Thursday, 7 July 2011

What the papers won’t say

Wintermute - Spatial Perception

Wintermute – Cell Cycle [Katakis Dub]
Marcus Intalex – Make A Raise [Soul:R]
digital goon – Unite (Wintermute Remix) [digitalGEWITTER Dub]
Spectrasoul – Lost Diciple [Shogun Audio]
Mefjus – Far Too Close [Neosignal Dub]
Ulterior Motive – Tesla [Subtitles]
Disphonia – Collapsed [M-Atome Dub]
Icicle – I Feel You [Shogun Audio]
Basher – Devotion [RAM]
SPY – Go With The Flow [RAM]
Needrux, Hardy & Solho – First Cut [Dub]
Audio – Sanctum [VIRUS]
Wintermute – Out Of Scale [Katakis Dub]
C4C – Bermuda [Quarantine]
Neonlight, sH1 & Wintermute – Perpetuum Mobile [WIP/Dub]
Ulterior Motive – Seven Segments [Subtitles]
Billain – Kontra [Citrus Dub]
Rockwell – BTCRSH [Shogun Audio]
Misanthrop – Latitude [Neosignal]
Mefjus & Neurobi – Ghost Facial [Dub]
Phace – Basic Memory [Neosignal]
Basher – Transmissions [RAM]
Epidemic – Stomata [WIP/Dub]
Neonlight – The Frozen Tape [TRIM Dub]
Noisia – Reurgitate [Vision]
Polarity – Centershock [Mindtech]
Wintermute & Needrux – Untitled [WIP / Dub]
Noisia & Phace – Program [Vision]
Fourward & Mefjus – Shitdrum [TRIM Dub]

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The Connected States of America

A Map Of America Drawn By Cellphone Connections

The Police and the Tabloids

From Alan Bennett’s diary for last year:

I give my details, and my address and phone number, to a constable who, when I get back home, duly rings with the incident number. Ten minutes later, less than an hour after it has occurred, the doorbell rings and on the doorstep is a rather demure girl: ‘My name is Amy. I’m from the Daily Mail. We’ve just heard about your unfortunate experience.’
I close the door in Amy’s caring face, tell a photographer who’s hanging about to bugger off (‘That’s not very nice’) and come in and reflect that though the theft is bad enough more depressing is that someone in the police must immediately have got on to the Mail, neither the bank nor M&S having either my private number or the address. I just wonder how much the paper paid him or her and what the tariff is – pretty low in my case, I would have thought…
Years ago when Russell Harty had been exposed in the tabloids he was being rung in Yorkshire every five minutes. His solicitor then agreed with the local police that he should have a new number, known only to the police. Ten minutes later a newspaper rang him on it.

@'LRB'

As New Claims Grow, Murdoch Faces Parliament’s Ire in Hacking Case

News of the World surveillance of detective: what Rebekah Brooks knew

David Cameron is in the sewer because of his News International friends

Syd Barrett on Pink Floyd's first recording session: 'The tracks sound terrific so far, especially King Bee'

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Transcript

Dear Jen, you are a little dish.
I'll tell you everything that happened at the recording. We took all the gear into the studio which was lit by horrid white lights, and covered with wires and microphones. Rog had his amp behind a screen and Nicki was also screened off, and after a little bit of chat we tested everything for balance, and then recorded five numbers more or less straight off; but only the guitars and drums. We'r going to add all the singing and piano etc. next Wednesday. The tracks sound terrific so far, especially King Bee. [Illustration]
When I sing I have to stand in the middle of the studio with ear phones on, and everyone else watches from the other room, and I can't see them at all but they can all see me. Also I can only just hear what I'm singing.
[Illustration]
I hope you got home alright Jen, and that you had a good time. You wouldn't have been able to come in to the recording and anyway it went on till after midnight, and would have been a whopping drag for you.
It was a nice thing to be which was tra tra la. (do not bother to interupt)
Do what you want Jen. I love you very much and want to hear from you and you are very pretty.
I am a bit fed up with everything today and I want to be in Cambridge or Greece but not in London where all I do is spend money and travel. The sun is shining though.
Love, Roger.
@'Letters of Note'

Bonus Audio

Pink Floyd - I'm A King Bee

Rebekah Brooks admits to paying police (2003)

Rebekah Brooks (neé Wade) admitting to paying police for information, before Andy Coulson silences her. This was in front of a select committee in March, 2003.
'We have paid the police for information in the past.'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2003/mar/12/sun.pressandpublishing