Tuesday, February 17, 2004
Why Iraq but not Haiti? | Neptunes secrets revealed and | Arthur Russell belatedly gets his shine
From the February 11 "Crisis in Haiti" editorial in the Washington Post:
Haiti stood on the verge of revolution or anarchy last night. Armed gangs opposed to President Jean-Bertrand Aristide controlled a number of towns, and fighting was reported in the second-largest city, Cap Haitien. Scores have been killed since rebellion began last week, and the United Nations is warning of an imminent food crisis. Yet neither the United States nor Haiti's other neighbors appear prepared to come to its rescue [emphasis added]. They are standing by as a violent movement, made up at least in part of criminals and thugs with connections to Haiti's last dictatorship, overthrows a democratically elected president -- or is itself brutally put down.
So, the $64,000 question: why intervene and go to war (in part) to relieve the suffering of the Iraqi people but do nothing on behalf of the Haitians? (spotted on Haiti Pundit via American Black)
Jayson Blair wants to fund a scholarship for the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at his alma mater, the University of Maryland, but Tom Kunkel, dean of the school, says they would "never take such ill-gotten money." (Washington Post scroll down to fourth item)
Image courtesy: All Music Guide
From my good friends at Audika records:
We are very happy to announce that after lots of hard work and plenty of love, we have our first release today, [cult left-field disco figure] Arthur Russell's Calling Out of Context, a collection of unreleased material compiled after sifting through hundreds of old tapes and masters (the album has been licensed to Rough Trade for Europe for those of you not in the States).
Look for upcoming coverage in the NY Times this Sunday as well as reviews in the current Rolling Stone, and upcoming issues of Entertainment Weekly, Time Out New York, SF weekly, Village Voice, Vice, Spin, New York magazine, Valley Advocate, and the New Yorker.
Audika also launching our website so please check it out for more information and/or to BUY a CD. Everyone's support is and will be very much appreciated so please spread the word and, most importantly, love and enjoy it.
I think I just did. For more info, click here.
Related listening: Soul Jazz's The World of Arthur Russell available via Insound.
And while I'm in plug-my-friends mode, looks like Robot Stories done good this past weekend:
Dear Friends,
Thank you, everyone! "Robot Stories" had a spectacular first weekend at the Cinema Village in New York City, selling out several shows and grossing $10,026 over the course of Friday, Saturday, and Sunday! That's a fantastic number for an indepedent film in New York -- and enough to convince the theater owner to give us a second week! So thanks to all your help in getting the word out, we're playing in New York through February 26 at the least. Click here for screening info and here's our latest review -- a three and a half star rave from Newsday!
Again, many, many thanks for supporting the film. See you at the movies!
Rumors swirling that OG hip hop progressivists De La Soul might be signing to the Sanctuary Music Group.
Secrets of the Neptunes' hit production sound revealed. (HipHopGame.com)
And finally, some mp3 madness: Radiohead's "Paranoid Android" as performed by the U. Mass. Front Percussion Ensemble. (The UMass Drumline)
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Haiti stood on the verge of revolution or anarchy last night. Armed gangs opposed to President Jean-Bertrand Aristide controlled a number of towns, and fighting was reported in the second-largest city, Cap Haitien. Scores have been killed since rebellion began last week, and the United Nations is warning of an imminent food crisis. Yet neither the United States nor Haiti's other neighbors appear prepared to come to its rescue [emphasis added]. They are standing by as a violent movement, made up at least in part of criminals and thugs with connections to Haiti's last dictatorship, overthrows a democratically elected president -- or is itself brutally put down.
So, the $64,000 question: why intervene and go to war (in part) to relieve the suffering of the Iraqi people but do nothing on behalf of the Haitians? (spotted on Haiti Pundit via American Black)
Jayson Blair wants to fund a scholarship for the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at his alma mater, the University of Maryland, but Tom Kunkel, dean of the school, says they would "never take such ill-gotten money." (Washington Post scroll down to fourth item)
Image courtesy: All Music Guide
From my good friends at Audika records:
We are very happy to announce that after lots of hard work and plenty of love, we have our first release today, [cult left-field disco figure] Arthur Russell's Calling Out of Context, a collection of unreleased material compiled after sifting through hundreds of old tapes and masters (the album has been licensed to Rough Trade for Europe for those of you not in the States).
Look for upcoming coverage in the NY Times this Sunday as well as reviews in the current Rolling Stone, and upcoming issues of Entertainment Weekly, Time Out New York, SF weekly, Village Voice, Vice, Spin, New York magazine, Valley Advocate, and the New Yorker.
Audika also launching our website so please check it out for more information and/or to BUY a CD. Everyone's support is and will be very much appreciated so please spread the word and, most importantly, love and enjoy it.
I think I just did. For more info, click here.
Related listening: Soul Jazz's The World of Arthur Russell available via Insound.
And while I'm in plug-my-friends mode, looks like Robot Stories done good this past weekend:
Dear Friends,
Thank you, everyone! "Robot Stories" had a spectacular first weekend at the Cinema Village in New York City, selling out several shows and grossing $10,026 over the course of Friday, Saturday, and Sunday! That's a fantastic number for an indepedent film in New York -- and enough to convince the theater owner to give us a second week! So thanks to all your help in getting the word out, we're playing in New York through February 26 at the least. Click here for screening info and here's our latest review -- a three and a half star rave from Newsday!
Again, many, many thanks for supporting the film. See you at the movies!
Rumors swirling that OG hip hop progressivists De La Soul might be signing to the Sanctuary Music Group.
Secrets of the Neptunes' hit production sound revealed. (HipHopGame.com)
And finally, some mp3 madness: Radiohead's "Paranoid Android" as performed by the U. Mass. Front Percussion Ensemble. (The UMass Drumline)
