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Mick's pick from The Mirror's archives.

1968

The Rolling Stones "larking about" for the launch of Beggars Banquet.  "This was in a funny hotel in Kensington where they used to do medieval lunches for foreigners. Decca Records had been so horrible to us, so ghastly - not paying us, just awful. So we got them to pay for this promotional bash and intended to just do them over, basically. The idea was that we had these pies sent in at the end and we'd throw them at the record executives and the head of Decca, a ghastly fellow. My ally was Lord Harlech, who owned Harlech TV. He was a guest sitting with us. So we had this banquet - a Beggar's Banquet, get it? - and threw the pies at them and left. It made a great picture." Jagger.

1967 

Mick and Keith in the pub, toasting release from jail. 

1964

On TV's Juke Box Jury.

So gangsta

 

Since 1989 Max Streicher has worked extensively with inflatable technology in kinetic sculptures. 

 
Using industrial fans and simple valve mechanisms to animate these sewn forms with lifelike gestures, his use of materials like Tyvek and nylon spinnaker contribute to the character development.

A Canadian native his works have traveled all over the world and are in various collections including the Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan, the ESSL collection of Contemporary Art Vienna, Austria and a permanent installation at York University in his current home town, Toronto, Canada.

Ah Fun

Now that I've found you,



I'll never let you go again.

Sugar Man

An absolute favourite of mine has to be 70s folk-rock Detroit musician Rodriguez, who released two spectacular (critically acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful albums) Cold Fact and Coming From Reality – before slipping into obscurity - ie. regular life.

Briefly hailed as a successor to Dylan, false rumours of an untimely death abounded as he all but disappeared in the West.  In Apartheid-era South Africa, however, and completely unbeknown to him,  Rodriguez’s soulful style spread across the land, eventually selling more records than Elvis.

30 years later two fans went on a pilgrimage to uncover the real story of this mystery man.  Swedish director Malik Bendjelloul captures their journey in a film that has already won World Cinema Documentary Audience Award and a Special Jury Prize at its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this year and is due to hit our shores for MIFF in a matter of weeks.  I cannot wait.

His fascinating story can also be heard in his own words -

"I hide my despondency well" 

- in this fascinating interview with the man himself here. 

Grey Ghost

With a residency at the Workers Club for the month of July, these guys are pretty damn good live, last night's gig was electric, tight and mad energy, especially for a Wednesday!
Checkitty check them if you can, support local talent and do something useful with the middle of your week.



Tim, again, nice work on the wardrobe and costumes in this clip, you got those skills kid.

Girl, I didn't know you could get down like that

Thanks No Lights No Lycra - last night was

 

 We are ready, we are ready for the floor.

 And dancing in the dark.

Ph Max Turner

Ph Max Turner