Wikileaks, of course. toby will probably write at further length on this in the near future. What seemed like a rather cut and dry story in terms of who was right to publish and who was wrong in being two faced and deceitful (for no justifiable reason) has turned in to a furore. Naturally to settle the argument I will wade in with 2 cents.
For now I will leave you with this; an article on Wikileaks
having to avoid cyber attacks.
It like I’ve always said; journalists, corrupt - the lot of
them.
Music of the Week: This is a progressive playlist, I repeat a progressive playlist!
It's one of those words that is so often used it almost has no meaning whatsoever. For politicians it's the term that is most definitely flavour of the month, whilst for musicians the word progressive had its heyday in the 1970's with Yes and David Bowie - heavy synth, abstract lyrics and guitar solos that sounded as if the someone had forgot to tune the thing.
I don't know what, in today's modern age, the word means but there are no menacing solos to of speak in the world of new age progressive music and, if I were to hazard a guess, I would say it sounds something like this.
track listing
Four Tet - Angel Echoes
Museum of Bellas Artes - Watch the Glow
Bjorn & Gorden - III
DJ Dous - Happy Meax
Pet Moon - Superposition
Four Tet - Angel Echoes by WeAreBlahBlahBlah
Museum of Bellas Artes - Watch the Glow by CulturedeluxeDotCom
Björn & Gorden - III by Björn & Gorden
Happy Meax! by Seizure Inducers
Superposition - Pet Moon by Pet moon
Opinion of The Week: The Perfect Society
“Recipe for a successful country: mix one cup liberty with three teaspoons of justice. Add one informed electorate and baste well with veto
power. Stir in two cups of checks, sprinkle liberally with balances.”
The above citation from the Simpsons (the episode where Lisa
enters a essay writing competition only to become disillusioned by the America
she has to pay homage to when she sees her senator taking a kickback for
logging rights) and my recent fondness for pizza has got me thinking: what would
my own perfect society would look like?
Perfect society pizza
Mix together freedom of the press and a pinch of due process
to create your base, making sure to get the quantities right so as to avoid
trial by media or corruption
Use free guitar lessons for all as a sauce, then for the
cheese create 2 for 1 cinema tickets everyday of the week – not just Wednesdays
as many people like to go to the cinema at the weekend
Be sure to remove any autotune pop from the toppings
For the toppings use:
Bloc Party songs on constant repeat no matter where you are
The banning of Converse shoes
Free university education for all
An Apartheid style segregation between those over the age of
65 and those under
Place on a tropical island, 30c minimum, occasionally
pulling out to freak winter weather conditions
such as snow or heavy rain, but
no wind
Slice equitably, from each according to his ability to each
according to his need
Best enjoyed in the day with a left leaning newspaper or a
book (anything by George Orwell), and a glass of pineapple juice
In the afternoon serve with extra Bloc Party, and in the
evening with obscure Scandinavian “pop”.
Enjoy
Picture of the Week: It snowed, didn't you know
Video of the Week: This is what snow really looks like
Seeing "Scattered Flurries" which was filmed in Canada in 2009 made me realise that what we have been experiencing in the UK this week could not possibly be called snow, or it would look as beautiful as this does.
N.B
These words were written before I stepped out of my house and realised how bad the weather actually was.
till next week
[scattered flurries] from felt soul media on Vimeo.
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