Youtubin': The KLF - "White Room" Movie

It's 1:34 AM eternal......

PST

Youtubin': Reebop with Phantom Band

This footage is incredible, apparently uploaded by the guitarist himself, Dominik Von Senger.

Youtubin': "Hang Up Your Hang Ups"

Thought about this phrase, then remembered the seminal track (BTW, saw a killer band cover/repurpose Herbie's "Future Shock" last night)...

 And a great user-created video of New York on the silver/big screen to boot!

Here you go, high-school me, enjoy...

Youtubin': Dustin Wong

Can't say enough good things about this wonderfully kind human being and his music, past and present (Ecstatic Sunshine, Ponytail, solo performance...).

A wonderful memory/privilege of mine: watching his performance in my and my roommate's basement a few years back.

 Here's a beautifully shot clip from France:

And from my favorite venue in the world:

 

Please support him by buying his records here and here (2nd is an excellent Bmore label)

Youtubin': Environments Tape (Gentle Rain in a Pine Forest)

Thanks to Sounds of the Dawn blog for sharing. This is just what I needed tonight - raindrops, wind, and the occasional bird call. I need to find me some more of these tapes!

Side 1:

Side 2:

Youtubin': Oneohtrix Point Never @ Café du Nord, SF, CA, 2010

Synth envy, sampler envy...

Info on this festival, long past, is here - not surprised root strata had something to do with it...

Youtubin': Jaco Pastorius - "Portrait of Tracy"

Hot damn!

Youtubin': Mayumi Miyata Plays the Sho

Beautiful, circulating sounds...

Here's some info on the instrument, which I wasn't familiar with until stumbling upon her record on root strata, excellent luck...

Youtubin': Ray Lynch - "The Oh of Pleasure" (w/ Laser Show!)

This is deep at dinner time too... this was the least annoying video counterpart to this song on youtube, I promise.

YOUTUBIN': Yellow Magic Soul Mass Transit System

I love their matching shirts. Also, this is some pretty good (= bad?) lip synching...

(I Love) Youtubin': Bill Withers Live on the BBC in the Year Nineteen Hundred Seventy-Three

Late night homespun wisdom included.

Youtubin': Yukihiro Takahashi - "Flashback"

Featuring his YMO colleague Harry Hosono on bass. An endearing live performance...

Youtubin': Naná Vasconcelos

Stumbled upon this incredible video of Naná on another plane with his berimbau, thought I'd share it. Complementing it is this breathtaking duet between Naná and Milton Nascimento on the latter's "San Vicente" - I love how Naná's role is pretty much sound ghost on this one. He should start doing solo ambient shows with that delayed mic, or a recording with loops in Brian Eno's Ambient series (if I could turn back time)...

Youtubin': John Fahey, "Red Pony"

I post this video on some social media platform I'd say, oh, every 6 months. It gives me that dose of prime Fahey I need to get through the day. Hope it lights a fire for you.

Youtube: Talking Heads - Born Under Punches (from the Live in Rome '80 video)

Thanks to "tpatgod2007", however inscrutable your username, for this post. 

Can anyone help me out with something? I think it might be because I live in the black hole of creative music, Los Angeles, but, other than the occasional touring act, I haven't seen any good live music lately. That's why seeing videos like this (you can see the full video here) have such an effect on me. I mean, they had to be the best live band of their moment! So dynamic, sounding like world-beat, fusion, funk... exciting stuff 30+ years later.

Anybody wanna start a band like this with me, get in touch.

Oh yeah, what's Adrian Belew doing ALL THE TIME in this song!?!?

Brian Eno TV Documentary: "One Eno" (1993)

I'm thinking that I'm going to continue to make this blog more multifaceted, rather than keep on posting screenshots, youtube clips of songs, etc. on my facebook feed haphazardly. I plan to do most of my online gathering on this page from now on...

In the spirit of this, today I'll leave you with a half-hour documentary in three parts made for French TV about (and more than likely by) Brian Eno. While you do have to sit through a clip of U2's Zoo TV score (people always seem to focus on his production career - sorry, Brian, IMHO no one can make U2 sound good) - you also get some tasty teases of his video work that I'll be sure to try and track down in the future. Also, as a whole, I think it's well-done and funny (the narrative is Eno talking to a beagle), and even innovative, especially how the video starts to mimic Eno's strategy of taking and looping bits and pieces of sound (here, sound and video). Given the lack of video documentation of his work, I would say this is a must-see for Eno fans. Mes remerciements à NafouteVHS pour nous avoir partagé!

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If anyone knows where to find a full video of "Contemporary Data Lounge", lemme know.

Enjoy!

R. Stevie Moore, One Night Only

No, this post will not include any sharing of R. Stevie albums. I've noticed over the years that he (personally?) contacts blogs and asks them to remove his work via comments. While his reaching out like that would almost tempt me in turn to provoke him, I understand his concern and feel that he's justified in asserting his artistic control. 

This instead will be a brief video/link interlude. I happened to go to The Smell's website yesterday and who should I see on the bill for (today) but - you guessed it! So in prep for later on, here's a few of his youtube uploads and a link to his bandcamp with about five million albums on it. Cheers to the greatest pop musician in America who can't write a hit. 

Starting off, some subtle brainwashing:

My favorite lip-syncing performance: 

Some not-so-subtle self-promotion/immodesty:

I love R. Stevie loving Durutti Column: 

Well, this just seems appropriate:

P.S. Here's a recent documentary about him done by some diligent French rockers.

Robert Wyatt, 1975 French TV spot...