Monday 31 August 2009

The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms (Live NY)

Cannot wait for the expanded reissue of 'Crazy Rhythms' and I hope that someone records the Flaming Lips curated ATP gig where The Feelies will be playing the whole album.

Bonus audio:
'Crazy Rhythms' recorded live on 13th March this year at 'Johnny Brenda's'

The Crystal Method (featuring Matisyahu) - Drown In The Now

Not forgotten

In memory of the thousands of men & women executed by the Islamic regime of Iran in the 1980's and the hundreds of young people who were killed during the uprising by the Iranian people in June 2009.

More on Blackwater/Xe

"When the CIA revived a plan to kill or capture terrorists in 2004, the agency turned to the well-connected security company then known as Blackwater USA. With Blackwater's lucrative government security work and contacts arrayed in hot spots around the world, company officials offered the services of foreigners supposedly skilled at tracking terrorists in lawless regions and countries where the CIA had no working relationships with the government. Blackwater told the CIA that it "could put people on the ground to provide the surveillance and support – all of the things you need to conduct an operation," a former senior CIA official familiar with the secret program told The Associated Press..."
@ 'HuffPo'

Random ham radio trollfight: August 29 2009 Los Angeles CA

Two trolls on ham radio, one identified as "G-K," the other as "Robert" or "R-J" overheard accidentally on August 29, 2009, while surfing first responder frequencies during the August 2009 Los Angeles wildfires.

The two men argued with each other about various technical subjects of interest to radio ops, then discussed drugs and past jail time, then notes on an Andy Griffith show marathon, then torture they'd like to perform on each other.

Technical note: sorry about the audible LOLs -- a friend held the scanner in their lap, and I held my iPhone 3Gs above the scanner, using "voice memo" app to record the audio.

Boing Boing comment thread on the item here and this is G-K!

'Animal Cam'

The Museum of Animal Perspectives sticks cameras on the heads of animals and uploads the resulting videos to Flickr. I'm fond of the armadillocam, but wolfcam and cowcam are pretty cool too. Ooh! Pigcam! Goatcam! Cow licking own rearcam!

DUB FX - Step On MY Trip (Video Remix)

For J Spacebubs: Flower Fairy & DUB FX - Row Your Boat

August 2009 in the gaggeldub studio 53, Kaulitz, Germany.
Dub Fx the street-loop-beatboxer grew up in St Kilda / Melbourne / Australia performing in various bands before hitting the world-wide road. Dub Fx uses Roland BOSS effect & loop pedals to create sounds which when layered creates a live musical construct. Predominantly Dub Fx can be found busking through Europe with his Girlfriend the ‘Flower Fairy’.

UK police review Brian Jones death

Cheney: Torture investigation "offends the hell out of me"

Andrew Sullivan describes Chris Wallace's interview with the devil reincarnate as like "a teenage girl interviewing the Jonas brothers'! HA!

Crazy bicycle skills

RickyTic3 does it again

"this video is called you see that mountain and it is my impersonation of Walter Brennan saying his famous line do you see that mountain over there some day Im going to climb that there mountain"
(RT3)

Sunday 30 August 2009