Red Hot Chili Peppers

I’ve been fishing through my old record collection again today and look at the gem I found: a Red Hot Chili Peppers shaped picture disc for the single 'Knock Me Down'.     Photo #1: Red Hot Chili Peppers Knock Me Down Picture Disc   From the 1989 album Mother's Milk, Knock Me Down depicts negativity towards the stereotypically self-centred lifestyle of your typical rock star. The band's opposition is displayed through their lyrics: "If you see me getting mighty... MORE

Members of an unknown Amazon Basin tribe and their dwellings are seen during a flight over the Brazilian state of Acre along the border with Peru in this May, 2008 photo distributed by FUNAI, the government agency for the protection of indigenous peoples. Survival International estimates that there are over 100 uncontacted tribes worldwide, and says that uncontacted tribes in the region are under increasing threat from illegal logging over the border in Peru. For som... MORE

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Red Hot Chili Peppers-Show me your soul

My previous post about this disappeared into MOG Space, so here's another attempt. The Red Hot Chili Peppers, after releasing their 2006 album Stadium Arcadium and the subsequent tour which ended in Leeds, UK, in August 2007, decided to take a one-year-break to recuperate and focus on family life and individual projects. Bassist Flea is focusing on his family as well as his Silverlake Conservatory of Music charity, guitarist John Frusciante is to release a solo album l... MORE

If you haven't heard by now the Red Hot Chili Peppers are taking a mini-hiatus so Anthony Kiedis can spend more time with his new baby and the rest of the RHCP boys can focus on solo projects. Luckily 2007's Stadium Arcadium was a double-disc album that should hold fans over the next dry year. This is what Kiedis told Rolling Stone on the subject:We're disbanded for the moment. We actually took a very long time to make the Stadium Arcadium record, because we wrote a lo... MORE

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cut the mustard, Slang, to reach or surpass the desired standard of performance.





At last year's (2007) Reading Festival, two fabulous paintings, displayed at a stall provided by art gallery 'Cut The Mustard' from Bristol, UK, caught my eye. Upon closer inspection, as much as I realised these artworks weren't 'live' pieces (they are based on well known photographs), I still loved these pieces of art, and imagined how great they would look on my living room wall. Imagine ... MORE

Mitch Winehouse contemplates the horror of possibly losing his daughter Amy, Hank Harrison calls his daughter Courtney Love a sociopath, and Anthony Kiedis's dad Blackie Dammett wonders if people will think of him as a 'sicko nutcase'...

The documentary that was originally broadcast on UK TV last week, is about to disappear from BBC iPlayer, so I've made a transcript available.

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If you're interested in finding out what others thought, read And... MORE

Come to decide that the things that I tried Were in my life just to get high on When I sit alone come get a little known But I need more than myself this time Step from the road to the sea to the sky And I do believe that we rely on When I lay it on Come get to play it on All my life to sacrifice Hey oh listen what I say oh I got your Hey oh now listen what I say oh When will I know that I really can't go To the well once more time to decide on When it's killin... MORE

I have always loved this song. I was skiing and rocking out to this today.. thought i would share the joy

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