Thursday 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.
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.
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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.
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Wednesday 7 October 2009
Take that you bastards!
Georges Gobet/Agence France-Presse — Getty Image@'NYTimes'
Massive Attack plan Burial remix project
Daddy G has revealed that the group intend to enlist the Hyperdub producer to rework a full album of their material.Massive Attack are planning a full-length remix project with Burial.
Speaking to Clash Magazine in an interview earlier this month, original Massive Attack member Daddy G remarked, "I don't know if I should really say this," before revealing that, "the plan is... you know that Mad Professor record that we did? (1995's 'No Protection'). Essentially trying to get that together, where Burial essentially remixes quite a lot of the new tracks. Brings out a different version of quite a lot of the tracks that we've done."
Daddy G has been known to be a fan of the genre ever since he had a hand in organising the Dubstep Chronicles event as part of the group's Meltdown Festival curatorship in 2008. Judging from this recent interview, however, it seems incredibly clear that Burial has a special place in his heart. "We've been listening to a lot of the stuff that he does and he's just amazing. The way he does his layers, his drums and stuff like that. The dubstep thing is amazing, there's a lot of really good people there - Kode9 is great as well. These kids are just amazing and we want to be part of that."
The plan may be for Massive Attack to release their fifth non-soundtrack full-length in February, but Burial fans may be waiting a very long time for the remix project to hit the shops, as Clash are stating that there is "no timescale" for the release.
@'Resident Advisor'
This sounds highly promising but...
...when?
Tuesday 6 October 2009
Arrest Puts Focus on Protesters’ Texting
Photo by Damon Winter/The New York Time@'NYTimes'
GRIT 02: Illusions of Homogeneity / Illusionen von Homogenität
Performance for solo voice, oral microphone, hard curve saturation and open licensed visuals. Performed for the launch of the book "Re-inventing Radio", a Kunstradio initiative, at the The MAK, Vienna, October 2008.
GRIT 02 examines the death of analogue broadcasting by way of readings from numerous sources describing the process of enclosure on public spectrum, the airways and the cultural diversity it affords humanity. The digital spectrum promises to further the spread of sameness the world over. Homogeneity means "being similar throughout". What homogeneity brings to societies is an illusion. Sameness is celebrated. Difference is discarded. It is a monoculture, a folly. Sameness will be our undoing. GRIT 02 includes extracts from the Frequency Post series curated by Garton for KunstRadio, samples from works by Warren Burt, Pei, Steve Law, Ollie Olsen, Jin Shan and Garton. Visuals from Rot Emulsion by Andy Thomas and Andrew Garton.
Jim Carroll’s Long Way Home
It's not easy to come up with a second act when your first act was being Jim Carroll.Mr. Carroll had lived a panoramic New York youth that his fans had turned into legend.
But by the time he died of a heart attack this Sept. 11 at 60, Mr. Carroll, who had once hung out with the Rolling Stones and Allen Ginsberg, no longer bore much resemblance to the downtown cover-boy with the chiseled cheekbones and flowing red hair.
His once-powerful athlete’s body had been weakened by pneumonia and hepatitis C, said Rosemary Carroll, his former wife, who had remained a close friend. At times, circulation problems in his legs prevented him from leaving his apartment. His trademark hair was flecked with gray, and often tucked under a wool beanie. His cheekbones were hidden behind a white beard that plunged to the collar of his T-shirts.
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Monday 5 October 2009
The Congos (and friends) - Fisherman Style (Mega Mix)
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Important news Spacebubs!
The Same Pooh Bear, but an Otter Has Arrived “Return to the Hundred Acre Wood,” the first authorized sequel to the A. A. Milne classic Winnie-the-Pooh books in more than 80 years, is out on Monday, inviting the question, “Why now?,” as well as, “Why do it at all?”
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An illustration from “Return to the Hundred Acre Wood,” by David Benedictus, the first authorized Winnie-the-Pooh sequel in more than 80 years. No need for WMD's after all
Two years before the 9/11 attacks on America, George W. Bush told a Houston journalist if elected president, “I’m going to invade Iraq.” Bush made the comments about starting an aggressive war to veteran Houston Chronicle reporter Mickey Herskowitz, then working with Bush on his book “A Charge To Keep,” later brought out by publisher William Morrow. This disclosure was uncovered by Russ Baker, an award-winning investigative reporter when he interviewed Herskowitz for his own book, “Family of Secrets” (Bloomsbury Press) about the Bush dynasty. However, Baker says, when he approached The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times with the potentially devastating story to President Bush prior to the 2004 presidential election, they declined to publish it.Extra Music New
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