Thursday, 5 November 2009
Why oh why?
Professor David Nutt attacks ministers over ‘failure’ on alcohol
Alcohol is the “gateway drug” that remains the greatest threat to society, and the Government’s failure to address the problem epitomises its disregard for scientific evidence, Professor David Nutt said yesterday. Professor Nutt said that the comparison he made between the harm caused by alcohol and Ecstasy, which led to his dismissal as head of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, was incontrovertible. He questioned the Government’s arbitrary approach to the assessment and control of harmful substances, and how ministers might think that giving alcohol a harm ranking was a distraction.
“When I say alcohol is more dangerous than Ecstasy, cannabis and LSD, I mean it, and the council means it,” Professor Nutt said. “The Government has to wake up to this time bomb and the health risks of alcohol. Across the political spectrum everyone knows that alcohol is the biggest killer.”
Professor Nutt said he felt that alcohol prices could be raised to triple the price at which some drinks were sold, with taxation the most obvious way of achieving this. He compared the treatment of his expertise to that of the Chief Medical Officer’s report on alcohol abuse. Earlier this year Sir Liam Donaldson found his recommendations for a minimum price per unit of alcohol, based on several scientific studies, dismissed by Downing Street the day before it was published.
Samuli Kemppi - Dubiteknomiks 1
Carl Craig - The Climax (Basic Reshape) | Basic Channel
Echospace - Sonorous | Fortune
CV313 - Dimensional Space | Echospace
Echospace - Spatial Dimension | Deepchord
Echospace - OBMX | Fortune
Deixis - Form.v1 | Abstract Forms
CV313 - Saraya | Fortune
Quantec - Lunar Orbiter | Echocord
MLZ - M-Brane | Modern Love
Leftover - Linear Aspect | Baum
Samuli Kemppi
Vuelo
The Abyss of Indiscretion
This texas dub mystery school combines mercury, iron and lead into dub massive. since the matter and substance of all things are indestructible, all its parts are subject to all forms, so that Each and Everything becomes Everything and Each, if not at one and the same time and in a single minute, then at various times and various moments, in sequence and alternation. all for one! one for all!
More
HERE
Das Kraftfuttermischwerk - Tief | Mixed for Proton Radio 06.09.2009
Paul St. Hilaire & René Löwe - Faith [False Tuned]
Radio Slave - Neverending [Ostgut Tonträger]
Brendon Moeller - Changes [Third Ear Recordings]
Marko Fürstenberg - Strackebrot (Havantepe Remix) [tfe-records]
Quantec - Chaindata [Styrax Leaves]
P.Laoss - Speak French [unreleased]
Rhauder feat.Paul St.Hilaire - No News (Marko Fürstenberg Remix) [Ornaments]
Lowtek Soundsystem - Stella Polaris [Out Of Orbit Recordings]
Found a Way (feat. Tikiman) - Find A Way (Vocal plus Version) [Main Street Records]
Luke Hess - Transform [Echochord]
Grit - Deimos [ROHS!]
Consistent - Who Did (das Kfmw Remix) [tfe-records]
RePost - Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK (TV debut)
AND WHO SAYS THEY COULDN'T PLAY!
RePost - Gunpowder, Treason & Plot

'Remember, remember the Fifth of November,The Gunpowder Treason and Plot,
I know of no reason
Why Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot.
Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, t’was his intent
To blow up King and Parliament.
Three-score barrels of powder below
To prove old England’s overthrow;
By God’s providence he was catch’d
With a dark lantern and burning match.
Holloa boys, holloa boys, let the bells ring.
Holloa boys, holloa boys, God save the King!'
More here.
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
Veteran rocker Mark E Smith faces RSPCA probe for chopping up rare red squirrels with hedge-clippers
Ever since Ozzy Osbourne bit the head off a bat, hard-core rockers have had much to live up to in the depravity stakes.So perhaps Mark E Smith, frontman of The Fall, was trying to go one better when he boasted of murdering endangered red squirrels with hedge clippers. The short-tempered punk rocker - said to have been one of Radio 1 DJ John Peel's favourite acts - bragged to a music magazine he had "killed a couple last weekend". But if the readers of Uncut magazine were impressed, the RSPCA is decidedly unamused by Smith's claims - and yesterday announced an investigation. Now the 51-year-old could be prosecuted under the Wildlife and Countryside Act if his backyard bloodbath is confirmed. The gruff singer claimed he would "happily set about an endangered red squirrel with a set of professional hedge-clippers". He added: "Squirrels mean nothing to me. I killed a couple last weekend actually. They were eating my garden fence. "My sisters are animal lovers and they had been leaving food out for these squirrels. They've got rats in the bloody house now. Serves 'em right." To make matters worse, the maverick frontman went on to add that he 'wouldn't have a problem' with running over seagulls for fun. But the RSPCA said its investigators were appalled by the remarks and were now preparing a prosecution.
(Thanx Michael)
@ Reuters
CHAM, Switzerland and LONDON, November 2 /PRNewswire/ --
- Band and Label to Give Away Entire Album to Fans for Free
Earache Records have partnered with RapidShare for the promotion of Gama
Bomb's new album, "Tales From The Grave In Space". From 5th November 2009 all
songs will be available from http://www.earache.com/gamabomb, powered by
RapidShare. Earache and Gama Bomb's aim is to grow the overall fanbase of the
band and promote the sales of the CD box released in February 2010 as well as
concert ticket sales through the more widespread distribution of the music.
The independent UK record label also wants to remain at the cutting edge of
the digital future of the music industry.
"We're giving the album away for free as a natural progression," Philly
Byrne, singer of Gama Bomb, comments. "It's an open-handed gesture that
reflects the room the download revolution has created in the music business:
the label is up for it, which would have been impossible 10 years ago. Also,
it's a box-breaker for us: taking away the many restrictions of a
physical-only traditional release opens us up to a new and wider audience.
More people will hear the music and enjoy it and talk about it, and if that
leads to them helping us out by buying a t-shirt or coming to a show, so be
it. We're making our own kind of history here, and it's exciting. It's an
open road, so let's go."
Digby Pearson, Founder and Managing Director of Earache Records says:
"Actually the cost saving of distribution through the internet is a big
incentive for us. Piracy is not a problem, because if a fan passes on the
download link it can also be seen as free promotion for the band. In the
future we expect digital music to be ubiquitous and the payments made to the
artists or those who look after the artists to be small but consistent."
"We are pleased to help Earache Records support Gama Bomb's new album and
explore new ways of marketing," explains Bobby Chang, COO of RapidShare. "We
believe that the ability to spread electronic content fast and easily will
become one of the keys to success as consumers devote more and more time to
the internet."
About Earache
Earache Records is one of the few truly independent global record labels,
has 20 year history of providing extreme music and boasts an impressive back
catalogue of 450 albums.
About RapidShare
RapidShare AG distributes digital information to companies and individual
clients. Data can be uploaded into a system in a few easy steps and then made
available for users to download. RapidShare AG was founded in 2006 and has
its headquarters in Cham, Switzerland.
Contacts:
Talita Jenman, Earache Records Ltd., Tel.:+44-207-240-5002,
E-Mail: press@earache.com.
Bobby Chang, COO RapidShare AG, Tel.: +41-41-748-78-88,
E-Mail: bchang@rapidshare.com
Katharina Scheid, Company Speaker RapidShare AG, Tel.:
+41-41-748-78-81, E-Mail: kscheid@rapidshare.com.
SOURCE RapidShare AG
Contacts: Talita Jenman, Earache Records Ltd., Tel.:+44-207-240-5002, E-Mail:
press@earache.com; Bobby Chang, COO RapidShare AG, Tel.: +41-41-748-78-88,
E-Mail: bchang@rapidshare.com; Katharina Scheid, Company Speaker RapidShare
AG, Tel.: +41-41-748-78-81, E-Mail: kscheid@rapidshare.com.
@'Reuters'
Harvard to offer class on 'The Wire'
The announcement came at a panel discussion at the school featuring several of the show's stars, according to the Harvard student newspaper, The Crimson.
The class will be taught by sociology professor William J. Wilson, one of the best-known African American history professors in the country, who has made no secret of the fact that he is a huge fan of the show.
"I do not hesitate to say that it has done more to enhance our understanding of the challenges of urban life and the problems of urban inequality, more than any other media event or scholarly publication," Wilson told the audience before poking fun at himself, "including studies by social scientitsts."
Sonja Sohn, who played Det. Kima Gregs, Andre Royo (Bubbles) and Michael Kenneth Williams (Omar Little) were on the panel talking about the show's unusual impact.
The series ran for five seasons, starting in 2002. Each year, it took on a different aspect of urban life -- from drugs to schools to the news media.
Harvard will be not the first college course on "The Wire." Other students commented on The Crimson's site that courses on the TV show already exist at Duke University and Middlebury College.
@'NY Post'
Dan Gentile's Live @ Bird's Barbers Mix # 1
Peter Brown – Do Ya Wanna Get Funky With Me? / Burning Love Breakdown
6th Borough Project – Just a Memory
D Train – Tryin’ To Get Over
Dam Funk – Electrik Breeze
Timex Social Club – Rumors (12” Mix)
Grace Jones – Pull Up to the Bumper (Larry Levan Mix)
Harlequin 4’s – Set It Off
Hot Chocolate – Haven Is In The Backseat Of My Cadillac (The Revenge Mix)
Sir Joe Quarterman – (I Got) So Much Trouble in My Mind (South City All Stars Remix)
NYC Peech Boys – Don’t Make Me Wait
Hall & Oates – Can’t Go For That (Beatconductor Remix)
Steely Dan - Peg
Amplified Orchestra – The Fighter
Motor City Drum Ensemble – Raw Cutes #5
Jackson 5 – What You Don’t Know (Eli Escobar Edit)
Eddy Grant – My Turn to Love You
Oliver Cheatham – Get Down Saturday Night
HERE
Ian Brown arrested after disturbance at home
Ian Brown has been arrested for allegedly attacking his wife.The former The Stone Roses man was arrested on suspicion of assault yesterday (November 2) after his neighbours alerted the police to a disturbance at the couple's west London home.
"A 46-year-old man was arrested at the address and taken to a police station," Scotland Yard confirmed to The Mirror.
As police investigated the disturbance it is claimed Brown's wife Fabiola Quiroz told officers he had attacked her.
Brown was taken into custody, but was later freed on bail until next month.
@'NME'
Grateful Dead - Road Trips Vol 3 # 1 Oakland 1979
The limited edition Bonus Disc (while supplies last) includes the heart of the second set from 12/30/79.
The CDs have been mastered to HDCD spec. The included booklet contains a number of Jay Blakesberg photos as well as an essay by Steve Silberman.
Tracklist
CD 1: Oakland Auditorium Arena, December 28, 1979
1. SUGAREE
2. MAMA TRIED>
3. MEXICALI BLUES
4. ROW JIMMY
5. IT’S ALL OVER NOW
6. HIGH TIME
7. THE MUSIC NEVER STOPPED
SET 2:
8. ALABAMA GETAWAY>
9. GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD
CD 2: Oakland Auditorium Arena, December 28, 1979
1. TERRAPIN STATION>
2. PLAYING IN THE BAND>
3. RHYTHM DEVILS>
4. SPACE>
5. UNCLE JOHN’S BAND>
6. I NEED A MIRACLE>
7. BERTHA>
8. GOOD LOVIN’
9. CASEY JONES
10. ONE MORE SATURDAY NIGHT
Bonus CD: (while supplies last) Oakland Auditorium Arena, December 30, 1979
1. NEW MINGLEWOOD BLUES
2. CANDYMAN
3. RAMBLE ON ROSE
4. LAZY LIGHTNING>
5. SUPPLICATION
6. SCARLET BEGONIAS>
7. FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN>
8. LET IT GROW
9. TRUCKIN’>
10. WHARF RAT
Advance listen -
"Sugaree"
HERE
Pre-order
HERE
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
'Amphetamine Aynie'
Ayn Rand is one of America’s great mysteries. She was an amphetamine-addicted author of sub-Dan Brown potboilers, who in her spare time wrote lavish torrents of praise for serial killers and the Bernie Madoff-style embezzlers of her day. She opposed democracy on the grounds that “the masses”—her readers—were “lice” and “parasites” who scarcely deserved to live. Yet she remains one of the most popular writers in the United States, still selling 800,000 books a year from beyond the grave. She regularly tops any list of books that Americans say have most influenced them. Since the great crash of 2008, her writing has had another Benzedrine rush, as Rush Limbaugh hails her as a prophetess. With her assertions that government is “evil” and selfishness is “the only virtue,” she is the patron saint of the tea-partiers and the death panel doomsters. So how did this little Russian bomb of pure immorality in a black wig become an American icon?Two new biographies of Rand—Goddess of the Market by Jennifer Burns and Ayn Rand and the World She Made by Anne Heller—try to puzzle out this question, showing how her arguments found an echo in the darkest corners of American political life.* But the books work best, for me, on a level I didn’t expect. They are thrilling psychological portraits of a horribly damaged woman who deserves the one thing she spent her life raging against: compassion.
Monday, 2 November 2009
Excerpts from draft 5 of "NOVA EXPRESS" a film by Andre Perkowski based on the writings of William S. Burroughs
Thanks for the link on your weird and wonderful blog, enjoyed digging around it... those bits of NOVA EXPRESS aren't even the really good stuff, the damn thing is huge, hideous, hellish, and will destroy young brains but good. I've been screening excerpts and trying to raise the dough to pay off two year old lab bills to get all the black and white 16mm footage I've shot for it... there's so much lovely animation and bezerk stuff I need to add in...
anyway, thanks again!
andre
Sunday, 1 November 2009
Volcano Choir - Island, IS
(And what a fugn brilliant video!)











