Bands in Black and White
I still ended up liking the black-and-white images of Money & The Man and Magnetic Spacemen better.
Slachthuis 10 mei, Money & the Man and Magnetic Spacemen
Developed today. Friday seen. I saw lovely bands at the Slachthuis in Haarlem: Money & the Man and Magnetic Spacemen. Both very energetic and good.
Albini
This week Steve Albini passed away. For someone of my generation an icon so a shock.
In addition to musician (Big Black, Rapeman, Shellac) and producer (Pixies, Nirvana, PJ Harvey, you name it), he was a music industry critic. He explained how the big record labels abuse musicians but also explained to musicians that they should make the music they want and not let the record companies push them around. Musicians should make music they think is cool and perform.
He explained that in plain language, as square and hermetic as his music.
A striking person I will miss.
In 2017, I took these photos at Shellac’s performance in Vera, Groningen.
Royal Blood’s Figure It Out, a classic
I got to know the band Royal Blood only a year or two ago. The vocals have something of Jack White about them. The music is heavy alternative rock, perhaps somewhat in the Muse genre. I thought the band would have at least two rhythm guitarists, but bassist Mike Kerr produces all the guitar sound, assisted by a few cabinets and pedals.
Figure It Out is a classic.
The week in links: Superstition and I Fink You Freeky
This week in links:
Home – Wandelnetwerk Noord-Holland
I think the best hiking site in the Netherlands. Although there are some wonderfully white spots in the network the discover. For example Amsterdam and the whole area to the west including Haarlem and the coastal area.
https://www.skyteam.com/en/round-the-world-planner
We are planning a trip to New Zealand and Japan. Why is “Skyteam Round the World” still suspended?
Skyscanner is great. I would love to see the option that would allow you to specify departure date plus or minus three days, then skyscanner searches for the cheapest option within that time period.
https://www.ztatz.nl/p1-monitor-software-archief/
With this software and a Raspberry Pi, the can create your own live monitor for your energy consumption and energy supply. Works great.
Great, original blog on photography.
Pauline Oltheten is wonderful.
Great version of Superstition by a young Stevie Wonder and a band that runs like a machine.
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds at their best and darkest.
Speaking of dark: Die Antwoord, I Fink U Freeky. Video by Roger Ballen.
Rage Against The Machine – first performance (and
Amazing how good they are already at their first gig in ’91.
And there’s nobody there!
And then 2 years later…
Links: Eye, een blog, cash, Ministry
Mooi inititiatief van Eye Filmmuseum: Eye Film Player. Voor niks, of weinig, kan je heel veel gave films zien.
Better than free: Kevin Kelly‘s 8 generative values voor een tijdperk waarin alles (wat digitaal is) simpel is te kopiëren. Het product is niet langer de belangrijkste waarde, de generatieve, meer emotionele waarde is van belang. Een generative value is een eigenschap of kwaliteit “that must be generated, grown, cultivated, nurtured”.
Els van Zwol maakt stiekem heel lang een interessante blog over muziek, boeken, kunst, van alles. No thrills, al 10 jaar goed bezig.
Vertrouw op de mens, ook voor ontwikkelingshulp, geef ze cash. Mooi artikel in de Correspondent van Maite Vermeulen. Simpel, en voorkomt strijkstokken en bureaucratie.
Album uit 1996, maar pas recent ontdekt, Filth Pig, van Ministry.
Playing records is back in
In The Hustle, I found a nice article about the resurrection of the vinyl LP, the record, and the album.
Besides an answer to the meager income that streaming services provide for musicians, it is also a clear signal that having a physical thing in your hands is appreciated by many people. I want to get a record for my birthday again. Oh, and by the way, Concerto still exists.
Beautiful facts:
- In the first half of 2021, 17 million LPs were sold. That’s 86% more than in all of 2020.
- The comparison is a bit lame but does reflect the proportions: selling 100 physical (self-produced) albums generates as much revenue as 450,000 streams on Spotify (about $1800).
- Less funny: vinyl creates 12 times more pollution than other physical formats.