Thursday, 23 August 2012

The Accidental History of the @ Symbol

Orthodox activists create Moscow patrol squads

Adrian Sherwood - Live at the Boiler Room (22 August 2012)

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Brian Eno: A Sandbox In Alphaville By Lester Bangs

A previously unpublished, 20,000-word interview with Eno.
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Wednesday, 22 August 2012

Putin's 'Politburo 2.0'

Interestingly I was chatting to a Russian facebook friend earlier and he had this to say:
damn... sounds like there'll be a civil war in russia over pussy riot.. certain neo-nazi/neo-christian groups are threatening to patrol the streets from now on... everybody wants attention and the dogs are out.. I wonder what the police are going to do
...it's a worry. Will right-wing 'hooliganism' run afoul of the law too?

Ikon

Jerzy Patraszewski
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John Richards: Charge/Discharge (Documentary & Performance 2012)


Charge/Discharge explores how the very essence of an electronic instrument, electricity, can be used to shape and control sound.
Current produced by the Faraday ‘Dirty’ Kinetic Generator is stored in capacitors that act as a pool/reservoir. The more capacitance/the greater the size of the pool/reservoir, the longer the capacitors will take to charge and discharge. An idiosyncrasy of this circuit, and a critical part of the piece, is that, as the capacitors discharge, a glissando and ‘dying away’ of sound occurs. It is left to the discretion of the performers to choose the number and size of capacitors for their instrument.
On direction, each performer frantically shakes their Faraday ‘Dirty’ Kinetic Generator. As the capacitors charge, a chord approximately of the same pitch will eventually sound. Once all the capacitors are fully charged, a cue is given to stop shaking. A continuous sound will be present. The unified single pitch will gradually fragment into downward glissandi and an evolving cluster chord as the capacitors discharge. At different times, each oscillator will eventually cease sounding. The piece ends when the final sounding oscillator is silent.
Credits:
Commissioned by Dartington International Summer School 2012
Produced, shot and edited by Andrew Hill
Performed by the Dirty Electronics Ensemble in the Great Hall, Dartington, 3rd August 2012
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Spot the mistake


Hotel California: LA from The Byrds To The Eagles








The Folk Rock scene in California from the 60's to the 70's.
Treating Addiction: Why Kind Love Beats Tough Love

♪♫ Jim Jarmusch & Jozef Van Wissem - The Sun of the Natural World is Pure Fire

A short film by Diego Barrera that references mythology, the elements, and symbolism
Bonus:

♪♫ Carice van Houten (ft. Antony) - Particle of Light


Write like Mark E Smith

Paul Wilson, typographer to the stars, has pieced together the excellent but rather spooky Mark E Smith font:
  • Download the True Type font for PCs here (self-extracting .exe file)
  • Download the Mac version here (also self-extracting)
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(Thanx Alan!)

Tuesday, 21 August 2012

Akin: Forgiveness


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Fact Checking Niall Ferguson


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