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There are over 263 tracks on Do The Independence, a five-disc indie music compilation. The box set comes with a silver disc DVD (which contains 203 songs but no video); four CD-Rs (TDK or Sony discs) of 60 tracks; and printed artwork. All together there are over 175 acts.
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Ten years ago, in 1998, Malaysians took to the streets and braved water cannons when they stood up for Anwar Ibrahim and reformasi. With what's happening in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysians might have to take to the streets again in 2008. Click here to read or buy Sabri Zain's first-person account of those early reformasi days in Face Off.
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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.
The copyright industry is tenacious and effective in using the "Daddy, I want a pony" tactics in legislation. They go at it again, and again, and again, and again. The result is a continuous erosion of our civil rights and an entrenchment of their entitlement to taxpayer funds. The "Daddy, I want a pony" tactic goes roughly like this:
Little girl: Daddy, I want a pony! Want pony! Want want want pony!
Dad: Uhm, no, uhm, uhm, no, how about a dog?
Little girl: No no no NO! Want pony! PONY! ...Dog? Well, ok then.
At this point the dad thinks, "Phew, that was a close call!" The little girl on the other hand thinks "Wow, that's the easiest dog I ever got." That's the "Daddy, I want a pony" tactic.
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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.
There is growing apprehension that through miscalculation, deliberate provocation or a staged false flag operation, a US war with Iran is imminent. The dangerous combination of top US officials' public threats, the Pentagon's massive military deployment, continued drone flights and industrial sabotage against Iran provides an ominous warning. The corporate media have been more than willing to cheer industrial sabotage, computer viruses and targeted assassinations. War maneuvers with Israel scheduled for mid-January were suddenly postponed Jan. 15 until May or later.
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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.
For someone as familiar with Washington as I am, I recognize these reports for what they are. They are Br'er Rabbit telling Br'er Fox "please don't throw me in the briar patch." If you don't know the Uncle Remus stories, you have missed a lot. Br'er Rabbit was born and raised in the briar patch.
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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
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
VARIOUS - Die ZDF Kultnacht: Das Beste Dance Hits Aus Disco
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Sapphire Bullets In France: Antibes, France 1974 FIXED VERSION
Whitney Houston - Brunei 1996
Michael Buble - A Michael Buble Christmas 2011
Jose Feliciano - Im Konzert 1987
Lady Gaga - A Very Gaga Thanksgiving 2011
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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
Jack Shit w Jackson Browne - Yuletide Extravaganza 2011
Van Morrison - The Christmas Album 2011
The Beatles - Get Back... Continued!
The Beatles - Uncovered! 45 Tracks
Eric Clapton - Yoru No Mado 1977
Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood - Japan Tour 2011: Final Show
Elvis Presley - Christmas / Today
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble [with Lou Ann Barton] - First Unreleased Album 1978: Goody pitch-fixed Version
Prince - Studio Nights
Tom Paxton - The Netherlands 1971
Buddy Holly - Something Special
Paul McCartney - Paul Of Kintyre
Camillie - Radio promo for "Ilo Veyou" album 2011
Glen Campbell - Ryman, Nashville 2011
Jethro Tull - The Lost Chateau Album (A Partial Reconstruction)
Cee Lo Green - Ken Bruce Show 2011
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ROIO Of The Week
Dinosaurs - San Francisco 1982 - Early Show [no label, 2CD] Live at The Old Waldorf, San Francisco, CA; December 10, 1982. Very good to excellent soundboard. When Dinosaurs ruled the stage...
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War on Iran: It's Not a Matter of 'If'
Real terror is never plotted in dark corners or dimly-lit rooms. The war mongers sit in posh meeting rooms, surrounded by experts. Once again, the world waits for another war in the Middle East. By Alexander Cockburn.
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Malaysia Election Around The Corner?
A general election as early as March appears possible with economic storms on the horizon. The ruling Umno coalition appears to have the upper hand but continues to be dogged by corruption. Written by Asia Sentinel correspondent.
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The 10 Most Popular Torrent Sites Of 2012
TorrentFreak presents an up-to-date list of the world's most visited BitTorrent sites. At the start of 2012 The Pirate Bay continues to pull in the most visitors, followed by Torrentz and KickassTorrents. The six-year-old TV-torrent distribution group EZTV appears in the list for the first time, ranked 8th. Report by Ernesto.
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MUSIC
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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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MOVIE
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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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The Ward
Dir: John Carpenter
A young girl burns down a house and is sentenced to corrective care but, as usual in horror films, least in John Carpenter's The Ward, the treatment seems worse than the cure. Critic After Dark Noel Vera ponders on the therapeutic touches.
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