Hey Melbourne people! this benefit show is tomorrow night (8th Dec) at the Gasometer. Mahmoud is an illustrator/animator who is also a (Palestinian) refugee from Syria in detention here. Mahmoud is going to make an animated film clip for my song “Thieves” (which is about a young couple trying to escape from the Taliban in Afghanistan) After meeting Mahmoud and talking to him about the song, he has developed an incredible storyboard for the clip. Honestly, his interpretation of the story is not only incredible, It’s beautiful. I feel so honoured to have such a talented artist like Mahmoud working on this clip. I hope also that this project improves his quality of time spent whilst in detention. I will keep you posted on this as we progress.
so if you’re interested please come along and help us raise money for Mahmoud’s computer.
Choon.
Jim Bryson - Somewhere Else
you know when you hear a song for the first time and it just hits you? this happened to me with this song. i first heard it last Monday going to Newtown on the train to meet up with Jess for lunch.
i hadn’t heard this song before and i remember sitting there looking out the window listening to the lyrics and having that OH SHIT moment where you feel like the song is written about exactly how you’re feeling right now.
hearing it the day before i was leaving Sydney was perfect.
I used to look for you out in the daylight
I took highways and side streets and back lanes
Slept under open skies
And life can be cruel
But life can be sweet if I want it to be
The town that I once called home
I just can’t hold on to
It’s got strip malls and bus stops and people
I would never really talk to
And she says life could be sweet
But life is so cruel ‘cause I let it be
And everybody out here
They wanna live somewhere else
I wish I could find a place
And stay there by myself
And bit by bit I swear I think I’m losing
All this city’s confidence
And everybody out here
They wanna live somewhere else
And I wish I could find a place
And stay there by myself
And bit by bit
I swear I think I’m losing all this city’s confidence
I swear I’ve lost
All this city’s confidence
Zach Galifinakis’s senior year picture from Wilkes Central Senior High School in Wilkesboro, NC.
Here’s my first proper attempt at using photoshop. It’s for a journalism class at university.
September 29, 1989
It could have been any other Friday night at Matt’s Saloon in Prescott, Arizona. The beer was flowing, the band was playing and everyday folks were celebrating the start of a hard-earned weekend.
Oh yeah, and Bruce Springsteen was there.
No E Street Band, no Patti Scialfa, just an unannounced visit from The Boss and a few of his buddies, who had come from Los Angeles to northwest Arizona on their motorcycles. Springsteen bellied up and ordered a beer.
Wearing a leather vest and a bandana around his neck, Bruce was enjoying drinking and talking with the regulars, according to Utah’s Deseret News and Denny Orr, rhythm guitarist for that night’s entertainment, The Mile High Band. Soon word got out and the crowd jumped “from seven or eight people to 80 or 90 in 10 minutes,” Orr said. “It went nuts.”
Before long, Springsteen was on stage, playing with the band. Orr remembered seeing the rock star enter Matt’s and “the next thing I knew, he said, ‘Come on, boys. Let’s jam.’”
Bruce played with the band for about an hour, leading the guys through a bunch of rock and roll classics, including Elvis Presley’s “Don’t Be Cruel,” Chuck Berry’s “Sweet Little Sixteen” and the road-running gem, “Route 66.” He also sang “I’m on Fire” – one of the seven Top 10 singles from his 1984 blockbuster, Born in the U.S.A. – with The Mile High Band.
According to Orr, the band also asked him to play “Pink Cadillac” with them, but Bruce said he couldn’t remember the words to his own hit song.
The impromptu jam session wasn’t even the coolest thing that happened because of Springsteen’s visit. While at the country-western bar, Bruce had overheard the barmaid’s sad story. Brenda “Bubbles” Pechanec had incurred some serious bills because of a medical issue.
Even after leaving the bar that night, that tale must have made quite an impression on Springsteen. About a week later, a letter was delivered to the saloon, addressed to “Bubbles.” In the envelope might have been the biggest tip ever given to a barmaid. Bruce had sent her a check for $100,000 to take care of her hospital expenses.
The Boss had blown into town, rocked the house and left behind a legendary story.
(Source: rockmusicer, via fuckyeahtheboss)
SYDNEY! Our dudes THIS WILL DESTROY YOU are featured in today’s Daily Telegraph, whoah!
July 21, 1951
The Althoff Circus organized a publicity stunt by putting a baby elephant on the floating train at Alter Markt station. As the elephant started to bump around during the ride, she was pushed out the wagon and she fell into the river Wupper. The elephant, two journalists, and one passenger received minor injuries. After this jump, the elephant got the name of Tuffi, meaning ‘waterdive’ in italian. Both operator and circus director were fined after the incident.
KEMPSEY - ‘THE WEATHER’ Music Video (by kempseymusic)
my friends made a video for a super catchy song from their upcoming EP.
This is really great. Really.
