Femme Fatale: The Story of Nico (Broadcast documentary)

BBC Radio 4 - Femme Fatale: The Story of Nico.

Marc Riley tells the story of Christa Paffgen, the German model and actress who would become better known as Nico, the singer with influential 1960s rock band The Velvet Underground. Featuring interviews with her son Ari, her manager during her time in Manchester, Alan Wise, her biographer Richard Witts and John Cale, one of her colleagues in The Velvet Underground.

Duration: 27'30".



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Mary Halvorson Trio Live on WFMU, 2008-12-17

Source: blog.wfmu.org

To mark the release of her new recording, Dragon's Head, on Firehouse 12, Mary Halvorson brought her trio down to the WFMU studios to throw down a fire breathing live set for The Long Rally. The band features Ches Smith on drums (Xiu Xiu, Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog), John Hebert on bass (Uri Caine, the late Andrew Hill, his own band, Byzantine Monkey), and Mary Halvorson on guitar (People, Anthony Braxton, duo with Jessica Pavone). They tore through four of Mary's craggy tunes (three songs from the album plus a ballad called, "No. 11") and left all in attendence speechless. Pick up the album, you won't be sorry. Thanks to Trent Wolbe for engineering.

Mary Halvorson Trio - "Too Many Ties (No. 6)"


Mary Halvorson Trio - "Momentary Lapse (No. 1)"


Mary Halvorson Trio - "Dragon's Head (No. 9)"


Mary Halvorson Trio - "No. 11"

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video & audio: Otomo Yoshihide. Turntable solo (without records).

"hyper wr player" - YCAM Otomo Yoshihide / ENSEMBLES.

Audio. Turntable Solo (21'26"). Live at Think Zona, Tokyo, Japan 28th February 2002. But it from Discogs: