Somebody Blew Up America: A Conversation with Amiri Baraka

Black Cab - Victorious (Mikey Young Rework)

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Black Cab launch the single:
June 13 – Sydney at the Red Rattler
July 17 – Melbourne at the Corner

Rowland S. Howard Lane St. Kilda Melbourne 3182

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Colleen - FACT Mix 494

Tracklist:
Burning Spear – Door Peeper
Scientist – Dangerous Match 1
Tapper Zukie – Simpleton Badness
Ras Michael and the Sons of Negus – Long Time Ago
Noel Ellis – Reach My Destiny
Augustus Pablo – Pablo In Fine Style
King Burnett – Paul Bogle
Niney And Observer All Stars – Weeping Lotion
Collins Music Wheelers – Collins Sweat
Wackies Rhythm Force – Black Africa
Prince Far I – Plant Up
Tapper Zukie – Man Ah Warrior
Little Madness – Mother Country Version
The Gladiators – Bongo Red
Black Kush – Natural Rock
The Upsetters – Return Of The Super Ape
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Eric 'Monty' Morris - Penny Reel

Lord Power & Calypso Quintet - Penny Reel

The Art of Buying Reggae Music: A back in the day journey from Dalston Junction to Tottenham High Road

Pressure Drop No.s 1 & 2 (the world's first reggae fanzine)

Published in 1975 and 1976
Edited by Nick Kimberley and Penny Reel with assistance from Chris Lane. I used to have these a l o n g time ago, the only two issues that were published, although Chris Lane says here: 

We were going to do a third one because we all agreed at the time that 1972 had been such a classic year for reggae. We were going to do a 1972 edition of Pressure Drop and write it as though it was actually 1972: “Look at this great record from Glen Brown, Merry Up. It’s like nothing you’ve ever heard before”. Of course we never got round to it but Nick knew someone at Pluto Press and we actually signed a contract and got paid a very small advance to write this book about reggae. It was going to be the history of reggae and I remember at the time that I even did a thing about dub and how dubs are mixed, the track layouts, why the Studio One dubs on the albums sound the way they do because they come from 2-track tape, how the Tubby’s dubs sound the way they do because they’re using 4-track tape, and the Channel One’s…

My BIG thanks to Nigel for passing them along
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Swans - A Little God In My Hands / Just A Little Boy

Aaron Bady: Islamophobia as Narrative Device, in the Second Person

Truth in advertising (best sticker placement ever)

The Nova Convention (1996)

Honouring William S. Burroughs. Performers include John Giorno, Michael Stipe, Debbie Harry, Patti Smith, Laurie Anderson and Philip Glass

The Struggle Continues

Blank City (Celine Dahnier 2009)

In the late 1970s a group of aspiring New York filmmakers, inspired by the burgeoning underground music scene, takes to the streets to shoot guerrilla-style movies and in the process fosters the influential and highly regarded No Wave movement. This film examines the events that led to No Wave's creation, in which the city itself, which was in decay at the time, plays a significant role. Featuring interviews with Jim Jarmusch, John Waters, Thurston Moore, Debbie Harry and Lydia Lunch

Waleed Aly on the five ways Chan and Sukumaran were let down

Abbott government backflipped on AFP death penalty directive

When the Song Dies (Scottish folklore on the brink of being forgotten)

In Scotland, folk songs serve as memories, of places and the dead who once inhabited them. Exploring the theme of change, When the Song Dies seeks to bring the audience under the captive spell of the old ways. Featuring a range of contributors, the film is a poignant reminder that the dead linger on, all around us, in the houses and landscapes we live in, and in the language and music of our culture.
Whilst Scottishness is at the heart of the film, this story is as universal as it is specific. It is the story of a culture that is, like so many, in danger of fading from human memory
Directed by Jamie Chambers
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David Simon on Baltimore’s Anguish

Milibrand

Hatred of Capitalism

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Dig!

Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe - German Tangerine

Jack Ely R.I.P.

Jack Ely singer with the Kingsmen dies at 71. Here's the FBI report into 'Louie Louie'

President Obama on Baltimore Riots

“We can’t just leave this to the police. I think there are police departments that have to do some soul searching. I think there are some communities that have to do some soul searching. But I think we as a country have to do some soul searching. This is not new. It’s been going on for decades.”
Watch especially from 8:55

Blood On Their Hands: The Secret Government Treaties That Helped Kill Chan And Sukumaran

They Sang Amazing Grace

First Dog On The Moon

Bali Nine duo executed: the view from Indonesia

Bali Nine: fresh calls for review of federal police actions that led to executions

Neil Young & Stephen Stills - Live @Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, CA (25/4/15)

Setlist:
01. ~intro - Brad Pitt
02. Long My You Run
03. Human Highway
04. Earth's Blood?
05. new Stephen song
06. Questions-Answers?
07. For What it's Worth
08. Bluebird
09. Mr Soul
10. Keep on Rockin' in the Free World*
11. ~outro~
Band:
Neil Young - vocals, guitar, harmonica
Stephen Stills - vocals, guitars
Shawn Colvin - vocals, guitars*
Steve Earle - vocals, guitars*
Chris Stills - vocals, piano*
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Let it go boys

This, if true, is just taking the piss

Go home, David Simon. Without justice in Baltimore, there can be no peace

Kode9 / Ikonika - Tribute to DJ Rashad (Boiler Room London 2014)

On My Way: The Legacy Of DJ Rashad

Chan and Sukumaran are victims of the futile war on drugs

Retired diplomat Bruce Haigh says Bali Nine pair ‘victims’ of ‘flawed relationship’ with Indonesia, AFP should be investigated over role

Kanye West’s First Beats (2001)?

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Another Aspect: Kim Gordon Interviewed

Ze Otavio: Kim Gordon

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