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Listening :

• The Features - Victim / City Scenes (1980) Fantastic Kiwi Post-Punk that still sounds fresh - Read all about it HERE

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Viewing :

• Downtown '81 - Featuring Jean Michel Basquiat - NY before the 'gentrification' of The Bowery.IMDB Info
  

"Usually referred to by its original title "DOWNTOWN 81", the film gives a snapshot of life in run-down Lower East Side Manhattan in the early '80s. Shot in 1981, the film portrays the day-to-day routine of Jean-Michel Basquiat, "graffiti"-artist, musician, or perhaps more accurately, artist in general, as he tries to survive amidst rappers, junkies, strippers, models and uptown art-lovers. Due to financial difficulties, the film apparently got lost, but part of the original material was recovered in 1998 and was finally released in the year 2000. The original soundtrack remained lost, so Basquiat's voice had to be dubbed.
It's an interesting time-capsule of Post-Punk, New-Wave New York, with a sometimes fascinating compilation of interesting vignettes from the scene, but as a movie, it's less rewarding. The story is practically non-existent and there is no acting really, as everybody play themselves. There's much resemblance to the experimental films Andy Warhol made about the New York art scene. It's a typical example of a "fiction" film with a very lose story line combined with mostly real-life characters from the period, like Deborah Harry, Fab Five Freddy, the music of Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Tuxemodoon, The Plastics, DNA, The Lounge Lizards and Basquiat himself with his own band, Gray. A long segment in the film is reserved for a live performance of Kid Creole and the Coconuts. If you're a fan, it's great fun.
In the end a mixed bag, a film mainly of interest for fans of Basquiat and the music of the era. So, if you like the period, it's definitely worth checking out.

Camera Obscura --- 7/10"

Consumed lately at T01 Music 04

Listening:

• Phew - Our Likeness (1992) Japanese singer collaborates with members of CAN / D.A.F et al. HERE
• Simple Minds - Empires and Dance (1980) When they were good and probably more influenced by Krautrock than GREED...HERE

Viewing :

• The Australian Open Tennis ( yep )
  

Consumed lately at T01 Music 03

Listening :

• Liquid Liquid - S/T (1997 )First 3 Eps & Live tracks.Legendary NY 80s funksters who wrote the track 'Cavern' sampled and made famous by Grandmaster Flash
  

• Witch Hats - Cellulite Soul .Brash rock from Tasmanian lads now located in Melbourne.

• Minutemen - Paranoid Time (1980)stunning debut on Greg Ginn's SST label featuring one Michael Watt , lately of The Stooges...
  

Viewing :

• The Foreigner - Amos Poe ( 1978 )Rambling tale in downtown NY featuring various No Wave luminaries.IMDB
  

Consumed lately at T01 Music 02

Listening :

• Comsat Angels - Sleep no more
• CAN - Soon over Babaluma
• Seems Twice - Non-plussed 7" ( 10 tracks in 5 minutes !! ) HERE
• UT - In Gut's House
• The Pop Group - How much longer do we tolerate mass murder ? (1980) HERE
• Units - Digital Stimulation (1980) HERE
  
• Liaisons Dangereuses - S/T (1981) HERE

Viewing :

• The Knack and how to get it ( 1965 ) IMDB info
• Street Trash ( 1987 ) trashy 80s Gore/Humour IMDB info
  

Consumed lately at T01 Music

Here's what has been consumed lately at T01 Music

Latest Viewing:

• Bande A Parte - Jean Luc Godard
• Touch of Evil - Orson Welles
• Cul de sac - Roman Polanski

Latest Listening:

• Captain Beefheart - Doc at the Radar Station
• Death in June - NADA!
• Love - Forever Changes

R.I.P Ron Asheton

Dotdash on the wireless

Dotdash has some fresh songs up on myspace NOW ...And if you happen to live in Auckland or Dunedin NZ or Melbourne , Brisbane in Australia you may be lucky enough to hear some of his tracks on local radio stations.
Dotdash has provided the soundtrack for the antipodean summer - especially dedicated to all the misanthropes who avoid beach culture , nature walks or garden bars - we feel your PAIN...

New DOTDASH

Dotdash has some new demos up on his myspace site.The tracks have a back to basics feel.Simple Bass,guitar,drums and a 'song' orientated approach... all with a sense of drama of course.
Dotdash - keepin' it real - keepin' it EMO :-)
Meanwhile Bob Cadillac has a new project going - reportedly in the 'Grindcore' vein...And that's probably a good thing.Let's just hope Chris can tune his guitar before they play...

TRIBAL THUNDER NEWS

DOTDASH A.K.A TRIBAL THUNDER
has some new demos out and a new MYSPACE ready for the masses.The songs seem to have taken a turn to the 'darkside' folks...what can you say when you live in S U B U R B I A ?

Life after CLONES

So - Clones have called it a day.Tribal Thunder is still pumping out new tunes on his myspace.
The new tracks feature some fairly primitive keyboard playing and more reverb than you can poke a stick at...
As for Bob Cadillac ? Still drinkin' ,watchin' TV and carrying the flag for ROCK N' ROLL ...