CUTTING EDGE - SEPTEMBER 11 DIDN'T HAPPEN 8.30

[Ox]

Tue 18th Jan 2005,
8.30 pm
SBS

This documentary details and examines various conspiracy theories relating to September 11. It investigates the origins of such theories, before debunking them and questions the anti-American and anti-Semitic sentiments behind them. 
(From France, in French, German, Arabic and English, English subtitles) CC

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[Ox]

And for music buffs


10PM on SBS

MASTERPIECE - HERBIE HANCOCK 

 In this documentary, jazz legend, practising Buddhist, pianist and composer Herbie Hancock talks about his musical career and about what has driven and shaped him as a musician. Born and raised in Chicago, he studied electrical engineering for two years before changing his course to music. After graduating he moved to New York where he had his first big hit, Watermelon Man, released by Blue Note Records. He played with Miles Davis before forming his own bands. His first film score was the music for Antonioni's Blowup. When synthesizers came in, it was a chance for Herbie Hancock to marry the two things he loves the most, music and science and he started focusing his attention on the possibility of new electronic sounds. The result was Rockit which popularised scratching and it is still seen as the key work in the development of modern electronic music as well as one of the defining records for modern-day hip-hop. The program includes interviews with Wayne Shorter, Carlos Santana, and Quincy Jones. (From the UK, in English)
 

be careful ferals,u may learn something.

[JohnF]

Don't know much of Hancock's work, other than "Rockit", a cheesey track with an even cheesier film clip. Might give the doco a look to learn some more about him. 

[tiga]

Ox have you been to this link yet?
Check it out. It is very interesting.
http://www.freedomunderground.org/memoryhole/pentagon.php#Main
When a country like the USA is fuelled by so much paranoia it really doesn't amaze me the things that go on behind the scenes in their government. 

JF, I thought the 'twitching tubster' would have lost some weight by now with all his continuous activity.
Maybe someone is out of shot feeding him mars bars up his clacker. 

[Ox]

Yes mate,I saw that a few weeks back now.
Should be interesting tonite.

JohnF

Herbie Hancock,before  "rockit" fame was at the forefront of modern experimental Jazz.
One such album tha boasts this  reputation is "Headhunter" psychadelic jazz if u will
fromt he early 70s.

Prior to this he was already an established and accomplished contmporary jazz pianist and a regular on the call sheet od Quincy Jones and other top line producers not only for his playing prowess and creativity butalso because as a programmer
he was fathoms ahead of everyone.

He's worked with everyone and even recorded an Instrumental album of Stevie Wonder covers  that are at times unrecognisable due to the heavy creative Jazz arrangements that stem from his genius.

He is a God.

[WilliamPowell]

10PM on SBS

MASTERPIECE - HERBIE HANCOCK 

Whatever happened to Herbie Hancock?

I remember seeing a doco about Quincy Jones once years ago (on the ABC I think) where they briefly spoke about Herbie Hancock

[Ox]

Should be a good one(hopefull) WP
When you have such great subject matter
It would take a nuff nuff to produce a boring bio/doco

*enter u know who*

[JohnF]

JF, I thought the 'twitching tubster' would have lost some weight by now with all his continuous activity.
Maybe someone is out of shot feeding him mars bars up his clacker. 

    I think she must be chewing some of that 3 course meal gum Violet Beauregarde was chewing in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory when she blew up.

[JohnF]

Yes mate,I saw that a few weeks back now.
Should be interesting tonite.

JohnF

Herbie Hancock,before  "rockit" fame was at the forefront of modern experimental Jazz.
One such album tha boasts this  reputation is "Headhunter" psychadelic jazz if u will
fromt he early 70s.

Prior to this he was already an established and accomplished contmporary jazz pianist and a regular on the call sheet od Quincy Jones and other top line producers not only for his playing prowess and creativity butalso because as a programmer
he was fathoms ahead of everyone.

He's worked with everyone and even recorded an Instrumental album of Stevie Wonder covers  that are at times unrecognisable due to the heavy creative Jazz arrangements that stem from his genius.

He is a God.

Yeah I was listening to some of his music clips on Amazon.com. His stuff certainly sounds dated now but you can tell that it would have been extremely avant garde for its time.

Don't know if 'Rockit' would have been key work in the development of modern electronic music. I'd probably say Kraftwerk's Trans- Europe Express and Jean Michael Jarre's Oxygene II which both appeared in 1977, together with Giorgio Moroder's 1978 hit 'The Chase' were more responsible in setting the wheels in motion for the later electronic music infiltration.

[Ox]

LMAOOO@  20 years ago, The head CEO of gottileb games corporation in the defence of the Pac man craze saying;

"If pac man was sending a subliminal message to the kids that play it,they would be running around in the dark,taking tablets while listening to electronic music."

LMAOOOO@ Listening to Jarre in the 80s and getting stoned to enhance the surround pan efect and then saying
"stuffen unroool"

[JohnF]

LMAOOO@  20 years ago, The head CEO of gottileb games corporation in the defence of the Pac man craze saying;

"If pac man was sending a subliminal message to the kids that play it,they would be running around in the dark,taking tablets while listening to electronic music."

LMAOOOO@ Listening to Jarre in the 80s and getting stoned to enhance the surround pan efect and then saying
"stuffen unroool"

ROFLFMLFMAOOOOOOO@how prophetic that was.

lmfaoooooooooo@electronic music dying as soon as the homosexuals got their hands on synthesizers.

[froars]

Another conspiracy theory bites the dust!
Hope no-one bought Thierry's Meyssan's book.
I don't believe in the conspiracy, but how hard is it for all the US Army to find one man?
They can't find him because they don't want to - why?

George's next stop:  Iran http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/review/article_full_story.asp?service_ID=6700

Sorry Ox, not a jazz fan, and not a Herbie Hancock fan – maybe that’s my loss and maybe my ignorance in music shows.  That synthetic stuff is an assault on my ears – I like pure music, pure instruments, not into weird sounds – is not music to me. 

[Ox]

LMAO

Tell that to Miles.

[froars]

LMAO

Tell that to Miles.

Hahaha - not a problem!
Miles, i don't like Jazz lol

[JohnF]

Didn't get to see the HH doco. Was it any good?