Tag: performance
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Don Joyce documentary
After I watched the Negativland documentary trailer, Ryan Worsley’s previous documentary in 2020 about Don Joyce (RIP) came on…I remember hearing about this but hadn’t watched it yet. It’s really good and a must watch for lovers of mashup history and plunderphonics, or indeed radio, and indeed goes a little bit into the history of…
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New Negativland Documentary
As you might have guessed by my recent mashup and also podcasts on them we are a big fan of ‘Mashup Grandaddies’ Negativland around here. And there’s a new documentary coming (I sort of recognise some of that footage, LOL) on the band by Ryan Worsley. Looks good – it’s hard to capture the chaos…
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Bears Have Claws
If I was a wanky music reviewer (call me! good rates! :-P) I’d say the 2 Bears have claws with this album, whereas the first one was just about having a good time (Bearhug) this is about the down side, the come down, getting your own back. Not deciphered the spoken lyrics to Get Out…
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On ‘real DJing’
The debate about who is a ‘real DJ’ goes on and on…and probably will never stop as new technology comes in, although ironic that a lot of the turntablists have on the sly embraced digital via Serato and Scratch. A friend posted this video from DJ Craze, a response to Daniel Tosh and others who…
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To BP or Not BP
On Sunday I was on the People’s Climate March with Queer Bloc (pictures here) and earlier that day British Museum was targeted by activists from ‘BP or not BP’, the Dharma Action Network for Climate Engagement (DANCE), and the London Quakers for a performance called ‘Gross Negligence’. (from John Hoggett) I’d heard of some of…
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All Hail The New Improved HoloMJ
Here’s the Michael Jackson Hologram Billboard performance that everyone’s talking about, if like me you found the initial YouTube posts pulled by the time I got to them. Same happened to the Tupac Coachella perfomance, almost completely scrubbed off the Net, I had fun trying to find that one to replace a broken link from…