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this is decidely scary shit.
On May 10 Steven Kurtz went to bed a married
art professor. On May 11 he woke up a widower.
By the afternoon he was under federal investigation
for bioterrorism. What began as a personal tragedy
for Mr Kurtz has turned into what many believe
is, at best, an overreaction prompted by 9/11
paranoia and, at worst, a politically motivated
attempt to silence a radical artist.
read the full story here
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220604 18:57
another exercise in vanity - pic from
saturday night's 'japanese' set (note very fortuitous
use of godzilla t-shirt...)
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200604 19:55
found this on music
for robots - just in case any of you had any
doubt (and we're all smart people here, right?
so i know that's not the case...), webshite has
posted a flash file that exposes the dire turgid
nonsense that is nickelback.
the file plays a 2001 single through your left
speaker, a 2003 single through the right - spot
the difference? i defy you to!
last night dj-ing at the state theatre
bar - two hours of japanese music preceeding a
screening of the original 1954 print of 'godzilla'.
not exactly a crowd who would be excited by such
a concept. one idiot dude was positively offended
by the fact that i would only play japanese music
and demanded that i play something he could dance
to ... in a lounge bar ... full of people relaxing.
i should have dropped merzbow like i promised
myself and watched his eyes bleed ... grr-arrg
muthafucka!!!
thanks to linnie for the link to 'the
shining re-enacted by bunnies in 30 seconds'.
really, is that what the global information superhighway
was built for :-)
some more
updates on michael moore's farenheit 9/11
from the people that brought you warp records
- warp
films
big update on fatplanet.com.au
tonight - loads of free music to download, people!
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160604 22:35
adbusters are at it again with
unbrandamerica.org
- i share the sentiments, although the action
of flying the bastardised american flag might
look a little weird in australia. if there's any
american cousins reading this, check the above
link for some insightful info.
apparently 'glasgow kiss' has been added
to the oxford english dictionary. any chance
of 'dunderheid' next? link supplied by nick, as
was this
one for the bush-reagan zombie campaign ticket.
niccccccce braaaaaaaaaains. segway>> just
back from seeing the australian test screening
of 'shaun
of the dead'. verdict- fucking great. forget
the dawn of the dead remake and get a slice of
this north london 'romantic comedy with zombies'.
sometimes you need to share. and i feel i need
to share this. i found it on a forum on inthemix.com.au
- australia's main dance music resource. it's
a review from someone who went to see "the
klf" (sic) at a recent melbourne
show. i don't think i need to say anything else,
needs no further comment :-)
"Dance music fans are used to glittery gorgeous
singers fronting studio projects - from the vocalist
of Black Box miming Martha Walshes vocals to the
scandal that was Milli Vanilli - in order to hear
the music we've purchased on CD in a 'live' environment,
we've had to put up with it all: lip syncing,
rotating lead singers and knob twiddling DJs fronted
by hired dancers. But nothing - I repeat NOTHING
- could have prepared me for the utter abomination
that was "The KLF" (alongside C&C
Music Factory and Snap!) at Sweatfest (Metro,
Sat June 5th). C&C where represented by the
talented Barbara Tucker, respected house diva
and former choreographer for the dance troupe.
Snap!s Turbo B put in a good performance for Snap!
"But the controversy I want to address here
is regarding the KLF. First, a bit of background
as to why rapper/singer Wanda Dee tours under
the 'KLF' moniker. The REAL KLF - Bill Drummond
and Jimmy Cauty - sampled Wanda's voice in 2 of
their biggest hits 'What Time Is Love' and 'Last
Train To Trancentral'. Although amounting to mere
snippets of sound ("I wanna see you sweat"
and "Come on boy do ya wanna ride"),
Wanda commenced legal action to ensure she received
royalties, publishing rights and even appearances
in the KLF videos. Wanda now believes this gives
her the right to tour under such aliases as "Wanda
Dee and the new KLF", "The KLF featuring
Wanda Dee" or "Wanda Dee and the KLF
Experience". A more appropriate name would
be "Wanda Dee's Cabaret Act Trampling The
Legacy Of The Real KLF".
"When Wanda stepped onto stage wearing a
fluffy feather jacket over leather chaps and G
string, I suspected that I was not about to witness
one of dance music's most respected artists, responsible
for cutting edge stadium anthems and the revered
White Room album. Instead I stood open mouthed
and shocked as Wanda and her dancers desecrated
their music, history and legend by prancing around
stage in leather outfits while her effeminate,
whip-cracking husband (sporting a leopard print
coat and jehri curl haircut circa Ice Cube 1989)
fleeted around like a ballerina with a cactus
up his/her ass.
"Not only did this foul cabaret act defile
the legacy of the KLF, her talentless fairy of
a husband had the audacity to disrespect Bill
Drummond and Jimmy Cauty - the REAL KLF producers
- mid performance. Preaching to the 1000+ crowd
of youngsters and twentysomethings that "The
real KLF producers cant sing or dance", and
are "boring old farts who sit in a studio"
the talentless f*ckwit argued that his aberration
is keeping the spirit of the music alive. This
was taking a cruel joke too far. The audience
of Melbourne Australia was one of hundreds being
defrauded worldwide by Wanda and her d*ck head
moron husband.
"Wanda, take yourself, your leather outfits,
dancers and f*ckwit husband (who cant even shout
the one-line rap ad-libs of 'Back with a heavyweight
jam' on time) to the Vegas show circuit. There
you can dance and sing to Tina Turner and Prince
hits to your hearts content. But should you ever
dare to tour Melbourne Australia as the 'KLF'
again, you can expect to be greeted by 'F*ck off,
we want the REAL KLF' banners and a good pelting
of eggs (unfortunately, I don't own a firearms).
You have been warned".
ouch.
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100604 08:46
jon ronson (uk journo, author of 'them')
has written a
piece on his experience of rummaging through the
late stanley kubrick's archive. great stuff
(thanks to nick for the link).
the image below was sent to me in an email headed
'is it moving?". the question is ask is 'is
it naff? or 'should i be posting this detritus?'.
the eternal questions of life...
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070604 22:54
in case you missed the obvious link to the left
(it's like a sign on a door - when do we actually
read them?) - the mp3 blog has moved off to its
own shiny new address, namely fatplanet.com.au.
this had been staring me in the face for a long
time (splitting my assets, so to speak) and finally
it's happened. which means those of you interested
in music can head over there, whilst the more
voyeuristic of us can find solace in this little
URL. so welcome back to the simple life :-) and
fortunately there's no hiltons in sight...
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