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Squarepusher - Dark Steering
>> ^shagen454:
Fuck yeah! Autechre is great too! My favorite electronic records are probably by Boards of Canada and a couple of records by Oval and probably more obviously, Kraftwerk and more recently Flying Lotus. Man, Flying Lotus is unbelievable.
I love Boards. New album plz!!!!
Squarepusher - Dark Steering
Fuck yeah! Autechre is great too! My favorite electronic records are probably by Boards of Canada and a couple of records by Oval and probably more obviously, Kraftwerk and more recently Flying Lotus. Man, Flying Lotus is unbelievable.
Infinity Water - Case Study
Anything involving Boards of Canada is an instant upvote.
The "One Album Per Sifter" Quest (Rocknroll Talk Post)
I'll dig out some more when I'm at home. For now, give Port-Royal a shot: http://port-royal.bandcamp.com/ It's not all ambient though.
Track 6, Karola Bloch on the Flares album may be my favourite electronica track of all time. It's a 12 minute epic of electronic excellence.
>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:
@Hybrid - I have "A Strangely Isolated Place" by US and love the heck out of that album. It's one of my top ten ambient albums, along with Boards of Canada's 'Music Has the Right to Children', 'Geogadi', Aphex Twin's "Ambient Works - II" "Drukgs" and Brian Eno's "Ambient 1, Ambient 4" and "Apollo".
What other ambient stuff do you listen to?
The "One Album Per Sifter" Quest (Rocknroll Talk Post)
@Hybrid - I have "A Strangely Isolated Place" by US and love the heck out of that album. It's one of my top ten ambient albums, along with Boards of Canada's 'Music Has the Right to Children', 'Geogadi', Aphex Twin's "Ambient Works - II" "Drukgs" and Brian Eno's "Ambient 1, Ambient 4" and "Apollo".
What other ambient stuff do you listen to?
Richard Feynman on helping the Manhattan Project
Feynman was brilliant. I don't doubt for a moment that he has had his own internal strife regarding his involvement in the project. Many of the scientists on the project were afflicted with a sort of tunnel vision as they focused on completing the job at hand, or felt that they had to get it done before the technology was used on them, only to later feel some version of guilt about their work. Feynman expresses his feelings about around 3:15 and goes on to say that he felt "that things were sort of doomed."
In the letter above, Rotblat goes on to explain that Neils Bohr shared concerns of a possible arms race between West and East, and his thoughts about why other scientists did not make the same choice to leave the project, and of accused of being a spy for the Russins after quitting the project. He was instructed speak to no one of his reasons for leaving.The only Manhattan Project scientist to leave the project was Józef Rotblat.
Rotblat later went on to found the Pugwash Conference, with Bertrand Russell, which aimed to bring together scientists to work toward reducing the danger of (nuclear) armed conflict, and worked towards nuclear disarmament.
An excellent interview with him is over at the Vega Science Trust website:
http://vega.org.uk/video/programme/22
The National Film Board of Canada recently produced a documentary about on the work of Rotblat and the work of Pugwash. Trailer here:
Toys
http://videosift.com/video/Grant-Munro-Toys-1966-National-Film-Board-of-Canada#comment-1214268
Meta Pre Ptolemy
Gotta love the National Film Board of *Canada.
Disguised man boards Air Canada:Caucasian To Asian
>> ^Stormsinger:
How in the hell is this "unbelievable"? Have these people not watched movies in thirty years?
Latex makeup and masks are nothing new, nor are they hard to obtain or use.
Agreed. Seems to me like fail on the part of airport security and CNN
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Tim Exile - Family Galaxy
Jesus, it doesn't quite know whether it's Boards of Canada, or 2Unlimited.
U.S Soldiers Are Waking Up!
Good sift - let me toss a few links in for reference:
Some of the included clips are from the Winter Soldier hearings, which is something that should really be watched. (I believe it's already on the sift here.)
http://www.ivaw.org/wintersoldier
The background track is "Dayvan Cowboy" from Boards of Canada.
U.S Soldiers Are Waking Up!
is that boards of canada *music ?
"Anybody's Son Will Do"
"Anybody's Son Will Do
By Bill Willers
20 April, 2010
Opednews.com
In 1983, the National Film Board of Canada produced a 57-minute film, "Anybody's Son Will Do". Arguably the best anti-war film ever made, and tailored for public television, it scared the hell out of the U.S. military machine, which has done its best to "disappear" it. For years it has been nearly impossible to find a copy, but some kind soul has posted it on YouTube where it can be seen in six segments.
The film shows the process by which young men become psychologically engineered to kill or die on command. While the model used is the U.S. Marine Corps, it's made clear that the modern techniques for creating soldiers are refined, dehumanizing and universal.
Military forces will take boys as young as the law allows, as witness African militias that, unrestrained by regulation, recruit children as young as ten. People into their twenties, having begun to think for themselves to too great a degree, tend not to be sufficiently malleable. In the U.S., recruitment below age 17 is not legal. However, as war has become ever more computerized, need is growing for tech-savvy recruits who can kill coolly and indiscriminately from great distances, as if playing video games. The military has become very good at video games.
What this leads to in the real world is exemplified by this recently publicized footage of the slaughter by U.S. military of 12 civilians. The video has been a much-needed awakening for many. But as distressing as the carnage itself is the callousness with which the people go about their work: "Alright, hahaha, I hit 'em... Nice, good shooting.... Thanks"
http://www.collateralmurder.com/
AsGlenn Greenwald has correctly declared, the tragedy of this is that it's not aberration but commonplace. What is unusual is that this particular episode was made public.
http://seminal.firedoglake.com/diary/39266
What is also tragic is that it represents precisely what the U.S. military wants to make of recruits who will be
reeducated -- brainwashed -- to see it as manly, patriotic, heroic. And what youngsterwith percolating hormones, negligible life experience and no basis for critical thought doesn't want to be like that?
Go to http://www.americasarmy.com/ and click on "America's Army Graphic Novel" to see what age group and level of education the Pentagon is aiming for. The "novels" are 28-page comics with text bubbles over GI Joe action figures and brightly colored noise representations: "KRR-AKK", "BLAM", "RATATATAT, CHAKA CHACKA CHAK...".
And now with their arcades open to the public, the military has its foot in the door of the minds of younger children who, if asked, would likely insist they can tell the difference between video games and reality.
click here
As for "Anyone's Son Will Do", DVDs of it should be in every junior high and high school in the country. Parent-teacher associations should have screenings. With any luck, it might get us headed toward a day when a common sight will be bumper stickers "Support Our Peace Makers".
Bill Willers is emeritus professor of biology, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh now living in Middleton, WI. He is founder of Superior Wilderness Action Network (SWAN) and editor of Learning to Listen to the Land and Unmanaged Landscapes, both from Island Press. He posts occasionally online at OpEdNews, Common Dreams, Counterpunch and Dissident Voice."
http://www.countercurrents.org/willers200410.htm
Saturn's Strange Hexagon Recreated in the Lab
Quick, someone! Add Boards of Canada's song 'Turquoise Hexagon Sun' to the video for background music. (: