3 public service announcements of the future

"...breast milk, Kahluha, love it!"

A killer blog...

A really great blog that I have just discovered:
'Killed In Cars'
A treasure trove of music, some that I have never even heard of!
Tonight I downloaded four or five albums purely on the recommendation of this blog after I found it while I was looking for some 'Basic Channel' tunes...
What can I say apart from check it out and take a chance on something you don't know about and maybe you will get blown away like I did by this album.

Beat bongo babe

@ 'This isn't happiness' via 'Mogodonia'

Ahmahdinejad's pick for VP bows out after three days

Mashaie’s appointment came under harsh criticism by the conservatives, normally allies of Ahmadinejad. They objected to a remark he had made last year saying the Israeli people were friends of the Iranians. The appearance of nepotism (Mashaie’s daughter is married to Ahmadinejad’s son) also did not help his case. [...] The last thing he needed was being attacked by Shaiatmadari and the conservatives on the very first appointment to his new cabinet. He should have expected the reaction from the right to this nomination, but it seems that he may be loosing touch with the realities on the ground.

@'Uskowi on Iran'

Adam Yauch's announcement re: his cancer (I wish you a healthy recovery mate!)

Robots invading vintage postcards

'Invading the Vintage' @ Flickr via 'Daily Dish'

Basij shoot to kill (undated video)

Natalia Estemirova: UPDATE

I just received this email from Rosa @ Newsy.com

Hi Mona,
I read your memorial post about human rights activist Natalya Estemirova where you report about her kidnapping and brutal murder. I think you will find the following video relevant to your post.

http://www.newsy.com/videos/fighting_for_human_rights_with_life

It describes Estemirova’s life’s work and uses news coverage from different media outlets to make the case that the human rights worker was murdered by the state.
I think it is relevant to your post and I hope you will consider embedding the video in Exile on Moan Street. This story has been buried in the press and blogs like yours honor her memory by publicizing her cause.
Newsy.com videos analyze and synthesize news coverage of important global issues from multiple sources. Its unique method of presenting how different media outlets around the world are covering a story provides context to help viewers understand complex global issues.

Thanx Rosa for sending me the link and if some more people get to know of Natalia's story then I am glad to have been of help.

Here is the video:

WTF?

Is this the man who killed Neda?

Arash Hejazi (the Doctor and eyewitness of Neda dying, the guy who was trying to help her in video) a few days after had an interview with BBC. People in the street went to the guy who shot Neda and took his ID cards, he said. He added “it is possible to recognize the killer if someone publishes that ID cards.”
A few weeks later, the above pictures have surfaced on the net tho'nobody could confirm if those belonged to the killer.
Now Dr. Arash Hejazi says at his blog that we have the right man and that this IS is the killer.

Watch the video here.

Green Brief 32

Doug Wimbish - Doug Jam (1990)

Doug Wimbish, solo bass in Southern Studios 1990.
From the forthcoming On-U Sound documentary.
Brendan - this is what I was talking about!

The Last of Heath

"When Heath Ledger died a year and a half ago from an accidental mix of prescription drugs, he was deep into filming The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus with his friend and mentor, director Terry Gilliam. From Gilliam, the crew, and other insiders, the author gets an exclusive account of Ledger’s final months—a pressure cooker of arduous filmmaking, personal turmoil, and chronic insomnia—and of how the 28-year-old star’s last movie was rescued by a trio of friends: Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell."

By Peter Biskind
Full article @ 'Vanity Fair'

Rolling Stones - Australian Tour Documentary 1973 (ABC)

Method of Defiance - Nihon (DVD)

Laswell Licata Kondo Worrell Dr. Israel

Lee Scratch Perry with Dubblestandart and Ari Up | NYC @ BRKLYN YARD 18 Jul 2009

One day before his huge Summerstage appearance at New York City's Central Park, Lee Scratch Perry played a secret show in Brooklyn at the BRKLYN YARD. Billed as Dubblestandart plus very special guest the Austria/Jamaica connection was joined by Ari Up of The Slits for the final encore, Equal Rights & Justice.
For a longer edit in higher resolution please go here.