IV at 40: A Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of 'Led Zeppelin IV' at Flood Gallery
Via
(Thanx Audiozobe!)
Saturday 26 November 2011
Les Savy Fav - ATP Nightmare Before Christmas Mix
Download
Please enjoy this mixtape chosen by Les Savy Fav who have picked a track each from all of the artists chosen for their day of the event, highlighted by an unreleased Oxes track from back in 1999.
- Les Savy Fav - The Sweat Descends
- Archers Of Loaf - Lowest Part Is Free!
- Future Islands - Balance
- Hot Snakes - Light Up The Stars
- Marnie Stern - The Crippled Jazzer
- No Age - Fever Dreaming
- Wild Flag - Future Crimes
- Surfer Blood - Floating Vibes
- Violent Soho - Love Is A Heavy Word
- Total Control - One More Tonight
- Oxes - Jellyfish Minus Piechart Plus
- The Dodos - Fools
- The Budos Band - T.I.B.W.F.
- Simian Mobile Disco - 1000 Year Egg
- Holy Fuck - Frenchy's
Iron And Wine 4AD Session
1. Tree By The River
2. Biting Your Tail
3. Big Burned Hand
4. Half moon
5. Upward Over The Mountain
Iron & Wine, the work of Austin-based Sam Beam, released their fourth album, Kiss Each Other Clean through 4AD in January 2011. Somewhat of a departure from earlier recordings and representing an expansion of the ideas explored on last album The Shepherd's Dog, the record saw Beam's often stripped-back compositions development into ornate arrangements/ Live performances also saw Beam joined by a cast of musicians, helping flesh out his sound.
For this beautifully rendered 4AD Session, Beam made the conscious decision to return to his roots. Taking those album tracks back to their nascent form, Beam delivered five acoustic performances that immediately make clear the craft and care that constitutes each Iron & Wine track. Pushed to the fore is Beam's languorous vocals, showcasing the seemingly effortless ease with which he is able to imbibe his music with a nuanced poetry.
Filmed at Miloco Recording Studios in Bermondsey, London, the location proved truly fitting of the performance. Beam found himself surrounded by an array of vintage analogue equipment, a perfect compliment to the down-home wood-and twine classic songwriting that has continued to characterize the work of Iron & Wine over the course of four albums. Playing four songs from the new album, long time fans will also note the inclusion of the 'Upwards Over The Mountain', a track drawn from the band's much-loved back catalogue.
Via
2. Biting Your Tail
3. Big Burned Hand
4. Half moon
5. Upward Over The Mountain
Iron & Wine, the work of Austin-based Sam Beam, released their fourth album, Kiss Each Other Clean through 4AD in January 2011. Somewhat of a departure from earlier recordings and representing an expansion of the ideas explored on last album The Shepherd's Dog, the record saw Beam's often stripped-back compositions development into ornate arrangements/ Live performances also saw Beam joined by a cast of musicians, helping flesh out his sound.
For this beautifully rendered 4AD Session, Beam made the conscious decision to return to his roots. Taking those album tracks back to their nascent form, Beam delivered five acoustic performances that immediately make clear the craft and care that constitutes each Iron & Wine track. Pushed to the fore is Beam's languorous vocals, showcasing the seemingly effortless ease with which he is able to imbibe his music with a nuanced poetry.
Filmed at Miloco Recording Studios in Bermondsey, London, the location proved truly fitting of the performance. Beam found himself surrounded by an array of vintage analogue equipment, a perfect compliment to the down-home wood-and twine classic songwriting that has continued to characterize the work of Iron & Wine over the course of four albums. Playing four songs from the new album, long time fans will also note the inclusion of the 'Upwards Over The Mountain', a track drawn from the band's much-loved back catalogue.
Via
Vertigo
It is one of the most gut-wrenching experiences imaginable, but 'Rooftopping', a new heart-stopping photography craze is sweeping across the globe.
Those brave enough to give it a try must go to the tops of the world's tallest buildings, shimmy to the side and then hang off the edge in a bid to capture the perfect picture.
Travel photographer Tom Ryaboi has spent his life dangling from buildings trying to achieve what he calls the ultimate rush. He said: 'When you climb to the top of a skyscraper and open its hatch for the first time, a pure rush of adrenaline hits you as you overlook the city from above...'
MORE
The Robert Wyatt Story (BBC 2003)
!!!revelC .egakcolb © s’ebuTuoY tsap teg dluow ti os oediv eht rorrim ot dah eh taht tuo detniop redaolpu ehT .oediv eht ni sdrawkcab era )cte ,srevoc mubla ,sngis( txet eht lla taht eciton yam uoy :BN
Friday 25 November 2011
25 November: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Women's activists have marked 25 November as a day against violence since 1981. This date came from the brutal assassination in 1960, of the three Mirabal sisters, political activists in the Dominican Republic, on the orders of the Dominican president Rafael Trujillo.In 1999, the United Nations General Assembly designated 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and invited governments, international organizations and NGOs to organize activities designed to raise public awareness of the problem on that day.
Message of the Secretary-General for 2011
Violence against women and girls takes many forms and is widespread throughout the globe. It includes rape, domestic violence, harassment at work, abuse in school, female genital mutilation and sexual violence in armed conflicts. It is predominantly inflicted by men. Whether in developing or developed countries, the pervasiveness of this violence should shock us all. Violence - and in many cases the mere threat of it - is one of the most significant barriers to women's full equality.
The right of women and girls to live free of violence is inalienable and fundamental. It is enshrined in international human rights and humanitarian law. And it lies at the heart of my UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign. Since its launch in 2008, the campaign has galvanized governments, civil society, the corporate sector, athletes, artists, women, men and young people around the world. The social mobilization platform "Say NO-UNiTE" has recorded more than 2 million activities worldwide - from protest marches to public awareness campaigns, from legislative advocacy to help for victims.
[...]
Our challenge is to ensure that the message of "zero tolerance" is heard far and wide. To do that, we must engage all of society - and especially young people. In particular, young men and boys must be encouraged to become the advocates we need. We need to promote healthy models of masculinity. Too many young men still grow up surrounded by outmoded male stereotypes. By talking to friends and peers about violence against women and girls, and by taking action to end it, they can help break the ingrained behaviour of generations.
On this International Day, I urge governments and partners around the world to harness the energy, ideas and leadership of young people to help us to end this pandemic of violence. Only then will we have a more just, peaceful and equitable world.
Ban Ki-moon [via]
ISPs propose new anti-piracy warning scheme
The coalition includes Telstra, Optus, iiNet, Internode and Primus, but not TPG, Dodo or Exetel. It is working on collaboration with network equipment manufacturer Ericsson and industry groups the Communications Alliance and the Internet Industry Association.
In a statement released this afternoon by the Communications Alliance, the group noted that the scheme would require ISPs to forward “education and warning notices” to customers whose broadband connections have been detected undertaking activity which “might” infringe copyright laws. Once a customer had been forwarded three warnings and one education notice, ISPs would send what is terms a “discovery notice” to the account holder, warning them that they have apparently failed to address issues set out in the previous notices and their details may be subpoenaed by the copyright holder which had filed the complaint.
The ISP will, at that time, also notify the copyright holder that the Internet user concerned had failed to address the issues of online copyright infringement. The copyright holder may then seek to apply for access to the Internet user’s details and identity through a subpoena or ‘discovery’ application directly with the ISP.
“Should the ISP be served with a valid preliminary discovery order (or subpoena), the ISP will be required to comply with the order, which may require the ISP to disclose the account holder’s details to the rights holder,” the ISPs noted in a discussion paper proposing the scheme. The paper is available in full online (PDF). After they had obtained Internet users’ details, copyright holders would then be able to take legal action directly against the users.
The scheme does not provide for the termination of Internet user’s broadband access, not for any action to be imposed on customers directly by ISPs; in addition, the ISPs notes that it gives consumers the right to appeal warning notices...
Continue reading
Renai LeMay @'Delimiter'
NewtonMark Mark Newton
Today's announcement by ISPs is basically, "Okay, we've already bent over. Now how wide would you like us to stretch?"
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
