Welcome to the Battledrome

Further musings on Nick's ill-informed suggestion that Hauritz is anything other than the best spin bowler in Australia.

Gil Scott-Heron

Probably best known for quasi-spoken word type tracks like "The revolution will not be televised" and "Whitey on the moon", Gil Scott-Heron has been conspicuously absent for about 15 years, due in no small part to being in jail. Now he's back, doing interviews, and releasing a new album, I'm new here. It's getting some pretty good reviews too. In recognition, here's Esther Phillips' version of Scott-Heron's beautiful "Home is where the hatred is".

Ethio Jazz

With the recent release of Strut's Mulatu Astatke retrospective, and Oh No's Ethiopium on Stones Throw, Ethio Jazz is, if not So Hot Right Now, at least Moderately Warm at This Point in Time. So, in recognition of this slight increase in temperature, here's Mulatu Astatke's "Yegelle Tezeta":

TOTD: Mayer Hawthorne - The Ills

You know the ills of the world, they can get you down, but then you get back up!

Red Bantoo

I got an email from ITM HQ the other day asking if I'd mind slapping together an interview for Red Bantoo. This is how it turned out. They are awesome. That is all.

From the vaults

Brendon on Vitamin C, Sissy
Originally uploaded by duncanmacinnis

I ported across a bunch of pics that I had posted on 0friction.com into my flickr account (and hard drive). Find them here. I don't think anyone in that set climbs any more, except me. Oh and Stu. There's some reasonable pics in there though, taken on a mixture of film and crappy digital camera. Enjoy!