Caroline's flotsam 'n' jetsam

Bjarke Ingels speaking at TEDxAmsterdam. Best presentation of...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:12:15 +0100

Bjarke Ingels speaking at TEDxAmsterdam. Best presentation of the day. Photo by me for TEDxAms

Peter Egan’s portrayal of Oscar Wilde in the...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:16:44 +0100

Peter Egan’s portrayal of Oscar Wilde in the 1978 TV-series ‘Lillie’ triggered my interest in Wilde.

Empire State Human - “Audio Gothic” (Irish...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:25:00 +0100

Empire State Human - “Audio Gothic”

(Irish electropop)

Here’s another one, Melancholic Afro, with Kraftwerk’s Wolfgang Flur

Tom Waits + Kool Keith, Spacious Thoughts. Very cool animated...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:04:00 +0100

Tom Waits + Kool Keith, Spacious Thoughts.

Very cool animated video.

James Bond theme played on Eigenharps Via The Future Sounds...

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:16:00 +0100

James Bond theme played on Eigenharps

Via The Future Sounds Like This: 10 Magnificently Modern Musical Instruments

Christine McVie - Songbird Love. this. song.

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:02:15 +0100

Christine McVie - Songbird

Love. this. song.

Frankie Say Silver Anniversary

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:46:58 +0100

Frankie Say Silver Anniversary:

Massive post on MeFi about Frankie Goes To Hollywood, with tons of links.

"Good procrastination is avoiding errands to do real work. Good in a sense, at least. The people who..."

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:04:31 +0100

“

Good procrastination is avoiding errands to do real work.

Good in a sense, at least. The people who want you to do the errands won’t think it’s good. But you probably have to annoy them if you want to get anything done. The mildest seeming people, if they want to do real work, all have a certain degree of ruthlessness when it comes to avoiding errands.

”

- Good and bad procrastination

Stephen Fry speaks to you from the age of Twit-on-my-face to...

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:40:00 +0100

Stephen Fry speaks to you from the age of Twit-on-my-face to celebrate his one millionth follower on Twitter.

"BONO (sort of singing) We’re one, but we’re not the same … we get to carry each..."

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:05:00 +0100

“

BONO (sort of singing) We’re one, but we’re not the same … we get to carry each other…

LARRY (charming but hard-nosed, sitting behind his drum kit) Sounds sentimental.

BONO It doesn’t have to be. I can give the verses enough bile to balance the hook. It’s no big kiss, it’s a shrug of resigned optimism. Really, it’s the polar opposite of the kind of hippie nonsense you would expect with a title like “One.”

LARRY So why do you call it “One,” then? You think that’ll help get it to No. 1?

ADAM (one eyebrow permanently raised, thinking they should get on with it as it’s the first good thing the band has done all month) Isn’t “One” a Bob Marley song?

EDGE (deadpan) That’s “One Love.” Completely different.

ADAM I don’t care — as long as I believe you when you sing it.

DANIEL LANOIS (also a producer) I don’t care, as long as there are lyrics. What’s it about?

BONO I don’t know yet …. Er, having to live together rather than wanting to. It could mean a lot of things to a lot of people.

BRIAN ENO For God’s sake, don’t make it a love song, or I’ll retch.

BONO It’s a song about love, not a love song.

”

- Possibly the funniest thing Bono’s ever had published. His latest Op-Ed for the New York Times looks at the history of Berlin through the point of view of his band. He’s written it as five scenes from a play and proves how self aware he is of his perceived grandiosity, megalomania and wankery.

"As I shut my laptop I feel like I just crowd-surfed the entire internet as they held me high above..."

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 09:34:40 +0100

“As I shut my laptop I feel like I just crowd-surfed the entire internet as they held me high above and as cliched as that sounds it was a very good feeling to sleep to. As people say at funerals, don’t forget to tell the people you love the things you’d say at their funeral, when they are still alive.”

- Matt Haughey tells his story: “Adventures in brain tumors, part one of many”

fuckyeahvirginprunes

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:49:06 +0100

fuckyeahvirginprunes:

So yeah, um, I started a new blog

Martha Wainwright and Doug Weiselman, Adieu Mon...

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:43:00 +0100

Martha Wainwright and Doug Weiselman, Adieu Mon Coeur

“Martha Wainwright: Sans Fusils, Ni Souliers, a Paris”, is out now.

"Dealing with the ego of artists is mental.” Who’s got the biggest ego among his British..."

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 21:27:25 +0100

““Dealing with the ego of artists is mental.” Who’s got the biggest ego among his British peers? “Er, me? You need a big ego to be an artist. I suppose you need a big ego to deal with the shit reviews I’ve been having for this show.””

- Damien Hirst

As soon as I have some spare cash, I’m going to get me...

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:01:48 +0100

As soon as I have some spare cash, I’m going to get me something from Gem Kingdom. These necklaces might be a bit too expensive (345 and 850 euro), but there’s plenty around 100 euro too, so I might get a ring.

atomische: I’m very thankful for all my recent followers :) But...

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:49:19 +0100

atomische:

I’m very thankful for all my recent followers :) But I’m also a bit concerned that the average age seems to be 18. You are making me feel old.

Don’t worry, I’m 46.

"LIKE A LOT OF ARTISTS IN THEIR FIFTIES I FEEL THAT MAYBE I SHOULD KEEP MY SHOW TO ONE AND A HALF..."

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:23:32 +0100

“LIKE A LOT OF ARTISTS IN THEIR FIFTIES I FEEL THAT MAYBE I SHOULD KEEP MY SHOW TO ONE AND A HALF HOURS OF POPULAR NUMBERS THAT ARE REHEARSED TO WITHIN AN INCH OF THEIR LIVES, ONLY EVER VARYING IT SLIGHTLY.NOT GETTING TOO PERSONAL IN THE REPARTEE AND ADDING JUST A COUPLE OF SONGS FROM THE LATEST RECORDING.IT WOULD MAKE ME MORE POPULAR AS A PERFORMER , I WOULDN’T SCARE AWAY THOSE WHO WANT TO LIKE ME AS A SINGER/PERFORMER BUT DONT WANT ALL THE ARTY OBSCURE AND HOMO STUFF, CERTAINLY RICHER, AND GIVE ME BIGGER CROSSOVER AUDIENCES OF THE TYPE THAT ENJOY ME AT THE JOOLS CONCERTS, (I SEEM TO ONLY ENJOY DOING THOSE SHOWS THESE DAYS). WHO DON’T WANT TO HEAR OBSCURE RUSSIAN SONGS (UNLESS I’M IN RUSSIA) AND JEAN GENET PUT TO MUSIC , OR SOME OBSCURE ALBUM TRACK OR C.D EXTRA, OR LESSER KNOWN TRACKS BY OTHER ARTISTS, TOO MUCH LYRICAL HOMO-EROTISISM ITS ONLY REALLY MAKING VERY SMALL GROUPS OF DEDICATED FANS HAPPY (BLESS THEM) WHILE THE MAJORITY JUST WANT THE HITS AND POPULAR NUMBERS. THIS YEAR THE 30TH YEAR OF RECORDING MAY BE THE YEAR TO KILL THE ARTIST AND WELCOME IN THE ENTERTAINER. MAKE LIFE EASY ON MYSELF AND MY AUDIENCE.”

- Marc Almond muses on live shows, audiences, aging.

dedagenvan: (via doyoulikeme)

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:48:37 +0100

dedagenvan:

(via doyoulikeme)

The title of the upcoming episode of Doctor Who is ‘Waters...

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:43:00 +0100

The title of the upcoming episode of Doctor Who is ‘Waters of Mars’. I suppose its similarity to the title of Tom Jobim’s song ‘Waters of March’ (águas de março) is intentional. It’s been sung by many people, but Joao Gilberto’s interpretation’s seminal.

The song lyrics, originally written in Portuguese, do not tell a story, but rather present a series of images that form a collage; nearly every line starts with “É…” (“[It] is…”). In both the Portuguese and English versions of the lyrics, “it” is a stick, a stone, a sliver of glass, a scratch, a cliff, a knot in the wood, a fish, a pin, the end of the road,” and many other things, although some specific references to Brazilian culture (festa da cumeeira, garrafa de cana), flora (peroba do campo) and folklore (Matita Pereira) were intentionally omitted from the English version, perhaps with the goal of providing a more universal perspective. All these details swirling around the central metaphor of “the waters of March” can give the impression of the passing of daily life and its continual, inevitable progression towards death, just as the rains of March mark the end of a Brazilian summer. Both sets of lyrics speak of the water being “the promise of life,” perhaps allowing for other, more life-affirming interpretations, and the English contains the additional phrases “the joy in your heart” and the “promise of spring,” a seasonal reference that would be more relevant to most of the English-speaking world.

"What was there before eBay? The effect these instant-gratification systems have on our daily life as..."

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:36:00 +0100

“What was there before eBay? The effect these instant-gratification systems have on our daily life as consumptive animals is one where the hunter stays home and gets fat so the punk-rock hordes can roll him/her over and make way for killer rock ‘n’ roll.”

- Thurston Moore talks to NPR