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Friday, 3 December 2010
Sports Sweeties - Kabbadi Kuties
Iran's Zahra Masoumabadi, left, succesfully jumps to the center line as Taiwan team members hold her during their women's kabbadi competition (surely one of the crazist "sports' out there ... aside from Baseball!) at the recent Asian Games.
Labels:
_BABE,
_PHOTOGRAPHY,
_SPORT,
Iran,
later,
Sports Sweety,
Taiwan
Wednesday, 29 September 2010
Art of the Cover - Early '60s Album Covers
A Look At Early '60s Album Covers
by Pat Jacobs
Early '60s album covers were pretty much a straightforward thing; you either had the singer or group in a nice pose, or sometimes dancing.
Several of the early Motown albums often featured a picture or illustration conveying the title track, not an actual picture of the group or singer. I understand that this was deliberately done by Berry Gordy in order to gain mainstream appeal for his acts", recalled Pamela Foster.
"You would also see lovely female models dressed nicely or romantic couples on the covers of most of the 'beautiful music' albums. And sometimes you would come across one where the female model was in a rather provocative or 'racy' pose, shall we say, for the 'lounge music' albums."
"I remember the album cover for the 'Love Me Or Leave Me' soundtrack that my mom had. Doris Day was dressed in a shimmering blue gown, her hair in a poodle cut, I think. The dress had a side slit, which showed off Day's legs (The woman had nice gams). She looked beautiful!" I liked the Frank Sinatra covers my mom had as well; He always looked so cool."
"My aunt had a couple of Chubby Checker albums; He always seemed to be in a dancing pose. My aunt also had The Marvelettes' 'Please Mr. Postman' (a mailbox on the cover) and The Miracles' 'Mickey's Monkey' (a giant gorilla or ape on the cover) LPs, both Motown acts. Now buying LPs was a rare occurrence for her; most teens at this time were into the singles only, and my aunt was no exception. She had TONS of them".
"You see, most rock and roll albums at that time were basically 'filler' material. Out of 10-12 songs, you would get one or two big hits; the rest would be the B-sides and anything else that could be slapped on, whether the singer or group could really sing the song or not. A rock and roll album wasn't taken seriously then", Foster said. " 'Good music' was Frank Sinatra, Johnny Mathis, or Nat King Cole and more care was taken in regards to song selection and arrangements for these type of artists (I also happen to like Sinatra, Mathis, Cole, and others like them. I grew up listening to both 'good music' AND 'rock and roll. ) "
And then...1964 happened...and The Beatles. The album cover would never be the same. Even from their early ones ("Meet The Beatles", "A Hard Day's Night", "Beatles For Sale", and "Help!") the art design was very unique and eye-catching. But in my humble opinion, "Rubber Soul" was the first Beatle album cover that was a total art form, still visually striking today (Actually, most of their albums were and remain so). "Revolver" (This was designed by the group's old friend from the Hamburg days, Klaus Voorman) and "The Beatles (White Album)" were other landmarks. The "Yellow Submarine" and "Abbey Road" covers were very good too (I also loved the design of the two Anthology covers that were created much later. It told the group's story and history beautifully!)
But "the one that changed everything" was the concept album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It's the most famous album cover of this decade and possibly in rock history. There simply wasn't anything like it before (It spawned several imitations, most notably "We're Only In It For The Money" by Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention-intended as a parody of Sgt. Pepper-but this cover's also outstanding!).
Sgt. Pepper's cover was shot at Chelsea Manor Studios, Flood Street, in London on Thursday, March 30th, 1967. Its "guests" included: Mae West, Lenny Bruce, W.C. Fields, Edgar Allen Poe, Fred Astaire, Huntz Hall (The Bowery Boys), Bob Dylan, Aldous Huxley, Dylan Thomas, Dion (di Mucci), Tony Curtis, Marilyn Monroe, Laurel and Hardy, Karl Marx, H.G. Wells, Stuart Sutcliffe, Marlon Brando, Oscar Wilde, Tom Mix, Tyrone Power, Dr. David Livingstone, Johnny Weismueller, Stephen Crane, George Bernard Shaw, Lewis Carroll, Lawrence Of Arabia, Sonny Listen, Shirley Temple, Albert Einstein, Marlene Dietrich, and the early Beatles, among others.
In 1967, for the first time, albums began to outsell singles. 61 LPs (long playing records) accounted for over $1 million in sales. By 1968, 75 LPs went over $1 million in sales. Albums were now viewed as artistic statements.
And of course, there were covers that had to be pulled and/or redesigned due to their controversial matter (Hey, this is rock and roll, isn't it?).
The Beatles' original cover of "Yesterday ,,, And Today" (1966) featured the group in butcher smocks or jackets, with strips of raw meat and dolls' heads and bodies strewn between and around them. Was this supposed to symbolize something? I don't know. Perhaps the group was just being anti-establishment. Perhaps not.
But nobody got it (maybe the cover designer and group did); DJs and record promoters began complaining and the album was pulled temporarily (Some people were able to buy the original before this happened) and re-emerged with a new cover. This time the group posed in regular clothes, with an open truck; John's sitting on the trunk's top, George and Ringo are standing in back of it, and Paul's sitting or kneeling inside the trunk. That's it.
This controversy may have been only in the States.
Two years later (1968), John Lennon and Yoko Ono created an even bigger flap by their album cover. Why?
"Unfinished Music: Two Virgins" featured the duo stark naked. Totally. Full frontal nudity on the cover, full butt nudity on the back. Never before in the annals of rock and roll had so much been revealed to so many. Some stores wouldn't carry this album; some places did, but it was wrapped in brown paper (and I don't know if this was just in the States or elsewhere as well).
"Electric Ladyland" by The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1968) also featured nudity. On the original cover, there were various naked ladies strewn about against a black background. (I understand there was a mixup concerning the artwork for this album. I honestly don't know if the "nudie girls" theme was the intended cover.)
Other notable album covers were:
"The Who Sell Out" and "Tommy"-The Who, "People", "Color Me Barbra", My Name Is Barbra", My Name Is Barbra, Two", and "A Happening In Central Park"-Barbra Streisand, "Cheap Thrills"-Big Brother and The Holding Company, "Gettin' Ready", "The Temptations Sing Smokey", and "I Wish It Would Rain"-The Temptations, "Bo Diddley Is A Gunslinger", "Bo Diddley Is A Lumberjack" and "Surfin' With Bo Diddley", "Bringing It All Back Home"-Bob Dylan, "Whipped Cream and Other Delights"-Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass.
"Supremes A Go-Go", "I Hear A Symphony", and "Diana Ross and The Supremes' Greatest Hits", "West Side Story" soundtrack, "The First Family"-Vaughn Meader, "Boots", "Sugar", "How Does That Grab You?", and "Nancy In London"-Nancy Sinatra, "Blooming Hits"-Paul Mauriat, "Time/Peace-Greatest Hits"-The Rascals, "Keep On Pushing"-The Impressions, "King and Queen"-Otis Redding and Carla Thomas, "Switched-On Bach"-Walter Carlos and Benjamin Workman, "The Ice Man Cometh" and "Ice On Ice"-Jerry Butler, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf"-Jimmy Smith, "Going To A Go-Go"-The Miracles, "Ole' " and "Heavenly"-Johnny Mathis.
Most of Frank Sinatra' s 1950s and '60s album covers, such as "In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning", My Son, The Folksinger, "My Son, The Celebrity", and "My Son, The Nut"-Allan Sherman, "Led Zeppelin 1", "Music From Big Pink"-The Band, "Beggars Banquet", "Let It Bleed","Aftermath", "December's Children (And Everybody's)", and "Their Satanic Majesties Request"-The Rolling Stones, "Live At The Apollo"-James Brown, "From Elvis In Memphis", and "Surfin' Safari".
Labels:
_ART,
_ARTICLE,
_MUSIC,
Art of the LP,
Jimi Hendrix,
John Lennon,
later,
The Beatles,
Yoko Ono
Sunday, 31 January 2010
JAV Gals - More Babe Bloopers from S1
The Meryl Streeps (well, if Meryl was sixty years younger, Japapanese and hot!) of JAV are at it again!
Another collection of mad bloopers from the famous S1 Studio featuring hotties like Akiho Yoshizawa 吉沢明歩, Yuma Asami 麻美ゆま, Asami Ogura 小川あさ美, Sho Nishino 西野翔.
Labels:
_BABE,
_COMEDY,
Art of JAV,
Asami Ogura,
AV Dolls,
Japan,
later,
Yuma Asami
Thursday, 24 December 2009
The Music - New Indie Rock Christmas MP3s For 2009
Some nice goodies from stereogum.com
Almost as many goodies as in the pic below!
Mr Stereogum says ......
It's the most wonderful time of the year -- i.e., the time to rank and categorize the best and worst music-related content we spent the last 12 months blogging about. Welcome to Listomania.
Even though there's something sacred about time-honored traditions, there's only so many years you and your beloveds can sit beside the Christmas tree and listen to Sufjan or "Last Christmas" or the same old yuletide indie rock. It's time we spruced up our collective Xmas indie rock playlist with some newness! Even if Christmas isn't your thing, you gotta respect a holiday responsible for this.
We've lovingly assembled a small playlist worth of new holiday tracks from artists you might enjoy, and they're going to sound great to you while you decorate your Solstice tree. Merry downloading!
AM Taxi - "The Worst Noel" (MP3)
Blondie - "We Three Kings" (MP3)
Blood Feathers - "Christmas Will Help You Feel O.K." (MP3)
Banjo Or Freakout - "White Christmas" (MP3)
Findlay Brown - "Last Christmas" (MP3)
Can - "Silent Night"* (MP3)
Julian Casablancas - "I Wish It Was Christmas Today" (MP3)
Amy Gore - "Dear Santa" (MP3)
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - "Ain't No Chimneys In The Projects" (MP3)
Julian Koster - "Let It Snow!" (MP3)
Lightning Dust - "Ho Ho Ho" (MP3)
Lindstrøm - "Little Drummer Boy (Edit)" (MP3)
Lucky Soul - "Lonely This Christmas" (MP3)
Nellie McKay - The Christmas Waltz" (MP3)
Ohbijou - "Last Christmas" (MP3)
Parenthetical Girls - "Thank God It's Not Christmas" (MP3)
Lee "Scratch" Perry - "Santa Claus" (MP3)
Jeff Richardson & Steven Drozd - "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (MP3)
Slaraffenland - "Little Drummer Boy" (MP3)
Slow Club - "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" (MP3)
Sean Bones - "If You Hear A Knock" (MP3)
Swearing At Motorists - "Silver Bells" (MP3)
The Canon Logic - "Kiss Me On Christmas" (MP3)
The Magnetic Fields - "Everything Is One Big Christmas Tree" (MP3)
UPDATE:: A late-breaking contender for Indie XMas Jam Of '09 just arrived. Dee Dee (AKA Stereogum fave Dum Dum Girls) and her pals in BTW Crocodiles holed up in a studio all last night (12/21) to record this catchy, gothy yuletide original. World premiere:
Crocodiles & Dum Dum Girls - "Merry Christmas, Baby (Please Don't Die)" (MP3)
Friday, 18 December 2009
Bonny Billy & the Picket Line - Funtown Comedown
Bonny Billy & the Picket Line - Funtown Comedown
15 December 2009
I was as happy to grab this early Xmas present, earlier this week, as Tiger Woods would be to grab a new ho-stess! Well, almost!!
Yap, this is the much anticipated new opus from prolific maverick genius Will Oldham, who adds this bluegrass-tinged live collection to his magnificent and voluminous catalogue.
This time the schizophrenic one's using the handle "Bonny (with-a-y!) Billy" and is ably aided by Kentucky bluegrass outfit the Picket Line.
Some old Palace/Bonnie Billy classics are revisited, while a few interesting covers are thrown in for good measure.
Great stuff! Heartily recommended!
Tracklisting
01 Ohio River Boat Song
02 May It Always Be
03 Hemlocks and Primroses
04 The Glory Goes / Wolf Among Wolves
05 We All Us Three Will Ride
06 Easy Does It
07 Lay and Love
08 Rider
09 Rambling Fever
10 You Want That Picture
11 Idle Hands Are The Devil’s Playthings
14 On My Feet
15 Death to Everyone (free pre-release download)
No official vid yet, so this will have to do! An interpretation of "Death to Everyone", originally from the classic Bonnie Billy LP "I See a Darkness".
Visuals are a tad wobbly!
Billy looks great though in his denim overalls! I'm gonna get me a pair today!!
Maybe rustle me up a big bushy beard too!!
Bonnie Prince Billy and The Picket Line - Death to Everyone
Live in San Francisco - October 5, 2008
Thanks Snudsy!
Labels:
_MUSIC,
Bonnie PrinceBilly,
later,
Will Oldham
Saturday, 12 December 2009
Waxing Lyrical - BBC Radio Scotland - Bob Dylan/ Tom Waits / Paul Simon / etc
Have you ever wondered how Bob Dylan writes hit after hit? The art of writing great lyrics is revealed by musician Davie Scott in this series.
Each programme's about 26 min. @ 64 kbps.
First up, the lyrics of Bob Dylan.
At the same time that Bob was writing: "to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free, Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands,", the Beatles were writing,"I wanna hold your Hand" !
With Michael Gray, Patrick Humphries, & Liz Lochhead.
http://rapidshare.com/files/78459741/BDWaxL07Scot.zip
Waxing Lyrical - Willie Nelson
http://rapidshare.com/files/78894744/WaxingLyricalWillieN.zip
Waxing Lyrical - Joni Mitchell
http://rapidshare.com/files/78898339/WaxingLyricalJoniM.zip
Waxing Lyrical - Paul Simon
http://rapidshare.com/files/81093262/WaxingLyricalPaulS.zip
Waxing Lyrical - Tom Waits
Musician Davie Scott looks at the lyrics of Tom Waits.
With Patrick Humphries & Ian Rankin.
http://rapidshare.com/files/132254808/WaxingLyricalTomW.zip
Waxing Lyrical -Dolly Parton
http://rapidshare.com/files/136339139/Waxing_LyricalDollyP.zip
Davie Scott looks at the boobs ... sorry the lyrics of Dolly Parton.
With Denise Miner, Dr. Peggy Reynolds, and Polly Warren.
thanks belubettlo
Labels:
_BOB DYLAN,
_MUSIC,
Joni Mitchell,
later,
Paul Simon,
Tom Waits,
Willie Nelson
Saturday, 28 November 2009
Honesty Bites - Peter Crouch
We love this quote from an interview with eight-foot beanpole, part-time footballer and full-time robot-dancer, Peter Crouch!
Gotta love his sense of humour. And his honesty!!
Q - "What would you be if you weren't a footballer?"
A - "A virgin"
Labels:
_COMEDY,
_SPORT,
Football,
later,
Peter Crouch
Sunday, 4 October 2009
Cinema Sweetheart Cosma Shiva Hagen
Cosma Shiva Hagen (born 17 May 1981 in Los Angeles) is a German actress and the daughter of New Wave/punk singer Nina Hagen and the late musician Ferdinand Karmelk. Her grandmother is the actress Eva-Maria Hagen, and her step-grandfather is the East German dissident writer Wolf Biermann.
Cosma Shiva's unusual name was picked by her eccentric mother, who saw a UFO while pregnant with her! "Cosma" is a reference to Cosmos, and "Shiva" is a reference to the Hindu God Shiva.
As a child, Cosma Shiva lived in London, Berlin, Paris, Ibiza, a boarding school in Lüneburg and her current home, Hamburg. Having grown up the child of celebrities, Nina Hagen wanted to shield her daughter from the similar pressures. Consequently, throughout most of her childhood, Cosma Shiva's classmates did not know that her mother was Nina Hagen. Cosma Shiva considers both German and English to be her native languages while she also speaks French and Spanish.
Unlike her world-famous mother, Cosma Shiva is largely unknown outside of German speaking countries. Her acting roles have been largely confined to German language films and television productions. She did however star in an Irish film called Short Order (2005) that was written and directed by Anthony Byrne.
Cosma Shiva's unusual name was picked by her eccentric mother, who saw a UFO while pregnant with her! "Cosma" is a reference to Cosmos, and "Shiva" is a reference to the Hindu God Shiva.
As a child, Cosma Shiva lived in London, Berlin, Paris, Ibiza, a boarding school in Lüneburg and her current home, Hamburg. Having grown up the child of celebrities, Nina Hagen wanted to shield her daughter from the similar pressures. Consequently, throughout most of her childhood, Cosma Shiva's classmates did not know that her mother was Nina Hagen. Cosma Shiva considers both German and English to be her native languages while she also speaks French and Spanish.
Unlike her world-famous mother, Cosma Shiva is largely unknown outside of German speaking countries. Her acting roles have been largely confined to German language films and television productions. She did however star in an Irish film called Short Order (2005) that was written and directed by Anthony Byrne.
Labels:
_ART,
_PHOTOGRAPHY,
CinemaSweetheart,
later
Friday, 2 October 2009
Wednesday, 3 June 2009
Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Rattlesnakes [Deluxe Edition] 2004
Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Rattlesnakes [Deluxe Edition] 2004
One of the greatest debut albums of all time! An album I love as much today as when it blew my little schoolkid mind back in 1984.
We've written about this and other wonderful Lloyd Cole & The Commotions music before HERE.
This time remastered with loads of extra goodies with a total of 18 tracks either demos - for released and unreleased tracks - or Live tracks! A must have for not only Lloyd Cole fans, but for music fans more broadly!
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions were formed in Glasgow in 1982 and released "Rattlesnakes", their debut album, two years later. For once the wild lauding by the UK's 'indie' music press was not wrong and the album turned out to be a timeless classic!
For this 20th Anniversary release, the "main" album has been remastered - though the track listing remains the same - and a full CD of extra goodies have been included!
Disc: 1 (The original classic remastered!)
1. Perfect Skin
2. Speedboat
3. Rattlesnakes
4. Down On Mission Street
5. Forest Fire --->LISTEN/D/L
6. Charlotte Street
7. 2cv
8. Four Flights Up
9. Patience
10. Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken?
Disc: 2 (Demos / Live tracks)
1. Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken ?
2. Perfect Skin
3. Glory
4. Beautiful City
5. Charlotte Street
6. Sweetness
7. 2cv
8. Patience
9. Forest Fire
10. Speedboat
11. Rattlesnakes
12. The Sea And The Sand
13. You Will Never Be No Good
14. Andy's Babies
15. Glory
16. Sweetness
17. Beautiful City
18. Jesus Said
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from themoodindicator
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Wednesday, 27 May 2009
Steve Earle's magnificent "Townes" (2009)
Steve Earle - Townes (2009)
"This may be one of the best records I've ever made. That hurts a singer-songwriter's feelings. Then again, it's some consolation that I cherry picked through the career of one of the best songwriters that ever lived."
We've been listening to this almost non stop for the past week or so. An amazing album, full of classic Townes Van Zandt songs, wonderfully reinterpreted by his good friend Steve Earle.
In our book, the late great Townes Van Zandt is up there in the canon of modern songwriters in a triumvirate with Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen.
An artist shamefully neglected during his problem-addled short 52 years. I was fortunate enough to catch Townes play live once in a small venue at a Folk Festival in Ireland. Although, Townes was much the worse for wear that night (he made even Shane Mc Gowan look sober in comparison!) it's a gig that will always live in the memory.
Steve manages to find a new way to bring out the magic of these songs without damaging their inherent nature.
The production is magnificent too. Full of subtlety and restraint. Steve also comfortably nails the complex instrumentation often at play across this album.
The greatest compliment we can give this great collection is that it's up there with Dylan's meisterwerk "Together Trough Life."
One of the albums of the year for 2009? No Doubt!!
In our book, the late great Townes Van Zandt is up there in the canon of modern songwriters in a triumvirate with Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen.
An artist shamefully neglected during his problem-addled short 52 years. I was fortunate enough to catch Townes play live once in a small venue at a Folk Festival in Ireland. Although, Townes was much the worse for wear that night (he made even Shane Mc Gowan look sober in comparison!) it's a gig that will always live in the memory.
Steve manages to find a new way to bring out the magic of these songs without damaging their inherent nature.
The production is magnificent too. Full of subtlety and restraint. Steve also comfortably nails the complex instrumentation often at play across this album.
The greatest compliment we can give this great collection is that it's up there with Dylan's meisterwerk "Together Trough Life."
One of the albums of the year for 2009? No Doubt!!
On May 12, New West released Townes, Earle's tribute to his friend and mentor - and one of the giants of modern songwriting - the late great Townes Van Zandt.
The album is available as a single CD or alternatively a deluxe two-CD set. You can also grab it on 180-gram vinyl.
The album is available as a single CD or alternatively a deluxe two-CD set. You can also grab it on 180-gram vinyl.
According to a press release, Steve and Van Zandt first met when Townes heckled an Earle show in 1972, the sort of thing that must be a total nightmare for most singer-songwriters.
The two stayed best of friends until Van Zandt's sad early death in 1997.
Dust Brother John King, who produced Earle's 2007 album Washington Square Serenade, mans the boards on one song, "Lungs". On that same song, Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello, rather bizarrely but effectively, guests on guitar.
Singer-songwriter Allison Moorer, Earle's wife, sings backup on "To Live Is to Fly" and "Loretta".
Earle also recruited a backing band of bluegrass all-stars to play on several songs.
And duetting on "Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold" is Earle's son Justin Townes Earle (appearing on record with his dad for the first time.)
Man, Earle really must've really loved TVZ if he named his kid after him! And this love and respect, both for Townes and his sublime songs , is evident throughout this marvellous collection.
Tracklisting
2 White Freightliner Blues
3 Colorado Girl
4 Where I Lead Me
5 Lungs
6 No Place to Fall
7 Loretta
8 Brand New Companion
9 Rake
10 Delta Momma Blues
11 Marie
12 Don’t Take It Too Bad
13 Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold
14 (Quicksilver Daydreams of) Maria
15 To Live Is to Fly
The 2CD Limited Edition
Tracklisting
Disc 1
01 Pancho and Lefty 4:01
02 White Freightliner Blues 3:27
03 Colorado Girl 3:35
04 Where I Lead Me 3:29
05 Lungs 2:18 2:18
06 No Place To Fall 2:52
07 Loretta 3:14
08 Brand New Companion 5:12
09 Rake 3:22
10 Delta Momma Blues 5:14
11 Marie 4:52
12 Don t Take It Too Bad 3:12
13 Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold 2:17
14 (Quicksilver Daydreams of) Maria 3:20
15 To Live Is To Fly 3:40
Disc 2
01 Pancho and Lefty (Solo) 4:01
02 Where I Lead Me (Solo) 3:37
03 Lungs (Solo) 2:22
04 No Place To Fall (Solo) 2:56
05 Loretta (Solo) 3:14
06 Brand New Companion (Solo) 5:11
07 Rake (Solo) 3:21
08 Marie (Solo) 4:49
09 Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold (Solo) 2:33
10 (Quicksilver Daydreams of) Maria (Solo) 3:15
11 To Live Is To Fly (Solo) 3:36
Labels:
_MUSIC,
later,
Steve Earle,
Tom Morello,
Townes Van Zandt
Monday, 18 May 2009
Blind Boy Fuller - Truckin' My Blues Away
The seminal Blind Boy Fuller, among the best of the "Blind Bluesmen" (i.e. Blind Willie Johnson, Blind Blake, Blind Gary Davis, and Blind Willie McTell) reveals the full extent of his amazing talent on this highly recommended compilation.
This collection contains some of the greatest American music ever recorded!
Of course, an additional bonus is the cover by Robert Crumb.
This CD was my first introduction to Blind Boy Fuller, to Piedmont blues, to pre-war blues in general. As it often happens with the first impressions, it was the strongest one.
I've heard a lot of old blues since - the raw power of Charlie Patton, the effortless virtuosity of Blind Blake, the encyclopedic repertoire of Gary Davis - but Fuller remains my favorite.
Pigmeat and the title track still make me jump, and Walking My Troubles Away still gives me chills, just like it did the first time I heard them almost fifteen years ago. I listened to it over and over, trying to figure out how many guitar players are there on this record. Now I know it's just one, the one and only Blind Boy Fuller.
from whatsinmyipod
Tracklisting
1. Truckin' My Blues Away
2. Untrue Blues
3. Homesick And Lonesome Blues
4. You Never Can Tell
5. Mamie
6. Jivin' Woman Blues
7. Weeping Willow
8. Funny Feeling Blues
9. I Crave My Pigmeat
10. Corrine What Makes You Treat Me So?
11. Meat Shakin' Woman
12. Walking My Troubles Away
13. Painful Hearted Man
14. Sweet Honey Hole
Here she be:
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Thursday, 23 April 2009
Mushi Mushi Anna Ohura
Mushi Mushi lovely Anna Ohura - one of the boobiest JAV stars of all!
Because of her, erm ... assets, she's been very popular both in Japland and further afield.
Given that she is a tiny 157 cm tall, it's a miracle of science that Anna can walk upright with those heavy I-cups!
We see her profile describes her as "shy"! What? She didn't exactly look very shy in that vid we saw the other day! Perhaps the concept of "shyness" means something entirely different in Japan!
Here's her profile:
* Name: Anna Ohura (大浦あんな)
* Alias: Anna Oura, Anna Ooura
* Birthdate: May 30, 1980
* Zodiac: Gemini
* Birthplace: Hokkaido, Japan
* Blood type: O
* Height: 157 cm (5 ft 2 in)
* Measurements: 101-58-88 cm (40-23-35 in)
* Shoe size: 23.5 cm
* Cup size: I
* Hobby: Reading, sport
* Character: Shy
* Addicted to: Listening music
* Favourite musician: L'Arc en Ciel
* Favourite dish: Burdock salad
* Recommend book: 溺れる魚 (Drowned Fish)
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_BABE,
Anna Ohura,
Japan,
later
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