Experimental Cartography: The Map as Art
Corriette Schoenaerts - 'Europe' 2005
Lo Songs – The LETTER B (Part 1)
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Thursday, 14 July 2011
The Edge Pens Personal Letter To Baltimore Sun Over U2 Tax Evasion Accusations
Full story HEREThe recent letter to the editor entitled, “Senator Cardin’s affection for Bono’s foundation is indefensible,” (July 7) by Simon Moroney contains so many inaccuracies that it is pointless to attempt to correct them all.
But the most serious inaccuracy is the totally false and possibly libelous accusation that U2 and Bono have, by moving a part of their business activities to Holland, been involved in tax evasion.
For the record U2 and the individual band members have a totally clean record with every jurisdiction to which they are required to pay tax and have never been and will never be involved in tax evasion…
WTF???
The youtoob vid of Noni Hazelhurst reading 'Go The Fuck To Sleep' has been removed due to a 'violation of You Tube's policy on depiction of harmful activities'!!!
WTF???So here it is again:
Via
YouTube brainless: Noni Hazelhurst hits back over storybook blue
Ghostfunk - Max Tannone
Ghostfunk is a remix project featuring Ghostface Killah and vintage African funk, high-life, and psychedelic rock music. Produced by Max Tannone. Check out the official site: http://ghostfunk.com for download.
Austrian driver's religious headgear strains credulity
Niko Alm first applied for the licence three years ago after reading that headgear was allowed in official pictures only for confessional reasons.
Mr Alm said the sieve was a requirement of his religion, pastafarianism.
The Austrian authorities required him to obtain a doctor's certificate that he was "psychologically fit" to drive.
The idea came into Mr Alm's noodle three years ago as a way of making a serious, if ironic, point.
A self-confessed atheist, Mr Alm says he belongs to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, a light-hearted faith whose members call themselves pastafarians.
The group's website states that "the only dogma allowed in the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is the rejection of dogma".
In response to pressure for American schools to teach the Christian theory known as intelligent design, as an alternative to natural selection, the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster wrote to the Kansas School Board asking for the pastafarian version of intelligent design to be taught to schoolchildren, as an alternative to the Christian theory.
Straining credulity In the same spirit, Mr Alm's pastafarian-style application for a driving licence was a response to the Austrian recognition of confessional headgear in official photographs.
The licence took three years to come through and, according to Mr Alm, he was asked to submit to a medical interview to check on his mental fitness to drive but - straining credulity - his efforts have finally paid off.
It is the police who issue driving licences in Austria, and they have duly issued a laminated card showing Mr Alm in his unorthodox item of religious headgear.
The next step, Mr Alm told the Austrian news agency APA, is to apply to the Austrian authorities for pastafarianism to become an officially recognised faith.
@'BBC'
Rare Keith Haring Collingwood mural restoration clash
My friend Gram wearing his serious 'save the mural' face!!!
Fans of Keith Haring's iconic Collingwood mural are dismayed by a state government decision not to restore the faded landmark to its former glory. Last month, Premier Ted Baillieu announced Arts Victoria would preserve and protect the heritage-listed mural, now in disrepair after years of neglect.
New York artist Keith Haring painted the heritage-listed mural on the former Collingwood Technical College wall in 1984 and it is now one of his last remaining works.
Arts Victoria will preserve the mural as part of the site's redevelopment as the new home of Circus Oz and have not ruled out repainting it if the technology and materials to do so without damaging the original became available.
National Trust public art committee chair Thomas Dixon said the mural would be irrevocably changed by repainting. "The idea of someone taking a bucket and brush to vandalise his work is repulsive. If you want to repaint his mural, find another wall."
But Haring fans are crying foul, claiming the mural should be repainted, in keeping with the late artist's wishes.
Richmond gallerist John Buckley, who brought Haring to Australia, said Haring himself said a signwriter should repaint it. But Mr Buckley acknowedged: "It may be that it is in such bad repair that it can't be done."
Northcote resident Gram Morris (pictured) was prompted to start a Facebook group petitioning to save the mural last year when a rat by street artist Banksy was accidentally painted over. A year on, the group has swelled to over 5000 members. Both sides of the debate will meet at Richmond Town Hall later this month to discuss the fate of the mural.
Anna Whitelaw @'Melbourne Times Weekly'
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