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Old School Slackers with Old School Rapper
NY punk band PARQUET COURTS with Texan rapper BUN B (ex-UGK), who one time planned a book „Hip Hop Survival Guide” with journalist and illustrator Shea Serrano, but finally they rather made a rap coloring book. So maybe Bun B has been drawn by his mate:
Captive Of The Sun ft. BUN B out now on limited edition 12” via Rough Trade.
The original track is on PARQUET COURTS’ latest album Human Performance.
In the lyrics there is a phrase: misophonia. It means literally „hatred of sound.” It is a condition in which negative emotions, thoughts, and physical reactions are triggered by specific sounds. One study found that around 80% of the sounds were related to the mouth as eating, chewving, yawning and etc.
HEPTAMERON – INTRO
Most a Gustave Tiger rock együttes Chaste and Mystic Tribadry című albumának szövegeiről szóló sorozat második része következik, avagy három felvonás a New Heptameron kapcsán. Első felvonás, avagy A bevezetés.
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„Szeretnéd tudni, hogy Leó pápa halálos ágyán miért nem kaphatta meg a szentségeket? Hát mert már rég eladta azokat.”
Cetli a nagy városi faliújságon, Róma, 1521.
„E század, mint új aranykor, ismét ráveti a fényt a szabad művészetekre, melyek majdnem kivesztek: nyelvtan, költészet, ékesszólás, festészet, szobrászat, építészet és zene. No és ott van még a csillagjóslás. Az is tökéletesedni fog.” Gondolta Marsilio Ficino filozófus 1492-ben.
Ebben az évben született Navarrai Margit. Navarra középkori királyság volt Spanyol- ország és Franciaország között. Déli részét a spanyolok foglalták el 1512-ben, az északi meg Franciaországba olvadt, mivel Margit unokája megörökölte a francia trónt.
Rendkívül reneszánsz család tagja. Például anyai nagyapja, II. Fülöp szavojai herceg, pápai kérésre börtönbe vetette Pico della Mirandola humanista filozófust. Leonardo meg öccsének karjai között lehelte ki lelkét. Egy másik rokonát, III. Károlyt, Bourbon hercegét, aki seregei élén éppen Rómát készült kifosztani, maga Benvenuto Cellini lőtte le – legalábbis ezzel kérkedett.
Ez a Bourbon herceg azért akarta kifosztani Rómát, mert V. Károly német-római császár, spanyol király és még, a „legkatolikusabb”, akinek birodalmában sosem ment le a nap, nem tudta sem fizetni, sem ellátni katonáit. Károly herceg korábban a francia hadak fővezére volt, de menekülnie kellett hazájából, mert kiderült, hogy megegyezett a császárral meg VIII. Henrik angol királlyal Franciaország felosztásáról. Azért mert a herceg elhunyt feleségének reáhagyott örökségét a király az elhunyt unokatestvérének, történetesen saját anyjának ítélte.
A várost persze kifosztották. A szerteszét heverő holttestek miatt járvány is kitört. Róma lakossága 1/5-ére csökkent. Isten ezzel torolta meg a papság bűneit – magyarázta a császár titkára.
1527-et írtak ekkor. Az Itáliáért folyó spanyol – francia háború 33. évében járunk. A háborúskodás azzal kezdődött, hogy az egymással vetélkedő olasz államok idegen hatalmak segítségét kérték egymás ellen.
S mivel a császár hiteleit sem tudta fizetni – hát legyen meg Isten akarata – az augsburgi Welser bankház megkapta Venezuelát A bank megbízottai pedig elindultak megkeresni El Doradot.
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somewhere between
„We are still mythical;
we are still
permanently trapped
somewhere between the heroic and the pitiful”
Kate Tempest, writer, musician
„Metrical rigour and adroit rhyming are not yet among her accomplishments. She has a pretty, cherubic face, framed by unbrushed red blonde hair and she speaks in a Caribbean lite patois that translates ‘those things’ into ‘dem fings’. This linguistic pattern has many fans among the elite. It’s seen as an emblem of barbarous innocence, of instinctive passions bred in the ghetto, of an unschooled and therefore superior creativity. And it particularly excites Arts Council grandees who believe their mission is to reach down to the uncivilised and protean human type. Which Tempest perfectly represents.”
About Kate Tempest’s poetry by Lloyd Evans playwright and sketch writer in good old British conservative magazine The Spectaor. He also says „She is also pessimistic to the point of superstition. She sees malevolence everywhere.”
from the album Let Them Eat Chaos on Fiction Records (UK). Her former records were released by Big Dada/ Ninja Tunes.
„Illusion, my darling, everything is just illusion. Believe me! Causeless bustle, but many of us think it is the order itself. Childish illusion. But the method, it is deserving.”
Alexander the Lame
PUNKISTAN
interview with Pakistani hardcore band
DEAD BHUTTOS
Punk among the last things come to my mind from Pakistan. Rather a short, but hard story of a young country: bloody secession from India (1947), and of Eastern Pakistan (Bangladesh, 1971), Kashmir, violent power games, and millions left it behind for a better life. How total the chaos there nowadays?
Hassan: The usual. Life trudges on despite the numerous national tragedies we’ve faced over the years. I’ve become desensitized to the usual power games and propaganda, because otherwise it is very easy for someone to lose their sanity if they focus only on Pakistani news. I would rather use my free time to detach myself from the chaos, and study the complex power structures at play.
Are you the Dead Kennedys of Pakistan?
Hassan: Nope. We had no intention of being that. Musically we are different, and we would never like to be considered “this or that” band of Pakistan. We’re just making music we can relate to, regardless of who we’re influenced by or where we come from.
Your hardcore is like the Finnish. What are your music influences?
Hassan: I don’t know how accurate that comparison is, but yes – Finnish hardcore is one of my favorite styles. Tampere SS, Terveet Kadet, Riistyet, Mellaka, Rattus, Kohu-63 are some bands I enjoy a lot from the scene. To an extent, I guess hearing punk music in Finnish (as well as in Japanese, Swedish, Spanish, etc) actually inspired me to do vocals in Urdu.
Basim: Yeah the cold crusty stuff is great. I end up playing so much rock stuff and listening to it when we are recording, in my spare time I try to mix it up.
Punk and underground music scene there?
Hassan: It is small, close-knit but with a potential to grow. However, people lack general enthusiasm for music, so the entire situation can be quite hopeless sometimes. I have been putting on shows, been in different bands, run zines etc for the last 7 years and it’s always an uphill struggle trying to maintain the DIY ethics.
The Pakistani society is conservative – at least I think so. What is the reaction of the society for punk?
Hassan: Conservative societies make for great motivation, in a perverse sort of way. If I didn’t get ostracized for my speaking the truth, I would not have this rage inside me nor the desire to shout on a microphone.
Basim: Sadly nowhere has been immune to these right wing morons. They hold power in Hungary, could very soon do so in France, can’t really make head to tails of what’s happening in Poland, USA is going down the toilet, and the UK is so far up its own ass (and by referendum!) Fuck Victor Orban & everything he stands for.
I have read your lyrics.
„Hammer and sickle, a slogan of the people / But what was achieved? / The people got fucked / Since then we’ve been crying, while all the bastards keep looting” (Democracy is the Best Revenge)
„Bread, clothing, medicine / A small house to live in / Give me free education / For I am a Muslim too” (What is the meaning of Pakistan?)
You are seem disillusioned. Democracy is the best revenge for what?
Hassan: Who knows? You’ll have to ask the Bhutto family for that answer, it’s their quote.
RNR666: Reputedly it was said by twice prime minister Benazir Bhutto, but we can not ask her, because she was assassinated in 2007 two weeks before the next election. She was the first woman elected to lead a Muslim state.
Are you students or/and workers or/and aliens?
Hassan: I concluded my education last year, and am currently working. Sheraz is finishing his education, and Basim lives and works most of the time in the USA.
What is your opinion about Pakistan Antarctic Programme?
Hassan: I don’t know too many details about it. I know there is a Jinnah Antarctic Station by Pakistan, but the public hasn’t been disclosed much information.
Basim: That is where the mothership is located!
RNR666: I have asked this because so strange that a young country with so many social and political tensions is running an Antarctic programme – anyway that station is named after the founding father of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah. I am sure it is just because India is also running one.
But now here come The Real Bhuttos!
Benazir father’s Zulfikar Ali Bhutto founded the family business Pakistan Peoples Party with the slogan „Islam is our faith, democracy is our policy, socialism is our economy. All power to the people” in 1967. He was president between 1971-73, and prime minister between 1973-77. Military coup 1977. He was accused of murder and after a show trial he was hanged in 1979.
After the execution Benazir was imprisoned until 1984. Her brothers Shahnawaz and Murtaza fled the country and founded a terrorist organization in Afghanistan. Tried to assassinate Pakistani military dictator general Zia-ul-Haq more times. Shahnawaz died suddenly in his 26th year in France in 1985. It is said by poison.
Murtaza went home after seventeen years, but because did not get desirable position formed a maverick fraction inside the party. He was sought by the police on the charge of inciting attacks on two CIA centres. He was killed along with six other party activists in a shooting affair when the police tried to arrest him during Benazir’s second government in 1996.
After the killing Benazir was removed from office on corruption charges. She was given jail sentence together with her future president husband, but she went into exile. After eight years she went home to run on the elections in 2007. She was very careful, two days before her homecoming wrote her last will.
They all lie in the home of dead Bhuttos. It was built by BB. It ‘s beatifully harmonizes with the slogan of Pakistan Peoples Party: Roti, Kapra or Makaan, id est „Bread, Cloth and Shelter” for everyone.
SELF-SABOTAGE
BORZOI from Texas
RAW NOISE PUNK 7″ vinyls on 12XU RECORDS (US)
GARY WRONG GROUP from different southern places. Founded by Wizzard Sleeve‘s Captain Beyonce (also in King Louie And The Loose Diamonds, Kajus SS) with Wizzard Sleeve mate and Natural Child organist Benny Divine, Quintron and more.
Humble Nation
Challenging childhood on a council estate outside Swindon (UK), saw him immerse himself in music, books and poetry as a means of escape.
„As a kid, I thought no one in the world felt like me. Then I discovered Nick Drake, Daniel Johnston, Conor Oberst and Kurt Cobain. Hearing Sparklehorse was a revelation. Their music expressed exactly how I felt. It was a hugely liberating experience because suddenly I wasn’t alone.”
„I was this loser emo kid, sitting in my room, trying to come to terms with all the negativity in my life. As self-therapy, I made these little songs about how I felt. Writing them was a cathartic release. Rather than carry this heavy subject matter around in my head, which made me depressed, I turned it in to music. I took the cliche´s of pop – the structure, the form, the earworm hooks, the emphasis on rhythm – and made them ugly in order to address wider demons. The idea that anyone would hear it was appalling. Those really were my diary entries. They were so personal and humiliating. I felt incredibly exposed.” But by accident, one of Oliver’s early songs was discovered by Adrian Dutt, his co-worker at a Bristol record store and co-owner of Howling Owl Records.
“You’re So Kool-Aid, for example, has a catchy tune, a beat and a bass synth. It’s funky, but it’s about suicide.”
From the album Post-Frenz Container Buzz
LP on Howling Owl Records (UK). Digital
Crack An Egg In Honor of The Human Race!
POW!
Californian synth-punk duo, discovered by John Dwyer (Thee Oh Sees, Castle Face Records), for a while Seth Sutton (Useless Eaters) was their drummer, and vice versa, Byron Blum (POW!) was a member of garage rock band Useless Eaters.
New album Crack An Egg on Castle Face Records (US) for the fools of Digital Leather, Cheveu, Gary Numan and POW!
If I am overthinking, talk about anything, any damned thing
DELACAVE
– is a duo of Lily Pourie and Sebnormal, whom has many formations, the most known is psych garage rock band The Feeling of Love,
– plays degressive rock like Neue Deutsche Welle group Malaria! in the early 80s,
– and they have another duo together Le Chemin De La Honte,
– on the recordings Cheb Samir was playing on drums from Italian psychedelic no wave band Trans Upper Egypt
New album ‘IF I AM OVERTHINKING, TALK ABOUT ANYTHING, ANY DAMNED THING’ on TEENAGE MENOPAUSE RECORDS (France). Listen to it!
Lizard Music
Classic heavy metal hard rock á la Judas Priest Iron Maiden Motörhead Metallica’s Kill’em All with total punk feeling by ZIG ZAGS from LA on 7″ vinyl on FAMOUS CLASS RECORDS (US)
EURO TOUR March-Apr Ger, Bel, NL, UK, Ire, Fr, Sp, It, Au, Swi, DK, Nor
Holo-Zombie Attack
„We are pulling out all the stops to create a live experience that is unlike anything Ronnie’s fans have seen before” – said the boss of the company. So Ronnie James Dio hologram tour is coming soon. And an improved version – Dio 2.0 – is under way. It will be able to shake hand and give signatures.
There are many young talented musicians, but they put big money into a dead one. Sad. Stupid. But certainly profitable.
My favourite Black Sabbath show with Dio was in Milwaukee in 1980, when the band walked off the stage after two songs because of flying objects. Then a riot broke out and the arena was destroyed. Sound recording for the fans of harsh noise.
Anyway punks not dead, but Dio for 7 years.
Golden Dick
INTERESTING PROJECT RISES BY DEEP ITALIAN TRADITIONAL RULES OF LOVE
CREAPOPOLVSQVE
„Our mission is make LOVE for make PEOPLE.”
and make hot ambient industrial & horny drone noise
Mentula Aurum cassette on NO=FI Recordings (Italy)
(Mentula Aurum means Golden Dick in Latin)
CREAPOPOLVSQVE = Katzy and Matzy, aka Stefano and Valentina.
I know Stefano from noise rock band Hiroshima Rocks Around, and noise wave duo Maximillian I°.
Valentina as Mushy plays Cocteau Twins-like haunted minimal synth (Three Legged Cat and Clandestine Recs), and as Phantom Love fabricates kraut cosmic trance (Mannequin Recs).