SPEW 5 Various Artists 1994
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Saturday, 24 March 2012
Mark Stewart Of The Pop Group's 13 Favourite Albums
To listen to Mark Stewart - a near breathless ball of enthusiasm, concepts and philosophies - isn't to be reminded of a time when pop, politics and culture regularly coalesced to create the kind of heady brew that changed lives and altered perception; it's to be made aware of how little today's pop and rock music engages with the realities of the outside world.
As singer of The Pop Group, Stewart and his Bristolian cohorts melded punk, reggae, huge slabs of funk and the kaleidoscopic energy of free jazz with a political awareness and consciousness that defined the battle lines of the early 1980s. Unleashing provocative statements in the form of 7" single 'We Are All Prostitutes' and second album For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder?, The Pop Group inspired subsequent generations of bands and led Nick Cave – then frontman of the equally influential The Birthday Party – to state, "Mark Stewart changed everything."
His subsequent work has seen him team up with a variety of names including On-U Sound, Massive Attack and Tricky as well as releasing a steady stream of albums under his own name. His latest album, The Politics Of Envy, sees Stewart teaming up with a veritable list of rebels, thinkers and influential figures including former P.I.L. guitarist Keith Levene, Crass' Eve Libertine, The Raincoats' Gina Birch, film maker Kenneth Anger and production wizard Lee 'Scratch' Perry amongst many others. Beat driven and seething with a righteous anger, this is troubled music for troubled times...
HERE
(Thanx Rob!)
...and just woke up to confirmation that my signed deluxe version of the new album has been shipped. That's a good start to the day!!!
Destination Sound - From Dub Till Dubstep
Playlist:
Intro: Hardcore Music - Breakage
Rain All Night (Skrewface Remix) - Don Carlos
Number 1 Sound (Tes La Rok Remix) - Kion and Murda feat. Junior Murvin
The Battles of Electric - Earlyworm
Skankin - Symbiz
Ghost Town Remix - The Specials
Who Cares? - Symbiz
Electrosub VIP - Document One
TCBUD - Symbiz
It Was A Shark - Radiokillaz
Fucking Cunt - Whiskertwister
Murderer - Spooky
Ganja Smuggeling - Brown & Gammon
Late Night Blues - Don Carlos
Ain`t No Sunshine - Bam Bam Dealers
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TGEU's Trans Murder Monitoring project: Press Release, 23 March 2012
Again alarming figures: Transgender Europe's Trans Murder Monitoring project reveals more than 800 reported murders of trans people in the last four years
The March 2012 update reveals a total of 816 reported killings of trans people in 55 countries worldwide from January 1st 2008 to December 31st 2011. The update shows an exponential increase in reported killings of trans people over the last four years. In 2008, 141 cases were reported, in 2009 213 cases, in 2010 214 cases, and in 2011 a shocking number of 248. These are mainly the reported cases that could be found through Internet research and cooperation with trans organizations and activists. In most countries, data on murdered trans people are not systematically produced and it is impossible to estimate the numbers of unreported cases.
The reasons for this increase might be manifold. Every year, TGEU's TVT research team has improved its monitoring methods, started new collaborations with organizations that contributed their data, and received information from activists from many parts of the world. Also, the increase in the visibility of trans people and of trans issues in public discourse may have led to a better reporting of cases. However, the data also show also that there is no decrease, that the shocking amount of violence against trans people still poses a major problem and threat to trans people in many countries. The again alarming figures demonstrate once more that there is an urgent need to react to the violence against trans people and to seek mechanisms to protect trans people. Some international trans activists even started to introduce the term 'transcide' to reflect the continuously elevated level of deadly violence against trans people on a global scale.
Cases have been reported from all major World Regions (Africa, Asia, Central and South America, Europe, North America, and Oceania), evoking an evermore gruesome picture, especially given the very partial knowledge we are able to gain in many places.
Most reported cases were from Central and South America, which amount to 643 cases in 21 countries and account for roughly 80 % of the globally reported murders of trans people since January 2008. In this region, there has been the strongest increase in reports (2008: 94, 2009: 165, 2010: 180, and 2011: 204).
The new result update moreover reveals that in the last 4 years, 59 killings of trans people have been reported in Asia (2008: 12, 2009: 14, 2010: 16, 2011: 17), 53 killings have been reported in North America (2008: 18, 2009: 13, 2010: 8, 2011: 14), 53 in Europe (2008: 13, 2009: 19, 2010: 9, 2011: 12), 4 in Oceania (2008: 3, 2009: 1) as well as 4 in Africa (2008: 1, 2009: 2. 2011: 1).
Map showing the TMM results from January 2008 to December 2011:
The March 2012 update reveals a total of 816 reported killings of trans people in 55 countries worldwide from January 1st 2008 to December 31st 2011. The update shows an exponential increase in reported killings of trans people over the last four years. In 2008, 141 cases were reported, in 2009 213 cases, in 2010 214 cases, and in 2011 a shocking number of 248. These are mainly the reported cases that could be found through Internet research and cooperation with trans organizations and activists. In most countries, data on murdered trans people are not systematically produced and it is impossible to estimate the numbers of unreported cases.
The reasons for this increase might be manifold. Every year, TGEU's TVT research team has improved its monitoring methods, started new collaborations with organizations that contributed their data, and received information from activists from many parts of the world. Also, the increase in the visibility of trans people and of trans issues in public discourse may have led to a better reporting of cases. However, the data also show also that there is no decrease, that the shocking amount of violence against trans people still poses a major problem and threat to trans people in many countries. The again alarming figures demonstrate once more that there is an urgent need to react to the violence against trans people and to seek mechanisms to protect trans people. Some international trans activists even started to introduce the term 'transcide' to reflect the continuously elevated level of deadly violence against trans people on a global scale.
Cases have been reported from all major World Regions (Africa, Asia, Central and South America, Europe, North America, and Oceania), evoking an evermore gruesome picture, especially given the very partial knowledge we are able to gain in many places.
Most reported cases were from Central and South America, which amount to 643 cases in 21 countries and account for roughly 80 % of the globally reported murders of trans people since January 2008. In this region, there has been the strongest increase in reports (2008: 94, 2009: 165, 2010: 180, and 2011: 204).
The new result update moreover reveals that in the last 4 years, 59 killings of trans people have been reported in Asia (2008: 12, 2009: 14, 2010: 16, 2011: 17), 53 killings have been reported in North America (2008: 18, 2009: 13, 2010: 8, 2011: 14), 53 in Europe (2008: 13, 2009: 19, 2010: 9, 2011: 12), 4 in Oceania (2008: 3, 2009: 1) as well as 4 in Africa (2008: 1, 2009: 2. 2011: 1).
- Tables showing TMM results for 2011 [direct link to PDF]
- Name list 2011 [direct link to PDF]
- Tables showing TMM results for January 2008 to December 2011 [direct link to PDF]
- Interactive map showing TMM results for 2008 to 2011
Map showing the TMM results from January 2008 to December 2011:
[Click here to view large 1900x830px version]
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[Cross-posted from The F-Word]
Friday, 23 March 2012
Surely some mistake?
(Thanx Stan!)
Lying Fucker!!!
(Thanx Fritz!)
Cameron on the NHS
"The NHS is vitally important to every family in this country. It certainly is to mine. When your family relies on the NHS all the time – day after day, night after night – you know how precious it is. So for me it's not just a question of saying the NHS is safe in my hands. My family is so often in the hands of the NHS. So I want them to be safe there." - Party conference, October 2006
"Let's be straight about what's happened to our NHS. The nurses and doctors are disillusioned, frustrated, angry and demoralised. I know from personal experience just how brilliant and dedicated the people who work in the NHS are. But they have been terribly, terribly let down. I'm afraid Labour have had their chance to show they can be trusted with the NHS, and they have failed. We are the party of the NHS in Britain today and under my leadership that is how it is going to stay." - Party conference, October 2008
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Telepathic analysis of the Afghan war
While I sleep, my soul and brain waves start visiting hundreds of people, offices, files, archives; picking out messages, reports, information, analysis and the records of negotiations behind closed doors. In a meditative state, I sit in the skies looking at Earth to uncover some important things without using material and physical things — e-mail or telephones. No doubt, these are important, but having discovered telepathic knowledge, I studied many books, reports and stories with considerable attention for three years.
Before going into the details of my irksome journey into the war zones in Pakistan and Afghanistan, I just want to elucidate the philosophy of mind control knowledge in a few words. As I have already studied and experienced the power of mind control techniques, simply speaking, telepathy is communication between minds, thoughts and visions. This is the knowledge of the transmission of feeling, emotions and images. In our world, this is considered to be the knowledge of mind control, the knowledge of intelligence abilities or the knowledge of mental discipline. Telepathy is a direct transference of thoughts and minds from one person to another without using the usual sensory channels of communication. It is called extra-sensory perception. Interestingly, animals communicate regularly through telepathy.
Via Daily Times Pakistan
Before going into the details of my irksome journey into the war zones in Pakistan and Afghanistan, I just want to elucidate the philosophy of mind control knowledge in a few words. As I have already studied and experienced the power of mind control techniques, simply speaking, telepathy is communication between minds, thoughts and visions. This is the knowledge of the transmission of feeling, emotions and images. In our world, this is considered to be the knowledge of mind control, the knowledge of intelligence abilities or the knowledge of mental discipline. Telepathy is a direct transference of thoughts and minds from one person to another without using the usual sensory channels of communication. It is called extra-sensory perception. Interestingly, animals communicate regularly through telepathy.
Via Daily Times Pakistan
Thursday, 22 March 2012
Did 'The Hunger Games' really rip off 'Battle Royale'?
Its inevitable: Every time we start a conversation about Hunger Games, someone always starts a "Battle Royale did it first" argument. It's unavoidable. So we decided to compare both series, to settle this debate once and for all.
Both stories originated as books. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins came out in 2008 and Battle Royale by Koushun Takami was published in 1999. While we didn't have a copy of Takami's book handy, we did get a chance to screen the Battle Royale Blu-Ray release, which is what we're using as basis for most of this debate. So please, if we've missed something vital from Takami's original book, let us know.
Now let's get started, here are all the similarities between the two...
HERE
Wednesday, 21 March 2012
Feats per Minute: A bicycle that allows you to play records on its wheels as you cruise through the city...
What if you would be able to generate music by the simple act of riding your bike? This project started with that question. We have build the first prototype and thanks to Jeffry Sol and Vincent Beijersbergen we were able to do so in a month. And yes it was pretty difficult, but loads of fun.... the idea is pretty simple; basicly, a wheel and dynamo work the same way as a record player. But it was not as easy as it looks. First, we had to come up with a solution for the wheels; how can we change the records? The forfork was blocking the wheel. That's why we changed a 30 year old bike into a lefty bike; and build a construction that would still support the weight and would be strong enough for people to ride on it. The biggest challenge of all was to make sure that the needles would stick to the record and follow the grooves, without skipping too much. Therefor we bought two vertical record players and took them apart, to see how they worked. Also; we wanted our bike to be as low tech as possible; that's why the only "extra" energy we used was a 9 volt battery to support the amplifier. In order for the records to run smoothly, we also had to change the crank of the bike and the chain. After that, we build our own horn, to have some extra volume, and we sprayed the whole bike black. We had some sponsors like bikestores, handy people and DJ's and that's how our dream in progress turned out to be real... Here's to the crazy ones; thank you guys, you rock. - Merel, Pieter and Liat
www.featsperminute.com
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Man Successfully Flies With Custom-Built Bird Wings
Using videogame controllers, an Android phone and custom-built wings, a Dutch engineer named Jarno Smeets has achieved birdlike flight.
Smeets flew like an albatross, the bird that inspired his winged-man invention, on March 18 at a park in The Hague.
“I have always dreamed about this. But after 8 months of hard work, research and testing it all payed off,” Smeets said on his YouTube page.
Smeets got the idea from sketches of a futuristic flying bicycle drawn by his grandfather, who spent much of his life designing the contraption but never actually built it.
When Smeets began studying engineering at Coventry University in England, he realized the physics of a flying bicycle just didn’t pan out. Instead, he drew inspiration from Leonardo da Vinci’s wing drawings to build his flying machine. Along with neuromechanics expert Bert Otten, Smeets brought his design into reality
The design is based on mechanics used in robotic prosthetics. The idea is to give his muscles extra strength so they can carry his body weight during the flight.
Smeets (and his arms) did just that today with the help of a pair of 37-ounce wings made out of fabric, according to a press release.
Working with the fabric was difficult because it was very fragile, Smeets wrote on his blog. “It’s important to sew the seams carefully, and give the wing shape extra strength without making it too heavy. The top part of the kite will be folded around the ribs to create an aerodynamic shape. For extra lift and control I’ll stretch a piece of kite fabric between the legs, as some sort of tail wing.”
According to Smeets’ calculations, he needed approximately 2,000 Watts of continuous power to support his roughly 180-pound frame and 40-pound wing pack. His arms could only really provide 5 percent of that, so the rest would have to come from motors. His arms and pecs would basically serve to guide the device and to flap the wings.
He built his electronic, wireless wing set out of Wii controllers, accelerometers harvested from an HTC Wildfire Android phone and Turnigy motors.
When he landed after the 60-second flight, he said, “At one moment you see the ground moving away, and then suddenly you’re free, a really intense feeling of freedom. The true feeling of flying. A [bleep] magical moment. The best feeling I have felt in my life.”
Daniela Hernandez @'Wired'
Indigestion
If we're all going to cower behind some corporate monolith squeaky clean, shiny, apple approved, microsoft compatible, whole-grain, free-range, dust-free digital marketplace where casey fucking casem spoon feeds us our sony-backed volkswagen commercial making alterna ironic hipster mewling whiners in knit wool hats and beards, well then we deserve what we get. wasn't there once some kind of belief that rock-n-roll was about danger and excitement? the corporations are gonna fuck this shit up every time. and in my opinion, a lot of the successful indies have lost touch with the artists who made them who they are. sxsw is part of this whole digestion of the underground. if you think you're into something hip, you're just another smug bastard who's going to swallow this "lifestyle" marketing, hook, line and sinker.
FUCK YOU, YOU ASPIRATIONAL CONSUMERS!!!
FUCK YOU, YOU ASPIRATIONAL CONSUMERS!!!
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