A tale from the ghetto in meter and rhyme
A tale from the ghetto in meter and rhyme
Date: July 29th, 2010
Pentagon claims lying about Afghan war only way to keep trust of allies, keep Afghan away from unrest
Date: July 29th, 2010
Reuters: WikiLeaks may have blood on its hands, U.S. says
The whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks may have blood on its hands, the Pentagon said on Thursday, warning its unprecedented leak of secret U.S. military files could cost lives and damage trust of allies.
Admitting, of course, that when the truth is known about the situation, it’s more horrific than we thought. That lying and hiding the truth is the only way we can continue prosecuting this ‘war’ (read: invasion) that no one but the profiteers and defense hawks want. The defense hawks get their campaigns funded by the profiteers.
He also announced plans to tighten access to sensitive intelligence data.
In other words, hide the truth better so the lies can continue to keep us in this forever war. The longest the U.S. has been involved in.
“Mr. Assange can say whatever he likes about the greater good he thinks he and his source are doing,” Mullen said. “But the truth is they might already have on their hands the blood of some young soldier or that of an Afghan family.”
Pot: Kettle, I am going to say you are black and intimate that I’m not, even though I painted myself black and you are obviously silver.
The Pentagon and Congress and George W. Bush have blood on their hands of ALL the young soldiers that have died in this invasions, and all the Afghan and Iraqi families destroyed by these invasions. And they’re now trying to blame it on Wikileaks. Please, get real. Why should we believe anything you say, when we find out through Wikileaks that there is way more blood on your hands than you’ve begrudgingly admitted to these past 9 years? You’ve been lying to us throughout this war, why should we suddenly believe everything you say is the honest truth?
We can’t. Your credibility is destroyed utterly until you make all your files available to the citizens who are in charge of this government. By, of and for the people.
Until you stop the lies, you will only look more foolish.
Music gear up on te eBay
Date: July 29th, 2010
First off, a pair of PSB Image 1B speakers. Near reference quality, though unpowered and unsuitable to be music monitors due to the necessity of an external amplifier that I just never have room for. Speakers take up enough of my computer/studio area, such as it is.
Second, an Evolution UC33e USB/MIDI control surface. Works great, doesn’t have the faceplates, and has been superseded by the ever-so-excellent Akai APC-40 controller that’s designed to work specifically with Ableton. Functions as a USB to MIDI interface as well. If you purchase a power supply (not included by the mfg.) it can function as a MIDI controller for your gear, without any computer needed.
Thirdly, a Behringer BCR2000 rotary control surface, USB/MIDI. 32 knobs, 8 of which have 4 virtual groups, giving a total of 56 or so functions you can control without switching patches. The power button is trying to fall out, though the button itself is sturdy it’s held in by a cheap plastic collar that’s starting to collapse. Comes with power cord. Drivers and/or Sysex patch librarian available through behringer.com. Again, superseded by the APC-40, which does everything the UC33e and BCR2000 can do and more.
There’s also these hole-making drill bits (not hole saws, don’t really go all the way through but scrape out a nice round space). I have no idea what they’re actually called or used for – thought they were hole saws but was sadly mistaken. Then found a set of hole saws in my grandpa’s garage and got my job done anyway. No one’s gonna buy them, and they’re probably going to be thrown away as useless.
Tony Hayward cries some more
Date: July 27th, 2010
BBC: “This is a very sad day for me personally,” Mr Hayward told reporters.
“Whether it is fair or unfair is not the point. I became the public face [of the disaster] and was demonised and vilified.
He added: “BP cannot move on in the US with me as its leader… Life isn’t fair.
“Sometimes you step off the pavement and get hit by a bus.”
And sometimes you work for the biggest oil conglomerate in the world, British Polluters, that cuts corners to increase shareholder profit, has a history of oil spills, explosions and deaths of other oil workers, and your oil rig blows up and kills you.
FUCK YOU TONY HAYWARD. You get millions in severance, half a million a year pension till you die of old age unlike the oil workers you doomed and their widows, and all you can do is complain about how unfuckingfair life is to you?
Will someone please throw this fuckstick in prison already? Anal rape is probably too good for him but it’s a start.
Ancient Japanese music performed at ancient Greek ruins
Date: July 26th, 2010
Kinda fitting…
The sound quality isn’t great, and the video quality is even worse (aspect ratio totally boned) but still an inspiring setting for inspiring music.
I’m sampling some taiko drums, going to see how they work out when worked into some of my style of music… Also, Ableton allows me to extract the ‘groove’ from the full tracks, so the rhythms and idiosyncrasies of the style can be imparted to the drum tracks and more. Yum!
I wouldn’t mind learning some taiko, given the funds to get lessons (I sure as hell have the time…). Hell, I’d even wear that wrapped on ancient-style Japanese thong and beat the big drum. Why not?