Video : Calculated Movements by Larry Cuba (1985)
In the 1970s the computer graphics for the first Star Wars film (1977) was created by Larry Cuba at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) (at the time known as the Circle Graphics Habitat) at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Calculated Movements is a sample of Cuba’s later [...]

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Our UK friend Jonathan Radford aka Diesler just hit us a few days ago with a sampler from his recent work. Here’s The Jazzinvaders remix of his track ‘Revelations‘ featuring the vocals of Laura Vane. He’ll be playing live with his ensemble today in Istanbul. Enjoy and check them out if you’re in town.

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I loved that he cleaned up after himself before leaving an ice cream shop in Wapello, Iowa. He didn’t have to. The event was over and the press had left. He is used to taking care of things himself and I think this is one of the qualities that makes Obama different from so many [...]

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Frenchman Pilooski has this year’s “Beggin“: a reedit of Elvis Presley’s “Crawfish“. Is it the first time a Presley reedit has been made? This will surely be an anthem, but unfortunately no downloads allowed for now just a stream off Fairtilizer.
In other news, The Matthew Herbert Big Band has finished preparing their sophomore album [...]

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We are not in SF or USA, but there’s an event we’d rather go this sunday at our favourite Aquarius Record Store. Sun City Girls guitar legend Sir Richard Bishop will be playing acoustic at the record store Sunday, October 26th at 4pm. Here are two tunes from his impeccable Salvador Kali album from 1998. [...]

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Ok, I think this will be the last post I’m doodling on 70s music for a while. I’ve mentioned Derdiyoklar before and now I wanna announce you that they will be having a gig in Istanbul next thursday.
Unlike other Turkish psychedelic stars of the time, Derdiyoklar made their name first and actually only among [...]

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Informed by a post on shimmy shimmy, I realized that Jamaican rocksteady legend Alton Ellis has passed away from cancer. Here are a few of his classics that span over 45 years.
Tribute on Myspace and idolator
Ellis was known as the “Godfather of rocksteady“, with his 1967 debut album ‘Mr Soul Of Jamaica’ regarded as [...]

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Yat-Kha playing In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
While checking Julie’s tracklist from the previous Free Kitten post, I noticed “When the Levee Breaks” by Led Zeppelin. While no one can say Zeppelin’s cover isn’t top notch, I think I might have found a better version. Tuvan throat singer & guitarist Albert Kuvezin’s cover with his Yat-Kha project. Off 2005’s Re-covers [...]

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Gong - Flying Teapot
video from Tim Leary’s How To Operate Your Brain.
Don’t forget to check our tumblr for more Gong and the first video to the upcoming Max Tundra album among other gems.
PS: Some strange thing has happened where one of the Talugung mp3’s have been dl’ed 12000 times in one day (where our [...]

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The Mp3 Experiment by pranksters extraordinaire Improv Everywhere is taking place in San Francisco today @ 2:00 PM and tomorrow the same time at Chicago. The Mp3 Experiment is an annual organisation where you meet other agents at a predestined place and play a prerecorded mp3 at precisely the same time (you shouldn’t listen to [...]

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