In the war against albums being illegally uploaded on to the internet before they are released, David Tibet of the underground band Current 93 may have struck a minor, if resounding, victory. "This is a promotional CD," announces a little girl on the promo copy of Current 93's new album Aleph at Hallucinatory Mountain. "Anyone illegally selling, copying, uploading or downloading this material is condemned to eternal hellfire. Happy listening, God is love." Then Tibet – a devout Christian with strong views about the impending apocalypse – intones "murder" over a guitar riff heavy enough to terrify Satan. It makes you wonder whether a casual upload is really worth being cast into Hades for.
It was estimated more than eight per cent of the population used marijuana at least once a year, and this rate was only matched by North America and our trans-Tasman neighbours."Australia, New Zealand and North America have traditionally been the countries which have among the highest rates (of cannabis use)," Professor Louisa Degenhardt of the University of NSW said. "That has been something demonstrated repeatedly in surveys of young people and surveys of the general population."
Europe was next in terms of annual usage followed by the Middle East and Asia, while usage rates were rising across Africa but from a low base in some countries.
The new 12” released for Record Store Day will contain a cover of 'Bye Bye Bayou' originally recorded by Suicide singer Alan Vega on his 1980 debut album.
The Palestinians have urged the UN to act to punish Israel for its offensive in the Gaza Strip last winter.
The move reverses a Palestinian decision to defer action on a UN report that accuses both Israel and Hamas of war crimes during the conflict.
Israel rejected the report as biased during a UN Security Council debate.
Meanwhile, UN chief Ban Ki-moon urged "credible" investigations by Israel and the Palestinians into allegations of war crimes during the conflict.
A great recording of the entire performance of 'Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space' from the Royal Festival Hall the other night over at 'Ripped In Glasgow' (mp3). There is a FLAC of the same recording available at 'Dime'. (Thanx Tufty & Moggieboy for that!)
"Young Dutchman walking down city street, naked save for a fedora and shoes as he dares punishment by the SS while protesting clothes rationing by the occupying Germans."
I am pleased to report that i have completed my second record. I should say we really. We , and more specifically defined as, Tony BErg, Shawn Everett, Blake mills, stewart, Nicole eva emery, QUinn, Joe Karnes, Z berg, Patrick Warren and myself finished my record. On the morning after the last tracking session i hopped on a plane to manchester where i have been living now for the past three months. The mixing was done by Shawn everett there in LA. After he was done with a mix or two he would send it to me via usendit and i would take notes afterwhich i would skype him and we would discuss changes that needed being made. This was a great excuse to spend some time via skype with some of my favourite people in the world... Tony Berg and Shawn Everett.
