STRANGE ORCHESTRAS
From My People Were Fair And Had Sky In Their Hair…(1968)
M.Bolan
Saw a face in a conical of lace, it was a strange orchestra
Mannikin skin pounding on a bass-drum, strange orchestra
Lilliputian, evil in the eyes of the man with the leaf harp
He lusts for the urchin hiding under mountains of moleskin
A big cat like t-tyrannosaurus going to Lilliput
The ensemble make a tiny rumble, the celloist solos
The sky blackens and the bass string slackens and they stand statuesquely
Then they giggle and they wiggle through the door in the big dark oak tree
Chateau in Virginia Waters
From My People Were Fair And Had Sky In Their Hair…(1968)
M.Bolan Broken English words cracked the air like a bell
She had a chateau in Virginia Waters
Free from all those culture vultures
Her silver car a silver cloud cloaked the air in a shroud
Her pearly author’s teeth tore the seasoned cedar coloured pheasant Her one rich wish is to write a book about
A venetian mother’s problems on a barge in little Venice
She peers at the portrait of her poetess grandmother
Who’s theatrical in character
Wise just like Socrates
She sinks her nails into the aged canvas
But the power from the wordster’s head was cool and shrill and frightening
Miss Drag is intermingled with the powder-blue chaise lounge
She types some acid words to her hairless havana art dealer
Her one rich wish is to write a book about a chateau in Virginia Waters
Free from all those culture vultures
Ah, the beautiful queen of darkness and light continues to re-invent herself and returns! Siouxsie, punk rock goddess, icon, and amazing artist is aging gracefully. I can’t wait to see her perform.
www.siouxsiemantaray.com
SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES – U.S. TOUR POSTER, 1986
Cushway Litho. Art by Victor Moscoso. 22″x30″
(ah their music keeps my soul warm)
Tear Garden – Romulus And Venus
everything you gave me lies within a trunk, within a drawer
I burned one hundred photographs or more
I fled across the ocean wioth another face, another name
Nothing but my soul remained the same
But still you came with cases I was forced to let you stay
You bought the locks, the box in which I lay
I tried to get away from you
I tried to make a break
You always see right through me, there’s no escape
I can still remember you with coronets, white horses
I would run behind you’d flash a sign I’d dive
Just to serve you
Night time’s turned the lady to a girl again, you’d slip away
You tried to kiss my tears away, pretend there was no day to take me down
Nightshade, blades, Niagra falls – I tried them all six times
You would always run behind me
And you’d find me
Keep me on a leash, on a line
I’m uncomfortably resigned
There’s no release till you untie me
Deny me
Someone was nice enough to compile this list of the best record covers with boobies and other naked treats.
Thanks for the link Bryan.
look here
Here are some of my favs, but it was really hard to pick.
blurry photo by me, from the balcony.
I was lucky enough to see Spiritualized perform. Their songs brought tears to my eyes, must have been his voice, a reminder of endless adolescent listens to Spacemen 3.
Frank Bauer just might be my new favorite painter.
Frank Bauer, Audience (Daft Punk), oil on canvas, 2007, 170 x 250 cm
Courtesy Galerie Voss Düsseldorf
www.frank-bauer.net/
Just bought the new The Real Tuesday Weld record The London Book of the Dead
and I also discovered his blog.
His songs are filled with so much humor about love. The radio podcasts are well worth listening too.
They are lovely little mini shows with original music and storytelling narrated by his luscious voice.
Stephen Coates
The Real Tuesday Weld, The London Book of the Dead, 2007
I had the pleasure to see the Chemical Brothers and Daft Punk play live (what is live and does it matter anymore?)
outdoor shows this summer. The best part were the visuals that matched the music perfectly. My young 32 year old
raver self was in bliss. Lasers, butterflies, pyramids, clowns, snowflakes, these guys know how to keep the audience
dancing and visually entertained.
Chemical Brothers are telling us it is time to get high…
the official 2007 Frenchypants Dat Punk “live” techno pyramid
