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None of this 2008 crop of athletes is daring to say that maybe
protest begins at home. As sports commentator Dave Zirin notes:
"They are raising concerns about China's policies in Tibet
or Darfur, but not the U.S. wars in Iraq or Afghanistan. There are
concerns about China's labor standards, but not the way their own
sponsors, like Nike, exploit those standards."
"This 'shut up and play'? That's not OK. That's not the
Olympics." So wrote Sports Illustrated's Aditi Kinkhabwala, joining
a rising chorus of sportswriters criticizing the pre-emptive repression
of speech of Olympic athletes. It's
no doubt worthy of their ire. The British Olympic Association told
their teams in writing that they are forbidden to speak out "on
any politically sensitive issues." Other countries have done the
same.
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Raja
Petra Kamarudin, the editor of Malaysia Today, had his home visited
by the police on May 2, had his computers seized, and then had to
present himself at the police headquarters at Bukit Aman in Kuala
Lumpur to make a statement. One of the nation's top bloggers, Raja
Petra is being investigated after posting an article implicating
the deputy premier and his wife in the murder of Mongolian model
Altantuya. After more than two hours, no statement was recorded.
This is Raja Petra's account of his visit to Peace Hill (Bukit Aman).
[Raja Petra has been ordered to surrender himself at
court on May 6.]
Sorry for not writing earlier. I know many of you must be anxiously
waiting to hear what I have to say about May 2's episode at Bukit
Aman (Peace Hill). You know, of course, I no longer possess any
computers and I don't dare buy a new one lest they again come to
my house and confiscate that one as well. So expect some delay between
articles until I get back my computers.
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Propaganda
against Iran is spouting from US and Israeli mouths at an increasing
rate. Lie after lie rolls off the tongues of leaders of the "two
great democracies." But what if the rest of the world told the US
to close its bases, its embassies, its CIA operations and to go
home? As
former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Paul Craig Roberts says, "Self-righteous Americans would regard
such demands as effrontery!"
It
is 1939 all over again. The world waits helplessly for the next
act of naked aggression by rogue states. Only this time the rogue
states are not the Third Reich and Fascist Italy. They are the United
States and Israel.
The targeted
victims are not Poland and France, but Iran, Syria, the remains
of the Palestinian West Bank and southern Lebanon. The
American mass media is overjoyed. War coverage attracts viewers
and sells advertising.
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Farewell
To Danny
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Street Band member Danny Federici died on April 17, 2008 (he
was 58) after a three-year battle with melanoma, a form of skin
cancer. In his tribute to his friend and the band's longtime
keyboardist, Bruce Springsteen said: "A few weeks back
we ended up onstage in Indianapolis for what would be the last
time. Before we went on I asked him what he wanted to play and
he said, 'Sandy.' He wanted to strap on the accordion and revisit
the boardwalk of our youth during the summer nights when we'd
walk along the boards with all the time in the world."
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How To Promote Circus Money
Walter
Becker of Steely Dan is in a fix. He needs your help to figure
out the best way to promote his solo album, Circus Money. The
man quips: "Said campaign must be a) whimsical b) somewhat
entertaining and c) congruent with, and expressive of the values,
virtues and sensibilities of the Work itself."
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Jello Biafra: RIAA Reminds Me Of The Mafia
Former Dead Kennedys vocalist Jello Biafra has torn into the
RIAA, likening them to the mafia, threatening to leave a horse's
head in the beds of old women and children alike, while destroying
the education of student file-sharers. Don't even get him started
on the media: "Goebbels would be proud," he said. Written by
enigmax at TorrentFreak.com.
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Sex
On The Campus
Looking
for love... with a teacher... or in a bar... But when it comes
to sex on the campus, Ho Fan's Innocent Lust is pretty innocent,
even with a topless masseur and an undergrad getting picked
up by a sex-hungry socialite. Stephen Tan reviews.
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The Annoyance Of Being Earnest
One
of Gil Portes's more satisfying films, Mulanay is a serious
subject of healthcare in the provinces that is given a comical,
ironic twist. Noel Vera enjoys this film somewhat...
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Crossing The Desert
Most
films in the Arab world attempt to meet popular demands. However,
some go beyond in an attempt to articulate a critical look
and context, and create a worthy cinematic accomplishment.
Arab
film festival programmer Intishal al Timimi highlights some
of these critical movies.
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Cream - The Lost Session: Disraeli Gears Demos Vol 11
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Carlene Carter - My Father's Place 1980
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The Monkees - The Monkees (Dr Ebbetts)
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ABBA - Live In Japan 1978
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Francoise Hardy - Modes d'Emploi 1997
Francoise Hardy - Le Temps Des Souvenirs
Emmylou Harris - 10 Commandments Of Country: UPGRADE
Jimi Hendrix - Music Hall, Paris 1967
Led Zeppelin - Return of The Dinosaurs
VARIOUS - Soul Deep: BBC2 2005
R.E.M. - Live In Milan 2008
VARIOUS - Girl Groups & Divas 1960-1965
VARIOUS - Girl Groups & Divas 1965-1969
Amy Winehouse - Territoire De Belfort 2007
Jimmy Page & Robert Plant - Unledded Sessions Day 1
The Beatles - Morecambe And Wise Show
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The Carpenters - This Is Your Life
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Pink Floyd - Would You Buy A Ticket To This Show?
Santana - Hammersmith 1976
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ROIO
Of The Week
Sir
John Tavener - 'Requiem' - A World Premiere [no label, 1CD]
Live at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, UK, February
28, 2008. A BBC 3 broadcast on March 5, 2008. A concert
in Liverpool that's not about the Beatles but fellow musician
and one-time Apple label mate, now Sir John Tavener [The Whale
and Celtic Requiem were both on Apple]. This was the world
premier of his new work, Requiem.
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Umno's Really Losing The Plot
After
the 1969 Malaysian elections, Umno, the ruling party, redrew the
city boundary of Kuala Lumpur to consolidate its Malay majority.
Almost 40 years on and Umno discovers, much to its horror, that
this plan worked for only one generation. And Umno now talks about
how to grab back the 'Malay states lost to Chinese hands'. As Raja
Petra Kamarudin of Malaysia Today says: "The more Umno talks,
the more damage they create."
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What
About The War, Benedict?
Pope
Benedict XVI maneuvered his way through Washington without
upsetting his American hosts by criticizing the Iraq War,
torture, and the Supreme Court's enthusiasm for capital punishment.
Ray McGovern of Tell The Word regrets an opportunity lost.
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Papal Benedictions
One would have hoped that when the pope met the US president
in April 2008, they would have tried to end the war and suffering
in Iraq, Afghanisatan and the Middle East instead of issueing
beatitudes such as reaffirming "their total rejection
of terrorism." Commentary by Andrew Wimmer of the Center
for Theology and Social Analysis, St Louis.
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PAUL
McCARTNEY & WINGS
The
Alternate Wild Life [Pear, 1CD]
Ah,
where would Paul McCartney be without Wild Life?
The critics may have hated it, the fans may have mocked
it, but if you want to pinpoint the moment where he finally
put his past behind him, and remembered that music is meant
to be fun, and a band is meant to be full of your friends,
Wild Life was it. By
Dave Thompson.
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THE
EXPLORERS CLUB
Freedom
Wind [Dead Oceans]
Unmistakably
Beach Boys. This six-piece band from Charleston, South Carolina
like that X-Men character, The Mimic, have the power to
make perfect copies. But this is no covers band. Instead
Freedom Wind is a brand new Beach Boys album from an alternate
reality. So instead of Brian and the boys releasing Pet
Sounds, what if Freedom Wind arrived in '66? By
Michael Cheah.
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MOVIE
REVIEWS
Shutter
Dir: Masuyuki Oichaiai
In this remake of the Thai cult classic, director Masuyuki
Oichiai shows an eye for inventive images and even adds
an interesting twist ending. Still, Critic After Dark Noel
Vera wishes there was more distinctive material.
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Horton
Hears A Who!
Dir: Jimmy Hayward and Steve Martino
The
new digitally animated movie, Jimmy Hayward and Steve Martino's
Horton Hears A Who!, has blackly comic Whoville patriarchs
desperately trying to put the best face on things, even
when the whole world's falling apart around them. And no
movie with the guts to play REO Speedwagon's I Can't Fight
This Feeling Anymore as a straight-faced climactic musical
number can be utterly bad. But as Critic After Dark Noel
Vera says, it doesn't exactly rock one's world, does it?
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