Back to the future

Here is a video of PJ harvey and Bjork at the Brit Awards.

This was a life changing inspiring moment for me.

bjork with her Yamaha Su-10 sampler and PJ with her Long snake Moan

these people had messages. The idea of celebrity disgusted these Mercurial message bringers

13 years on........

people talk of the economic recession...

what about the cultural recession?

Where have all the musicians with inspirational firebrand do or die unique light giving gods and godesses gone?

2010 sees the U.K and pretty much the world over with

nothing but a pile of derivitive wet fish using music as a vehicule

to drive to them towards some holy grail of celebrity.

Looking at that clip of the marching bland depress the red carpet at the brits nominations, I feel proud to have a known another time of music when

the middle of the road was a shameful place to stand, Props to Dido to have the initiative to make her comeback with a new name and a snazzy top from dorothy perkins

Ellie Goulding must be Didos Ziggy Stardust persona. Smart move.

but seriously.....

is this a problem that gets worst with every generation? are human personalities getting blander as the more mums pop out unwanted children and

pram them round westfield shopping centre? is evolution and the digital takeover rapidly wiping out unique personalities and outrageousness from the food chain?

BEWARE THE APOCOLYPSE of ORIGINALITY!

That said, Gaga, florence, roux, I honor you for breeding the different race. Keep it up.

creatures, be fearless.. be brave.. be exotic.. be a new invention!

Take me back to the future.......

xxx BB

Buffy Sainte-Marie

Buffy Sainte-Marie

A living breathing icon, legend and most of all greatest singer songwriter alive

I cannot sum up what buffy-sainte marie means to me without spending the next month of my life researching every small detail of her life and reciting all my favourite lyrics of hers.

Her music has not only changed the world

Pioneered the art of the "singer/songwriter"

She was the original Patti Smith, The original Dylan.

here is buffy explaining and singing her eternal classic "Universal Soldier"

A song that breaks my heart, the most empathy filled protest song

A close spiritual relative of Joni Mitchells "Fiddle and the Drum" I think.

The reason why I decided to write about Buffy and will continue to so much on this blog

Is that I took an early morning walk to buy the papers and buffy has the been

the soundtrack to many a life changing morning and evening walk

her album "illuminations" which I will write about in detail one day soon

is a sonic cornucopia of beauty and magick

for those that love vespertine by bjork and diamanda galas

would love this album

illuminations, released in 1969 and available on itunes and of course on vinyl and cd

I recommend for pure obsessiveness to buy the vinyl copy and put in pride

of place upon your mantlepiece while listening to your download

now to the present day

while buying my milk and bread today, this song came on, loud on my headphones

the message is so powerful and inspiring

"Put Mother Nature on a luncheon plate.
They cut her up and call it real estate.
Want all the resources and all of the land.
They make a war over it: Blow things up for it"

she made her recent album "running for the drum" at the age of 67

Buffy makes me so happy and inspired that I as an individual on this planet can make a difference

even by staying positive on issues of ecology and politics

To not be afraid to be proud of my ethnicity and my folklore

Buffy long may you reign my record collection.

Buffy Sainte-Marie

Buffy Sainte-Marie Wikipedia

Buffy tours the UK in January

Sun, Jan. 24, 2010 - Basingstoke, UK The Anvil

Mon, Jan. 25, 2010 - Leamington Spa, UK, Leamington Assembly

Wed, Jan. 27, 2010 - Glasgow, UK The Fruit Market

Thu, Jan. 28, 2010 - Gateshead, UK Sage Theatre

Sat, Jan. 30, 2010- London, UK Sheperds Bush Empire

Be sure to catch this living legend live and leave the show inspired and ready to get obsessed and inspired

x BB x