Sunday, 12 June 2011

U.S. Underwrites Internet Detour Around Censors

...and then Americans can hopefully use the technique to bypass their govt's attempt at censoring their internet!

A Real Debate About Drug Policy

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Brujo’s Bowl – Healing With Sound

Arkona Creation proudly presents Healing With Sound by Brujo’s Bowl (Saxon Higgs), a talented producer from Mid Wales in the UK. Whereas Brujo’s debut 900 focused on deeply organic progressive psytrance, Healing With Sound features intriguing experiments in psychedelic dubstep, a fresh fusion of styles that is already provoking considerable interest worldwide. The four tracks on this release represent more than just wonk and wiggle; these songs overflow with a warm and zingy character, sending waves through the senses. With intricately designed sound effects and an entrancing ambience, this release deserves a spot on every open-minded psy lovers playlist. Mastered by Jurr Pradox (Arkona Creation) with artwork by Saxon Higgs.
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Death in Tahrir Square - What happened on 2/2/11?

This is my eyewitness account of the the night of 2nd February 2011, in Tahrir Square, Cairo.
It was one of the bloodiest nights in Cairo, since the first day of protests. Anti-government protesters clashed with pro-Mubarak thugs in, and around, the square.
At least seven protesters died during the running street battles.

Ras Amerlock - A Bass Oddity (Trinity All Stars)

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Rampant untruths kill asylum debate

♪♫ Laibach - Ballad of a Thin Man

(Thanx DJ Pigg!)

Korean Drumming

Bae Il Dong @Fed Square 4/06/11

(Photos: TimN)

Intangible Asset Number 82

Simon Barker is an Australian jazz drummer who is known for his unique rhythmic style and his ability to explore a broad variety of sounds with a small drum kit. Barker has said that creative sustainability is a major part of his outlook, and he gained a new perspective on this notion when he first encountered the performances of Kim Seok-Chul. Kim is a shaman from South Korea who uses percussion music as a means of expression; impressed both by the shaman's remarkable talents and his ability to perform for hours at a stretch, Barker sought Kim out to study with him. Barker learned a great deal more than just drumming technique from Kim, and his visits to South Korea became part of a voyage of self-discovery on a number of levels. Musician and filmmaker Emma Franz joined Barker for some of last visits with Kim, and Intangible Asset No. 82 is a travelogue of the Australian's creative, philosophical, and spiritual journey.
Interview w/ Simon Barker (starts at 26:12)

Simon Barker & Bae Il Dong

(Fed Square 4/06/11 Photo by TimN)

Simon Barker - Improvisation inspired by Kim Seok Chul

Chiri @Fed Square 4/06/11 (Scott Tinkler, Simon Barker & Bae Il Dong)

Improvisation by Scott Tinkler (trumpet), Simon Barker (drums) and pansori singer Bae Il Dong

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Fazul Abdullah Mohammed: Death is 'blow' for al-Qaeda

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Twitter has replaced what RAP used to do, the difference is that YOU the public has an equal voice.The industry HATES equality can't sell it

John Pilger film and US visit banned (Letter from Pilger to Chomsky)

Dear Noam...
I am writing to you and a number of other friends mostly in the US to alert you to the extraordinary banning of my film on war and media, 'The War You Don't See', and the abrupt cancellation of a major event at the Lannan Foundation in Santa Fe in which David Barsamian and I were to discuss free speech, US foreign policy and censorship in the media.
Lannan invited me and David over a year ago and welcomed my proposal that they also host the US premiere of 'The War You Don't See', in which US and British broadcasters describe the often hidden part played by the media in the promotion of war, in Iraq and Afghanistan. The film has been widely acclaimed in the UK and Australia; the trailer and reviews are on my website www.johnpilger.com.
The banning and cancellation, which have shocked David and me, are on the personal orders of Patrick Lannan, whose wealth funds the Lannan Foundation as a liberal centre of discussion of politics and the arts. Some of you will have been there and will know the Lannan Foundation as a valuable supporter of liberal causes. Indeed, I was invited in 2002 to present a Lannan award to the broadcaster Amy Goodman.
What is deeply disturbing about the ban is that it happened so suddenly and inexplicably: 48 hours before David Barsamian and I were both due to depart for Santa Fe I received a brief email with a 'sorry for the inconvenience' from a Lannan official who had been telling me just a few days earlier what a 'great honour' it was to have the US premiere of my film at Lannan, with myself in attendance.
I urge you to visit the Lannan website www.lannan.org. Good people like Michael Ratner, Jeremy Scahill and Glenn Greenwald are shown as participants in discussion about freedom of speech. I am there, too, but my name is the only one with a line through it and the word, 'Cancelled'.
Neither David Barsamian nor I have been given a word of explanation. All my messages to Lannan have gone unanswered; my calls are not returned; my flights were cancelled summarily. At the urging of the New Mexican newspaper, Patrick Lannan has issued a one-sentence statement offering his regrets to the Lannan-supporting 'community' in Santa Fe. Again, he gives no reason for the ban. I have spoken to the manager of the Santa Fe cinema where 'The War You Don't See' was to be screened. He received a late-night call. Again, no reason for the ban was given, giving him barely time to cancel advertising in The New Mexican.
There is a compelling symbol of our extraordinary times in all of this. A rich and powerful individual and organisation, espousing freedom of speech, has moved ruthlessly and unaccountably to crush it.
With warm regards
John Pilger
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