below:
Blair Parkes, Mr Saturations himself, has put together videos for three songs, one from the new album and two from last years self-titled EP. They have a permanent home over at NZIndieScene’s YouTube channel but no need to click and search – we’ve posted them below for your ease and comfort.
Listening to the TRAAMS track “Klaus” last week got me listening again to Soulwax’s “Nite Versions” album. And that led me to downloading the Radio Soulwax app. And that in turn got me listening to and watching “Introversy”. I must have been sleeping under a rock to have missed this first time round.
So here are 420 plus song introductions and accompanying animated album artwork. Good if you have a short attention span. Antagonising if you want to hear the whole track! You can’t help but love those Dewaele brothers can you?
More info:
In case you missed it here’s the new video for Ed Muzik’s “A Song Falls In The Woods”.
Bit gutted because we were meant to be in the “audience” scene and finally get our 15 seconds of fame.
But we blew it.
Sorry Ed for not returning your calls. We weren’t listening. But your video is probably better for it.
That’s right, bitches. You thought poet and actor Ice Cube was resting on his laurels. But no – he’s just signed up to replace Kevin McCloud on Grand Designs. Here’s a taste of the new series – Ice Cube looks at Charles and Ray Eames landmark Case Study House No. 8 in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles:
For more info see http://pacificstandardtime.org
And if you thought this was Ice Cube’s first attempt at depicting modern Los Angeles, you’d be wrong. Here’s his 1988 documentary about the south central Los Angeles suburb of Compton…
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Tagged charles eames, compton, eames, ice cube, los angeles, ray eames
*** Many thanks to Deano Murakami aka Deano von Lounge aka DJ Butcher for reminding me of this. Deano was due to join us on the show this Saturday after flying in from Osaka, Japan but got busted going through customs with some unlicensed whale meat. ***
For your Christmas/New Year lull viewing pleasure, here’s one of those classic TV moments you never thought would happen (well not back in 1990 anyway).
In 1990 Oprah Winfrey hosted a discussion about the PMRC (Parents Music Resource Centre) and their “Parental Advisory” labelling of records. Guests on the show were Jello Biafra, Tipper Gore, Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Juan Williams, Ice-T and Nelson George.
I remember watching it, by pure chance, one lunchtime in the RDU offices (it was my first year there) and with the dozen of so people milling about it was a real “WTF?” moment before any of us had ever used the term “WTF?”. I think that’s the effect of Oprah Winfrey reciting Ice-T and Guns N’ Roses lyrics cold. Someone should give her a record deal.
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