SPEW 5 Various Artists 1994
36 minutes ago
Wednesday, 21 December 2011
Happy Gravy Day!!!
If you go to the seven minute mark the interview takes an amazing turn...not a what I suspected the ABC wanted to hear in prime time!
Bonus:
For sons #1 and 2 who loved this song when they were little (and I bet they still know every word.)
All together now: 'Out the FUCKING door...'
It's the 21st of December...
A mix&mash of Paul Kelly in performance over six months...
We filmed Paul Kelly over a number of months and realised we could do something unique: we took all the multitrack recordings of Paul performing HOW TO MAKE GRAVY - totalling 98 tracks - and interwove, overlapped and mixed them to create a continuous compilation performance across different venues.
It moves from the intimacy of his A To Z shows and rehearsal, to playing the Corner Hotel and the Falls Festival main stage.
Christmas seemed the perfect time to share this mix&mash of a classic.
These were filmed and recorded for the feature documentary PAUL KELLY: STORIES OF ME, a film by Shark Island Productions - coming in 2012.
http://www.paulkellythemovie.com.au
That time of the year again! The greatest hexmass song ever (bar none!) A modern classic!
Correspondence will not be entered into...XXX
Tuesday, 20 December 2011
All Hail 김정은
At the frontline of our revolution stands Comrade Kim Jong-un, the great successor of the Juche (self-reliance) revolution and the outstanding leader of the party, military and people.
Monday, 19 December 2011
Kim Jong-il: ten things you never knew
A swallow was seen in the sky, signalling the early arrival of spring. A new star shone in the sky and a double rainbow was sighted nearby. The Soviets, meanwhile, said their records showed he was born in the Siberian village of Vyatskoye in 1941.
2) The first confirmed sighting of Kim Jong-il came in the early 1970s, when he was spotted on holiday in Malta, where it is understood he was receiving personal English lessons from the Maltese prime minister, Dom Mintoff.
3) In 1994, when he succeeded his father and "Eternal President" Kim Il-sung to lead North Korea, he was granted the first of more than 200 official titles. These included "Guiding Star of the 21st Century", "Glorious General, Who Descended from Heaven", "Amazing Politician", "Ever-Victorious, Iron-Willed Commander" and "Highest Incarnation of the Revolutionary Comradely Love".
4) When Pyongyang's first golf course opened in 1994, he was given the honour of playing the first round. When he came to sign his card at the end, it stated that he had shot a 38-under-par round, which included 11 holes-in-one. His 17 bodyguards were put forward as witnesses to his remarkable feat.
5) In 2006, in reaction to North Korea testing a nuclear weapon, the US stepped up its sanctions against the rogue state. In an attempt to dent Kim Jong-il's known love of luxury goods, the US banned 60 luxury items entering the country, including yachts, Chanel No 5, Segways and even rare stamps.
Knowing that he loved cognac – his court apparently spent $800,000 (£517,000) a year on Hennessy – the US also banned lead crystal and spirits.
6) The US government also banned televisions with screens larger than 29in. It was another attempt to impact on Kim Jong-il's lifestyle. As a film buff, he had a collection of 20,000 videos and DVDs, including his favourites such as Rambo, Friday the 13th and the complete oeuvre of Elizabeth Taylor.
7) In 1978, Kim Jong-il reportedly ordered the kidnapping of celebrated South Korean film-maker Shin Sang-ok and his actor wife Choi Eun-hee so that they could make a socialist version of Godzilla, his all-time favourite film.
8) Ermanno Furlanis, an Italian chef who once worked directly for Kim Jong-il, wrote a book about his experiences stating that he was ordered to carve sashimi from a live fish and never to place anchovies on pizzas. He was also sent to Uzbekistan to buy caviar, Denmark to buy pork, China for grapes and to Thailand for mangos and papayas. A former personal doctor also said that a team of 200 scientists worked to cultivate the perfect diet to ensure he had a longer life.
9) In 2000, a new food "invented" by Kim Jong-il called "Gogigyeopbbang" was introduced to North Koreans. It was described as "double bread with meat", but took on the uncanny appearance of a conventional hamburger. In 2006, another culinary revolution was introduced on Jong-il's orders in an attempt to alleviate food shortages – the breeding of giant rabbits.
10) A government website once stated that Kim Jong-il never needed to urinate or defecate. But the reference was later removed.
@'The Guardian'
Vare Dear Reader
JonathanHaynes
Jonathan Haynes
I do think my favourite Kim Jong-il fact is the first time he played golf he ended 38 under par and got 11 holes in one.
Tweets of Wisdom
Glinner
Graham Linehan
"So you don't mind if someone pirates The IT Crowd" I'd rather you bought it, but I don't want to break the internet to force you to.
"So you don't mind if someone pirates The IT Crowd" I'd rather you bought it, but I don't want to break the internet to force you to.
TheHollyJohnson
Holly Johnson
@Glinner
Interesting that records were bootlegged and taped as far back as I
remember even when the music Industry and economy was thriving
eddireader
Eddi Reader
@TheHollyJohnson @glinner ...and that's the magic of it: hearing it-loves-shares-copies-adapts.
Music biz tried to harness that for money.
Beloved Dear Leader RIP 金正日逝世讣告
Kim Jong-il is understood to have suffered a heart attack on Saturday due to physical and mental over-work.
Mr Rudd: Protect Assange!
This is an open letter to Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd and Attorney-General Nicola Roxon. It calls on the Australian government to take steps to ensure Julian Assange's human rights are protected. It will be delivered on 19 December 2011, but we encourage members of the public to sign the letter below by adding their full name in the comments section, together with any comment they may wish to make. Please feel free to spread the word about the letter to others who may be interested.
Bernard Keane and Elizabeth O'Shea
The Hon Kevin Rudd
Minister for Foreign Affairs
Parliament House ACT 2600
Dear Minister
We write to express our concern about the plight of Julian Assange.
To date, no charges have been laid against Mr Assange by Swedish authorities. Nonetheless, we understand that should he be sent to Sweden, he will be held on remand, incommunicado. We note your comments last year about the need for Mr Assange to receive appropriate consular support. We trust that this consular support is being provided and will continue.
We are concerned that should Mr Assange be placed in Swedish custody, he will be subject to the process of "temporary surrender", enabling his removal to the United States without the appropriate legal processes that accompany normal extradition cases. We urge you to convey to the Swedish government Australia's expectation that Mr Assange will be provided with the same rights of appeal and review that any standard extradition request would entail.
Any prosecution of Mr Assange in the United States will be on the basis of his activities as a journalist and editor (Mr Assange's status as such has been recently confirmed by the High Court in England). Such a prosecution will be a serious assault on freedom of speech and the need for an unfettered, independent media.
Further, the chances of Mr Assange receiving a fair trial in the United States appear remote. A number of prominent political figures have called for him to be assassinated, and the Vice-President has called him a "high-tech terrorist". Given the atmosphere of hostility in relation to Mr Assange, we hold serious concerns about his safety once in US custody. We note that Mr Assange is an Australian citizen, whose journalistic activities were undertaken entirely outside of US territory.
Mr Assange is entitled to the best endeavours of his government to ensure he is treated fairly. He is entitled to expect that his government will not remain silent while his liberty and safety are placed at risk by a government embarrassed by his journalism. Australians also expect that their government will speak out against efforts to silence the media and intimidate those who wish to hold governments to account.
We ask that you convey clearly to the United States government Australia's concerns about any effort to manufacture charges against Mr Assange, or to use an unrelated criminal investigation as the basis for what may effectively be rendition. We also urge the government to publicly affirm that Mr Assange is welcome to return to Australia once proceedings against him in Sweden are concluded, and that the government will fully protect his rights as an Australian citizen once here.
We have copied this letter to your colleague, the Attorney-General.
Yours sincerely
Phillip Adams AO
Adam Bandt MP
Wendy Bacon
Greg Barns
Susan Benn
Senator Bob Brown
Dr Scott Burchill
Julian Burnside QC
Dr Leslie Cannold
Mike Carlton
Professor Noam Chomsky
David Collins
Lieutenant Colonel (ret) Lance Collins, Australian Intelligence Corps
Eva Cox
Sophie Cunningham
Roy David
Andrew Denton
Senator Richard Di Natale
Peter Fitzsimons
Rt Hon Malcolm Fraser AC CH
Anna Funder
Professor Raimond Gaita
David Gilmour and Polly Samson
Kara Greiner
Senator Sarah Hanson-Young
Liz Humphrys
Professor Sarah Joseph
Bernard Keane
Professor John Keane
Stephen Keim SC
Steve Killelea
Andrew Knight
Mary Kostakidis
Professor Theo van Leeuwen
Ken Loach
Antony Loewenstein
Senator Scott Ludlam
Associate Professor Jake Lynch
Professor Robert Manne
Dr Ken Macnab
David Lyle
Alex Miller
Senator Christine Milne
Alex Mitchell
Reg Mombassa
Gordon Morris
Jane Morris
Julian Morrow
The Hon Alastair Nicholson AO RFD QC
Nicolé Nolan
Rebecca O’Brien
Elizabeth O’Shea
Michael Pearce SC
John Pilger
Justin Randle
Senator Lee Rhiannon
Guy Rundle
Angus Sampson
Senator Rachel Siewert
Marius Smith
Jeff Sparrow
Professor Stuart Rees AM
Rob Stary
Stephen Thompson
Dr Tad Tietze
Mike Unger
Dale Vince
Brian Walters SC
Rachel Ward
Senator Larissa Waters
Tracy Worcester, Marchioness of Worcester
Senator Penny Wright
Spencer Zifcak
@'Overland'
Assange's treatment says a lot about us
Huge toll as boat sinks
AshGhebranious AshGhebranious
When 160 asylum seekers drown, NewsLtd calls them refugees. When 160 asylum seekers reach Australia, NewsLtd calls them illegals#auspol
When 160 asylum seekers drown, NewsLtd calls them refugees. When 160 asylum seekers reach Australia, NewsLtd calls them illegals
Sunday, 18 December 2011
monaeltahawy Mona Eltahaw
State sexual violence says my body belongs to the state.My body belongs to me, to do with as I wish, not as#SCAF wishes.That is Revolution.
State sexual violence says my body belongs to the state.My body belongs to me, to do with as I wish, not as
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