Alan Vega rules, Martin Rev rules. Today everyone acknowledges how unique and important the Suicide duo were. But here's Suicide beeing boo'd off stage at the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels (Belgium) on 1978-06-16, opening for a hostile crowd that had come to see Elvis Costello and clearly wasn't ready to take in Rev & Vega's pioneering sound …
http://www.blastfirstpetite.com/suicide.html
http://www.discogs.com/Suicide-Suicide/release/627068
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23_Minutes_Over_Brussels
http://www.fromthearchives.com/av_mr/chronology.html
http://fillip.ca/content/riot-show-some-notes-on-the-archive
http://www.rocksbackpages.com/article.html?ArticleID=6508
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/suicide/1978/ancienne-belgique-brussels-belgium-73d1d2f1.html
http://altmusic.about.com/od/historyofaltindiemusic/a/Suicides-23-Minutes-Over-Brussels.htm
http://markusvanniemendael.skynetblogs.be/archive/2005/09/15/klassieker-suicide-23-minutes-over-brussels-suicide-1977.html

2012-01-28, 22 o'clox: Charles Hayward @ les Ateliers Claus! The two tracks below are off Hayward's second solo album "A Tribute To Mark Rothko" (recorded 1989, released 1990 on Sub Rosa, SUB CD010-33). The first image above was found here, the second is Hayward playing at Sónar in 2007.
http://www.charleshayward.org/
http://www.furious.com/perfect/charleshayward.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hayward_(musician)
http://www.fluid-radio.co.uk/2010/07/charles-hayward-recorded/
http://subrosa.itcmedia.net/en/catalogue/soundworks/charles-hayward_01.html%3Bjsessionid=A60AB750F13E67B4D5B678C0237F236F
http://www.freq.org.uk/interviews/an-interview-with-charles-hayward/
http://www.lesateliersclaus.com/events/tag/charles-hayward
http://www.eineweltaushack.com/roster/charles-hayward/
http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=34185

Ooh that Sebastian Cabot, actor!
http://www.cherryred.co.uk/shopexd.asp?id=2255
http://dylancover.blogspot.com/2007/04/sebastian-cabot-on-cd.html

Big Bank Hank, Master Gee & Wonder Mike aka the Sugar Hill Gang want their royalties (though some may be Chic's, one might imagine) … Can't wait to start reading (the paperback edition of) Nile Rodgers' autobiography (or memoir) "Le freak (an upside down story of family, disco and destiny", incidentally! And re: the gang's nightmare contracts, see also Roger Paradiso's documentary "I want my name back!" (2011).
http://www.factmag.com/2012/01/04/the-sugar-hill-gang-file-against-universal-for-over-40-years-of-unpaid-royalties/
http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/watch_trailer_for_i_want_my_name_back_exploring_identity_theft_of_members_f
http://www.dangerousminds.net/comments/nile_rodgers_le_freak_music_biography_of_the_year
http://www.gq.com/entertainment/books/201110/nile-rodgers-le-freak-book-excerpt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapper%27s_Delight#Background
http://www.docnyc.net/film/i-want-my-name-back/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sugarhill_Gang
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_Rodgers
http://prince.org/msg/8/370093

What with Kate Bush releasing her first album in many years … here's a completely different act, viz. the Irish girl duo Clodagh Simonds & Alison O'Donnell (née Bools) of Mellow Candle! As for Kate … do check "Come back Kate", a compelling documentary (by Helena Muskens & Quirine Racké, 2007) on her cult following … the strangest of fans, really ;-)
http://www.janetrecords.com/mc/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellow_Candle
http://www.irishshowbands.net/bgmellow.htm
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Mellow+Candle
http://www.cherryred.co.uk/shopexd.asp?id=1586
http://dewerelddraaitdoor.vara.nl/Video-detail.628.0.html
http://katebushforum.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=2248&st=160
http://www.idfa.nl/nl/tags/project.aspx?id=879462c2-56a5-4b41-8cb4-7faea9517203
http://www.nps.nl/page/programma/238/het-uur-van-de-wolf/aflevering/detail/6821345/come-back-kate
http://www.mediamatic.net/page/34920/nl

= featurette by Matt Bowden of Dimmerswitch Productions, who's also working on a New Orleans gospel documentary together with Zinnia Films. \ Baltimore collector Ian Nagoski has his Fonotopia radio show on WLOY, runs his own Canary record label and has compiled the "Black Mirror: Reflections In Global Musics (1918-1955)" v/a cd for Dust-to-Digital (DTD10, 2007-11-20) and, more recently, the "To What Strange Place: The Music Of The Ottoman-American Diaspora 1916-1929" v/a 3cd for Tompkins Square (TSQ2608, 2011). [Tnx4tip GS - also for tipping "Don't Trust Your Neighbors - Early Albanian Traditional Songs And Improvisations, 1920s-1930s" on Hinter (2011)!]
http://soundcloud.com/towhatstrangeplace/zabelle-panosian-groung

Spoiler alert …
http://www.lakeshore-records.com/drive/
http://www.drive-movie.com/  [spoiler alert]
http://www.quarterlifeparty.com/drive-soundtrack/
http://blog.jess3.com/2011/10/the-drive-soundtrack-rocks.html
http://www.festival-cannes.com/assets/Image/Direct/040781.pdf
http://frontpsych.com/2011/09/26/a-review-of-the-drive-soundtrack/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive_(2011_film)#Music_and_soundtrack
http://audioproduction.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/2011/10/20/design-the-drive-soundtrack/
http://www.thevine.com.au/blog/clembastow/seeking-synthesiser-solace-in-the-drive-soundtrack20111025.aspx
http://www.holymoly.com/music/reviews/drive-soundtrack-awesomeness-music-complement-awesome-film59513
http://djpaniccity.com/main/?p=595

Music of its age and time, by Koen De Bruyne. "Pathetic dreams" is off his debut lp "Here Comes The Crazy Man!" (Vogue 1974); era vocals by Patricia Maesen, drums by Jean-Pierre Onraedt. (A year later, this trio would feature on Janko Nilovic's Mad Unity lp, also on Vogue Belgique.) As a follow up, shortly before his (untimely) death in 1977, De Bruyne recorded the soundtrack for Jan Gruyaert's film "In kluis" (Hans Kusters Music 1978, reissued 2007), of which the first three tracks below were taken. De Bruyne (brother of Kris) also participated in the recording of "Laat me nu toch niet alleen" by Johan Verminnen (1974), which features a (Belgian) classic moog solo by Telex' Dan Lacksman.
http://www.discogs.com/Koen-De-Bruyne-In-Kluis/release/694800
http://www.muziekarchief.be/identitydetails.php?ID=17017
http://www.soundslike.be/reviews/?reviewID=4050
http://houbi.com/belpop/groepen/debruyne.htm
http://www.johanverminnen.be/extra.shtml
http://www.ximon.nl/Films/in-kluis/142446
http://www.dvdinfo.be/bespreking.php?id=2190
http://www.vintagefilms.be/vlaamsefilmcollectie_page.htm

Almost forgot to publish this after I'd announced that I'd post some more on Leiber & Stoller & Spark records, but now with the sad news of Mr Leiber's parting ... here's a reminder of some of Leiber & Stoller's brilliant producing & songwriting skills, and of that exquisite autobiography by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller with David Ritz: "Hound dog - the Leiber & Stoller autobiography" (Simon & Schuster 2009-06, ISBN 9781416559382). At the publisher's site, you can browse the book ... may I suggest reading Randy Poe's appendix, where he argues (convincingly) that L&S practically invented rock 'n' roll? (And keep an eye out for more on their magic partnership - it's like Tex Avery making music - with the Coasters in a future post.)
http://www.leiberstoller.com/
http://spoonercentral.com/RS/Brill.html
http://uzine.posterous.com/tag/brillbuilding
http://www.spectropop.com/hleiberstoller.html
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Leiber+%26+Stoller
http://www.dustygroove.com/item.php?id=xktk2zpqhy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Leiber_and_Mike_Stoller
http://www.rockabilly.nl/references/messages/jerry_leiber.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/books/review/Windolf-t.html
http://www.elvis.com.au/presley/interview_with_mike_stoller.shtml
http://www.audioholicmedia.com/music-history-101/leiber-and-stoller/
http://www.acerecords.co.uk/content.php?page_id=59&release=747
http://www.acerecords.co.uk/content.php?page_id=59&release=421
http://www.acerecords.co.uk/content.php?page_id=59&release=7333
http://www.acerecords.co.uk/content.php?page_id=59&release=7485
http://www.ccmusic.com/item.cfm?itemid=MWS101014
http://www.ccmusic.com/item.cfm?itemid=CCM20012
http://www.covermesongs.com/2011/08/a-tribute-to-prolific-pop-songwriter-jerry-leiber.html

Mr. Allen Toussaint is a legend in his own time, and rightly so. He will play live in Antwerp (Belgium) on 2011-08-14, accompanied by Marc Ribot …
http://www.allentoussaint.com/
http://www.nynorecords.com/allen.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Toussaint
http://songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/C6044
http://www.nonesuch.com/artists/allen-toussaint
http://www.soulfulkindamusic.net/atoussaint.htm
http://www.npr.org/artists/15403068/allen-toussaint
http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Allen%20Toussaint.html
http://topics.nola.com/tag/allen%20toussaint/index.html
http://louisianamusichalloffame.org/content/view/102/119/
http://homeofthegroove.blogspot.com/search?q=Toussaint
http://www.sundazed.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=1154
http://www.acerecords.co.uk/content.php?page_id=59&release=7656
http://charly.co.uk/albums/sehorns-soul-farm-50-new-orleans-soul-classics/
http://charly.co.uk/albums/everything-i-do-gonh-be-funky-the-hit-songs-productions-1957-1978/
http://www.bear-family.de/index.php?sid=01b9f140eada2c84a05168806d75b14b&cl=details&anid=4302f9985736e852ea2b16cfd468799a
http://www.answers.com/topic/the-rubaiyats
http://www.answers.com/topic/willie-allen-1
http://www.fuel2000.com/