Friday, 4 February 2011

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As long as so much of the crucial infrastructure for digital activism is provided by corporations, its full potential will not be realized

Video Released Of Houston Police Brutally Beating 16-Year-Old

Man Who Posted Videos of Police Torture and Rape Hides From Mubarak Regime

Tahrir square overnight - February 3 #jan25 #egypt

Sorry about that! Canada reverses metered Internet decision

When Irish Eyes Are Crying

Landlady 1, Sky Sports 0 – the legal victory that has Murdoch worried

A director who made Arcade Fire's 2008 documentary has launched a scathing attack on the band, insisting the rockers are "not good people" and branding their managers "disgusting" and "awful".
Filmmaker Vincent Moon spent time with the Canadian group, fronted by Win Butler, while working on their behind-the-scenes movie Miroir Noir, which documented the making of their 2007 album Neon Bible and a tour, and he has now spoken out about his experiences on set.
Moon has criticized the musicians and the way they conduct their business, and he reserves particularly harsh words for the band's representatives.
He tells Eye Weekly, "They're not good people, that's it. And I don't mean the whole band - I mean the leaders of the band and their management.
"What I hate about the band now is that people call them an indie band and they're not an indie band, they are a mainstream band... The way they deal with their business is really disgusting for me. The way they deal with things is awful.
"Their management are awful, awful people, and I know what I'm talking about. I have some really terrible stories with them."
@'Toronto Sun'

19 Year Old Teenager Makes Homemade Solar Death Ray

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Concentrated solar power has the potential to generate immense amounts of energy — but it can also be amazingly destructive. American student Eric Jacqmain has assembled over 5,800 mirrors into his own parabolic ‘solar Death Ray’, which can reportedly melt through metal and concrete.

@'Inhabitat'

Manic Street Preachers - Miners' Institute, Blackwood, Wales, 27th January 2011

Excellent digital radio broadcast made when the Manic Street Preachers returned to perform in their home town of Blackwood, Wales for the first time in over 25 years. The set includes songs from 2010's "Postcards From a Young Man" album as well as songs from throughout their career.

01 Motorcycle Emptiness
02 Your Love Alone is Not Enough
03 Slash 'n' Burn
04 (It's Not War) Just the End of Love
05 Suicide Alley
06 My Little Empire
07 Faster
08 You Stole the Sun From My Heart
09 Postcards From a Young Man
10 If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
11 You Love Us
12 Some Kind of Nothingness
13 Motown Junk
14 A Design For Life
15 Suicide is Painless
16 Enola Alone
17 Masses Against the Classes
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@'Big Box of Tapes'