OK, here comes some new-ish music that I’ve been digging lately and because this first month of 2019 I seem to mainly blogged and my blog contained a lot of old music this month. So let’s end January with something … Continue reading New Music: Self-titled by Moon Rituals
Already back to Richter and living painter/visual artist but like I did say last time I blogged about him: I really, really, really, really do dig his artworks! This was a transitional year for him before this his work was … Continue reading Great Art: Daniel Richter’s Paintings of 2000
Over the Aussie long weekend just gone the national radio and the sister station have been doing new and old countdowns for 2018 and 1998 songs. They’ve open polls again so you, me or anyone who wants to vote for … Continue reading Re-writing the Top 10 from 1998 triple j’s Hottest 100
Here’s the third fave album this year of mine to be added to that CA list and yeah, live album do count too! I do have some live albums included but I guess I don’t have a lot them of … Continue reading Classic Albums: Live At The Old Quarter, Houston, Texas by Townes Van Zandt
AKA Johnny Rotten! OK, I did say punk rockers for my weekly fave 10 song but here in today’s blog post I move pretty quickly into post-punk! Also moving last weeks from New York City, America to London, England as … Continue reading Top Ten Tracks: Sex Pistols/Public Image Ltd./John Lydon
Weekend art blog post now! I do love great installation art and in my little tiny opinion the greatest/best is The Happy End of Franz Kafka’s Amerika by Martin Kippenberger of the year 1994. Which was only a few years away … Continue reading Great Art: Martin Kippenberger’s The Happy End of Franz Kafka’s Amerika installation of 1994
If you want to open the hole Just put your head down and go Step beside the piece of circumstance Got to wash away the taste of evidence Wash it away Evidence…got a taste of evidence I didn’t feel a … Continue reading Hiding Songs: Evidence by Faith No More
In opening or the very short version this was unbelievable amazing night but off course what follows is the very long version: In the end it was somehow an almost three hour show of Nick Cave greatest which starting just … Continue reading Live Gigs: Nick Cave @ Perth Concert Hall
Things are about to get strange, a bit weird and even a little fucked-up today! I was going to ease into this bloke’s art but I think that’s just totally impossible. Some have been very offended by it in the … Continue reading Great Art: Gottfried Helnwein’s late-70’s Drawings & Watercolors
Where the bloody hell is this gone? After the last post and while I’m at it! Why don’t they just release the full No Country For No Man live movie score/soundtrack sometime? They must have recordings of it, right? I’ve got … Continue reading TFS No Country For No Man original live film score
Right, I’m going to have to blog something about this now! It’s been about or around about 24/48 hours ago King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard posted “NeW. MuSiC. CoMiNg. SoOn. ..” with that feature image. Also below is another … Continue reading Gareth Liddiard + King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard collaboration album
Off course, I’m jumping around and there really is no order to these art posts! Today I wanted the look at Dumas’ portraits and my fave of all her stuff is the feature image or the last one on this … Continue reading Great Art: Marlene Dumas mid-80’s Portraits
Blondie plus I’m including a couple of Debbie Harry songs too but do some still see both Blondie and Debbie Harry as the same thing? If you are confused: Blondie is the band and Harry is the singer who sung … Continue reading Top Ten Tracks: Blondie/Deborah Harry
Yes it started when i was cleaning dishes And the phone rang in the hall I was drawn to it against my wishes Ugly memories of the war I didn’t count on mass destruction When i saw you It was … Continue reading Hiding Songs: The Way I Made You Feel by Ed Kuepper
You will find me if you want me in the garden Unless it’s pouring down with rain You will find me if you want me in the garden Unless it’s pouring down with rain You will find me if you … Continue reading Hiding Songs: The Garden by Einstürzende Neubauten
The second album of 2019 to be added to my CA list or fave albums post like list quickly follows last week’s one! Oh yeah, off course V.A. tribute albums count too! To me, this is the total ultimate one! … Continue reading Classic Albums: Virus 100 by Various Artists
Reading the sad news this morning even if we knew this one was was coming because Wilson himself letting us know about it last year sometime. Still hard reading that he’s no longer with us. So having a look for … Continue reading Remembering: Chris Wilson
The next dead artist, well visual artist or oil painter is Philip Guston and some his paintings from 1973 or my collection of some of my fave’s of his and that year here on my blog. I’m starting here because … Continue reading Great Art: Philip Guston’s 1973 Paintings
Edit (19/01/19): So after posting an old version of this a few days ago with a pile of video clips/songs missing but trying to get into my old youtube account to edit it, which that is just totally impossible! So … Continue reading Playlist: The Drones’ Rage Guest Programmers in 2009
So I did say last week some punks and the ultimate punk rocker or at least to me is Patti Smith! How about you? Maybe she more prototype punk but anyway a great artist to do this week. After two … Continue reading Top Ten Tracks: Patti Smith
Can I be out of line Сan we get back together? You drink I’ll pour the wine Сan we get back together? Your girlfriend’s prettier than mine Can we get back together? I’ll have you home by nine or whatever … Continue reading Hiding Songs: Ha by HTRK
OK, the first CA post of 2019 and after something like three months break of this set of posts! Side-projects do count in my fave albums list so here’s Mark E. Smith normally front-man, singer-songwriter of English post-punk band The … Continue reading Classic Albums: Tromatic Reflexxions by Von Südenfed
I don’t know why I do this? Because the songs I do vote for never end up in the final countdowns, I did post something like this last year plus gave a little of my history of the very rare … Continue reading Playlist: triple J’s Hottest 100 shortlist & votes
Now we are going back to the 1950’s for today’s painting lesson! I’ve picked out to blog about Francis Bacon the painter, not the other guy with the same name. A few of my fave paintings of his, which as … Continue reading Great Art: Francis Bacon’s 1956-7 After Van Gogh paintings
Continuing my own version of the history of art or just starting it here on my blog with post number four after the three last week. I’ve now moved on to some dead artists this week, well that is at … Continue reading Great Art: Howard Arkley’s 1999 Nick Cave Portrait & Studies
So Anthrax are supporting Slayer so-called farewell Aussie tour and following on from last Tuesday’s my Slayer top ten tracks, I’ve got the fourth and final part of the big four metal acts of the 80’s. My fave Anthrax songs … Continue reading Top Ten Tracks: Anthrax
I lived in the country where the dead wood aches In a house made of stone and a thousand mistakes Where the glory of morning got crushed by the burden of day I went down to the seaside, it was … Continue reading Hiding Songs: I Don’t Ever Want To Change by The Drones
Here she comes breakin’ through my window In the early morning hours For the moment, I am disrupted But in time she’ll make me smile All the wonderous animals Roamin’ round the earth Bring us songs of calm They do … Continue reading Hiding Songs: Lily And Parrots by Sun Kil Moon
So I’m just keep going on about my fave art/artists with now three back to back posts! Seems what I blog about yesterday, let’s go all feminism today with Sarah Lucas works but some that don’t get explicit, OK? I’ve … Continue reading Great Art: Sarah Lucas’ Self-Portraits & Christ Sculpture of late-90’s/early-2000’s
So here’s part two of my fave art by my fave artist, that’s visual artists and the first two posts are paintings! Richard Prince is more well-known for his non-paintings but these are my faves of his because it’s pretty … Continue reading Great Art: Richard Prince’s Nurse Paintings of 2002
Intro yet another new title/tag and yet another kind-of blog post title today! Seems I did post my fave books and films lists last year and we have just started another new year might be the best time to do … Continue reading Great Art: Daniel Richter’s Poor Girl and his 2005 Paintings
I did post two of these last month so this is now the third one, this is like two in one and most likely the last one ever I’ve blog about! Here’s the newspaper cutting from 1982′ NME magazine at … Continue reading Portrait Of The Artist As A Consumer: The Birthday Party’s Rowland S. Howard & Nick Cave
ISSUE #16 / JANUARY 2019 What would be a list of 10 of your most favourite pieces of music, by artists other than yourself? And number 11 must be a Gun Club song. G, FALLS CHURCH, USA Can you put … Continue reading Nick Cave answer my question on his website The Red Hand Files
I’m back today so let’s kick 2019 off with a trash bang and some bloody screaming! I did do my top ten tracks posts last year for both Megadeth and Metallica so I’ve just gotta do Slayer now! They’re the … Continue reading Top Ten Tracks: Slayer
