Jajouka: Visas refused by US Government. Music as a Weapon?? |
Just read on the Master Musicians of Jajouka's Myspace page that the large group have been refused entry into the US. This has meant that the group have had to cancel a number of scheduled shows...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Jul 2008 02:56:00 GMT |
Maleem Mahmoud Guenya - deep trance music from the Gnaoua Master |
Here is the second of the gnaoua cds that i promised. This one is a total classic that presents a much more 'authentic' sound than the Hassan Idbassaid album (last post). This is deep, deep, dee...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:48:00 GMT |
Essaouira Festival 2008 |
Ok, so I went to the Essaouira Festival. I've wanted to go for years and this year I actually made it thanks to my fantastic gurlfrend (she bought my flight for my birthday! I'm very lucky). I had a f...
Posted by on Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:57:00 GMT |
Pagan Shenanigans in Hastings Redux |
Ok, I've sorted out the photos of Hastings Jack in the Green...you can see them now.Lots of pics and music from my trip to morocco coming very soon. For anyone who might be interested
Posted by on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:53:00 GMT |
Lo - Fi Africa |
Check out this mix of excellent tunes from Africa. Great lo-fi sounds from the 60s onwards:http://www.zshare.net/audio/1310933567dcd42e/Here's the tracklist:Kouyate Sory Kandi...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:24:00 GMT |
Pagan Shenanigans |
Check out my photos from the Hastings Jack-in-the-Green Mayday festivities. Lots of beer was drunk and many men were green....it all got a bit Wicker Man, though no uptight police w...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:58:00 GMT |
Intimate Knowledge?? |
Week 5: Interspersed knowledge & launching operations "From where is it possible to initiate incisive action and agency, and on what basis with what knowledge?" Place, rootedness and the lo...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:53:00 GMT |
The cut up technique of brion gysin |
The US and UK governments are developing individual code for the way I walk. Their goal is to invent individuals under their surveillance. to your gait, your height, your weight and other stay ahead o...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:54:00 GMT |
Sun Ra and the Astro-political??? |
Sun Ra & the Astro - Political Imagination ..> ..> Space and place. The global and the local. The planetary and the cosmic? Can we stretch the dichotomy that...
Posted by on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 11:41:00 GMT |
Awesome clip from Daisies in my Videos |
Check out my videos to see an awe inspiring two minute clip from Vera Chytilova's 1966 Czech New Wave Masterpiece, Daisies. The film is an anarchic, psychedelic romp that celebrates the spirit of fem...
Posted by on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 08:34:00 GMT |
