Thursday, February 19, 2026
David Byrne returns to Amsterdam . . . . . 16th February 2026
Luke O'Neil's Writing . . . . today this from across the pond
There are ordinary heroes everywhere.
All hail, the good citizens of Surprise, Arizona!
‘“The U.S. Army brought the leading citizens of Ohrdruf to tour the facility, which turned out to be part of the Buchenwald network of concentration camps. A U.S Army colonel told the German civilians who viewed the scenes that they were to blame. One of the Germans replied that what happened in the camp was 'done by a few people,’ and ‘you cannot blame us all.’ And the American, who could have been any one of our grandfathers, said 'This was done by those that the German people chose to lead them, and all are responsible.’“
"The morning after the tour, the Mayor of Ohrdruf killed himself. And maybe he did not know the full extent of the outrages that were committed in his community, but he knew enough. And we don’t know exactly how ICE will use this warehouse. But we know enough. I ask you to consider what the Mayor of Ordruf might have thought before he died. Maybe he felt like a victim. He might have thought 'How is this my fault? I have no jurisdiction over this.’ Maybe he would have said, 'This site was not subject to local zoning, what could I do?’ But I think, when he reflected on the suffering that occurred at this camp, just outside of town, that those words would have sounded hollow even to him. Because in his heart he knew, as we do, that we are all responsible for what happens in our community.”
Cindy Gallop
Luke O'Neil’s Writing https://www.welcometohellworld.com/a-surprise-zone-of-interest/
George W. Bush launches a Presidents’ Day attack on the POTUS
WOW! I didn’t ever think anyone could be worse than George W. Bush and the Bliar Weapons of Mass Destruction debacle (and from whom I got the term ‘Merkins’ - George W Bush “Mah Fellow Merkins!” sorry chaps) but this is worth a read! He knocks into a cocked hat ( as the saying goes’?!) the dreadful Donnie Jay Drumpf
Occupy DemocratsBREAKING: George W. Bush launches a Presidents’ Day attack on Trump just by praising George Washington’s integrity.
When even former president George W. Bush is subtly lecturing you about humility, you know you’ve got a problem.
In a Presidents’ Day message that practically glowed with side-eye, the 43rd president took to Substack to praise George Washington’s character, restraint, and willingness to give up power — and somehow managed to do it without naming Donald Trump once.
He didn’t have to.
Bush reminded Americans that Washington “could have remained all-powerful, but twice he chose not to.” He highlighted Washington’s humility, his refusal to abuse power, and the fact that the first president “modeled what it means to put the good of the nation over self-interest and selfish ambition.”Self-interest and selfish ambition. Sound familiar?
Bush emphasized that the presidency is “more important than the occupant” and warned against allowing the office to become invested with “near-mythical powers.” That’s not just a history lesson — that’s a flashing neon sign aimed straight at Trump’s cult-of-personality politics and endless power grabs.
He even stressed that Washington was trusted because “everyone knew he would not abuse power.” In today’s America — where Trump openly vows revenge, pushes executive overreach, and treats democracy like a personal obstacle — that line hits like a sledgehammer.
Bush framed Washington as a unifying figure, someone called back into public life because of his character and integrity — not because he demanded loyalty oaths or threatened opponents.
The message was crystal clear: leadership is about humility, integrity, and service. Not ego. Not grievance. Not clinging to power like it’s a birthright.
For a former Republican president to publicly center restraint, self-control, and respect for democratic norms — in the middle of Trump’s second-term chaos — is as close to a political warning shot as you’re going to get from the Bush wing of the GOP.
Even in subtle Republican-speak, the contrast couldn’t be sharper. Washington gave up power. Trump can’t stop trying to grab more of it.Please like and share to spread former President Bush’s not-so-subtle warning!
David Byrne - Paradiso Amsterdam Netherlands 1997 | VOODOO WAGON
David Byrne - Grote Zaal, Paradiso Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, Wednesday, July 23, 1997
VOODOO WAGON
An XRAY Special
David Byrne
Wednesday, July 23, 1997
Grote Zaal, Paradiso
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Feelings Tour
Liberated Bootleg
1.Once In A Lifetime 05:28
2.The Gates Of Paradise 04:21
3.Take Me To The River 06:16
4.Daddy Go Down 05:16
5.Dance On Vaseline 06:32
6.Miss America 06:06
7.Road To Nowhere 04:25
8.Psychokiller 06:06
9.I Zimbra 06:56
XRay says: While doing research on this I found there are several songs missing from the setlist which leads me to think this was edited for this bootleg release. But it's a great sounding show and well worth sharing. Enjoy!
This is great quality and highly danceable!
Talking Heads - Slippery People (live!) [Stop Making Sense] |
Slippery People (Live)
HERBERG DE KELDER
Tom Robinson - The Winter of 89 | Zero G Sound
Tom Robinson Band - The Winter Of 89
Zero hat gesacht: This album was recorded live in 1990 by a re-formed version of the band without either Dolphin Taylor, who was playing with STIFF LITTLE FINGERS at the time or Charlie Morgan who was playing with ELTON JOHN. Basic tracks recorded at Central TV Studios for the Bedrock programme, which has subsequently been released on DVD. Studio post production by Tom.
"Motorway - Live In Concert" is a pirate version of 'The Winter of 89' thanks to an unscrupulous record company called Merlin exploiting a loophole in EU law. Having licensed the album for £3000 they sold it on to other dodgy record companies around the world. The album has now been pirated variously under the titles 'Motorway', '2-4-6-8 Motorway' and even (incredibly) 'Power In The Darkness' using different covers, crap photographs and duff or nonexistent liner notes. In some cases even the song titles have been altered. The band receive no royalties from sales of these albums.
Lineup:
TR(bs), Danny Kustow (gtr), Mark Ambler(kyb), Steve Creese (drs) EXCEPT tracks 11 and 12 which feature Paul Harvey (gtr) Winston Blisset (bs) James McMillan (tpt) Mark Ramsden (sax) and on Track 12 Steve Laurie (dr)
Tracklist:
1. Number One: Protection
2. The Winter Of '89
3. You Gotta Survive
4. Too Good To Be True
5. Martin
6. We Didn't Know What Was Going On
7. Up Against The Wall
8. Glad To Be Gay
9. Power In The Darkness
10. 2-4-6-8 Motorway
11. Atmospherics: Listen to the Radio
12. War Baby
Olivia Chaney - Dark Eyed Sailor
Somebody posted this on Instagram and didn’t know who she was and wondered if she was English as she sounded Gaelic [sic!] perhaps they don’t know . . . . . Olivia is English despite being born in Italy (to British parents) . . . they could start by googling her name . . . .then Googling what gaelic means !?
Jimi Hendrix w/ Lonnie Youngblood & Carlos Santana Apocalypse Now - Studio Sessions 1966 | Heavy Bootz
Jimi Hendrix - 1966 - Apocalypse Now
Jimi Hendrix w/ Lonnie Youngblood & Carlos Santana
Apocalypse Now (Studio Sessions - bootleg)
1966studio soundboard
mp3 @ 320 [82 mb]01 All Alone
02 Fell That Soul
03 Get Down
04 Girl So Fine
05 Good Times
06 Hot Trigger
07 Miracle Worcker
08 She's A Fox
09 Suspicious
10 Sweet Thing
11 You Say You Love Me
Don’t think I knew about this one . . . . ?
Is it for real?
Can’t really tell . . .could be almost anyone but hey . . take a listen and take your choice!
1966!
With Carlos Santana and Lonnie Youngblood!?
Anybody?
this for my old school pal Leon mostly . . . . .
Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee - Hootin’ The Blues (Louisiana Get Together 1962)
From Gary Lucas Facebook page
I remember being deeply upset to discover the two didn’t get on after a while playing together ending up not speaking and travelling to gigs separately amdreally well ‘hating’ each other
Mitch Mitchell on playing with Jimi and his audition . . .he was 19!
In a 1998 interview with Nicky Gebhart, Mitch Mitchell remembered jamming with Hendrix in an audition session of sorts. The trio, sculpted by Chandler, reminded him of Cream, which featured Eric Clapton on guitar, with Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker forming the rhythm section. “I came out with some facetious comment like, ‘So, you want me to try to play like Ginger Baker or something?’ Hendrix just goes, ‘Oh, yeah, whatever you want, man.'”
Mitchell immediately resonated with Hendrix’s famously nonchalant demeanour. “It was like a feeling of freedom,” he reflected. “I don’t know if it’s a spiritual awakening. It was just a situation where I’d gone, ‘Hey, you’ve never worked in a three-piece band in your life, ever, and there is something with this player that is very, very special.'”
Continuing, Mitchell remembered that Chandler and Hendrix had received applications from several other London-based drummers. “London’s not that large a place, and in those days, there weren’t that many drummers about,” he added. “A lot of my peers, colleagues – call them what you will – they’d gone for the job. Aynsley Dunbar and Mickey Waller had gone and knew about this guy, and they wanted the job, basically. That’s what surprised me because I didn’t hear about it.”
During Mitchell’s first audition session, a keyboard player was present in a four-piece set-up; at the second, the Experience power trio gelled for the first time; and in the third, Mitchell received his official offer. “I think I actually asked Chas, the manager, ‘What’s on offer? What’s the deal here?'” Mitchell recalled. “Well, look. We’ve got nothing apart from a chance,” Chandler replied.
Source: Jordan Potter / Far Out
At the time, Mitchell was just 19 years old. Chandler offered him just “two weeks’ work” to begin with, and since he was “inspired” by Hendrix’s guitar ability, he said he’d “give it a crack.” At first, the band had to get by on psychedelic rock covers, including the future fan favourite ‘Hey Joe’. “We had no songs when we first started,” Mitchell recalled. However, the band began to scrape a few original tracks together for a debut album.
Photo: the legendary Gered Mankowitz
We like Stewart Lee . . . he funny!
STEWART LEE
on
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
Seemed quite timely really . . . . .
Wot?
Picture of The Day
Charlie (Watts) with Sly and Robbie
caption competition!
What are they showing him!?
Susan George as Amanda in ‘Fright' (1971) dir. Peter Collinson
Did she get type cast as the male fantasy of the erotic victim of rape and abuse? I had great difficulty watching Sam Peckinpah’s 'Straw Dogs' and still do largely because of the rape scene but here opposite Dennis Waterman by the looks one could replace him easily with Del Henney or Ken Hutchison. . .this I have never seen . . . . . . interchangeable characters?Susan George as Amanda
Fright (1971) dir. Peter Collinson
Susan George’s recent posts to social media have been really worth checking out. . . . .bright sensitive still beautiful intelligent woman
This account from Walter Yablonsky from Elvis Costello’s autobiography about playing with Paul
This moved me. for a few reasons. from Elvis Costello's autobiography: reported by Walter Yablonsky
"Paul McCartney was at the microphone singing Ricky Nelson's "Lonesome town" to an almost empty Royal Albert Hall. Many of the other performers on the bill were waiting to rehearse but had melted away to the edges of the auditorium to give him some space. Neil Finn was talking to Johnny Marr, Sinead O'Connor was there with her son, and the emcee for the night, Eddie Izzard, was looking over the running order with Chrissie hynde. George Michael arrived quietly and was waiting patiently for his turn to sing.
This was to be Paul's first public performance since the death of his wife Linda, almost a year earlier in 1998. The occasion was "here, there and everywhere: A concert for Linda", a salute organized by her friends, Chrissie and the television writer Carla Lane.
Prior to the day of the show, it was by no means certain that Paul would do more then attend the event along with his family. Now it seemed he was ready to take the stage.
I was sitting on a flight case, out of sight, when the familiar voice of Paul's personal assistant, John Hammel, said in my ear, "why don't you go up and sing harmony with him?"
I would've never presumed to do so, and it wasn't like John to make such a suggestion, but it was a kind thought, as there was an uncommon and understandable fragility to Paul's demeanor that day.
"Lonesome Town" came from "Run Devil Run". It was Paul's first recording after Linda's passing, mostly songs from the 1950s that they had each loved before they met.
After the first run-through, John found a technical reason to speak to Paul. I saw them confirm, and suddenly Paul was nodding in agreement and beckoning me from the shadows. I didn't really know the song well, but the harmony line was pretty straightforward. Whatever the reason, Paul's next performance begin to soar.
I started to make my exit. Paul said, "Do you want to stay up for the next one and sing harmony?" "What is it?" I asked. "All my loving'. Do you know it?" Do I know it? I thought. I may have said, "are you kidding?" Or maybe that was only in my head. Even without Paul's changing a note of the music, there was something incredibly poignant about the opening lines of the song.
"Close your eyes and I'll kiss you
tomorrow I'll miss you
remember I'll always be true"
I locked onto the vocal harmony on the second time around, as I'd done 1000 times before while singing along to the record. It never really occurred to me that learning to sing either vocal part on a Beatles record was any kind of a musical education. I was just a kid singing along with the radio in our front room. Right now, I was feeling extremely glad that I just spent all that time alone with our record player. The end of "all my loving" was met by an echoey round of applause and cheering from the performers scattered around the edges of the auditorium, and we were ready to go.
There were a lot of fine, heartfelt performances that night, but naturally Paul's entrance was greeted with the warmest ovation. My part in "lonesome town" may have been discreet but I was proud to be up there as part of the band. Then Paul kicked off "all my loving". He got as far as the word "eyes" in the opening line, and the extraordinary increase in the volume from the audience at the recognition of a Beatles song caused my heart to race. If that was a tiny fraction of the fervor that they must have encountered nightly, then you could understand why they would eventually want to get off the stage. It was exhilarating and slightly frightening at the same time.” Elvis Costello
This really got to me too. Adoring Paul and Linda as my wife and I did this tale still smarts somehow, raises a tear and wish Sir Paul endless happiness
Fiona Apple and Paul Thomas Anderson
Have we had this one before? I don’t care . . . . I was checking out Paul Thomas Anderson and he directed this . . . . . . . Fiona covers the Beatles
Fiona Apple - Across the Universe directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
in the diner used in ‘Pleasantville’.
so I got to looking’ and they have worked together a fair bit as you probably know
Fiona Apple - Fast As You Can
Fiona Apple - Limp
Fiona Apple - Paper Bag
Fiona Apple - Hot Knife
Fiona Apple reunites with filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson for the deceptively simple, vintage-looking video for Idler Wheel track "Hot Knife".
Roy Ward (Eddie Bo!) - Horse With a Freeze Part 1 | Guess I’m Dumb
Track Name
Horse With A Freeze
Album
THE JERK! BOOM! BAM! Vol.8
Artist
Roy Ward
Roy Ward - Horse With A Freeze
Roy Ward - Horse With A Freeze Pt. 1 (1968)
There was no Roy Ward - this is actually the great Eddie Bo, New Orleans soul funk genius. And that’s gotta be James Black on the drums. Very, very funky.
Hey, it’s Fat Tuesday and Chinese New Year - it’s the year of the horse so I thought I’d combine the two!
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