Thursday, 8 January 2015

Paris terror attack: huge manhunt under way after gunmen kill 12

Scarily Prescient: On Houellebecq's 'Submission' in December 2014

...So, Houellebecque’s forthcoming dystopia will deal with “a future France where a Muslim party wins the presidency”...According to the short description of the novel, the main character is a literature instructor at university specialising in the French fin-de-siècle writer Joris-Karl Huysmans. Well, interesting choice, as Huysmans not unlike Houellebecque had his fair share of provocation at the end of the 19th century with the publication of The Damned, a novel about Satanism rampaging in France with a shocking (for that time, of course) description of a black mess. I am not going to draw any hasty conclusions before Houellebecque’s novel is published, but I do hope that the inevitable scandal will not spiral into a Salman Rushdie or a Danish cartoon situation. Anyway, Huysman’s novel looks like a useful preliminary read for those waiting for the publication of Submission

Houellebecq was also on the cover of the latest issue of Charlie Hebdo

Scare Tactics: Michel Houellebecq on His New Book

Last Charlie Hebdo cartoon: "Still no attack in France. Wait! We have 'til january end to send 2015 wishes."

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The cartoonists Charb, Cabu, Wolinski, Honoré & Tignous were killed in Charlie Hebdo attack

Wednesday, 7 January 2015

Twelve dead in shooting at Paris offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo

Son Raw - Classic GRIME Riddims (2002-2008)

Tracklist:
Wiley – Igloo
Waifer (Slew Dem) – Yes I blunt
Maniac – K.O
Wiley – Avenger
Footsie – Showerman Time
Youngstarr – Pulse X
Alias – Gladiator
Terror Danjah – Zumpi Hunter
Wiley – Cable Street
Dizzee Rascal – Go
Plasticman – Safari
Alias – Warriors
Iron Soul – Summer 99
Geeneus – Dark Boy
Wonder – What
Wiley – Morgue
Kid D – All I need
Mike Jones – Still Tippin (Plasticman Remix)
Ruff Sqwad – Together
Dot Rotten – Demons
Wiley – Ice Rink
Dizzee Rascal – Girls
Mr Keys – SS Exclusive
Terror Danjah – Hyperphonix
Ruff Sqwad – I’m From a Place
Maniac – Thug
DJ Oddz – Strung UP VIP
Plasticman – The Lift
Dexplicit – Bullacake
Footsie – Back to 95
Iron Soul – Let Me
Dizzee Rascal – Stop Dat Riddim
Dot Rotten – Bazooka
Rebound X – Rhythm & Gash
JME – Dun No D Myspace
Davinche – Jenny (Remix)
Ruff Sqwad – Anna
Wonder – Chi Flute
Wiley – Ice Pole Remix
Davinche – Last Night Part 2
Waifer (Slew Dem) – Pool Party
Low Deep – Jedi
Spooky – Coolie Joyride
Maniac – Wah Da Rass
Dot Rotten – Bring Me Down
XTC (Ruff Sqwad) – Functions on the Low
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George Pelecanos Writes What He Knows In 'The Martini Shot'

World without marketing: the hacker utopia of 31C3

Don’t get me wrong: I have many friends that work in marketing. I don’t mean to invoke a prejudice against the whole discipline. But, after the taste of a world without marketing in CCC, I wonder how, exactly, that discipline is contributing to the advancement of humanity, and if we would not be better without it

Syd Barrett: 'Fart Enjoy' (Hand Made Book 1964/65)

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Fart Ejoy was a book made for a for a friend of Syd's- Andrew Rawlinson - and has only been on public display once: as part of the fascinating Interstellar exhibition held in Paris at the end of 2003 (an illustrated report of which can be read here). A scaled-down reproduction of Fart Enjoy was also included with the deluxe edition of the 40th anniversary release of Piper At The Gates Of Dawn.
The book was sold on eBay in 2009 for £12,600 which benefitted The Syd Barrett Trust
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