well guys, that sounded like a lorry full of instruments crashed into the arsehole express... pic.twitter.com/05d2BTCZVC

— forest fr1ends (@forest_fr1ends) November 24, 2016

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Original artwork by Jon Wolter (after Sal Buscema)

Calling them 'alt-right' helps us fight them

The Supermanagerial Reich

Now Even Your Headphones Can Spy on You

Lovehoney

I dedicate this show to the memory and work of Stephen Gordon aka The Spaceape.
I still vividly remember Kode 9 playing me his earliest broadcasts from the abyss, alongside Stephen Gordon aka The Spaceape. Floored I was… even tho I had also previously embarked upon similar ideas with my album Pressure. Here was a duo, who were splicing together dissidence, science friction and sonic sorcery for their immaculate cover of The Specials’ “Ghost Town” or Prince’s “Sign o’ the Times”. Much later, when I asked Stephen to record my poem “At War With Time”, he didn’t just ice it, I completely froze when I heard the result. Goosebumps. And when I remembered how I used to read the numbskulls on ‘dubstep forum’ moaning about The Spaceape’s words interfering with the mood of the dance, I remembered how much I used to seethe, at their blinkered vision and closed ears, as he did too… for sure… lol!
For me, Stephen’s poetry and prose had knowingly inherited Linton Kwesi Johnson’s dread delivery, and tipped a hat to Roger Robinson’s baritone blues, but had blazed its own futurist path to a scintillating, bewitching void. The Spaceape had re-ignited my interest in the idea of combining language with cosmic tones, and for a tremendous wordsoundpower.
Other than being smitten by Sylvia Plath’s Lady Lazarus at school, poetry didn’t register on my radar till I saw Linton Kwesi Johnson fearlessly recite “Inglan is a Bitch” on national British TV’s Old Grey Whistle Test. Unplugged and a capella, his tale of alienation, indignation and the two-faced brutality of British colonialism resonated with me deeply. At that time, I knew I was pissed off at everything, and here came an angry man who verbalized my inner fire, albeit from a cultural opposite. But it was after hearing Roger Robinson’s appearance on the Chocolate Art EP that I subsequently invited Roger to guest with Techno Animal on the track “Dead Man’s Curse” (re-recorded here). I had found a meeting place for music and poetry in my soundworld. But I wasn’t the first, and certainly won’t be the last, I hope. And when I recently heard Rider Shafique’s fantastic “I-dentity” on Young Echo, it was great to hear the virus spreading still further, again.
And likewise, with drone, it went from what I guess had been Eno’s mesmeric wash of sound for Bowie’s Low or John Cale’s relentless electric viola fueling The Velvet Underground, which had alerted me to the immersive appeal of sonic minimalism. And for me, the more I submitted to the magnetic foundation of drone music’s hypnotic core, the more I became addicted to its best players/composers/producers’ heart of spaciousness. When Justin Broadrick and I began work on the first Techno Animal album, and subsequently on Re-Entry, we had well and truly become disciples of drone, in our quest to explore anti-music, and the possibility of melting down conservative song structures. We wanted to get wasted on waveforms, and get suspended by endless loops of fx.
Whilst many of us have lost faith in words and language due to misuse, political abuse and floods of imagination stealing ad-rushes, it’s a pleasure to put together this show with its slow musical evolutions and psychological revolutions. And with the shockingly depressing rise of the far right globally, and countries scrambling to close borders, it was crucial for me to bring together disparate voices from disparate cultures, united in their protest, passion and affirmation of life. Drone is the weapon, words are the ammunition. Enjoy the meditation. 

– Kevin “The Bug” Martin

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How Xerox Invented the Copier and Artists Pushed It To Its Limits

UPDATE: Donald Trump is greeted with cheers as he leaves meeting with the New York Times https://t.co/31saOhI0wR pic.twitter.com/tvAp4HPUyq

— CBS News (@CBSNews) November 22, 2016

Farewell, America

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Tracklist
01. Ciccone Youth – Two Cool Rock Chicks Listening To NEU! / NEU! - Im Glück (Intro)
02. Kraftwerk – Heavy Metal Kids / NEU! – Im Glück
03. Harmonia – Watussi
04. Martin Rev – Baby Oh Baby
05. NEU! – Spitzenqualität
06. Peaches – Johnny
07. NEU! – Paradise Walk
08. Martin Rev – Jomo
09. NEU! – Negativeland
10. Lydia Lunch – Frankie Teardrop
11. NEU! – Seeland
12. Pan Sonic & Alan Vega – Motor Maniac
13. Suicide – Wild In Blue
14. NEU! – Hallogallo
15. NEU! – Neuschnee
16. NEU! – Hallogallo (Reprise)
17. Alan Vega – Wipeout Beat
18. Michael Rother – Unterwasserwolken
19. NEU! – Super 16
20. Suicide – Creature Feature (Demo)
21. Brian Eno & Harmonia – Luneburg Heath
22. Martin Rev – Venise
23. Suicide – Ghost Rider (Al Lover Redux)
24. Brian Eno & Harmonia – Vamos Companeros
25. Al Lover – Ranking Roedelius
26. Suicide – Harlem
27. Martin Rev – Red Sierra
28. Alan Vega – Nike Soldier
29. Kraftwerk – Rückstoss Gondoliere / Martin Rev – Muse Interlude
30. NEU! – Cassetto
31. Martin Rev – Les Nymphes Et La Mar
32. Nik Void – Rocket USA
33. Michael Rother – Feuerland
34. Neneh Cherry & The Thing – Dream Baby Dream (Four Tet Remix)

How Public Image Ltd Exploded the Possibilities of Music With 'Metal Box'

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Trump’s First Hundred Days and the Fascist Agenda

Art Sex Music: A Cosey Fanni Tutti Day

Through a Looking Glass Darkly

Public Image
Cosmic Blueprint
Liquidator
Everyman's An Island

A eulogy for What.CD, the greatest music collection in the history of the world—until it vanished

Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch NYC Memorial Park Defaced With Swastikas, Pro-Donald Trump Graffiti

#ACAB

What.CD has been shut down

What.CD has shut down after reported raids on several of its servers in France

Google translation from this French page

Reports of our database being seized are not factual.

— What.CD (@whatcd) November 18, 2016

Pence took a picture with House GOPers and it looked just like "The Shining" https://t.co/kmT7iDqbxy pic.twitter.com/BntBQGsE0F

— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) November 17, 2016

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“I don’t feel any compulsion just to stand under the spotlight night after night unless I have something to say“ - Leonard Cohen
Learn more about Cohen, hear the full interview, and read one of his unpublished stories: http://blankonblank.org/leonard-cohen
One evening in December of 1974, Leonard Cohen went on WBAI FM in New York City. This radio interview has rarely been heard since the night it aired. But it's been preserved by the Pacifica Radio Archives (http://pacificaradioarchives.org).
Cohen talked about his creative endeavors and influences during the interview, but we circled in on the conversation about his writing and his poetry. Cohen read a poem he had written nearly 20 years earlier, Two Went to Sleep. There's something about hearing him read his own words and taking a journey into his mind. RIP.

The Mind of the Islamic State

Trump/Nixon: the parallels are startling

Leonard Cohen Taught Us How to Die

Tired of Waiting Around for the Trickle Down: The Politics of the Drive-By Truckers

Natasha Lyonne

Mose Allison 1927-2016

This Is Not Normal

Thanks Robin