Squarepusher's Port Rhombus by Lunapark

Dutch classical ensemble Lunapark plays 'Port Rhombus' from Squarepusher. Recorded at March 16th 2012 at Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ in Amsterdam.

Charles Manson denied parole, with next hearing set for 2027

Charles Manson, 77, was denied parole Wednesday after a California parole panel "could find nothing good as far as suitability" for his being paroled, a commissioner said.

Manson didn't show up for his parole hearing, which was held at a state prison in Corcoran, California, where he is serving a life sentence.

Manson's next parole hearing was scheduled for 15 years from now, meaning he could die in prison.

California Board of Parole Hearings Commissioner John Peck said that Manson has accumulated 108 serious disciplinary violations in prison since 1971 and that he has shown no indication of remorse for his nine murder convictions.

Manson hasn't participated in any self-help programs or vocational training, Peck said. Manson also hasn't shown any parole plans, he said.

Peck also cited Manson's statement to a psychologist in a prison interview on November 2, 2011, in which Manson stated:

"I am special. I am not like the average inmate. I have put five people in the grave. I've been in prison most of my life. I'm a very dangerous man," Manson told the psychologist, according to a report read aloud by Peck during the hearing...

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REpost: Crass - There Is No Authority But Yourself

There is No Authority But Yourself is a Dutch film directed by Alexander Oey documenting the history of anarchist punk band Crass. The film features archive footage of the band and interviews with former members Steve Ignorant, Penny Rimbaud and Gee Vaucher. As well as reflecting on the band's past the film focusses on their current activities, and includes footage of Rimbaud performing with Last Amendment at the Vortex jazz club in Hackney, a compost toilet building workshop and a permaculture course held at Dial House in the spring of 2006. The title of the film is derived from the final lines of the Crass album Yes Sir, I Will; "You must learn to live with your own conscience, your own morality, your own decision, your own self. You alone can do it. There is no authority but yourself." There is No Authority But Yourself premiered at the Raindance Film Festival at the Piccadilly Circus, London Trocadero in October 2006 and was part of the Official Selection film programme at the Flipside film festival in May 2008
(BIG thanx Walker for reminding me of this one!)

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28 companies sign up for CISPA

Zimmerman Charged In Trayvon Martin Shooting

“The Florida special prosecutor announced a second-degree murder charge on Wednesday against George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.

“Angela B. Corey, the prosecutor, said Mr. Zimmerman, 28, a crime watch volunteer, was in the custody of law enforcement officers in Florida. He is accused of fatally shooting Mr. Martin, an unarmed teenager, in a case that has captivated the country and brought to the fore issues of race, violence and precisely what constitutes self-defense.

“‘We did not come to this decision lightly,’ Ms. Corey said. She added, ‘Let me emphasize that we do not prosecute by public pressure or by petition.’

“‘We will continue to seek the truth about this case,’ she said.”

@The New York Times

Head of State

@The Realist

Zero & the Nones...

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D.E.B.

(Thanx SJX!)

Suicide and Historical Loopholes

Spiritualized - Live @ Other Voices Festival 2011

1. Hey Jane
2. Cheapster
3. Mary
4. Rated X
5. Little Girl
6. So Long You Pretty Things
7. Take Me To The Other Side
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Interview

♪♫ Pulp - Common People/Like A Friend (Fallon Show)

god's an Asshole

(Click to enlarge)

Fuck - this is a trainwreck!!!

(Thanx Son#1!)

Hillary Clinton texts to 'Texts From Hillary'

Proof
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♪♫ Terry Reid (w/ David Lindley & Linda Lewis) - Dean (Glastonbury Fayre 1971)

Bonus: 

Superlungs My Supergirl (Bremen 31/12/69)

To my ears Terry Reid is still one of the greatest 'unknown' singers ever...

Back to being 'Anal Froth' then...

Google Glasses and the Myth of Augmented Reality

♪♫ David Lynch - Crazy Clown Time

@evgenymorozov: Openness always good, control always bad? Crazy!

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Conscious interviews 'Player Hating: A Love Story' director Maggie Hadleigh-West

Trailer:

Are Homophobes Just Repressing Their Homosexual Desires? New Study Says Yes

...and now a few words from Mr Bachmann! 

Syrian forces fire on Turkish refugee camp

Let's read Mrs Assad in Vogue again shall we? (..."wildly democratic" family-focused couple who vacation in Europe, foster Christianity, are at ease with American celebrities, made theirs the "safest country in the Middle East," and want to give Syria a "brand essence.")

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Well they've got an essence about them that's for sure... 

Facebook Buys Instagram for $1 Billion

???

(Thanx Tony!)

Ollie Olsen - Location

You don't read women authors do you?

John Cooper Clarke - Beasley Boulevard

My friend TimN managed to lose his vid of JCC's performance of this update to 'Beasley Street' from the other night somehow and is in a fowl mood!!! 
Gentrification don't you just love it???

John Cooper Clarke - (Not) Lydia Lydia (Northcote Social Club 4/4/12)

(Photo and vid by TimN)

Melbourne Autumn (Fairfield 9/4/12)

(Photos by TimN)

Truth

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Wayne Coyne: WTF is goin on!!!

 
And then...

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'A good walk ruined'

New Tiger, Old Stripes

New Song ♪♫ Paul Kelly - Seagulls of Seattle (Club Cafe Pittsburgh 3/3/12)

The Stoner Arms Dealers: How Two American Kids Became Big-Time Weapons Traders

The e-mail confirmed it: everything was finally back on schedule after weeks of maddening, inexplicable delay. A 747 cargo plane had just lifted off from an airport in Hungary and was banking over the Black Sea toward Kyrgyzstan, some 3,000 miles to the east. After stopping to refuel there, the flight would carry on to Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. Aboard the plane were 80 pallets loaded with nearly 5 million rounds of ammunition for AK-47s, the Soviet-era assault rifle favored by the Afghan National Army. Reading the e-mail back in Miami Beach, David Packouz breathed a sigh of relief. The shipment was part of a $300 million contract that Packouz and his partner, Efraim Diveroli, had won from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan. It was May 2007, and the war was going badly. After six years of fighting, Al Qaeda remained a menace, the Taliban were resurgent, and NATO casualties were rising sharply. For the Bush administration, the ammunition was part of a desperate, last-ditch push to turn the war around before the U.S. presidential election the following year. To Packouz and Diveroli, the shipment was part of a major arms deal that promised to make them seriously rich. Reassured by the e-mail, Packouz got into his brand-new blue Audi A4 and headed home for the evening, windows open, the stereo blasting. At 25, he wasn't exactly used to the pressures of being an international arms dealer. Only months earlier, he had been making his living as a massage therapist; his studies at the Educating Hands School of Massage had not included classes in military contracting or geopolitical brinkmanship. But Packouz hadn't been able to resist the temptation when Diveroli, his 21-year-old friend from high school, had offered to cut him in on his burgeoning arms business. Working with nothing but an Internet connection, a couple of cellphones and a steady supply of weed, the two friends — one with a few college credits, the other a high school dropout — had beaten out Fortune 500 giants like General Dynamics to score the huge arms contract. With a single deal, two stoners from Miami Beach had turned themselves into the least likely merchants of death in history...
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The neuroscience of Bob Dylan's genius

♪♫ Little Feat - Willin'

Bonus:

Heels VS Boots

Bizarre Magazine c. 1940s
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Spiritualized - Sweet Heart Sweet Light (Albumstream)

01 “Huh? (Intro)”

02 “Hey Jane”

03 “Little Girl”

04 “Get What You Deserve”

05 “Too Late”

06 “Headin' For The Top Now”

07 “Freedom”

08 “I Am What I Am”

09 “Mary”

10 “Life Is A Problem”

11 “So Long You Pretty Thing”

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Atomic Brothers

(Thanx Gennady!)

HERE

Anarchist and Benefit Claimant Online Media Take Over

Linder Sterling

Meet the Artist: Linder Sterling
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(Thanx Chuck!)

Damon Albarn: Gorillaz, heroin and the last days of Blur

Walking is political

Dubateers and Charlie P at Moonbass HiFi inna Yaam Live Show Berlin Fri Apr 6 2012

(Thanx Ralf!)

Celebrities with vintage cameras

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How to check for (and remove, if found) the 'Flashback' Trojan Backdoor in Mac OS X

A quick heads-up for Mac users with newer (Intel) Macs: The statistics at Russian security firm Dr Web suggest over half-a-million Macs worldwide are infected with a Trojan Backdoor which joins the machines to a botnet.

Infection rates are said to be highest in the US (56.6%), Canada (19.8%), the UK (12%) and Australia (6%).

There's a script you can download from the Apple Support Communities to automate the process if you don't want to do it manually using Terminal:

Mac OS X: Checking for and removing the "Flashback" trojan

F-Secure has manual removal instructions if you prefer:

Trojan-Downloader:OSX/Flashback.I

...and don't forget to run Software Update :)

[Image via Dr Web]