The Black Isle

There’s much more at Derek Erdman.

John Cale performing “Paris 1919″ live in Amsterdam.
“You’re a ghost, la la la-la-la la la-la-la, You’re a ghost!”

Click to hear each of the three sample tracks:

High tech, Low tech Part Deux. I didn’t post a link to MUXTAPE yesterday because their system was overcrowded and uploading took forever. But do go. Do make a mixtape (Upload 12 songs from your MP3 collection, the more arcane the better — commercial stuff doesn’t load well) and share it with your fiends.

Here are some existing muxtapes:
http://theconsumed.muxtape.com/
http://dearingfilm.muxtape.com/
http://thisisawakeupcall.muxtape.com/
http://blacktshirts.muxtape.com/

Institut Drahomira, a French-posing-as-Russian art-film-music pair-of-dudes-posing-as-collective. I think I like these people! A lot! Thanks to Mutant Sounds.

PLUS Drahomira also uploaded this HILARIOUS clip of Michel Houellebecq doing a spoken-word thing with a live orchestra at the Folies Pigalle.

I heard Mrs. Johnny Depp sing this cover of “Walk On the Wild Side” in a Tokyo restaurant/bar that played mostly cover versions and thought it captured the Tokyo vibe perfectly: