January 13, 2009
Motorhead - The Hammer (RockPop Berlin 1981)
Classic footage of Motorhead in 1981 on RockPop (Berlin) performing a good old fashioned love song, bless em
The Professionals - Join The Professionals
Another fantastic early single from Cook 'n Jones. What more could you ask for? (Sex Pistols)
The Professionals - 123 (Sex Pistols)
My Favourite Professionals song. Equal to the best song on the 'Bollocks' LP. Totally kicks arse. Check out Steve's unique mic technique too
Will Smith - Vaya Torito (el Hormiguero 12/01/2009)
Will Smith cantando la canción del Fary en el Hormiguero con Pablo Motos
Ray Dennis Steckler [1938-2009] Just a few hours ago I had the pleasure to see a one-off [...] obit!
Just a few hours ago I had the pleasure to see a one-off Ray Dennis Steckler [1938-2009] obit [i forget where because it was a few hours ago and i'm stupid], but one of the masters of drive-in schlock passed away this week, a man whose career was revitalized as a cult hero after the release of RE/SEARCH Publications' well known 1986 treatise Incredibly Strange Films. In fact the title of that book (and its sister books Incredibly Strange Music Volumes One and Two) took their titles from Ray Dennis Steckler's most famous picture, The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies (1964). Steckler not only directed entertaining B films but often appeared in them under the pseudonym Cash Flagg. Other than Creatures, Steckler's most well known pictures are Rat Pfink A Boo Boo Wild Guitar (1962). That's what's posted above: The entire movie Wild Guitar. R.I.P. Ray Dennis Steckler - Variety obit is here. (1966) and the classic Arch Hall Jr. programmer of rock n' roll rags to riches to rags
bill eggleston: Stranded In Canton [1:17:44]
BUY THE DVD: http://www.twinpalms.com/?p...
In 1973, photographer William Eggleston picked up a Sony PortaPak and took to documenting the soul of Memphis and New Orleans
January 12, 2009
Ford Artists' Johnny Lavoy Shows How to Style Rock Star Hair: Amy Winehouse + Gwen Stefani + More Modelling Madness
How to: Style Rock Star Hair
Ford Artists' Johnny Lavoy shows how to make
rock star hair
How toMake an Amy Winehouse
Look
Ford Artists' Johnny Lavoy
shows how to achieve an Amy Winehouse hairstyle
Making a Gwen Stefani Look
Ford Artists' Johnny Lavoy
shows how to create a Gwen Stefani look
bunny BISOUS
Marcos Valle - Bicicleta (1984)
Videoclip of "Bicicleta", Marcos Valle's hit from 1984. It was produced by Rede Globo and made its debut on Sunday night show "Fantastico". From the vaults of our archives, this is a VHS rip
Dinah Washington: Send Me to the 'lectric Chair [Bessie Smith 1958]
The great jazz singer Dinah Washington sings "Send Me to the 'lectric Chair" from her Bessie Smith album
c.1958
Ray Conniff: Mame [German TV "Galaabend der Schallplatte" (1969)]
From a German TV show, titled "Galaabend der Schallplatte" (1969), featuring Skeets Herfurt (cl) and John Best (t)
January 11, 2009
ROLLING STONES: 2,000,000 PERSONAS [EN COPACABANA, BRAZIL] + TELENOVELA: "PASIONES PROIHIBIDAS"
SUPER CONCIERTO DE LOS ROLLING STONES, 2 MILLONES DE ALMAS Y GRATUITO. UN SUPER MEGAEVENTO QUE NUNCA SERÁ SUPERADOTELENOVELA "PASIONES PROIHIBIDAS"
Cohiba FABRICA: El Laguito [Cuba - Hecho totalmente a mano]
Señora Ana Isel Mederos Cano anlässlich ihrer Präsentation Zigarren rollen im Casa del Habano - Bern.
Señora Cano arbeitet in der Cohiba Factory El Laguito - Cuba
Señora Juana Ramos Guerra ist die Königin der Zigarren - die Master Torcedora der Fabrik El Laguito zeigte in Bern ihr Können
The Havana: Cigar of Connoisseurs DVD
Shot on location in the Cuban provinces Pinar de Rio and Havana, where socialistic workers need three to four years to produce a Havana, and in London, Madrid, and Berlin, where Havana afficionados whiff these expensive toys in forty-five minutes, this entertaining documentary takes a look at the history and tradition of the finest cigar in the world. Some of the more famous smokers of the Havana were Winston Churchill, Fidel Castro, Groucho Marx, and John F. Kennedywalk-in humidor of the LCDH at the Melia Cohiba hotel in Havana, Cuba
Havana VIDEO Guide [OR YOU COULD JUST EMAIL ME: 1996 GRAD]
Havana China Town - Barrio Chino in Central Havana
http://www.havana-guide.com
Sight seeing in Central Havana, the Barrio
Chino , China townHaila Mompie at the Havana Malecon
Havana Malecon New Year 2008Bar Dos Hermanos: that's my bartender!
http://www.havana-guide.com/
Bar Dos Hermanos in Old Havana near the Sierra Maestra Terminal
http://www.havana-guide.com/Old Havana - Plaza Veija [i passed out right where they're playing...ask chailley or mauricio]
A visit to Old Havana,Plaza Vieja and Taberna La MurallaHavana Malecon - Havana sea promenade [you can never imagine a more beautiful spot]
Central Park Havana Cuba
Sight seeing at Central Park - Parque Central Havana Cuba.
View from the Hotel Inglaterra, where i stayed
Inlaterra terrace
FARC
FARC-EP (EL BAILE DEL GUERRILLERO) merenge dominicano
Cuba, una esperanza para la humanidad
Video Recibido de las FARC "Marulanda" 1
Is Fidel Castro dead? Is Fidel Castro dying? Is this time different? [i'm pretty sure fidel is dead]
Is Fidel Castro dead? Is Fidel Castro dying? Is this time different?
These are questions that have come up from time to time since July 2006 when Fidel Castro underwent surgery. If one reads between the lines, one might get the impression that Fidel Castro just might be dying because this time we are analyzing his words and those of his closest ally, Hugo Chavez.
Let’s review his latest Reflections and a comment today from Hugo Chavez stating that the world will never see Fidel in public again.
1. The last public photos of Fidel Castro were released on November 19, 2008 when he met with Chinese President Hu. We commented then that Fidel had looked terrible and even appeared to be holding back some drool. Those photos were a photo op for the world and all the preparation that would be justified could not even make Fidel look healthy.
I thought that the photo shown in our recent article about Chinese President Hu meeting with Fidel Castro seemed to show Fidel Castro looking differently… as in a blank expression on his face and a very different hair style. Also notice how tightly Fidel is holding on to Hu AND Fidel’s mouth is closed. Where is the fire? Where is his energy? Remember, these photos are right from BejingDaily.com.cn so these are the BEST propaganda photos that they could put out there… the BEST photos. I wonder what the worst ones look like.
So, I decided to go find photos of Fidel Castro from the recent past just to put all the photos in one place. Some people say that Fidel is dead and that one of his best body doubles is standing in for him. I think that’s a bit of a stretch but have a look at the photos and see if anything seems odd.
Fidel Castro taken from photo with Chinese President Hu on November 18, 2008. Notice how his hair is parted on the left.
Fidel Castro taken from photo with Russia’s Metropolitan Kirill on October 20, 2008 - Russian Orthodox Church. Notice how his hair is parted on the right or combed forward.
Fidel Castro taken from photo with meeting of Uruguay President June 19, 2008 - Reuters
Fidel Castro days after his surgery in August 2006 in recovery. Notice the heavy use of make up that covers his noticeable age spots present before and after surgery. Look at the deep wrinkles on either side of his nose and how they bow it. See the photo above of him with Uruguay President about two years later, the deep wrinkles are very flat and straight.
Undated photo of Fidel Castro but pre-August 2006 when he went into seclusion. I think this was from sometime in 2006 though, maybe a rally against Spain?
Here is a photo that I took in April 2004. This is definitely Castro. I sat and listened to a speech for three hours. A “short” speech. Notice that he does not have deep wrinkles on either side of his nose nor does he have deep wrinkles between his eyebrows. Compare this to the photo above where “he” has deep wrinkles on either side of his nose AND deep wrinkles between his eyebrows. I am no FBI expert but they look like two different people to me. Keep in mind these photos are no more than two years apart.
Just for the record, a photo of Fidel Castro from 1964So, I’m not forensic scientist or FBI specialist in facial features but I do find it odd that for Fidel’s entire life he has combed his hair back and the wrinkles are interesting. I would like to see some photos of his ears. I would think those are pretty hard to fake.
Anyway, who changes the way they fix their hair when they are 82? Here’s an old photo comparison article for the conspiracy fans out there.
So, if you have any other photo that you would like me to post, please use the email link at the bottom of this page. Be sure to include the source and date or just send a link to the photo and/or story.
2. Fidel’s last Reflection was dated December 15, 2008 referring to a December 10 BBC article and could have been written by an assistant with direction by Fidel.
3. It is my belief that December 10, 2008 was Fidel Castro’s last real Reflection. It was a short Reflection of only 129 words after he received and award from CARICOM. Now we are over one full month since this last real time Reflection by Fidel. From what I can see from his list of Reflections, he has never gone for a month without writing. We may see another Reflection come out shortly but if it is “directed by” or “evergreen” in nature, I think it can be discounted since it most likely would have been written at some previous date in the past. Look through his list and separate the directed or evergreen Reflections from the real Reflections and you can see how infrequent his real Reflections have been for the past couple months. Lastly to this point, no other Reflection that we could find comes close to being as short as 129 words.
4. On December 31, 2008, the eve of the 50th anniversary of the triumph of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel could only write “With the 50th anniversary of the triumph just a few hours away, I congratulate our heroic people.” That’s it. Well known journalist and Cuba expert Tracey Eaton commented on the brevity of the wording especially coming from the man that holds the record for the longest speech at the UN (4 hours and 29 minutes) and speaking even longer than that in 1986 for 7 hours and 10 minutes. Fidel Castro has never made short speeches or wrote short Reflections.
5. Today Hugo Chavez said “That Fidel in his uniform who walked the streets and towns late at night, hugging the people, won’t return” in a radio speech today and that this image will have to “remain in memories”. He also said “Fidel will live forever, beyond the physical life”. These words sound to me as though he is preparing the word for a post-Fidel Castro Cuba.
END
I heard somewhere that people judge us by the words we use. Can we judge Fidel by the (lack of) words he uses?
Is Fidel Castro dead? Is Fidel Castro dying? Is this time different?
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Maybe this is Fidel Castro’s last wish?
Jack White: Like a Songbird That Has Fallen [January, 2009: Free People Catalog]
January 2009 Free People catalog
Catalog will be in homes 1/13/09
Like a Songbird that has Fallen:
Jack White
stylist Monica teaches us how to create the hair wraps
paper mask lip dub
paper mask lip dub
Lip Dub Pop Muzik from fredasterical on Vimeo.You might remember this entry we did about Victorian paper masks one of our designers brought back from the Netherlands. Check out this lip dub video using similar masks from fredasterical! Why didn't we think of this?
See more pics of our design team in those silly masks.
Rita Chao: Butterfly [Singapore]
RITA CHAO, a very popular recording star from Singapore in the 60's and 70's, released both Mandarin and English records in Singapore and Malaysia. She also gained fans in Japan.
Ling Ying to her Mandarin-speaking fans, Rita enjoyed the accompaniment of The Quests, EMI Singapore's top band in the 60's, and together they recorded several hits for Rita.
Her fans still remember Rita Chao very fondly in her hip 60's A-Go-Go boots and miniskirts and also her bell-bottoms.
Here's Rita from 1973, performing in Mandarin, "Butterfly," a cover of Danyel Gerard's song.
This video clip made possible with help from Vernon Cheong and Georgiana Glass. This is for all fans of Rita Chao to enjoy!
The Sundowners (Singapore) - Bengawan Solo [*Audio*]
Singapore 60's Pop Music.
The SUNDOWNERS - "Bengawan Solo" (1963).
I remember staring for hours and hours at this brown box with the golden mesh, and listening to all this amazing pop music coming out.
Rediffusion, the cable radio in Singapore in the 1960's.
The SUNDOWNERS comprised:
Tony Seow
Lawrence Seow
George Lim
The TITBITS: I Believe [1968 (Singapore) TV Newsreel Clip]
Here is a 30-second television newsreel clip of The TITBITS from 1968. I also slowed it down to their recording of "I Believe" so you can enjoy this rare video clip a second time.
The TIDBITS were SERENE WEE (13 yrs old), her sister MERLINA WEE (12) and their cousin BERNEDETTE DE SOUZA (12).
When the three young girls won the RTS Talentime Competition of 1967/68, they created quite an excitement in Singapore. They drew crowds by the tens of thousands everywhere they made a live appearance.
They won the Finals with "I Believe." The grand prize, a recording contract with RCA. The song was released on their first EP record, backed by The Trailers.
"Tiga Serangkai," Malay for three-leaf clover.
The Stylers (Singapore) - Di Tanjong Katong - Slide Show
Music is from The STYLERS' "Visit Malaysia 1990" album.
This prolific recording group began in the 1960's and thrived through the 70's and beyond, releasing a long string of popular guitar instrumental dance music.
I found these old photos at the National Archives of Singapore website: http://picas.nhb.gov.sg/picas/public/...
The STYLERS' "Di Tanjong Katong" is perfect for this little slide show that shows life in Katong and Joo Chiat area in the early 1960's as I remember it.
Katong Beach and Joo Chiat was where I grew up in the late 50's and early 60's. The area has changed a lot since then, as the slide show also shows the neighborhood as it looks today.
My beloved Katong Beach is no longer where it used to be, but has been moved farther south.
(Some photos of today's Joo Chiat - courtesy of HJ Teo.)
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Absolutely: Ugly Model [Morwenna Banks as Old Model]
One of Morwenna's best one-off roles in my opinion, just showing how versatile this woman can be.
She's old, she's ugly and she's extremely posh, but that won't stop her from becoming a model will it? Just mind out for that pencil sticking out of your wotsit, would you mind?
Starring Morwenna Banks as the Old Model, and Gordon Kennedy as the model agent.
This is a clip from the Channel 4 sketch show Absolutely, written by and starring Pete Baikie, Morwenna Banks, Jack Docherty, Moray Hunter, Gordon Kennedy and John Sparkes:
If you enjoyed this clip, please buy the Absolutely Everything DVD Boxset - available in shops now and online.
Absolutely [Morwenna Banks as the 'Spin to Win' game hostess]
Let's set the record straight with with gameshow hostesses; they may be good looking but they're not as thick and dim as we make out to be are they? Let's spin the wheel and play a game of 'Spin to Win' to find out if we have a winner or if we have bust our bank!
Starring: Morwenna Banks as the 'Spin to Win' game hostess and Gordon Kennedy as the game show host.
This is a clip from the Channel 4 sketch show Absolutely, written by and starring Pete Baikie, Morwenna Banks, Jack Docherty, Moray Hunter, Gordon Kennedy and John Sparkes:
If you enjoyed this clip, please buy the Absolutely Everything DVD Boxset - available in shops now and online.
Absolutely: Stoneybridge (Morwenna Banks as Maigret)
Well here it is! The Stoneybridge Business Promotional Vida (It's Ovid-nee-o!!!) - in it's full uncut glory!
Starring Gordon Kennedy as Bruce, Moray Hunter as Wully, Morwenna Banks as Maigret, Pete Baikie as Boaby, John Sparkes as Ek and Jack Docherty as Erchie.
This is a clip from the Channel 4 sketch show Absolutely, written by and starring Pete Baikie, Morwenna Banks, Jack Docherty, Moray Hunter, Gordon Kennedy and John Sparkes:
If you enjoyed this clip, please buy the Absolutely Everything DVD Boxset - available in shops now and online.
The air hostesses Lynx Jet are certainly the air and most sexy of the World…
The air hostesses Lynx Jet are certainly the air hostesses the hottest and most sexy of the World… Only then, you will never be able to fly with these charming creatures dressed in a suit yellow ultra - molding, offering a cut to make up direct 7th Heaven. Forget therefore colophons battles between two air hostesses Lynx Jet, fess that these pretty girls are given upon request. Forget also generous breasts of one of those hostesses as pillow for a long haul flight or massage performed by another of these air hostesses. Forget finally the safety instructions explaining how Rafferty the support of the throat hostess in an emergency.
No you will never be able to fly with these hostesses, because Lynx Jet is that the fantasy of a strip of advertising the famous brand of deodorant Lynx, known in France under the name Axis. As I am nice I give you the choice between a striptease in mid-flight a stewardess topless in the cockpit… or video advertising for Lynx Jet and its hostesses dream.
Honda CR-V: Elvis: Burning Love [Super Bowl XLI mash-up]
Honda launches the all new 2007 CR-V. This commercial aired during Super Bowl XLI. The ad features a mash-up of Elvis Presley's "Burning Love"
LIPTON Iced Tea [Coolio, Elvis, James Brown, Willie Nelson]
Very cool stop animation "claymation" ad featuring Coolio, Elvis, James Brown and Willie Nelson
Terry Gilliam: Nike [ad # 1 - ELVIS: LITTLE LESS CONVERSATION]
During Spring 2002, new advertisements from Nike were broadcast featuring many of the world's best footballers. The short films - made to tie in with the 2002 World Cup in Korea/Japan - were directed by Terry Gilliam. Two advertisements were filmed - "The Secret Tournament" and "The Rematch". This webpage contains stills and behind-the-scenes pictures from the adverts.
"The Secret Tournament" was filmed in December 2001. Gilliam worked with Nicola Pecorini as Director of Photography and set designer Stefano Maria Ortolani. The advert, shot at Rome's Filmhouse Studios, is set in the belly of a cargo liner. Within the cargo liner is a massive cage with turf. Where eight teams of three players play a tournament under the watchful eye of Eric Cantona.
"The Rematch" was filmed on January 28 and 29. Fraser Taggart was Director of Photography for this second shooting session.
The action takes place to the scintillating backdrop of a re-mixed version of the Elvis Presley song "A Little Less Conversation." It's the first time one of the King's songs has been remixed.
- Text by Phil Stubbs, editor of "Dreams - the Terry Gilliam Fanzine"
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