Vermeer: Master of Light

Woman Holding a Balance – (c. 1665)
"This segment analyzes the National Gallery's painting Woman Holding a Balance. With the help of special effects we are able to understand Vermeer's construction of the painting and his complete control of the work."
YouTube - Vermeer: Master of Light 1/5, 2/5, 3/5, 4/5, 5/5

Patti Smith - Horses & Hey joe

"Patti Smith in 1976."
YouTube

Soviet Posters

"With the Russian Revolution of 1917, for the first time in history an entire nation is governed by a communist system. The posters from the first years of this government show revolutionary zeal and optimism of building a new society. Campaigns are waged to eliminate illiteracy and improve health care. Other posters attack the opponents of Lenin's government: a bloody civil war swept the country until 1920. Progressive artists use the poster as a medium to reach a broad public. As far as style is concerned, they do not have to cope with artistic directives yet."
International Institute of Social History

History of Hip-Hop Vol. 7: 1985

"Run DMC – Together Forever (Krush Groove 4)
LL Cool J – I Can’t Live Without My Radio
Steady B – Just Call Us Def
Superkids – The Tragedy (Don’t Do It)
The Treacherous Three – Turn it Up
Toddy Tee – The Batterram
Kurtis Blow – If I Ruled The World
Mantronix – Fresh Is The Word- feat. MC Tee
Marley Marl – Marley Scratch- feat. MC Shan
Stetsasonic – Just Say Stet
Run DMC – King Of Rock
Jazzy Jay – Cold Chillin In The Spot
Schoolly D – PSK
Supernature – The Show Stoppa (It’s Supa Fresh)
The B-Boys – Girls (Pt. 2)
Bad Boys feat. K-Love – Veronica
Cutmaster DC – Brooklyn’s In The House
Grandmaster Flash – Larry’s Dance Theme
Doug E. Fresh & Slick Rick – The Show
Tricky Tee – Johnny The Fox
Sparky D – Sparky’s Turn (Roxanne You’re Through)
Korner Boyz – It’s On (Jazzy Jeff Scratch)
Run DMC – Darryl & Joe (Krush Groove 3)
Roxanne Shante – Bite This
Whistle – Nothing serial (We’re Only Buggin’)
Word Of Mouth feat. DJ Cheese – King Kut
Rockmaster Scott & The Dynamic Three – Request Line
Masterdon Committee – Funkbox Party 2
Rockmaster Scott & The Dynamic Three – The Roof Is On Fire
Egyptian Lover – Computer Love
LL Cool J – That’s A Lie"
The Run

Czechoslovakian Registered Cover from 1962

"My first blog post for sometime here on Footyphila and I've got a beautiful cover to share with you all. It satisfies my inner stamp collecting nerd like you've never known. Why? Well it's registered for starters and I do like examples of my main thematic interests on a nice registered cover."
Footyphila Plus

Son House

Wikipedia -"Eddie James 'Son' House, Jr. (March 21, 1902 (?)– October 19, 1988) was an American blues singer and guitarist. House pioneered an innovative style featuring strong, repetitive rhythms, often played with the aid of slide guitar, and his singing often incorporated elements of southern gospel and spiritual music."
Wikiedia, last.fm, YouTube - Death Letter Blues, Forever on my Mind, Levee Camp Blues, Grinnin' In Your Face (with spoken intro), John the Revelator

Kenward Elmslie's poem songs

"In the 1950's Kenward Elmslie was the protege of the well-known lyricist John Latouche, who had worked with Duke Ellington and many others. Elmslie, at times uncredited, helped Latouche with such chores as writing a lyric for Leonard Bernstein's theme to On the Waterfront, and songs for on and off-Broadway revues."
PERFECT SOUND FOREVER, Fifteen from 1984: Gay History Week 15: Kenward Elmslie, YouTube - Stayin dry

April 2008: Kenward Elmslie, PENNSOUND, Jacket #7, Wikipedia

Sandinista! - The Clash

Wikipedia - "Sandinista! is the fourth studio album by the English punk rock band The Clash. It was released on 12 December 1980 as a triple album containing 36 tracks, with 6 songs on each side. Anticipating the 'world music' trend of the 1980s, it features reggae, jazz, mock gospel, rockabilly, folk, dub, rhythm and blues, calypso, and rap."
Wikipedia, amazon, YouTube - Charlie Don't Surf, Brand New Cadillac, Armagideon Time, One More Time & Dub, The Call Up, Sound of the Sinners, The Magnificent Seven (1 0f 3), Interview - Jun 1981 (2 of 3), This Is Radio Clash - Jun 1981 (3 of 3), Up in Heaven (not only here), Rebel Waltz, Police On My Back, Somebody Got Murdered

The ABC's of DADA

"The Dada movement was a protest against the barbarism of World War I, the bourgeois interests that Dada adherents believed inspired the war, and what they believed was an oppressive intellectual rigidity in both art and everyday society. Dada was an international movement, and it is difficult to classify artists as being from any one particular country, as they were constantly moving from one place to another. ..."
YouTube - The ABC's of DADA (1 of 3), (2 of 3), (3 of 3)

All of this and nothing

Jorge Macchi, Vanishing Point, 2005
"All of this and nothing is the sixth in the Hammer Museum’s biennial invitational exhibition series, which highlights work of Los Angeles-based artists, both established and emerging, alongside a number of international artists."
Hammer

Tom Johnson

Wikipedia - "American composer Tom Johnson (born November 18, 1939 in Greeley, Colorado), is one of the few composers to self-identify as minimalist; in fact, he coined the term while serving as the new music critic for the Village Voice. He has since collected these articles in the book The Voice of New Music which is available free through the external link below. He has lived in Paris since 1983."
Wikipedia, Continuo, YouTube - Nine Bells, Satz 7

Victoria Sambunaris

Yellowstone, 2008
"For most of my photographic life, my interest has been the landscape. I have journeyed extensively in my car throughout the northeast, down to the Rio Grande, through basin and range, across the western plains, down to the Salton Sea, into the Petrified Forrest, around the mines of Nevada."
Women in Photography, artnet, Yancey Richardson Gallery

Ernest Tubb

Wikipedia - "Ernest Dale Tubb (February 9, 1914 – September 6, 1984), nicknamed the Texas Troubadour, was an American singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of country music. His biggest career hit song, 'Walking the Floor Over You' (1941), marked the rise of the honky tonk style of music."
Wikipedia, YouTube - Drivin' Nails in my Coffin, I'm Looking High And Low, When Jesus Calls, Will You Be Satisfied That Way, Thanks a Lot, I'll Step Aside

Robert ParkeHarrison & Shana ParkeHarrison

Wikipedia - "Robert ParkeHarrison (born 1968) is a photographer, best known for his work (with wife Shana ParkeHarrison) in the area of fine art photography. The photographs of Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison have been displayed in 18 solo exhibitions and over 30 group shows worldwide."
Wikipedia, Robert ParkeHarrison & Shana ParkeHarrison, YouTube - Teresa Stratas, Youkali Tango from Marie Galante

Feeling from Mountain and Water

Wikipedia - "Feeling from Mountain and Water (Chinese: 山水情; Pinyin: shān shuǐ qíng) is a Chinese animated short film produced by Shanghai Animation Film Studio under the master animator Te Wei. It is also referred to as 'Love of Mountain and River', 'Feelings of Mountains and Waters'."
Wikipedia, SAW - Video

Big Shots: Andy Warhol Polaroids

"Big Shots: Andy Warhol Polaroids provides insight into the artist who sought to capture the world like a camera. The exhibition includes about 250 Polaroids and 70 silver gelatin black-and-white prints taken by Warhol from 1970 to 1987, many of them on public view for the first time."
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Weatherspoon, Imagine Peace, YouTube - Curator's Insights, One Step Big Shot

Yoshihide Otomo

Wikipedia - "Yoshihide Otomo (... born August 1, 1959 in Yokohama, Japan) is a Japanese composer and multi-instrumentalist. He first came to international prominence in the 1990s as the leader of the noise rock group Ground Zero, and has since worked in a variety of contexts, ranging from free improvisation to noise, jazz, avant-garde and contemporary classical. He is also a pioneering figure in the EAI-scene, and is featured on important records on labels like Erstwhile Records. He plays guitar, turntables, and electronics."
Wikipedia, Yoshihide Otomo, Interview by Jason Gross (May 1998), YouTube - The Many Moods Of Otomo Yoshihide, Guitar solo Tokyo 1994, Fred Frith & Otomo Yoshihide, Otomo Yoshihide & Tori Kudo, Ground-Zero

Millet and Rural France

Path Through the Wheat
"Jean-François Millet (1814–1875) is one of the great French artists of the 19th century. His images of rural life are among the most recognized and beloved in the history of art, and his innovative treatment of light and color anticipates Impressionism."
Boston Low Brow, MFA, Google

Cairn

Wikipedia - "A cairn (carn in Irish, carnedd in Welsh, càrn in Scots Gaelic) is a man-made pile of stones, often in conical form. They are usually found in uplands, on moorland, on mountaintops, or near waterways."
Wikipedia

Meredith Monk: A Voice For All Time

"When I think about Meredith Monk, I think of her alone, on a stage bereft of instruments or props or other people. Whether in a cavernous concert hall or in a tiny club, the vision of her lone self is dramatic. With a slight tilt of the head and a grounding of the body, she opens her mouth and begins to sing. In this simplest of actions, she reveals extraordinary power."
npr, amazon, Authentic Voice: An Interview with Meredith Monk, Bryn Mawr - Video, Text: Meredith Monk interviewed by Isla Leaver-Yap, facebook

SHINDIG! - Legends of Rock & Roll

The Righteous Brothers - "KoKo Joe". Jerry Lee Lewis - "High School Confidential". Aretha Franklin - "Mockingbird". Tina Turner - "Goodbye, So Long". Bo Diddley - "Hey Bo Diddley". Little Anthony & The Imperials - "Hurt So Bad". Johnny Cash - "Orange Blossom Special". The Everly Brothers - "Wake Up Little Susie". Chuck Berry - "Back In The USA". James Brown - "Night Train".
YouTube - 1, 2, 3

Hip-Hop History Volume 6: 1984

"LL Cool J – I Need A Beat
Whodini – Friends
Donald D – Don’s Groove
The World’s Famous Supreme Team – Hey DJ
Run DMC – Rock Box
UTFO – Roxanne, Roxanne
Roxanne Shante – Roxanne’s Revenge
T La Rock – It’s Yours
Kurtis Blow – AJ Scratch
The Fat Boys – Jailhouse Rap
Whodini – Freaks Come Out At Night
Kurtis Blow – Basketball
Davy DMX – One For The Treble (Fresh)
Doug E. Fresh – Original Human Beatbox
Doug E. Fresh – Just Having Fun
Master O.C. & Krazy Eddie – Masters of the Scratch
The Fat Boys (Disco 3) – Human Beat Box
Whodini – Five Minutes of Funk
Newcleus – Jam On It
DJ Hollywood – Hollywood’s Message"
The Rub

New works by Various & Gould

"The work above, as well as those in the video, are from Various and Gould's Rabotniki series as well as one about modern saints, called 'Sankt Nimmerlein' (Saint Neverever?!). Saint Redundus is the saint of the homeless and unemployed. Saint Spekulatius is the patron of the bankers."
Wooster Collective

Black Music in America - ca. mid-1970's

"This tremendous educational documentary from the mid-1970's examines the priceless contributions of African-Americans to musical heritage, so closely tied to their unique history in the United States. From Africa upon slave ships captive immigrants brought with them melodies, cadences and rhythms that inarguably gave rise to music considered 'modern' today. Beginning with the genius Louis Armstrong's triumphant return to Ghana in the late 1950's, we trace the evolution of music from West Africa to the Virginia colonies of the early 1600's. Over the next 400 years, as this distinct root of American culture takes hold, incredible clips of filmed performances by Mahalia Jackson, Josephine Baker, Bessie Smith, Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, and Duke Ellington illustrate the black experience."
YouTube - Black Music in America - ca. mid-1970's, Smithsonian Institution, amazon

The Kingston Lounge

"Guerrilla preservation and urban archaeology. Brooklyn and beyond."
The Kingston Lounge

Egypt Burning - Al Jazeera

"This film tells the story of five days in January 2011 when the people of Egypt broke through a barrier of fear they had known for a generation and rose in revolt against their president. Anger had long been brewing in Egypt - strikes, unemployment and sectarian tension were on the rise. Small networks of activists had been agitating against Hosni Mubarak's autocratic rule for years. But it was only when another Arab country, Tunisia, rose up against its tyrant that the Egyptian activists attracted mass support."
Egypt Burning - Al Jazeera, Egypt Dilemma - Al Jazeera

Greenwich Village

Wikipedia - "Greenwich Village ... in New York often simply called 'the Village', is a largely residential neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City. A large majority of the district is home to upper middle class families. Greenwich Village, however, was known in the late 19th to mid 20th centuries as the bohemian capital and the East Coast birthplace of the Beat movement."
Wikipedia, the alleys of greenwich, YouTube - Video Tour of Greenwich Village, A 7 MINUTE TOUR of GREENWICH VILLAGE

Obscure Records

Wikipedia - "Obscure Records was a U.K. record label which existed from 1975 to 1978. It was created and run by Brian Eno, who also produced the albums (credited as executive producer in one instance). Ten albums were issued in the series. Most have detailed liner notes on their back covers, analyzing the compositions and providing a biography of the composer, in a format typical of classical music albums, and much of the material can be regarded as 20th century classical music. The label provided a venue for experimental music, and its association with Eno gave increased public exposure to its composers and musicians."
Wikipedia, Time Out, facebook, YouTube - Obscure Records favorites

Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe

Wikipedia - "Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe (March, 1936 — May 11, 2007), often referred to as just Osadebe, was an Igbo Nigerian Highlife musician from Atani. His career spanned over 40 years, and he is one of the most well known Igbo highlife musicians. His most popular hit was the 1984 'Osondi Owendi' (Igbo: One man's meat is another man's poison.), establishing him as a leader in the highlife genre being the most popular record ever in Nigeria."
Wikipedia, last.fm, YouTube - Osondi Owendi, Ndi Ochongonoko, Yoba Chukwu, Ife Onye Metalu, Nwanne eje na eje na

William S. Burroughs, Word Horde 2.0

"A substantial archive of manuscript material, correspondence, and books and printed matter, mostly signed. The manuscript material comprises some hundreds of pages, mostly from the 1950s to the 1980s, much of it unpublished, including..."
William S. Burroughs, Word Horde 2.0

TNR's Egypt Coverage

"For almost two weeks, the world’s eyes, ears, and hearts have been focused on Egypt, where protestors have amassed to demand an end to President Hosni Mubarak’s dictatorial regime. TNR has been covering the events closely, gathering some of the best commentary and on-the-ground reporting on this history-making event. Here, we have compiled our Egypt coverage, though look for more in the days and weeks ahead..."
TNR

Derrick Morgan

Wikipedia - "Derrick Morgan (born 27 March 1940, Mocho, Clarendon Parish, Jamaica) is a musical artist popular in the 1960s and 1970s. He worked with Desmond Dekker, Bob Marley, and Jimmy Cliff in the rhythm and blues and ska genres, and he also performed rocksteady and skinhead reggae."
Wikipedia, YouTube - Miss Lulu, Rudies Don't Fear, The Conqueror, Tougher Than Tough, Blazing Fire, Reggay Train

Dorothée Smith

"Seen On The Streets Of Paris (2004) - The photo above is from Paris, France in June 2004 (at the time of the European elections) it is from the same artist as 'Usher Simpson' shown in the Liberation Billboard section. The photographer of the photo is Dorothée Smith."
Wooster Collective, DOROTHEE SMITH, video

Etta James, Keith Richards, Robert Cray - "Hoochie Coochie Gal"

"Etta James has made it to her 73rd birthday: and for that, here she is with Keith Richards, Robert Cray, Chuck Berry and Johnnie Johnson on 'Hoochie Coochie Gal'."
YouTube

The Star

Wikipedia - "The Star (XVII) is the seventeenth trump or Major Arcana card in most traditional Tarot decks. It is used in game playing as well as in divination. A naked woman kneels by the water; one foot is in the water, one foot is on the land. Above her head a star shines out. In each hand she holds a jug. From one jug she pours a liquid into the water. From the other jug she pours a liquid onto the land. In other, older decks, a woman (or sometimes even a man) is simply looking and sometimes gesturing at a large star in the sky."
Wikipedia

September 2008: Rider-Waite-Smith