Sunday, 23 June 2013

Suicide Letter from Former JSOC Operator Describes How He Was Made to Commit War Crimes

Ghosts...of The Civil Dead: FREE Showing @NGV Fed Square Melbourne 3:00PM TODAY

For those that can't make it...

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Jon Stewart Guests With Egyptian 'Twin'

Questlove: Michele Bachmann almost got me fired from Jimmy Fallon show

Pussy Riot: "People fear us because we're feminists"

Slovak cyclist Peter Sagan parks his bike

HA!

Saturday, 22 June 2013

♪♫ Dub Gabriel - Reggae Special (Vintage Vinyl Mix)

Dub Gabriel recently set up his turntables at the d/a/c lab. He hooked up his tape delays, reverbs and dub sirens and dropped a 1 1/2 hour set of all vintage vinyl with essential selections of vintage dancehall, reggae & dub. Recorded live at his studio, these vintage selections guarantee to warm up the sound system this summer. Purple Man - King of the Way Sancho – Chase Vampire Billy Boyo - Wicked She Wicked Carol Kalphat - African Land Sly & Robbie - Rocks and Mountains Ranking Dread - Africa Burro Banton - Can't Take the Running’s in a Babylon Junior Cat - Anerexol Body Michigan & Smiley - Down Presser Nicodemus - Birdman Hunting Prince Far I - Red Sea Tapper Zuki - Man Ah Warrior Yellowman - Strong Me Strong Prince Jazzbo - In Jah Jah Name R. Shirley - Everybody Needs A Friend Ranking Dread - Hard Times Horace Andy - Money Money Lee Van Cliff - Bam Salute Singers & Players - Dungeon & Merchant Ship Smiley Culture - Cockney Translation Anthony Red Rose - Dub Organizer Part Two Wayne Palmer - Suzie Barrington Lavy - Na Broke No Fight Over Woman King Burnett - Paul Bogle Junior Brammer - All Gone Download

Allen Ginsberg: Kathy Acker (1985)

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The Beatles watch The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Saville Theatre London 4/6/67)

On June 4, 1967, The Jimi Hendrix Experience played their last show in England, at London’s Saville Theatre, before heading off to America. (The Saville was run by The Beatles manager, Brian Epstein).
The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper album had just been released on June 1. Hendrix, had got a copy of Sgt. Pepper prior to the show. The album had only been out for a couple of days, and there are some who say he bought it and others who say Paul McCartney had given it to him.
The Beatles decided to go see The Jimi Hendrix Experience at The Saville.
Hendrix decided to open the show with his version of “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band“. They learned the song just before going the stage.
Hendrix didn’t know at the time that The Beatles were in the audience. Paul McCartney said later he was honored by the tribute; “simply incredible, perhaps the best I have ever seen him play.”

McCartney talking about the night a month ago

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Ira Cohen interviewed by Luc Sala in Amsterdam Sept 1999

Invasion Of Thunderbolt Pagoda

Jean-Baptiste Mondino: Leslie Winer

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French journalist Alain Pacadis with William S. Burroughs & Leslie Winer
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William S. Burroughs bubblegum card by Charles Burns

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William Burroughs: Musical Experimentation à la Beat Generation

Ad Break: Tampax

Musique concrète

(Thanx Andrew!)

'Regarding MULHOLLAND DRIVE...' A special request from David Lynch, friend to projectionists

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3D Printed Windpipe Saves Baby’s Life

3D printing powered by thought

An interview with Holger Czukay

...And you were responsible for all the editing?

I was a bass player - I thought being the bass player of Can nobody will listen to the bass. I could hide myself quite good because I was afraid I was not good enough. So I could with one hand mix everything straight away and with the other one I can play bass. And if something was not right we cut out the mistakes like that. We did not need any multi-track machine and actually it was the best time of Can as everyone was responsible for the whole result. If someone was getting too loud - and there were no limiters or nothing - and disturbed the balance he has destroyed the upcoming album somehow. A special responsibility was required. And therefore I say it was more of a church or a place of rituals than it was a normal tone studio.
After a while we got a little bit successful, we had a hit and we bought a multi-track machine. It was 1975. More or less this was the beginning of the end of Can. Because of the multi-track the musicians thought they want to avoid any mistakes they want to get the best output they are able to do. That means it was not any more this sort of 'underground' idea. No, now suddenly a different programme started...

Damn! Wish I'd seen this jacket back at the time (tho I suspect it was way outta my price range!)

Edward Snowden charged with espionage

Why Snowden was smart to choose Hong Kong. Very smart

♪♫ Steve Earle Live on KEXP (18/4/13)

http://KEXP.ORG presents Steve Earle performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded April 18, 2013.
Songs:
The Low Highway
Burnin' It Down
Invisible
Remember Me
Host: Stevie Zoom
Audio Engineer: Kevin Suggs
Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Shelly Corbett & Scott Holpainen
Editor: Scott Holpainen
http://kexp.org
http://steveearle.com

Australia's $7b drug splurge

New Zealand law permits 'low risk' designer drugs

Legally high

National Pyrotechnic Festival in Tultepec, Mexico

Moroccan Tape Stash

Rare photo of a famous Springsteen moment in London in 1975 surfaces

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As Chalkie just posted on Facebook:

These negatives were so underexposed that I was unable to make a decent print from them back in 1975, but modern scanning technology brought out all the detail, I was going to wait the full 40 years but decided as he's in London right now this was as good a time as any...