Combat Rock Redux

The Clash's fifth and final LP Combat Rock was provisionally titled Rat Patrol from Fort Bragg and was originally  mixed by Mick Jones. Who knew?

Check the link here for some of the back story and a few of the original mixes. Something tells me it could have been a very different album if they'd played around a bit more with Jones' versions.

DeeLa

The madness and energy which is nuevo cumbia is contagious. From its humble roots in the shanties of Columbia the cumbianization of the planet is a virtual aural epidemic. Check the likes of DeeLa (AKA Ingo Möll) from Moers Germany, who mashes global sounds with the traditional accordian and clipclop cumbia beat. This, his latest offering, Ritmo De Las Calaveras is available for a listen or as a free download in the below. Nice. Thanks Dee La!

http://deela.bandcamp.com/album/ritmo-de-las-calaveras

The War On Consciousness

For those of you that have read Fingerprints of the Gods will know Graham Hancock pulls no punches on his theories on universal experiences/human spirituality and indigenous cultures. Here he talks intimately about his experiences with ayahuasca and shamanism.

The War on Consciousness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0c5nIvJH7w