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Sunday, 26 December 2010
The 'Exile' charts for 2010
The editors here at 'Exile' digging HerrB's choices!
BrandDNA
Weirdly my fave album was an EP not an album. Although given it ran 59 mins I'm classing it as an album.
Album: Sufjan Stevens – All delighted people
My best album for the year however was the Deutsche Elektronische Musik compilation.
Reissue: Dexys Midnight Runners - Searching for the young soul rebels
Song: Sufjan Stevens - Impossible Soul
Don't believe the hype: Ariel Pink
Dray
Bit of a problem for me cos I while I listen to loads of stuff most of the music I liked came out the year before... oh well here goes...
Album of the Year: On - Something That Has Form and Something That Does Not
Album of the Year: On - Something That Has Form and Something That Does Not
Vinyl Album of the Year: Thomas Koner - La Barca
Song of the Year: Alva Noto/Blixa Bargeld - Ret Marut Handshake
Live Song of the Year: Swans - I Crawled (Live @ Birmingham)
Best thing I discovered this Year: Catherine Ribeiro
Band of the Year: Grinderman
Honourable mentions and respect go to King Midas Sound, Richard Skelton, Quantec
Comeback of the Year: me obviously LOLThings to look forward to for 2011: Tim Hecker - Ravedeath, 1972; and a SLAB album or two...and perhaps a TRNSND v MOSESMAN mix
HerrB
...as mona didn't accept my first edition because she didn't think I was serious...So here we go:
Track of the year: 4'33 - The Secret Adrian Sherwood Master Mix
Album of the year: 4'33 - The Album
Compilation of the year: K-tel presents the Best of 50 Years 4'33 Cover Versions
Reissue of the year: Of course the original 4'33 John Cage version digitally remastered by Brian Eno
Hype of the year: see the entries above...
Track of the year: 4'33 - The Secret Adrian Sherwood Master Mix
Album of the year: 4'33 - The Album
Compilation of the year: K-tel presents the Best of 50 Years 4'33 Cover Versions
Reissue of the year: Of course the original 4'33 John Cage version digitally remastered by Brian Eno
Hype of the year: see the entries above...
Jacqueline_Anon
Album of the year: Mike Patton - Mondo Cane
Track of the year :Laurie Anderson - Only an Expert
Cover Song of the year: Beck and Thurston Moore sodomizing Yanni's 'Santorini'
Remix of the year: Grinderman - Super Heathen Child
Reissue of the year: David Bowie - Station to Station [Deluxe Edition]
Bootleg of the Year: Iggy And the Stooges Raw Power Live at Hammersmith 2010
Hype of the year: Neil Young - La Noise
Martin
Always hard remembering what came out at the beginning of the year, tend to focus on what I heard yesterday , great year for music, too much almost, so here goes
Band Of The Year: The Swans, still killing live and with a record up there with their best
Album Of The Year: Shackleton- Fabric 55, must be listened to as a piece, so 2010 but so 1980 but not like that contrived hauntogical sound
Cassette of The Year: Dem Hunger-Caveman Smack, like Flylo in hell.
Reissue Of The Year: Crass-The Crassical Collection, anarchy in hifi and Penny's not getting any younger Comp. Of The Year: Soul Jazz Records-Future Bass, does what it says
Track Of The Year: The Bug-Catch A Fire, just lovely but sinister
No hypes, hopefully past them now, really wanted to love the Darkstar one more than I did, maybe listen to it more. A whole year without any Skullflower releases that I won't listen to saved me a bit of cash, loads of free reggae out there which I've enjoyed discovering and expanding my mind and the FACT mixes which have never disappointed. A little more listening time next year would be great thanks.
Mona
Album of the year: Swans
Track of the year: Darkstar/Gold
Compilation of the year: Afro-Beat Airways (Ghana & Togo 1972-1979)
Reissue of the year: Dexys Midnight Runners - Searching For the Young Soul Rebels
Hype of the year: Exile on MAIN Street
Track of the year: Darkstar/Gold
Compilation of the year: Afro-Beat Airways (Ghana & Togo 1972-1979)
Reissue of the year: Dexys Midnight Runners - Searching For the Young Soul Rebels
Hype of the year: Exile on MAIN Street
Surprise of the year: MGMT Congratulations
trnsnd
Best Artist: Soom-T
Best Live Show: Guided By Voices
Best Posthumous Comeback: Notorious B.I.G.
Album of the Year: absolutely nothing, sorry.
The "hip" world has become completely awash in music that I don't "get."
This is not to say that there aren't still great bands and great music getting made, but there is so much noise and so much hype and I'm currently disconnected from contemporary trends to the point that I rarely hear anything that even makes an impact on me anymore. I'm currently withdrawing into 4'33" of nature sounds. Cheers!
P.S. Honorary mention for the Swans new one. Michael Gira is definitely keeping it REAL.
Saturday, 25 December 2010
domknight A poignant reminder that the Coalition don't take a holiday from politicising other people's desperation. http://j.mp/iaqqXh
That snow outside is what global warming looks like
There were two silent calls, followed by a message left on my voicemail. She had a soft, gentle voice and a mid-Wales accent. "You are a liar, Mr Monbiot. You and James Hansen and all your lying colleagues. I'm going to make you pay back the money my son gave to your causes. It's minus 18C and my pipes have frozen. You liar. Is this your global warming?" She's not going to like the answer, and nor are you. It may be yes.
There is now strong evidence to suggest that the unusually cold winters of the last two years in the UK are the result of heating elsewhere. With the help of the severe weather analyst John Mason and the Climate Science Rapid Response Team, I've been through as much of the scientific literature as I can lay hands on (see my website for the references). Here's what seems to be happening.
The global temperature maps published by Nasa present a striking picture. Last month's shows a deep blue splodge over Iceland, Spitsbergen, Scandanavia and the UK, and another over the western US and eastern Pacific. Temperatures in these regions were between 0.5C and 4C colder than the November average from 1951 and 1980. But on either side of these cool blue pools are raging fires of orange, red and maroon: the temperatures in western Greenland, northern Canada and Siberia were between 2C and 10C higher than usual. Nasa's Arctic oscillations map for 3-10 December shows that parts of Baffin Island and central Greenland were 15C warmer than the average for 2002-9. There was a similar pattern last winter. These anomalies appear to be connected.
The weather we get in UK winters, for example, is strongly linked to the contrasting pressure between the Icelandic low and the Azores high. When there's a big pressure difference the winds come in from the south-west, bringing mild damp weather from the Atlantic. When there's a smaller gradient, air is often able to flow down from the Arctic. High pressure in the icy north last winter, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, blocked the usual pattern and "allowed cold air from the Arctic to penetrate all the way into Europe, eastern China, and Washington DC". Nasa reports that the same thing is happening this winter.
Sea ice in the Arctic has two main effects on the weather. Because it's white, it bounces back heat from the sun, preventing it from entering the sea. It also creates a barrier between the water and the atmosphere, reducing the amount of heat that escapes from the sea into the air. In the autumns of 2009 and 2010 the coverage of Arctic sea ice was much lower than the long-term average: the second smallest, last month, of any recorded November. The open sea, being darker, absorbed more heat from the sun in the warmer, light months. As it remained clear for longer than usual it also bled more heat into the Arctic atmosphere. This caused higher air pressures, reducing the gradient between the Iceland low and the Azores high.
So why wasn't this predicted by climate scientists? Actually it was, and we missed it. Obsessed by possible changes to ocean circulation (the Gulf Stream grinding to a halt), we overlooked the effects on atmospheric circulation. A link between summer sea ice in the Arctic and winter temperatures in the northern hemisphere was first proposed in 1914. Close mapping of the relationship dates back to 1990, and has been strengthened by detailed modelling since 200...
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George Monbiot @'The Guardian'
WikiLeaks financial details
The Wall Street Journal has a report out today with details on Wikileaks' financial inner workings, from the foundation in Germany that pays the organization's bills. Odd that this long-sought information would come out on Christmas Eve, but here's the short version of the story: spending is up, because they're paying salaries now (including $86K/year to Julian Assange), and they're "facing potential legal issues" (understatement of the millenium). Snip:
Xeni Jardin @'Boing Boing'
Wau Holland Foundation says it has collected about €1 million ($1.3 million) in donations in 2010, the year in which WikiLeaks exploded into public prominence thanks to its release of thousands of classified U.S. documents. WikiLeaks said in August that it had raised about €765,000 until that point in the year. The data from the foundation, which is a major but not the sole conduit of funding for the website, suggest donations to WikiLeaks have tampered off some since the organization landed in the headlines. The Wau Holland Foundation provides key back-office services for WikiLeaks' operations by collecting donations and paying its bills. Last summer, WikiLeaks said it operated on about €150,000 a year. Now, however, the foundation says it has paid about €380,000 in WikiLeaks expenses, with some invoices for the year still unprocessed. Some of that total is for hardware, Internet access and travel, Wau Holland spokesman Hendrik Fulda said. But a big factor in the leap is a recent decision to begin paying salaries to staff.WikiLeaks is said to have committed to paying half of the estimated $100K that Bradley Manning's legal defense is expected to cost, but a spokesman recently said the organization will now only donate around $20K. They have not yet contributed these funds. The WSJ reports that Wau Holland is said to be waiting for legal advice on whether such a donation is permitted under German law.
The primary beneficiary of that decision--which has been hotly debated within WikiLeaks--is Mr. Assange, the controversial founder and public face of WikiLeaks who is currently under house arrest in the U.K., where he faces possible extradition to Sweden
Xeni Jardin @'Boing Boing'
Best Coast/Wavves - Got Something For You
With the holidays comes great warmth of spirit. Especially when it comes from coastal California. Best Coast and Wavves are two fresh indie-pop bands from the sunshine state, who bring timeless sunshiny melodies in this ode to all things Christmas. Tap your toes and dream of surfing in the snow.
Download @'Target'
Download @'Target'
Hemorrhoid
This is the story of a man who suffered from a hemorrhoid. Not a lot of hemorrhoids. A single, solitary one. This hemorrhoid started out small and annoying, but very soon it became medium-sized and irritating, and in less than two months it became big and really painful. The man continued to live his life as usual: he worked long hours every day, took time off on weekends and fucked on the side whenever he had the chance. But this hemorrhoid, which was clinging to a vein, kept reminding him at every long meeting or painful BM that to live is to suffer, to live is to sweat, to live is an ache you can’t fucking forget . And so, before every important decision the man would listen to his hemorrhoid the way others listen to their conscience. And the hemorrhoid, like any hemorrhoid, would give the man some asshole advice. Advice on whom to fire, advice on aiming higher, advice to pick a fight and with whom he should conspire. And it worked. With every passing day, the man became more and more successful. The earnings of the company he headed kept growing, and so did the hemorrhoid. It reached a point where the hemorrhoid outgrew the man. And even then, it didn’t stop. Until eventually it was the hemorrhoid that was Chairman of the Board. And sometimes, when the hemorrhoid took its seat on the chair in the board room, it found the man underneath a little irritating.
This is the story of a hemorrhoid that suffered from a man. The hemorrhoid continued to live its life as usual: it worked long hours every day, took time off on weekends and fucked on the side whenever it had the chance. But this man, who was clinging to a vein, kept reminding him at every long meeting or painful BM that to live is to yearn, to live is to burn, to live is to fucking screw up and wait for fate to turn. And the hemorrhoid would listen to the man the way people listen to their stomach when it rumbles and asks for food – passively but acceptingly. And thanks to this man, the hemorrhoid tried to believe it could live and let live, it could learn to forgive. It could conquer its urge to look down on others. And even when it swore, it didn’t mention people’s mothers. And so, thanks to the irritating little man under him, everyone came to value the hemorrhoid: hemorrhoids, people, and of course, the company’s satisfied shareholders all around the world.
(Etgar Keret (born August 20, 1967) is an Israeli writer known for his short stories, graphic novels, and scriptwriting for film and television.)
@'The Outlet'
This is the story of a hemorrhoid that suffered from a man. The hemorrhoid continued to live its life as usual: it worked long hours every day, took time off on weekends and fucked on the side whenever it had the chance. But this man, who was clinging to a vein, kept reminding him at every long meeting or painful BM that to live is to yearn, to live is to burn, to live is to fucking screw up and wait for fate to turn. And the hemorrhoid would listen to the man the way people listen to their stomach when it rumbles and asks for food – passively but acceptingly. And thanks to this man, the hemorrhoid tried to believe it could live and let live, it could learn to forgive. It could conquer its urge to look down on others. And even when it swore, it didn’t mention people’s mothers. And so, thanks to the irritating little man under him, everyone came to value the hemorrhoid: hemorrhoids, people, and of course, the company’s satisfied shareholders all around the world.
(Etgar Keret (born August 20, 1967) is an Israeli writer known for his short stories, graphic novels, and scriptwriting for film and television.)
@'The Outlet'
PLEASE KILL ME (The infamous t/shirt)
(Thanx Steve Rovner!)
PS: Richard Lloyd Anybody notice that I am using a slide bar? It's polished stainless steel, but I much prefer brass. It "grabs" better.
'He’s become the one-man global McDonald’s of leaks'
Bruce Sterling on WikiLeaks
"...The chances of that ending well are about ten thousand to one. And I don’t doubt Assange knows that. This is the kind of guy who once wrote an encryption program called “Rubberhose,” because he had it figured that the cops would beat his password out of him, and he needed some code-based way to finesse his own human frailty. Hey, neat hack there, pal..."
"...The chances of that ending well are about ten thousand to one. And I don’t doubt Assange knows that. This is the kind of guy who once wrote an encryption program called “Rubberhose,” because he had it figured that the cops would beat his password out of him, and he needed some code-based way to finesse his own human frailty. Hey, neat hack there, pal..."
Friday, 24 December 2010
davidallengreen I like to think "a scumbag, a maggot, and a cheap lousy faggot" were the real names of the Three Wise Men.
jeremyscahill .@PressSec besides Yemen, Pakistan, Somalia, Iraq & Afgh., where else are we bombing/killing people on regular basis?
Thursday, 23 December 2010
More of that James Bond fun stuff
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Wednesday that his website is due to release thousands of documents related to Israel, particularly dealing with the Mabhouh assassination in Dubai and the Second Lebanon War, Channel 10 reported Thursday.
In an interview with Al Jazeera, Assange said that only very few files related to Israel were published so far and that WikiLeaks intends on releasing many more documents over the next six months.
Assange, who was recently released from a British prison, said that he holds 3,700 more files related to Israel, and the main source of them is the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv.
Assange said in the interview that WikiLeaks plans on releasing cables that were classified as top secret regarding Israel's month-long war with Hezbollah militants in Lebanon in the summer of 2006.
Moreover, he also claimed he holds documents indicating Mossad involvement in the assassination of Hamas operative Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai in January.
Assange said that WikiLeaks had not had any direct or indirect relations with Israel, but said he was sure Israeli intelligence is monitoring WikiLeaks' activities closely.
@'Haaretz'
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