And now for Banksy’s day four triple header, go here.
Category Archives: Art
Watch: Yoko Ono & Flaming Lips Perform Anti-War Anthem
Last night (Oct. 2, 2013) Yoko Ono and the Flaming Lips performed Yoko’s anti-war anthem, “Cheshire Cat Cry,” on “Late Show with David Letterman.”
The song is on Yoko’s new album, Take Me To The Land Of Hell.
Rare Blues 78 RPM Record Sells For $37,100 on eBay
A 78 RPM recording by the ’30s blues musician Tommy Johnson sold on eBay for $37,100, according to Broadway World. That’s reportedly the highest price ever paid for a 78 blues RPM record.
Tommy Johnson, no relation to Robert Johnson, was an influential delta blues musician who died in 1956. He recorded in the 1920s.
The record that sold on eBay features “Alcohol And Jake Blues” and “Ridin’ Horse.”
Listen to “Alcohol And Jake Blues” right now.
Read more about this story at Broadway World.
Annotated Guide To 15 Of Bowie’s Fave Books
OK, so you looked at that long list of Bowie’s 100 favorite books. Now get some analysis regards 15 of them from Flavorwire.
Watch: Palma Violets’ “Rattlesnake Highway”
This is a terrific video, and the song’s cool too. It’s off the Palma Violets’ 2013 Rough Trade debut, 180.
Art Garfunkel’s Fave Books? Give Me A F***ing Break
David Bowie’s list of favorite books is one thing. The art rocker is an innovator who has, time and again during his long career, made highly influential work.
A list of Bowie’s fave books provides insight into the mind of this intriguing artist.
Certainly I’d love to see fave book lists from Dylan and Leonard Cohen and Tom Waits and the late Captain Beefheart and the late Frank Zappa and Patti Smith and Kim Gordon and plenty more.
But now we get a list of every book Art Garfunkel has read since 1968. Really, Art, keep it to yourself.
For more on this, read this piece in The Guardian.
2nd Banksy Artwork Appears After First Is Painted Over
On day two of Banksy’s month-long New York street art show which is literally taking place on the streets of New York, a second work appeared at 18 Allen Street. Yesterday. Oct. 1, 2013, the first work appeared but was subsequently painted over.
Here’s the first, which is called “The Street is in Play”:
And here’s how it looks today:
For more on Banksy:
Banksy Launches New York Street Art ‘Show’
The mysterious graffiti artist Banksy confirmed on his website today that a painting on a wall in New York’s Chinatown is the beginning of his month-long “residency,” “Better Out Than In.”
At Banksy’s website, it now says: “For the next month Banksy will be attempting to host an entire show on the streets of New York.
To enhance your enjoyment of the exhibits an audio guide is provided via cell phone. Simply call the number next to the painting and select the appropriate option on the keypad. This is a toll free service.”
Check out what you hear if you call that phone number:
And I dig it the most.
Listen: Throwing Muses “sleepwalking 1”
Maybe you already know about this, but then again maybe you don’t. The song is “sleepwalking 1.” It’s a cool taste of the new Throwing Muses CD/book, Purgatory/Paradise due October 28.
For more, check out this old story in Pitchfork.
Here’s a list of the tracks:
Purgatory/Paradise:
01 smoky hands
02 morning birds 1
03 sleepwalking 2
04 sunray venus
05 cherry candy 1
06 film
07 opiates
08 cherry candy 2
09 freesia
10 curtains 1
11 triangle quanitico
12 morning birds 2
13 lazy eye
14 blurry 1
15 folding fire
16 slippershell
17 bluff
18 blurry 2
19 terra nova
20 walking talking
21 milan
22 curtains 2
23 folding fire 1
24 static
25 clark’s nutcracker
26 dripping trees
27 sleepwalking 1
28 smoky hands 2
29 speedbath
30 quick
31 dripping trees 2
32 glass cats
Dylan’s “If Dogs Run Free” As Children’s Picture Book?
In light of the recent focus on Dylan’s early ’70s period due to the release of Another Self Portrait, check out this story (with illustrations) about a children’s picture book based on New Morning’s word jazz piece, “If Dogs Run Free.”
Head to Brain Pickings.