Tuesday, 31 July 2012

'Judge, stop the madness, free Pussy Riot!'

Pussy Riot: Our arrest signals start of repression campaign to spread fear

Artist sews his mouth for Pussy Riot

Gustavo Sousa: Oceaniaeuropeamericasafricaasia

Oceania: blue. Europe: black. Americas: red. Africa: yellow. Asia: green.
The Olympics promise many things - triumph of the human spirit, amazing athletic prowess, upsets and underdogs - but the most modern games are ultimately nothing if not a massive, global spectacle. Gustavo Sousa, a painter and creative director at Mother’s London office, was interested in exploring behind the pomp and circumstance. “Events like these can be a good time for reflection,” Sousa tells Co.Design. Oceaniaeuropeamericaasiaafrica illustrates stripped-down statistics from each region through simple scale shifts of the tournament’s iconic quintet of overlapping loops.“The rings represent healthy competition and union, but we know the world isn’t perfect. Maybe understanding the differences is the first step to try to make things more equal.”
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Me Want!

But as I have never learnt to drive...

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Everything Is Fine

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The Thinking Man's Book Sculptures

Malaysia-born, Tennessee-based artist Daniel Lai, aka Kenjio, uses a visually captivating paper folding technique for his inspired book sculptures. Each book blossoms outward in waves of paper folded unto themselves, accompanied by a clay figurine of a man deep in thought. The sculptor's series of Thinker sculptures, echoing Rodin's The Thinker, exhibit an astute attention to detail and skill in multi-mediums, including paper and clay.
The beautiful imagery created by Kenjio's folding method mimics that of a fully-bloomed flower or perhaps a cog in a timepiece. The literary sculptures reinterpret the appeal of knowledge and reflect the limitations of time to absorb said knowledge. Kenjio has constructed a realm of his own where the thinking man reigns atop his literary throne.
To purchase some of these charming wall pieces, check out the artist's Etsy shop. Also, check out a video interview with the artist, conducted by his local news reporters at Knoxnews, for some insight into his process.
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Snub TV: Boy's Own (Andrew Weatherall, Terry Farley & Pete Heller)

Sander Hucke - Berlin Dubtechno Tape 1

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A genuine question as I am (very) confused...

...by the news that James Holmes has been charged with 24 counts of murder and yet he 'only' killed 12 people.

A friend suggested ' if he has a dual personality, they may both be guilty. 12 x 2 = 24. Simples!' Which at the moment seens the only logical explanation!!!

Can someone shed any light on this for me?

A Day Job Waiting for a Kill Shot a World Away

White Snow

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Alan McGee: The Man who Discovered Oasis (Omnibus BBC 1998)

Paul over at Dangerous Minds has an update on Mr McGee's current activities HERE.

I first came across Alan when he was doing The Living Room club down on Tottenham Court Road back in the early 80's as we had a number of mutual friends. Admire his 'get up and do it' attitude a lot but I really do think that Oasis were one of the worst bands of all time. Shows what I know eh?

Hollyweird Propaganda Dept.

"Get a look at Stars Earn Stripes, the epic new reality series from Mark Burnett and Dick Wolf where eight celebrities face the challenges of real American heroes"

Hmmm!!!

(Thanx GKB!)

♪♫ Dead Kennedys - California Über Alles

Relevant still!!!

K-Punk presents Return to the Fourth World

This mix was prompted by the fact that, in several recent pieces of writing about music, I found myself returning to Jon Hassell’s concept of “Fourth World Music” (music that combined elements from the so-called First and Third Worlds). The mix is an attempt to bring together these new approaches with the original take on Fourth World music conceived of by Hassell and Brian Eno.
Mark Fisher aka K-Punk (http://k-punk.abstractdynamics.org/)