He Heard A New World

A few weeks back i stumbled across a Mr. Joe Meek on the youtubes. He pioneered a compelling sound and led an even more interesting life.

Here's an hour long BBC documentary worth watching:

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Happy MLK Day

Harry Bellafonte

Sing Your Song > H E R E

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Buddy

The other day i saw Beats Rhyms & Life: A Tribe Called Quest Documentary.

Sharp illustrations + animation by Motion Theory / James Blagden / Phillip Niemeyer. Oh, and Madlib blessed the score.

....my lord.

The flick's proper site & trailer > H E R E

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Thou Shalt Influence

Great short documentary by R+I Creative

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Dig It

Ooooooweee!

I hopped over to the official Wattstax documentary site and found these amazing images of the festival's fashion.

via WiKi:

The concert was held at the Los Angeles Coliseum on August 20, 1972, and organized by Memphis's Stax Records to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the Watts riots. Wattstax was seen by some as "the Afro-American answer to Woodstock". To enable as many members of the black community in L.A. to attend as possible, tickets were sold for only $1.00 each. The Reverend Jesse Jackson gave the invocation, which included his "I Am - Somebody" poem, which was recited in a call and response with the assembled stadium crowd. In the film, interspersed between songs are interviews with Richard Pryor, Ted Lange and others who discuss the black experience in America.

Absolutely beautiful.

Official Wattstax site > H E R E <

The 1964 Watts, California riots > H E R E <>

Memphis' Stax Records > H E R E <

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Herbert Matter

Matter Teaser from Herbert Matter on Vimeo.

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