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Tuesday, 13 October 2009
Monday, 12 October 2009
Mentally ill Briton faces execution for smuggling heroin into China
Police show of a group of hardcore convicts at a sentencing rally in Wenzhou, China, 7 April 2004. Photograph: STR/AFP/Getty ImagesLawyers warn that Akmal Shaikh, 53, who has delusional psychosis, could be shot dead in jail after reports that his second appeal has failed.
@'The Guardian'
@'The Guardian'
Andy Gill meets Andy Gill
After 30 years of being mistaken for him, The Independent's music critic Andy Gill meets the Gang of Four's Andy Gill to discuss a shared passion for pop powered by ideas.@'The Independent'
Sunday, 11 October 2009
The Illusion of Sex
The Illusion of Sex, by Harvard psychologist Richard Russell, won Third Prize at the 2009 Best Visual Illusion of the Year Contest. The two side-by-side faces are perceived as male (right) and female (left). However, both of them are versions of the same androgynous face. The two images are exactly identical, except that the contrast between the eyes and mouth and the rest of the face is higher for the face on the left than for the face on the right. This illusion shows that contrast is an important cue for determining the sex of a face, with low-contrast faces appearing male and high-contrast faces appearing female. And it may also explain why females in many cultures darken their eyes and mouths with make-up. A made-up face looks more feminine than a fresh face.@'Scientific American'
Saturday, 10 October 2009
William S Burroughs 1984 documentary for 'Arena' by Howard Brookner
Starts with Burrough's appearance on 'Saturday Night Live'
Excellent article about 'Paris Records' at
'Evergreen Review'
Excellent article about 'Paris Records' at
'Evergreen Review'
Urban surveillance as a game
Snitches and snoops wanted: Internet Eyes is a new "game" where the public is invited to watch thousands of CCTV cameras for criminal activity. The most successful crimespotters can win cash prizes. The site will also feature a rogues gallery of alleged perpetrators. The service launches next month in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. It's free to watch the cameras and £20 a week to have your CCTV up for monitoring.
@'Boing Boing'Friday, 9 October 2009
Underground Resistance - Analog Assassin
The Analog Assassin strikes programmer central! Character designs by Abdul Haqq, animation by Takeshi Hirano
Johnette Napolitino @ The Corner, Melbourne 8th October
(Photographs by TimN)REVIEW BY JACKISAN:
"What a brilliant performance from such an extremely talented musician.
Charismatic, sultry & energetic.
Treating the crowd to several Concrete Blonde tracks Johnette's powerful voice had the crowd on her side all night, from slow acoustic ballads from her own pen to raucous cover versions of 'Ghost Riders In The Sky' & 'Beds Are Burning' & finishing with an acapella rendition of 'Tomorrow Wendy'.
One of the best live gigs that I have seen.
Words fail me.
Simply superb."
Charismatic, sultry & energetic.
Treating the crowd to several Concrete Blonde tracks Johnette's powerful voice had the crowd on her side all night, from slow acoustic ballads from her own pen to raucous cover versions of 'Ghost Riders In The Sky' & 'Beds Are Burning' & finishing with an acapella rendition of 'Tomorrow Wendy'.
One of the best live gigs that I have seen.
Words fail me.
Simply superb."
Live @ The Corner 08/10/09Thursday, 8 October 2009
Max Q
Despite the involvement of Michael Hutchence, Max Q were superb. Obviously down to Ollie Olsen and the rest of the band. John Murphy (the drummer) actually rang me up when I first arrived in Melbourne to see if I was interested in making some music. I said "NO" as my kids were tiny.How stupid was that! John, if you read this, I am up for it now.
Yobs Floored By Cage Fighters In Drag
Two drunken thugs have learnt a lesson after the pair of cross-dressing men they attacked turned out to be cage fighters in fancy dress. Haplesss Dean Gardner, 19, and Jason Fender, 22, were floored by their intended victims after picking on them in a random attack. The amazing scene was captured on CCTV in the centre of Swansea, Wales. The footage shows a bare-chested Gardner brazenly marching up to one of the 'victims' who was wearing hot pants and a pink wig. Puffed-up Gardner, followed by Fender, runs up to the innocent reveller, who was dressed up for a stag party, and punches him in the face. But the victim's friend, - wearing a short black dress, stockings and suspenders - suddenly appears behind them felling them both with two devastating punches.
(Thanx Kami)
The 'Moonie's' new leader
It's one of the most controversial religious movements of the last century.Founded in Seoul in the 1950s by the Reverend Sun Myung-moon, Unificationism has attracted hundreds of thousands of members worldwide.
But the movement has been accused of cult-like practices, with its leader's followers dubbed "Moonies".
As Sun Myung-moon approaches his 90th birthday, he has handed over key responsibilities to one of his sons.
Hyung Jin-moon is just 30 years old, and grew up in the United States, where he studied theology at Harvard University.
@'BBC'
Wednesday, 7 October 2009
Take that you bastards!
Georges Gobet/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImageA farmer sprayed milk on policemen during a protest against falling milk prices outside the E.U.’s headquarters in Brussels, where agricultural ministers discussed its policies at an emergency meeting
@'NYTimes'
@'NYTimes'
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