Monday 6 August 2012

Jack it up selector! The Heatwave cram the biggest UK hits to come out of Jamaica into one crazy mix: 50 years + 83 tunes x 73 minutes = approximately five million rewinds. These songs have been pulled up, wheeled, rewound and replayed literally MILLIONS of times - in bedrooms, house parties, blues dances, nightclubs and raves throughout the UK.

To celebrate 50 years of Jamaican independence, The Heatwave’s quickfire insanity-inducing DJ style is applied to half a century's worth of classic tracks. 50 years of Jamaican sounds hyping UK ravers. How many times will you rewind this mix?
TRACKLIST
1. Jimmy Cliff - Miss Jamaica
2. Millie Small - My Boy Lollipop
3. Prince Buster - Al Capone
4. The Techniques - Queen Majesty
5. Slim Smith - My Conversation
6. Marcia Griffiths - Feel Like Jumping
7. Eric Donaldson - Cherry Oh Baby
8. Desmond Dekker - Israelites
9. Max Romeo - Wet Dream
10. Trinity & Marcia Aitken - Three Piece Suit
11. Althea & Donna - Uptown Top Ranking
12. Junior Byles - Fade Away
13. U Roy & The Paragons - Wear You To The Ball
14. Bob Marley - Is This Love
15. Janet Kay - Silly Games
16. Louisa Marks - Caught You In A Lie
17. Mad Professor - Kunta Kinte
18. Augustus Pablo - King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown
19. Mighty Diamonds - Pass The Kutchie
20. Horace Andy & Tappa Zukie - Natty Dread Weh She Want
21. Jacob Miller - Tenement Yard
22. Culture - Two Sevens Clash
23. Aswad - Warrior Charge
24. The Specials - Ghost Town
25. The Specials - A Message To You Rudy
26. Sugar Minott - Good Thing Going
27. Dennis Brown - Revolution
28. Barrington Levy - Murderer
29. Triston Palmer - Raving
30. Papa Levi - Mi God Mi King
31. Sister Nancy - Bam Bam
32. Tenor Saw - Ring The Alarm
33. Wayne Smith - Sleng Teng
34. Half Pint - Greetings
35. Smiley Culture - Police Officer
36. Tippa Irie - It's Good To Have The Feeling You're The Best
37. Beres Hammond - What One Dance Can Do
38. Admiral Bailey - Punaany
39. Super Cat - Mud Up
40. Shabba Ranks & Krystal - Twice My Age
41. Cutty Ranks - Limb By Limb
42. Chaka Demus & Pliers - Murder She Wrote
43. Mr Vegas - Heads High
44. Beenie Man - Who Am I
45. Glamma Kid - Moschino
46. Shaggy - Oh Carolina
47. Ratpack - Searching For My Rizla
48. SL2 & Jah Screechy - On A Ragga Tip
49. The Prodigy & Max Romeo - Out Of Space
50. Dawn Penn - No No No
51. Deep Blue - The Helicopter Tune
52. Gregory Isaacs - Rumours
53. Leviticus & Jigsy King - The Burial
54. Top Cat & Congo Natty - Love Mi Ses
55. Congo Natty & John Holt - Police In Helicopter
56. General Levy & M Beat - Incredible
57. UK Apache & Shy FX - Original Nuttah
58. Ritchie Dan - Call It Fate
59. Zed Bias, MC Rumpus & Nicky Prince - Neighbourhood
60. Ms Dynamite & Sticky - Booo!
61. So Solid Crew - Oh No
62. Pay As U Go - Know We
63. More Fire Crew - Oi
64. Kano - Boys Love Girls
65. Dizzee Rascal - I Luv U
66. Benga & Coki - Night
67. Richie Spice - Marijuana (Coki Remix)
68. Serani - No Games
69. Mavado - So Special
70. Mr Vegas - I Am Blessed
71. Sean Paul - Get Busy
72. Tony Matterhorn - Dutty Wine
73. Donaeo - Party Hard
74. Lil Silva - Seasons
75. Lil Silva - Different
76. Gracious K - Migraine Skank
77. Damian Marley - Welcome To Jamrock
78. Cham - Ghetto Story
79. Gappy Ranks - Stinkin Rich
80. Gyptian - Hold Yuh
81. Vybz Kartel, Popcaan & Gaza Slim - Clarks
82. Beenie Man & Future Fambo - Rum & Red Bull
83. Stylo G - Call Mi A Yardie

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FACT mix 341: The Orb & Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry

The Orb, innovators of ambient house and one of Britain’s all-time most celebrated electronic acts, have teamed up with the inimitable Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, one of Jamaica’s greatest ever musicians, for a new album, The Orbserver in the Star House. As The Orb’s Alex Paterson put it, in an interview earlier this year, “we wanted to do a souly type, modern, minimal album with some reggae influences with [Perry's] vocals on top. I think its one of the best bits of work we’ve ever done.”
To toast the album’s forthcoming release, The Orb and Perry have also teamed up for a FACT mix. God knows how you’re supposed to start tracklisting, or even describing it; FACT mix 341 is like a slow-motion kayak ride through a pipe of slurry, thick, overwhelmingly delayed basslines obscuring wonky melodies – some recognisable (‘What A Wonderful World’, ‘Zombie’), others from another planet entirely. Plus, of course, you get Perry toasting on top, though around half-way through he gets bored and toddles off for a while. Would you want it any other way? We certainly wouldn’t.
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FUCKING IDIOTS!!!

Just fuck off!!!
You too!!!
(& Monckton of Brenchley - you can fuck off as well!!!)

Aftermath of the explosion in the Syrian State TV building

NASA’s Curiosity is on Mars safely – so now what?

Tara Busch - We Can See Mars

صلاح الدين :: تقرير رائع من قلب خط الدفاع الاول في الحي

Meanwhile...

Manaf Tlass - Our Man in Syria?

‏@FatherBob

Don't ask about life on Mars until a decent life on earth is available for all.

Curiosity's Seven Minutes of Terror

‏@subverzo

TANGO DOWN! Humanity has DDoS'd and crashed the @NASA images sites. We all claim responsibility, we want photos! #Mars #Curiousity

It once was one small step...

... now it's six big wheels. Here's a look at one of them on the soil of Mars
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Curiosity rover Mars landing (NASA TV)

More unquotations from the New Yorker

LeaLea Jones - The Road/AK47

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The history of South Africa is Nelson Mandela, District 9, and Die Antwoord.

Sunday 5 August 2012

Marilyn Monroe († 1962)

Sebastian Krüger

'Unconditional love for every living thing'

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(Thanx Yotte!)

Girlz with Gunz #5936

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The Libertines - Reading Festival (2010)

A few goodies HERE

Evgeny Morozov: The Naked and the TED

...So I take no pleasure in declaring what has been obvious for some time: that TED is no longer a responsible curator of ideas “worth spreading.” Instead it has become something ludicrous, and a little sinister.
Today TED is an insatiable kingpin of international meme laundering—a place where ideas, regardless of their quality, go to seek celebrity, to live in the form of videos, tweets, and now e-books. In the world of TED—or, to use their argot, in the TED “ecosystem”—books become talks, talks become memes, memes become projects, projects become talks, talks become books—and so it goes ad infinitum in the sizzling Stakhanovite cycle of memetics, until any shade of depth or nuance disappears into the virtual void. Richard Dawkins, the father of memetics, should be very proud. Perhaps he can explain how “ideas worth spreading” become “ideas no footnotes can support.”
HERE

Lenny Bruce Everywhere

Tim Doody: The Heretic

For decades, the U.S. government banned medical studies of the effects of LSD. But for one longtime, elite researcher, the promise of mind-blowing revelations was just too tempting...

Просто идея

Photo Andrew Vishnyakov
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Pussy Riot supporters?

Possibly not!

Israel’s Fading Democracy

#freepussyriot poster

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Learn more about Pussy Riot Here
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No Pasaran

We Love Di Vibes - 2012 Dancehall Mix: Summer Stylee

Selection & Mix by: BMC
Website: http://bettermustcome.blogspot.com
Facebook: Bmc Better Must Come / BMC's Reggae Mixes (page)
Twitter: BMCsReggaeBlog

Riddims & tracks:
01 I Octane - Love Di Vibes (So Unique)
02 Movin' Feva Riddim (Charlie Pro)
Busy Signal - Whining Feva
Bushman - Always On My Mind
Tarrus Riley - We Run It (Jamaica)
Koolant (Wailers) - World Coming Too
03 Sun Tan Riddim (Cashflow)
Stein - Again And Again
Khago - Love Summer
Demarco - This Is The Life
04 Bass Line Riddim (Big Ship)
Mavado - I Swear
Busy Signal - Cyaan Believe (Bubble Up)
Di Genius - Whine Like
Agent Sasco - Wish Bad
Gyptian - I Like It
05 Damian Marley - Affairs of the Heart (Universal)
06 Peenie Wallie Riddim (Don Corleon)
Mavado - Mek She Cry
Masicka - Fall Inna Love
Sean Paul - Caught
07 Jouvert Riddim (UIM)
Demarco - Gyal Dem Wah Whine
Konshens - Live It Up
Charly Black feat. Quick Cook - Welding (Wap Wap)
08 Gyptian - Gyal Gimme Some (So Unique)
09 Coolie Gal Riddim (UIM Records)
Popcaan - Coolie Gal
Bugle - Champion Gal
Cherine - Haffi Come Back
Vybz Kartel feat. Gaza Slim - F#%k It & Cum
10 Priceless Signature (Lena British - Jam 2)
Gyptian - Mr. Chief
Bugle - Hawk Dem Surround Me
Gappy Ranks - Wickedest Slam In Di Garrison
Sizzla - Love The Gal Dem
Bounty Killer - Dem Buss Up
11 Stylee Riddim (Ballaz)
Voicemail - Style
RDX - Caribbean Girl
12 Overtime Riddim (JA)
Beenie Man - Clean Heart
Wasp - Hot Like Fiya
Gyptian - Overtime
Mavado - Caribbean Girls
13 So Unique Riddim (So Unique)
Tommy Lee - Gal Gimme Wine
Vybz Kartel - Galopoly
14 I Octane - Jiggle Fi Me (ZJ-Ice - Thirty Six Degrees)
15 Happy Daze Riddim (Fras Twinz)
Munga - Pull Up Di Tune
Chi Ching - Stop Mock
Beenie Man - Feeling Gud
Gyptian feat. Jupita - Body Good
16 Love Bug Riddim (Washroom)
Liquid - Nah Let Yuh Go
Wayne Marshall - Rookie Love
Voicemail & Raine Seville - Watch Mi Wine Now
Alaine - Touch (On And On)
Timeka - Si How Mi Hot
17 Aurora Skies Riddim (So Unique)
Bugle - Another Day
Blak Diamon - Diamond In The Ruff
Gyptian - One Man She Need
Savage - Da Wine Deh
Kiprich - Party Just Start
Agent Sasco - Can't Hold Dem Liquor
Bounty Killer - The Real Deal
18 Summer Wave Riddim (TJ)
Popcaan - Summer Wave
Beenie Man - Jamaica Celebration
19 Liquid And Patexxx - More Rum (Echo 1)

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Saturday 4 August 2012

Spacepr0n! #2

Star Trails and the Captain's Ghost via APOD 2010 October 29

Truth

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♪♫ Blue Mink - Melting Pot

Heard this on the bus today when I was out'n'about w/ Spaceboy. Gawd - this takes me back to when I was 10!

Pussy Riot: Making Punk a Threat Again

Pussy Riot is -- to borrow the Clash's mantle for a second -- the only band that matters.
It almost doesn't matter what the court says. The three women of Pussy Riot -- an explosive, obnoxious cross between a band and an anonymous Russian dissidents' movement -- have, in an important sense, already won their farce of a trial in Moscow. Every day that their trial for "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred" continues, they call international attention to the paranoid repression of Vladimir Putin's Russia. Pussy Riot has skewered Putin on the horns of a dilemma: Either his government convicts the band and martyrs it even further, or it backs down and concedes that prosecuting the masked trio for a cacophonous musical protest at Christ the Savior Cathedral that called attention to the Russian church's alliance with the Putin regime was always a mistake. Three of the five band members now face the prospect of seven years in prison, which has prompted an unlikely international outcry. On Thursday, Aug. 2, ahead of a meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron, Putin indicated he'd prefer to back down...

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