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Avengers Assembled

swen — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:55:50 GMT

Two Insiders on the Dark Side of American Politics

swen — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:00:49 GMT

WNYC: "Former journalists Alan Huffman and Michael Rejebian talk about opposition research—the little-understood industry of trying to bring candidates’ weaknesses to light—and how it has become an integral part of the campaign process. We're with Nobody: Two Insiders Reveal the Dark Side of American Politics is an account of their work as opposition researchers—an adventure across the American political landscape and through the often seamy underbelly of U.S. politics." Read on

Tropic of Cancer: Her Will Mixtape

swen — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:40:07 GMT

Download at www.ough.gr

Recently on New York's Radio WNYC

swen — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:25:06 GMT

Dark Ambient Electronica

WNYC: "For this New Sounds, we'll listen to some electronic music from Iceland by the Australian-born composer Ben Frost. Dark acoustically generated guitar and piano textures are expertly combined with electronically processed stabs and eruptions on Frost's record "By the Throat." Plus, there's ambient post-rock music from Mountains, and some of Wendy Carlos' "Sonic Seasonings" from the early 70s, featuring the found sounds of wolves." Read on

New Music for Bass Clarinet

Usually relegated to the grounding end of things instead of a solo instrument, the bass clarinet has a distinct woody sound, but is actually quite versatile. For this New Sounds, we'll hear everything from electroacoustic work to chamber music, from North African to Alaskan music." Read on

More
- Philip Glass at 75
- Electroacoustic Chamber Music
- Pianissimo
- Chamber Folk Pop
- Music from Australia

Sako – Her Overflowing Heart (Mix)

swen — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:54:21 GMT

01. Hauschka & Hildur Guonadottir – Black6
02. Jasper Tx – Letting Go (The World Is coming to An End)
03. Ben Frost – The Carpathians
04. Goldmund – Ouendake
...
Full tracklist at astrangelyisolatedplace.com

The Latest In Russian Home Decor: Woven Putins

swen — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:13:12 GMT

The Uzor factory near St. Petersburg produces tapestries that decorate Russian homes. Its best-selling products: textile portraits of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.

Von der Wannsee-Konferenz zum Remer Prozess

swen — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:33:51 GMT

Von der Wannsee-Konferenz zum Remer Prozess - Teil 1
dradio: "Vor genau siebzig Jahren fand in Berlin die Wannseekonferenz statt, auf der die sogenannte "Endlösung", das heißt die Vernichtung der europäischen Juden, beschlossen wurde." weiter

Von der Wannsee-Konferenz zum Remer Prozess - Teil 2
dradio: "In der zweiten Folge der Serie blickt der Historiker Götz Aly auf die "Ursachen und Motive des Antisemitismus" zurück." weiter

Von der Wannsee-Konferenz zum Remer Prozess - Teil 3
dradio.de: "In der dritten Folge der Serie beschäftigt sich der Historiker Wolfgang Benz mit dem "Erbe des Antisemitismus" Weiter

Von der Wannsee-Konferenz zum Remer Prozess - Teil 4
dradio: "In der vierten und letzten Folge der Serie blickt der Historiker Ernst Piper auf das NS-Regime auf der Anklagebank."weiter

Christian Goeschel - Selbstmord im Dritten Reich

swen — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:30:26 GMT

Suhrkamp. "Hitler, Goebbels, Bormann und Himmler – sie alle brachten sich um, als »ihr Deutsches Reich« unterging. Die Geschichte des Selbstmords im Dritten Reich zu erzählen bedeutet aber vielmehr, ganz andere Personen in den Blick zu nehmen: Anhänger und Gegner des Regimes, Soldaten und Frauen, verfolgte Gruppen, unter ihnen insbesondere Juden." Weiter

Selbstmord im Dritten Reich - Buchbesprechung - 06.02.2012
Selbstmord im Dritten Reich - Buchbesprechung - 30.01.2012 - Dradio

Die 50 Skulpturen des Institut für Feinmotorik

swen — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:31:51 GMT

SWR2: "Die Künstlergruppe Institut für Feinmotorik erhält den vom Südwestrundfunk (SWR) gestifteten Karl-Sczuka-Preis 2011 für Hörspiel als Radiokunst. Sie wird für das Radiostück „Die 50 Skulpturen des Institut fuer Feinmotorik“, eine Produktion des SWR." Weiter

Der SWR bietet das Stück als kostenlosen Download an.

SciFi Authors

swen — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:36:03 GMT

William Gibson: Distrust That Particular Flavor - WPR - 02.12.2012
"Distrust That Particular Flavor is a collection of non-fiction writing by speculative fiction author William Gibson. It consists of twenty-six pieces written over a period of more than twenty years. The anthology includes a range of formats, including essays, magazine pieces, album reviews, and forewords from other published works." Read on

Orson Scott Card on Extraterrestrial Life - WPR - 02.12.2012
WPR: "How will we react, the day we hear the news that scientists have found life on another planet? Science fiction writer Orson Scott Card has dreamed up many first contact scenarios. His classic science fiction novel, "Ender's Game" is all about the consequences of a first contact gone badly wrong. He's just published a long-awaited sequel." Read on

Neal Stephenson on getting big stuff done - 02.02.2012
"For the sake of a more interesting tomorrow, we need to get the proverbial horse back out in front of the cart with our imagination professionals building a vision of the future to inspire the builders of the new world."

Robert J. Sawyer - A Bright and Shining Future Awaits
TV Ontario: "We've looked into the future, and it's dark. Increasingly, we've lost a progressive view of our future. Instead of seeing promise and lives made better by technology, we're seeing lives filled with cyborgs and an uninhabitable society. Should we be afraid? Or are we being unnecessarily pessimistic?" Watch the video at ww3.tvo.org

Jon Brooks: Dieter Rams - Reconstructions

swen — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:18:22 GMT

Dieter Rams - Reconstructions by Jon Brooks

A companion EP to KAP003 - Music For Dieter Rams

North Korean Comics

swen — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:44:59 GMT

Wisconsin Public Radio: "Heinz Insu Fenkl is one of the world’s authorities on North Korean comics. In this interview, Fenkl talks about what comic books tell us about North Korean society."

Listen to the inerview at ttbook.org

The science fiction effect

swen — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:44:05 GMT

This article in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists that argues that science fiction influences public opinion of science and scientists and can ultimately lead to changes in science policy.

Via blog.sciencefictionbiology.com

Opium Hum - not equal pt. II

swen — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:26:15 GMT

"The not equal series in Berghain fathoms the intersecting trajectories of sound research, dramaturgy, narration and affect in contemporary electronic music. The line-up put together for its second edition by Berghain and CTM leads us through various musical phases, from listening thru club, in which dramaturgical density, deep timbres, and sound’s intense physicality and coarse materiality nevertheless always predominate." Read on

Find files (mp3, Movies,...) hosted at Free File Hosts using Google

swen — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 19:38:25 GMT

This is my latest Google Hack. This handy tool will use Google to find files hosted at free file hoster like rapidshare.de or Megaupload. 22 file hosters are included:
rapidshare, megaupload, mediafire, mytempdir, slil, sendspace, turboupload, speedshare, hyperupload, getfile, depositfiles, webfile, file2share, rapidupload, yourfile, yourfilehost, filehd, mooload, scambia, filepost, justupit, simpleupload.
I could add more, but in a few tests the results didn't improve.

How to use: Klick the FFHS link, enter something, for example "spiderman 3 trailer". You will be redirected to a Google result page.

FFHS- Firefox version
FFHS - IE version

Last time updated: 2007 August 03

I have also another Google mp3 search tool. Use it to find stuff in unsecured folders on the internets! Check it out

Carl Craig, Francesco Tristano & Moritz Von Oswald Live @ Versus 2.0

swen — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:57:03 GMT

Sunn O))) meets Nurse With Wound

swen — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:53:02 GMT

Nurse With Wound’s surgically enhanced version of Sunn O)))’s ØØ Void record takes its sweet time building a creeping, pervasive sense of dread before bursting into flames. " Read on

The Machine Stops

swen — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:12:55 GMT

wikipedia: "The story describes a world in which most of the human population has lost the ability to live on the surface of the Earth. Each individual now lives in isolation below ground in a standard 'cell', with all bodily and spiritual needs met by the omnipotent, global Machine. Travel is permitted but unpopular and rarely necessary. Communication is made via a kind of instant messaging/video conferencing machine called the speaking apparatus, with which people conduct their only activity, the sharing of ideas and knowledge.

After being voted one of the best novellas up to 1965, it was included that same year in the populist anthology Modern Short Stories. In 1973 it was also included in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two." Read on

- Watch the 1966 BBC adaptation online
- free audiobook version
- via Stefan Höltgen

Nicholas Tolkein great-grandson of J.R.R. Tolkein

swen — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:55:42 GMT

"Nicholas Tolkien never wanted to be an author like his famous great grandfather. Instead, when he saw the first big screen adaptation of "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy at the age of 11, he began dreaming of becoming a filmmaker." Read on

Nicholas Tolkein Interview - 02.12.2012 WBUR

Aphex Twin Mix by Funky Jeff

swen — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:43:47 GMT

- funkyjeff77.wordpress.com
- soundcloud.com

The Quest for the Higgs Boson at the Large Hadron Collider

swen — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:49:13 GMT

Beate Heinemann: The Quest for the Higgs Boson at the Large Hadron Collider

"Beate Heinemann, Associate Professor of Physics at the University of California, Berkeley, describes the LHC and its experiments, the relevance of the Higgs boson and the current state of the experimental searches." Read on

Robert J. Sawyer on Humanity 2.0

swen — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:25:54 GMT

bigideas.tvo.org. "What will it mean to be human in the future? Uploading consciousness into virtual worlds and prolonging life through biotechnology are already being contemplated. Canada's leading science fiction writer, Robert J. Sawyer, offers his insights in a lecture entitled Humanity 2.0, produced in collaboration with the Literary Review of Canada." Read on

Jörg Buttgereit & Marcus Stiglegger - Die Untoten

swen — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:07:50 GMT

"Der Arthouse-Horrorfilmregisseur Jörg Buttgereit und der Filmwissenschaftler Marcus Stiglegger stellen die lebenden Toten als zeitgenössisch politische, soziale oder satirische Metapher vor."

Den Beitrag kann man leider nicht einbetten, dafür hier anschauen: www.untot.info

Dazu passend auch www.kulturstiftung-des-bundes.de

Ryuichi Sakamoto

swen — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:57:03 GMT

WNYC: "He joins John Schaefer for this New Sounds to talk about his writing process for some of his well-known film scores, his plan to turn around the carbon footprint that he will make on tour by his founding the organization More Trees, and they open the Pandora’s box by questioning when noise becomes music." Read on

Maschinenwinterresonanz

swen — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:27:33 GMT

Von Barbara Eisenmann und Frieder Butzmann

"Das Interessanteste, was Menschen herstellen könnten, ist die Menschheit." In der Streitschrift "Maschinenwinter" des Journalisten und Schriftstellers Dietmar Dath stellen die Menschen fest, dass Maschinen keine Früchte hervorbringen; sie sind unfruchtbar wie Pflanzen im Winter. Der Fortschritt ist keiner mehr, weil die Menschen zu Sklaven der Maschinen geworden sind. Doch nicht die Technik ist das Problem, es sind die Besitzverhältnisse im Kapitalismus. In Daths Gepäck für eine sozialistische Zukunft finden sich Darwin und Lenin genauso wie bürgerliche Revolutionäre des 18. Jahrhunderts oder marxistische Computerwissenschaftler der Gegenwart."

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