the sound is just AWFUL haha... (sorry, Killing Joke destroyed my camera ;)

But the feeling in the crowd and 4 encores are in there too...

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"If you watched the third and final presidential debate last night you know that there were many mentions of "Joe the Plumber." Joe is actually Joe Wurzelbacher, an 'everyman' who appeared out of a crowd at an Obama campaign appearance and asked the senator about his economic plan. Joe says his American Dream is being able to provide for his ( Read more... )

Featuring members of the Mashup Soundsystem collective, this is a fine piece of droning, flowing audio alchemy. Bubbling organics merge with cold, isolationist subsonic layers to produce a cinematic rainy day soundtrack.
The first three pieces on this release flow into one another like wisps of toxic smoke twisting into the atmosphere. Second ( Read more... )

brilliant, i love these guys...

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The minimum wage in the world's richest country has just been raised by almost 12 percent. That followed a 13.6 percent hike last year and looks like major progress for those at the bottom of the economic ladder. At first sight, at least.

Examined more closely, the figures highlight poverty and economic ( Read more... )

Inga Dorosz

The artist responsible for the photography featured on the Mondegreen cover will have her "Seascapes" featured in a group show @ the Sam Lee Gallery in Los Angeles, with artist opening tomorrow, 07-19-08 @ 6PM.

The Exhibit runs July 19 - August 23, 2008.


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Concrete Cookie & the Maggot Farmer - Mondegreen
CD, Force Of Nature, 2008
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Oh FFS..why not just strip everyone, put them in a boiler suit, sedate them, and then chuck them on the plane?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080610/ts_alt_afp/ustransportaviationsecurity;_ylt=Asc6vsfOdXRiqR7fP24ql76s0NUE

'The booths close around the passenger and emit "millimeter waves" that go through cloth to identify metal, plastics, ( Read more... )

PLEASE VOTE TODAY...  ESPECIALLY ON 98...  WHICH WILL END RENT CONTROL IN THE CITIES....

I THINK LA TIMES SUMMED IT UP BEST:

Because Prop. 98 is a Trojan horse, using stealth and fear to slip a permanent end to rent control into the state constitution, where it would have to be practically dynamited out.

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