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Rhythm & Sound @Biomix 2004

RHYTHM & SOUND
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Great introduction to Basic Channel
HERE

So who the fug are 'American Police Force'?

Michael Hilton

American Police Force
Start at Fifi's post here and then trawl your way through the web.
This is a good place to start.
A nice touch that their address given is shared with a medical marijuana dispensary in California!

...and why does 'Team America' keep popping into my head?

Gas mask bra traps Ig Nobel prize

The bra can be converted into one mask for the wearer and one for a needy bystander

Designers of a bra that turns into gas masks and a team who found that named cows produce more milk were among the winners of the 2009 Ig Nobel prizes.

The aim of the awards is to honour achievements that "first make people laugh and then make them think".

The peace prize went to a Swiss research team who determined whether it is better to be hit over the head with a full or empty bottle of beer...

The governor of Zimbabwe's Reserve Bank received the prize for mathematics for printing bank notes with such a wide range of denominations.

@'BBC'

My favourite was the guys who converted diamonds out of Tequila. Yes they were from Mexico.
(Thanx Carolyn)

He forgot to mention that it has a pointed end for easy insertion...

...when he stops talking out of his arse that is!

Ancient Skeleton May Rewrite Earliest Chapter of Human Evolution

Researchers have unveiled the oldest known skeleton of a putative human ancestor--and it is full of surprises. Although the creature, named Ardipithecus ramidus, had a brain and body the size of a chimpanzee, it did not knuckle-walk or swing through the trees like an ape. Instead, "Ardi" walked upright, with a big, stiff foot and short, wide pelvis, researchers report in Science. "We thought Lucy was the find of the century," says paleoanthropologist Andrew Hill of Yale University, referring to the famous 3.2-million-year-old skeleton that revolutionized thinking about human origins. "But in retrospect, it was not."
@'Science Now'
Thanx 'Go Monkey Go'
Your thoughts Kirk Cameron?

Half of babies 'will live to 100'

More than half of babies now born in the UK and other wealthy nations will live to 100 years, researchers say.

The study, published in The Lancet journal, also says the extra years are spent with less serious disability.

@'BBC'

Revealed: millions spent by lobby firms fighting Obama health reforms

America's healthcare industry has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to block the introduction of public medical insurance and stall other reforms promised by Barack Obama. The campaign against the president has been waged in part through substantial donations to key politicians.

Supporters of radical reform of healthcare say legislation emerging from the US Senate reflects the financial power of vested interests ‑ principally insurance companies, pharmaceutical firms and hospitals ‑ that have worked to stop far-reaching changes threatening their profits.

The industry and interest groups have spent $380m (£238m) in recent months influencing healthcare legislation through lobbying, advertising and in direct political contributions to members of Congress. The largest contribution, totalling close to $1.5m, has gone to the chairman of the senate committee drafting the new law.

@'The Guardian'

The Bug - Skeng

Irony of the day

Woody Allen calling for Roman Polanski's release.

My party mix

Richie Hawtin - Power96 Detroit Radio - 24-11-1989

In 10 hours "Exile' turns 1!!!

Happy Birthday to me...
Keeping
you 'infro-med' (sic)
since 2008.

Girlz With Gunz # 82 (Back to the beginning!)

One of Australia's best-known young female artists, Hazel Dooney posed for a series of study photographs in the desert near Lake Eyre, Australia, in 2001 The photographs were later be used to create a series of large, high gloss enamel paintings that were exhibited around the country, a year later. The works can be seen here and the study photos here.

This is where it all began exactly one year ago today!
Quickly followed by this...
(So you can see that Ms Dooney and I go way back LOL!)

New band (and song) for Thom Yorke

The steady flow of recent Thom Yorke news continues with an exciting new development. Yorke has posted on Radiohead's blog that he has started a new band to perform his solo material. The band (pictured above) consists of himself, Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, Beck/R.E.M. drummer Joey Waronker, percussionist/multi-instrumentalist Mauro Refosco, and... Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea. Yes, Flea.

Two shows have been scheduled for the as-yet-unnamed band: October 4 and 5 at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles. Thom writes, "the set will not be very long cuz ..well ...we haven't got that much material yet!"

The only question is: will Flea keep his shirt on?
Get the full info here.

@'Pitchfork'

He has also contributed a cover of Marc Mulcahy's 'All For The Best' for the album 'Ciao My Shining star' which also includes Mercury Rev, Dinosaur Jr, The National and Michael Stipe amongst others covering songs written by Mulcahy.The proceeds from the album are to help him bring up his twin daughters following the sudden tragic death of his wife, Melissa, in 2008.

Bad Lieutenant - Sink Or Swim