Masters Apprentices - Easy To Lie
This song taken from their criminally overlooked album “Choice Cuts”. The song - recorded 1970 in studio B at Abbey Road - was featured in this skull crusher of a video.
The Aussie band’s lead singer, Jim Keays, stands shirtless in front of a poster of Huey Newton (one of my heroes) along with some anti-war graphics, and lip syncs while air guitaring. There are video’s of the entire album done in this fashion. It’s not certain if this was done because of financial restraints or for purely artistic reasons, but either way - it is simply amazing.
If you can hunt down ‘Choice Cuts’ you’d be doing yourself a good service.
the first instore we ever performed at in portland. gave out a hundred kazoo’s and led them all in the riff to “Alive With Pleasure. heartbreaking to see it gone.
Edwards Hand: “Friday Hill”
The story goes that George Martin was incredibly fed up with The Beatles during the recording process of The White Album.
He went home after a particularly frustrating session (involving Yoko and a bed), and dug through demo tapes that were mailed to him from aspiring bands. He found a tape from a band called Edwards Hand and contacted them, stating that he would record their album gratis.
He then took two weeks off from The White Album and recorded Edwards Hand eponymous debut record, the track above being included on it. Falls somewhere between Simon & Garfunkel, and Emitt Rhodes type balladry.
*side note*
The bass player for this album was John Wetton, who would later find fame with King Crimson, and one of our favorite albums “Red”.
oskar fischinger: early abstractions
The Holy Mountain
1973 Directed By Alejandro Jodorowsky
This movie is perhaps the most insane cinematic adventure I’ve ever witnessed. Ever. Period. It makes “The Wall” look like Mary Poppins.
The back story to it is that the Chilean director, Jordorowsky, shot this film in Mexico with a cast of intentionally secluded, communal, shroomed out hippies. They apparently “lived” the script half a year before they filmed it, almost killing the entire cast.
It was bankrolled by Allen Klein (then manager of The Beatles), who had both John and George put up production money(!). Needless to say, money was no object and it’s obvious - each frame of this film is like still shot framed art. It’s incredible, and totally overwhelming. Each sequence is some allegory that, who the hell knows what means. The effect on the viewer is impulse shouting “oh my god!” throughout the film.
If your not easily disturbed by visually jarring things, you should check this out. Netflix it or something. It’s worth it just to see what The Beatles money went towards in film. Lucy in the sky is right! I can’t believe I haven’t seen this movie before now, but I won’t soon be forgetting it.
- k
2009 iPhone touring pics.
pictureS is WOrth a 1000,’s of somETHing….
The coolest song I’ve heard in a while. All lady fronted group from Morocco. Awesome. An unearthed ‘60’s psych gem for me, I defy you to not move while listening. Unreal.
The song is called “Ela Tho”, and I have no idea the band name. I’ve been digging around and all I can find is that they were from Morocco, and recorded this pre 1968. There is a compilation floating out there called “Waking Up Scheherazade” that features this track as well as other gems. Well worth the effort of hunting it down.
- kevin
A decent fauxlaroid of my piano. This is where I sit each day for several hours.
