Tuesday, 20 October 2009
Episode 05
Unfortunately, this edition was pre-recorded without the usual bells and whistles but an all vinyl selection of music from the CKCU vaults.
But first...
Congratulations to Mr Obama this for his Nobel Prize. Apparently any US president who doesn't invade another country within the first six months in office, has promoted world peace...
WHERE’S MY JET-PACK? Technological Revolution
Youth 'cannot live' without web
A survey of 16 to 24 year olds has found that 75% of them feel they "couldn't live" without the internet.
Of course you can live without the internet, but I wouldn't want to
It's certainly an essential part of my life
Work, banking, communication and travel are all mediated by technology.
Also this week:
Europe's net refuseniks revealed
One third of Europeans have never used the net, according to an EU report.
NEWS FROM NOWHERE
Ottawa:
Air Canada jet diverted over beer theft
Wed Oct 14, 1:55 PM
OTTAWA (AFP) - There was no fire, engine woe or medical emergency when an Air Canada Jazz flight made an unscheduled stop in western Canada late Tuesday: the pilot diverted the jet over a beer theft, police said.
Ontario:
Forces' chopper pilot with the munchies makes stop for burgers
A fast-food restaurant in this western Ontario city served cheeseburgers to a Canadian Forces pilot Thursday — while his helicopter was parked outside.
Canada:
Recount for N.L. mayoral race with teen a tie
By THE CANADIAN PRESS
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — A judicial vote recount ending in an exact tie has squelched the hopes of a teenager who was briefly thought to be Canada’s youngest mayor ever — at least for now.
World:
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad revealed to have Jewish past
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's vitriolic attacks on the Jewish world hide an astonishing secret, evidence uncovered by The Daily Telegraph shows.
A photograph of the Iranian president holding up his identity card during elections in March 2008 clearly shows his family has Jewish roots.
AMERICA ON LSD
US state Democratic Party mistakenly appoints dead man to local committee
MOBILE, Ala. - Reynolds Smith Jr. was a stalwart Democratic voter. But the Alabama Democratic Party overlooked another fact when it appointed Smith to an interim party panel: He died in November at age 83.
Monday, 19 October 2009
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Tuesday, 6 October 2009
Episode 04
Online music fraud 'gang' arrested
Metropolitan Police and the FBI have announced today the arrest of 10 members of what are being called an online music fraud "gang" accused of downloading their own uploaded music thousands of times using stolen credit cards to reap royalty payments.
WHERE’S MY JET-PACK? Technological Revolution
How tweet it is for Uganda's gorillas
Sep 30, 2009 04:30 AM
Lurking deep in the mist-glazed forests of East Africa, Uganda's mountain gorillas are preparing to "tweet" for their survival.
With the launch on Saturday of the "Friend a Gorilla" campaign, humans will soon be able to follow the everyday drama of one of the few remaining 720 mountain gorillas online, far from the red ants, mud and tropical rain of their habitats.
* So, if you're worried about the mountain gorillas you can follow them on twitter.
* In related tech news:
40 percent of Twitter messages 'pointless babble': study
Mon Aug 17, 2:33 PM
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Forty percent of the messages on Twitter are "pointless babble" along the lines of "I am eating a sandwich now," according to a study conducted by a US market research firm.
* I've never been a fan of twitter, I don't really get it, no one needs to be in touch that much
* This youtube vid by Lisa Nova, called "twitter whore" satirises this social phenomenum pretty well:
I'm not the only one conerned with twitter:
* According to an article in Wired Magazine, the US military is as well
* The article: Spy Fears: Twitter Terrorists, Cell Phone Jihadists
* describes how miniature messaging software could be used as an effective tool for coordinating militant attacks
IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME
US funding of Afghanastan's mujahideen during the Soviet invasion in 1979 helped create al Qaida.
* Mujahideen, is the plural form of the word Mujahid (translated literally means "struggler") is a person who is fighting for freedom. The word is from the same Arabic word jihad ("struggle").
* These guys were significantly financed and armed (and allegedly trained) by the CIA during the Carter and Reagan administrations
* As well as by The governments of Saudi Arabia, the China, Pakistan Iran and several Western European countries including the UK.
* The Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) was the inter-agent used in the majority of these activities to disguise the sources of support for the resistance.
* Under Reagan, U.S. support for the mujahideen evolved into an official U.S. foreign policy, known as the Reagan Doctrine, which included U.S. support for anti-Soviet resistance movements in Afghanistan, Angola, Nicaragua
In a the oddly named article:
The United States did not “create” Osama bin Laden
01 May 2009
States:
"The United States supported the Afghans fighting for their country’s freedom in the 1980s — as did other countries — but the United States did not support the other Muslims who came to fight in Afghanistan for broader goals"
The website goes on to claim:
"The United States wanted to be able to deny that the CIA was funding the Afghan war, so its support was funneled through Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence agency (ISI). ISI in turn made the decisions about which Afghan factions to arm and train, tending to favor the most Islamist and pro-Pakistan. The Afghan Arabs generally fought alongside those factions, which is how the charge arose that they were creatures of the CIA."
So there you go: you try to stop the spread of god-hating communists and you end up helping god-fearing extremists.
Is there anything the State Department can learn from this? Well, stop spending tax payers money on guns and stay out of other countries affairs...
We'll no doubt find out about the next batch of people who want to destroy the West about thirty years from the invasion of Iraq
Something to look forward to...
ONION RADIO NEWS
BECOME THE MEDIA: Indy-Media Watch
The Independent Media Center is a global network of journalists that report on political and social issues. It originated during the anti-WTO protests in 1999 and remains closely associated with the global justice movement, which criticizes neo-liberalism, and its associated institutions. Indymedia uses an open publishing and democratic media process that allows anybody to contribute.
According to its homepage:
"Indymedia is a collective of independent media organizations and hundreds of journalists offering grassroots, non-corporate coverage. Indymedia is a democratic media outlet for the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of truth."Indymedia was founded as an alternative to government and mainstream media, and seeks to facilitate people being able to publish their media as directly as possible.
The first Indymedia project was started in late November 1999 to report on protests against the WTO meeting that took place in Seattle, Washington, and to act as an alternative media source.
After Seattle the idea and network spread rapidly. By 2002, there were 89 Indymedia websites covering 31 countries (plus Palestinian Authority), growing to over 150 by January 2006.
Indymedia websites publish in a number of languages, including English, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, French, Russian, Arabic and Hebrew.
* One problem with this type of open media is that, since anyone can publish with little to no editorial process, unsubstantiated allegations and conspiracy theories are often published as fact, along with inaccurate articles and content that can offend
* Mind you there are many examples of this happening in the main stream media
* Indymedia traditionally adopts a position hostile to the interests of capital and thus can be obviously bias,
* You could say however that this is the purpose of the media.
* In terms of bias, you know when you go to the "indymedia" website that they will be supporting thier own agenda, as you do when go to the foxnews website
* Although Indymedia has global aspirations, the vast majority of IMCs are in North America, Latin America and Europe.
* The Middle East is also an area of considerable interest to Indymedia, there are only three IMCs in the region
Indy-media has been subject of controversy over the years, notably:
* In May 2003, Google temporarily stopped including some IMCs in Google News searches after receiving numerous complaints about newswire stories that referred to the Israeli military (IDF) as "Zionazi forces" or to Israelis as "Zionazis"
* Google News described the term "Zionazi" as a "degrading, hateful slur" and refused to index the Bay Area IMC where the comments had appeared; SF Bay Area Indymedia agreed that it "could be considered hate speech".
* IMCs were still included in normal Google web searches. As of October 2004, IMC articles were restored to Google News searches
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Media_Center
I visited IMC Ottawa, and was pretty disappointed with the quality and content of the journalism:
* I read the first dozen stories or so, the most recent from June this yeat
* There was not a single article
* It seemed like a message board for uni students protests like:
Solidarity Rally for Indigenous in Peru
SHUT DOWN CANSEC 2009!
*There was one article that looked interesting:
*PUBLIC SPACE IS UNDER ATTACK IN OTTAWA
Why are we paying to keep panhandlers in jail cells? Why have street artists, novelty vendors, and buskers vanished from city streets? Why are we allowing business in this city to use the police department as their PRIVATE security on PUBLIC streets?
It’s time to take back OUR STREETS!
Join the Ottawa Panhandlers’ Union on Friday, May 1st as we kick off our Black Ribbon campaign to reclaim public space for ALL of us, not just the ones wearing suits and ties.
4pm
Friday, May 1st
Human Rights Monument (Elgin and Lisgar)
For more information, please contact the Ottawa Panhandlers’ Union at 613-748-0460
* Really! The Ottawa Panhandlers' Union
* My first question is why are there so many beggars on the streets
* we are not in the US, this is the capital of Utopian Socialism, and there's people living on the streets
* What's that about? And then they have their own union?
* I don't get it!
* Anyway...
I had a look around at other Indy-media sites and found that Seattle had a pretty vibrant scene and the ones in Europe where well used
Toronto didn't have an Indy-media site and most of the links to the other Canadian sites were broken. However, Quebec and the Maritimes had more doing on than the nations capital.
NEWS FROM NOWHERE
Ottawa:
Counselling for teens who planted explosive device near school
THE OTTAWA CITIZENOCTOBER 1, 2009
OTTAWA — Two teens involved in making a homemade explosive device and leaving it on the grounds of A. Lorne Cassidy Elementary School in Stittsville last week have been identified by police and will receive counselling, police say.
Ontario:
Ont. church covered in ketchup and mustard during bizarre break-and-enter incident
OAKVILLE, Ont. - A bizarre break-and-enter incident that saw condiments spread over the pews and pulpit of an Oakville, Ont., church has caused some $10,000 worth of damage.
Canada:
Stephen Harper Sings Beatles Song At "Rich Gala"
10/05/09 12:59pm
by Kate Harper
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper showed up during cellist Yo-Yo Ma's performance at... an arts gala this weekend.
Here's Harper singing at the gala
World:
Miss Singapore World resigns after lingerie fraud
Wed Sep 30, 12:46 pm ET
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Beauty queen Miss Singapore World has given up her crown after it emerged that she had stolen credit cards to go on a shopping spree for lingerie. Ris Low had come under public pressure to be stripped of her 2009 title, after local media reported she stole seven credit cards last year while working at a medical clinic, buying goods worth about S$8,000 ($5,662) including gold anklets and phones.
AMERICA ON LSD
US woman fried, ate pet goldfish amid dispute with her ex over jewelry, police say
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (CP)
PASADENA, Texas — Authorities say a Houston-area woman who was angry with her former common-law husband fried their pet goldfish and ate some of them.
THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION
Last week were were looking at Transgenderism
Might be appropriate to look at another shade of the sexual rainbow:
Cross-dressing is the act of wearing clothing commonly associated with the other gender
Nearly every human society throughout history has distinguished between male and female gender by the style, color, or type of clothing they wear and has had a set of norms, views, guidelines, or even laws defining what type of clothing is appropriate for each gender.
Cross-dressing is a behavior which runs significantly counter to those norms and therefore can be seen as a type of transgender behavior, which we talked about last week.
It does not, however, necessarily indicate transgender identity; a person who cross-dresses does not always identify as having a gender different from that assigned at birth.
Some people automatically connect cross-dressing behavior to transgender identity or sexual, fetishist, and homosexual behavior, but the term cross-dressing itself does not imply any motives.
However, referring to a person as a cross-dresser suggests that their cross-dressing behavior is habitual and may be taken to mean that the person identifies as transgendered. The term cross-dresser should therefore be used with care to avoid causing misunderstanding or offense.
Therefore, we are looking specifically at:
Transvestic fetishism, which refers specifically to cross-dressing; sexual arousal in response to individual garments is fetishism.
Transvestic fetishism can occur with or without gender dysphoria (transgenderism);
Most men who have TF do not have a problem with their assigned sex.
Some male transvestic fetishists collect women's clothing, e.g. nightgowns, babydolls, slips, and other types of nightwear, lingerie, stockings and pantyhose, items of a distinct feminine look and feel. They may dress in these feminine garments and take photographs of themselves while living out their secret fantasies.
According to the American Psychiatric Association. (2000). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, this fetishism has been described only in men and, more specifically, only in men sexually attracted to women.
Married transvestic fetishists will experience considerable anxiety and guilt if their spouse objects to their behaviour.
If you do have such a fetish, you should bring your wife in on it - she might be into too
Shouldn't be ashamed - acording to Craig's List Ottawa, it pretty common in the NCR
Famous cross dressers include:
J. Edgar Hoover
Joan of Arch
and this famous comedian:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-dressing
Tuesday, 29 September 2009
Episode 03
Extract from a forward email. I don't encourage forwarding these, as they're just a means for harvesting address for spam... but I thought that this was interesting:
"Washington, DC Metro Station on a cold January morning in 2007. The man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time approximately 2 thousand people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.
After 3 minutes a middle- aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried to meet his schedule.
4 minutes later: the violinist received his first dollar: a woman threw the money in the hat and, without stopping, continued to walk..
6 minutes: A young man leaned against the wall to listen to him, then looked at his watch and started to walk again.
10 minutes: A 3-year old boy stopped but his mother tugged him along hurriedly. The kid stopped to look at the violinist again, but the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk, turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. Every parent, without exception, forced their children to move on quickly.
45 minutes: The musician played continuously. Only 6 people stopped and listened for a short while. About 20 gave money but continued to walk at their normal pace. The man collected a total of $32. 1 hour: He finished playing and silence took over. No one noticed. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.
No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, with a violin worth $3.5 million dollars. Two days before Joshua Bell sold out a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100.
This is a true story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and people's priorities.
The questions raised: in a common place environment at an inappropriate hour, do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize talent in an unexpected context?
One possible conclusion reached from this experiment could be this: If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, playing some of the finest music ever written, with one of the most beautiful instruments ever made.... How many other things are we missing?
LOST IN LYRICS
"That's all right" by Elvis Presely, was named number on by Rolling Stone's top forty songs that changed the world.
"That's All Right" is the name of the first single released by Elvis Presley, written and originally performed by blues singer Arthur Crudup as "That's All Right, Mama". Elvis' version was recorded in July 1954, and released on 19 July 1954 with "Blue Moon of Kentucky" as the B-side.
Born in Forest, Mississippi Arthur Crudup stopped recording in the 1950s, however, after further battles over royalties. He returned to recording and touring in 1965, sometimes labeled "The Father of Rock and Roll", a title which he accepted with some bemusement.
Ungratified due to the loss of royalties, he would refer to his admirer Presley as 'Elvin Preston'. Throughout this time Crudup worked as a laborer to augment the small wages he received as a singer and non-existent royalties.
Crudup returned to Mississippi after a dispute over royalties, then went into bootlegging, and later moved to Virginia where he had lived and worked as a musician and laborer. In the early 1970s, two local Virginia activists, Celia Santiago and Margaret Carter, both assisted him in attempting to gain royalties he felt he were due, to little gain.
He died in the Nassawadox hospital in Northampton County, Virginia in 1974.
Adapted from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Crudup
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WHERE’S MY JET-PACK? Technological Revolution
US objects to Google book deal
"The US Justice Department has urged a New York court to reject a deal that would allow internet company Google to publish millions of books online.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8264544.stm
I'm getting pretty scared of Google: they seem to hold too much power and consolidate too much information.
Google book though, sounds like a good idea, a step towards the democratization of knowledge. The books are available in PDF format for you can't cut and post them.
"On October 28, 2008, Google stated that they had 7 million books searchable through Google Book Search, including those scanned by their 20,000 publisher partners.Of the 7 million books, 1 million are "full preview" based on agreements with publishers. 1 million are in the public domain. Most scanned works are no longer in print or commercially available.
In return for having their books online, authors will receive $60 per full book, or $5 to $15 for partial works. In return, Google will be able to index the books and display snippets in search results, as well as up to 20% of each book in preview mode. Google will also be able to show ads on these pages and make available for sale digital versions of each book.
Authors and copyright holders will receive 63 percent of all advertising and e-commerce revenues associated with their works.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/11/google-book-settlement-site-is-up-paying-authors-60-per-scanned-book/
No one really wants to read books on their computer, this technology would only be useful for research and referencing. The publishing industry is on its last legs, so they should be luck to get what they can.

IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME
Ideas and plans that have backfired
Abstinence programs
Chastity rings – picture on wikipedia it looks like a gold ring with five vaginal cavities filled with crosses...
"According to a study carried out on 12,000 young people by Yale University researchers, young people who promise to stay virgin until they marry have the same risks of developing STDs as other young people. Researchers also found that those who took the virginity pledge are more likely to take part in anal sex and oral sex"
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/21606.php
David Bario, a reporter in the Chicago Tribune, Rutland Herald, and several other news websites wrote:
"Under the Bush administration, organizations that promote abstinence and encourage teens to sign virginity pledges or wear purity rings have received federal grants. The Silver Ring Thing, a subsidiary of a Pennsylvania Evangelical Church, has received more than $1 million from the government to promote abstinence and to sell its rings in the United States and abroad."
http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050329/NEWS/503290315/1027
ONION RADIO NEWS
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Tuesday, 22 September 2009
Episode 02
LOST IN LYRICS
"It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" is a song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It is the first track of their Australian album T.N.T., released in December 1975 (see 1975 in music), and was written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young and Bon Scott. Musically, the song is notable for combining bagpipes with hard rock electric guitars, drums, and bass
The song is about the travails of using rock 'n' roll as a vehicle for success. As detailed by the song, perils of being in a rock 'n' roll band include getting:
• Robbed
• Stoned
• Beat up
• Broken-boned
• Had
• Took
• Grey
• Ripped off
• Under-paid
• Sold second-hand
• Doing "one-night stands"
• Old
In May 2001, Australasian Performing Rights Association (APRA) celebrated its 75th anniversary by naming the Best Australian Songs of all time, as decided by a 100-member industry panel, "It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" was ranked as the ninth song on the list.[5]The song is regularly played during stoppages at AFL matches at the ANZ stadium in Sydney
It is common in Australia to sing "It's a long way to the shop if you wanna sausage roll", or less commonly "It's a long way to the shop if you wanna Chiko Roll", or "It's a long way to the Cross if you wanna fuck a moll" ("the Cross" referencing Kings Cross, Sydney's notorious red-light district).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_a_Long_Way_to_the_Top_%28If_You_Wanna_Rock_%27n%27_Roll%29
WHERE’S MY JET-PACK? Technological Revolution
City transit committee OKs $17M technology package for OC Transpo buses
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/City+transit+committee+technology+package+Transpo+buses/2001157/story.html
Fundy’s fury put to the test
Province approves underwater turbine tryouts
From the Nova Scotian Chronicle-Herald
By JUDY MYRDEN Business Reporter
Wed. Sep 16
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/1142788.html
IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME
Ideas and plans that have backfired
Energy-efficient light bulbs
Ban the bulb? What kind of bright idea is that?
Last Updated: Tuesday, September 1, 2009
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/09/01/f-light-bulbs-energy-efficient-incandescent.html#socialcomments
BECOME THE MEDIA: Indy-Media Watch
We don’t have to sit on the couch and be force fed reality from the military industrial complex’s marketing arm known as… the mass media. We can create the news agenda and in this section we are going to have a look at alternative sources of information…
The Onion is an American "fake news" organization. It features satirical articles reporting on international, national, and local news as well as an entertainment newspaper and website known as The A.V. Club. It claims a national print circulation of 690,000 and says 61 percent of its web site readers are between 18 and 44 years old.
NEWS FROM NOWHERE
Ottawa:
Did UFO crash into Ottawa River?
Posted By JON WILLING/Sun Media
August 7
http://www.wellandtribune.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1676420
Ontario:
London, Ont., police tell drivers to lie, in tongue-in-cheek safety message
Thu Sep 3, 3:36 PM
By The Canadian Press
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090903/koddities/oddity_driving_tips
Canada:
Molson-Coors taking down billboards that take jab at Toronto residents
Tue Aug 18, 7:00 PM
By The Canadian Press
http://entertainment.yahoo.ca/s/capress/090818/koddities/oddity_billboard_toronto
World:
British embassies tired of bizarre requests
Thu Aug 13
http://www.weyak.ae/channels/news/article/view/lang/en/type/offbeat/id/2024638
AMERICA ON LSD
Look at our crazy cousins down there south of the border and the results of the End of Empire…
Obese Texas man hides gun between rolls of fat
Sat Aug 8
THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION
Part of the evolution of humanity is to recognize that all forms of sexuality between consenting adults is normal and natural, which should be celebrated as an intimate part of society not stigmatized.
Okay, so they found that Caster Semenya, one of the best female sprinters in the world:
1. Has no womb.
2. Has no ovaries.
3. Has "internal testes."
4. Has three times the testosterone of a normal woman.
http://gawker.com/5356739/runner-lady-is-a-hermaphrodite
Gender issue opens old wounds
Canadian sprinter Hilda Strike, poses on the podium at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, after her silver-medal winning performance in the 100-metre race. Nearly 50 years later, it was revealed that gold medallist Stella Walsh, running for her native Poland, was a hermaphrodite.
South African runner's win frustrates Canadian woman whose grandmother lost Olympic gold medal in 1932 to female with male characteristics
Sep 12, 2009
http://www.thestar.com/olympics/article/694737
1 percent of live births exhibit some degree of sexual ambiguity.[66] Between 0.1% and 0.2% of live births are ambiguous enough to become the subject of specialist medical attention, including surgery to disguise their sexual ambiguity.
People in Ottawa - one percent of 1 million = ten thousand
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex#cite_note-ISNA_frequency-65
Tuesday, 15 September 2009
Episode 01
Welcome to the Evolution of Revolution, I'm Al McKaul. On this show we are going to take a look at the ideas and music that have changed the world – mental, musical and spiritual revolutions.
Not just revolution but evolution as well.
It seems to me that throughout history human's have struggled to compete for resources, and it works out that some people get all the money and wealth and power, and others don't.
As time progresses – those with all the money and wealth and power get so few, and those without power get so many – splufsh – revolution – the hour glass flips, the 'have-nots' take over and the whole thing starts again.
This seems to be getting pretty repetitive – so we want to see some evolution rather than just revolution.
We can make an active choice to repeat the mistakes of the past or to live a better life everyday in all our actions and interactions.
Oten we may feel overwhelmed by apathy – helpless to change the world around us: you can't fight the city or the government or the corporations or your boss – but you CAN! We can. We've dont it before and we'll so it again. People are doing it right now! I'm not talking about storming the winter palace or beheading the royal family – although it is an option – I'm taking about things we can do everyday to cahnge the world – take the bus to work, or better, ride you bike, turn off the TV and read a book, eat meat one less time a week, listen to CKCU, quit smoking, go to your local council meeting, write to your MP, boycott McDonald's, start a growers co-op or do some volunteer work.
WE CREATE the work we live in – have a look around you now – maybe your at home or driving around the suburbs – Are you happy with this world? Is it perfect? If not, how can we make it better – We can make a difference – we just have to make a choice to do it.
We'll be looking at Revolutions and evolutions in media, the arts, technology, music and sexuality... let's get underway...
Lost in Lyrics:
Tool "stinkfist"
The album was dedicated to satirist Bill Hicks, who had died two and a half years earlier.[14] The band intended to raise awareness about Hicks's material and ideas, because they felt that Tool and Hicks "were resonating similar concepts".[29] In particular, Ænima's final track "Third Eye" is preceded by a clip of Hicks' performances, and both the lenticular casing of the Ænima album packaging as well as the chorus of the title track "Ænema" make reference to a sketch from Hicks's Arizona Bay, in which he contemplates the idea of Los Angeles falling into the Pacific Ocean.[29][30]
The first single, "Stinkfist", garnered limited and imperfect airplay: It was shortened by radio programmers, MTV (U.S.) renamed the music video of "Stinkfist" to "Track #1" due to offensive connotations,[31] and the lyrics of the song were altered.[32] Responding to fan complaints about censorship, Matt Pinfield of MTV's 120 Minutes expressed regret on air by waving his fist in front of his face while introducing the video and explaining the name change.[31]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tool_%28band%29#cite_note-29
Where's my Jet-pack? The Technological Revolution:
The new Mac Book Pro Reveiw
- Why not vista or Linux – Linux is the aim, but I wanted to try the other white meat
- It's the greenest laptop according to them
- It's sexy – one solid peice of aluminium with the glass screen
- Converting to mac took a while
- Apple store is packed – too busy selling stuff to give support – Karbon Computing were a lot more helpful
- One click / finder / flower key
- Frustrating
- Pros – it works – doesn't crash – you don't wait – ecerything is built in
- Cons – price – one sound port – smugness of mac – everything has to be done the mac way
It seemed like a good idea at the time:
Ideas and plans that have backfired.
Sending your old computer to Africa – BBC 'Nigeria fears e-waste 'toxic legacy'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/africa/6193625.stm
Unfortunately, our first show was truncated by unforeseen routine maintenance on the CKCU transmitter.
More to come next week...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tool_%28band%29 - cite_note-stinkfist-30