Please welcome AlaskaRon to the blogosphere

Ice volcano

Recently I have been accused of showing an anti-American bias here @ 'Exile'.
(That would be you Greg!)
So to remedy this situation there are is now a living breathing American who will contribute to this blog whenever time permits.
AlaskaRon is a father, a biologist and an icecarver so I think we could be in for some interesting posts and I for one am looking forward to them!

Hipster grifter foldable

From 'Free Williamsburg' here.

The Streets - He's Behind You, He's Got Swine Flu

Smoking # 4

Britt Ekland

Girlz With Gunz # 36 (Kari Farrell AKA The Hipster Grifter)

'Hipster grifter' surrenders!
Story from 'Gawker' here.
Background here.
This is priceless!

The Philadelphia mugshot.

Sacred Dub Podcasts

Bill Laswell
Photo by Peter Gannushkin

Welcome to the Sacred Dub Podcast, a series of audio transmissions (now up to number 51) dedicated to contemporary dub, ambient and lo-fi chill music. The show regularly features artists like Bill Laswell, Pete Namlook, Mick Harris, Tetsu Inoue and many, many more. Each transmission is about an hour long and a detailed tracklisting for every show is provided.

Sacred Dub Podcasts

This post published simultaneously at 'Pathway To Unknown Worlds' here.

UN rebukes Israel over Gaza raids

The inquiry says Israel's use of white phosphorous was reckless in Gaza

Story from the 'BBC' here.

"...The Israeli Defence Minister, Ehud Barak, rejected the report, saying it was biased.
"We have the most moral army in the world," he said.

"IDF [Israeli Defense Force] commanders and soldiers made every effort to avoid hurting uninvolved civilians."

Not that I have listened to it you understand...

...but jeez is it good!!!

Oh no!!!! Years behind....

Down to the wire...

Benayoun (left) and Kuyt made the game safe for Liverpool in the first half.

Liverpool 3 VS 0 Newcastle United

Full story at the 'BBC' here.

Actual Music Quartet RSM - Grooba

Can - Get The Can (1968)

Allegedly this is the first recording of Can with singer Malcolm Mooney, made the first time they played together in 1968.
Does anyone have ANY info on this?
(Is it on 'Prehistoric Future'?)
(My thanx to RV for the pointer.)

(I still have my copy of the original cassette -only 2000 made! Picked up on a trip to Paris back in 1984!)

Girlz With Gunz # 35 - The Inner Space (1968)

Holger Czukay - bass guitar, sound engineer, electronics

Michael Karoli - guitar, vocals, violin
Jaki Liebezeit - drums, percussion
Irmin Schmidt - keyboards, vocals
Rosemarie Heinikel (aka Rosy-Rosy, Kamera Song only)

Go to 'mplak_aout' here.
More info at 'Forced Exposure' here.

A clip from Kobi Jaeger's 1969 film 'Kamasutra - Vollendung der liebe' starring Bruno Dietrich and Barbara Schone.

Just before the clip ends Malcolm Mooney takes over and you get a few tantalizing seconds of "A Man Named Joe" from Can's Delay 1968 (aka Prepared To Meet Thy Pnoom).

A day of rest

Nice people these burn again Christians*

*TOPY 'T' shirt slogan c. early 1980's.