i was going to save this photo for when this windbag was out of office, but it's just too appropriate for this story. in a line...
bush claimed earlier this week that he gave up GOLFING for the troops in 2003, but as it turns out he was LYING about even that.
drudge report. hate to love it, but really, love to hate it. the photo below sums up the tone quite well. tons of misinformation on there, but undoubtedly the most influential political news aggregate. quite conservative, but oddly... oddly. anyway, below the picture are four great links from drudge report today.
michael moore is making a sequel to farenheit 9/11!
why is this great? because the first film was awesome and there is so much more evidence these days to support both the original premise and further impeachables...
the vatican says it's o.k. to believe in aliens!
why is this great? the money quote. "ruling out the existence of aliens would be like "putting limits" on God's creative freedom". ah, so are they saying that the nephilim are aliens, then?
oliver stone bush film highly critical of bush!
why is this great? while stone has come under fire by our resident conspiracy buff for royally misleading folks in the j.f.k. movie, he was poised to make a "respecting" portrait of bush. not the case, apparently.
libertarian candidate bob barr in it to win it!
why is this great? well, among other things, he is a lot more likely to take votes away from mccain than from obama. that's because libertarian is "anarchism" for yuppie scum AND because barr is pro drug war and anti gay and DEFENDS white supremacists.
i ate too much indian food this morning. ( i know, there's no such thing right? but you've never been to this buffet on my street, have you! ) well that pain is nothing compared with the difficulty faced by many sadhus. they are legally dead to the government of india, and often undergo tapas (austerities not spanish finger-foods)... like rastafarians, they often have dreadlocks and some smoke cannabis (like many other religions), but that's really where the comparison ends. they are really closer to sufis... anyway, they look awesome, so check 'em out... the fourth one down makes me really happy...
this interview on democracy now today was really compelling. more of a monologue, really, with slovene intellectual slavoj zizek (seen above with his argentinian-born former-underwear-model wife...). he commented on the usual stuff... the wars, the us presidential race, etc, but with a really captivating look at the left. he's a marxist, lacan-fan and a communist, but he was really more critical of the left than the right. he described bush and osama as escher's two hands drawing each other, warned against being so caught up in crisis (ecological, political, humanitarian) that you don't take time to analyze the situation, but most impressively, to me, when he said that the left should better at critquing the left than the right is...
this story of hillary clinton killing jim cooper's health care plan back in 1995 is a must-read, given her rhetoric about how much she crusades on the topic. two of the money quotes are:
"I warned her we didn't even have the votes (for her bill) in our subcommittee. She said, 'We're going to (politically) cut your legs off.' I've never gotten such a cold reception as I got from her."
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"She criticized my health care bill because it wouldn't achieve universal coverage until 1998. Well, today we'd be celebrating the 10th anniversary of having every American with insurance."
this clip from saturday night live might help you feel better...
if that doesn't this sure will.. it didn't?... o.k. this has to work.
i've been waiting on posting this because it made me so angry. the irony and despicableness of this makes me unable to even post an image with this... a first for this blog. just read it, especially if you live in pennsylvania under ed "lets still kill mumia" rendell.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/4/2/143110/5215/207/488988
i know i'm really stretching the definition of techno here, but as i've said, i think the influence of 4/4 dance tunes with a lot of electronics is hard to completely seperate out from funk, electro, house, hip hop and pop... anyway, to the tracks...
cajmere - otherwise known as green velvet... this is the classic track that annoys some, and brings others to a state of jackin' chicago dorkiness... got to hear it at least once.
(mp3) cajmere - "percolator" from the same-titled 12"
cameo - great electro funk/pop outfit from the eighties. this song is pure dance jam candy with a great message. the relationship advice here is on point, but the bass/crash on every beat it what makes this track.
(mp3) cameo - "i just want to be" from "secret omen"
can - another of those groups from the seventies that can't be ignored in terms of their contribution to techno. this song isn't as "dancey" as their hit "i want more", but the textures and subtleties are more to my taste. it's a tough track to mix because it's in a 7 beat rhythm (1-2-1-2-1-2-3), but it can be done! i like to drop this late in a 3 hour set after a really minimal period.
(mp3) can - "one more night" from "ege bamyasi"
cee-lo green - now more known as gnarls barkley was the spiritual influence behind the great atlanta rap coalition, the goodie mob. this track, released in between the goodie and gnarls phases is a killer. great for halloween. it's about freakiness and it has a nice electro/house vibe with obvious hip hop overtones, even some gospel influences.
(mp3) cee-lo - "closet freak" from "cee-lo green and his perfect imperfections"
chicks on speed - they've gone way downhill. they started off as an art-school joke and it was a good one, mocking dance music, art, fashion, etc... but now they take themselves seriously and it isn't funny anymore. i still love this tune. the mistakes (and nice early daft punk-esque production) make it... the announcements at the end are hilarious.
(mp3) chicks on speed - "pana rip-off" from "re-releases of the un-releases"
claude von stroke - i don't know shit about this artist either, but the atonal melody of this track makes it a keeper. he did the best remix of dj blaqqstar's "shake it to the ground", too...
(mp3) claude von stroke - "who's afraid of detroit" from same titled 12"
coh - one of the more interesting artists of the raster-noton label, the german super-minimalists. bust out your tone generators, people... this track is kind of evil and noisy compared to most of that label's aesthetic.
(mp3) coh - "path #2" from "patherns ep"
cornelius - japanese pop/rock sensation. seems to be moving closer and closer to dance-floor love. i dig this track's pristine disco feel... reminds me of metro area.
(mp3) cornelius - "fit song" from "sensuous"
the coup - the most well-rounded political rap since public enemy with the only possible exception being dead prez... this jam is pure house party. "i'm here to laugh, love, fuck and drink liquor... and help the damn revolution come quicker!" dig the west-coast synths.
(mp3) the coup - "laugh, love, fuck and drink liquor" from "pick a bigger weapon"
cybotron - also known as juan atkins. this track was recently sampled by missy elliot. a totally classic electro jam... heavy on the meditational imagery, yet isn't ironic. perfect.
(mp3) cybotron - "clear" from same titled 12"
cylob - i really can't stand most of what this artist does, and the graphic design of the albums is even worse... but this track (which is really more on the idm/jungle tip than techno) appeals to my closeted candy-raver goofiness with it's unabashed vocoder melodies. a pop song for djs of the the nostalgic rave set, loaded with clichés... i have to listen to it at least once a year.
(mp3) cylob - "cut the midrange, drop the bass"
apparently dafen in china is the source of most of the world's oil painting reproductions. this is a collection of self portraits by a handful of these artists, with a photo of the artist and an example of their work.
it's an interesting blend of the appropriated style and personal imagery.
my friend damian pointed me to his friend vanessa's blog (vanessa without borders), where she has a small but awesome collection of fashion shots from her recent travels to sierra leone. notice the black sabbath t-shirt above... the quote from this photo is "Can't you just see this guy on the Lower East Side?". i could.
for her 100th blogpost, laura has really excelled... her list is loaded with great stuff. i think it's a meme waiting to happen. go play... it's an hour of fun following her links.
oh, and i'm totally doing this soon, not for my 100th post (long gone), but soon!
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