cross town traffic #2 & 3

Written by Chris Wood, Dave Mason, Jim Capaldi and Stevie Winwood. Produced by Jimmy Miller.Recorded At Olympic Sound Studios, London. The slightly truncated, original 45 version in fabulous, vintage livery mono. By the time the debut LP, “Mr. Fantasy” was released – sans this single and its follow-up, “Hole in my Shoe” – in December

cross town traffic

the road to @ccess is fraught with peril.

import and export

king’s road, 1977. opposite lloyd’s bank. Produced by Micky Foote and The Clash. ▼ THE CLASH: POLICE & THIEVES from “The Clash” LP (CBS) 1977 (UK)

agitator in the house

not much cop at nuffink but stealin’, bo. Well. They could not police a tantrum in a kindergarten. But they are alarmingly proficient at robbing both tenant and taxpayer blind. Produced by Lee Perry. Written by Lee Perry and Junior Murvin.Covered by The Clash. ▼ JUNIOR MURVIN: POLICE AND THIEVES from “Police And Thieves” LP

a tale of two cities

shit, work and eat where you sleep.an uncommuted life sentence, but it works for me. Ever since India passed its Slum Clearance Act in 1970, the government has repeatedly revisited attempts to surgically remove what it has come to regard as a tumor. Evicting entire families; offering to rehouse them – when pressed – in

mutilated by self obscuring clouds

Prior to the limited 2 x 45 Ralph released “Santa Dog” in 1972, agitators The Residents were prompted to furnish their own private recording studio, utilizing consumer marketed 4 track technology as it emerged. Allegedly, their collective nom de guerre was arrived at inadvertently when Warner Bros. rejected those first tentative demos; returning the tape

b*red

▼ IGGY POP: I’M BORED from “New Values” LP (Arista) 1979 (US)

stars on 45: if we haven’t done what we could have done, we’ve tried

500 copies with silk screened 3 colour ‘Beatles’ jackets. No plastic wigs. A Day In The Life • The End • Money • Tell Me What You See • God • The Beatles 3rd Christmas Record • Can’t Buy Me Love • Tell Me Why • I Am The Walrus (backwards) • Blue Jay Way

drumbo and the raft of the ravenscroft

John French, far left. From a recently published interview conducted by David Sinclair, regarding Drumbo’s “Beefheart: Through the Eyes of Magic“: “He was a bully and a tyrant, but it’s like a family thing. Your brother or your sister might treat you like crap, but they’re still family.” John Ravenscroft Peel. John French (aka Drumbo):

clyde barrow p★etry lesson

F@ck the Kray Twins. I have no time at all for those crocodile twats. Mixed by Danny Briottet and Mark Stent. Sample from Serge Gainsbourg. ▼ RENEGADE SOUNDWAVE: RENEGADE SOUNDWAVE (7″ MIX) from “Renegade Soundwave” 10″ + 12″ Maxi (Mute) 1994 (UK)

somefink and nufink

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bubblegum, comic strip, disco bullet

Arranged and conducted by Michel Colombier. Recorded at Hoche Studios, Paris; 11th & 12th December 1967. bul•let |ˌbʊlɪt|nounORIGIN early 16th cent.(denoting a cannonball): from French boulet, boulette ‘small ball’, diminutive of boule, from Latin bulla ‘bubble’. Released Jan 2nd, 1968. ▼ SERGE GAINSBOURG: BONNIE AND CLYDE from “Bonnie And Clyde b/w Comic Strip / Bubblegum”

lost and found, redux

Reflective and spare – understated and warmly genuine – this beautiful collection of songs gently floored me on its pre-release last year. Previously on SibLINGHOT ON THE BLEACHERS (23/04/09):“There is a sepulchral fragility to the songs this duo brings to the table. A brittle clarity in their refusal to labour the point… Quietly poetic observations

tonton macoute, walking disaster

“You could be as great a leader as Ghandi, ” John Edwards’ mistress allegedly cooed to him in the scramble for Democratic nomination in 2008. For maximum effect, one must employ the curious American pronunciation: Ghaundi; as in aunt. As in gaudy. Bauble. And balls. Without the faintest trace of irony. Like a line from

sibling whispers: roll away the stoner

Kudos to Jesus is Love. Not least for running with the same shaped ball without fumbling it once over the course of so many posts. And not so much a continuing ‘site’ gag as a cue to make one stop and think. And laugh like a drain. Juggling three sites in tandem – while struggling

melody du papa doc

No. Nothing to do with recent events in Haiti; merely an – albeit clumsy – excuse to post yet another mildly salacious photograph of Jane B with musical accompaniment from occasional ‘regular’, Serge.  Watching the newsreel footage of naked panic and – understandably unfocused – rage, it does occur to me that we’ve been here

thaw. dub. ice and water

After the freeze comes the thaw. In fits and starts, pooling where the grit never reaches; freezing over again. Where the main arteries have been treated, blood moves unrestricted. On the side roads, the threading veins, circulation stalls and can’t get started. So much chilly water. Black ice. Wet snow. Crawling under the floe. Mapping.

canto libre, jimmy

Por mi hermano, Löst jimmy, currently “operating” out of Central Mexico. Accompanied by Banda; Reggeton; and the “smell of overly strong coffee and fat laden baking”.Not so much breaking bad as bread. A traditional Mexican song performed by Víctor Jara in the company of Inti-Illimani and Patricio Castillio.▼ VÍCTOR JARA: CORRIDO DE PANCHO VILLA from “Canto

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Terns fly south in the winter; turn north,west and east for all I know.My window points in one direction.A man stood upright and walkedout of Africa, or so I am told.Georgia, maybe, or some place cooler.Nudging north, a step behind his hard on. In the reign of beasts whole continentsmigrated this way and that. Tectonicplates

the insult that built a man out of mac

atlas, the younger. montage by ib.i put 2 full inches on my arms, 3 inches on my chest and trimmed 4 inches off my waist in just 7 weeks.Orphaned in Kansas and now seemingly operating out of Chicago, agitator incognito revealed to me by e-mail: “1 of us has been arrested a couple times, 1