The Tao of Charlotte Rampling

Charlotte Rampling has certainly pushed the boundaries of traditional film roles with her choice of provocative characterizations in The Damned, The Night Porter, Swimming Pool and the incomprehensible Max, Mon Amour.

Billed as the "greatest ape romance since King Kong", our heroine becomes enamored with a chimp to the delight of her cuckold, diplomat husband. I recall seeing it years ago on a Betamax with a hipster buddy who claimed the director, Nagisa Oshima was the second coming of Jean Luc Godard.
I thought he was full of shit then and this clip reaffirms that belief.


Thanks to coisas do arco da velha for the link.

Moondogging

"International ensemble/collective o.e.s. brings a multitude of interpretations to a composition by the eccentric avant-garde composer, Moondog.

"Moondogging" is the hommage that o.e.s. pays to the legendary figure of Moondog. o.e.s. worked on a song of his titled "Lovesong" that has a twin in an instrumental track titled "Fujiyama". The song sings a story that is similar to the one of Tristan and Iseult or of Romeo and Juliet. a very tragic love story. ..."

O.E.S. - Moondogging. (Via Free Albums Galore)


Massimo is moondogging

Moondog - Viking of Sixth Ave.

from Le blog de Granulet.

New Byrne & Eno Review & Track 4 Free

I know I've given these guys a hard time, but I love 'em.
The Guardian has a review of the new album, and B&E's site has an albeit Byzantine, free download of a good song.

Seducing Down the Panel

John Cale on I've Got a Secret



Via Classic Television Showbiz and WFMU

Dig that thick (not so thick now, I think) Welsh accent! Cale played Satie at a concert that lasted for 18 hours and his co-contestant sat through it all. Or, he Sat-ie through it all. (Yes, I DO acknowledge that I am a comedic genius, now dry your eyes)

Go Bess Myerson, GO! Buster of secrets!

All avant-garde, all the time

"Listen to a 24-hour continuous stream from UbuWeb's MP3 archives. All avant-garde, all the time. ..."
UbuWeb Radio

..................and that's how sauce is made!

I had to stop looking about halfway through.



Baby Vac
via The Bloggy, Bloggy, Dew

8 X 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements

Directed by Jean Cocteau and Hans Richter in 1957 [IMDb].
Starring Cocteau, Paul Bowles, Jean Arp, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst and several others. (70 min) (via Videos with Bibi)

Updated: phantomoftheradio alerts us about another Hans Richter masterpiece from 1928 "Ghost before breakfast". Thanks!