2014/12/17

minor arcana...




well, i don't think it is actually real hair, as the title states. i do believe it is genetically modified. it clearly comes straight from the 90s but it has been frankensteinized. it's all wires and knobs under it's blond head. just listen to the bassline twirling autonomously against guitars and voices. no, this thing ain't human.


btw, you can help this poor creature by buying this record. just click on the picture above.



hm... not convinced yet?


wait...




i just...

      ...have to dig...





...



here you are! another one, a few pounds heavier than the one above...




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2014/11/25

black rage...



ms. lauryn hill.



you don't hear from her very often anymore.

the track is a few months old. but still fitting, these days...

hills vocals follow the melody of a tune, that john coltrane had made famous: 'my favourite things'. a thoroughly 'white' song from the musical 'the sound of music', coltrane had used to ironically comment on an america that at the time was living one of it's much needed moments of black pride.




via pitchfork


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2014/11/22

demos?

Europäische Demokratie
(link, article from the swiss nzz in german)

die schweizer nzz über die zögerliche entwicklung der direkten demokratie auf europäischer ebene. nov. 2014.

die union ist ein zu großes, schweres monstrum und zugleich zu wichtig und nützlich, als dass sie ohne echte bürgerbeteiligung und ohne ein "nein!" von unten, ohne ein ernstzunehmendes initiativrecht von seiten der bürger auskommen könnte. formuliere ich hier keine selbstverständlichkeit?