Is This Democracy in Action or a Nascent Police State
Published by tsparks August 19th, 2008 in Technology, politics.Or both?
A young man (Terence Eden) in London is stopped for a random bag search by an “Anti Terrorism Squad” in a train station, the man has a mobile phone capable of streaming live video to the Internet, he streams the search. The stream is copied to a video community web site, now people from around the world can watch and comment on the police action, critique the police behavior and discuss the effectiveness of such state action.
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I like to cross borders, musical, in cuisine and on the ground.
Omar Souleyman the Syrian musical legend have issued more than five-hundred studio and live- recorded cassette albums Born in rural Northeastern Syria, he began his musical career in 1994 with a small group of local collaborators that remain with him today. The myriad musical traditions of the region are evident in their music.
Taken from his MySpace page
Fabric PodCast #16 has Dj and mix master Zed Bias at the controls.
This is a very nice mix of old R&B and remixes from the early 2000’s. Zed Bias is one of the funding artist of what became DubStep, his most well know hit being Neighborhood. Zed created soundscapes that are dark and bass heavy, pulling from Reggae, R&B and Latin TwoStep.
He brings some old vinyl from the 70’s and 80’s and then finishes with some of his own mixes and those of artists that have a strong influence on him.
Treat your self to a [listen] .
Fabric is a record label and night club in London England. The Fabric Podcasts are also available via RSS or iTunes.
In a letter to the editor on July 26th 2008 , Mr. Randolph L. Rhett put the U.S. presidential campaign rhetoric on Iraq in brilliant, focused perspective, with apologies to the L.A. Times I quote Mr. Rhett:
The only candidate talking about military defeat in Iraq is John McCain. Our soldiers have achieved every military goal we have asked of them. They are heroes who have done their jobs flawlessly and successfully. The failures have all come from Washington. Our politicians have failed to plan, failed to set goals, failed to understand the situation and failed to construct an achievable policy.
For McCain to talk of military defeat in the face of the failure of Washington politicians is shameful, disrespectful of our armed services and astonishingly arrogant. Someone needs to remind McCain that just because politicians failed in Washington, that doesn’t mean our brave soldiers failed in Iraq.
Withdrawing our troops is not a sign of military defeat; it is an acknowledgment of mistakes by civilian politicians in Washington. Keeping our troops in harm’s way does not bring them honor; it sacrifices them on the altar of political hubris.
Randolph L. Rhett [link]
Snailbooty continues to strike gold at Flickr. He is the master of the macabre vignettes and miniature setups. If only he and W.S. Burroughs could have collaborated.
July 12th Fremont Neighborhood Seattle WA:
The Fremont neighborhood was visited by one of the true originator, a giant in the reggae world U-Roy, grandfather to Rap, the original Toaster. In the late 1960s U-Roy was rapping over “versions” of popular songs remixed by dub pioneer King Tubby, known as “toasting,” this would later influence both Jamaican dancehall style and American hip-hop, laying the foundation for what is now a dominant music form. U-Roy was King Tubby’s first DJ and Toaster.
DJ Kool Herc brought the Jamaican Sounds System sensibility to New York block parties in the 1970’s and Rap was born.
Watching U-Roy walk out on stage and start singing was a crucial event, I was thrilled. Visit Blip.TV for larger version.
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