Rummage Through The Crevices http://www.filmcement.org/rummage/ en-us 2008-04-30T20:17:08+10:00 GG Allin on Pitchfork TV http://www.filmcement.org/rummage/archives/000309.html For the next couple of days, Pitchfork TV are offering us the chance to watch Hated, the notorious documentary about GG Allin, one of the most extreme performers ever to... Videos Warren 2008-04-30T20:17:08+10:00 President, Prophet, Seer, Revelator... And Crooner http://www.filmcement.org/rummage/archives/000307.html Father Yod, Charles Manson, David Koresh - all of them were cult leaders with musical aspirations who pursued them with varying degrees of success. Now a fourth name can be... Christian Warren 2008-04-25T20:25:55+10:00 Great Moments In Reflexive National Chauvinism http://www.filmcement.org/rummage/archives/000306.html The Olympic torch relay is currently working its way nervously through its Australian leg and much as I sympathise with and support the current round of protests against it,... Videos Warren 2008-04-22T01:27:21+10:00 The Mystery Instrument Of Washington Phillips http://www.filmcement.org/rummage/archives/000305.html Washington Phillips was a Texan gospel singer who only ever recorded 16 songs back in in the late 1920's, but he has been a source of enduring musical fascination ever... Instruments Warren 2008-04-10T21:10:52+10:00 Two Unusual Musical Career Paths From Two Centuries http://www.filmcement.org/rummage/archives/000304.html Setting up a MySpace page for your band is all well and good but to make the leap from the long tail to the short head, you still need a... Video Games Warren 2008-04-07T21:36:47+10:00 Chinese MC Hammer http://www.filmcement.org/rummage/archives/000303.html Good Lord... I'm gobsmacked. Not so much by the limber-limbed MC Hammer wannabe in this clip, but by the mother who continues impassively knitting while her hyperactive son gets... Videos Warren 2008-04-03T00:18:24+10:00 Black Mirror: Reflections In Global Musics http://www.filmcement.org/rummage/archives/000302.html Apart from anything else, Black Mirror: Reflections in Global Musics is a testament to the diversity of obscure global music that one can unearth in a modern multicultural city if... World Warren 2008-04-02T23:16:20+10:00 The World's First Recorded Song http://www.filmcement.org/rummage/archives/000301.html This 10 second recording of a woman's voice buried beneath a blanket of static and distortion may not seem that momentous, but it is in fact the earliest piece of... Early Recordings Warren 2008-03-29T15:11:30+10:00 Homophobic Mexican Punks Fuck Off http://www.filmcement.org/rummage/archives/000300.html Right now, it’s a dangerous time to be an emo in Mexico. Venture outside with your overgrown angular fringe and eyeliner and you’re likely to be beaten senseless by... Punk Warren 2008-03-29T01:17:05+10:00 From Vietnam With Love http://www.filmcement.org/rummage/archives/000299.html Looking for tasty hip-hop instrumental remixes of retro Vietnamese pop? How about if such aforementioned remixes were part of an attempt by the producer to connect with his cultural heritage?... World Warren 2008-03-29T00:22:46+10:00 Eurovision And Politics In The Caucasus http://www.filmcement.org/rummage/archives/000298.html From the vantage point of a couch in Australia, the Eurovision Song Contest (religiously broadcast every year by SBS) is an opportunity to revel in the seemingly insatiable European appetite... Media Events Warren 2008-03-12T01:01:24+10:00 The Harding Test http://www.filmcement.org/rummage/archives/000297.html The Harding Test is a set of algorithms that measure the level of rapid cuts, flicker patterns, and strobe effects in a piece footage, and their subsequent ability to... Videos Warren 2008-03-11T01:06:52+10:00 1000 True Fans http://www.filmcement.org/rummage/archives/000296.html So far, most discussions of post-digital-download music industry business models have had a fairly top down focus. We’ve seen the cartels angst over ways to resurrect their formerly bloated... Music Industry Warren 2008-03-11T00:21:14+10:00 Life Is A Problem... But Where There Is Life There Is Hope http://www.filmcement.org/rummage/archives/000295.html Time for a blast of old-time religious music coutesy of Life Is A Problem, a rousing compilation of rare gospel, sanctified blues and sacred steel recorded some time between the... Christian Warren 2008-03-10T23:24:06+10:00 One... Two... Touch No More... http://www.filmcement.org/rummage/archives/000294.html Here’s a treat for any fans of Incredibly Strange Music out there… Luie Luie is an outsider lounge artist who first gained notoriety through the appearance of his signature tune... Outsider Warren 2008-03-04T23:02:49+10:00