Monday, 17 June 2013

Max Q: Michael Hutchence & Ollie Olsen interview (Post Modern MTV Nov 1989)

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If there was ever an album deserving of a 25th anniversary reissue it is Max Q's, unfortunately Ollie Olsen was just on Facebook saying that the album is still tied up in the minefield that would appear to be Michael Hutchence's estate. Sad

♪♫ Laurie Anderson - Luminato Festival (Livestream)

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The world’s oldest banknote (c. 1375)

The Chinese were printing text centuries before Gutenberg introduced the printed book in the West. What they also printed well before such was done in Europe was banknotes
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Laurie Anderson’s Wall-to-Wall Summer

♪♫ Monterey Pop Festival 1967 (Bonus Performances)

Performances from the Monterey Pop Festival not released on the original documentary by D.A. Pennebaker. Nearly two hours of bonus footage from the Criterion Collection release of Monterey. The Festival that marked the beginning of the summer of love and spurred one of musics most creative and influential era's. This includes performances by:
The Association- "Along Comes Mary"
Simon and Garfunkel- "Homeward Bound""Sound of Silence"
Country Joe and the Fish- "Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine"
Al Kooper- "Wake Me, Shake Me"
The Butterfield Blues Band- "Driftin' Blues"
Quicksilver Messenger Service- "Dino's Song"
The Electric Flag- "Wine"
The Byrds- "Chimes of Freedom""He Was A Friend of Mine""Hey Joe"
Laura Nyro- "Wedding Bell Blues"
Jefferson Airplane- "Somebody To Love"
The Blues Project- "Flute Thing"
Big Brother and the Holding Co. w/ Janis Joplin "Combination of the Two"
The Buffalo Springfield- "For What It's Worth"
The Who- "Substitute""Summertime Blues""A Quick One"
The Mamas and The Papas- "Straight Shooter""Somebody Groovy""I Call Your Name""Monday, Monday"
Scott McKenzie- "San Francisco"
The Mamas and The Papas and Scott McKenzie- "Dancin' in the Street"

Apple has become a design follower instead of a leader - and it may be just fine with that

Sources With Secrets Find New Outlets for Sharing

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Owen Jones: The best way to fight the EDL's anti-Muslim bigotry is by showing solidarity on the streets

Tommy Robinson says you can't blame the EDL for the few extremists in it yet he blames entire UK Muslim populace for few extremists in their midst. Asshat. And how is he getting this much airtime in the UK?

Well he would, wouldn't he?

♪♫ Deborah Conway & Willy Zygier - G-d (Live Rockwiz 15/6/13

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GCHQ intercepted foreign politicians' communications at G20 summits

Sunday, 16 June 2013

Whistleblower

A Father’s Day Lesson About Children, and Life

Designed By Apple: Intention

Why ‘I Have Nothing to Hide’ Is the Wrong Way to Think About Surveillance

British academic record of Iran presidential candidate under scrutiny

U.S. surveillance architecture includes collection of revealing Internet, phone metadata

Turkish police storm protest camp using teargas and rubber bullets

John le Carré: The influence of spies has become too much. It's time politicians said no

NSA Keywords

Encrypted e-mail: How much annoyance will you tolerate to keep the NSA away?

Will News Ltd sack Piers Akerman? (Don't hold your breath waiting)

Piers Akerman hits back at his critics following the ABC Insiders program

'The 'left wing online site' is The Guardian btw.

Hassan Rohani In His Own Words

Iran's new president hails 'victory of moderation'

The genie of unlimited filth is out of the bottle and no law can stop us polishing our lamps

Nadler/Mueller Exchange

Nadler and Mueller on Analysts Getting Call and E-mail Content

Spaceboy helps Be Free's little girl water the plants

U.S. spy agency paper says fewer than 300 phone numbers closely scrutinized

Where aeroplanes go to die

♪♫ Tunng - So Far From Here

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Your correspondent vibing with Be Free's little (?) girl
Big thanx to all the artists involved as that was a beautiful way to start the weekend. More photos from the expo on my farcebook page HERE

Lobna Allamii R.I.P.

Lobna Allamii was shot by police at the Taksim Square. She was a doctoral student, who was peacefully protesting. She was a philosophy student at Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi (Middle East Technical University). She was 34 years old
(NB: Unbelievable the way she is lifted by the medic)