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April 27, 2009

Geoffrey Holder: 7-Up Commercial [1980s Fresh from his role in "Annie"]

Fresh from his role in "Annie", Geoffrey is advertising 7-Up!

Geoffrey Holder: 7-UP [1st GH ? Commercial 1971]

1971 7-UP Commercial starring Trinidadian character actor Geoffrey Holder who has also worked as choreographer, dancer, painter, costume designer, singer and voice-over artist. So popular were these ads, 7-UP created a new batch with Geoffrey in the 1980s.

Geoffrey Holder: 7up [BARON SAMEDI: THE UNLOA]

ad for 7up "the uncola" from the 80's, featuring Geoffrey Holder of "Live And Let Die" and "Dr. Doolittle" fame.

LIVE AND LET DIE: Baron Samedi Laughing on Train

Wagner Pa - Elegua

Habana Now

A sharpe glimpse into the life and times of present day Afro-Cuban musicians. They share their music and their thoughts about African traditions of Havana.

Güiro for Changó

Agrupación de Güiros El Niño de Atocha
For more info: http://esquinarumbera.blogs...

Santeria - Cuba

Nov 2003
More and more Cubans are turning to the popular religion of Santeria for spiritual guidance.

In the tiny Cuban town of Regla, a woman is throwing a party for her saint. She watches in delight as her 'saint' writhes to the drums, spitting rum at the guests to cleanse their souls. Santeria was bought to Cuba by African slaves and quickly developed into a home-grown religion. Now 80% of the population are thought to believe in it.

Produced by ABC Australia
Distributed by Journeyman Pictures

ELEGUA

CLEVE POZAR'S AFROCUBAN BATAJAZZ GROUP DOING A TRAC FOR ELEGUA.
DARIUS JONES IS ON SAX.
SINGERS:
DAMIAN KATZ
CARRIE MOLAY
KELIN LONG-GAYE
CLEVE POZAR
TA'GALLO RONKO
VIDEO AND GRAPHICS:
K7T DOING THE DO !

CHANT TO ELEGUA

Max's Kansas City: Only Extant Footage of MKC [Narrated by David Weisman]

This is b-roll of the only known footage of the inside of Max's Kansas City - legendary 70's New York rock club. Narration is by David Weisman, co-director of Ciao Manhattan.

Cindy Sherman: Transformations (excerpt: artnewyork.org by Paul Tschinkel)

Paul Tschinkel's InnerTube - The Waitresses and The Cramps

Paul Tschinkel's InnerTube, cable public access show, 1981, 1982.

Featuring The Waitresses at Irving Plaza and The Cramps at the Mudd Club.

Noah Creshevsky: Great Performances (1978 tape wizardry music concrete electronica)

Thanks to experimental BBC Radio 3 music shows (think "Mixing It' et al) one can discover some unexpected and thrilling left-field tunes. Around the same time as I was knocked-out by Negativland and plunderphonics, I got my first taste of the mesmerizing Noah Creshevsky. Based in New York and a celebrated figure from the electronic underground, Creshevsky is truly a master of found sounds and tape manipulation. "Great Performances" from 1978 never fails to raise a smile, yet reveals complex, intriguing details with repeated listens.... Accompanying Creshevsky's wondrous creation is a freaky (possibly great?) performance from an unknown 70s German variety show. I don't know where I came across this footage, but the car-mime is done with great relish by the dungaree-wearing hipsters, despite slipping in and out of the added LSD-edit haze.

GARY GLITTER: HEINZ Lentil Soup Advert

Top of the Pops Clips [TOTP BBC: 60s and 70s]

A further collection of clips from Top of the Pops in the 60s and 70s.

Nightmail: [SOUNDS LIKE JOHN COOPER CLARKE]

One of my favourite Grierson-era documentaries. Quite ironic given how crap the postal service is these days. Us socialists are trying to campaign against the closure of sorting offices and the privatisation of the industry.
My post now has to travel 35 miles to Wolverhampton to be sorted (after the closure of the local one) to come BACK 35 miles north to be delivered!!