Posts by Hugh Wilson
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Spank is one of those songs which seems to pop up at garage sales and op shops a lot more than others - must have been huge back in the day. A quick refresh via the video reminded me of a Lee Dorsey 'Night People' remix which doesn't seem to be locatable on youtube, so heres the original:
I listened to the first episode of the 'History of funk' series and somewhat deflatingly only knew (have) two of the songs - Sad Chicken and Happy Moon Strut! Theres a lotta funk out there ... curiously I've really slowed down on downloading stuff over the past 12 months as I have a digital motza already and feel like I'll never get to stuff. First world problems ...
Anyhows, not sure if I have posted it before but am continuing to enjoy the 'On the Wire' radio show for the reggae vibes. Each show is genre tagged, so you can navigate your way thru - often its just the first hour which is on the reggae tip, but they tend to be loaded with the goodness. Way back in 2014 there was a guest called 'Breadwinner', and thats worth checking because you don't go by the name Breadwinner unless you've got some really good toons.
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Slightly tangential, but I saw your tweets about the delayed Friday music post interspersed with reference to f*ckery in the UK - this reminded me of a reggae song called 'White man is f*ckery' which pretty much tells the story of white men being dicks as seen via Jamaican eyes. I was given a rip of it in Japan circa 09 by a Jamaican guy with a reggae shop in Tokyo, who had the blank 45 - its catchy like many of that era, but I gather no one wanted to put their name on it. Suffice to say you won't find it on Spotify!
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Another drop in the ocean of commentary, by Jeffrey Sachs @ UN Sustainable Development Network, replete with broad geopolitical suggestions:
http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-meaning-of-brexit/
With the passage of a few days, and much commentary, my raised eyebrow about the referendum result doesn't necessarily seem so raised any more ...
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Speaker: A Disorderly Brexit, in reply to BenWilson,
I’d be amazed if a single referendum could really trigger such a large event. Surely even the Brits aren’t that daft? I mean we only changed the way we vote and it took two referendums to get there. This is a much, much more massive change
Kenneth Rogoff has written that the referendum wasn't democracy but Russian roulette for republics, and raises the question of why there weren't more checks & balances in place given the significance of the vote.
http://www.afr.com/opinion/brexit-was-legally-easier-than-a-couple-getting-a-divorce-20160626-gps0ys
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Good looking on the Cedric Brooks – presumably the Light of Saba LP you reference is that on Honest John’s, and its a beauty alright! Reminds me I have ‘Flash forward’ in the shelves too – might have to pull that one out …
For the insomniacs theres a 24 hour jazz mix you can listen too over at Brainfeeder:
http://brainfeeder.net/jameszoo/And closer to home I also enjoyed a radio special last night on Oz jazz man Alan Lee, who’s career was recently the focus of a Jazzman compilation – it was on RRR’s Max Headroom show (16/6) which should be on demand here http://ondemand.rrr.org.au/ or available via the archive page soon. Entertaining insights into the Melbourne scene of the 60’s and 70’s, the influence of muso’s touring with shows like Hair (openign the door to the US funk & soul scene) and the background on experimentalish LP’s from yesteryear which would never happen today.
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Suddenly I feel a bit remorseful about binning a box of old Rip it Ups from the 90's a few years ago - they were in my parents garage along with a bunch of other stuff, and they were reasonably seeking to reclaim their space !
Joining a few of the dots above though, I am pretty sure I still have a cassette of an old BPM show which Simon kicked off with Run DMC's 'Down with the King'. As an aside, Run DMC paraphernalia (mainly T shirts) seems to have massive enduring popularity, and barely a week goes by without spotting one. The fact there's an autographed poster of them in my house probably keeps em front of mind though :)
Kicking the day off with a jazz set over here - a local Melbourne DJ's warm up set for the recent Kamasi Washington show. Spiritual jazz alert, DL available too:
https://soundcloud.com/mikegurrieri/mikegurrieri-kamasiwashington-melbourne-2016
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Hard News: Friday Music: Digging in New York, in reply to Russell Brown,
Good lord, have never seen that Slim Smith LP before in my life …
Really glad you were able to swing by Good, as it is a great shop and they put a lot of work into locating stock (noting Yuseef Lateef’s widow took in copies of her husbands personal records after his passing!). Among other stuff I got a Fatback LP for $1 out of the cheap bins there – nothing wrong with it, and featuring this surehsot:
Buying records OS is one of the joys of travelling, as is visiting the different stores.
I still keep all the records I got in the US 4 years ago grouped together (and do the same for recent Japan acquisitions) rather than mix them in with respective genres as – I guess – it helps keep the memories ‘alive’. Its a bit like leaving price stickers on as a reminder of where something came from.
As for shop experiences, I still recall well being in the now closed AI (June 2012) and they were playing 3rd Bass’s Cactus Album, an old NYC classic. Pretty much everyone in there browsing was rapping along with the lyrics – that sure felt like an NYC experience to me.
I can only think of one thing for you Russell, and others who love record shopping – go to Japan (and purchase excess luggage for the return leg) !
Props for cleaning your purchases too – something I am sadly religious about
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Hard News: How the years flew by ..., in reply to Glenn Pearce,
Glenn - my limited understanding (as I was 12 at the time) was that many people had increased their mortgages and put the $ into shares, and were thus really caught out when the market crashed .. this in turn perpetuated the glum economic times
Certainly nowadays banks would be unlikely to lend for the purposes of share purchases, but things were perhaps a bit looser 28 odd years ago (as they were in many spheres) - indeed, perhaps people didn't have to disclose their intentions, as the money was secured against the house in question
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Cronulla to Chastwood can be done in ~1.30, according to Transport NSW website ...
Newcastle PT travel is also an option from Sydney, although not a very desirable oneSydney, and Australia, more generally is no poster child of effective PT though - yes there are systems in place, but the footprint of these was typically established 80+ years ago and has changed little since. Correspondingly the trains are not that fast (but some of this could be down to things like track alignment as well)
Seeing the pictures of AKL motorway traffic at a standstill earlier points towards a hub & spoke type rail system (i.e. imagine trains going down the middle of motorways), but these have limitations for cross city travel, which is where orbital (or ring) systems appeal ... Melbourne actually had two orbital rings 80+ years ago, augmenting the hub & spokes) but removed them with poor foresight
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Polity: Geography and housing options, in reply to Sacha,
Yes …
This discussion and the situation more broadly strikes me a a repetitive loop:
- growing population needs somewhere to go
- increased density is suggested, to accommodate growth and support improved PT
- increased density is resisted in favour of sprawl so PT never really improves b/c taxes go to other extending infrastructure to sprawled areas
- sprawled people drive b/c there is not PT, choking roads more
- non-sprawled people still drive because they’ve always driven, and PTs not a good option for their ‘needs’
- everyone spends more and more time stuck in traffic, commuting to and from work in order to pay off their very large mortgage
- loops recommencesBreaking the loop needs muchos boldness …
A viable Manukau-Albany rail connection seems to be a long, long way off ..
And of course there is a song about repetitive loops ...
