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The womanising young Qing emperor died of syphilis; the Empress Dowager had her men; and eunuchs who are not eunuchs at all are some of the secrets spilled in Sherman Wong's saucy Sex And The Emperor (1994). Stephen Tan reviews.
After a brief opening narration, eunuch Li Lianying, who served the Qing Dynasty, explains how he was castrated as a child. The child's legs are hoisted up; a wooden stick is placed in his mouth and the scalpel thrust into burning coal. The sound of scorching flesh is heard on the soundtrack, a look of horror on the boy's face and a small dark sac dropped into a jar. But unlike the other eunuchs, Lianying manages to retain one testicle. A series of comic vignettes follows where Lianying tries to get an erection and he only gets hard when one of the maids, Holly, falls on him and he clutches her breasts.
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Imagining A "Clean Break" With Israel... Over Iran
Are people today more susceptible to lies, packaged and organised as truth? That's the true role of any "nation-building press".
The world of science acknowledges matter-of-factly that Iran is not pursuing a nuclear weapons program. There is simply no evidence for one. The UN's International Atomic Energy Agency, staffed by specialists on nuclear power and maintaining a tight watch on Iran's civilian facilities, finds no evidence of a military program. Two successive reports (National Intelligence Estimates) produced in 2007 and 2010 by all 16 US intelligence agencies have declared with confidence that there is no operative weapons program. US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and even Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak have both recently stated or let it slip that Iran is not currently attempting to build nuclear weapons.
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Drowning In Hypocrisy
With Iran surrounded and with two of Washington's fleets in the Persian Gulf, another war of aggression seems inevitable. Why does the prime supporter of "democracy" want yet another war? Paul Craig Roberts explains.
The US government is so full of self-righteousness that it has become a caricature of hypocrisy. Leon Panetta, a former congressman who Obama appointed CIA director and now head of the Pentagon, just told the sailors on the USS Enterprise, an aircraft carrier, that the US is maintaining a fleet of 11 aircraft carriers in order to project sea power against Iran and to convince Iran that "it's better for them to try to deal with us through diplomacy." If it requires 11 aircraft carriers to deal with Iran, how many will Panetta need to project power against Russia and China?
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The 10 Best Albums Of 2011
Out Of Bounds magazine calls CounterPunch "America's Best Political Newsletter". Here, CounterPunch's co-editor Jeffrey St Clair surveys the past year's music releases.
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The Copyright Industry - A Century Of Deceit
It is said that those who don’t study history are doomed to repeat it. In the case of the copyright industry, they have learned that they can get new monopoly benefits and rent-seeker’s benefits every time there is a new technology, if they just complain loudly enough to the legislators. By Rick Falkvinge, founder of the Swedish and first Pirate Party.
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Pete Townshend: John Peel Lecture
Full text of The Who star's speech at the Radio Festival on Apple's iTunes and music piracy, at the Lowry Theatre, Salford, UK; October 31, 2011.
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Angelic Bliss
In Mototsugu Watanabe's Whore Angels (2000), it's the end of the Hot Lips whorehouse, if not the world, if the Archangel sucks up to the horny Devil. But first she must discover human goodness. Stephen Tan reviews.
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Bugger It!
In 2009, director Yojiro Takita won a Best Foreign Film Oscar for Departures. Back in the '80s, he was noted for a string of soft porn movies and in Sexy Timetrip Ninjas (1984), he combines groping in the train with time-travelling ninjas. But what kind of message is Takita sending out when he shows the founder of the Tokugawa dynasty nothing but an ambitious bugger? Stephen Tan reviews.
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Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
In Sion Sono's Guilty Of Romance, the dreams of an everyday bored housewife turn to dust when she becomes sexually liberated and ends up as a street hooker and involved in a bizarre murder. Stephen Tan reviews.
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DVD Archive Of Rare Films
VARIOUS - Country At The BBC 2011
Coldplay - Live at NHK, Tokyo 2011
Jamie Cullum & The Heritage Orchestra - BBC Proms Royal Albert Hall 2010
Liza Minnelli - AVO Sessions, 2011
VARIOUS - Prince's Trust Rock Gala 2011
VARIOUS - Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve 2011-2012
Jaco Pastorius - So What TV 1985
David Bowie - Nihon Budokan 1978
Girl's Generation SNSD - Christmas Fairy 2011
Carole King - At Christmas 2011
VARIOUS - Songwriters Circle 2011: Series 2 Part 4
Randy Newman - Austin City Limits S37E07 2011
30 Seconds To Mars - MTV World Stage 2011 and MTV Unplugged
Abba - Abba in Studio 2, Poland 1976
Pink Floyd - A Pink Floyd Miscellany: 1967-2005
VARIOUS - Classic Black '70s Videos
VARIOUS - Jukebox London Live: Euro Trash 2010
John Denver - A Rocky Mountain High Earth Day Celebration 2011
Olivia Newton-John - Physical 1981 Out-Of-Print: 2011 VERSION
Olivia Newton-John - Twist Of Fate 1984: Out-of-Print
Olivia Newton-John - Soul Kiss 1985: Out-of-Print
Metallica and Lou Reed - WDR Studio, Cologne, Germany 2011
Norah Jones - Hdnet presents Soundstage 2010
Sonic Youth - Maquinaria Festival, Chile, 2011
VARIOUS - '60s Pop Rock & Soul: My Music 2011
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Marianne Faithfull - Genova, 2011
Suzanne Vega - Carson McCullers Talks About Love 2011
The Faces w Rod Stewart - In Concert 1970: A Compilation 2011
David Bowie - Toy: THE LATEST VERSION
Paul Anka - Salzburg, Austria 2011
Deep Purple - The Songs That Built Rock: Helsinki 2011
Deep Purple - The Songs That Built Rock: Oslo 2011
Jimi Hendrix - Winterland 1968: The Bob Terry Tapes
Led Zeppelin - Geisha, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes: Osaka '71: 40th Anniversary
Sandy Denny & Fairport Convention - Sanders Theatre 1974
Rickie Lee Jones - "Joue Pirates son album culte" Paris 2011
Laura Marling - BBC Studios 2011
Delaney and Bonnie & Friends - On Tour 1970
Beach Boys - Smile! A Teenage Symphony To God: December 2011
David Bowie - Rarities Plus
Betty Davis - LeCastellett 1976: COMPLETE AUDIENCE VERSION
Flora Purim - Prisoner 2775
Mostly Other People Do The Killing - The Vortex 2011
Angela Hewitt - BBC Proms No 48: Royal Albert Hall 2011
Janine Jansen - BBC Proms No 72: Royal Albert Hall 2011
Bob Dylan - Genuine Bootleg Series Vol 1 REMASTERED EDITION
Bruce Springsteen - The Unbroken Promise: Lighting Up The Darkness Sessions
The Beatles - Twelve Days At Twickenham
Elton John - The Starlight Theatre: Master Cassette Version
Peter Gabriel & The New Blood Orchestra - Ed Sullivan Theatre 2011
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Ginger Baker Band - Solana Beach 1988 [Countdown Factory, 2CD] Live at the Belly Up Club, Solana Beach, CA; December 1, 1988. Very good to excellent soundboard. Loose but entertaining...
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It's Time To Go On The Offensive For Freedom Of Speech
Last week’s collective action against the PIPA (Protect IP Act) and SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) bills in the United States was unprecedented and mighty. But have you noticed that we’re always on the defensive? We cannot win or even maintain our rights to free speech that way. By Rick Falkvinge, founder of the Swedish Pirate Party.
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Resist U.S. Imperialist War Threats On Iran
Sara Flounders explains why America's elite want a new war. They have to protect their own.
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Washington Moves The World Closer To War
Since my January 11 column and the news alert posted on January 14, more confirmation that Washington is moving the world toward a dangerous war has appeared. The Obama regime is using its Ministry of Propaganda, a.k.a., the American media, to spread the story that President Barack Obama, Pentagon chief Leon Panetta, and other high US officials are delivering strong warnings to Israel not to attack Iran.
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LOU REED/METALLICA
Lulu [Warner Bros/Vertigo]
On Lulu, Lou Reed's new team-up with Metallica, the former VU man appears to have lost his sense of cinema and one of the album's tracks, Frustration, pretty much sums up the listening experience. Philip Cheah reviews.
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AKRON/FAMILY
S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT [Dead Oceans]
Last year, Akron/Family performed with jazz legends bassist William Parker and drummer Hamid Drake in the Vision Festival. Now a trio (after a founding member left to become a Buddhist), Akron/Family is just one of the most interesting bands left of centre in the indie mainstream. In short, they float above the rest and their new fifth album, S/T II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT, proves it. Philip Cheah reviews.
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Poetry
Dir: Lee Chang Dong
A woman's grandson and his friends have been repeatedly raping a girl so much so that she takes her own life. Add to the woman's grief - she discovers she is suffering from Alzheimer's. Lee Chang Dong's Poetry takes root and emerges from life's pathos. By Critic After Dark Noel Vera.
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Cave Of Forgotten Dreams
Dir: Werner Herzog
When iconoclastic filmmaker Werner Herzog ventures underground into his Cave Of Forgotten Dreams (2010), the result is engaging, can be bewildering but hardly boring, says Critic After Dark Noel Vera.
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