Apparently in 2007, Jaz Coleman was composer in residence at the Prague Symphony Orchestra! He composed and performed his favourite Killing Joke tracks with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Jaz Coleman - You'll Never Get To Me Killing Joke - You'll Never Get To Me Of course true fans have always know this but for me... đ€Ż
I sneaky linked them last time and co-incidentally read someone saying Pandemonium was disappointing. shaking-my-head emoji. Kiiling Joke Millennium Kiiling Joke Communion Checked out their first release too (according to discogs) because... compulsory. Killing joke Nervious System "Time is freaky" fans. That was released closer to Joseph Stalin's Great Purge than today. 45 Y.E.A.R.S.
Fall of Because Sadness; sorry folks not that one - tho hallow to it.
Always happy for recommendations, thanks.
Globular - An Ode To Iain Freezy lol, misread the title as "An ode to Jain Frenzy."
When my dad was diagnosed with myeloma I told him I didn't know what to say. He said there's nothing to say about it. Rather than talk about our feelings, which my family never really did, we just continued shooting the shit and joking and sending each other the equivalent of cat pics for old people. Despite myeloma being incurable, it's treatable and some people last a long time and you kind of cling to the hope that this case will be one of those. Despite the statistics. When the melonomas appeared though, every conversation became incredibly weird and difficult because we both basically assumed we were just waiting for him to die, which he did quite soon. Sorry for making this about me and again, I'm not really sure what to say to you. The death in life sucks. Not sure about your relationship with your mom is like, but I hope you can avoid my situation of being weirded out talking to each other.
I didn't think she would last a year after Philip's death. So glad to be out of the UK to avoid the media avalanche of dross and shit that this sets off. It's weird that there's now a king after having lived my whole life with Elizabeth as the head of state. It's the not so subtle changes that will be strangest I guess - football fans singing God save the king at the upcoming world cup, no more Queen's speech at Xmas, when new stamps and money come out, and postboxes change from EII to CIII, etc, etc. Weirder still that it's a 73 year old Charles though. I wonder how all those Diana worshipping royalists will take to him?
You're right to be mad. Despite widespread homophobia and discrimination still, I do believe it has reduced and there are now laws being created e.g. to be legally married. I absolutely know it still isn't rosy or that progress isn't quick enough or good enough but I do feel there is progress and I think it will continue and I hope it accelerates too. There will always be prejudice though. I hope the same will happen for the trans community too and that it's faster but who knows.
yeah, Elizabeth II Regina, because you should pay obeisance when you post a letter. They all have them I think ...except the George VI R ones England is pretty divided about the royals, but I think most of them who aren't hardcore radicals also begrudgingly accept or even admire her. I'm surprised at the number of people claiming to be anti royal or monarchy posting how emotional they are. I was once snubbed by Princess Margaret as a kid when she visited our school, so I've despised the royals ever since. I only later learned why I perhaps should do, but the main motivation was being a petty schoolboy. Same reason I hate Jack Charlton. I suppose state is supplanted by a massive twitter army to protect the Kardashians.
CCP has everything locked down so tightly, outsiders generally will never know the extent of censorship and totality of clampdown exerted. There were no results searching for mentions of Sitong Bridge Beijing on weibo or anywhere inside the great firewall recently. There are hundred or thousands or more police posted on bridges across China... And anyone who's spent time in China will be aware of the pervasive chĂ buduĆ attitude. A mixture of a very pragmatic response to a situation, combined with meh, good enough, but it goes a lot further. It's also a very sharp, double edged sword. Cable won't reach? Drill a hole in the door, feed it through... very pragmatic|meh good enough. Can't afford to buy and process vegetable oil, gutter oil..., so pragmatic|meh good enough. Can't be bothered to follow to strict chemical/biological waste disposal procedures, dump it in the sewer. chĂ buduĆ also means if you can get away with it, you definitely should. Now I'm not saying they were so slapdash with their attitudes, that a dangerous virus being experimented on for gain of function, funded by the US (because they aren't allowed to) - only co-incidentally the very virus that caused a worldwide pandemic killing millions - could have been exposed to the outside world accidentally because some fuckwit threw a virulent bat's carcass in the dumpster out back that one time because Joe Chao mixed up the labels on the infected/uninfected cages, or someone tore their protective clothing, or spilt a vial and just used a mop to clean it up because ... chĂ buduĆ. But that is exactly what happened. Then the CCP machinery kicks in to cover it all up, now no-one will ever know the difference ... chĂ buduĆ | meh good enough
Still waiting for Elon to re-instate my very first account. I wonder if he sometimes bends the truth about his plans for twitter? I forgot the password and email address a long, long time ago and despite multiple attempts to gain access I think it was taken over by someone with more time and energy than me. I do wonder what they did to get it suspended though? It must feel so bad when even all those fascists ex-presidents won't come back and play with your new toy?
Bro don't you even user-engagement? Some marketing drone spent hours writing that headline. How are they gonna get their clicks? { x ⣠x â â, 3800 †x †9800 }
ha ha. I also enjoyed it but... I devoured Nathaniel's Nutmeg - which I thoroughly recommend. I met Puffin O'Hanlon and was to talking with her about how much I enjoyed it and was looking for something similar. She mentioned that her dad had written some exploration books and so next came Into the Heart of Borneo and Congo Journey. Wanting more of the same, I was recommended (by a fucking bookshop assistant!) The Poisonwood Bible. I thought this was real, not fiction. :( But I digress. To answer your question, I just started re-reading The Soul of a New Machine after seeing it mentioned on a HN thread . I remembered being totally captivated reading it at school, prompted by my dad landing a job with Data General lecturing some of the later models. It'll be interesting to see how well it holds up and how I feel about it now. I'm pretty sure I'll feel that it's a toxic work environment, but let's wait and see... âthe poisonwood bibleâ.
I missed this when it came out in 2023, Pixvae - Oi VĂ©. A sample - Pixvae - Vengo
Sometimes it's incredibly hard not to be bitter about how far in life utter fuckwits can get.
lol OK I'll bite. No way a lab funding gain of research function funded by an embarrassed US government and scientific community (many of which vocal in decrying the obvious fact of a lab origin - surprise pikachu face) into the same virus using live bats transported from hundreds of miles away at the same location as the outbreak was discovered could have been involved. It must have somehow been transmitted naturally to other animal and then to humans. Absolutely impossible and preposterous to suggest someone connected to the lab could have transmitted it to any of those animals at the market in the same city as the lab? Just cause we've discovered humans transmitting it to pets that's obviously not connected. [...] Yeah but no way the immaculate and trustworthy CCP could have had any hand in burying and destroying evidence, bleaching the market, destroying all the animals " increasing public safety but hampering origin hunting. ", delaying, blocking, controlling and interfering with investigations? Smacks so heavily of CCP propaganda I doubt they could have written it better themselves. I'm not implying he's been influenced at all, but he's definitely a paid CCP shill. Update: If an investigation of the lab found no evidence of a leak, the scientists involved would simply be accused of hiding the relevant material.
The incessant blame game and finger pointing has reduced the chances of finding viral origins even further.
The acrid stench of xenophobia lingers over much of this discussion
Tuesday is the new dad + daughter movie day. She's seen the later Glass Onion but not Knives Out so that was my pick on your recommendation. I remember being told about Cut-up technique and I had a strong feeling of it being applied to the genre of murder mystery here, while still being an actual genuine murder mystery romp. I really enjoyed how the tropes were used as misdirection and taking a humorous approach and, like any good show or film, there are obviously many clues dropped to encourage a re-watch, which I'm pretty certain I will do.
Saw The Killing of a Sacred Deer last night (Sunday). Absolutely stunning. Lots of food for thought here. I've never studied Greek mythology but I can spot a hint like name dropping Iphigenia. I wouldn't have connected the Deer otherwise. Reminded me of watching movies like Irreversible or Eraserhead for the first time - not least because of the stilted conversation style which is a landmark feature of Lynch's films. I loved how the off-kilter camera angles add to the feeling of unease too.
Been going through their releases. This week: 2
I do have a list of movies I'm interested in seeing - though I haven't touched it for a few years. Both Annihilation and Hunt for the Wilderpeople are there so we're off to a good start from my perspective! I started with Annihilation yesterday because it's on Netflix and therefore easy. I doubt any sci-fi horror can match Alien or The Thing. I've seen Alien a bunch of times and it still holds up but I'm a bit scared to re-watch The Thing because I have a feeling I might have magnified it in my mind through the emotional lens of nostalgia and it may be disappointing. I really liked Annihilation though. I don't go for horror per-se, but I do enjoy some good, egregious body horror and I liked their choice to unambiguously show the alien and not hide behind the "leave it to your imagination because it's worse than we can show you"
His holy tubes, our physical conduit. So too He, Musk the redeemer will deliver us!!
Has to be one of the most physically distant collaborations ever. Makes me wonder how it came about. Paraguay and Taiwan - the most physically distant countries I know of - need to pick their game up. Would love to know if there are any further apart - maybe I'll scrape the site to find the biggest.
First I heard this: Amyl and The Sniffers - Hertz then this: Anti Nowhere League - So What then I was 14 again... X-Ray Spex - Art-I-Ficial Buzzcocks - Autonomy UK Subs - C.I.D. ... Still going strong!! 999 - Emergency The Cure - Killing An Arab The Ruts - S U S Stiff Little Fingers - Emergency anyways... moral of the story, I'm a big Amyl and the Sniffers fan now.
Anyone want to punt on what consequences might happen? As sick as it is, I will accept nothing as the answer.
It does seem light, they could have appointed him to the supreme court and that's life.
Musk using Tay for strategy is entertaining beyond parody.
Octopuses is fine, we're not speaking Greek, or do you live in a bangla eating è±è
? At least I hope we can both agree that the octopists are 100% wrong.
A historical week I missed Pylon when it was released (2015) so I gave it a spin. Yep, unmistakably Killing Joke with more modern production. Been listening to early Devo and Dead Kennedys albums this week. It's a paradox choosing a track for each. So difficult because there's so many great tracks by both bands how do you choose? Equally so easy - like randomly pick a track, you can't really miss.
Killing Joke - I Am The Virus