It's time to listen to the 99%
Read the comments for some of Billy Bragg's thoughts...
Monday, 17 October 2011
Brian Eno on bizarre instruments
I was thinking today about a piece of technology that makes Daphne Oram’s graphic synthesizer from 1957, a centrepiece of the Science Museum’s new show, look quite conservative. It’s called the Telharmonium. It was built by a man called Thaddeus Cahill in 1906. He built three versions and the biggest weighed 200 tons. However, it was probably the first truly portable electronic music instrument. It was carried in 30 railway carriages and it was a series of tone-wheel generators, a little bit like a Hammond organ, though in a Hammond the generators were about 1.6in in diameter whereas in the Telharmonium they were 8ft tall. They were big-toothed cogs that spun in front of a solenoid, thus creating an oscillating frequency.
Of course in 1906 there weren’t any amplifiers: they hadn’t been invented. The only form of amplification that existed was the telephone receiver. So what would happen is that Thaddeus would announce his arrival in a town, turn up and plug the output of the whole apparatus into the telephone exchange.
People would listen to the performance by taking their phones off the hook – it was loud enough for you to hear at a distance from the receiver. So Thaddeus, or his assistants, would sit and play on this extraordinary machine and through the telephones in the various houses in the city. That was technology and it stayed technology – it never really settled down into being a proper instrument.
I was also thinking about a more ancient piece of technology, the double bass. No one thinks of that as technology now, but the evolution of the double bass took about 250 years. It went through a lot of different iterations. It was a one-string instrument for a while, then there were some six-string versions built. The Duke of Leinster had one that was 9ft tall and was played by two people – one up a ladder doing the top bit, the other on the ground sawing away. There was one built for the 1883 industrial exposition in Cincinnati which was 15ft 9in tall...
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Sunday, 16 October 2011
The Adventures of Tintin
Unofficial title sequence for 'The Adventures of Tintin', featuring elements from each of the 24 books.
Music composed by Ray Parker and Tom Szczesniak.
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OccupyLSX OccupyLSX
Its official we are occupying st pauls! The vicar has given his blessing and asked the police to move :D #occupylsx #occupylondon
Madness (Yemen)
المركز الاعلامي | احد الشباب وسط مطر بنادق بلاطجة وقوات صالح لم يكن بيدة الا ان يرقص على انغام الرصاص ولحن الموت الذي يعزفة بلاطجة النظام ..
من قال اننا نخاف الموت او نخاف من الرصاص فهو واهم فالطريق الى الحرية مكللة بالرصاصة لامحالة وعندما خرجنا من بيوتنا عاهدنا الله ما نعود الا منتصرين اما بالشهادة او بالنصر
المركز الاعلامي لساحة التغيير -صنعاء
15-10-2011
#SupportYemen Break the Silence campaign video - Yemen's Youth speak out to the international community, emphasising their resistance to the attacks of government forces and their determination to continue demanding what they originally set out to achieve - equal rights, liberty, freedom from oppression and a dignified life. Please share this video and help support Yemen!
من قال اننا نخاف الموت او نخاف من الرصاص فهو واهم فالطريق الى الحرية مكللة بالرصاصة لامحالة وعندما خرجنا من بيوتنا عاهدنا الله ما نعود الا منتصرين اما بالشهادة او بالنصر
المركز الاعلامي لساحة التغيير -صنعاء
15-10-2011
#SupportYemen Break the Silence campaign video - Yemen's Youth speak out to the international community, emphasising their resistance to the attacks of government forces and their determination to continue demanding what they originally set out to achieve - equal rights, liberty, freedom from oppression and a dignified life. Please share this video and help support Yemen!
Echo Chamber - On-U Sound 30th (Sept 14, 2011)
After two weeks of celebrating the Echo Chamber's 15th Anniversary, tonight we celebrated the 30th Anniversary of ON-U Sound! The list of ON-U stalwarts appearing on the big show included: Dub Syndicate, Creation Rebel, Voice of Authority, Prince Far I, Little Annie, Garl Clail, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Barmy Army, Singers & Players, Bim Sherman, Deadley Headley & Rico Rodriguez, Little Axe, London Underground, Dr. Pablo, and Missing Brazilians. On top of this we include AMS remixes of Primal Scream and The Process & Ghetto Priest, plus a 30 minute segment of a special Sherwood mix done for the Dub Invasion Festival going on in NYC & Boston. Finally, our only deviation from the On-U Sound theme was to include one track each from Luisa Maita and Mad Professor -- both of whom played in Minneapolis on 9/19.
Playlist
Dub Syndicate - The Show Is Coming
album: Adrian Sherwood presents: the Master Recordings; label: On-U Sound
Carol Kalphat / Clint Eastwood - African Land / Africa We Want to Go
album: Reggae Archive; label: On-U Sound
Voice of Authority - Very Big In America Right Now
album: Very Big In America Right Now; label: On-U Sound
African Head Charge - Off the Beaten Track
album: Off the Beaten Track; label: On-U Sound
Singers & Players - Dungeon/Merchant Ship/Jah Army Band
album: Revenge of the Underdog; label: On-U Sound
Creation Rebel - Chemical Specialist
album: Historic Moments - V.2; label: On-U Sound
Creation Rebel - Threat to Creation
album: Historic Moments - V.2; label: On-U Sound
Barmy Army - Mind the Gap
album: Adrian Sherwood presents: the Master Recordings; label: On-U Sound
Gary Clail and ON-U Sound System - Beef (album version)
album: Beef (CD single); label: On-U Sound / Perfecto
Lee "Scratch" Perry & Dub Syndicate - You Thought I Was Dead
album: Pay It All Back - V.3; label: On-U Sound
Little Annie - Bless Those
album: Pay It All Back - V.43; label: On-U Sound
Adrian Sherwood - Paradise of Nada (Remix)
album: Never Trust A Hippie; label: RealWorld
Deadley Headley & Rico Rodriguez - From Alpha
album: Reggae Archive; label: On-U Sound
*Luisa Maita - Lero-Lero (DJ Tudo Remix)
album: Maita Remixed; label: Cumbancha Records
Adrian Sherwood mix for Dub Invasion Festival - (part 1)
Prince Far I - Foggy Road
album: Black Man Land; label: Virgin / Frontline
*African Head Charge - Take Heed And Smoke Up Your Collyweed
album: Voodoo of the Godsent; label: On-U Sound
Harry Beckett - The Storyteller
album: The Modern Sound Of Harry Beckett; label: On-U Sound
*Lee Scratch Perry Vs Digital Mystikz - Like The Way You Should
album: Like The Way You Should/Obeah Room - Mala Remixes EP; label: On-U Sound
*Lee Scratch Perry Vs Digital Mystikz - Obeah Room
album: Like The Way You Should/Obeah Room - Mala Remixes EP; label: On-U Sound
Adrian Sherwood - On-U Three-In-One Mash Up
album: N/A (unreleased); label: On-U Sound
Brother Culture - Chant Them Down
album: unreleased; label: TBD
Little Axe - Wolf Story
album: The Wolf That House Built; label: Okeh / Epic
Primal Scream / Adrian Sherwood - Duffed Up
album: Echo Dek; label: Creation / Sony
The Process meets Ghetto Priest - The Lion of Judah Hath Prevailed (Adrian Sherwood Dub Mix)
album: The Lion of Judah Hath Prevailed EP; label: Temple Gong
African Head Charge - Some Bizarre
album: Off the Beaten Track; label: On-U Sound
African Head Charge - Belinda [excerpt]
album: Off the Beaten Track; label: On-U Sound
London Underground - Dreams Are Better
album: On-U Sound Celebration; label: On-U Sound / Trance
Mad Professor - Fast Forward Into Dub
album: The Inspirational Sounds of Mad Professor; label: Universal Egg
Dr. Pablo & Dub Syndicate - Dr. Who
album: North of the River Thames; label: On-U Sound
Audio Active - Mammoth Galactica
album: Mambo presents: On-U Out of Control; label: Mambo / Mushroom
Missing Brazilians - Savanna Prance
album: Warzone; label: On-U Sound
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America's 'Millbank moment'
The Occupation of Wall Street, which has successfully and peacefully resisted an eviction attempt by New York police by sheer weight of numbers, has inspired similar occupations across the United States and across the world.
A demonstration which began with a handful of protesters getting pepper-sprayed on the pavements of Manhattan's financial district has mushroomed into a national phenomenon, with labour unions rushing to offer solidarity and high-profile supporters lending advice and assistance.
After a year of police violence and savage crackdowns on protest across Europe, the injection of energy from across the Atlantic is more than welcome.
There are good reasons to be watching what's happening in Lower Manhattan right now. The idea of Wall Street as the heart of a global financial system whose collapse threatens the future of human civilisation is as important as the space itself, and while this is no Tahrir Square - the occupiers are hardly storming the skyscrapers above them - the brash symbolism of the protest is hard to ignore.
At the demonstration on London's Westminster bridge last weekend, I was handed flyers reading "We are the 99 per cent". As Britain gears up for a fresh wave of student demonstrations beginning on November 9, the mantra of the Occupy America movement, somewhere between an cry of rage and a threat, has begun to resonate around the world.
What does it mean?
As a slogan, "We are the 99 per cent" is inclusive to the point of inarticulacy. It is neither a demand nor an ideology, simply a statement of numbers. While intended to set the majority of ordinary citizens against the elite "one per cent" who, it is alleged, own and control most of the world's wealth, the slogan has been criticised for its formlessness: Does it mean: "We are the 99 per cent, and we're here to take back the money you stole?" Does it mean: ''We are the 99 per cent, and we will be pleased to serve you dinner whilst you confiscate our homes?" Does it simply mean "we are the 99 percent, and we're screwed?"
It means none of these things: The slogan is a statistic, a simple statement of majority. "We are the 99 per cent," it says. "Why aren't we represented?"
At their heart, these protests are about democracy. They are about the crisis of representative democracy taking place across the world, as party politics consistently places the interests of business above the interests of society.
This morning may turn out to be the "Millbank moment" for the "Occupy America" movement. When union activists arrived to swell the numbers defending Liberty Plaza, prompting the city authorities to back down from their planned eviction, reports from the occupation were wild with triumphant energy, and the chanting of: "All day, all week, occupy Wall Street!" is probably still going on right now.
What I saw and heard in Liberty Plaza when I visited was the same shocked excitement I saw in London almost a year ago, when student demonstrators smashed into the headquarters of the party in government at Millbank: It was young people who have spent their entire lives feeling powerless and alienated suddenly realising that, with enough numbers and enough courage, they can be unstoppable, that they can take on the edifices of power and win, at least for a little while.
The difference is that New Yorkers have achieved this without breaking a single window. The scrupulous non-violence of the Occupy America movement leaves the right-wing press unable to tell a simple story about "feral kids kicking off against the cops": Instead, the images that have been broadcast around the world are of New York police pepper-spraying young women in the face and peaceful protesters being beaten away from Wall Street while chanting the First Amendment in chorus.
On the morning of Friday, October 14, hundreds of thousands watched online as the authorities failed to remove the ordinary, indignant people of the United States from Liberty Plaza. When Americans do symbolic protest, they do it utterly without irony.
In one way or another, we are all standing in the shadow of Wall Street. The dignified defiance of the New York occupation has inspired the world, and may yet provide some relief for the weary fighters on the European front of what looks set to be a long and punishing fight against austerity and state repression.
The question now, for the occupiers and for everyone else is: What will the 99 per cent do next?
Laurie Penny @'Al Jazeera'
A demonstration which began with a handful of protesters getting pepper-sprayed on the pavements of Manhattan's financial district has mushroomed into a national phenomenon, with labour unions rushing to offer solidarity and high-profile supporters lending advice and assistance.
After a year of police violence and savage crackdowns on protest across Europe, the injection of energy from across the Atlantic is more than welcome.
There are good reasons to be watching what's happening in Lower Manhattan right now. The idea of Wall Street as the heart of a global financial system whose collapse threatens the future of human civilisation is as important as the space itself, and while this is no Tahrir Square - the occupiers are hardly storming the skyscrapers above them - the brash symbolism of the protest is hard to ignore.
At the demonstration on London's Westminster bridge last weekend, I was handed flyers reading "We are the 99 per cent". As Britain gears up for a fresh wave of student demonstrations beginning on November 9, the mantra of the Occupy America movement, somewhere between an cry of rage and a threat, has begun to resonate around the world.
What does it mean?
As a slogan, "We are the 99 per cent" is inclusive to the point of inarticulacy. It is neither a demand nor an ideology, simply a statement of numbers. While intended to set the majority of ordinary citizens against the elite "one per cent" who, it is alleged, own and control most of the world's wealth, the slogan has been criticised for its formlessness: Does it mean: "We are the 99 per cent, and we're here to take back the money you stole?" Does it mean: ''We are the 99 per cent, and we will be pleased to serve you dinner whilst you confiscate our homes?" Does it simply mean "we are the 99 percent, and we're screwed?"
It means none of these things: The slogan is a statistic, a simple statement of majority. "We are the 99 per cent," it says. "Why aren't we represented?"
At their heart, these protests are about democracy. They are about the crisis of representative democracy taking place across the world, as party politics consistently places the interests of business above the interests of society.
This morning may turn out to be the "Millbank moment" for the "Occupy America" movement. When union activists arrived to swell the numbers defending Liberty Plaza, prompting the city authorities to back down from their planned eviction, reports from the occupation were wild with triumphant energy, and the chanting of: "All day, all week, occupy Wall Street!" is probably still going on right now.
What I saw and heard in Liberty Plaza when I visited was the same shocked excitement I saw in London almost a year ago, when student demonstrators smashed into the headquarters of the party in government at Millbank: It was young people who have spent their entire lives feeling powerless and alienated suddenly realising that, with enough numbers and enough courage, they can be unstoppable, that they can take on the edifices of power and win, at least for a little while.
The difference is that New Yorkers have achieved this without breaking a single window. The scrupulous non-violence of the Occupy America movement leaves the right-wing press unable to tell a simple story about "feral kids kicking off against the cops": Instead, the images that have been broadcast around the world are of New York police pepper-spraying young women in the face and peaceful protesters being beaten away from Wall Street while chanting the First Amendment in chorus.
On the morning of Friday, October 14, hundreds of thousands watched online as the authorities failed to remove the ordinary, indignant people of the United States from Liberty Plaza. When Americans do symbolic protest, they do it utterly without irony.
In one way or another, we are all standing in the shadow of Wall Street. The dignified defiance of the New York occupation has inspired the world, and may yet provide some relief for the weary fighters on the European front of what looks set to be a long and punishing fight against austerity and state repression.
The question now, for the occupiers and for everyone else is: What will the 99 per cent do next?
Laurie Penny @'Al Jazeera'
Dear Occupy Wall Street
Gary Chartier, Charles W. Johnson (eds.): Markets Not Capitalism: Individualist Anarchism Against Bosses, Inequality, Corporate Power, and Structural Poverty (2011)
Individualist anarchists believe in mutual exchange, not economic privilege. They believe in freed markets, not capitalism. They defend a distinctive response to the challenges of ending global capitalism and achieving social justice: eliminate the political privileges that prop up capitalists.
Massive concentrations of wealth, rigid economic hierarchies, and unsustainable modes of production are not the results of the market form, but of markets deformed and rigged by a network of state-secured controls and privileges to the business class. Markets Not Capitalism explores the gap between radically freed markets and the capitalist-controlled markets that prevail today. It explains how liberating market exchange from state capitalist privilege can abolish structural poverty, help working people take control over the conditions of their labor, and redistribute wealth and social power.
Featuring discussions of socialism, capitalism, markets, ownership, labor struggle, grassroots privatization, intellectual property, health care, racism, sexism, and environmental issues, this unique collection brings together classic essays by leading figures in the anarchist tradition, including Proudhon and Voltairine de Cleyre, and such contemporary innovators as Kevin Carson and Roderick Long. It introduces an eye-opening approach to radical social thought, rooted equally in libertarian socialism and market anarchism.
Get it
HERE
Assange @ #occupylsx
Colvinius Mark Colvin
Assange speaks to adoring crowd. colv.in/nqxR5T Reminds me of Life Of Brian: 'You're all individuals' 'We're all individuals', etc
Assange speaks to adoring crowd. colv.in/nqxR5T Reminds me of Life Of Brian: 'You're all individuals' 'We're all individuals', etc
suigenerisjen Jen Robinson
Here with #assange and police take him under section 60AA for wearing a mask to get into demo. Crazy.#occupylsx
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Saturday, 15 October 2011
#OccupyMelbourne (2) (15-10-11 City Square)
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On October 15th the world will rise up as one and say, 'We have had enough! We are a new beginning, a global fight on on all fronts that will usher in an era of shared prosperity, respect, mutual aid, and dignity.'
The tents have been erected. There was food, music, dancing and discourse.
It was getting well past Spaceboy's bedtime.
We shall be back tomorrow...
Interestingly enough there was no noticeable police presence come the end of our time there unlike this morning.
(Photos: TimN)
Occupy Melbourne: some initial thoughts
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