Nicolette ! Photo by: Lady Kier 1997
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Nicolette and Shut and dance. ” Single Minded People” pioneering team up. lighter!!!!!
check her out:EARLY RECORDS “no government”
probably the most influential singers ,songwriters inspiring my musical journey. Enjoy……….my homage to the one and only mesmerizing Nicolette and collab with Shut up and dance. .London massive and around the world eternal. check her label
EARLY RECORDS
Friday I got a spontaneous call from 1 of my musical heros,Don Blackman,who said “are you ready to go on air in 5 minutes” . I was surprised and thrilled as I had already been listening to his new weekly internet radio station and play his dancefloor hits regularly in my sets .Don is a prolific writer,singer,key player, and his down to earth nature keeps him in touch with the hundreds of talented people he’s worked with ,some of whom were guests in the same show such as Mr. Bashiri Johnson, well known for being Michael Jackson’s percussionist ,as well as Film director, poet,cool cat, Melvan Van Peebles ( catch his new act named “laxative” @ Zebulon) ,Omar Hakim,drummer for Sting,Trio of Oz,etc….check him out.
www.donblackman.com go to Donny’s music lounge and you can hear all the shows.
Vermont towns approve vote to arrest Bush and Cheney for crimes against our constitution.
//www.reuters.com/article/2008/03/0…WASHINGTON (Reuters)
VANDAMN! down in the disco bassment I managed to sneak in some gogo and funk ! with DJ Will Automagic , our beautiful host Susanne Bartsch , Lady Fag, and Kenny Kenny! fun fun fun AUG 14 2011
most photos by: Abeni Garrett , Eduardo Souza, and Dennis Kraus
my DJ set in Montreal @ Diver-city was SEVERE ! as in 100 degrees …but those kids were boppin along, clppin, and some of them were actually throwing down like it’s nobody’s business. the kind of SWEAT I love. Happy Gay Pride Montreal.
Dress: by Muffinhead
if you want to see a bit of my set in action check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVcLHyxfc-k
thanks to Maha for the camera phone capture!
“i loved”planet of the apes” movies as a kid, then 1 day i overheard “guerilla warfare” mentioned on the news & that was confusing for a sec”
If the london riots were because of what this man was saying , i’d agree with them, but they clearly aren’t , as most of them are white according to the videos I’ve seen on you tube ( not as TV reports) . None the less, it’s an inspiration to see an informed man , although too snobby to want to ride a bus, speak truth to the rioters ,policy makers , the biased press who spin the truth making out that the rioters are predominantly black, : the truth is an inspiration, let’s get to work, but remember u.k. healthcare is free,housing for all is subsidized by the govt. for decades after art school, I agree with most of what he is saying but still feel If brits could spend a year living in the U.S. they would lose their lunch over how greedy our representatives are , how bullish our cops that abuse their power can be, how many blacks are in jail,how few jobs there are since globalization opened up slave labor in the far east, and they would go running back to the Uk for their great humanitarian benefits alone. And that’s all i’ll say on the riots- Lady kier
As he confronts the sheeple blocking the emergency lane ,Gavgav27 brings me faith in human kindness and concern during times of utter greed ,selfishness, and misplaced anger.( Vancouver sports riots, London flat tv screen riots) Please , we the peeps, let’s follow his example and “do unto others as we would like them to do to us” . Blow that whistle, mate. Hero of the day. - Lady Kier
p.s. in the U.s. people have cause to riot against racist cops with guns and tazers…over here our jails actually are filled with 99% black men and women…..but for all those in the U.S. that think London coppers are the same…trust….after living there for 9 years in both hackney , just south of brixton in tulse hill , a short time in greendwood and ladbroke grove,- these are not racial riots or against police brutality….it’s wreckless youth without a cause wanting to grab material things while cops who are only allowed to have guns with rubber bullets are ill -prepared because they are not infiltrated with dominant bully power-hungry cops like we have in the U.S. I knowthere are good cops in the U.S but when the bad ones get to stay on the force or get a mere slap on the wrist it eventually creates riots with a purpose.
NOW look wot these idiots did. They burned downed a warehouse housing over 150 independant record labels which housed the entire inventory of PIAS UK, burning all inventory from the following labels: XL/Beggars, Warp, Rough Trade, Domino, 4AD, Sub Pop, Secretly Canadian, Jagjaguwar, Drag City, Thrill Jockey, FatCat, Kompakt, Mute, Ninja Tune, Vice, and Soul Jazz are among those affected.
Peven Everett- Feelin you in and out
RECORD SHOPPING IN MY SLEEP
in 1997, I was living in London and one thing i loved the most about that country was PIRATE RADIO stations. On any given night there was up to 10 stations playing music programmed by fans and bedroom DJs pumping out commercial free music non-stop . I slept next to the radio every night falling asleep to the latest Garage, or Broken beat mixes and when a great song came on I would lucidly press play on my tape recorder while still asleep. The next day was like unwrapping chistmas presents because i was never sure what i’d find but always excited when I’d rewind the tape and listen back .Then I’d go to the record stores ( remember them?) , play them the little bit off my walkman and they’d tell me who it was. Anyway….the best song ever to be discovered while record shopping in my sleep was GABRIEL. Peven Everett’s positive yet haunting voice still lifts my spirits to this day and when the horns come in ..I still get chills . Roy Davis Jr. produced the track and this song has been a staple thruout the years . It was a turning point for music track as many felt it started the “two-step” sound which was refreshing as drum n bass had become a dickwaiving cliche with little soul, great MC’s like Cleveland Watkiss were delegated to live only gigs but not recorded for fear of giving up publishing B.S. ( thanks Goldie) ,and lost it’s sense of humor, much like heavy metal distorted rock n roll with it’s hardness , as happens to every thriving new musical genre after about 10-15 years into it . This song was a much needed return to love and good times . in it?
OTHER things I loved about living in London was that free health care for everybody really worked ( even though the brits complained -they never knew how good they had it-greener grass) , there were very few homeless ( compared to the U.S. and usually by choice if any ) , no sign of grimey ghettos , poverty yes but the govt provides the basics like housing and healthcare. ( nothing close to the ghetto wastelands across the U.S. in nearly every cities SE side ) London is a music loving city and as someone once said-“theyr’e the librarians of every culture”. After 10 years I moved back to the US thinking Bush was about to be voted out his second term. My heart sank as I arrived on voting day only to witness he stole another rigged election. The countrywas stillin shock and awe under the propaghanda storm created by republican owned mainstream news networks and radio. It’s songs like this that will always be there to help us through such difficult times. -Lady Kier
Rev Vince Anderson @ union pool every monday nite at 484 Union Ave.. Gospel at it’s best ….I can be reborn and baptized every monday nite and drink some wine at the same time. 5 star show highly reccomended- Lady Kier
photos by ” lady kier and abeni garett
If we’re going to riot in the streets atleast we should use google earth to find and climb over the walls of the gated communities of the banksters homes or BP’s and haliburtons CEOs homes, and rob them back, go Egypt on them. I understand one young man with a gun ( all guns are illegal in the UK ) in Hackney ( where i lived for 3 years ) was killed by a cop , but if the brits only knew how sensible and fair their police are compared to the U.S. (who dont weed out the bad cops ) 9 years of living in London and I only saw one bad cop abuse their power , where as in the US I’ve seen it hundreds of times in LA, and NYC when I moved to the lower east side in 1982, crownheights in 1997, williamsburgh in 1984. An undercover cop put a gun to my head because he was blocking a one way street in an unidentified car and told me to “back the fuck up” ( my car) I finally backed up and gave him a healthy NY salute ( the middle finger) to which he left his mission and promptly turned on me. !!! But this riot is embarrassing because it’s so senseless …. … and in Vancouver…over a sports game result? .how embarrassing..rebels without a cause…in times when there is so much to actually REALLY riot for. .people acting out in idiot mobs for no reason ….however the girl who threw the first brick at a cop may have been an agent provacature ( my paranoid mind always at work.) to make a real cause appear to be about causing more senseless violence . why burn down a bus ? your public transport ? or throw bricks at fireman? i never underestimate the stupidity of an angry mob. When i was mugged in London it never occured to me to call the cops but my friend convinced me to. I was shocked at how helpful and concerned behaved. When my house was robbed by the infamous thug who lived across the street from me on Romola road in Tulse hill ,the cops left a nice note on my door . who you gonna call…ghostbusters? - Lady Kier
thanks to Maha for sending me this lil’ clip of my DJ set in Montreal for Diver-city. it was about 110 degrees and unfortunatly the breeze didnt hit until sundown, just as I played my last song…but considering the heat, the crowd atleast clapped and some really threw down and put their whole body into it- it was SEVERE : )
“i’d like to see the new kitten woman get in a real catfight with J buck- Wildenstein”
GREAT NEW RADIO SHOW!!!!! the one and only Don Blackman, The peanut butter man with the hearts desire to yabba dabba do ya has decided to share his knowledge ,excellant taste in music , and interviews with friends such as Lenny White, Earth, Wind, and Fire’s Larry Dunn, Patrice Rushin, Bernard Wright,Stanley Clarke,Poogie Bell,Melvin Van Peebles, and many other legends he’s worked with to look forward to. so tune in here for the Donny Blackman’s D & H show ( degradation and humiliation ) past shows are here:
http://www.donblackman.com
once you enter go into Donny’s music lounge for past shows.
or go to this site for his most current set:
the Stylistics - you make me feel brand new
The Stylistics - People make the world go round
the video sucks- just listen to the music.. philly sound infiltrated my childhood in Pittsburgh, PA but is still relevant today- especially today.