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.
@mrjyn
April 27, 2009
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!!
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