Blue Note Records

Wikipedia - "Blue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic 'blue notes' of jazz and the blues."
Wikipedia, Blue Note Records, amazon

Sampling

Damian Marley & Nas collaborating & sampling african music
Wikipedia - "In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song. The wide spread use of sampling in popular music originated with the birth of hip hop music in New York in the 1970s. This is typically done with a sampler, which can be a piece of hardware or a computer program. Sampling is also possible with tape loops or with vinyl records on a phonograph."
Wikipedia, YouTube - The Art Of Sampling Pt.1, 9TH WONDER INTERVIEW: The Art of Sampling, Sampling Weapons of Choice, The Art Of Sampling 1, The Art Of Sampling 2, etc.

May 1968 in France

Wikipedia - "The May 1968 protest refers to a particular period in French history. During this time, the country saw the largest general strike that resulted in the economy coming to a virtual standstill, the first of its kind for an advanced industrial country. It was also the first wildcat general strike in history and involved a series of student occupation protests. The strike involved eleven million workers for a continuous two weeks, and its impact was such that it almost caused the collapse of President Charles de Gaulle's government."
Wikipedia

The Trip (1967)

Wikipedia - "The Trip (1967) is a low-budget cult film released by American International Pictures, directed by Roger Corman, and shot on location in and around Los Angeles, including on top of Kirkwood in Laurel Canyon, Hollywood Hills, and near Big Sur, California in 1966. Peter Fonda stars as a young television commercial director, Paul Groves."
Wikipedia, YouTube - The Trip, Dennis Hopper & Peter Fonda, The Electric Flag - M-23 (The Trip Soundtrack)

Brian Eno, H.Budd: The Plateaux of Mirror

"Music by Brian Eno, H.Budd Album:The Plateaux of Mirror. First Light. This video takes the point of view of a fly flying in cigarette smoke."
YouTube - First Light, Wind in lonely fences, Above Chiangmai, Steal away, Not yet remembered, An arc of doves

Long barrow

Wikipedia - "A long barrow is a prehistoric monument dating to the early Neolithic period. They are rectangular or trapezoidal tumuli or earth mounds traditionally interpreted as collective tombs. Long barrows are also typical for several Celtic, Slavic, and Baltic cultures of Northern Europe of the 1st millennium AD."
Wikipedia

Count Five

Wikipedia - "The Count Five was a 1960s garage rock band from San Jose, California, best known for their Top 10 single 'Psychotic Reaction'."
Wikipedia, last.fm, YouTube - Psychotic Reaction (live appearance - 1966), Double Decker Bus, Peace Of Mind

Pina Bausch - "Cafe Muller":

"Director and choreographer Pina Bausch (July 27, 1940 - June 30, 2009) 'Cafe Muller' (1978, TV version 1985) Cast: Pina Bausch, Malou Airaudo, Domenique Mercy, Jan Minarik, Nazareth Panadero, Jean Laurent Sasportes. Musiс by Henry Purcell / 'The Fairy Queen' and 'Dido and Aeneas'" BAM, 1984
YouTube - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Chapbook

Wikipedia - "Chapbook is a generic term to cover a particular genre of pocket-sized booklet, popular from the sixteenth through to the later part of the 19th century. No exact definition can be applied. The term chap-book was formalized by bibliophiles of the 19th century, as a variety of ephemera (disposable printed material), popular or folk literature. It includes many kinds of printed material such as pamphlets, political and religious tracts, nursery rhymes, poetry, folk tales, children's literature and almanacs."
Wikipedia, Viddler - Anne Waldman Saves the Chapbook, YouTube - What Is A Chapbook?

ZE Records

Wikipedia - "ZE Records (originally always written with two capital letters) was a New York-based record label, started in 1978 by Michael Zilkha and Michel Esteban."
Wikipedia, ZE Records

Sun & Moon

"The collection documents the publishing history of the press throughout most of its 28 years of operation and maps the literary careers and, in some cases, the personal lives of numerous American and international literary figures and artists. The bulk of the materials documents Sun & Moon's publishing activities from 1991-2002."
OAC, The Register of Sun and Moon Press Archive, 1976 - 2002, The Argotist Online, YouTube - Douglas Messerli by Charles Bernstein, amazon, Green Integer

Black Orpheus

Wikipedia - "Black Orpheus (Portuguese: Orfeu Negro) is a 1959 film made in Brazil by French director Marcel Camus. It is based on the play Orfeu da Conceição by Vinicius de Moraes, which is an adaptation of the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice, setting it in the modern context of a favela in Rio de Janeiro during the Carnaval. The film was an international co-production between production companies in Brazil, France and Italy."
Wikipedia, Criterion, YouTube

Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance & the Camera

"Exposed offers a fascinating look at pictures made on the sly, without the explicit permission of the people depicted. With photographs from the late nineteenth century to present day, the pictures present a shocking, illuminating and witty perspective on iconic and taboo subjects."
Tate, Guardian - Prying eye: Tate Modern's Exposed uncovers the art of secret photography, Voyeuristic Exhibitions

Horses ~ Patti Smith Group

Live 1976. Stockholm.
YouTube

Field Hollers, Work song

Wikipedia - "Field Hollers as well as work songs were African American styles of music from before the American Civil War, this style of music is closely related to spirituals in the sense that it expressed religious feelings and included subtle hints about ways of escaping slavery, among other things. Slaves in New Orleans had a field area called Congo Square in which they were allowed time on Sundays to dance and sing more freely than they could on the plantations."
Wikipedia, W - Work song, Slave Work Songs, YouTube - Work Songs in a Texas Prison, Gandy Dancers, Poor Boy - Lomax Prison Recording, Negro Prison & Blues Songs Black Woman

Poetry by Pablo Neruda - Poema 20

Poetry by Pablo Neruda - Poema 20

Delaney & Bonnie & Friends

Wikipedia - "Delaney & Bonnie – later called Delaney & Bonnie & Friends – was a rock/soul revue fronted by husband-and-wife singer/songwriters Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett."
Wikipedia, last.fm, YouTube - Comin' Home, Delaney and Bonnie with Eric Clapton 1969, Getting To Know You So Well, Poor Elijah, I Don't Want To Discuss It, When The Battle Is Over

Peter Hutchinson

"Peter Hutchinson, born in England in 1930, has been living and working in Provincetown, Massachusetts, since 1953. As one of the pioneers of Land Art, he is represented in such renowned collections as the Musée d’Art Moderne/Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, the Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Museum für Gegenwartskunst in Basle, the National Gallery of Art, Washington and the Museum of Modern Art in New York."
Peter Hutchinson, Movie, artnet, amazon

Hot Hot Hot

Wikipedia - "'Hot Hot Hot' is a song by Montserrat musician Arrow featured on his 1982 studio album Hot Hot Hot. Written by Arrow himself, the song became an instant dance floor hit and was later covered by artists around the world, most notably in 1987 by American singer David Johansen under the name Buster Poindexter."
Wikipedia, Repeating Islands, YouTube - Hot Hot Hot, Buster Poindexter - Hot Hot Hot

Arena - Robert Mapplethorpe (1988)

"Profile of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, one of the most controversial of American photographers, which accompanied an exhibition of his work at the National Portrait Gallery in the year before he died. Contains interview with Mapplethorpe himself, along with critic and author Edmund White, and with several of Mapplethorpe's subjects."
UbuWeb

Soft Cell

Wikipedia - "Soft Cell are an English synthpop duo who came to prominence in the early 1980s. They consist of vocalist Marc Almond and instrumentalist David Ball. The duo is most widely known for their 1981 worldwide hit version of 'Tainted Love'."
Wikipedia, last.fm, YouTube - Tainted Love, Top 100 One Hit Wonders of the 80s

Mulholland Drive

Wikipedia - "Mulholland Drive is a 2001 American neo-noir psychological thriller written and directed by David Lynch, starring Naomi Watts, Laura Elena Harring, and Justin Theroux. The surrealist film was highly acclaimed by many critics and earned Lynch the Prix de la mise en scène (Best Director Award) at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival as well as an Oscar nomination for Best Director."
Wikipedia, Film Comment, September/October 2001, YouTube

Greater New York

"Greater New York, the third iteration of the quinquennial exhibition organized by MoMA PS1 and The Museum of Modern Art, showcasing some 68 artists and collectives living and working in the metropolitan New York area, will open at MoMA PS1 on May 23 and run through October 18, 2010. The 2010 exhibition will not only present recent work made within the past five years, but also will foster a productive workshop where artists are invited to experiment with new ideas within MoMA PS1’s building for the duration of the exhibition."
PS1, MoMA, (1), WNYC, Village Voice, DLK Collection, YouTube - Greater New York 2010 at MoMA PS1, YouTube - Greater New York at PS1 RUSHES, YouTube - Greater New York at P.S.1 Part I, Part II

Jimi Hendrix

Wikipedia - "James Marshall 'Jimi' Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix, November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter. He is often considered to be the greatest electric guitarist in the history of rock music by other musicians and commentators in the industry, and one of the most important and influential musicians of his era across a range of genres." Sept 18, 40th anniversary.
Wikipedia, Jimi Hendrix, last.fm, YouTube - Purple Haze, All Along The Watch Tower, Voodoo Chile, Hey Joe, The Wind Cries Mary, Little Wing, Killing Floor, Foxy Lady, Fire, Spanish Castle Magic, Red House, Rock me baby, Band of Gypsys

Fresh Stuff From BR1 in Berlin

"More from BR1 here."
Wooster Collective, flickr

Mississippi Fred McDowell

Wikipedia - "Fred McDowell (January 12, 1904 - July 3, 1972) known by his stage name; Mississippi Fred McDowell, was a blues singer and guitar player in the North Mississippi style."
Wikipedia, last.fm, YouTube - Goin Down to the River, Shake Em On Down, John Henry, Spike Driver Blues, You Got To Walk That Lonesome Valley, Blues Maker, 1969 - Part 1, Part 2, When I Lay My Burden Down

Cyberpunk

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Wikipedia - "Cyberpunk is a science fiction genre noted for its focus on 'high tech and low life'. The name is a blend of cybernetics and punk and was originally coined by Bruce Bethke as the title of his short story 'Cyberpunk', published in 1983. It features advanced science, such as information technology and cybernetics, coupled with a degree of breakdown or radical change in the social order. Cyberpunk works are well situated within postmodern literature."
Wikipedia, The Cyberpunk Project, Cyberpunk Review, Mirrorshades

The Music Machine

Wikipedia - "The Music Machine (1965–1969) was an American garage rock and psychedelic (sometimes referred to as garage punk) band from the late 1960s, headed by singer-songwriter Sean Bonniwell and based in Los Angeles. The band sound was often defined by fuzzy guitars and a Farfisa organ. Their original look consisted of all-black clothing, (dyed) black moptop hairstyles and a single black glove."
Wikipedia, YouTube - Talk Talk, Trouble, Masculine Intuition

Eclipse

"Eclipse is a free on-line archive focusing on digital facsimiles of the most radical small-press writing from the last quarter century. Eclipse also publishes carefully selected new works of book-length conceptual unity."
Eclipse, Tottel's Magazine, L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Magazine, THIS Magazine, Space - Clark Coolidge, Men In Aida - David Melnick, Silliman's Blog

The Long Take: Lucy Raven, Thom Andersen

Lucy Raven, China Town
"How do you show what’s not there anymore—or what’s not there yet? Answers run throughout the work of both Lucy Raven and Thom Andersen, who trace processes and places that are gone, hidden, or changing so rapidly that we can hardly keep pace."
ARTFORUM

Ephemeral New York

Union Square
"Union Square has been around since 1839, when it opened with a large central fountain, according to the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation. But when Union Square was ripped up during subway construction in the 1920s, the fountain went with it. This postmarked, stamped 1910, doesn’t indicate what we’re looking at, but I think it’s Union Square West."
Ephemeral New York

The Directors: Martin Scorsese (2000)

"The American Film Institute's Directors: Martin Scorsese profiles the great director and offers insight into Scorsese's working methods, philosophies, and intentions. ... ~ Betsy Boyd, All Movie Guide"
NYT, amazon, YouTube - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Risk

Wikipedia - "Risk is a strategic board game, produced by Parker Brothers (now a division of Hasbro). It was invented by French film director Albert Lamorisse and originally released in 1957, as La Conquête du Monde ('The Conquest of the World'), in France. Risk is a turn-based game for two to six players. The standard version is played on a board depicting a political map of the Earth, divided into forty-two territories, which are grouped into six continents. Players attempt to capture territories from other players by rolling higher die numbers. The game is won when one player has managed to occupy every territory."
Wikipedia, Risk, Total Diplomacy, YouTube

Christo and Jeanne-Claude - The Gates

"Drawing 2002, in two parts. 38 X 244 cm. and 106,6 X 244 cm. (15" X 96" and 42" X 96"). Pencil, charcoal, pastel, wax crayon, aerial photograph, fabric sample and hand-drawn technical data."
Christo and Jeanne-Claude, amazon, YouTube - The Gates, YouTube - The artists behind The Gates Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Chaos and Classicism: Art in France, Italy, and Germany, 1918–1936

"Following the chaos of World War I, a move emerged towards figuration, clean lines, and modeled form, and away from the two-dimensional abstracted spaces, fragmented compositions, and splintered bodies of the avant-gardes—particularly Cubism, Futurism, and Expressionism—that dominated the opening years of the 20th century."
Guggenheim, amazon, New York TimeOut