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nprmusic:

Can you hit this note?

Decca Records is on the hunt for someone who can sing a low E, nearly three octaves below middle C.

Nic Jones - Billy Don’t You Weep For Me (by 0uEstLeLaitDeSoja)

I never tire of this song.

feastingonroadkill:

The Twisted Wheel. 1967.

BBC News - Twisted Wheel DJ fights to save ‘iconic’ Manchester club

The Twisted Wheel was one of Manchester’s most important clubs in the 1960s, hosting live shows by black American soul artists such as Ike and Tina Turner, Ben E King and Edwin Starr before it closed in 1971.

After it was taken over and became Legends nightclub, Mr Roberts resurrected the soul night as a bi-monthly event at the venue.

He said the club was also important in the formation of the famous Northern Soul music scene, which was based around Wigan’s Casino club.

The Wigan Casino opened two years after the closure of the original Twisted Wheel.

eldafto:

Dredd/Bod Mash up.

nprmusic:

While wondering just how much Madonna was lip-synching during the pitch-perfect (and ridiculously spectacular) Super Bowl halftime show last night, we were reminded of this play-synching gem from Charlie Parker, Coleman Hawkins and company.

via Coleman Hawkins And Charlie Parker Were Not Particularly Good Actors

Pretty Lemon Jackson

ukehunt:

What’s your blues name?

Fat Legs Bailey

(via Photo: Boney Money Brown. - (37signals))

The IVOR & BASIL KIRCHIN BAND - ‘Stone Age Mambo’ - 1956 78rpm (by 78s4FR)

“The biggest little band in the world”

eldafto:

Amazing. This got zero coverage in the mainstream press. Thanks to @SpikePavement for the link.

catastrofe:

the staff meeting

somethingturkish: via banaheryollparis:

bazen bi tane kapatasım geliyor bazı insanların suratına doğru şöyle baya bi okkalı olanından… bilmeyenler ii öğrensin

Oscar Brown Jr. - The Snake (by sakiskom2)

And just in case you didn’t know, Oscar Brown Jr wrote this. Most people, in the UK at least, are more familar with Al Wilson’s Northern Soul take on it.

Oscar Brown, Jr: Creative Process (by visionaryproject)

Oscar Brown, Jr. Bid ‘Em In (by nocturnalnightbird)

Music is My Life, Politics My Mistress. Distributed by Galloping Films (by gallopingfilms)

I must watch this film.

Oscar Brown Jr. - Ladies Man (by smittycool1)

Oscar Brown Jr. - But I Was Cool - very rare animation !!! (by floriankeller)

Sleep as long as you like, just be awake more.

(via New Year Revolutions)

elvira: soupsoup: reuters:

A change in policy: Twitter announced Thursday that it would begin restricting Tweets in certain countries, marking a policy shift for the social media platform that helped propel the popular uprisings recently sweeping across the Middle East.

“Starting today, we give ourselves the ability to reactively withhold content from users in a specific country while keeping it available in the rest of the world,” the Twitter blog said.

Read more: Twitter to restrict user content in some countries

WTF, Twitter???