Monday, 23 January 2012

Hmmm...

rupertmurdoch Rupert Murdoch

Copyright piracy. Everyone now agrees is stealing and wrong. So why all the hysteria? Why not discuss and settle on cure?

Paul Schütze/Simon Hopkins - Live in Hamburg

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龍年

I would like to say Kung Hei Fat Choy 恭喜發財 for all!
May all you and your family have good health 身體健康, good wealth 財源廣進, and all your wishes come true 心想事成 for coming New Year!

Sunday, 22 January 2012

♪♫ Viva Vox Choir - The Prodigy Mix (a cappella)

The Prodigy Mix (Out of Space, No Good, Smack My Bitch Up, Omen, Breathe, Firestarter originally performed by The Prodigy), performed by Viva Vox choir from Serbia, Belgrade, Zemun.
Live a cappella performance at Sava Centar, December 2011.
arr. Boris Balunović
conductor: Jasmina Lorin
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The Story of Rough Trade (BBC Documentary)

The Rough Trade story begins more than thirty years ago on 20th February 1976. Britain was in the grip of an IRA bombing campaign; a future prime minister was beginning to make her mark on a middle England in which punk was yet to run amok; and a young Cambridge graduate called Geoff Travis opened a new shop at 202 Kensington Park Road, just off Ladbroke Grove in west London. The Rough Trade shop sold obscure and challenging records by bands like American art-rockers Pere Ubu, offering an alternative to the middle-of-the-road rock music that dominated the music business.
In January 1977, when a record by Manchester punk band Buzzcocks appeared in the shop, Rough Trade found itself in the right place at the right time to make an impact far beyond that of a neighbourhood music store. When Spiral Scratch was released in 1977, the idea of putting out a single without the support of an established record company was incredible. But Rough Trade was to become the headquarters of a revolt against this corporate monopoly – it was stocking records by bands inspired by the idea that they could do it themselves.
But selling a few independent records over the counter was not going to change the world. Early independent labels had to hand over their distribution to the likes of EMI or CBS. But one man at Rough Trade challenged that monopoly. Richard Scott joined Rough Trade in 1977 and became the architect of a grand scheme that was nothing short of revolutionary: independent nationwide distribution.
The shop could now offer experimental musicians the chance to sell records nationwide and so it was inevitable that Rough Trade became a record label in its own right. In 1978 the Rough Trade label was born and by the end of the year it had released a dozen singles by an eclectic mix of post-punk artists and become not just an alternative ideological force, but genuine competitors in the commercial music world.
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♪♫ Etta James & Dr John - I'd Rather Go Blind

Vintage Anti-Drug Film Explains Addiction (With LEGO)

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The visible hand

Why?

Previously...
Obama didn't exactly defend Netanyahu, either.
"You're fed up with him, but I have to deal with him even more often than you," Obama replied, according to wire service reports.

The New American Divide

Kevin Saunderson - In The House Inspirations Mix

Tracklist:
01. Chaka Khan & Rufus - Ain't Nobody
02. Cerrone - Supernature
03. Stephanie Mills - Put Your Body in It
04. Evelyn "Champagne" King - Shame
05. Kraftwerk - Computer World
06. Cybotron - Alleys of Your Mind
07. Hashim - Al-Naafyish (The Soul)
09. Cybotron - Cosmic Cars
10. Cameo - Shake Your Pants
11. New Order - Blue Monday
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Jah Wobble / Influences / Work Mix

This was an experiment. Something I planned to do last January after reading Jah Wobble’s “Memoirs Of A Geezer”. Then the events of last year took over, and it lost its place in the “To Do” list, but with the “Metal Box In Dub” gig coming closer I thought it might be good time resurrect it.
I pulled out all the music that Wobble mentions in his autobiography and stitched it together. I wanted to see/hear it these influences made themselves apparent in his work. The rebel music of The Dublineers, El Chocolate and Marley. The dread of Big Youth, Augustus Pablo and John Martyn’s Compass Point LP. Miles’ claustrophobia, and the funk of The Isleys and Jimmy Castor (RIP). The heart and soul of Om Kalsoum. The African rhythms of King Sunny Ade and Salif Keita. And the bass-lines of The O’Jays, Larry Graham, Laswell, and Cecil McBee. I was quite surprised by the result, and this is likely a reflection of the honesty of the man...
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