Saturday, 26 March 2011
Friday, 25 March 2011
Writings of La Monte Young
La Monte Young, USA | b. 1935
La Monte Young, editor "An Anthology of Chance Operations" (1963)
[PDF, 35mb]
Long out-of-print seminal writings and interviews by Young. First published by Heiner Friedrich in 1969 in an edition of 2100. Includes "Notes On The Continuous Periodic Composite Sound Waveform Environment Realizations Of "Map Of 49's Dream The Two Systems Of Eleven Sets Of Galactic Intervals Ornamental Lightyears Tracery," "Dream House,"Conversation With La Monte Young By Richard Kostelanetz," The Soul Of The Word," "Lecture 1960," and "Poem To Diane."
Notes on Continuous Periodic Composite Sound Waveform Environment Realizations/ Dream Music
@'Ubu Web'
La Monte Young, editor "An Anthology of Chance Operations" (1963) [PDF, 35mb]
Long out-of-print seminal writings and interviews by Young. First published by Heiner Friedrich in 1969 in an edition of 2100. Includes "Notes On The Continuous Periodic Composite Sound Waveform Environment Realizations Of "Map Of 49's Dream The Two Systems Of Eleven Sets Of Galactic Intervals Ornamental Lightyears Tracery," "Dream House,"Conversation With La Monte Young By Richard Kostelanetz," The Soul Of The Word," "Lecture 1960," and "Poem To Diane."
Notes on Continuous Periodic Composite Sound Waveform Environment Realizations/ Dream Music@'Ubu Web'
سانكيوو - Sankyoo
Intro:
One wonders
What people say about us
"Mubarak is an American puppet,
He doesn't give a damn
He's busy with some girls
That's his master plan".
What people say about us
"Mubarak is an American puppet,
He doesn't give a damn
He's busy with some girls
That's his master plan".
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I love you
I love you too, Mr President
Thank you
I love you too, Mr President
Thank you
Sankyoo for the misery
For the filth
And disgust
For the filth
And disgust
Sankyoo for the sewage floods
Sankyoo for the rotting garbage
Sankyoo for the rotting garbage
Sankyoo for imposed opinions
Sankyoo for the fraud
Sankyoo for the fraud
Sankyoo for Ayman Nour, Kareem
Alaa and all oppressed Egyptians
Alaa and all oppressed Egyptians
Sankyoo for the judges
The beating
The police
The torture
The beating
The police
The torture
Sankyoo, sankyoo, sankyoo, sankyoo (ad lib)
Finale:
One wonders
Where to hide from injustice
The ruler has cornered us
Where ever we may be
Where to hide from injustice
The ruler has cornered us
Where ever we may be
Egyptian girls and boys
Where shall we find freedom
When Mubarak our President
Is the mighty chief of thugs.
Where shall we find freedom
When Mubarak our President
Is the mighty chief of thugs.
Atomic Snow Jobs
When nuclear reactors blow, the first thing that melts down is the truth. Just as in the Chernobyl catastrophe almost 25 years ago when Soviet authorities denied the extent of radiation and downplayed the dire situation that was spiraling out of control, Japanese authorities spent the first week of the Fukushima crisis issuing conflicting and confusing reports. We were told that radiation levels were up, then down, then up, but nobody aside from those Japanese bureaucrats could verify the levels and few trusted their accuracy. The situation is under control, they told us, but workers are being evacuated. There is no danger of contamination, but stay inside and seal your doors.
The bureaucratization of horror into bland and reassuring pronouncements was to be expected, especially from an industry where misinformation is the rule. Although you might suppose that the nuclear industry's outstanding characteristic would be its expertise, since it's loaded with junior Einsteins who grasp the math and physics required to master the most awesomely sophisticated technology humans have ever created, think again. Based on the record, it's most outstanding characteristic is a fundamental dishonesty. I learned that the hard way as a grassroots activist organizing opposition to a scheme hatched by a consortium of nuclear utilities to park thousands of tons of highly radioactive fuel rods, like the ones now burning at Fukushima, in my Utah backyard.
Here's what I took away from that experience: the nuclear industry is a snake-oil culture of habitual misrepresentation, pervasive wishful thinking, deep denial, and occasional outright deception. For more than 50 years, it has habitually lied about risks and costs while covering up every violation and failure it could. Whether or not its proponents and spokespeople are dishonest or merely deluded can be debated, but the outcome -- dangerous misinformation and the meltdown of honest civic discourse -- remains the same, as we once again see at Fukushima.
Established at the dawn of the nuclear age, the pattern of dissemblance had become a well-worn rut long before the Japanese reactors spun out of control. In the early 1950s, the disciples of nuclear power, or the "peaceful atom" as it was then called, insisted that nuclear power would soon become so cheap and efficient that it would be offered to consumers for free. Visionaries that they were, they suggested that cities would be constructed with building materials impregnated with uranium so that snow removal would be unnecessary. Atomic bombs, they urged, should be used to carve out new coastal harbors for ships. In low doses, they swore, radiation was actually beneficial to one's health...
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Chip Ward @'Counterpunch'
Thursday, 24 March 2011
World Water Day
To mark World Water Day, on March 22nd Solidarités International and its agency BDDP Unlimited will roll out a campaign to build awareness of the scourge of undrinkable water.
Today, it is estimated that 3.6 million people, including 1.5 million children under the age of 5, die every year of diseases borne by unhealthy water, making it the world’s leading cause of death.
Yet the public isn’t aware of it and political leaders do not demonstrate the drive it takes to end the terrible deaths. The campaign calls on journalists to spread awareness of this scourge and appeal to readers to sign a petition that will be personally handed to the French president during the 6th World Water Forum in March 2012.
To evoke the silent and invisible threat of unhealthy water, BDDP Unlimited opted for a minimalist approach that is both visually appealing and surprising, using water and ink exclusively. The spot shows the power of ink to reveal the invisible.
The spot, created by BDDP Unlimited, produced by Hush and directed by Clément Beauvais, a young director, illustrator, musician and photographer. His multiple talents and mastery of various techniques enabled him to both create the drawings and direct the spot.
The campaign will be seen from mid-March on TV, in cinemas, on the Internet and in print. A dedicated web site, votregouttedeau.org, will gather signatures for the petition.
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Sun Ra: ‘Mr. Honecker, Tear Down This Wall’
I have some odd interests. Two are the Sun Ra Arkestra (the legendary jazz commune/band) and East Germany (the former country). I was reminded that these two interests once intersected by the Ra blog Adventure-Equation last weekend. In trying to sort out the band’s (often label-less) records and tapes that were sold at its shows, the blog mentioned a 1986 performance that was “also broadcast, unedited, on East German TV in 1988, as two 45-minute shows.” That merry band of space pranksters? Broadcast to the East Germans before the Berlin Wall opened? Hilarious! (This clip may be from the same East German concert, to judge from the banner at the back of the stage.)
I imagine a portly East Berlin bachelor getting home from his shift on the S-Bahn, turning on his Robotron Radeberg Combi-Vision RF3301 television set to the Sun Ra concert and saying, “What can this possibly portend?” I’m not implying that Sun Ra and the Arkestra were responsible for the fall of Communism and the opening of the Berlin Wall, but the timing is curious.
Harvey Dickson @'NY Times'
BIG congrats to Yotte (of this parish) for his truly wonderful Sun Ra blog making the NYT!!!
I imagine a portly East Berlin bachelor getting home from his shift on the S-Bahn, turning on his Robotron Radeberg Combi-Vision RF3301 television set to the Sun Ra concert and saying, “What can this possibly portend?” I’m not implying that Sun Ra and the Arkestra were responsible for the fall of Communism and the opening of the Berlin Wall, but the timing is curious.
Harvey Dickson @'NY Times'
BIG congrats to Yotte (of this parish) for his truly wonderful Sun Ra blog making the NYT!!!
Irina Werning: Back to the Future
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Egypt govt passes law criminalizing protests
The new law will be enforced as long as the current Emergency Law is in place, said the Council of Ministers in a statement on Wednesday. The Emergency Law has been in force since 1981 following the assassination of former President Anwar Sadat.
The new law will apply to anyone inciting, urging, promoting or participating in a protest or strike that hampers or delays work at any private or public establishments.
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Since the overthrow of former President Hosni Mubarak on 11 February, Egypt has witnessed nationwide labor strikes and political protests. Among those protesting have been university students, political activists, railway workers, doctors, pharmacists, lawyers, journalists, pensioners, and the police force.
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How bad has it gotten at The Washington Times? They published an Op-Ed on Libya by ... Ted Nugent. http://bit.ly/e3SFAS
The Blitzen Trapper Massacre
Rainn Wilson, or the weird yet hilarious guy we all know as Dwight Schrute from the US version of The Office, stars in this short film, The Blitzen Trapper Massacre, as a homicidal fan who awkwardly tries to join the band but inevitably gets rejected.
Co-written by Wilson and Blitzen Trapper band member, Brian Adrian Koch, and co-directed by Wilson and Joshua Homnick, this short film follows Wilson (with his creepy facial hair and even creepier disposition), getting rejected by the band and the wacky killing spree which he consequently embarks on. From bites to the jugular to putting smashed glass in a sandwich, Wilson crosses the band members off his hitlist one by one, and ends his massacre by performing a cover of their track Furr, covered in blood, to a rather unimpressed and enraged audience.
Hilarious and ridiculous, this short film should act as a warning to other bands planning to say no to fans.
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Exxon Valdez 22 years on
Minutes after midnight on March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez super tanker ran aground and began leaking oil in Alaska's beautiful and biologically rich Prince William Sound. Today, the sound's herring fishery has not yet recovered, and heavy crude oil can still be found on some beaches just below the surface sand. The lingering lessons of the Exxon Valdez spill are more vital than ever as we contemplate drilling in the extreme, remote and ecologically fragile U.S. Arctic Ocean.
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Thurston Moore - Benediction
“Benediction” [192kbps mp3]
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