sibling whispers # ?: relix new psych mix

from a photograph by don snyder: ultraviolet / black light paintings, us co. church audiovisual temple, garnerville, new york. The latest issue of (now) NYC based Relix magazine – originaly launched in 1974 as the definitive periodical for Grateful Dead and associated “exploratory music” from the San Francisco Bay Area – hits the newsstands this

a pair of live deuces

Do not contort, extort or otherwise put yourself out. Make no commotion.The serial MO remains intact, if a little interrupted. By lassitude or intrusion. Chance.Actually, it was a recent reader’s comment which prompted me to dust off the keyboard and dig out a couple of dirty Brown covers entangled at the bottom of the laundry

cidade de deus

Fernando Meirelles’ “City of God“; an entirely different choreographed set piece from the last time Elton John’s 1973 original featured here on SibLINGSHOT ON THE BLEACHERS.Even though you might never have physically set foot in the favelas of Rio De Janeiro, you will be acquainted with the routine savagery of a community left to police

dim star

william alexander chilton: december 28th, 1950 – March 17th, 2010.I am frequently the last to know. Sometimes it might be better never to find out at all.Allegedly suffering from complications of the heart, Alex checked into a hospital in New Orleans on Wednesday. He didn’t make the return trip.I have nothing more to add. A

fight the power

public enemy (top): paint on audio cassettes by sami havia.“There it Is“, the second contracted LP release for Polydor, on the back of a distribution package encompassing Brown’s King Records and People imprint, is something of an improvement on “Hot Pants“; notable only for the title track reworking of his supercharged 1971 smash hit.A prequel,

toil

Some people have little or no conception. They are too removed from the physicalityof the knife going in. The twist or not,if one is lucky; the bottle flailing stage left,the fragment of glass in the corner of oneeye. They have no experience of the lustto damage; maim; injure with blade. Stone. Such creatures,they feed and

picasso ist blau

rude faust. so far sosna good. Written by Rudolf Sosna. Werner “Zappi” Diermaier : drums;Hans Joachim Irmler : organ;Jean-Hervé Péron : bass;Rudolf Sosna: guitar and keyboards;Gunter Wüsthoff: saxophone, synthesizer. Recorded at Wumme, March 1972.Produced by Uwe Nettelbeck.Engineered by Kurt Graupner. ▼ FAUST: MAMIE IST BLAU from “So Far” LP (Polydor) 1972 (Germany)

stitched up

Consider this.Epiphany.An episiotomy inCaerphilly.Now.Scunthorpe. That’sa different matter.unpinned fodder formisogynists.

cities of god

Originally issued on Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser’s imprint, Kosmische Kuriere, under license to parent label, Ohr and marketed in Italy as PDU. Kosmische Kuriere – a vehicle, primarily, for Polol Vuh and Ash Ra Tempel – financed sixteen releases between 1973 and 1975, and a reissue of Fricke’s soundtrack to Herzog’s “Aguirre” in 1982.Popol Vuh derives from

i steal with a cool hand. look

The Warner Bros. financed “I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang” – adapted from Robert Elliott Burns’ autobiographical account, as serialized in pulp magazine, True Detective – provoked public disquiet and brought the failings of the US penal system into focus.Nominated for three Acadamy Awards in 1932, while Burns continued to serve out his

the fugitive

paul muni: september 22 1895 – august 25 1967. Paul Muni – fugitive from a chaing gang; jewish scarface – fellinto the world on September 22nd, 1895. Haunted by pogroms.Hiding on the streets of Lwow, Poland. Beset by boys with sticks.A Hollywood grail of bullets. He faded in the Summer of Love.My great-grandfather – on

bleeding out. between the covers

damned damned damned. in an orange peel plastic wig. Well. A promise is a promise.This time last week, a bunch of reprobates gathered at the drop in clinic which is sometimes the comments section on SibLINGSHOT ON THE BLEACHERS. And got to bandying words on the subject of definitives, counterfeits, and perennially indulged placebos. Cover

son of captain blood

rat patrol on remote control. fort bragg. A choice cut from what was originally envisioned as the double LP, “Rat Patrol from Fort Bragg“. Produced by Mick Jones prior to the in party squabbling which saw the raw material being passed to Glynn Johns, and whittled back to one double sided slab of vinyl, singular.Four

tricky fingers: bring me the dub glove of bunny lee

Bunny Lee’s succinct dub take on Dillinger’s “No Business” – ranked “Mind Your Own Business” on “Talkin’ Blues” – from side two of the Weed Beat issue of “Ranking Dellinger: Superstar“. Sans vocal, and quite possibly all the sweeter.Featuring The Aggrovators. Recorded at Channel One. Remixed and engineered at phase two of King Tubby’s Home

spoiler alert: channel one for the road

here’s to early retirement. and ukuleles. And not a G-Man from here to the border. “This set was voiced at King Tubby’s studio in may [1977] for producer Bunny Lee. I was lucky enough to be at Tubb’s on one of the nights, Bunny arrived in his rather beat up yanky [sic] car with Dillinger,