[Landline] Video Parade 4
Beauty against the looming fascist abyss
Here’s a fourth parade of videos… partly because I’m too distressed about the election1 to do anything approaching proper writing but also because these humble little playlists have been getting such warm responses, and what the hell, I’m going to just go along with what’s working right now.
Anyways, as always with these collections, I hope you’ll find something of interest, amusement, inspiration or usefulness here.
Watch it as a playlist, or check out individual videos below.
Pere Ubu - “Breath”
“Fly Amanita” (dir. David Fenster)
“Last Leaf on the Tree - Willie Nelson (Sept 7, 2024)” h/t
“Alice in Wonderland - Great Britain, 1966” (dir. Jonathan Miller)
“James Dean Bradfield’s First Musical Experience” (one minute)
“Georgian Sea Island Singers (1963)”
“Sinead O’Connor - The Foggy Dew - Conor McGregor Entrance - UFC 189”
“Roxy Music - Love Is the Drug - Live at Wembley - 18 October 1975”
“Pleasures of Urban Decay - The Whole Attraction of Ruins” (Cartoonist Ben Katchor, by Sam Ball)
“Frank Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim - Bossa Nova Medley”
“Cocteau Twins - Carolyn’s Fingers - Later, 1994”
“Allen Ginsberg & Paul McCartney - The Ballad of the Skeletons”
“Egun. Les revenants”
“One on One - Nacer Khemir”(interview)
“Jack Rose at Harvest Time Part One” (Cambridge, 12 Feb 2006)
“Mystic 100’s Infomercial”
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Fondly,
Jay
Southern Arizona
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“Hope for the best, prepare for the worst“? The worst looks like a fascist abyss — the extended glimpses of it that we’re getting, like last weekend’s rally at Madison Square Garden, are both instructive and utterly terrifying — and I have no firm idea how to prepare for that. Suggestions are welcome.
Whew! Thanks, I needed a break from current times.
I love that you included Sinead's performance. I remember watching the UFC card that night and thinking, "Wow, the sport has finally crossed over into the overtly theatrical." Unfortunately, there haven't been many moments like this since and McGregor's presence is sorely missed.