noise figures - greek garage rock duo bring guitar jams

totally random discovery.

"you don't have to be sarcastic to be out of your mind"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaEh7MKGF-0

like Godwin's Law, only different

musician Jason Isbell tweets to facebook:

Today 314 million Americans will celebrate their independence. About 80 million of them will miss the meaning of the song "Born In The USA."

 

fuckhead nation, part 64

 "There is now general agreement among reputable scholars that the Daycare Abuse Panic was a twentieth-century manifestation of 'witchcraft fever' of the same kind that swept Salem, Massachusetts in 1692 and Western Europe in the centuries before that."

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/05/texas-couple-kellers-released-prison-satanic-abuse

Amazon workers face 'increased risk of mental illness' - BBC news

A BBC investigation into a UK-based Amazon warehouse has found conditions that a stress expert said could cause "mental and physical illness".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25034598

"I discovered punk rock from Spain. A band called "Pleasure Fuckers""

Norwegian documentary about the life and passion of KIKE TURMIX legendary singer of the punk rock band, THE PLEASURE FUCKERS, featuring members of The Pleasure Fuckers, Flaming Sideburns, Gluecifer, Turbonegro, Nomads, Hellacopters, Hives. Soundtrack & archive material: The Pleasure Fuckers. Winner of DORF 09´Rock Documentary Film Festival in Vinkovci, Croatia. Screenings at IN-EDIT, Barcelona/ Gøteborg, Sweden/ Oslo Øyafestival/ Os international Film Festival, Tromsø International Film Festival + toured cinemas in eastern europe with DORF.

http://vimeo.com/77119491

technology, politics and "reasonable responsibilities"

“Reasonable Responsibilities”

Speech of Commissioner Bart Chilton before the Ouachita Speakers Series

November 7, 2013


http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/SpeechesTestimony/opachilton-100

“These are fundamental design flaws in the way pretty much everything works” / creepyDOL

A Cheap Spying Tool With a High Creepy Factor
By SOMINI SENGUPTA
New York Times - Bits section
Aug 2, 2013

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/02/a-cheap-spying-tool-with-a-high-creepy-factor/

the near-term future of shopping online / shipping / warehousing

Urban Outfitters, others plunge aggressively into online sales
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20131104_Urban_Outfitters__others_plunge_aggressively_into_online_sales.html#ufwdhbzG5pDx8FHZ.99

Urban Outfitters, others plunge aggressively into online sales
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20131104_Urban_Outfitters__others_plunge_aggressively_into_online_sales.html#ufwdhbzG5pDx8FHZ.99

Urban Outfitters, others plunge aggressively into online sales

Maria Panaritis, Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted: Monday, November 4, 2013, 2:01 AM

Urban Outfitters, others plunge aggressively into online sales
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20131104_Urban_Outfitters__others_plunge_aggressively_into_online_sales.html#ufwdhbzG5pDx8FHZ.99

http://www.philly.com/philly/business/technology/20131104_Urban_Outfitters__others_plunge_aggressively_into_online_sales.html

red fang live set HD Oct 2013 KEXP

nice high quality audio & video set from Red Fang

Crows In Swine
Blood Like Cream
Failure
No Hope

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9AoA2Tk2U8

david byrne discusses spotify and internet music market implications

David Byrne: 'The internet will suck all creative content out of the world'

The boom in digital streaming may generate profits for record labels and free content for consumers, but it spells disaster for today's artists across the creative industries

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/oct/11/david-byrne-internet-content-world 

GBV guided by voices full set live oslo 2011

nice recording

Classic Lineup reunion tour.
1. A Salty Salute 0:33
2. Watch Me Jumpstart 2:15
3. Over The Neptune/Mesh Gear Fox 4:57
4. #2 In The Model Home Series 10:37
5. Shocker In Gloomtown 12:39
6. Tractor Rape Chain 14:12
7. Buzzards And Dreadful Crows 17:11
8. Cut-out Witch 19:12
9. A Good Flying Bird 22:39
10. Epecting Brainchild 24:09
11. Always Crush Me 27:00
12. Jane Of The Waking Universe 28:33
13. Gold Star For Robot Boy 31:27
14. Hot Freaks 33:15
15. Exit Flagger 35:45
16. 14 Cheerleader Coldfront 38:04
17. Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory 39:47
18. Kicker Of Elves 42:00
19. Game Of Pricks 43:36
20. Echos Myron 45:45
21. Motor Away 48:35
22. I Am A Scientist 52:06
23. Unleashed! The Large-Hearted Boy 54:42
24. Smothered In Hugs 56:54

Silk Road, dread pirate roberts and the government

How the feds took down the Dread Pirate Roberts
by Nate Anderson and Cyrus Farivar Oct 3 2013
ars  technica

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/10/how-the-feds-took-down-the-dread-pirate-roberts/

godspeed! wins prize, re-educates organizers, sets up cool programme with the cash

Godspeed You! Black Emperor later issued the following statement.

A FEW WORDS REGARDING THIS POLARIS PRIZE THING

hello kanada.
hello kanadian music-writers.
 
thanks for the nomination thanks for the prize- it feels nice to be acknowledged by the Troubled Motherland when we so often feel orphaned here. and much respect for all y’all who write about local bands, who blow that horn loudly- because that trumpeting is crucial and necessary and important.

and much respect to the freelancers especially, because freelancing is a hard fucking gig, and almost all of us are freelancers now, right? falling and scrambling and hustling through these difficult times?
so yes, we are grateful, and yes we are humble and we are shy to complain when we’ve been acknowledged thusly- BUT HOLY SHIT AND HOLY COW- we’ve been plowing our field on the margins of weird culture for almost 20 years now, and “this scene is pretty cool but what it really fucking needs is an awards show” is not a thought that’s ever crossed our minds.

3 quick bullet-points that almost anybody could agree on maybe=

• holding a gala during a time of austerity and normalized decline is a weird thing to do.
  
• organizing a gala just so musicians can compete against each other for a novelty-sized cheque doesn’t serve the cause of righteous music at all.
  
• asking the toyota motor company to help cover the tab for that gala, during a summer where the melting northern ice caps are live-streaming on the internet, IS FUCKING INSANE, and comes across as tone-deaf to the current horrifying malaise.

these are hard times for everybody. and musicians’ blues are pretty low on the list of things in need of urgent correction BUT AND BUT if the point of this prize and party is acknowledging music-labor performed in the name of something other than quick money, well then maybe the next celebration should happen in a cruddier hall, without the corporate banners and culture overlords. and maybe a party thusly is long overdue- it would be truly nice to enjoy that hang, somewhere sometime where the point wasn’t just lazy money patting itself on the back.
 
give the money to the kids let ‘em put on their own goddamn parties, give the money to the olds and let them try to write opuses in spite of, but let the muchmusic videostars fight it out in the inconsequential middle, without gov’t. culture-money in their pockets.
us we’re gonna use the money to try to set up a program so that prisoners in quebec have musical instruments if they need them…
amen and amen.
 
apologies for being such bores,
 
we love you so much / our country is fucked,
xoxoxox
godspeed you! black emperor

http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/godspeed-you-black-emperor-win-polaris-music-prize-1.1467988

CAN vinyl box set to be released 2 December 2013

Spoon Records will release an incredible deluxe 17 piece vinyl Box Set on Mute Records on 2 December!

The Box Set features 13 Can classic albums, the rare "Out Of Reach", a live disc recorded in 1975 and unavailable in any other format outside of the box set, posters and a 20-pages 12'' booklet with unseen photographs from Can archives and notes from Scottish novelist Alan Warner.

http://mute.com/mute/17-piece-vinyl-box-set-including-unreleased-material-announced-out-2-december

Mute and Spoon are delighted to announce the release of the long-awaited remastered catalogue vinyl box set, a 17 piece vinyl set on 180g vinyl housed in a linen wrapped box, out on 2 December 2013.
The box set features 13 of the band’s classic albums, alongside Out Of Reach, which has been unavailable in any official format since its original release in 1978 plus Can Live, a bonus live disc featuring the classic Can line up of Holger Czukay (bass), Michael Karoli (guitar), Jaki Liebezeit (drums) and Irmin Schmidt (keyboards) Can Live was recorded at Sussex University in 1975 and will be unavailable in any format outside of the Can Vinyl Box.
The artwork for the individual albums is all in its original form and five posters and a 20-page 12” booklet accompanies the box set featuring unseen photographs from the Can archive and sleevenotes by the acclaimed author, Alan Warner (Morven Caller).

CAN VINYL BOX CONTENTS
Monster Movie
Soundtracks
Tago Mago (over two vinyl)
Ege Bamyasi
Future Days
Soon Over Babaluma
Delay
Unlimited Edition (over two vinyl)
Landed
Flow Motion
Saw Delight
Can
Rite Time
Out Of Reach
Can Live, Sussex University 1975

Can was founded in 1968 by Irmin Schmidt, Holger Czukay, Michael Karoli and Jaki Liebezeit who formed a group which would utilise and transcend all boundaries of ethnic, electronic experimental and modern classical music. The box reflects the changing eras of the band, the different powerful singers like Malcom Mooney and Damo Suzuki and collaborators such as Reebob Kwaku and Rosko Gee.

The band’s powerful influence has never diminished, and their indelible mark is apparent in the bands who freely acknowledge their importance – from Portishead, James Murphy, New Order, Factory Floor, Public Image Ltd, Mogwai, Kanye West (who sampled ‘Sing Swan Song’) and Radiohead – as well as across other disciplines such as visual art and literature.

Can Vinyl Box follows the phenomenal success of 2011’s 40^th anniversary release of Tago Mago (awarded 5* from MOJO, Uncut, Artrocker and Record Collector), The Lost Tapes (which featured heavily in the Albums of the Year 2012) and this year’s Cyclopean EP (Irmin Schmidt, Jaki Liebezeit, Kumo, and Burnt Friedman)

The Can Vinyl Box was mastered and cut to vinyl by Kevin Metcalfe at The Soundmasters, London. Remasters and vinyl processing was coordinated by long time collaborator, Jono Podmore.

what is and isn't "art" / false market construction and impact

how classic is this?

She admitted in court that the works of art "were actually fakes created by an individual residing in Queens''.

The artist who painted the fakes, 73-year-old Pei-Shen Qian, won't be charged and has returned to his native China, prosecutors said.

The paintings were said to be never-before-exhibited and previously unknown works of art by artists including Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24124107

They are counterfeit /  fake only in that they were attributed to famous artists and therefore sold for a lot of money. Does the revelation mean that viewers should no longer appreciate them for their qualities?

RED FANG live at Hellfest 2011, 35 minutes video

zoviet france is alive and well / :zoviet*france:

and on facebook and doing a radio show which you can get as a podcast

'Contradiction, Pleasure and a Nail', the latest edition of our net radio show, A Duck in a Tree, is now available as streaming audio on Mixcloud, and as a podcast that can be streamed and downloaded from PodBean:

http://zovietfrance.podbean.com/
 
 and iTunes:
 
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/a-duck-in-a-tree/id549888021

http://www.mixcloud.com/zoviet_france/

https://www.facebook.com/zovietfrance

two drummers? two drummers. Melvins 30th Anniversary Tour (full set) - Filmed at The Firebird in St....

Britain's tax exiles of the 1960s

Dr Desmond Morris

Our Director, Dr Desmond Morris, has written an important and fascinating book 'The Naked Ape' which has had widespread success even before publication.

Owing to the present system of taxation which is particularly inconsiderate towards authors and artists in general we are now faced with the probability that he will be forced to move out of this country if he is to retain more than an absurdly small fraction of his legitimate and in this case unprecedented earnings.

It seems unlikely that this situation can be avoided and in consequence we can only congratulate him on his good fortune and prepare with great regret to part company.

A further announcement of future plans for the ICA at this crucial time will appear in the next Bulletin.

- tipped in sheet, ica bulletin, October 1967, number 174.
Institute of Contemporary Art, London

white people have gone too far, #47: the Mitch Mconnell auto tune attack video & song

The Art Of Punk - documentaries, interviews

The Art Of Punk debuts on MOCAtv with an episode on Raymond Pettibon and the artwork of Black Flag.

The stories behind the art of the Dead Kennedys will debut on June 18, and June 25 will see the release of the Crass episode, all of which will be available at:

www.youtube.com/MOCAtv

"Postal Service computers photograph the exterior of every piece of paper mail that is processed in the United States "

"Postal Service computers photograph the exterior of every piece of paper mail that is processed in the United States "

U.S. Postal Service Logging All Mail for Law Enforcement - NYT, 3 July 2013

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/us/monitoring-of-snail-mail.html

Google Ends SMS Search Service

in another move which violates the "don't be evil" prime directive you can no longer get simple search results by texting a message to 466453

attention google: not everything needs to be monetized, fuckers.

"Google's decision to shut down the SMS search service only serves to widen the information divide between the haves and have-nots," wrote user dadamn in a May 10 post. "I could always get some info via the very simple text message—an address and phone number for a business can be very handy in a pinch, or when traveling.  For those of us who can't afford a data plan or smartphone, or for those who aren't techno-savvy enough to navigate the web on a cellphone or learn a new 'app world,' the SMS has helped us to function in a society that increasingly assumes everyone worth reaching has a smartphone. Google, I'll challenge you to take a look at this service from a social-justice lens. Please cut the crap about 'beautiful technology that will improve people's lives' when you're only talking about improving things for the techno-elite."

http://www.eweek.com/mobile/google-ends-sms-search-service-apparently-without-warning/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/05/14/google_sms_search_shutdown/

sexual assults in the military

Sexual assaults in the military are a growing epidemic across the services and thousands of victims are still unwilling to come forward despite a slew of new oversight and assistance programs, according to a new Pentagon report.

Troubling new numbers estimate that up to 26,000 military members may have been sexually assaulted last year

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/20130507_ap_militarysexassaultreportsupchangesordered.html

EFF 2013 Who Has Your Back report on internet companies and data protection

When you use the Internet, you entrust your conversations, thoughts, experiences, locations, photos, and more to companies like Google, AT&T and Facebook. But what do these companies do when the government demands your private information? Do they stand with you? Do they let you know what’s going on?

In this annual report, the Electronic Frontier Foundation examined the policies of major Internet companies — including ISPs, email providers, cloud storage providers, location-based services, blogging platforms, and social networking sites — to assess whether they publicly commit to standing with users when the government seeks access to user data. The purpose of this report is to incentivize companies to be transparent about how data flows to the government and encourage them to take a stand for user privacy whenever it is possible to do so.

https://www.eff.org/who-has-your-back-2013

NJABL is shutting down - not just another black list - spam black list

The njabl.org DNSBL is in the process of shutting down.  On March 1, 2013, the various njabl.org DNSBL zones were all emptied.  Any systems configured to use any of the NJABL DNSBL zones should be reconfigured immediately to no longer use the NJABL DNSBL zones.

Today, April 29, 2013, NS for the NJABL DNSBL zones is being pointed into 192.0.2.0/24 (TEST-NET-1) which is unrouted IP space.  This will likely cause any systems using the NJABL DNSBL zones to experience long delays in DNS resolution of NJABL DNSBL lookups.  This is being done both to sink the DNS query traffic and to hopefully be noticed by the owners/managers of those systems.

Adrian Belew Power Trio, live show 2008

excellent sound quality.

Adrian Belew, Julie Slick, Eric Slick

2008, Rockpalast / Germany

shit that didn't happen #812: faxing over the internet

Jan 12, 1998  - Erich Almasy and Catherine Kunkemuelle

Right around the corner?: The Internet fax market appears poised for substantial growth because it offers significant cost savings to business customers

http://connectedplanetonline.com/mag/telecom_right_around_corner/

February 15, 2010|By Wailin Wong

Internet faxing grows more popular

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-02-15/business/sc-biz-0211-efaxing--20100212_1_protus-fax-machine-e-mail-messages

linking to content is not a crime, you a-holes

spotted at the bottom of a google search today.

 In response to a complaint we received under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act, we have removed 1 result(s) from this page. If you wish, you may read the DMCA complaint that caused the removal(s) at ChillingEffects.org. 

In response to a complaint we received under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act, we have removed 1 result(s) from this page. If you wish, you may read the DMCA complaint that caused the removal(s) at ChillingEffects.org.

"Is it a crime for someone simply to share a link"

The persecution of Barrett Brown - and how to fight it

The journalist and Anonymous activist is targeted as part of a broad effort to deter and punish internet freedom activism

Glenn Greenwald, The Guardian. 21 March 2013

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/mar/21/barrett-brown-persecution-anonymous

Killing Joke / Jaz Coleman - stories, recollections, songs, joy division, can, bauhaus

click the link to listen to the show

Jaz Coleman has agreed to host a 13th Floor streaming radio show in which he plays some of his most influential tracks. As one would expect from a man who excels in both the rock and classical worlds, Jaz’s tastes run all over the map from reggae to punk, from classical to metal. Listen in as Jaz Coleman shares, not only some of his favourite musical tracks, but also stories that include his friends from Joy Division, Can and Bauhaus, among others.

http://13thfloor.co.nz/2013/01/01/jaz-colemans-exclusive-13th-floor-radio-programme/

2 versions of black flag hitting the road in 2013

Greg Ginn and Ron Reyes 'putting finishing touches' on first record in 28 years, but not all key bandmates are involved

 http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jan/29/black-flag-reform-album-tour


Keith Morris on the deep background

Q&A: Keith Morris Of OFF! On Greg Ginn, The Black Flag Days And SST Records

 http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2012/07/keith_morris_off_black_flag_interview.php

get $30 off your first order at Advance Auto Parts

Advance Auto Parts great deal: Get $30 off your first order by clicking here.

coupon, discount code

Jamie Lee Curtis vs Seth MacFarlane

I'd rather hear the boob song once than to have to think about what happens once the probiotics carve a chunnel through the impacted mess of your lower GI tract every time you and the Breeders rip-off team appear on my television.

#fuckoff

godspeed listens to crimson, cuts hot track

we drift like worried fire owes a bit to Red-era King Crimson

not a damn thing wrong with that either.

rock on.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfwy0BRBc5g

larger scale calculations reveal return on investment / value for money... of money

The coin worth less than any other in the world
By Laura Gray BBC News 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21572359

What can you buy with a penny?
Right now, a penny doesn't even buy a penny.

Citizens to Retire the Penny is a non-partisan organization dedicated to educating the public on the advantages of retiring the penny from general circulation. It accepts no corporate sponsorship of any kind.
http://www.retirethepenny.org/

Will the butthole be unbroken? Gibby Haines meets Jack White

Gibby Haynes Meets Jack White
The sometime Butthole Surfer teams up with the former White Stripes frontman for a new single.
by Andy Langer / Texas Monthly
Wed February 13, 2013 11:00 am


http://www.texasmonthly.com/story/gibby-haynes-meets-jack-white

Wendell Berry - the 50 year farm bill

The 50-Year Farm Bill

By Wendell Berry
Nov 13 2012

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/11/the-50-year-farm-bill/265099/

keep pushing the lever for the pellet

Badgeville is the #1 gamification and behavior management platform. The world's leading businesses turn to Badgeville to increase customer and employee engagement. Samsung, Oracle, EMC, Universal Music, Opower, The Active Network, Autodesk, Microsoft, NBC and over 200 global innovators rely on Badgeville to measure and influence user behavior.

"We chose Badgeville because they came to the table with a whole suite of expertise, in loyalty, gamification, and behavioral psychology."

http://badgeville.com/

14 new episodes of Arrested Development / 2013

Fourteen new episodes of the comedy axed by Fox will be shown on Netflix in May and are intended as a prelude to an Arrested Development film

http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2013/jan/10/arrested-development-returns-may-planned-film

new Thurston Moore project & tour / sonic youth

new Thurston Moore project & tour

http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2013/01/10/chelsea-light-moving-self-titled-debut-album-coming-march-5-u-s-tour-dates/

Sat-Mar-02 Hoboken, NJ Maxwells
Mon-Mar-04 Charlottesville, VA The Southern
Tue-Mar-05 Asheville, NC Grey Eagle
Wed-Mar-06 Raleigh, NC Kings Barcade
Thu-Mar-07 Savannah, GA Savannah Stopover
Fri-Mar-08 Atlanta, GA The Earl
Sun-Mar-10 Denton, TX 35 Denton
Tue-Mar-19 Los Angeles, CA Echoplex
Wed-Mar-20 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
Fri-Mar-22 Portland, OR Doug Fir
Sat-Mar-23 Seattle, WA Neumo’s
Wed-Mar-27 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock
Fri-Mar-29 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle
Sat-Mar-30 Detroit, MI Magic Stick
Sun-Mar-31 Toronto, ONT Lee’s Palace
Tue-Apr-02 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Smalls
Wed-Apr-03 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
Thu-Apr-04 Washington, DC Black Cat
Fri-Apr-05 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
Sun-Apr-07 Boston, MA The Sinclair