Sunday, 14 December 2008
Saturday, 13 December 2008
Rain on my parade - 'Clean Feed' rally a washout in Melbourne today
Photos by TimNCold, wet and wintry conditions meant that there were probably no more than 150-200 people (and one furry alien) at today's 'clean feed' rally in Melbourne.
This is one of the biggest attacks on our civil liberties that we are facing here in Australia.
(Non Australian readers of this blog may be unaware that our Prime Minister, Chairman Rudd speaks fluent Mandarin and that maybe this little idea was whispered into his ear by China's President Hu Jintao the last time that they were cozying up together as the similarities with
'the great firewall of China' are uncanny.)
Please go here to see what Obama's views are on this subject.
(Non Australian readers of this blog may be unaware that our Prime Minister, Chairman Rudd speaks fluent Mandarin and that maybe this little idea was whispered into his ear by China's President Hu Jintao the last time that they were cozying up together as the similarities with
'the great firewall of China' are uncanny.)
Please go here to see what Obama's views are on this subject.
Daft Punk - Electroma (ONE NIGHT ONLY)
PitchforkTV will be showing this film today until 8pm (US East Coast Time) here.A word of warning: my eldest son and I actually paid hard earned dollars to see this film when it was shown in Melbourne.
It is CRAP.
You will be amazed how bad it is.
Just read that it is 74 minutes long.
It will feel like eternity (and then some).
The film does not even contain any Daft Punk music!
It will feel like eternity (and then some).
The film does not even contain any Daft Punk music!
SAVE THE INTERNET
As I am about to head off to the 'Clean Feed' Rally here in Melbourne in the torrential rain, I ask all American readers to click on the image above for further information regarding the preservation of 'net neutrality'.
Interesting that while it is Chairman Rudd and the Labor government who are trying to introduce this legislation here in Australia, over there in the US Obama has promised to fight to keep the internet free from censorship.
You can read about that here.
Interesting that while it is Chairman Rudd and the Labor government who are trying to introduce this legislation here in Australia, over there in the US Obama has promised to fight to keep the internet free from censorship.
You can read about that here.
I may not agree with what a lot of people say on the internet but I defend their right to say so.
(it's called democracy!)
(it's called democracy!)
Ornette Coleman & the Grateful Dead live 23rd February 1993 (Oakland Colisseum)
Here you can get Ornette Coleman sitting in with the Grateful Dead at the 'Mardi-Gras' gig from the 23rd of February 1993 at the Oakland Colisseum.
Tracks are 'Space - The Other One - Stella Blue - Turn On Your Lovelight & Brokedown Palace'.
Again it would have been interesting to have heard them playing with each other in the seventies when both Ornette and the Dead were exploring new sonic boundaries.
Ornette's son Denardo is also sitting in on percussion in this set.
(Another gig of Ornette and the Dead playing together from later in the year can be found here.
David Murray live with the Grateful Dead at Madison Square Garden on September 22nd 1993 can be found here. Use search engine at top for much more Grateful Dead live material on this blog.)
Tracks are 'Space - The Other One - Stella Blue - Turn On Your Lovelight & Brokedown Palace'.
Again it would have been interesting to have heard them playing with each other in the seventies when both Ornette and the Dead were exploring new sonic boundaries.
Ornette's son Denardo is also sitting in on percussion in this set.
(Another gig of Ornette and the Dead playing together from later in the year can be found here.
David Murray live with the Grateful Dead at Madison Square Garden on September 22nd 1993 can be found here. Use search engine at top for much more Grateful Dead live material on this blog.)
The Walled City of Kowloon
An amazing walk around and through the 'Walled City of Kowloon'.
More on the walled city here.
Scott Walker - Rosary
(As performed on Jools Holland's show in the 90's -
especially for Ryan 'for services rendered'.))
especially for Ryan 'for services rendered'.))
Friday, 12 December 2008
Most amazing service ever
Back in the days in London, I was a big fan of Throbbing Gristle and then Psychic TV.(Genesis P-Orridge is pictured above).
Lots of people I knew were closely aligned with the Temple and a friend of mine made the 'psychic cross' badges from his studio in Camden Lock.
To cut a long story short my badge had been proudly worn in London, Amsterdam and then here in Melbourne and then the back broke and I gave it to a 'friend' (it's OK Adam - I won't mention your name) to fix.
He says he gave it back to me, I know that he didn't.
Then I noticed that that they were available at Gen's site and I went to buy one but it wouldn't allow me to pay with paypal from here in Australia.
I sent off an email and pretty quickly heard back from Ryan who was handling the webshop orders.
I was expecting some money so I said that I would send it through to him last Monday, however the money didn't come in until yesterday and so I sent it off then.
In my postbox today was the package which had winged its way from New York.
So Ryan for the trust of posting that package before the money had actually been paid all I can say is a very BIG thank you.
Rumsfeld responsible for detainee abuse - US Senate report
Illustration(c) Siegfried Woldhek 2004Story here.
Please also visit this site started by Mr. Woldhek.
NABUUR makes it easy to make a difference.
Nabuur.com is an online volunteering platform that links Neighbours (online volunteers) with Villages (local communities) in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Connected through Nabuur.com, Neighbours and local communities learn about each other, share ideas and find solutions to local issues.
Everybody has something to offer, and everything is done online.
Do you have a little spare time and the desire to make a difference?
(And 'bedankt' for the permission to use the illustration.)
Reminder - 'No Clean Feed' rally tomorrow 12 - 5pm outside State Library Swanston Street Melbourne
The Australian government is planning to implement internet filtering at the ISP level. This internet filter will work in much the same way as the freely available filters for adult content which can already be downloaded by the public for personal use. The proposed filter will be intended to block content with a MA15+ rating or higher. Websites deemed to host illegal content will also be blocked. A blacklist of websites deemed unsuitable for public viewing has already been produced, this list is at present not available to the public. The dangerous concern is that any website the government disapproves of can easily be added to this list. Regardless of whether or not you trust the current government, there are no safeguards in place to prevent future governments from exploiting this list and adding websites that oppose their own personal ideals.
In order to pass this legislation it is likely that gambling websites will also be blocked. The cost of this technology is believed to be $45 million for the initial setup and then an additional $33 million per annum.
On the 28th of July the Australian government released a report detailing the results of a trial of six potential filters. The report included the following statistics.
Internet speeds dropped between 21% and 86%. The most accurate filter was also the one with the greatest drop in speed.
Content that the filters failed to block ranged from 2% to 13%.
Content blocked by mistake ranged from 1.3% to 7.8%
The type of websites blocked by accident may include websites on issues such as sexual health or breast cancer. Legitimate websites unfortunate enough to be hosted on a web-server with adult content are also likely to be blocked. Websites which are hacked or spammed with porn will again be blocked. Hate websites and websites deemed to be inciting criminal activity will be blocked, this may include websites promoting euthanasia or file sharing.
This legislation will not protect children. If anything this legislation is more likely to harm children than protect them. Parents are likely to be lured into a false sense of security. Bypassing internet filters has been proven to be notoriously easy for children.
Of greater concern is the possibility that such a filter would encourage paedophiles to start using programs that make it more difficult for them to be tracked. This would hamper the efforts of the police in tracking paedophiles online.
An internet filter will do nothing to combat the production and uploading of Child Pornography.
The internet filter will not block P2P networks which are where the majority of file sharing occurs.
If the Australian government wants to stop child sexual abuse then the money for this legislation should be spent on Federal police programs designed to target the producers of such material
Let your federal MP know how you feel about this issue. Speaking directly to them will have the greatest effect. Letters will help too especially handwritten ones. Be careful not to insult or offend them, even if they are a sitting member of the labor party, they may not necessarily agree with this policy.
An official petition is available at http://www.wakinggiant.org/au_censorship.htm. The petition is open to all Australian citizens. Make sure that the people who sign it add their address, failing to do so may render a signature void.
Join Australians Against Internet Censorship.(AAIC). We are a non-political non-profit group dedicated to stopping this legislation from being passed. We are working at raising awareness of this issue and organising protests to show the public opposition to this legislation. You can find us at http://www.nocleanfeedforum.com
For further information visit http://stopthecleanfeed.com/
In order to pass this legislation it is likely that gambling websites will also be blocked. The cost of this technology is believed to be $45 million for the initial setup and then an additional $33 million per annum.
On the 28th of July the Australian government released a report detailing the results of a trial of six potential filters. The report included the following statistics.
Internet speeds dropped between 21% and 86%. The most accurate filter was also the one with the greatest drop in speed.
Content that the filters failed to block ranged from 2% to 13%.
Content blocked by mistake ranged from 1.3% to 7.8%
The type of websites blocked by accident may include websites on issues such as sexual health or breast cancer. Legitimate websites unfortunate enough to be hosted on a web-server with adult content are also likely to be blocked. Websites which are hacked or spammed with porn will again be blocked. Hate websites and websites deemed to be inciting criminal activity will be blocked, this may include websites promoting euthanasia or file sharing.
This legislation will not protect children. If anything this legislation is more likely to harm children than protect them. Parents are likely to be lured into a false sense of security. Bypassing internet filters has been proven to be notoriously easy for children.
Of greater concern is the possibility that such a filter would encourage paedophiles to start using programs that make it more difficult for them to be tracked. This would hamper the efforts of the police in tracking paedophiles online.
An internet filter will do nothing to combat the production and uploading of Child Pornography.
The internet filter will not block P2P networks which are where the majority of file sharing occurs.
If the Australian government wants to stop child sexual abuse then the money for this legislation should be spent on Federal police programs designed to target the producers of such material
Let your federal MP know how you feel about this issue. Speaking directly to them will have the greatest effect. Letters will help too especially handwritten ones. Be careful not to insult or offend them, even if they are a sitting member of the labor party, they may not necessarily agree with this policy.
An official petition is available at http://www.wakinggiant.org/au_censorship.htm. The petition is open to all Australian citizens. Make sure that the people who sign it add their address, failing to do so may render a signature void.
Join Australians Against Internet Censorship.(AAIC). We are a non-political non-profit group dedicated to stopping this legislation from being passed. We are working at raising awareness of this issue and organising protests to show the public opposition to this legislation. You can find us at http://www.nocleanfeedforum.com
For further information visit http://stopthecleanfeed.com/
Thursday, 11 December 2008
Copy of email sent to Blogger today
I have a blog
www.exileonmoanstreet.
I have received two DMCA takedown notifications
One dated December 4th http://exileonmoanstreet.
One dated November 11th http://exileonmoanstreet.
In both cases the links were to music sourced from archive.org (Ryan Adams & Little Feat)
These are legal downloads and are therefore not in breach of copyright.
I have another question which is how many DMCA notifications do you get before the blog is pulled.
It seems obvious to me that The International Federation of Phonographic Industry do not actually check to see what is there.
I hope to hear back from you
Regards/
Well let's wait and see what happens.
I am pretty certain that if I receive another DMCA notification then this blog will disappear,
in which case I will return with another blog:
(son of) exile on moan street
I am pretty certain that if I receive another DMCA notification then this blog will disappear,
in which case I will return with another blog:
(son of) exile on moan street
Wednesday, 10 December 2008
Breaking News - FBI: Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich conspired to sell or trade Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat for benefits.
Report: Blagojevich taken into custodyScandal-tarred Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D-Ill.) might not be making that Senate appointment after all.
From the Chicago Tribune:
A source said today that Gov. Rod Blagojevich was taken into federal custody at his North Side home this morning. The U.S. attorney's office would not confirm the information.
A Blagojevich spokesman said he was unaware of the development. "Haven't heard anything -- you are first to call," Lucio Guerrero said in an e-mail.
NBC News has since confirmed the Trib's report.
via 'Politico'
Updated at 9:17 a.m.:
Blagojevich also was alleged to be using a favors list, made up largely of individuals and firms that have state contracts or received taxpayer benefits, from which to conduct a $2.5 million fundraising drive before year's end.
Even Blagojevich's recently announced $1.8 billion plan for new interchanges and "green lanes" on the Illinois Tollway was subject to corruption, prosecutors alleged.
The complaint repeatedly references conversations secretly recorded by federal authorities.
The criminal complaint alleges Blagojevich expected an unnamed highway concrete contractor to raise a half-million dollars for his campaign fund in exchange for state money for the tollway project. "If they don't perform, (expletive) 'em," Blagojevich said, according to the complaint.
The criminal complaint alleges Blagojevich expected an unnamed highway concrete contractor to raise a half-million dollars for his campaign fund in exchange for state money for the tollway project. "If they don't perform, (expletive) 'em," Blagojevich said, according to the complaint.
Marianne Faithfull - The Girl On A Motorcycle/Naked Under Leather' (1968)
'The Girl On A Motorcycle'
'Naked Under Leather'
Tuesday, 9 December 2008
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
DUE TO RECENT DEVELOPMENTS WHERE BLOGGER HAVE TAKEN DOWN SOME OF MY POSTS THERE WILL BE A FEW CHANGES HERE AT 'EXILE'.
Firstly as the posts that were taken down were both linked to music at www.archive.org and therefore were completely legal to download, I have to presume that it is bots that are
Firstly as the posts that were taken down were both linked to music at www.archive.org and therefore were completely legal to download, I have to presume that it is bots that are
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