Friday, 25 March 2011
Writings of La Monte Young
La Monte Young, USA | b. 1935
La Monte Young, editor "An Anthology of Chance Operations" (1963)
[PDF, 35mb]
Long out-of-print seminal writings and interviews by Young. First published by Heiner Friedrich in 1969 in an edition of 2100. Includes "Notes On The Continuous Periodic Composite Sound Waveform Environment Realizations Of "Map Of 49's Dream The Two Systems Of Eleven Sets Of Galactic Intervals Ornamental Lightyears Tracery," "Dream House,"Conversation With La Monte Young By Richard Kostelanetz," The Soul Of The Word," "Lecture 1960," and "Poem To Diane."
Notes on Continuous Periodic Composite Sound Waveform Environment Realizations/ Dream Music
@'Ubu Web'
La Monte Young, editor "An Anthology of Chance Operations" (1963) [PDF, 35mb]
Long out-of-print seminal writings and interviews by Young. First published by Heiner Friedrich in 1969 in an edition of 2100. Includes "Notes On The Continuous Periodic Composite Sound Waveform Environment Realizations Of "Map Of 49's Dream The Two Systems Of Eleven Sets Of Galactic Intervals Ornamental Lightyears Tracery," "Dream House,"Conversation With La Monte Young By Richard Kostelanetz," The Soul Of The Word," "Lecture 1960," and "Poem To Diane."
Notes on Continuous Periodic Composite Sound Waveform Environment Realizations/ Dream Music@'Ubu Web'
سانكيوو - Sankyoo
Intro:
One wonders
What people say about us
"Mubarak is an American puppet,
He doesn't give a damn
He's busy with some girls
That's his master plan".
What people say about us
"Mubarak is an American puppet,
He doesn't give a damn
He's busy with some girls
That's his master plan".
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I love you
I love you too, Mr President
Thank you
I love you too, Mr President
Thank you
Sankyoo for the misery
For the filth
And disgust
For the filth
And disgust
Sankyoo for the sewage floods
Sankyoo for the rotting garbage
Sankyoo for the rotting garbage
Sankyoo for imposed opinions
Sankyoo for the fraud
Sankyoo for the fraud
Sankyoo for Ayman Nour, Kareem
Alaa and all oppressed Egyptians
Alaa and all oppressed Egyptians
Sankyoo for the judges
The beating
The police
The torture
The beating
The police
The torture
Sankyoo, sankyoo, sankyoo, sankyoo (ad lib)
Finale:
One wonders
Where to hide from injustice
The ruler has cornered us
Where ever we may be
Where to hide from injustice
The ruler has cornered us
Where ever we may be
Egyptian girls and boys
Where shall we find freedom
When Mubarak our President
Is the mighty chief of thugs.
Where shall we find freedom
When Mubarak our President
Is the mighty chief of thugs.
Atomic Snow Jobs
When nuclear reactors blow, the first thing that melts down is the truth. Just as in the Chernobyl catastrophe almost 25 years ago when Soviet authorities denied the extent of radiation and downplayed the dire situation that was spiraling out of control, Japanese authorities spent the first week of the Fukushima crisis issuing conflicting and confusing reports. We were told that radiation levels were up, then down, then up, but nobody aside from those Japanese bureaucrats could verify the levels and few trusted their accuracy. The situation is under control, they told us, but workers are being evacuated. There is no danger of contamination, but stay inside and seal your doors.
The bureaucratization of horror into bland and reassuring pronouncements was to be expected, especially from an industry where misinformation is the rule. Although you might suppose that the nuclear industry's outstanding characteristic would be its expertise, since it's loaded with junior Einsteins who grasp the math and physics required to master the most awesomely sophisticated technology humans have ever created, think again. Based on the record, it's most outstanding characteristic is a fundamental dishonesty. I learned that the hard way as a grassroots activist organizing opposition to a scheme hatched by a consortium of nuclear utilities to park thousands of tons of highly radioactive fuel rods, like the ones now burning at Fukushima, in my Utah backyard.
Here's what I took away from that experience: the nuclear industry is a snake-oil culture of habitual misrepresentation, pervasive wishful thinking, deep denial, and occasional outright deception. For more than 50 years, it has habitually lied about risks and costs while covering up every violation and failure it could. Whether or not its proponents and spokespeople are dishonest or merely deluded can be debated, but the outcome -- dangerous misinformation and the meltdown of honest civic discourse -- remains the same, as we once again see at Fukushima.
Established at the dawn of the nuclear age, the pattern of dissemblance had become a well-worn rut long before the Japanese reactors spun out of control. In the early 1950s, the disciples of nuclear power, or the "peaceful atom" as it was then called, insisted that nuclear power would soon become so cheap and efficient that it would be offered to consumers for free. Visionaries that they were, they suggested that cities would be constructed with building materials impregnated with uranium so that snow removal would be unnecessary. Atomic bombs, they urged, should be used to carve out new coastal harbors for ships. In low doses, they swore, radiation was actually beneficial to one's health...
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Chip Ward @'Counterpunch'
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