Atakke - 2009 - Tompkins Square Park, NYC

I had been wanting to check out a live show from Brooklyn based thrash/death/crust outfit Atakke for a bit. Unfortunately, they disbanded around December 2010. So instead, here's the next best thing - footage of them bringing their powerful noise to Tompkins Square Park in New York City on 1 August 2009.

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"Feel Flows" – The Beach Boys

1971 found The Beach Boys in an odd spot. The pressures and stress of fame and maintaining a popular recording act had taken a toll on Brain Wilson. He had not been performing live with the band for some time and was contributing to the song writing process on a somewhat lesser level than previously. Into this situation, brothers Dennis and Carl Wilson stepped up and brought some A game material to the table and "Feel Flows" is a great example.

The song "Feel Flows" from their 1971 release Surf's Up was written by Carl Wilson and Jack Rieley. It's one of my absolute favorite songs. With it's calming yet melancholy subtle wash of sound; punctuated by an extended bridge highlighting a flute, playing against pointed electric guitar and keyboard.

Not only did Carl Wilson co-write the song; he also provides all vocals (the lead recorded with a well placed reverse echo effect) as well as lead guitar, bass, drums and keyboards. Additionally Charles Lloyd plays the saxophone and flute while Woody Theus provides percussion




Unfolding enveloping missiles of soul
Recall senses sadly
Mirage like soft blue like lanterns below
To light the way gladly
Whether whistling heaven's clouds disappear
Where the wind withers memory
Whether whiteness whisks soft shadows away
Feel flows (White hot glistening shadowy flows)
Feel goes (Black hot glistening shadowy flows)

Unbending never ending tablets of time
Record all the yearning
Unfearing all appearing message divine
Eases the burning
Whether willing witness waits at my mind
Whether hope dampens memory
Whether wondrous will stands tall at my side
Feel flows (White hot glistening shadowy flows)
Feel goes (Black hot glistening shadowy flows)

Encasing all embracing wreath of repose
Engulfs all the senses
Imposing, unclosing thoughts that compose
Retire the fences
Whether wholly heartened life fades away
Whether harps heal the memory
Whether wholly heartened life fades away
Whether wondrous will stands tall at my side
Whether whiteness whisks soft shadows away
Feel goes (White hot glistening shadowy flows)
Feel flows (Black hot glistening shadowy flows)
Feel goes (White hot glistening shadowy flows)
Feelings to grow (White hot glistening shadowy flows)

White hot glistening shadowy flows
White hot glistening shadowy flows
White hot glistening shadowy flows

Butthole Surfers - 1991 - Lollapalooza

The summer of 1991 I was a broke ass college student about to start my Senior year that fall. Never been a particularly big fan of arena or big outdoor shed shows, but there were two tours making the outdoor venue circuit that season that caught my attention immediately - the Clash of the Titans tour with Slayer, Anthrax & Megadeth and the first installment of the Lollapalooza multi-band festival - headlined by Jane's Addiction.

I could scrape together enough cash for one, but not both so I had to make a tough decision. I'd already seen Anthrax once and Slayer multiple times in smaller indoor venues and after their first three records, my feelings on Megadeth are rather lukewarm. On the other hand, I'd missed several chances to see Jane's Addiction earlier and was amped up to see them. The deciding factor was the placement of one of my all time favorite bands, the Butthole Surfers, in the Lollapalooza line-up and that's my actual ticket up top.

Here's a clip of some off and on stage antics from the ever enthusiastic Butthole Surfers.



1991 Lollapalooza Line-up
Jane's Addiction
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Nine Inch Nails
Living Colour
Ice-T & Body Count
Butthole Surfers
Rollins Band

plus
MTVs 120 Minutes Lollapalooza 1991
interviews with NIN, Butthole Surfers, Rollins, etc.
(with some video in the middle)


and

Butthole Surfers "The Hurdy Gurdy Man" video

Danger: Diabolik "From Fumetti to Film" doc.

With it's hyper colorful palette and sixties psychedelic style, 1968's Danger: Diabolik allowed director Mario Bava a chance to turn the hugely popular Italian comic into a fast paced action movie. Anti-hero Diabolik (John Phillip Law) steals from the government and delights in it, all the while plotting his schemes from a technologically avant-garde underground compound assisted by his curvaceous gal pal Eva (Marisa Mell).

The documentary below offers a glimpse into the film's
back story / creation along with commentary from Stephen Bissette.


the trailer