Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Dick


Dick Cheney [1941] is the current 46th Vice President of the United States. You can love or hate this guy, there's hardly any in-between
[I think he is amazing].
The Washington Post [free registration] is always pretty serious journalism and just had four very good and free stories. For when you're interested in modern history and USA politics.

Enjoy

Monday, June 25, 2007

Amélie


You must have guessed by now, my blog is about great women. This entry is a little tribute to Amélie Mauresmo [1979]. She is not only a top-10 tennis player [and a great looking woman] but also a declared lesbian. And let's not forget Martina Navratilova [1956]; two amazing big & strong female role models

Cindy


Cindy Lauper [1953] is a singer/songwriter/actress from New York
She is in a lot of arts and music styles but I like her later work

Here is her 2005 "Body Acoustic" album [2x60MB.] Part-I and Part-II
Here is the "Time After Time" song [9MB.]
Here is the Sisters Of Avalon song with Ani DiFranco and Vivian Green [13MB.]

Here is her 2000 "Time After Time" [best-of] album [90MB.]
Here is the "Girls Wanna Have Fun" song [6MB.]

Here is her 1998 "Merry Christmas Day" album
Here is the "Three Ships" track from this album

Sarah McLachlan & Cindy Lauper [Time after Time] on Utube

Enjoy

Paolo


Paolo Nutini [1987] is a singer/songwriter from Scotland. His father's family is of Italian descent. Besides that he is a gorgeous looking guy, he can sing some good songs too [popular rock, acoustic guitar]

Here is his 2006 album "These Streets" [60MB.]
Here is the "Caledonia" song from this album
Here is a "These Streets"clip of "These Streets" from Utube

Paolo and Amy [Rehab] Winehouse will tour the USA later in 2007
I think they make a lovely couple

Enjoy

Sunday, June 24, 2007

Joan


Joan Baez and Bob Dylan

Joan Baez is the grand old lady in folk music. She introduced Bob Dylan for a greater audience at the Newport Folk Festival in 1963.

Here is Bob's "Blowin' in the Wind" with background vocals from Joan
Here is Joan Baez in a Latin song [sounds Portuguese, Brazilian]
Here is the full 1963 Newport Folk Festival album [the evening sessions, 16-track, 68MB.]

Enjoy

Saturday, June 23, 2007

Rosie


Rosie Thomas is a singer/songwriter from Seattle, Washington. She plays a modern, cool, easy, and sensitive type of country-rock. Her sound is backed by a great tradition going back to Joan Baez.

Here is her 2001 solo debut album "When We Were Small" [50MB.]
Here is the first track "Two Dollar Shoes" [5MB.]

Here is her second 2003 album "Only With Laughter You Can Win". [55MB.]. This sounds better and much more mature.
Here is the last "Dialogue" song of this album [7MB.]

Here is her third 2005 album "If Songs Could Be Held" [55MB.] less folk, more serious
Here is a song from the album "Death Came and Got Me" [4MB.]

credits to my little nephew for providing this great music

Enjoy

Pompeii


Live at Pompeii [without public] is a great 1971 full 90:00 minute music film from Pink Floyd.

Syd Barrett [1946-2006] was kicked out of the band in 1968 for erratic drug-related behavior. He was a co-founder and the genius of the band in the early years. David Gilmore was more-or-less his replacement.

There is an all-Syd tribute post earlier on this blog. The band didn't forget him. The 1974 "crazy diamond" song is a tribute to Syd. Here is the 2002 diamond song from David Gilmore on acoustic guitar.

The Pompeii movie starts with great visual impact and the "Echoes Part-I" track. David Gilmore is already coining the new sound. Here are the first 13:00 [90MB.] minutes of this impressive film.

Here are the .mp3 versions of Echoes Part-I and Part-II from the Pompeii album.

[all music tracks are 16/20MB.]

Enjoy

Ray


Ray Charles, the Raylettes and the Count Basie orchestra. This is just so very great music.
Here is the song "I can't stop loving you" and here is the full album.

Enjoy

Kowalski


I posted some previews here and here about this famous 1971 film.

Some critics hold that Kowalski is not the main character. He is hardly a character, though there are some flashbacks into his complex past. The main character could well be the white Dodge Challenger.

Another cool clip [20MB./3:00min.] with Ray Charles's little brother [Hey Kowalski, can you hear me] http://rapidshare.com/files/38709405/vp-clip2.avi

Here is the full movie in 12x62MB. splits
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Enjoy

Frank


Frank Zappa [1940-1993] was a very productive rock/jazz musician and a good guitar player. His early period with the Mothers of Invention was pretty freaky, making fun of other musicians.

Their first 1966 album "Freak Out" in 2x70MB. splits [1] and [2]

Their 1968 album "We're Only In It For The Money" in 1x60MB. file

Enjoy

Friday, June 22, 2007

Mole


El Topo [The Mole] is a stunning 1970 film from Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky.

This is one of the most hypnotic films you will ever see. It stays in your mind for weeks. Like Sergio Leone, Federico Fellini and Sam Peckinpah are joining forces to make a mystical, existential and spiritual western - and you are close to this masterpiece.

There are many things to admire in this film; the story, the editing, the music, the pictures, the strange characters, the ending. Be warned though; some of the images are pretty extreme, especially for a 1970 film.

The film is pretty symbolic [religious?] but it has a clear story. Our hero is sent on a quest in the desert for beating four legendary gunmen. After accomplishing his tests, he is betrayed by the [lesbian?] women who urged him to the quest.
El Topo is then found and nursed by a group of Fellini-type people that live in an underground world. His next quest is to dig a tunnel for them to the surface world. He succeeds but with horrible consequences.

Here is the 1:40min. intro of the film [9MB.] "You are seven years old. You are a man. Bury your first toy and your mother's picture".
A 2004 review of the film is here.

The movie is about 2 hours and comes in 12x59MB. splits
http://rapidshare.com/files/38772280/mole.avi.000
http://rapidshare.com/files/38774639/mole.avi.001
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You probable want the English subtitle file too
http://rapidshare.com/files/38689497/mole.sub

Enjoy

Maria


il mita continua; the myth continues

Maria Callas [1923-1977] was a great Italian soprano opera singer and a beatifull dark eyed woman too. Here she sings in La Sonnambula, a 1831 Italian opera from Vincenzo Bellini. These are good recordings from 1957. Track-1 gives you a fair impression of her wonderful voice.

The opera comes in 2x62MB. parts with 13 tracks in .mp3 format
http://rapidshare.com/files/38728546/Sonnambula-_Maria-1957.rar.000
http://rapidshare.com/files/38728540/Sonnambula-_Maria-1957.rar.001
http://rapidshare.com/files/38731088/Sonnambula-_Maria-1957.rar.002

Enjoy

Thursday, June 21, 2007

Black


Black Sun [Man Behind the Sun 4] is a 1995 Hong Kong cat-III shocker about the 1937 Nanking Massacre. It may look like an anti-Japanese propaganda film, but the depicted historical events are pretty accurate. This is not a movie that you watch for pleasure. It has a semi-documentary style that makes it very disturbing. The film is a historical story in the first place that is not told very often about Japanese attrocities in China during WW-II.

It was produced in Hong Kong but directed by Taiwanese director Tun Fei Mou. He is a committed Chinese nationalist which explains his almost uncontrollable anger in this film. Tun Fei Mou also directed Man Behind the Sun 1. Here is a written interview with the director.

All credits go to nigromacy for upping these 7x100MB. rar-files
http://rapidshare.com/files/30371393/Man_Behind_The_Sun_4_-_The_Nanking_Massacre.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/30371355/Man_Behind_The_Sun_4_-_The_Nanking_Massacre.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/30371358/Man_Behind_The_Sun_4_-_The_Nanking_Massacre.part3.rar
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http://rapidshare.com/files/30371296/Man_Behind_The_Sun_4_-_The_Nanking_Massacre.part7.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/30370207/Man_Behind_The_Sun_4_-_The_Nanking_Massacre.part8.rar

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Twist


The Twist was a brand new Afro/Rock/Latin dance/music in the early sixties. It was a sidetrack from or a version of the major rock'n'roll path.

Chubby Checker is probably the best known artist. I just post some of his music here, because it is so great and happy music.

Here is "The Twist"
Here is "La Bamba"
Here is "Limbo Rock"

Here is the full 24 track / 90MB. album
"Twisting The Limbo Hits Again"

Enjoy

Zoë


Zoë Bell at the Cannes Film Festival [France, june 2007]
photo (c) by Christophe Karaba

Zoë Bell is a female stunt double from New Zealand. She is an actress now. She is the woman on the hood in Quentin Tarantino's "Death Proof". She playes herself and [of course] she did all the stunts.

Tarantino came close of cancelling his Kill-Bill project, after he grew disappointed by the karate stand-ins who auditioned for him. The project was saved by Zoë Bell. This is a little tribute to this great woman.

Well, I guess girls want to have some fun too; [Cindy Lauper song].

Here is the hood scene - you don't fool around with these women. Notice the haunting music that mixes with the roaring sounds of the V8 engines [put up the volume]. About 65MB. / 5:45min. http://rapidshare.com/files/38258414/bigwhite.avi

A nice to know: The second part of Quentin's movie is all a big quotation of the 1971 "Vanishing Point" movie.

Just compare this [25MB.] 1971 clip. It has the same white Challenger, the same haunting music, the same V8 engine roars. Quentin is all about Quoting [in case you did not know allready].

I made an earlier entry on this blog. Remind me that I should post the full movie.

Enjoy

Monday, June 18, 2007

Nora


Traci Lords [born in 1968 as Nora Kuzma] is an amazing adult movie icon. She was 16 or 17 when she played in her first 1984 movie, faking her age and causing major mayhem in the industry. She ran away from home and began nude modeling at age 15, then into adult films a year later. Very little of her can be found because it is all marked as underage and illegal. She just made exactly one legal adult movie - "Tracy, I love You" [1987] which was filmed in Paris on her 18th birthday.

Traci did not had a happy childhood - but ah, most great people didn't. [Nora sounds like Norma]. She has a pretty decent life now and works as a serious actress.

Here is a nice bio-documentary from 2000 [6x74MB.]
http://rapidshare.com/files/38008699/tl_BioDoc.mpg.000
http://rapidshare.com/files/38011742/tl_BioDoc.mpg.001
http://rapidshare.com/files/38014585/tl_BioDoc.mpg.002
http://rapidshare.com/files/38017245/tl_BioDoc.mpg.003
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http://rapidshare.com/files/38022361/tl_BioDoc.mpg.005
http://rapidshare.com/files/38024646/tl_BioDoc.mpg.006

Here is the hot "Love You" movie from 1987 [6x78MB.]
http://rapidshare.com/files/38024648/tl_LoveU.wmv.000
http://rapidshare.com/files/38026922/tl_LoveU.wmv.001
http://rapidshare.com/files/38029129/tl_LoveU.wmv.002
http://rapidshare.com/files/38031138/tl_LoveU.wmv.003
http://rapidshare.com/files/38033197/tl_LoveU.wmv.004
http://rapidshare.com/files/38035193/tl_LoveU.wmv.005
http://rapidshare.com/files/38037117/tl_LoveU.wmv.006

Enjoy

Johann


The Johann Strauss gala, January 2007, Belfast

I don't know whether I will call this culture or crap but with the right kind of [cheap] liquor it sounds fantastic. A few walzes and polkas from Johann Strauss [1825-1899].

The first and most dyonisian track [Spring Voices] is here.

Here is the Perzian March.

All 11 tracks are here [65MB.]

Enjoy

Point [*]

Vanishing Point [1971] is a pretty culty 4-state car chase movie running from Denver [co.] to San Francisco [ca.].

Kowalski is urging to take a white 1971 Dodge Challenger RT home and violating some speed limits; going from bad to better.

The first 4 minutes [22MB.] already grab you by the balls; they tell you the beginning of the end.


Another nice clip here [about 26MB./3:00min.] - put up the volume.

"don't miss a second because everything happens fast; the chase - the desert - the shack - the girl - the roadblock - the end!"

Nice to know; Quentin Tarantino quoted this movie extensively in the second half of his 2007 "Death Proof" movie [also with the white Challenger].

Enjoy

Monica


Malèna [2000]

Italian Monica Bellucci [1964] was a law student, a model for Elite and she still is a very beautiful and talented actress. She became known and popular with English-speaking audiences following her 2000 lead role in Giuseppe Tornatore's much acclaimed Malèna; a little boy's wet dream come true.
In 2002 she portrayed a rape victim in Gaspar Noé's highly controversial Irréversible. You have to go back to early Marlon Brando movies to find better hi-impact acting.

The scene is both sexy and repulsive [2x55MB. 11:00min.]
http://rapidshare.com/files/37892719/irr_scene.mpg.000
http://rapidshare.com/files/37894607/irr_scene.mpg.001
http://rapidshare.com/files/37896552/irr_scene.mpg.002

Entré


Opera ballet of Lyon, France

Ten sweeping entries [Opera Overtures]. The overture's are mostly the best and iconic part of the opera. Without listening hours and hours you can pick up some education here.

Here is the great Slavic sounding intro from "The Bartered Bride" [1869, Friedrich Smetana]

Here are all the tracks [72MB.]

Enjoy

Swan


The Swan Lake [1877, Tchaikovsky] is a notoriously "classic" ballet and music. It is the XTC for the incurable romantics - I love it so much

Here is the up-beat "Mazurka" song
Here are all 7 tracks

Enjoy

Sunday, June 17, 2007

Orgy


This is a pretty sick [1977] Nazi flick, because it is psycho drama. It hits you hard in all your week spots. Gestapo's Last Orgy from italian director Cesare Canevari has all the usual gore and sexploitation but the movie has also a story. Nazi sadist Conrad von Starker is a secret masochist and he picks on Jewish Lise Cohen for his psycho torture project. This movie is aka "Caligula Reincarnated as Hitler" but that is too cheap a title.

a preview picture sheet is here

three preview clips [25/35MB.]
http://rapidshare.com/files/489616/glor1.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/490120/glor2.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/491014/glor3.avi

the movie is about 1100MB./90:00min in 12x95MB. parts
http://rapidshare.com/files/492676/glor.avi.000
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Bikini


This is just a silly excuse to post the bikini song from Brian Hyland.
I could listen hours and hours to this song.

Enjoy

Piano


This movie is called "Under Wetness and Piano". I had to DL this one from my own links because I didn't know anymore what it was about and I could not find any clue on the internet. Now I remember. This was one of the few movies that were banned in Japan for extreme sex and violence. The story is about a crazy gang, taking hostage an average family, raping and terrorizing them. Not a very pleasant sight but it is some unique Asian footage [date and director unknown].

The movie comes in about 20x20MB. splits and runs for 63:00 min.
When joined the .avi file has a funny name - just rename
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Saturday, June 16, 2007

Ben


Ben Webster [1909-1973] was a great jazz saxophone player with a cool and silky sound. He played with virtually all the jazz-celebs. In his later years he lived and died in Amsterdam.

Here is the "My Romance" track [5MB.]
Here is the "My Romance" album [60MB.]

Enjoy

Diary


Diary of a Serial Killer [Guang Zhou sha ren wang zhi ren pi ri ji] by Otto Chan is a 1995 Cat-III Hong Kong shocker. It is based on actual events that took place in Guangzhao's, Wong Po village. During five years of terror Li Wenxian raped and murdered thirteen women, mostly prostitutes. Li told the authorities he was seeking revenge for a prostitute who cheated him.
Lau Shu-bill (Chan Kwok-Bong) is the serial killer. He murders prostitutes in very nasty ways. He wants to dispatch these filthy women, releasing them from their misery and giving them a better shot in the next life.
This Hong Kong sickie is very well made and has some rather unpleasant scenes of sexual violence and butchery. There is also plenty of sleazy sex to satisfy fans of exploitation cinema. Chan Kwok-Bong is frighteningly realistic as the sicko killer. The film is not for everyone, but if you're into extreme Asians, this is a must-have.

The movie comes in 9 playable chuncks of 50/60MB. each
http://rapidshare.com/files/30727178/dia_chunk_01.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/30727201/dia_chunk_02.avi
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http://rapidshare.com/files/30727177/dia_chunk_09.avi

Enjoy

Trio


The Rosenberg Trio is a whopping gypsy-jazz guitar group from Holland. They have beaten their master Django Reinhardt.

Here they are at the North Sea Jazz Festival in 1992 [55MB.]
Here is their Georgia Brown song [3MB.]

Here is the Django Reinhardt album "The Guitar Player" [90MB.]
Here is his Georgia Brown song [7MB.]

Enjoy

David


Movie director David Lynch is probably best known for his 1986 award winning Blue Velvet movie. Isabella Rossellini and Dennis Hopper were a couple apart.

This is a collection of short movies from David Lynch. It features six short films spanning his career, from early experiments to more fully realized visions. "Six Men Getting Sick", "The Alphabet", "The Grandmother", "The Amputee", "The Cowboy and the Frenchman" and "Lumiere". Each film is preceded by an introduction from the director.

All credits to Uberman for posting these links

The .avi movie comes in about 7x100MB. parts
http://rapidshare.com/files/11148072/SFoDLynch-uBER.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/11152864/SFoDLynch-uBER.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/11157266/SFoDLynch-uBER.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/11161368/SFoDLynch-uBER.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/11435490/SFoDLynch-uBER.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/11441721/SFoDLynch-uBER.part6.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/11450500/SFoDLynch-uBER.part7.rar

Rar Password = uberman

Enjoy

Silver

Manitas de Plata ["Little Hands Of Silver"] is a great Spanish flamenco guitar player and singer. He is from 1921; you might call him a living legend [when you're into this kinda stuff].
Here is his "A La Corrida" album
Here is a joyfull sample song

Tip: use a headphone, the Sennheiser PX100 seems to be good and cheap.

Enjoy

Friday, June 15, 2007

Power


Kraftwerk ["Power Station"] is an influential German music group. Their uncompromising electro sound was revolutionary in the early 1970's and influenced new-wave, techno, dance and hip-hop styles. Their fifth [1974] album "Autobahn" was their break-trough in the USA. I remember that I was pretty impressed when I heard them for the first time.

Here is the 22:00min. Autobahn track
Here is the full 1974 Autobahn album

Here is their 2003 album "Tour de France '03"
Here is the first track from this album

Enjoy

Hotel [1]


The Hostel [2005] was the first one in a series of two, directed by Eli Roth and produced by Quentin Tarantino. I posted the Hostel-II movie [2007] earlier on this blog.

Backpacking college students seek the ultimate vacation through sex, drugs and unforgettable experiences. When friend Oli informs the two of a hostel in Slovakian Bratislava that offers the most beautiful and promiscuous women in all of Europe, they go and find that hostel there. When they arrive in Bratislava, they find that the hostel was everything and more of what they expected. The events that follow are sure to deliver the unforgettable vacation that they were looking for. Mystery, suspense and fear push this film to its bloody ending.

Here is a nice multi-media site about the movie.
Here is the trailer on YouTube.

The movie comes in about 9x65MB. splits and un-rars to a 1.200MB./93:00min. .avi file.
http://rapidshare.com/files/37258421/h1.rar.000
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A nice to know: Takashi Miike played a small part in this Quentin Tarantino production; they are good friends. Quentin plays a small part in Miike's latest film Sukiyaki Western Django. This movie is to hit the cinema in September 2007. Here is a trailer on YouTube.

Enjoy

Nova


Elena Zhornik getting crazy

Iva Nova is an all-female quintet that has been formed in St.Petersburg, Russia in 2002. Introducing: singer Nastya Postnikova, Inna Lishenkevich on guitar, Elena Zhornik on accordion, Ekaterina Grigoryeva on bass, and Katherina Fyodorova on drums. They have been called all kind of names; rock, ska, punk, folk, world-music and the lot.
Their music is inspired by their native culture. They write original songs, rooted in traditional Russian and Slavic music. It is fast, fun, and very danceable. One of the most exciting things from Russia in quite some time.

Ива Нова "Ведьма" [Iva Nova "The Witch"], a 2007 live performance

A hot Spanish-like song in Russian language is here
An 11-track compilation of their music is here
Their website is here

Enjoy

Thursday, June 14, 2007

Once


This is a top-rated all-time classic movie from 1968. It is nice to see that Takashi Miike is quoting this one in his latest movie and that Quentin Tarantino used some Morricone music in his Grindhouse - Death Proof [see one of the next blogs].

Here is just the soundtrack album with the iconic harmonica song.

Enjoy

Monday, June 11, 2007

Glenn [2]


Glenn Gould [1932-1982] plays Bach piano concerto's. He is just a crazy pianist genius.

Here are three pieces of exceptional music [.rar-ed files]
http://rapidshare.com/files/31053027/Glenn_Gould_plays_Bach_-_Piano_Concerto-4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/31053833/Glenn_Gould_plays_Bach_-_Piano_Concerto-5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/31055416/Glenn_Gould_plays_Bach_-_Piano_Concerto-7.rar

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Aika


Aika Miura [Yuu Hasegawa, 1976] is a Japanese adult BDSM model. Most of her iconic pictures disappeared from the internet. A few glossy pix here;
http://rapidshare.com/files/36541614/am1.jpg
http://rapidshare.com/files/36541675/am2.jpg
http://rapidshare.com/files/36541707/am3.jpg
http://rapidshare.com/files/36541751/am4.jpg
http://rapidshare.com/files/36541815/am6.jpg

a sexy clip with Aika
http://rapidshare.com/files/31481299/aimi.avi.000
http://rapidshare.com/files/31481351/aimi.avi.001
http://rapidshare.com/files/31481356/aimi.avi.002
http://rapidshare.com/files/31481359/aimi.avi.003
http://rapidshare.com/files/31481348/aimi.avi.004
http://rapidshare.com/files/31481391/aimi.avi.005
http://rapidshare.com/files/31481347/aimi.avi.006
http://rapidshare.com/files/31481366/aimi.avi.007
http://rapidshare.com/files/31481365/aimi.avi.008
http://rapidshare.com/files/31481346/aimi.avi.009
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and another one [withe previews]
http://rapidshare.com/files/4730804/aimi1.jpg
http://rapidshare.com/files/4730822/aimi2.jpg

http://rapidshare.com/files/4731059/aimi2.mpg.000
http://rapidshare.com/files/4731263/aimi2.mpg.001
http://rapidshare.com/files/4731512/aimi2.mpg.002
http://rapidshare.com/files/4731755/aimi2.mpg.003

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Ipanema [*]


The Girl From Ipanema [goes walking] is one of the most sexiest songs ever. Lovely Brazilian Astrud Gilberto with the silky Stan Getz saxophone.

Another cool live version of the same song [Astrud Gilberto]
http://rapidshare.com/files/36478380/02_-_The_Girl_From_Ipanema.mp3

The Stan Getz & Astrud Gilberto album [Jazz Around Midnight] was much apraised; great, cool, eazy jazz from 1966 [about 55MB.]

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Sunday, June 10, 2007

Ani


Ani DiFranco [1970] is a declared lesbian singer/songwriter and feminist icon, she plays a hell of a guitar. She made her fans wondering when she bared a child. She gave birth to a 7-pound, 8-ounce daughter, Petah Lucia, at her Buffalo home early Saturday morning, January 20, 2007.

This is her "Untouchable Face" [Fuck You] song.

The "Two Little Girls" song is great guitar playing.
http://rapidshare.com/files/36533604/04._Ani_DiFranco_-_two_little_girls.mp3

Here is the full 2002 concert at Carnegie Hall [85MB.]
http://rapidshare.com/files/36529390/adf2002carn.rar

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Block9


Women in Cell Block 9 [Frauen fuer Zellenblock 9] is another [1977] over-the-top [big-laugh] WIP sleazer from Jess Franco. Clearly made with the sex & gore crowd in mind, completely lacking any story or plot. Nude women are imprisoned, raped, tortured, raped, tortured, raped, tortured ... The Rodent-in-Pussy torture scene is one of the greatest ever in sleaze cinema.

The movie comes in 32 parts of 25/40MB. playable parts
Part-01
Part-02
Part-03
Part-04
Part-05
Part-06
Part-07
Part-08
Part-09
Part-10
Part-11
Part-12
Part-13
Part-14
Part-15
Part-16

Part-17
Part-18
Part-19
Part-20
Part-21
Part-22
Part-23
Part-24
Part-25
Part-26
Part-27
Part-28
Part-29
Part-30
Part-31
Part-32

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Peki

The Pekinel Sisters [Turkish identical twins] are a piano playing duo of good looking women. And they play very cool jazzy Bach interpretations.
Here is a sample.

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Osaka

Eat the Schoolgirl aka Osaka Telephone Club is a 1997 Japanese shocker. Director Naoyuki Tomomatsu is probably best known for his 2001 Stacy movie.
This movie has great pictures but still is a very nasty flick. The movie starts out with a sexy young girl having phone sex, culminating in the scene where the girl desperately tries to stuff her intestines back into her belly.

Another incomprehensible movie from Jupiter, uh ... Japan.

"finish your lunch before seeing this movie"

A review of this movie before you download.

The movie comes in about 12x40MB. splits
http://rapidshare.com/files/30763658/eat.avi.000
http://rapidshare.com/files/30763705/eat.avi.001
http://rapidshare.com/files/30763724/eat.avi.002
http://rapidshare.com/files/30763720/eat.avi.003
http://rapidshare.com/files/30763723/eat.avi.004
http://rapidshare.com/files/30763704/eat.avi.005
http://rapidshare.com/files/30763722/eat.avi.006
http://rapidshare.com/files/30763702/eat.avi.007
http://rapidshare.com/files/30763726/eat.avi.008
http://rapidshare.com/files/30763747/eat.avi.009
http://rapidshare.com/files/30763743/eat.avi.010
http://rapidshare.com/files/30763744/eat.avi.011
http://rapidshare.com/files/30763701/eat.avi.012

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Putin


Rasputina is a varying collection of cellists playing alternative rock. The band officially began in Brooklyn, New York in 1992, when Melora Creager put out an advertisement requesting members to form an all-cello band. Cellist Julia Kent responded and the two formed what was dubbed the Traveling Ladies' Cello Society.

First track of their fist album.
Their first album from 1996 - Thanks for the Ether

[credits to cmesin who introduced me to this music]

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Saturday, June 9, 2007

Kitty

Salon Kitty [1976] is another Nazi sick-flick from Italian sleaze director Tinto Brass. There is not much to say about this Ilsa-type of movie [see the previews], exept that Tinto Brass has some reputation of making better movies.

the movie comes in about 2x700MB. cd's
http://rapidshare.com/files/30722883/salkit1-teaser.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/30722905/salkit1-teaser2.avi

http://rapidshare.com/files/30722976/salkit1_chunk_01.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/30723007/salkit1_chunk_02.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/30723019/salkit1_chunk_03.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/30722975/salkit1_chunk_04.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/30722979/salkit1_chunk_05.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/30723001/salkit1_chunk_06.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/30722981/salkit1_chunk_07.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/30722990/salkit1_chunk_08.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/30723022/salkit1_chunk_09.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/30722985/salkit1_chunk_10.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/30722994/salkit1_chunk_11.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/30722958/salkit1_chunk_12.avi

http://rapidshare.com/files/30722951/salkit2_preview.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/30722964/salkit2_preview2.avi

http://rapidshare.com/files/30723012/salkit2_chunk_01.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/30723003/salkit2_chunk_02.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/30722973/salkit2_chunk_03.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/30723014/salkit2_chunk_04.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/30723011/salkit2_chunk_05.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/30723054/salkit2_chunk_06.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/30723055/salkit2_chunk_07.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/30723071/salkit2_chunk_08.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/30723020/salkit2_chunk_09.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/30723017/salkit2_chunk_10.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/30723028/salkit2_chunk_11.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/30723036/salkit2_chunk_12.avi

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Requiem

You must know Mozart from the Milos Forman movie as an eternal adolescent. The Requiem was his last major piece and it has definitely some profoundness.
The first track is here here
The full Requiem is in 15 parts - 52MB. - 54:00min.
http://rapidshare.com/files/26095872/Mozart_-_Requiem.rar

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Barbed

Barbed Wire Dolls [1975] is another Jess Franco WIP flick. This is one for the real deranged sex maniacs out there. There's virtually no plot just one flimsy excuse to show helpless women being sexually tortured and degraded. Plenty of laughs, though.
One outrageous scene has Jess Franco playing in-mate Lina Romay's father who attempts to rape her in slow motion, only trouble is they actually act (very badly) in slow motion live rather than slow down the actual film.
Franco's worst? Hardly, It's actually one of his filthy sadistic best as there is no time to get bored for a change (a rarity with his movies). Wild and crazed as only Franco could do, he out-viles the ILSA series with ease here.

The movie comes in about 12x62MB. splits
http://rapidshare.com/files/30820614/bawido.avi.000
http://rapidshare.com/files/30820647/bawido.avi.001
http://rapidshare.com/files/30820664/bawido.avi.002
http://rapidshare.com/files/30820656/bawido.avi.003
http://rapidshare.com/files/30820640/bawido.avi.004
http://rapidshare.com/files/30820658/bawido.avi.005
http://rapidshare.com/files/30820659/bawido.avi.006
http://rapidshare.com/files/30820669/bawido.avi.007
http://rapidshare.com/files/30820657/bawido.avi.008
http://rapidshare.com/files/30820643/bawido.avi.009
http://rapidshare.com/files/30820661/bawido.avi.010
http://rapidshare.com/files/30820663/bawido.avi.011
http://rapidshare.com/files/30820638/bawido.avi.012

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Audition

The Audition is a [1999] award winning psycho-drama from Takashi Miike. A casting director guy decides to take up family life again after his wife died. He falls in love with one of his would-be actresses. This was not a good idea; she is not the girl that she seemed to be.

In case you missed; this is a Miike BBC interview/overview http://rapidshare.com/files/31480423/tm-interview.mpg

The movie comes in about 30x25MB. splits
http://rapidshare.com/files/30761800/audi.avi.000
http://rapidshare.com/files/30761843/audi.avi.001
http://rapidshare.com/files/30761848/audi.avi.002
http://rapidshare.com/files/30761842/audi.avi.003
http://rapidshare.com/files/30761837/audi.avi.004
http://rapidshare.com/files/30761878/audi.avi.005
http://rapidshare.com/files/30761852/audi.avi.006
http://rapidshare.com/files/30761856/audi.avi.007
http://rapidshare.com/files/30761854/audi.avi.008
http://rapidshare.com/files/30761849/audi.avi.009
http://rapidshare.com/files/30761870/audi.avi.010
http://rapidshare.com/files/30761866/audi.avi.011
http://rapidshare.com/files/30761857/audi.avi.012
http://rapidshare.com/files/30761877/audi.avi.013
http://rapidshare.com/files/30761862/audi.avi.014
http://rapidshare.com/files/30761861/audi.avi.015
http://rapidshare.com/files/30761896/audi.avi.016
http://rapidshare.com/files/30761869/audi.avi.017
http://rapidshare.com/files/30761879/audi.avi.018
http://rapidshare.com/files/30761873/audi.avi.019
http://rapidshare.com/files/30761887/audi.avi.020
http://rapidshare.com/files/30761886/audi.avi.021
http://rapidshare.com/files/30761891/audi.avi.022
http://rapidshare.com/files/30761902/audi.avi.023
http://rapidshare.com/files/30761895/audi.avi.024
http://rapidshare.com/files/30761906/audi.avi.025
http://rapidshare.com/files/30761888/audi.avi.026
http://rapidshare.com/files/30761882/audi.avi.027
http://rapidshare.com/files/30761907/audi.avi.028
http://rapidshare.com/files/30761898/audi.avi.029
http://rapidshare.com/files/30761863/audi.avi.030

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Friday, June 8, 2007

Velvet


The Velvet Underground was a 1964/1966 product of the Andy Warhol factory [New York]. A niche influential band with Lou Reed and John Cale as founding members members. Here you can find some rare and early "raw-tracks" [not my links, 5xcd] - download is slow/medium.

In 1990, Lou and John made a tribute album for Andy
[Songs for Drella]


[Lou Reed, NYC live 1983, Wild Side]

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Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Army


Snuff Army is rare and sick Japanese gore. The flick is from the same director as the previous Crime post. Very few hits and pics with google, so I had to invent a pic. The story [if you can call it a story] is about dirty warfare in a forest guerrilla situation [looks like Vietnam] with a lot of executions, killing and raping going on [about 170 females KIA - I didn't count them]. This is just plain filth, too crappy to be taken serious. But if you like horror, you could take a look at this one. A preview picture sheet of the movie is here

The movie comes in about 3x60MB. splits
http://rapidshare.com/files/30731701/snarm.rm.000
http://rapidshare.com/files/30731761/snarm.rm.001
http://rapidshare.com/files/30731778/snarm.rm.002
http://rapidshare.com/files/30731760/snarm.rm.003

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Nine

Nine Inch Nails [or NIN] is an award winning American industrial rock band formed in Cleveland, Ohio, that is already 20 years in business. They play several styles, but I love their blow-your-brain-out music.
This is the first track from their March of the Pigs album at RS [27MB.]

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Spit


Day of the Woman [1978] from Meir Zarchi is a rare and notorious rape-and-revenge flick. It is better known as I Spit On Your Grave, which better describes its gloomy atmosphere. An aspiring writer is repeatedly gang-raped, humiliated, and left for dead by four men whom then she systematically hunts down to seek revenge. This is definitely no crap for a 1978 film. It is made in a documentary style that enhance the disturbing and perverse scenes.

Some preview pictures and clips
http://rapidshare.com/files/7704004/sp1t_chunk_03.jpg
http://rapidshare.com/files/7704043/sp1t_chunk_04.jpg
http://rapidshare.com/files/7704070/sp1t_chunk_05.jpg
http://rapidshare.com/files/30725894/sp1t_preview_01.avi [20MB.]
http://rapidshare.com/files/30725890/sp1t_preview_02.avi [14MB.]

Uncensored version in about 12x62MB. playable parts
http://rapidshare.com/files/30725932/sp1t_chunk_01.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/30725940/sp1t_chunk_02.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/30725950/sp1t_chunk_03.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/30725918/sp1t_chunk_04.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/30725948/sp1t_chunk_05.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/30725957/sp1t_chunk_06.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/30725924/sp1t_chunk_07.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/30725935/sp1t_chunk_08.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/30725933/sp1t_chunk_09.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/30725928/sp1t_chunk_10.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/30725963/sp1t_chunk_11.avi
http://rapidshare.com/files/30725939/sp1t_chunk_12.avi

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Monday, June 4, 2007

Pop

They were mates, David and Iggy, that's for sure. Two icons of early 1980's pop/rock music. Here is the Lust for Life song. And Ziggy sounds very much like Iggy [making love with his ego].

A memorable live performance in Paris [Lost For Live, 1991]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPMn6bay3WY

Homepage of Iggy http://www.iggypop.com/
Homepage of David http://www.davidbowie.com/

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