and another one -- bill drummond of the KLF
"I know I have a problem. You know where you wake in the middle of the night with some idea, but you think better of it in the morning? That bit - the rationale bit - doesn't happen to me. Sometimes I think, 'Let's just act on it,' and maybe some reason will come along afterwards."
From the Guardian, thanks to Stephen for catching this one...
posted by John von 5/26/2004 10:39:35 PM
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john zorn on life
Picked up on this John Zorn quote from Melissa Morales at UCLA...
We live with doubt every single microsecond of every day. I'm constantly in doubt about what I'm doing, I'm constantly tortured, and that's why I say happiness is irrelevant. Happiness is for children and yuppies. I'm not striving for happiness, I'm trying to get some work done. And sometimes the best work is done under doubt. Constant rethinking, and reevaluating what you're doing, working and working until you feel it's finished.
posted by John von 5/26/2004 10:27:19 PM
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listening to jazz again
Been away to the Rocky Mountains in Colorado for a little awhile, now back in SoCal revisiting the wonders of the Miles Davis catalogue...now playing: Paraphenalia, from the mid-60s classic Miles In The Sky. Amazing how modern and vital this stuff sounds still, Miles is the most inspiring musical artist of the 20th century as far as I'm concerned...
Coming up soon: John von joins forces with DJ Sariah Storm, Sherlock and Ooah for a new West Hollywood micro glitch video dub lounge...at Monroe's on Melrose in West Hollywood, just down the street from the Pacific Design Center. Watch this space for details.
posted by John von 5/26/2004 08:21:07 PM
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the mashin' of the christ
From the press release...
"The Mashin' of the Christ" was/is Negativland's top-secret-not-for-viewing video response to the number one film in America. Negativland decrypted, downloaded and mashed up the most violent religious film ever made along with over 27 other Hollywood portrayals of Jesus to create their own vision of the last moments of Christ's life...all in four minutes and 14 seconds.
posted by John von 5/16/2004 09:22:38 AM
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american swami
Sitting at home on a Sunday morning sorting out some tracks to play at a club in West Hollywood tomorrow night...right now I'm really digging these Jan Jelinek tracks with Australian jazz trio Triosk...
And now some thoughts from American Swami:
Behind every corner there could be death. Live your life freely without self-imposed limitations.
posted by John von 5/16/2004 09:06:48 AM
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15 Anomalies Surrounding The Death Of Nick Berg
Was it a CIA PR operation?
posted by John von 5/14/2004 02:57:37 PM
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and now for something completely different
I do get the weirdest emails:
The first Electronic Music Parade based on a Mayan concept called
"Elektronic Mayan – City – Mega - Event” is finally now on track in
post-communistic Russia!
np: Suspect Seen - NORSEEN [jazz mix]
posted by John von 5/11/2004 08:15:48 PM
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re-electing Bush = approval of torture
I don't often repost passages from other blogs, but this is important I think...from The Daily Brew via Atrios. Something to think about:
We Are All Wearing The Blue Dress Now
Whether Republicans like it or not, if George Bush is elected in the fall, the entire world will view the election as American approval of the torture and sexual humiliation of prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison. It might not be fair, it might not be reasonable, but it is nevertheless reality. Apologies, prosecutions, firings and courts martial will not be enough to expunge the stain this scandal has placed on the honor of the United States. The pictures are simply too graphic. The abuses are simply too horrible. If George Bush is elected President, the entire world will view the election, at a minimum, as tacit approval of these events.
This election will thus no longer merely determine the Presidency. This election is now much larger than the office. The United States' place in the family of nations is now on the ballot. This election will determine whether the United States will ever again have any standing or moral authority in the rest of the world. The United States cannot simultaneously stand against depraved sexual torture and the wanton abuse of human rights, while electing the commander in chief upon whose watch these events occurred. The seven hundred thousand or so viewers of Fox News may be able to rationalize such cognitive dissonance; the six billion people who make up the remainder of the world will not.
posted by John von 5/08/2004 11:40:24 AM
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Re-Bop Sessions - Exeter UK.
Just played a cool gig over at the Exeter Pheonix - we spun in the bar - whilst the Soul Jazz Sound System shook the foundations in the main hall.
First time out with my new live-setup - consisting of a 2-kaoss pad/1-lap-top/1-i-pod setup ... I was joined on tabla and assorted percusion by Ansuman Biswas ... a dubbed/funked out affair ...... hopefully some further collaborations between myself and Ansuman will follow later this summer ....
stephen - south petherton - uk ........
posted by farmer glitch 5/07/2004 02:15:10 AM
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