Thursday, December 23, 2010
18 degrees below
Below are some links sent to me by a friend who attended to a recent Russian Napoleonic event - (a not for public battle) that took place in 18 degrees below with knee high snow. Lots of frostbitten reenactors enjoying themselves in sub zero temperatures...hope that is festive enough for you..
http://photogoss.spb.ru/index.php-ru&ft_fotojan.htm http://picasaweb.google.com/piterskaya2010/Janino2010_2#
Monday, December 13, 2010
R L Burnside 'Shake 'em on down'
Thursday, December 09, 2010
What's New Pussycat?
'The Knack - and how to get it' trailer
Yardbirds in Antonioni's Blow Up
Monday, November 29, 2010
Un homme et une femme (1966) trailer
Sunday, November 28, 2010
What's the Point?
Went to the Railway in Radstock to see this punk band (What's the Point) - they were great - lots of uptempo singalong compositions that went down very well with all present. Pub was friendly too so all in all a good evening.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Russian Civil war battle Tachanka vs White Cossacks
'A scene from Soviet-Yugoslav 1958 movie "Aleksa Dundić" which shows a battle between Red Cavalry Tachankas and White Cossacks.'
Monday, November 15, 2010
Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1920)
Saturday, November 06, 2010
M.I.A 'Born Free'
Friday, November 05, 2010
Animals and Men on Facebook
Thursday, November 04, 2010
Gene Vincent 'Bluejean Bop'
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Ari Up of the Slits has passed on
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Guss and Crook
Friday, October 08, 2010
Shannon 'Abergavenny' (1969)
Saturday, October 02, 2010
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
bitwa warszawska 1920 film
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Javan Rhinoceros
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Battle reenactment satire from Armstrong and Miller
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Saturday, September 04, 2010
Dave Clark Five Everybody Knows
Dave Clark Five 'When'
Dave Clark Five 'Bits and Pieces'
Peekskill Riots
Thursday, September 02, 2010
Aircraft from their origins to 1914
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Storming of the Bastille
Shangri-Las 'I'll Never Learn'
Monday, August 30, 2010
Red Balloon clip
Thursday, August 26, 2010
CPS Myspace
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Demain dès l'aube (2009)
Imdb says
Just saw this one at the Göteborg International Filmfestival. It was my opening film, and considering the talent, I expected something quality, and I got it. Vincent Perez plays a concert pianist, Mathieu, who takes a break from his good, but perhaps complicated life, to offer support to his brother Paul (Jeremie Renier), who lives with their very sick mother. Paul is into reenacting historical battles from the Napoleonic era, and Mathieu is sucked into this fantasy world, to stand by his brother. It turns out that the fantasy is more real than he had bargained for, and things get serious when people are easily offended, while playing the game. I'm not about to give the whole story away, but besides the interesting plot and excellent acting, there is also beautiful piano music and fantastic dueling scenes at dawn with great light. So go see, I'm glad I did!
Monday, August 23, 2010
Hot Dang Paydirt!
Joe 90 theme
Monday, August 16, 2010
Papo Prestige 1er Empire
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Valmy 1792-2012
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Brian Jones and Jimi Hendrix 'My Little One'
Salamanda Palaganda
Invicta dinosaurs
New Beyonce single
Monday, August 02, 2010
'The Twelves (Dirty Dozens)' KOKOMO ARNOLD (1935)
Saturday, July 31, 2010
New York Dolls 'Chatterbox'
Heartbreakers live in 75
New York Dolls - live in 75
Songs are 'Red Patent Leather' 'On Fire' and 'Something Else'. I've been listening to the Dolls on vinyl recently - its great to hear them after a lay off and I also have been playing the Red Patent Leather live album and there's some great songs on there - a lot of them forming the basis of solo sets for the individual band members, although 'On Fire' which is a great song I don't think appeared anywhere else. Maybe it was a co-composition. This clip captures them quite nicely - shame its not in colour but you can't have it all can you?
Friday, July 30, 2010
Johnny Cash 'Committed to Parkview'
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Anna Karina - Sous Le Soleil Exactement
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Animals & Men 'Driving Stupid'
'Is this the way the world ends? Not with a bang but with the driving stupid'
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
Metal Urbain - Lady Coca Cola/Paris Maquis
Passion Armee get reviewed in MRR
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Nico 'Striptease'
Serge Gainsbourg biopic
Friday, July 16, 2010
Visit to Stony Littleton Long Barrow
Stoney Littleton Crop Circle
Monday, July 12, 2010
Son House 'Death Letter'
Thursday, July 08, 2010
Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Dancing Ferrets 'All Over Mendip Tonight'
Thatcher's Cider Ad
Susan at Hemington Village Day
Models 'Man of the Year'
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
John Mitchard's obituary
L'Illusionniste (2010)
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Munsters Koach v Drag-u-la
'You don't care' Junior Wells
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Ray Harryhausen 90th
Monday, June 28, 2010
Renegades 'Geronimo'
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Radstock Museum Football Exhibition
Bad Detectives pilgrimage to Canvey Island
Frome rock and roll and r'n'b band the Bad Detectives are playing Canvey Island - home of their heroes Dr Feelgood on the 4th July. Should be great in a 'coals to Newcastle' sort of way. Good luck boys!
Image from this Feelgood site
The Bad Detectives | |
When: | 04 July 2010 20:00 - 22:00 BST (End Time Estimated) |
Where: | The Lobster Smack Canvey Island |
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Howlin' Wolf - Sitting on Top of the World
Michael Eavis - Somerset coal miner
Howlin' Wolf - Back Door Man
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
The Savages - The World Ain't Round It's Square
Rufus Thomas 'Jump Back'
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Elvis 'Tiger Man'
Joe Hill Louis 'Boogie in the Park'
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Nancy and Lee 'Arkansas Coal'
Friday, June 11, 2010
Apple Tree Inn at Shoscombe
It is Sue's birthday today so we went for a pub lunch with her folks to the Apple Tree at Shoscombe which is about a mile walk along the Collier's Way cycle route. It's the building with the brown roof on the photo. It's off the beaten track but that only adds to the old world charm and tranquility of the place. The food and choice of ciders is excellent and the bar prices are very reasonable. Definitely worth a visit if you're in the Bath area.
Howlin' Wolf 'Poor Boy'
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Howlin' Wolf centenary
Monday, June 07, 2010
Saturday, June 05, 2010
Cardigans 'I need some fine wine'
Germinal
Bo Diddley '16 tons'
Wednesday, June 02, 2010
Coy "Hot Shot" Love - Wolf Call Boogie
Lord Dent and his Invaders 'Wolf Call'
Monday, May 31, 2010
Sonny Boy 'Eyesight to the Blind'
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Prof Green
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Is this the greatest psychedelic rock song ever?
I DON'T EVER WANT TO COME DOWN
Well some they pledge allegiance while others treasure seek
And soul wisdom spoken back, each life will be unique
Some want only pleasure, you only want to please
Or bring as the highest life that prayer ever sees.
I don’t ever want to come down from your village and your big town
I won’t tell foreigners earth’s their home
Well armed by the life you’ve been making
And not crush powers not your own
Just stick to your own overtaking
I don’t ever want to come down from your village and your big town
Encouraging all men, I wish you would
To live in a fable, I wish you would
I can’t do no other with you and David’s Saint fable
I’m not even trying to or curious fair
Each unicorn makes it completely prepared
I don’t ever want to come down from your village and your big town
Billy Graves 'The Shag'
Harold Burrage 'She knocks me out'
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Hubert Sumlin teaches you to play 'Smokestack Lightnin''
Saturday, May 22, 2010
The Wolf live in Britain
60s Howlin' Wolf
Howlin' Wolf Centenary
Here's Facebook group I started - Make 10 June International Howlin'Wolf Day
June 10 this year is the 100 years anniversary of Howlin' Wolf's birthday. How are we gonna celebrate it? I know this fact as its my birthday, the same day 50 years later...maybe I'll just have a Wolfing session. Seriously I usually play a bit of Chester Burnett on my birthday anyway - I'll have to think how I can do something a bit more - something special for the 100th anniversary.
Otis Rush 'My Love Will Never Die'
Adam Ant sectioned
Animals & Men 'Nag Nag Nag'
Thursday, May 20, 2010
'Du Pain ou du sang'
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
30 years ago today
PASSION ARMÉE
Sunday, May 16, 2010
The Fall 'Bury' live at Frome Cheese and Grain
Saturday, May 15, 2010
The Fall's new video 'I'm not from Bury'
Friday, May 14, 2010
Piney Brown 'You Bring Out the Wolf In Me'
Thursday, May 13, 2010
The Cortinas 'Defiant Pose'
John and Doreen
My sister has been going through the Mitchard family photo archive and has been scanning them - some of the pics I have never seen - obviously I ain't gonna bore you with many but this is one I particularly liked as it was unknown to me and captures my parents in their 'courting' phase. (No... apparently it's their honeymoon) I love the background too.
The Fall 'Bill is Dead'
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Us and Dragonflies
Have you ever had a dragonfly larva? When I say 'had' I mean kept one as a pet - I had one as a kid and it ate all my tadpoles - it frightened me to death - it was like the alien in Alien - grossing me out until one morning I came down and found it sat on the side of the washing up bowl I was keeping it in as a beautiful Dragonfly. I almost forgave it.
Anyhow back in the early years of the 20th century they dug up a Dragonfly fossil in Radstock in one of the pits - it was the largest fossilised bug ever found at the time though I now think it has been surpassed. Boltonites radstockensis. Hence the choice of song for the below film.
Yellow Coat - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Radstock in the snow
Louisiana Red at the Thunderbolt Bristol
Blues Legend LOUISIANA RED & Michael Messer
One of the last great surviving bluesmen, Louisiana Red was born in Alabama in 1932. His mother died a week after his birth and his father was murdered by the Ku Klux Klan. Louisiana Red not only plays the Blues, he lives it through his guitar and his singing. Strongly influenced by Muddy Waters, Lightnin‘ Hopkins and Arthur Crudup, he has long ago found his own voice, his own style, his own form of expression. In a career spanning over half a century, Louisiana Red has played with just about every major bluesman you can name. In 1983 he won the W.C. Handy Award for ’Best Traditional Blues Artist’. Michael Messer is recognised as one of the world’s leading slide guitarists and blues innovators. One prominent critic described him as `an unavoidable force in modern blues` £10Adv from Bristol Ticket Shop Tel 0117 9299008 www.bristolticketshop.co.uk £12 on the door
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Women of the Red Army tribute
The Escape 'Murder' 1982
Interview with Cavan (Kev) Saunders
If you are wondering what the set will be about here's what he says
My vocal style has been compared with Lou Reed , Jim Morrison and Johnny Cash.
Musically the song styles take in Folk, Alt Country,and Rhythm and Blues.
Some have likened what I do to Blue eyed soul/New wave artists such as Elvis Costello and Graham Parker. I play a set that mixes mostly original compositions with,cover versions of songs by people such
as Fred Neil, and Jerry Jeff Walker.
I am looking forward to it already
Monday, May 10, 2010
Your Future Our Clutter - The Fall
Paul Robeson 'Anthem of the Soviet Union'
Paul LeRoy Bustill Robeson (April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was an internationally renowned American bass-baritone concert singer, actor of film and stage, All-American and professional athlete, writer, multi-lingual orator, scholar and lawyer who was also noted for his wide-ranging social justice activism. A forerunner of the civil rights movement, Robeson was a trade unionist, peace activist, Phi Beta Kappa Society laureate, and a recipient of the Spingarn Medal and Stalin Peace Prize. Robeson achieved worldwide fame during his life for his artistic accomplishments, and his outspoken, radical beliefs which largely clashed with the Jim Crow climate of the pre-civil rights United States. He became a prime target of the right during the McCarthyist era.[1][2][3][4] Despite his being one of the most internationally famous cultural figures of the 20th century, persecution by the US government and media virtually erased Robeson from mainstream US culture and subsequent interpretations of US history, including civil rights and black history.[3]