Saturday, 19 April 2014

The Cambodian Space Project - The Boat

This video details the working process where iconic Australian singer songwriter Paul Kelly works 'across the waves' with The Cambodian Space Project, to write and record "The Boat" - a song created for The Key of Sea Project - an initiative that brings artists from vastly different backgrounds together to create songs that respond to the asylum seeker debate in Australia.
theage.com.au/opinion/political-news/refugees-must-not-be-left-to-languish-offshore-warns-un-20120815-249dk.html
thekeyofsea.com.au
The Key of Sea is an album which explores a different perspective on the raging political debate on refugees and asylum seekers. Musical collaborations between artists that you know and love, and artists who have brought their incredible music to our country

Syd The Scarecrow (1967)

Tuesday, 15 April 2014

The Many Lives of Tom Waits

Unedited audio: VBR ZIP

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Death From Above: How American Drone Strikes Are Devastating Yemen

I am grateful to the committee for their recognition of the efforts of those involved in the last year's reporting, and join others around the world in congratulating Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras, Barton Gellman, Ewen MacAskill, and all of the others at the Guardian and Washington Post on winning the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
Today's decision is a vindication for everyone who believes that the public has a role in government. We owe it to the efforts of the brave reporters and their colleagues who kept working in the face of extraordinary intimidation, including the forced destruction of journalistic materials, the inappropriate use of terrorism laws, and so many other means of pressure to get them to stop what the world now recognizes was work of vital public importance.
This decision reminds us that what no individual conscience can change, a free press can. My efforts would have been meaningless without the dedication, passion, and skill of these newspapers, and they have my gratitude and respect for their extraordinary service to our society. Their work has given us a better future and a more accountable democracy.
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