The Faces - BBC Sessions 1972
31 minutes ago
Friday 29 January 2010
WTF??? Australian censor board demands large-breasted porn-stars
A reader writes: "Australian Classification Board (ACB) is now banning depictions of small-breasted women in adult publications and films. They banned mainstream pornography from showing women with A-cup breasts, apparently on the grounds that they encourage paedophilia, and in spite of the fact this is a normal breast size for many adult women. Presumably small breasted women taking photographs of themselves will now be guilty of creating simulated child pornography, to say nothing of the message this sends to women with modestly sized chests or those who favour them. Australia has also banned pornographic depictions of female ejaculation, a normal orgasmic sexual response in many women, with censors branding it as 'abhorrent.'"
"The Board has also started to ban depictions of small-breasted women in adult publications and films. This is in response to a campaign led by Kids Free 2 B Kids and promoted by Barnaby Joyce and Guy Barnett in Senate Estimates late last year. Mainstream companies such as Larry Flint's Hustler produce some of the publications that have been banned. These companies are regulated by the FBI to ensure that only adult performers are featured in their publications. "We are starting to see depictions of women in their late 20s being banned because they have an A cup size", she said. "It may be an unintended consequence of the Senator's actions but they are largely responsible for the sharp increase in breast size in Australian adult magazines of late".
J.D. Salinger RIP
"If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth." -opening lines of The Catcher In The Rye
Helpmaboab!
Speaking as someone with a few peircings I can only echo the sentiment of a comment left on Boing Boing:
"Nasty! Ok, I have maybe 120 hours of tattooing and at one time or another several extra holes, but I have never eaten with my mouth open in public; and that is what this is ALL THE TIME eating with your mouth open.
P.S. say goodbye to those gums in a few years,(abrasion)."
Céleste Boursier-Mougenot at Barbican Centre, London
New commission for The Curve, Barbican, London
http://www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery...
French artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot creates works by drawing on the rhythms of daily life to produce sound in unexpected ways.
http://www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery...
French artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot creates works by drawing on the rhythms of daily life to produce sound in unexpected ways.
For his installation in The Curve, Boursier-Mougenot creates a walk-though aviary for a flock of zebra finches, furnished with electric guitars and other musical instruments. As the birds go about their routine activities, perching on or feeding from the various pieces of equipment, they create a captivating, live soundscape.
27 February 2010 - 23 May 2010
The Curve, Barbican, London
http://www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery...Free admission
Times: Open daily 11am-8pm
Open late every Thu until 10pm
The Curve, Barbican, London
http://www.barbican.org.uk/artgallery...Free admission
Times: Open daily 11am-8pm
Open late every Thu until 10pm
@ NME
A filmmaker who was shooting a documentary about The Libertines has been found dead.
The body of Robyn Whitehead, a member of the politically influential Goldsmith dynasty, was discovered at a flat in Hackney in east London.
According to Hackney Gazette, Whitehead died in the early hours of Monday morning (January 25), although details of her death have only just been released.
According to a police spokesperson the death is not being treated as suspicious.
"The woman was 27 and from the Northampton area. Next of kin have been informed," they explained. "We are awaiting formal identification. A post-mortem will be carried out in due course."
It has been reported that the flat belong to Pete Doherty's friend and fellow singer Wolfman.
Whitehead's mother Dido Whitehead is a cousin of Jemima Khan and Zac Goldsmith, while her father is '60s filmmaker Peter Whitehead.
Whitehead's documentary about The Libertines is entitled The Road To Albion. and was nearing completion. It features rare early footage of the band.
It has been suggested that Whitehead was beginning work on a second film about Babyshambles.
The body of Robyn Whitehead, a member of the politically influential Goldsmith dynasty, was discovered at a flat in Hackney in east London.
According to Hackney Gazette, Whitehead died in the early hours of Monday morning (January 25), although details of her death have only just been released.
According to a police spokesperson the death is not being treated as suspicious.
"The woman was 27 and from the Northampton area. Next of kin have been informed," they explained. "We are awaiting formal identification. A post-mortem will be carried out in due course."
It has been reported that the flat belong to Pete Doherty's friend and fellow singer Wolfman.
Whitehead's mother Dido Whitehead is a cousin of Jemima Khan and Zac Goldsmith, while her father is '60s filmmaker Peter Whitehead.
Whitehead's documentary about The Libertines is entitled The Road To Albion. and was nearing completion. It features rare early footage of the band.
It has been suggested that Whitehead was beginning work on a second film about Babyshambles.
Free London gig by Skip McDonald (Friday lunchtime)
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Skip McDonald (Little Axe),
London Royal Festival Hall (1pm)
Thursday 28 January 2010
Teenage girl rescued after 15 days trapped in Haiti rubble
A 16-year-old girl has been pulled out of the rubble in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, 15 days after the earthquake struck, rescuers say.
Darlene Etienne was said to be happy but dehydrated. Rescuers said she had survived by drinking water from a bath. Her rescue comes five days after Haitian government officially ended the search and rescue operation.
Meanwhile President Rene Preval has said parliamentary elections due to be held on 28 February will be postponed.
As many as 200,000 people died in the 12 January earthquake. More than 130 people have been pulled alive from the rubble.
Bath water
A rescue worker described the discovery of the teenager, two weeks after the quake destroyed the city, as a "miracle".  | HAITI'S REMARKABLE SURVIVORS  Darlene Etienne, 16 - rescued after 15 days Rico Dibrivell, early 30s - rescued after 12 days Wismond Exantus, 24, found after 11 days Emmannuel Buso, 21 - rescued after 10 days Marie Carida, 84 - saved after 10 days Mendji Bahina Sanon, 11 - trapped for eight days Lozama Hotteline, 25 - pulled out after seven days Elisabeth Joassaint, 15 days - buried for seven days, half her life Ena Zizi, 69 - rescued after seven days  |
The 16-year-old was found in the rubble of a house near the College St Gerard, which one of her relatives said she had just started attending.
Neighbours had been searching in the rubble of their homes in the central Carrefour-Feuilles district when they heard a weak voice and called rescue teams to help.
They managed to locate the girl in the wreckage and less than an hour later had dug a hole to pull her out, covered in dust.
Rescuer Claude Fuilla told the Associated Press news agency: "She couldn't really talk to us or say how long she'd been there but I think she'd been there since the earthquake.
"I don't think she could have survived even a few more hours."
Darlene was given water and oxygen before being taken to a French field hospital and medical ship.
"She just said 'Thank you', she's very weak, which suggests that she's been there for 15 days," said Samuel Bernes, head of the rescue team that discovered her.
He described her location within the rubble as "in a pocket, surrounded by concrete".
The BBC's Karen Allen, in the Haitian capital, said that rescue workers had told her the teenager was trapped in the bathroom when the quake struck and was able to survive by drinking water from a bath.
On Tuesday, rescuers discovered a 31-year-old man who had been trapped for 12 days after being caught in one of the numerous aftershocks that rocked the city after the earthquake.
In announcing the election delay, Mr Preval said he would not seek to remain in office beyond the end of his term in February 2011.
He added: "I don't think the time is right to hold elections now given the conditions in which people are living."
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