The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz

The film follows the story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz. From Swartz's help in the development of the basic internet protocol RSS to his co-founding of Reddit, his fingerprints are all over the internet. But it was Swartz's groundbreaking work in social justice and political organizing combined with his aggressive approach to information access that ensnared him in a two-year legal nightmare. It was a battle that ended with the taking of his own life at the age of 26. Aaron's story touched a nerve with people far beyond the online communities in which he was a celebrity. This film is a personal story about what we lose when we are tone deaf about technology and its relationship to our civil liberties.
Film by Brian Knappenberger - Luminant Media

Democracy

A democracy is allowing people to speak freely even if you disagree with every fugn word they are saying
It's the foundation stone that democracy is built on
...and allowing one man to have power of veto who does and doesn't come into this country down to his moral judgements, well man that's a dangerous and slippery slope to travel down

Kurdish Mix

As a music fan, you occasionally chance across a resource on the web that makes your heart leap with joy because of the numerous new sonic pathways it opens up . That is exactly what happened when Spanish compiler Manuel Sánchez sent me a link to his awesome DJ K-Sets web page. This is one of the best sets of Middle Eastern tapes I’ve come across, and the names of the mixes are enough to tantalise alone: Canaanite Galaxy; Destroy Route; Tel Aviv Bus Station; Tehran Electro Tunes; Iberia Ancient Songs … I’ll certainly be revisiting this page until I’ve soaked up each and every mix. The first selection that Manuel flagged up to me was the one below, the Popular Kurdish Cassette mix. He said: “From 2005 to 2010 I was compiling Kurdish tapes sourced from around Istanbul, Berlin and Aleppo in Syria. I made this mixtape on video to illustrate the tracks with their covers. Not many people have heard this mixtape, and now, when the progressive Kurdish citadel of Kobani is being attacked by the international jihadis, it could be a good moment to show western audiences some aspects of the Kurdish people through their daily music.” I couldn’t agree more - John Doran

The Berlin Wall’s fall saw the rise of techno tourism

An Illustrated Cross Section of Hong Kong’s Infamous Kowloon Walled City

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Burroughs revisits The Beat Hotel (French)

AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd has charge of attempting to procure murder dropped

'Who the fuck is this plonker?'

How to Price and Value Vinyl Records

The Yardbirds - I'm Waiting For My Man

From the final U.S. tour in the spring and summer of 1968. Recorded at the Shrine Exposition Hall in L.A. Personnel are Keith Relf (vocals & harp), Chris Dreja (bass), Jim McCarty (vocals & drums) and Jimmy Page (guitar)

So The Rolling Stones gig at Hanging Rock is cancelled again

I was quite excited to be going to see them when the gig was first announced but I've got to say my enthusiasm waned after the first cancellation - but then again...

800,000 Pages of Patient Art and Mental Health Archives Are Going Online

HA!

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Vladislav Delay - Visa (Albumstream)

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Matt Taibbi: The $9 Billion Witness - Meet JPMorgan Chase's Worst Nightmare

She tried to stay quiet, she really did. But after eight years of keeping a heavy secret, the day came when Alayne Fleischmann couldn't take it anymore.
"It was like watching an old lady get mugged on the street," she says. "I thought, 'I can't sit by any longer.'"
Fleischmann is a tall, thin, quick-witted securities lawyer in her late thirties, with long blond hair, pale-blue eyes and an infectious sense of humor that has survived some very tough times. She's had to struggle to find work despite some striking skills and qualifications, a common symptom of a not-so-common condition called being a whistle-blower...
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