Moon Night: Chapter 5. Waning Crescent
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Monday 30 April 2012
♪♫ Herman Brood & His Wild Romance - Saturday Night/Lady Killer
Bonus:
Big band version of 'Saturday Night' (1999) Toward the end of his life, Brood vowed to abstain from most drugs, reducing his drug use to alcohol and a daily shot of speed ("2 grams per day")[11])
Dear Wikiperson,
Firstly, alcohol and two grams of speed is hardly what I would call abstaining from (most) drugs and secondly, it would have to be a fugn gigantic syringe to get a couple of grams into one shot!
Sunday 29 April 2012
Prison Industries: 'Don't Let Society Improve or We Lose Business'
Instead, in the past decade, there has been a movement to privatize more and more of our state and federal prisons to save money (which has not materialized) and ease overcrowding under the pressure of the courts. This has led to a wide world of influence peddling, self-dealing and lobbying while preying on a captured group of people to fill prison beds. Just as I have feared that privatizing the logistics of war will encourage private war-service industries to lobby for a hot war or long occupation to keep their industries viable, there has emerged a group of prison industries, state and federal legislators, and other players who will continue to benefit from our disgraceful ranking as the world's largest warden.
There are two very large and influential prison companies in the United States who are manipulating the system to make sure they have plenty of business: The GEO Group (formerly Wackenhut) and Corrections Corporation of America (CCA). In the first part of this two-part series, I will explore The GEO Group's influence peddling; next week, I will look at CCA.
If you have any doubt in your mind that improving society and lowering the number of prisoners in our country (normally considered a worthy social goal) is a threat to the prison industry business, all you need to do is to read about that concern in The GEO Group's 2011 annual report:
In particular, the demand for our correctional and detention facilities and services and BI's [a prison industry company Geo acquired in 2011] services could be adversely affected by changes in existing criminal or immigration laws, crime rates in jurisdictions in which we operate, the relaxation of criminal or immigration enforcement efforts, leniency in conviction, sentencing or deportation practices, and the decriminalization of certain activities that are currently proscribed by criminal laws or the loosening of immigration laws. For example, any changes with respect to the decriminalization of drugs and controlled substances could affect the number of persons arrested, convicted, sentenced and incarcerated, thereby potentially reducing demand for correctional facilities to house them. Similarly, reductions in crime rates could lead to reductions in arrests, convictions and sentences requiring incarceration at correctional facilities. Immigration reform laws which are currently a focus for legislators and politicians at the federal, state and local level also could materially adversely impact us...MORE
Saturday 28 April 2012
Friday 27 April 2012
La Trobe 'torture' study anguish
'BEYOND THE SHOCK MACHINE'
Originally broadcast on Radio National here in Australia in October 2008.
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Blu & Ill
The last time I put up something by this mob I got served with a DMCA notice, despite it being a legal link promoted by Hyperdub!!!
So this time you fuckwits from the RIAA or whoever, if you have a problem with this post then ask Pitchfuck to take this track down or XLR8R to lose this mix done especially for them. Asshats XXX
Pure Filth Sound - King of the Forrest
Sam XL of Pure Filth and David Harrow formerly of On-U Sound met in November 2010 while working on project's for the Ninja Tune 20 year anniversary party in Los Angeles. The two Brit's soon became friends and decided to team up working together on a series of small club installations in L.A called "Screwface" (a weekly off shoot of Bassface) and on the Bass Oasis Dome for Coachella 2011.
That summer they began to produce original music and visual content, developing a "Live" Pure Filth Sound show to accompany the pounding Bass of the mighty Pure Filth speaker system.
Over the last year they have crafted a sonic epilogue from Los Angeles alongside Underground stalwart's Kemst, Busdriver, Warrior Queen, Mestizo, Nocando, RYAT, Jakes and Crazy D.
New Avalanches Mixtape? Pinchy & Friends - Sleepy Bedtime Mix For Young Ones by Henry Chinaski
HEREOver the weekend, the Avalanches posted a link in their Twitter feed along with the note, "may or may not be mixtape by ♥ ∆v∆L∆NCH∑≤ ♥."
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Robert Plant: By Myself
Bonus:
Robert Plant and the Strange Sensation live at Sound Stage 2005
Just to make things clear - I don't mind Robert Plant. It's Jimmy Page and his plagiarism I can't stand!!!
Found this photograph...
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...lying in the street a number of years ago here in Melbourne! Wonder who they were?
Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters - Jedwabne
Old school mates #'s 1, 2 & 3
Another member of The Arthur Trout Band and old school friend who also played with John Martyn was Jim Prime, who I last saw was when he was out here in Australia with Deacon Blue many years ago.
...and yes Mr. McGeachy could be a real khunt in real life a lot of the time back then. Was always amazed that he could write such sensitive songs to be honest...
Whatever did happen to John's cousin Dave Roy btw?
Albert/Alan pic via
Thursday 26 April 2012
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