Sunday, 17 April 2011

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♪♫ Burial Vs. Basic Channel - Arch Trak

♪♫ Lauryn Hill - Coachella 4/15/11

Hey Facebook: What’s SO wrong about a pic of two men kissing?

This is perplexing. And annoying. And infuriating.
I woke up this morning to an email from Facebook with the subject “Facebook Warning”:

“Hello,
Content that you shared on Facebook has been removed because it violated Facebook’s Statement of Rights and Responsibilities. Shares that contain nudity, or any kind of graphic or sexually suggestive content, are not permitted on Facebook.
This message serves as a warning. Additional violations may result in the termination of your account. Please read the Statement of Rights and Responsibilities carefully and refrain from posting abusive material in the future. Thanks in advance for your understanding and cooperation.
The Facebook Team”

Ah…yeah… it seems that the sight of two fully-clothed men kissing was too much for Facebook, or too much for some closet-case asshole (Hi Jerry! Remind me why you and I are “friends” again? I sure didn’t ask to be yours, pal…) who complained about it. The photo appeared here on Dangerous Minds in the context of Niall’s post about the “kiss in” demonstration that was cooked up, ironically ON FACEBOOK ITSELF, in London to protest against the rude treatment two gay patrons experienced at a pub called The John Snow. The two men, Jonathan Williams, 26, and Jamie Bull, 23 were sitting in a corner kissing when the owner asked them to leave. Over 750 people signed up for the protest.
Oh, WAIT A MINUTE, I went to check on the Facebook page that organized The John Snow pub protest... and it’s gone, too.
WTF, FB?
I’ve written to Facebook asking them why this content was removed, but have at this point received no reply. I’ll update this post when I do. In the meantime, why not share this photo on FB as much as you can? I’m hoping they’ll restore the post as it was so everyone can pile on the jerk who wrote all the homophobic stuff on my FB wall. I think that’s the best outcome here, Jerry getting a taste of his own medicine…
In any case, the protest went off last night against The John Snow pub, with protesters chanting “We’re here, we’re queer and we won’t buy your beer.” You can see the BBC News report here.
UPDATE:

Richard Metzger @'Dangerous Minds'

This is outrageous in this day and age!!!

Hooked on Addiction: From Food to Drugs to Internet Porn

The Straight Dope - Bill Moyers interviews David Simon

David Simon would be happy to find out that The Wire was hyperbolic and ridiculous, and that the “American Century” is still to come. But he's not betting on it. An excerpt from Bill Moyers Journal: The Conversation Continues, forthcoming from The New Press.

Bill Moyers: I did a documentary about the South Bronx called The Fire Next Door and what I learned very early is that the drug trade is an inverted form of capitalism.

David Simon: Absolutely. In some ways it’s the most destructive form of welfare that we’ve established, the illegal drug trade in these neighborhoods. It’s basically like opening up a Bethlehem Steel in the middle of the South Bronx or in West Baltimore and saying, “You guys are all steelworkers.” Just say no? That’s our answer to that? And by the way, if it was chewing up white folk, it wouldn’t have gone on for as long as it did.

HERE

♪♫ Super Furry Animals - Juxtaposed With U

Sign(s) of the times

Neither can I...

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Robert Frank's "Cocksucker Blues" (1972,. avi). God, I can't believe this hasn't been taken down yet: http://is.gd/GwcbhA

Saturday, 16 April 2011

REpost: My father was a record sleeve...

Label: India Navigation

Cat. #: IN 3026

Format: LP
Release date: 1982

Music by Phill Niblock

REpost: The Human (Voice)

Voice
(Julie Tippetts, Maggie Nichols, Phil Minton, Brian Eley)
Recorded live at The Phoenix, Cavendish Square, London W1, on 13th Oct 1976
Get it
HERE
(sorry only @160...I have the album still and when I get organised (stylus/brain etc) I will upgrade to FLAC etc)

Veryan Weston (piano) and Phil Minton (voice) improvise at Mopomoso at the Vortex Jazz club in London. 21st September 2008. Filmed by Helen Petts.
An interesting blog 'John's House' here concerned with John Osborne's house/a mirror & Phil Minton amongst other things.

(Some incidental background business:

Back in the day when I would like to think that I was a 'jazz terrorist' when in actual fact I was just an annoying arsehole.
Veryan and I never saw-eye-to-eye to which I can only say; "Once a stinky-winkle..."

As for Mr. Minton...

SHIT!

The man is THE greatest vocalist that has ever walked on this planet and to think that I was priveleged to actually have shared a stage with him and at the same time!

I even take it as a compliment that he said (at the end of the gig) "you ARE very Albert Aylerish" when the combo was called 'Eye & Ear Control'.

To meet up again at the Feral Choir gig in Melbourne was just brilliant and I apologise (again) for that night in Am*dam all those years ago...

Regards/)

Jamie Woon Rehearses ‘Blue Truth’ In Hotel Room

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Kode9 + the Spaceape - Black Sun (2011 - Albumstream)

Black Smoke (Feat. Cha Cha)
Promises
Am I
Love Is The Drug (Feat. Cha Cha)
Neon Red Sign (Feat. Cha Cha)
The Cure (Feat. Cha Cha)
Black Sun (Partial Eclipse Version)
Hole in the Sky
Otherman
Green Sun
Bullet Against Bone
Kryon (Feat. Flying Lotus)

ALBUMSTREAM