Everything's Coming Undone
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Saturday, 5 June 2010
Israel’s Foreign Ministry Tweets at Me, Tries to Defend Itself - And Proves My Point
You know things are getting hairy when a government agency feels the need to go to Twitter to defend its actions.
That’s what happened this morning when I tweeted the fact that more peace activists were killed on the day of the flotilla attack, than Israelis have been killed by Gaza rockets in 10 years.
To my surprise, within minutes, @IsraelMFA, the official Twitter account run by Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, directed a tweet at me that read: “more than four naval personnel were injured, some from gunfire and some from various other weapons.”
I tweeted back (in compressed format) that injured is the key word here. No Israeli soldiers died — no Israeli soldiers even sustained “serious” injuries — though they did leave at least nine peace activists lifeless.
The MFA’s tweet directed at me is no longer on their Twitter page. It was likely deleted because its blind-sided comment thoroughly proved my point. That’s how it goes in the world of propaganda — inconveniences are handily, quickly deleted.
Daniela Perdomo @'AlterNet'
Walled City of Kowloon: Living Inside the Maze
The Triad, who represented most of the criminal element, were pretty much forced out in the 70s – by a police attack some 30,000 strong, no less -- but the city remained as a kind of anarchist warren, a world-unto-itself where the residents built and maintained pretty much everything.
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lost cities
(For Aaja)
Friday, 4 June 2010
The Voice of Oscar Wilde?
According to H Montgomery Hyde’s 1975 biography of Oscar Wilde: “…It was during one of these visits to the Exhibition that Wilde was recognized in the American pavilion, where one of the stands was devoted to the inventions of Thomas Edison. One of these inventions was the ‘phonograph or speaking machine,’ and Wilde was asked to say something into the horn of the recording mechanism. He responded by reciting part VI of The Ballad Of Reading Gaol, which consists of the last three stanzas of the poem, and identifying it with his name at the end.” (More.)The purported wax cylinder is lost but an acetate copy surfaced in the 1960s. Wilde’s son, Vyvyan Holland, identified his father’s voice then changed his mind later on. An analysis by the British Sound Archive threw further doubt on the recording so we’re left to make up our own minds which you can do for yourself here. It doesn’t sound to me like the voice one would expect from a man of Wilde’s physical size, but then I also never expected Aleister Crowley’s voice to be so highly-pitched. If anyone knows of more recent research or detail about the Wilde recording, please leave a comment.
John Coulthart @'{feuilleton}'
This video illustrates real-time MRI of vocal performance. It includes examples from a soprano and an emcee/beatboxer. This video was featured at the Sounds and Visions Session, of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) Scientific Sessions, May 2006, Seattle.
For more information, visit sail.usc.edu/span
For more information, visit sail.usc.edu/span
DooneyStudio “Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play.” – Joseph Goebbels [O'Reilly is a fucking symphony orchestra]
♪♫ Julee Cruise - Rockin' Back Inside My Heart
From David Lynch's Industrial Symphony 1: Dream of the Brokenhearted
Corner V1 Workstation
(Photo: Born Rich)
The Vision One (V1) workstation is intended to improve music, gaming, home theater, and working experience. The feet and elbow supports pivot. This adjustable workstation comes in a variety of colors and other upgrades. The most popular upgrade is to a Porsche seat that can have up to 12 functions including power lumbar controls and heat.
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