A video clip of The Deviants playing the ancient tune Billy The Monster at The Borderline last Friday is already up on YouTube. Click here to viddy well, my droogs.
And click here for a cover of the same tune by a band called The Romulans
Monday, March 26, 2012
Sunday, March 25, 2012
SUNDAY BREAKFAST
There are those mornings when the best idea might seem to be drop a couple of reds and go back to bed. However, my friends, this is not one of them. Right now, as I write this, I’m listening to an MP3 recording of the show we played last Friday to a packed house at The Borderline. And you know what? It sounds pretty damn good. We have to do a lot more of this kind of thing, and if you the want The Deviants in a classy rock & roll niterie near you please pass the word. I may be something of a physical ruin but we still seem to be able to raise some anarchic ruckus. As one dear friend put it – “what a great voice you've got, where does it come from, you look as though you can't breathe, and then this powerhouse breaks loose?” (And, even if I did want to go back to bed, where would a poor boy cop a bunch of Seconal in this sad century.?)
Click herefor Bo
The secret word is Happy
MARILYN SEZ...
“It’s a good question. Where would a poor girl cop a bunch of Seconal in this sad century?”
OUR JAKI
But the real star of Friday’s show was, beyond doubt, the wonderful Jaki Miles Windmill – formerly of Space Ritual – without whose highly ethnic percussion and amazing backup singing we would have been sorely wanting. We now have to persuade to sing lead on a tune or two. (Pic by Leslie Madigan)
THE FROZDICK FAMILY
J. Pierpoint Frozdick maintained his belief in robber baron, top hat, plutocrat capitalism until the mob of starving unemployed finally came to hang him from a convenient lamppost.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
DOWNLOADS FROM THE STRATOSPHERE
According to the Kurzweil Accelerating Intelligence (link from the revered HCB) the free internet will shortly be drone based and the ultimately operating from space. Oh boy, to have lived so long.
"The Pirate Bay (TPB), which allows users to share media files via BitTorrent, plans to avoid shutdown by Hollywood by putting some of its servers in GPS controlled drones hovering over international waters, the TPB team told TorrentFreak. “With the development of GPS controlled drones, far-reaching cheap radio equipment and tiny new computers like the Raspberry Pi, we’re going to experiment with sending out some small drones that will float some kilometers up in the air,” TPB revealed in a blog post.
“This way our machines will have to be shot down with aeroplanes in order to shut down the system. A real act of war. With modern radio transmitters we can get over 100Mbps per node up to 50km away.” Looking ahead, The Pirate Bay team thinks the site may no longer be hosted on this planet. “When the time comes we will host in all parts of the galaxy, being true to our slogan of being the galaxy’s most resilient system. And all of the parts we’ll use to build that system on will be downloadable.”
Click here for rare Floyd
The secret word is Warp
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
IF YOU WANT TO GET AHEAD GET A HAT (Part 2)
Beyond that I have nothing to say except I hope to see as many of you as possible at The Borderline in London on Friday night. (Scroll back for info)
Click here for Del Shannon
The secret word is Tile
Beyond that...
…I CAN BARELY WAIT FOR RIDLEY SCOTT’S “PROMETHEUS”
Starring Charlize Theron, Noomi Rapace and Michael Fassbender, and to be released in June 2012, the film will focus on a mythology within the Alien universe. Set in the late-21st century, Prometheus will explore the advanced civilization of an extraterrestrial race responsible for the origins of modern humans on Earth, as well as the background of the xenomorph that made its first appearance in the 1979 film.
Click here for the extended trailer.
Monday, March 19, 2012
TURN YOUR RAYGUNS ON THE PROLETARTIAT!
“Although it’s wholly lacking in even capitalist logic impose further crushing and debilitating austerity on the masses and pass my ten million bonus, okay?” First it’s Greece, then Italy, Spain, Ireland, shit folks, we’re all, up for grabs, and meanwhile the military, ignoring the fact that they’ve got Staff Sergeants in Afghanistan going barking crazy postal and massacring women and kids, the Pentagon boffins are beavering away building bigger and better prole-control weapons to use on their own people when they inevitably turn surly. The next war may well be between the power and the people.
“The U.S. military has unveiled its newest approach to crowd control, the Active Denial System, a heat ray that sends out a high-frequency electromagnetic ray. People hit with the ray feel an intense, unbearable heat. The military touts the ray's "far-ranging" capabilities and is looking at "many different applications" for its possible use. Tracy Taffola said at the public unveiling of the system at a U.S. Marines base near Washington, D.C.: "You're not gonna see it, you're not gonna hear it, you're not gonna smell it: you're gonna feel it." In a video to demonstrate the new weapon, USFORCESTV explains that the heat ray "boasts a reach far beyond any other non-lethal system" -- a reach of "about 7 footballs fields." The video shows various volunteers quickly running away from the heat ray, a situation unlikely to be available when the ray is aimed at a large crowd or if protesters are penned in some way, as was witnessed by the pepper-spraying of Occupy protesters by police officers at very close range.” Click here for the video
Click here for The Who
The secret word is Resist
THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW
The Deviants – yes, the bloody Deviants – will be playing this coming Friday at The Borderline off London’s Charing Cross Road. I believe tickets are moving so click here to get yours.
CAPTAIN MARVEL – THE ONLY SUPERHERO BROUGHT DOWN BY LAWYERS.
And let’s not for get that Captain Marvel Jr. was the boyhood role model for Elvis Presley
“Captain Marvel was the most popular superhero of the 1940s, as his Captain Marvel Adventures comic book series sold more copies than Superman and other competing superhero books during the mid-1940s. Captain Marvel was also the first comic book superhero to be adapted to film, in a 1941 Republic Pictures serial titled Adventures of Captain Marvel. Fawcett ceased publishing Captain Marvel-related comics in 1953, due in part to a copyright infringement suit from DC Comics alleging that Captain Marvel was an illegal infringement of Superman.”
Sunday, March 18, 2012
SUNDAY BREAKFAST
“The first thing you need for a real Sunday breakfast is real Sunday table.”
(And now I go to rehearse with the Deviants for our might reunion show at Borderline next Friday. Click here if you didn’t know about it.)
Click for breakfast Lonnie
The secret word is Swift
I HEARD HE MAKES IT IN HIS BATH
How much merchandise becomes a legend? (Especially one who used to drink Southern Comfort and now drinks Jack and Coke.)
Thursday, March 15, 2012
THOSE DARN ALIENS ARE BACK
Among all the other things Doc40 has been neglecting to do recently is to keep an eye on those bloody aliens. Thus we were well pleased when we received this from our pal Aeswiren who lives up in the Hudson Valley where UFOs are always bothering the inhabitants.
“One such case has just come to light in Chile, and was presented by government officials for the first time at a press conference on March 13. It was a glorious, sunny morning on Nov. 5, 2010, when crowds gathered to celebrate the changing of the Air Force Command at El Bosque Air Base in Santiago. From different locations, spectators aimed video cameras and cell phones at groups of acrobatic and fighter jets performing an air show overhead. Nobody saw anything amiss. But afterward, an engineer from the adjacent Pillán aircraft factory noticed something bizarre while viewing his footage in slow motion. He turned it over to the government's well known Committee for the Study of Anomalous Aerial Phenomena, or CEFAA, for analysis.” (Click here for the rest plus video)
The secret word is Encounter
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
SCENES FROM THE DRUG WAR
Robert Mitchum does 50 days in jail for marijuama possession in 1948.
“In 1948 most Americans knew practically nothing about marijuana, and newspapers across the nation pounced on the surly he-man. ''Now we have a young swoon actor, the idol of teen-agers, caught in a marijuana party,'' sniffed the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Some called for Mitchum's movies to be banned. Fearing more raids and scandals, the Motion Picture Industrial Council released a solemn statement in Hollywood's defense, and it looked like a career was going up in smoke. Amazingly, it didn't, although it did go up the river briefly. After a short trial in February 1949, Mitchum was found guilty of criminal conspiracy to possess marijuana and was sentenced to 60 days (reduced to 50 for good behavior). He did his time in an L.A. county jail and the Wayside Honor Farm in Castaic, Calif., where, as a brickmaker, he was voted ''Mr. Cement Block of 1949'' by his fellow inmates. Released in March, he called his stay at the farm an ''experience every taxpayer should go through.''
And the time he remarked…
"The only effect that I ever noticed from smoking marijuana was a sort of mild sedative, a release of tension when I was overworking. It never made me boisterous or quarrelsome. If anything, it calmed me and reduced my activity."
Click here for Little Feat
The secret word is Tired
Monday, March 12, 2012
LOVELY FRESH POETRY
Sea Urchin Press in Rotterdam have just published Black Dogs Circled, a slim and elegant volume of 18 of my poems. It’s a limited edition of just 250 copies so I guess, in this instance, we’re doing art rather than free or mass attack. To find out how to purchase one of these wonders click here.
The black dogs circled
Silent and coordinated pack-shapes
Fleeting furtive forms
And hot-coal eyes
Against the blue
Of the moon-shadowed snow
And I counted
More of them than I had rounds
In my revolver
Click here for Farren and Colquhoun doing poetry
The secret word is Buy
Sunday, March 11, 2012
SUNDAY BREAKFAST
Before we pour our Sunday breakfast let’s consider the story sent by venerable and revered HCB. It may be true and the research may be accurate, although I do recall how, back in the days when I ate a lot of acid, I frequently needed a shot to steady my nerves.
“The researchers found six different studies of LSD and alcoholism that were scientifically sound, involving a total of 536 people. They showed that a single dose of LSD, provided for treatment purposes, helped heavy alcoholics and made it less likely that they would relapse. “There has long been a need for better treatments for addiction. We think it is time to look at the use of psychedelics in treating various conditions,” the researchers say. LSD patients were less likely to relapse into problematic alcohol use and had higher levels of total abstinence. In some studies their relatives also reported the same findings. Many of the patients said they had gained a new appreciation for their alcohol problem and new motivation to address it.” (Click here for more)
Click here for Larry Wallis
The secret words are Clear and Light
A VOTE FOR OBAMA IS A VOTE FOR SATAN
And while we’re on the subject of the GOP let’s not forget Rick Santorum who wants to apply 14th century philosophy to 21st century technology – including nuclear weapons. (The following is by Maureen Dows.)
“Satan has his sights on the United States of America,” the conservative presidential candidate warned in 2008. “Satan is attacking the great institutions of America, using those great vices of pride, vanity and sensuality as the root to attack all of the strong plants that has so deeply rooted in the American tradition.” When, in heaven’s name, did sensuality become a vice? Next he’ll be banning Barry White. Santorum is not merely engaged in a culture war, but “a spiritual war,” as he called it four years ago. “The Father of Lies has his sights on what you would think the Father of Lies would have his sights on: a good, decent, powerful, influential country — the United States of America,” he told students at Ave Maria University in Florida. He added that mainline Protestantism in this country “is in shambles. It is gone from the world of Christianity as I see it.” Click here for more.
Saturday, March 10, 2012
100 YEARS OF WOODY
In July of this year, Woody Guthrie would have been a 100. I didn’t know that until I read this early tribute by Jim Hightower.
“Guthrie unabashedly celebrated America's working class, seeing in it the commitment to the common good that lifts America up. He drove The Powers That Be crazy (a pretty short ride for many of them back then, just as it is today). So they branded him a unionist, socialist, communist and all sorts of other "ists" — but he withered them with humor that got people laughing at them: "I ain't a communist necessarily, but I have been in the red all my life." Going down those "ribbons of highway" that he extolled in "This Land Is Your Land," Guthrie found that the only real hope of fairness and justice was in the people themselves: "When you bum around for a year or two and look at all the folks that's down and out, busted, disgusted (but can still be trusted), you wish that somehow or other they could ... pitch in and build this country back up again." He concluded, "There is just one way to save yourself, and that's to get together and work and fight for everybody." And, indeed, that's exactly what grassroots people are doing all across our country today. From Occupy Wall Street to the ongoing Wisconsin uprising, from battles against the Keystone XL Pipeline to the successful local and state campaigns to repeal the Supreme Court's atrocious Citizens United edict, people are adding their own verses to Woody's musical refrain: "I ain't a-gonna be treated this a-way." Where's Woody when we need him? He's right there, inside each of us.” (Clickhere for more)
Click here for Woody
Click here for a real rarity
The secret word is Highway
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