Here’s a clip of Miles Davis at his electric best, playing the 1970 Isle of Wight festival. The clip is introduced by Keith Jarrett. Parts 2-4 are after the jump.

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One of the most badass record labels back in the 80′s was SST, run by Black Flag’s Greg Ginn. So many great bands were on that label, and they also put out a couple of incredible compilations called “The Blasting Concept” which turned me on to a bunch of these bands. Apparently a bunch of these bands toured together in 1985, and here’s a video of one of those shows featuring Husker Du, The Minutemen, Meat Puppets, Saccharin Trust and SWA.

I’m feeling a little Wu Tang-y this morning.

Greg Dulli from Afghan Whigs and more recently the Twilight Singers can belt the hell out of anything. I’ve always particularly enjoyed his covers. Afghan Whigs had an EP in the mid-90s that covered a bunch of old soul tunes in a beautifully dark and haunting way. Here he is more recently covering Leonard Cohen’s Paper Thin Hotel.

This one goes out to Mitt “13.9% Tax Rate” Romney. We are the 99%, Mittens!