Nothing seemed true; I felt surrounded by cardboard scenery which could quickly be removed….
Tonight was so appalling that it delivered me into a minor existential funk.
Consider that I’ve been DJing (paid) since around 1986. That’s a lot of bad nights and, thankfully, some beautiful ones. Man. But as I looked round the Bless [...]
Archive for March, 2006
Hello! Are you out there, Stephen? If you are, get in touch, mate, as you have fans waiting…
Filmmakers Against War are a collective of activists, filmmakers and artists who are using their creative skills to help raise the awareness of UK and International War Laws.
Filmmakers Against War seeks to educate and raise awareness of UK and international war law, and to highlight military actions that have been taken now and in the [...]
Four police officers were guilty of the most serious neglect of duty over the death of ex-paratrooper Christopher Alder in 1998, a watchdog has ruled.
Mr Alder, 37, who was black, choked at a Hull police station. His sister said after the report that those responsible had still not been held to account
Mr Alder, a father-of-two [...]
Brian Haw, the anti-war protester who has lived at a one-man peace camp outside Parliament since June 2001, was arrested yesterday on suspicion of obstructing the police.
Mr Haw said the incident began when police tried to confiscate one of his banners. “It’s a beautiful pink banner with large black letters which say ‘Bliar War Criminal’.” [...]
Riddle of Steel’s 2005 album was in my best-of list for last year. They make heavy, twiddly rock that is unashamedly riff-charged and catchy.
And now you can see them live in the UK:
Mmmm….
US military investigators are examining allegations that Marines shot unarmed Iraqis, then claimed they were “enemy fighters”, The Independent on Sunday has learned. In the same incident, eyewitnesses say, one man bled to death over a period of hours as soldiers ignored his pleas for help.
American military officials in Iraq have already admitted that 15 [...]
Joining what some are calling the nation’s largest mobilization of immigrants ever, hundreds of thousands of people boisterously marched in downtown Los Angeles Saturday to protest federal legislation that would crack down on undocumented immigrants, penalize those who help them and build a security wall on the U.S. southern border.
Spirited crowds representing labor, religious groups, [...]
Top new track this week was the amazing ‘Politricks’ by Akir. Here’s a snippet from the final verse:
I got a letter from my brother
Said the media confuse ya
The Army Navy game
Was slippin’ Quarters from Fallujah
No proper armor when they move us
Damn we trapped
Kurds, Shiites and Sunnis surround us in Iraq
Kerry lost
Colin Powell threw in the [...]
The wonderful Cannonball Adderley
My lovely mrs. came across a riveting article from Playboy published in 1960 where they interview some jazz legends about the links between music and drugs. Here’s an excerpt:
C. ADDERLEY: I’m afraid that I have played with many musicians who were stoned out of their minds and played like never before. [...]