rants
from The Guardian
Overseas artists boycott Britain in protest at visa clampdown
A Russian-born poet on US passport, Alex Galper, is held in cell and deported for planning to speak at arts festival
A growing number of foreign artists, ranging from grassroots fringe performers to world-renowned stars, are ruling this country out of their future travel plans due to difficulties with obtaining visas. They are following in the footsteps of the admired Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami, who abandoned plans to come to Britain to direct an opera after the UK embassy in Tehran asked him to submit his application documents twice….
I can say that even if I hold an european passport I often have problems or I get questioned at my arrival in Uk airports…they not friendly…and I don’t feel welcome anymore in that land…
let’s leave them alone on their island…their own music and art.
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I am sorry. But, after the past decade of lies, distortions, obfuscations, and out and out deception surrounding 9/11 and every other damn issue under the sun, I don’t believe anything they say about anything anymore. (And, I know this shite ain’t new, but as the brazeness elevates due to our unquestioning acceptance of information that is tenuous at best, and out and out provable lies at worst, it gets more surreal by the day).
So, when I heard there was a unexpected press conference about national security and knowing that they never tell any truth about REAL issues that threaten our national security, my gut reaction?…
‘Don’t tell me, they got Bin Laden. What a way to kick off Obama in 2012 corporate campaign’!
I choked on my grapes when the NYT pre-released the story.
And, I don’t buy their official story. Let me get this straight. The most wanted enemy of the United States was killed in a firefight and the body was unceremoniously dumped into the sea before any independent source could verify its authenticity. All of the sudden, the US which wages war and routinely tortures brown people to justify their criminal operations against humanity overseas is vested in following proper burial protocol for the most wanted man in the world. They were content with a photo id.
Right.
And, why the hell wouldn’t they take him alive? Wouldn’t that go against national security issue interests, if Osama is masterminding covert plots to terrorize the entire globe? With the entire US military at our fingertips, and him in a known location and compound, we couldn’t manage to even TRY to take him alive? You would think that would be the orders, if national security was the true issue. Get him alive at all possible. And, given that there is an entire movement to bring about the truth of what really happened on 9/11, don’t you think they would want to at the VERY least produce a body to put any doubts to rest AND bring closure to the families and relatives of 9/11 victims?
Logic and consistency seem to always fray when we go near the subject of 9/11 and its supposed mastermind. The American people were content to just gulp up a ‘independent’ commissions report that was riddled with inconsistencies and holes the size of the grand canyon along with outright fallacies, so this must have seemed small theatre compared to the years long dodge, obfusication, and cover-up of truth to the true events of that day.
I d-o-n-o-t-b-e-l-i-e-v-e t-h-e-m
I don’t trust known liars. I don’t trust a government that launched a middle-east strategy based on a boogeyman and fabricated connections to a terrorist organization with a leader whom the US trained. I don’t believe it is all a coincidence that high level officials were warned to not fly that day, or that Norad didn’t scramble planes, and flight tapes were crushed and destroyed and thrown in garbage cans
And, I am sick of being called a ‘conspiracy theorist’ when the evidence contradicts their own claims and bolsters the case for logical scrutiny and a truly independent investigation. The killing of Osama Bin Laden has not been proven, and if we had him in our custody, that would have been very simple to do.
Why the hell didn’t we?
by debbierlus - original article
http://www.justresponse.net/Bin_Laden1.html
http://www.reddit.com/tb/h3bq1
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/03/osama-bin-laden-10-myths-cia-arsenal?intcmp=239
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my humble excuses to Interchill/Andrew for having the doubt that he was involved in this stupid and useless action. thanks for the support !
read the story here : who owns my music ?
Soundcloud…my love <3
you are very sexy, good looking, young, smart and cheeky,
expensive…and unrelyable. (like those chicks)
I loved you at first sight: I did my first account at the very beginning…more than 2 years ago.
i still remember the first time i uploaded a tune to you…my hands were swetty…you showed me the waveform…you got me.
I supported you, promoted you and payed for your service with 3 accounts : cloudcycle, bakshish and mine.
you are the only social network that i use (ok…twitter too)…no Myspace…no Facebook.
I never payed before…expecially to be part of a network…i thought you were also offering me a distribution service…I loved the absence of adverts.
I never got my music removed (without notice too) from a webservice before…you did.
after 3 days you still didn’t reply to my emails.
you silently put my music back online…without even a “ooops…sorry”…
if I was Amon Tobin and you removed the promo teaser of my new album…now you would paying the bills of my lawyers.
you declared something FALSE in your business email to me (I pay for your service…remember)…stating that Interchill asked you to do so.
you reply to Interchill…not addressing the real issue…and saying that from now on I will be whitelisted and my content will not be filtered
so I am now whitelisted because I am an Interchill artist (I am not) and not because I fucking own the copyrights of my music…and I am a (good) customer.
you created a damage to the image of Interchill and to our relationships.
you gave me 2 days of headache
still no reply to me
how sad
on April fool day I uploaded to you a copyrigheted song made by Electric Light Orchestra : “Don’t Bring Me Down”….yes…I admit it…I commited a crime.
your robot didn’t find out yet :D
i can say it now…
YOU SUCK !
(should we talk also of your constant lack of bandwidth, shit statistics that never work and bugs in the system ?)
it might seems that i am doing a big deal without a real reason
I promise you…there is a very good reason…
.and a good lesson to learn :
I will not rely on your service so much anymore…and will not renew my subscription
I will go back to stream directly from my server…and I will start to use other networks too.
I found a site…very cool…I can upload with no limits….even video…embed the player on any site..
a huge comunity and network : YouTube :D
EDIT :
you finally answered…with this email…not addressing any problem..saying sorry…and giving me 6 months extra on my account ( worth a bit more than 10 euros)…
Hi again,
Just synced with the copyrights team again with more details on this. The track was released on Thursday. We’re very sorry for the delay, this was due to the team reviewing the situation and what happened exactly.
For the inconvenience this has caused, we are extending your Lite subscription for 6 months
Very sorry again for the troubles this has caused.
Thank you very much for waiting,
like my “wife” said…sounds like..a robot apologizing.. :D
this is not long enough…mmm….
“i tell you once more…before i get on the floor…don’t bring me down…..prooos” <3<3<3
berlusconi in lampedusa
To frequent applause, Berlusconi told residents he would give them tax breaks and propose they receive the Nobel peace prize for their patience, later telling a press conference he would push for the construction of a casino and a golf course.
“We are buying up the fishing boats so that they cannot be used for the crossings,” he said. “That way when I am out of politics I will use them to set up a fresh fish business.”
The prime minister also said he would use his private TV channels to promote the relaunch of tourism in Lampedusa. While surfing the internet before his visit, he added, he had purchased a beach house on Lampedusa, which he visited before leaving the island.
so..soon…Lampedusa will have not only a Casino but also a Bordello/Brothel (in his new villa). :D
simply the best
for those who don’t understand italian…those nice guys are saying to the ppl who are doing a protest against Berlusconi in Lampedusa :
“we gonna kill you like dogs if you don’t stop the protest”. (tnx 2 josko for the link)
today i got this email from soundcloud :
hi mauxuam,
Your upload “mauxuam – jahnesh (devine cluster version)” may include content that is owned or licensed by Interchill Records ("Jahnesh (Divine Cluster Version)" (Mauxuam)) and has been made inaccessible on SoundCloud by request of the rightsholder.
If you are certain that you have all necessary permissions from the rightsholder to upload and share this content, you can submit a claim here:
http://soundcloud.com/settings/disputes/307838
Thanks,
The SoundCloud team
I think this a heavy lack of respect…they should have contacted me first…instead of removing it…
I am on Soundcloud from day one…and i supported it a long way…also paying for 3 accounts !
considering that…I did that music…and that even if Interchill licensed it…never shown to me a statement in 3 years (actually…1…the first one)….
this is insane…and i am furious…and I am saying it loud here : FUCK OFF !
here a link for the free download of viceversa (wav)…the album i released 3 years ago for interchill.
http://mauxuam.net/mzk/downloads/viceversa.zip
let’s celebrate…till we can. ; )
EDIT : Interchill told me that this is not coming from them (as I suspected)…and they will contact Soundcloud…but…still I suspect that this is coming from Warner Chappel…which isn’t nice too.
EDIT2 : Interchill is not involved…contacted soundcloud…and is supporting me all the way…thank you !
