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Japanese artist Motoi Yamamoto creates incredibly intricate mazes made entirely out of salt! Currently showing at the Hakone Open-Air Museum in Kanagawa, Japan is one of his newest works entitled "Forest of Beyond."
The story about why Yamamoto started down this path is a sad and tragic one. He was a third-year student at the Kanazawa College of Art in 1996 when his younger sister died at the young age of 24 — two years after being diagnosed with brain cancer. To ease his grief and to honor her memory, he starting working on these installations. Salt has a special place in the death rituals of Japan, and is often handed out to people at the end of funerals, so they can sprinkle it on themselves to ward off evil. Since 2001, he's been creating these amazing floor installations by filling a plastic bottle, usually used for machine oil, with white salt and then sprinkling it on the floor.
The Hakone installation (seen above and immediately below) looks like a giant tree with visible branches. Working 14 hours a day, it took him two weeks to complete.
As he told Japan Times, "I draw with a wish that, through each line, I am led to a memory of my sister. That is always at the bottom of my work. Each cell-like part, to me, is a memory of her that I call up, like a tiff I had with her over a pudding cake she took from the fridge. My wish is to put such tiny episodes together."
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(This is Track 1 of the ground-breaking, border-crossing "Dancing on John Wayne's Head" by the Fire This Time. It features the voices of Harry Allen (affiliated with Public Enemy,) Don Patrick Martin, Krystal Cook and Eagleheart Singers. Recorded in Jamaica, and also at KCRK FM Kahnawake Radio Station, Kahnawake Territory, and also in Toronto.)
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If anyone has this album released on 'Extreme' here in Melbourne or the follow up 'Still Dancing on John Wayne's Head' could they get in touch...thanx!

The above chart is from a very cool graph made by the Guardian showing major internet cables across the world. This highlights how Egypt, or to be more specific the Suez Canal, is one of the world's major choke points for data traffic between the Eastern and Western hemispheres. I remember a decade ago talking to Egyptian IT types about the potential for Egypt becoming a major data-caching hub (to make internet access between east and west faster by caching content so that data requests would only have to travel half the distance). Yet to my knowledge there are no major data centers in the canal zone — surely a missed opportunity.
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CloudFlare Speaks Out About Their Experience Hosting LulzSec

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27:28 - K7 Studios

Dear Rush Limbaugh: Birth Control Doesn't Work Like Viagra

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AntiSec dumps Monsanto data on the Web

Roger Waters says The Malvinas should be Argentine, attacks Cameron's 'bullshit'

The Malvinas belong to you, Morrissey tells Argentinian fans

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1. David Holmes - Johnny Favourite (EPI Mix)
2. Planetary Assault System - Booster
3. Jeff Mills - Solid Sleep
4. Outline - Untitled
5. Morgan - Flowerchild
6. Thomas Krome - Wood Carver
7. Adam Beyer - Drumcode 2
8. Adam Beyer - Drumcode 9
9. Pancake - See The Stars
10. Dave Clarke - Red 2
11. Fix - Dope Computer
12. JB3 - Forklift, Luke Slater's Filtered Remix
13. Reese - Funky Funky Funk
14. LSG - Fragile
15. Joey Beltram - Caliber
16. Jeff Mills - i9
17. Jeff Mills - Casa
18. Sunshower - Seven
19. DJ HMC - 6 AM
20. Jeff Mills - The Bells
21. LA Synthesis - Agraphobia, Kenny Larkin Remix
22. Sven Vath - Ballet Fusion, Belfast Fusion
23. The Advent - Overseeya, Mark Bell Remix
24. Surgeon - Scorn
25. Joey Beltram - Game Form
26. Green Velvet - Flash
27. Love Inc - Respect
28. Underground Resistance - Final Frontier

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Google's privacy settings – controlling your information

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Identity of mystery North Yorkshire woodsman revealed as Consett chainsaw sculptor

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Santorum and the Sexual Revolution

Chinese company to build world's third largest mosque in Algeria

Bob Stanley: The Monkees - Why I'm a believer in their perfect pop

Robert Forster: Sunshine On My Brain - The pop genius of The Monkees

Sinéad O'Connor: 'I define success differently'

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Dub Club selector Tom Chasteen presents an all ganja tune, all vinyl mix…in honor of 4:20 and the herb for the healing of the nation, that was found on the grave of King Solomon.
Jah Woosh – Marijuana World Tour – Marijuana World Tour -Original Music LP
Two Bad Card – Weed Specialist – Pay It All Back Vol 5 – On U Sound LP
Sugar Minott – International Herb – Dougies 10″
Lee Scratch Perry – De Devil Dead -Time Boom X De Devil Dead – On U Sound LP
U-Roy – Chalice In The Palace – Dread In A Babylon – Virgin LP
Desi Roots – Weed Fields – Hawkeye 7″
Eek-A-Mouse – Ganja Smuggling – Volcano 7″
Triston Palma – Spliff Tail – Black Solidarity 7″
Horace Andy – Sitting On The Hillside – Earthquake 12″
General Trees – Bring The Herb Come – Midnight Rock 7″
The Reggae Crusaders – Bring The Couchie Come – Bring The Couchie – Trojan LP
Jacob Miller – Healing Of The Nation – Blank 7″
Joseph Cotton – Ali Baba – Dancehall Days – Moll Selekta LP
Michael Palmer – Don’t Smoke The Seed – Channel One 121″
Brigadier Jerry – Ishen – Freedom Street – VP LP
I Roy – Quarter Pound Of Ishen – The General – Virgin LP
Chronicle – Chronic Man – Massive B 7″
Barry Brown – Pass Up The Chalice – Rich Man Poor Man – Moll Selekta LP
Johnny P – Telephone Chalawa – Cornerstone 7″
Josey Wales – It Have Fe Burn – The Outlaw – Arrival LP
Earl Anthony – Sensi Man Rock – Look To Afrika 7″
Top Cat – Bun De Sensi – Necessary Mayhem 7″
Triston Palma – Joker Smoker – Reggae Goldmine 12″
Screwdriver – Ganja Killer – 220 Drive 7″
Sugar Minott – Indeca – Youth Promotion 12″
King Kong – Legalize It – Massive B 7″
Sylford Walker – Lambsbread – Pantomine 7″
Welton Irie – Lambsgread International – Lambsbread International – Blood And Fire LP
Linval Thompson – I Love Marijuana – Thompson Sound 7″
Turbulence and Spectacular – High Grade – Irie Ites 7″
Shinehead – Collie Weed – Smoke The Herb – VP LP
Culture – International Herb – International Herb – High Note LP
Martinez and Don Wayne – Light It Up – Crucial Sounds 10″
Carlton Livingston – Trodding Through The Jungle – Trodding Throught The Jungle – Sonic Sounds LP
Carlton Livingston – 100 Lbs of Collie Weed – Jah Life 7″
Cornell Campbell and Papa Tullo – 100 Lbs of Collie – Black Joy 12″
Sugar Minott – Oh Mr DC – Studio One 7″
King General – They Say – Lovedub Music 10″
Michael Rose – Rush On The Tonic – Maximum Sound 12″
Starkey Banton – Ganja Baby – Maximum Sound 12″
Macka B – Ganja – Ariwa 7″
Busy Signal – Spliff Tail – Jukeboxx 7″
Spiderman and Superman – Sensimilla Posse – Education 7″
Jacob Miller – Tired Fe Lick weed Inna Bush – Neville King 7″
Sylford Walker – Burn Babylon – Blood Lines – One Stop Records LP
Lizard – Satta I – Roots Rhythm 7″
Horace Ferguson – Sensimilla Addict – Ujama 7″
Ranking Joe – Natty The Collie Smoker – Weakheart Fadeaway – Greensleeves LP
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Can Engelbert Humperdinck free Azerbaijan?

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02 Fall
03 So Young
04 I Wanna Be Adored - 12:18
05 Here It Comes
06 Tradjic Roundabout
07 Open My Eyes (Nazz Cover)
08 Getting Plenty
09 Tell Me

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While the city of Toronto was busy battling against the wind, snow and all around miserable conditions that keep residents firmly indoors as often as possible, the Great Lake Swimmers decided to hunker down to play in one of their country's most esteemed locations, a Royal Canadian Legion Pub. Soon dubbed "The Legion Sessions", GLS chose the hallowed local inn-which to capture live, many of the new songs from their album Lost Channels. The group enlisted the help of gifted young director Scott Cudmore to create a raw and intimate window into the subtle power of the group's sound. On board capturing the music resonating within these cozy surroundings was none other than Graham Walsh from the experimental electronic group Holy Fuck. Proceeds from the Tip Jar will be donated to Lake Ontario Waterkeeper www.waterkeeper.ca

James Murdoch Steps Down As Executive Chairman Of News International

This is every episode of John K's (Spumco's) groundbreaking flash serial, Weekend Pussy Hunt", originally shown in the late-nineties at Spumco.com. They're transferred from the 12 original SWF episodes and, for the first time, edited together as a complete cartoon (well, as complete as it gets). There are storyboards for the unfinished 13th episode available at Jim Smith's blog (Google it). It's a shame this cartoon was never completed. Story: George Liquor's new puppy is teased by a cat named Cigarettes. It's all innocent fun until it's revealed that George's dog is actually Dirty Dog, a maniacal non-stop killing machine. The story takes a twisted turn into a creepy film noir thriller similar to Night of the Hunter or Cape Fear. The story gets dark, real dark. ENJOY!

Monkees singer Davy Jones dies  at 66

 

Several years ago I noticed a loss of hearing in my right ear and decided that it was high time that I had it checked out by a professional. The audiologist confirmed the uneven hearing loss and recommended an MRI. The purpose of the MRI was to make sure that there was not something other than my own aural misadventures causing the uneven loss. As I was checking out after the scan, the receptionist handed me a disc to give to my doctor. I went home and immediately plugged it into my computer and voila, over 100 scanned slices of my head.
Each of the 75 CDs in this limited edition is printed with one of these scans. No two are the same. Each CD is hand signed and numbered.
The track is a 15+ minute atmospheric guitar piece. I played my Telecaster into two amps with an array of delays and effects. Tracked onto a Porta 1 tape recorder, then manipulated in Sound Forge, 16bit, 44.1 Stereo Wave for the finish. This track is done as one pass.
This is homemade all the way.

Limited Edition of 75 - CD by Norman Westberg

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