Monday, October 07, 2024

Čitao: Daniel Rachel - Too Much Too Young: The 2 Tone Records Story Rude Boys, Racism and the Soundtrack of a Generation (2024) White Rabbit

Da li prosto prepričati knjigu koju ste uz obilje smetnji i prepreka čitali u metrou ili skicirati par utisaka na ovu temu? Pre ovo drugo. Jer nepoznati sapunici, ali i neka poznata lica, ne i naravi koje kriju se iza njih, žele igru, interakciju, razmenu informacija, a meni nešto nije do toga, pa čeznem duboko za unutrašnjim mirom i privatnošću i dubokom koncentracijom. A toga više nema kod nas, lake pešadije i proletera od kojih neki sanjaju i to da su prikriveni bogataši. Svaki dan putovanje i ispunjavanje prostora nečijim radom.

Nekako ne padaju mi na pamet brojniji primeri rasno mešovitih bendova koji su uz to bili i ravnopravni - autorski, izvođački i atmosferom. Možda Rare Earth, Whirlpool Productions ili nešto manje - Faithless. 2Tone produkcije, dogurale su i do toga da budu pravac, muzički, stilski, skoro i politički. Za mene koji od velike r'n'r prevare 1990ih, skeptički gleda u većinu "levičarskih" ideja, jedna od retkih svetlih tačaka u tom sažvakanom i neopisivo naivno razbucanom domenu.

"The Specials, The Selecter, Madness, The Beat, and The Bodysnatchers", bili su dovoljni za večnost i istoriju, ne i za mase. I zbog toga ostali su tako važni i neponovljivi. Jamajka i Britanija, postali su nakratko jedno, ne samo bivši sluga i bivši gospodar, nego i organski spoj na sceni i u publici. Ideja, rasprsnula se u gustom dimu i vratila u bocu. Neko je sve to zadržao u sećanju, neko razočaran krenuo ispravnom, a neko i pogrešnom stranom. 

Sam autor, Rachel, piše vešto, profesionalno, ali i poslovično hladno. Teško je zapamtiti toliko podataka i trivije. Ne vidim koji je smisao pisati o ratnim razaranjima Britanije, u ovom kontekstu. Ne vidim dublji smisao, bar za mene iz totalno druge i niže civilizacije. 

Britanci, kao i Nemci i Francuzi i neke druge velike bele nacije Evrope, beže od ljubavi i saosećanja. Ne žele da ih bilo ko voli i žele da sagore kao mašine na paru i slot automati na novac i žetone. Sudeći po suludom opijanju i ponašanju na ulici vikendom, posle fudbalskih i drugih sportskih događaja, na koncertima, plažama Španije, i ko zna kuda sve ne. Kao da su izgubili nadu. 

E pa ova knjiga je upravo o tome. Nekad je pop bio velik'. Spajao naizgled nespojivo. Mirio, ne i zavađao. Danas smo svi veliki i jedno, dok buljimo u autoput, oled ekrane, vrhove obuće. 

Tehnika je ushit i uzbuđenje. Ska - pojma nemam. Super ideja! Bilo nekad. Danas brutalno do koske. Kanibalizam. Tuga.



Najslušanije iz 2024 (to be continued...)

Jan - Mart

Jlin - Akoma (Planet Mu)

Molly Lewis - On The Lips (Jagjaguwar)

The High Llamas - Hey Panda (Drag City)

Mary Timony - Untame the Tiger (Merge)

Ulrich Tukur & Die Rhythmus Boys - Es leuchten die Sterne (Warner)

Julia Holter - Something in the Room She Moves (Domino)

The Jesus and Mary Chain - Glasgow Eyes (Fuzz Club)

Itasca - Imitation of War (Paradise of Bachelors)

Anja Huwe - Codes (Sacred Bones)

Heavee - Unleash (Hyperdub)

Kim Gordon - The Collective (Matador)

Meatbodies - Flora Ocean Tiger Bloom (In The Red)

Bill Fay - Tomorrow Tomorrow and Tomorrow (Dead Oceans)

MGMT - Loss Of Life (Mom+Pop)

Rafael Toral - Spectral Evolution (Moikai)

The American Analog Set - Mellow Fellow (Numero Group)

The American Analog Set - What Are We Going To Tell Guy? (Numero Group)

Kali Malone - All Life Long (Ideologic Organ)

Boris Blank - Resonance (Virgin)

Grandaddy - Blu Wav (Dangerbird)

Amiture - Mother Engine (Dots Per Inch)

Modern English - 1 2 3 4 (Mesh & Lace)

Pissed Jeans - Half Divorced (Sub Pop)

Talk Show - Effigy (Missing Piece)

@ - Are You There God? It's Me, @ (Carpark)

Xmal Deutschland - Early Singles (1981-1982) (Sacred Bones)

Loula Yorke - Volta (samizdat)

Schorl3 - Songs für dich (samizdat)

Four Tet - Three (Text Records)


Apr - Jun

Big Special - Postindustrial Hometown Blues (Silva Screen Records Limited)

The Libertines - All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade (Universal)

A Certain Ratio - It All Comes Down to This (Mute)

Belgrad - Lysis (Zeitstrafe)

Six Organs Of Admittance - Time is Glass (Drag City)

Pet Shop Boys - Nonethless (Parlaphone)

Fath White Family - Forgiveness is Yours (Domino)

Shabaka - Perceive its Beauty, Acknowledge its Grace (Verve)

Jessica Pratt - Here in the Pitch (City Slang)

Kamera Obscura - Look to the East, Look to the West (Merge)

Kamasi Washington - Fearless Movement (Young)

Rahel - miniano (Ink Music)

Cloud Nothings - Final Summer (Pure Noise)

Melvins - Tarantula Heart (Ipecac)

Carl Gari - Shoot the Engine (Amphibian Records)

Mick Harvey - Five Ways to Say Goodbye (Mute)

Ultimate Thunder - A Spider Will Come to Eat Your Flash (Easy Listening)

James - Jummu (Kobalt)

Ibibio Sound Machine - Pull The Rope (Merge)

Angus & Julia Stone - Cape Forestier (Sony)

Amen Dunes - Death Jokes (Sub Pop)

Childish Gambino - Atavista ()

Myriam Gendron - Mayday (Myriam Gendron)

Kelley Forsyth - The Hollow (FatCat)

How to Dress Well - I am toward You (Sargent House)

Chatterton - Filds of This (7th Heaven)

liv.e - Past Futur.e (Liv.e)

Church Chords - Elvis, He was Schlager (Otherly Love)

Ulla - It means a lot (Motion Ward)

Mary Lattimore - Rain on the Road (Thrill Jockey)

Beth Gibbons - Lives Outgrown (Domino)

Shellac - To All Trains (Touch and Go)

J. Bernardt - Contigo (Play it Again Sam)

Of Montreal - Lady on the cusp (Polyvinyl)

The Decemberist - Oh! No! (Thirty Tigers)

Bary Adamson - Cut to black (Bary Adamson incorporated)



Friday, October 04, 2024

Remember: Corporate Fairplay And Competitive Environment - Feminist Theory Punk Mix

Red Aunts - I Can't Do Anything Right

Cheap Perfume - It's Okay (To Punch Nazis)

Human People - Radiator Water

Gum Disease - Your Friends!

Slutever - Maggot

Dog Park Dissidents - Toxic

The Oozes - I Still Adore You

Sorry Mom - I Fucked Yr Mom

VIAL - Piss Punk

The Menstrual Cramps - Tinder Girl

Peach Club - Bad Bitch

PUSSYLIQUOR - C.U.N.T

Dream Nails - Vagina Police

Dream Nails - Corporate Realness

GUTTFULL - Gaslighting MF

GUTTFULL - Arsehole

pink suits - Are You Gay Yet?

Baby Guts - Firetruck Vagina

Petrol Girls - Preachers

Problem Patterns - I Think You Should Leave

Gina Young - An Open Letter to the President

Gina Young - Do You Want Me to Leave

Destructo Disk - You’re standing on my neck (Splendora cover)

Mommy Long Legs - Try Your Best

Déjà Vega - Friends in High Places

BERRIES - We Are Machines

Bugeye - Don't Stop

Loose Articles - Unpaid Intern

Loose Articles - Sinead Loves Bitcoin

GHUM - Saturn

Pit Pony - Fuzzy

The Empty Page - What Happens Now?

Desperate Journalist - No Hero

The Lovely Eggs - Don't Look at Me (I Don't Like It)

LIINES - Sorry

Sauna Youth - Transmitters

Weirds - Phantom

Megatrain - Bolshevik Xmas No. 1

Soft Girls & Boys Club - Yoga for the Dead

Jimi Mack - Soon

Unqualified Nurse Band - Death Surf A52

Keto - What We Do

Cherry Hex and The Dream Church - You're Dreaming Again

Divorce - My Room

Grain Mother - Let Down

Prima Queen - Dylan

Man/Woman/Chainsaw - The Boss

Do Nothing - LeBron James

The Bug Club - A Bit Like James Bond

Hamish Hawk - Machiavelli's Room

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