LPH 941 - Alphamix (1971-2012)
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Saturday, 10 October 2009
William S Burroughs 1984 documentary for 'Arena' by Howard Brookner
Starts with Burrough's appearance on 'Saturday Night Live'
Excellent article about 'Paris Records' at
'Evergreen Review'
Excellent article about 'Paris Records' at
'Evergreen Review'
Urban surveillance as a game
Snitches and snoops wanted: Internet Eyes is a new "game" where the public is invited to watch thousands of CCTV cameras for criminal activity. The most successful crimespotters can win cash prizes. The site will also feature a rogues gallery of alleged perpetrators. The service launches next month in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. It's free to watch the cameras and £20 a week to have your CCTV up for monitoring.
@'Boing Boing'Friday, 9 October 2009
Underground Resistance - Analog Assassin
The Analog Assassin strikes programmer central! Character designs by Abdul Haqq, animation by Takeshi Hirano
Johnette Napolitino @ The Corner, Melbourne 8th October
(Photographs by TimN)REVIEW BY JACKISAN:
"What a brilliant performance from such an extremely talented musician.
Charismatic, sultry & energetic.
Treating the crowd to several Concrete Blonde tracks Johnette's powerful voice had the crowd on her side all night, from slow acoustic ballads from her own pen to raucous cover versions of 'Ghost Riders In The Sky' & 'Beds Are Burning' & finishing with an acapella rendition of 'Tomorrow Wendy'.
One of the best live gigs that I have seen.
Words fail me.
Simply superb."
Charismatic, sultry & energetic.
Treating the crowd to several Concrete Blonde tracks Johnette's powerful voice had the crowd on her side all night, from slow acoustic ballads from her own pen to raucous cover versions of 'Ghost Riders In The Sky' & 'Beds Are Burning' & finishing with an acapella rendition of 'Tomorrow Wendy'.
One of the best live gigs that I have seen.
Words fail me.
Simply superb."
Live @ The Corner 08/10/09Thursday, 8 October 2009
Max Q
Despite the involvement of Michael Hutchence, Max Q were superb. Obviously down to Ollie Olsen and the rest of the band. John Murphy (the drummer) actually rang me up when I first arrived in Melbourne to see if I was interested in making some music. I said "NO" as my kids were tiny.How stupid was that! John, if you read this, I am up for it now.
Yobs Floored By Cage Fighters In Drag
Two drunken thugs have learnt a lesson after the pair of cross-dressing men they attacked turned out to be cage fighters in fancy dress. Haplesss Dean Gardner, 19, and Jason Fender, 22, were floored by their intended victims after picking on them in a random attack. The amazing scene was captured on CCTV in the centre of Swansea, Wales. The footage shows a bare-chested Gardner brazenly marching up to one of the 'victims' who was wearing hot pants and a pink wig. Puffed-up Gardner, followed by Fender, runs up to the innocent reveller, who was dressed up for a stag party, and punches him in the face. But the victim's friend, - wearing a short black dress, stockings and suspenders - suddenly appears behind them felling them both with two devastating punches.
(Thanx Kami)
The 'Moonie's' new leader
It's one of the most controversial religious movements of the last century.Founded in Seoul in the 1950s by the Reverend Sun Myung-moon, Unificationism has attracted hundreds of thousands of members worldwide.
But the movement has been accused of cult-like practices, with its leader's followers dubbed "Moonies".
As Sun Myung-moon approaches his 90th birthday, he has handed over key responsibilities to one of his sons.
Hyung Jin-moon is just 30 years old, and grew up in the United States, where he studied theology at Harvard University.
@'BBC'
Wednesday, 7 October 2009
Take that you bastards!
Georges Gobet/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImageA farmer sprayed milk on policemen during a protest against falling milk prices outside the E.U.’s headquarters in Brussels, where agricultural ministers discussed its policies at an emergency meeting
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@'NYTimes'
Massive Attack plan Burial remix project
Daddy G has revealed that the group intend to enlist the Hyperdub producer to rework a full album of their material.Massive Attack are planning a full-length remix project with Burial.
Speaking to Clash Magazine in an interview earlier this month, original Massive Attack member Daddy G remarked, "I don't know if I should really say this," before revealing that, "the plan is... you know that Mad Professor record that we did? (1995's 'No Protection'). Essentially trying to get that together, where Burial essentially remixes quite a lot of the new tracks. Brings out a different version of quite a lot of the tracks that we've done."
Daddy G has been known to be a fan of the genre ever since he had a hand in organising the Dubstep Chronicles event as part of the group's Meltdown Festival curatorship in 2008. Judging from this recent interview, however, it seems incredibly clear that Burial has a special place in his heart. "We've been listening to a lot of the stuff that he does and he's just amazing. The way he does his layers, his drums and stuff like that. The dubstep thing is amazing, there's a lot of really good people there - Kode9 is great as well. These kids are just amazing and we want to be part of that."
The plan may be for Massive Attack to release their fifth non-soundtrack full-length in February, but Burial fans may be waiting a very long time for the remix project to hit the shops, as Clash are stating that there is "no timescale" for the release.
@'Resident Advisor'
This sounds highly promising but...
...when?
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
Arrest Puts Focus on Protesters’ Texting
Photo by Damon Winter/The New York TimeAs demonstrations have evolved with the help of text messages and online social networks, so too has the response of law enforcement. On Thursday, F.B.I. agents descended on a house in Jackson Heights, Queens, and spent 16 hours searching it. The most likely reason for the raid: a man who lived there had helped coordinate communications among protesters at the Group of 20 summit in Pittsburgh. The man, Elliot Madison, 41, a social worker who has described himself as an anarchist, had been arrested in Pittsburgh on Sept. 24 and charged with hindering apprehension or prosecution, criminal use of a communication facility and possession of instruments of crime. The Pennsylvania State Police said he was found in a hotel room with computers and police scanners while using the social-networking site Twitter to spread information about police movements. He has denied wrongdoing.
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