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Links for 2010-04-12

Arms manufacturers: Bangs for bucks | The Economist
"The world's biggest arms-makers"
(tags:info war )RAIME on MySpace Music – Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music

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BBC News – Somali radio stations comply with Islamists' music ban
"Most radio stations in Somalia have stopped playing music, on the orders of Islamist Hizbul-Islam insurgents who say that songs are un-Islamic."
(tags:music cult war pol )Starling: new social TV platform to revolutionize TV viewing
"Starling, a...

Diana McCarthy's looking for some feedback on a possible ...

Diana McCarthy's looking for some feedback on a possible online comics project.

Going Like Zo

So, this morning, a very tired Zoetica Ebb posted this photo of herself to my message board.

Two hours later, John Worsley posted this.

And then Gekko, um…

Yes. I suspect we have an actual Thing happening there.

Whitechapel 13apr10

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* Solipsistic Pop 2 Launch

* Muller Glasgow talk May 6th. – that's designer Tom Muller to you

* T-Shirt Of The Week: The Ariana's Computer Died Edition

* Wonderful Wooden Reasons – zine for non-commercial music

* REMAKE/REMODEL: Tiger Hart Of Crossbone Castle

* The Self-Portrait Imagethread (Apr 10)

* Musicians & Bands: Plug Your Work & Gigs

Simon Reynolds' ELDRITCHTRONICA AND WYRD BLISS

Simon Reynolds, beloved music writer of this parish, has assembled a mixtape of interest at Pontone:

When Pontone asked if I fancied coming up with a mixtape of favorites from the last decade, I thought "that could get pretty motley". So I focused on a particular sound-stream: "eldritchtronic", a non-existent genre that cuts across a bunch of zones (hauntology, the trippier end of microhouse, hypnagogic/glo-fi, the Brooklyn school of "ecstatic experimental", etc). Mostly electronic but rarely...

Proper Fucking SF Magazine, Mate

From this:

…the contributors to New Worlds magazine believed that innovative writing was required to deal with the modern world. The editorial board – including Michael Moorcock and JG Ballard – would gather on Thursday evenings at the White Horse in Fetter Lane. Doris Lessing attended one evening, but left unnerved and underwhelmed. She says it wasn't until later that she realised what she'd witnessed: "In that prosaic room, in that very ordinary pub, was going on the most advanced thinking...

The Making Of The IRON MAN: EXTREMIS Motion Comic

At iFanboy. Episode one of the motion comic is released on the 16th.

Station Ident: Eye Am Awake

(Gufina)

Xinlisupreme: Seaside Voice Guitar

Nice surprise to wake up to: nun-eating Japanese noisepop band Xinlisupreme have released another free sampler pack.  It's the top one at http://xinlisupreme.com/.  It includes the glorious "Zouave's Blue."

Night Music: Sunshine Underground

"The Sunshine Underground," off the Chemical Brothers album SURRENDER. I remember this being my favourite piece off the record, which lived in my Sony Discman (haha) for a couple of months back in '99.

G'night.