NO CONDITION IS PERMANENT [Episode #410 ~ 09-07-24]

Pictured: The doyenne of Bollywood playback singers, Asha Bhosle.

For the party nights, we were all dressed in Indian costumes. Michael Howard, the creative director for Dior, must have worked for weeks. The lighting and décor of the fort and the events were amazing: up along the internal ramps leading to the courtyard were dozens of drummers, horses, camels caparisoned in mirrors and tassels, dancers, acrobats, fire-eaters, ladies throwing rose petals; great posters painted by people from the Indian film industry. Vlad was Bond and Naomi [Campbell] was his Bond girl, the title ‘Bond is Back’. Part of the attraction of their romance must be the idea of the glamorous couple. And, because of the thronging festivities, we felt like we were in a film set. Diana Ross took a fancy to Andreas [Kronthaler] and he politely got on stage with her for a minute or two.

Naomi mentioned that she’s going to do some charity work in India about waste recycling. I talked to David X Prutting, who was the official photographer. He told me that when he first visited India, he went to photograph and meet the lowest class, who clean up the shit. He loved them; they were the only people who never asked him for money. Like everyone, he found it hard to cope with the poverty. David said, ‘The way to deal with it is to accept it for yourself, to take it into yourself, to say yes, this is a life, to respect.’

— Vivienne Westwood, Get A Life.

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Here’s what we played in Ep. 410 of No Condition Is Permanent:

FIRST SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

The O’Jays — “992 Arguments” — Back Stabbers

Tala Am — “Sugar Lump (Edit)” — Africa Airways Five: Brace Brace Boogie 1976 – 1982

Slacktone — “Rosarito 3-Day” — Warning, Reverb Instrumentals

The Gladiators — “Baldhead Dub” — Studio 1 Singles

The Yardbirds — “Rack My Mind (Mono Mix)” — Roger The Engineer (a.k.a. Over Under Sideways Down)

Koes Plus — “Kelelawar (The Bats)” — Dheg Dheg Plas Vols. 1 & 2

The Fanatics — “I Will Not Be Lonely” — Born Bad Vol. 7

The Flowers — “Meekshi Manoo” — Raks Raks Raks: 27 Golden Garage Psych Nuggets from The Iranian ‘60s Scene

IT’S MADISON TIME…

The Executioners — “Guillotine” — It’s Monster Surfing Time!

SECOND SLICE O’SCHEIßE…

Lizzy Mercier Descloux — “Bim Bam Boum” — Mambo Nassau

Reigning Sound — “We Repel Each Other” — Too Much Guitar

Dr. Alimantado — “I Killed The Barber” — Best Dressed Chicken In Town

Bracey Everett — “Lover’s Curse” — Desperate Rock ‘N’ Roll, Vol. 5

Los Camaroes — “Ma Wde Wa” — Cameroon Garage Funk 1964 – 1979

Jeff Simmons — “I’m in the Music Business” — Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up

Ahmed Malek — “Casbah” — Habibi Funk 015: An Eclectic Selection of Music from The Arab World Pt. 2

The Nocturnes — “Night Owl” — Rare Mod 2

S. D. Burman feat. Asha Bhosle — “Sambhalo Sambhalo Apna Dil” — The Bombay Connection Vol. 2: Bouncin’ Nightclub Grooves from Bollywood Films 1959-1972