Thursday, 1 August 2013
♪♫ Jim White - Handcuffed To a Fence in Mississippi
As Jim said on his FB page: Somebody posted the Conan performance I did
back in 2001. Chris Heinrich playing guitar. He was bagging groceries 6
months earlier. Bishop on bass, Clint on keys, Steve Ferry on drums,
Willow's grand mom and two great aunts singing back up. Conan got mad at
me when I put my hat on his head at the end of the performance. Live
and learn
Wednesday, 31 July 2013
♪♫ HTRK - Secret Thirteen Mix 080
Tracklist:
1. Pandit Pran Nath – 21 VIII 76 NYC Raga Malkauns [Just Dreams, 2002]
2. Omit – ReTainer (live) [Pseudo Arcana, 2012]
3. Jon Hassell – Blues Nile [Lovely Music, 1977]
4. Brian Eno – Lizard Point [Editions EG, 1982]
5. Werkbund – Rungholts Verklärung [Walter Ulbricht Schallfolien, 2010]
6. Rinus Van Alebeek / Luc Ferrari – Tape 1, Side A [Mathka, 2011]
7. Steve Roden – Airria (Hanging Garden) Second Version [Sirr, 2003]
8. Takami – Dark Woods [LLE, 1985]
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Tuesday, 30 July 2013
Glastonbury Fayre (1971)
The Festival moved to the time of the Summer Solstice and was known as the "Glastonbury Fair". It had been planned by Andrew Kerr and Arabella Churchill who felt all other festivals at the time were over commercialised. It was paid for by the few who supported the ideal so the entrance was free and took a medieval tradition of music, dance, poetry, theatre, lights and spontaneous entertainment. It was in this year that the first "pyramid" stage was constructed out of scaffolding and expanded metal covered with plastic sheeting, built on a site above the Glastonbury-Stonehenge ley line. The musicians who performed recorded a now very rare album. The Festival is also captured "a la Woodstock" by a 1972 film crew that included Nick Roeg and was produced by David Puttnam. This film was called "Glastonbury Fayre"
Glastonbury Festival 1971
Nice to see my old boss Boss banging the drum with a bunch of Pink Deviants at 1:40!
Petr Pavlensky
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You may remember Petr from when he sewed his mouth up at the time of the Pussy Riot trial
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose
Bradley Manning Trial Discussion: A Verdict Approaches
As the court martial of Bradley Manning nears a verdict, public opinion remains sharply divided over the consequences of his actions. The military's restraints on media coverage may have reduced overall interest in the trial, but that hasn't stopped dedicated citizens and journalists from subjecting every syllable of the proceedings to a steady flow of passionate, often partisan, scrutiny.
As well they should. The case centers on some of the most troubling issues of contemporary politics: excessive government secrecy, war crimes, the Arab Spring, encryption technology, and the use of solitary confinement as torture. Manning's fate may set the precedent for how the United States regards other leakers, like Edward Snowden, as either whistleblowers or traitors.
To sort out these complex questions, ReasonTV invited three experts to discuss the trial. Eli Lake, the national security correspondent for Newsweek and The Daily Beast, is at once grateful to see cracks in wall of state secrecy, while also acknowledging that Manning's actions have caused significant harm to American interests. Citizen journalist Alexa O'Brien defends Manning against the most serious charges of espionage and aiding the enemy, arguing that a close reading of the court records shows otherwise. Courthouse News reporter Adam Klasfeld questions the government's decision to prosecute Manning as a spy, instead of a conscientious objector.
The three journalists were a combustible mix of personalities. Tempers flared, and clashes of informed opinion occasionally descended into personal invective. Lake and O'Brien locked horns over the issue of what, if any, harm was caused by Manning's disclosures. There were fierce disagreements about the most basic facts about the case. Yet throughout the quarreling, the conversation remained substantive, and it provides insight as to why this trial is among the most important in recent times.
Monday, 29 July 2013
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