Ready for some fun? Catch G-Force, a new Disney comedy — in Disney Digital 3-D — produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. In the film, Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Penélope Cruz, Tracy Morgan, Jon Favreau, and Steve Buscemi play a team of secret agents out to protect the world against billionaire Leonard Saber (Bill Nighy). Of course, these secret agents just happen to be guinea pigs, moles, and hamsters. Enjoy.
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Live – The Open
July 17th, 2009 |
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By Sam Lyon
0727: Ross Fisher, one under at the start of play, pings his three iron comfortably onto the fairway – he again is paired with Mike Weir and Ben Curtis, and this threesome were the lowest-scoring group of Thursday after Weir ended three under and Curtis five under. The Canadian and American follow Fisher’s lead and a fair few folks will be following this group today, for sure.0722: Ever wondered what it’s like to cover an event like the Open Check out our sport editor’s blog with Philip Bernie, who admits"the Open is one of the most complicated outside broadcasts we do at the BBC",and you also have your chance to have your say.From Anon via text on 81111: "Re: 0647 – Here’s something to tell the grandchildren – it didn’t used to be unusual to see Tom Watson at five under after the first round of the Open." 0717: Nice reception for three-time Open champion Nick Faldo as he gets his round going with a tee shot straight down the middle of the fairway at the first.From GDW via text on 81111: "Sam, looking at the leaderboard, who is Kuboya and where did he appear from with -5 Did he play in the dark All the women in my life still asleep. Magic." From Chris in Norfolk via text on 81111: "You’re right Sam, I am wiping the sleep from my eyes. Although I’m now on my way for 36 holes on my day off! Good stuff."0706: The weather might not be as sedate as yesterday, but that is not stopping the birdies roll in this morning. Ireland’s David Higgins and Welshman Rhys Davies both pick up a shot at the opening hole, as does James Driscoll. However, Damien McGrane, Daniel Gaunt, Matt Kuchar and"jobbing builder"Jeremy Kavanagh have all dropped a shot – as if anybody needed reminding that this Turnberry course can bite you on the backside if you take liberties.0701: I can also report, via Twitter, that Ian Poulter did not hit "one shot I was happy with","drama queen"Colin Montgomerie refused to give interviews, and Paul Casey finished his day with a "fantastic banoffee pie", recommended to him by Colombian Camillo Villegas. Any of you lot on Twitter I must say I’ve joined, but find updating strangers on the banality of my life rather pointless and depressing. Perhaps I’m not embracing it enough!0659: A quick summation ofyesterday’s playfor those that missed it, then. Five-time Open champion Tom Watson fired a sensational 65 and looked like being the oldest leader of this Championship after the first round ever at the age of 59 for much of the day until Miguel Angel Jimenez sunk a 65-footer at the last to complete a 64. Elsewhere, 2003 champion Ben Curtis and Japan’s Kenichi Kuboya – the latter courtesy of three birdies and an eagle in his final four holes – sit alongside Watson, with Lee Westwood, Paul Casey, Anthony Wall, Graeme McDowell and David Howell leading the British challenge on two under.BBC Sport’s Ken Brown on Twitter: "If Thursday is anything to go by, the most difficult hole on the course is the par four 16th, with the easiest being the par five 7th. Watch out for those holes today."0651: A steady enough start for the opening group of the day, with Damien McGrane and Matt Kuchar bagging pars at the first and Tim Stewart taking a birdie three.0647: Oh and, forgive me, I forgot to remind you to get involved via your mobile telephone devices using the SMS function to 81111. I realise that at this hour you’re possibly wiping the sleep out of your eyes, your children’s porridge off your tie and the smell of the bus or train out of your hair, but why not brighten your Friday morning by getting published on the BBC Sport website. It’ll be something to tell the grandchildren, right0642: A few players to keep an eye on before our TV coverage kicks off on BBC Two, the Red Button and this website (UK users only) at 0900 BST – Sandy Lyle will take time out fromhis spat with Colin Montgomerieto get his second round going at 0703, Open legend Nick Faldo is off at 0714, Ben Curtis, alongside English hope Ross Fisher, is the first of those at the top of the leaderboard to get started at 0725 and all eyes will also be on Rory McIlroy’s group, which includes Retief Goosen and Anthony Kim, when they tee off at 0820. And that’s just a sample. What a field this is.
0631: Ireland’s Damien McGrane, American Matt Kuchar and Tim Stewart of Australia get the second round under way – and let me tell you, the bright, windless conditions of yesterday are long gone already. The rain has stopped momentarily, but it’s going to get worse apparently. Expect plenty of glances skyward today.BBC Five Live’s Jay Townsend on Twitter: "It is a rainy morning here at the Open, doing the Breakfast show and then out with Padraig Harrington this morning. Waterproofs are a MUST today."0625: "The lady was defenceless, but she’s going to bare her teeth." That was the assessment oflong-time first-round leader Tom Watsonon this Turnberry course on Thursday, and it makes you think ‘how many players are going to rue not taking advantage of conditions more benign than a kitten wrapped in cotton wool in that first round’Miguel Angel Jimenez leads the Open,a lot of the pre-tournament favourites are yet to make their move, and the weather is forecast to turn more uncomfortable than a dinner for two between Monty and Sandy – a truly fascinating day’s play in round two lay in store…
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Rio denies China bribery claims
July 17th, 2009 |
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The Anglo-Australian mining firm, Rio Tinto, has strongly denied its staff engaged in bribery as alleged by China.
Australia has also repeated its request for a quick resolution of the case, in which one Australian and three Chinese Rio Tinto staff have been detained.
China, which detained Australian Stern Hu on 5 July, has told Australia not to interfere in the legal process.
Analysts say the allegations of spying against Rio Tinto in Shanghai risk damaging Australia-China ties.
"Rio Tinto believes that the allegations in recent media reports that employees were involved in bribery of officials at Chinese steel mills are wholly without foundation," Rio Tinto’s iron ore chief executive Sam Walsh said.
"We remain fully supportive of our detained employees, and believe that they acted at all times with integrity and in accordance with Rio Tinto’s strict and publicly stated code of ethical behaviour."
Rio added that it remained "very concerned" about its employees and said it was still shipping iron ore to China, following reports it was pulling out staff and cutting back exports.
Polite talk
Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said he had pressed China "politely but firmly" to push through the case.
"When I had my conversation with Vice Minister He, I made the point that Australia understood that this was a matter before Chinese legal and potentially judicial processes," Mr Smith told public broadcaster ABC, after meeting China’s Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei during a multinational summit in Egypt.
Their meeting came a day after China told Australia not to interfere in its judicial process.
"We are firmly against anyone stirring up the case and interfering with the independent judicial authority of China. This is not in the interest of Australia," foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang said on Thursday.
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has warned that China has big economic interests at stake in the case of a mining executive accused of spying.
The United States has also urged Beijing to ensure transparency and fair treatment for staff of foreign companies.
The Shanghai-based staff of the Anglo-Australian mining firm Rio Tinto are accused of stealing state secrets from Chinese steel mills.
China has widened its investigation into the industry’s workings by investigating executives at Chinese state-owned steel firms in recent days.
In June, Rio Tinto abandoned a $19.5bn deal with China’s state-owned Chinalco in favour of a tie-up with rival giant BHP Billiton, to the anger of some in Beijing.</p
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Rio Tinto ‘concerned’ about staff
July 17th, 2009 |
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Rio Tinto has said it is "very concerned" about its four employees detained in Shanghai amid accusations of bribery and spying.
The company said the allegations are "wholly without foundation".
Stern Hu, an Australian, and three of the firm’s other employees were detained in China last week.
The detentions come amid negotiations about iron ore prices between Australia and China and has cast a shadow on relations between the two countries.
"Rio Tinto believes that the allegations in recent media reports that employees were involved in bribery of officials at Chinese steel mills are wholly without foundation," Sam Walsh, chief executive of Rio Tinto’s Iron Ore division, said.
"We remain fully supportive of our detained employees, and believe that they acted at all times with integrity and in accordance with Rio Tinto’s strict and publicly stated code of ethical behaviour," he added.
Scrapped merger
The company said it continued to operate in China and is maintaining iron ore shipments from Australia.
Earlier this week, China extended its investigations into alleged spying and bribery by Rio Tinto employees to executives at five Chinese steelmakers.
Officials at Baosteel Group, Anshan Iron & Steel Group, Laigang Group and Jigang Group are being questioned.
Analysts say the allegations have cast a shadow over resource-rich Australia’s trading relationship with China.
In June, Rio scrapped a $19.5bn (£12.1bn) deal with China’s state-owned Chinalco in favour of a tie-up with rival giant BHP Billiton, which angered some in Beijing.</p
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Elizabeth O’Neill: Huffpost Review: Evanston: A Rare Comedy
July 16th, 2009 |
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If you think all suburban communities are filled only with the inane, the dull and the quietly desperate, prepare to be rocked by Michael Yates Crowley’s new play.
Live – The Open
July 16th, 2009 |
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BBC Sport’s Mark Orlovac on Twitter: "It really is a glorious morning here at Turnberry, the contrast with the first day at Birkdale could not be more stark. Wonder how the 1st group are feeling"0635: Broadhurst, alongside Kiwi Michael Campbell and American Mark Calcavecchia, strolls down the opening fairway to polite applause as the crowds begin to build nicely even at this early hour. And that allows me to give you an early pointer that this year’s Open will be what can only be described as Twitter-tastic. We have Robin Hodgetts, Mark Orlovac, Iain Carter and Ged Scott – among others – in place at Turnberry and all of them are armed with a mobile phone and an intention to keep us all updated via the medium of Tweets throughout the next four days. Modern technology huh
0630: "On the tee, Paul Broadhurst", yelps Open starter Ivor Robson, and the Englishman gets the 138th Open Championship under way with a super drive right down the middle of the fairway. Let me tell you, conditions could not be better at Turnberry right now – take a picture and slap it on a postcard, someone, please. If it stays like this, we could be looking at a heap of low scores today – something that few were predicting earlier this week.BBC Sport’s Rob Hodgetts on Twitter: "Quick cup of splosh, then out to the 1st tee. Not so warm. Lots of dew. Dry, with some clouds, some clear patches. Excited, it’s the Open!"0628: Turnberry – one of the most picturesque courses out there – plays host to The Open this year and, with literally seconds to go until the first shot, why don’t you think about getting involved via text on 81111 Few things in life fully justify a 0430 alarm call, I’m sure you’ll agree, but The Open is up there with Christmas morning and a long-haul holiday flight to the sunny climbs of who knows where. Get involved.0625: Oh yes, I know what you’re thinking… just when you thought this summer’s feast of top sporting action could not get any more plentiful, along comes the 138th Open Championship. Settle yourself in for four days of quality, nail-biting, topsy-turvy golfing action because, as far as I can tell, any one of about three dozen players will fancy their chances of taking home the most coveted prize in world golf on Sunday evening. Are you ready to rumble
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Mariah’s masculine side
July 16th, 2009 |
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FASHION DILEMMA
Is Mariah Carey suffering from a gender identity crisis?
Some of you may wonder how it’s possible for heaven’s very own warbling angel, Mariah Carey, to pose our dilemma this week. It’s not as if she’s at the head of the fashion pack or likely to become a muse for Lagerfeld. Let’s face it, she barely manages to find clothes that fit half the time.
Neither does her window-shattering voice get us excited. In fact, there’s only one reason we’re listening to one of her songs (and if you’re of a nervous disposition, we advise you to take a few deep breaths now): the pneumatic one has had a ‘male-over’.
The singer wears a grey tracksuit, baseball cap and an abundance of facial hair in the video to her latest single, Obsessed. Drawing rapidly denied comparisons to Eminem, Mariah’s husband Nick Cannon told an MTV reporter that his wife has no beef with the rapper. He said (in what we can only describe as a truly original pun): “She’s not beefing, she’s a vegetarian”. Mariah herself tweeted, “I am NOT at any point in the video playing a specific person. I’m dressed as a ‘stalker’ in 3 different ensembles.”
Whatever she says, we think she looks exactly like a dodgy character from the streets of Baltimore. Our excitement levels peaked during the second scene when we thought that Jimmy McNulty might turn up drunk and arrest her for crimes against music. It didn’t happen, but when Mariah (in stalker guise) started dancing with a life-size cardboard cut-out OF HERSELF in a room bedecked with posters OF HERSELF we nearly got out a gun and shot the computer to hell.
Even more disturbing (it seems impossible, doesn’t it?) was Mariah’s acting ability, which made one scene so realistic that we wondered if art was imitating life. The adoring gaze that Mariah-as-doorman cast upon Mariah-as-superstar was reminiscent of the scenes between Frodo and Sam in Lord of the Rings. There was that much love. Unsubtle? Mariah? Never.
BANG ON TREND
Summer jackets
Dressing is difficult at the moment, what with the weather being hot, cold and wet, all on the same day. With no way to predict when it’s going to rain or shine, a girl needs to carry around a lightweight jacket to throw on and off as the skies dictate.
Miss Selfridge has a nice Stella-inspired blazer (in the dreaded nude shade) that will keep you cool when the sun’s out and warmish when it’s in. For £40 it’s a bargain.
For those of a sporty persuasion, we like this bright pink jacket by Bench from Republic for £39.99.
On the denim front, this jacket by Levi’s at £54 is a classic that reminds us of our school days. Wear it a lot: the more distressed it is, the better – but for God’s sake, don’t wear it with jeans. Urban Outfitters has a selection of really nice denim jackets with a twist. We especially like this military one for £55 and this batwing one for £65.
For something a little more hardwearing, but still lightweight, try Barbour’s sandstone jacket and tap into the safari trend seen on the catwalks last season. It costs £209 and is available from johnlewis.com.
We love Rick Owens’ blistered leather jacket with its gorgeous feminine silhouette. However, we will continue to love it from a distance because it costs £1,465. We’ll make do with this soft grey leather jacket from All Saints for £200.
If you need a more formal look for the office try this white M&S 125 Years Bouclé Jacket, which smacks of Jackie O glamour for a mere £69.
FASHIONISTA OF THE WEEK
Kim Kardashian
We never thought we’d see the day when self-made sex tape star Kim Kardashian would grace these webpages as Fashionista of the Week, but we love an LBD and this is a great example of one. We like it all the more because it’s from Topshop and only cost £38. The shoulders are very of the moment with their little peaks, and Kim accessorised the dress with a space-age silver necklace. Good work.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
She comes off as genuinely sweet, sunny and slightly dim, her punkette look the thinnest candy coating over an interior filled primarily with airy, whipped pink goo and nuvo-hippie, gestalt-y wow-ness.
The New York Times’ Cintra Wilson waxes lyrical over Agyness Deyn.
FASHION GRAVEYARD
An email fell into Fashion Statement’s inbox this week. It wasn’t an invitation to the latest celebrity party, and neither was it Karl Lagerfeld asking for an interview. It was news of the worst kind: American Apparel has launched a hideous new product called the ‘Nylon Tricot Micro-Mesh Two-Sided Legging’. Effectively it’s half legging, half 10-denier tights and it’s bloody awful. If you fancy a Lady Godiva-esque jaunt through town check out the look on American Apparel’s website.
SHOPPING NEWS
Boyfriend not quite cutting it on the beach? Don’t worry, help is at hand at Debenhams. The nationwide store has just released “the wimp’s revenge” – spray-on muscles. The treatment from St Tropez costs around £30 and consists of two applications of fake tan, the second darker layer working to create an optical illusion of serious abs. Beware: it might take more than one can. Call 08445 616 161 for more details.
The word on the street is that Jil Sander’s highly anticipated collection for Uniqlo will be called +J. The range will consist of about 40 pieces for men and 100 for women, including coats, jackets, knitwear, T-shirts and accessories. The Sander trademark design features – simple, fluid lines – will carry on through into the high street collection.
OUT AND ABOUT
A new exhibition celebrating men in fashion photography opens tomorrow at The Photographers’ Gallery in London. When You’re a Boy focuses on Simon Foxton, a stylist whose career spans the last three decades. The exhibition runs until 4 October and admission is free.
Want to learn more about what you can do to help the environment? Then it might be an idea to attend the Wee Do lectures – a smaller version of the Do lectures (which take place in Wales) run by clothing brand Howies. Once a month in Howies’ Carnaby Street shop you can stop by, have a drink and be inspired by ‘doers’ like Hackney City Farm, Cooler Magazine and Respect the Mountain. Visit thedolectures.com for more information.
OFFCUTS
Hadley Freeman answers readers’ penetrating questions including: ‘Why do female models always look as if they need to go to the loo?’
Celebrate the UK release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by crafting a magical Daniel Radcliffe cross stitch.
Get the lowdown on Vivo Barefoot’s
latest ethical trainers.
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Zambia prosecutes editor of Post
July 15th, 2009 |
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An editor at Zambia’s biggest-selling newspaper has been charged with distributing obscene materials relating to a health sector crisis.
The Post sent harrowing images of a woman giving birth in the street to government ministers to highlight the effects of a health sector strike.
In May and June, Zambia’s hospitals and clinics ground to a halt as doctors and nurses went on strike over pay.
An official government spokesman declined to comment on the case.
The trial of the Lusaka-based Post’s female news editor, Chansa Kabwela, is due to start at the beginning of August.
‘Too gruesome to publish’
Pictures of the woman giving birth, to a child which subsequently died, were taken by a family member and handed to the Post.
"Unfortunately the president and his ministers and some of his supporters have chosen to ignore the plight of that woman"
Sam Mujuda
Post deputy editor-in-chief
Nine months pregnant and unable to afford private care, she had gone into labour.
But with her baby emerging feet first, she was turned away from two clinics and then Zambia’s largest hospital.
Sam Mujuda, the Post’s deputy editor-in-chief, described the pictures as "particularly graphic".
"I found these pictures quite gruesome and our decision was that we could not publish these pictures," he said.
"Here was a woman giving birth, it was a breach birth, legs first dangling between the legs of this woman."
The editors’ decision to post copies of the pictures to government ministers to focus their minds on the consequences of the strike did not go down well, the BBC’s Jonah Fisher reports from Zambia.
At a press conference, Zambian President Rupiah Banda condemned the Post for circulating what he called pornography.
Then, this week, the paper’s Ms Kabwela was charged with distributing obscene materials.
"What I see in those pictures is suffering," Sam Mujuda added.
"Suffering of a helpless woman who needed assistance. Unfortunately the president and his ministers and some of his supporters have chosen to ignore the plight of that woman."</p
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‘It was like Saving Private Ryan’
July 15th, 2009 |
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Trooper Anthony Matthews describes being hit and having to apply tourniquet during Afghanistan offensive
A British soldier injured in fierce fighting in the biggest offensive against the Taliban since the start of the conflict in 2001 has given a first-hand account of his ordeal.
Trooper Anthony Matthews, 20, of the Light Dragoons, was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade during Operation Panther’s Claw in Helmand province last week. He described how he managed to apply a tourniquet to his leg wound and to that of an injured comrade as he returned gunfire.
On that day, 7 July, Matthews’s close friend Christopher Whiteside, 22, was killed by an improvised bomb in a separate operation in Gereshk.
The number of British soldiers seriously wounded rose significantly last month, according to figures released todayby the Ministry of Defence. A total of 13 were “very seriously” or “seriously” wounded in action, with their lives being “imminently in danger” or their injuries a cause for “immediate concern”.
A further 46 soldiers were admitted to field hospitals last month. However, the figures do not reveal the total number of soldiers with injuries conventionally regarded as serious, including the loss of limbs. The figures for July are likely to be worse, defence officials acknowledge.
Matthews, nicknamed “Bulletproof Tony”, has returned home to Dunston, Gateshead, with a cricket ball-sized wound after a month of fighting that has claimed the lives of 17 British soldiers.
Recovering from surgery to the blast wound on his left leg, Matthews said he had feared for his own life.
He said: “There aren’t many people can tell the tale of getting hit by a grenade. I’ve just been very lucky. We came out of the compound we had taken over, and there was a tree line that we used as cover. My mates were beside me at either side, and then all I remember is hearing a massive bang.
“There was dirt all over their faces and they were screaming. It was like a scene out of Saving Private Ryan. My ears had gone and I looked at my friend and I could see he had been hit badly. I turned and looked down at my leg and my pants were all broken. I put a tourniquet on while I was still shooting.”
The Light Dragoons were based near Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital. During the early hours of 7 July, his platoon stepped into an ambush. A rocket-propelled grenade seriously wounded Matthews and his friend, Trooper Aaron Bradley.
“When the bullets are whizzing past it’s terrifying,” said Matthews. “They sound like bees flying past your ears, and then you hear them land and it sounds like someone clapping their hands.”
After being hit, he said, “it was just adrenaline. I didn’t feel anything. I stabbed myself with morphine and held on until the helicopters came. They got us back to Camp Bastion in four minutes.”
After treatment there he was flown to Birmingham’s Selly Oak hospital, where an operation sealed a deep wound across the back of his left leg. A few days before he was hit by the grenade, Matthews had been on a foot patrol behind a Scimitar tank which was blown up by a roadside bomb. His arms were hit by shrapnel.
He said: “No one was killed or even injured badly that time, amazingly. A team came out to clear the area and make sure it wasn’t a ‘daisy chain’, where a number of bombs are linked to a single command and control wire.
“It’s proper war out there. One time it took us from first light until last light just to move 800 metres. We were in constant contact with the enemy.”
His house was decked out in Union flags to welcome him home, and he is now recuperating alongside his mother, Karine, brother Kallum, 13, and girlfriend Sam, 20.
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Fridge:Early Output 1996-1998
July 13th, 2009 |
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By: Ron Hart
Before making their own names as the cream of the crop amongst forward-thinking musical acts of the 00′s, Kieran “Four Tet” Hebden and Adem Ilhan, along with bandmate Sam Jeffers, were an instrumental British outfit known as Fridge. Together, they forged a bold fusion of the sounds emanating from Chicago’s post-rock movement through innovative groups like Tortoise and Gastr del Sol with the skittering electronic rhythms of Aphex Twin and Autechre that remains one of the hidden treasures of the experimental ’90s.
However, while you may swear these guys were perpetually connected to some kind of a laptop or drum machine to capture the wholly alien sonic palpitations they created together, many of their compositions were crafted utilizing nothing more than your standard guitar-bass-drums arrangements. And even when they did employ the use of samplers, they did so by such organic means that you couldn’t tell what was filched from source material and what was created by their own hands.
Following the trio’s surprise reunion album in 2007, The Sun (JamBase review), Fridge look back on their salad days with Early Output 1996-1998 (Temporary Residence), a 21-track collection anthologizing the group’s genesis on Output Recordings, a revolutionary electronic-based record label run by Trevor Jackson of the UK dance unit Playgroup. Curated by Hebden, Ilhan and Jeffers themselves, these tracks showcase the band’s post-rock leanings more so than their later EPs and LPs, particularly on tracks like the 15-minute “Angelpoised,” which sounds like Talk Talk’s Laughing Stock crunked out with an 808, or “Orko,” a vibe-heavy near-nine-minute jam that comes off like it should owe studio points to John McEntire. It’s hard to think this stuff was recorded on cassettes in a crude home studio; it all sounds so great.
Elsewhere, shades of Hebden’s evolution as Four Tet can be traced back to tracks like
“Zedex Ay Ti Wan” and “Concert in Your House,” while “Helicopter” and “A Swerve and a Spin” offer up a heavy, Slint-like guitar dirge that foreshadows the chaotic freeform of Hebden’s recent collaborative work with jazz drummer Steve Reid.
Though most of the material here is from Fridge’s first few EPs and their two Output full-lengths, 1997′s Ceefax and 1998′s Semaphore, Early Output features six previously unreleased tracks: the fuzzy, flowing, ten-minute space jam “Distance” followed by five lo-fi fragments of compositional sketches that barely clock in at three-minutes total.
Longtime fans of Fridge might find this collection a little superfluous if you already own most of what they released on Output. However, for those who got turned onto the genius of Fridge through either Four Tet or Adem, this makes for a great beginner’s guide.
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Robert Wright: Why the “New Atheists” are Right-Wing on Foreign Policy
July 13th, 2009 |
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It must strike progressive atheists as a stroke of bad luck that Christopher Hitchens, leading atheist spokesperson, happens to have hawkish views on foreign policy. After all, with atheists an overwhelmingly left-wing group, what were the chances that the loudest infidel in the western world would happen to be on the right? Actually, the chances were pretty good. When it comes to foreign policy, a right-wing bias afflicts not just Hitchens’s world view, but the whole ideology of “new atheism.”
Kim Morgan: Be My Bloody Baby, Marty
July 12th, 2009 |
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I miss New York City. I miss the New York City I’ve never seen — the one I’ve only seen in movies. And after…
The CIA’s Rogue Operation
July 10th, 2009 |
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Everyone is playing the guessing game regarding the secret program which the CIA hid from Congress.The Huffington Post’s Sam Stein is guessing that it is Cheney’s executive assassination squad. Yesterday, I guessed it might have been continuity of gove…
Blue Turtle Seduction:16 States Tour
April 19th, 2009 |
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LAKE TAHOE BOYS HIT OKLAHOMA, WISCONSIN, MINNESOTA AND MORE
 Blue Turtle Seduction |
Blue Turtle Seduction is no stranger to the road – and now their “16 States, 13 Floors Tour”, which kicked off yesterday in Sparks, Nevada, leads them across 16 states in support of their digital release of 13 Floors (JamBase review). The bluegrass, folk, hip-hop and rock ensemble will make their way through Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota and several other states before heading back west with a finale in Dunsmuir, CA, at Sengthong’s Blue Sky Room on May 16, less than a month after the tour kicks off.
Featuring Jay Seals (guitar, vocals) Glenn Stewart (harmonica, pan flute, vocals), Christian Zupancic (violin, mandolin, vocals), Stephen Seals (bass) and Adam Navone (drums), the band met while working at a resort in South Lake Tahoe. Several highlights on this tour include the Norman Music Festival and the Hemp Hoe Down, as well as sharing bills with Oakhurst, That 1 Guy, Madahoochi, 56 Hope Road and Pert’ Near Sandstone.
16 States Tour Dates:
04/21 – Urban Lounge – Salt Lake City, UT
04/23 – Hodi’s Half Note – Ft. Collins, CO
04/24 – Bottleneck – Lawrence, KS
04/25 – Norman Music Festival – Norman, OK
04/28 – The Deli – Norman, OK
04/30 – Juanita’s Cantina – Little Rock, AR
05/01 – The Old Rock House – St. Louis, MO
05/02 – High Noon – Madison, WI
05/03 – Nomad World Pub – Minneapolis, MN
05/05 – Vaudeville Mews – Des Moines, IA
05/07 – Hemp Hoe Down – Sturgis, SD
05/08 – Filling Station – Bozeman, MT
05/09 – John’s Alley – Moscow, ID
05/10 – Tractor Tavern – Seattle, WA
05/12 – The Goodfoot Lounge – Portland, OR
05/13 – Sam Bond’s Garage – Eugene, OR
05/14 – The Applegate Lodge – Applegate, OR
05/15 – Humboldt Brews – Arcata, CA
05/16 – Sengthong’s Blue Sky Room – Dunsmuir, CA
High Sierra Additions: Salmon, Slip, AOD, DeVotchKa
April 18th, 2009 |
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ONE OF THE SUMMER’S SWELLEST GATHERINGS SWELLS
 Marc Friedman (Slip/Davis) :: HSMF ’08 :: by Scott Galbraith |
The 2009 High Sierra Music Festival, taking place Thursday, July 2 – Sunday, July 5, 2009 in Quincy, CA, has announced the following additions to this year’s lineup:
DeVotchKa
Leftover Salmon
Greensky Bluegrass
Delhi 2 Dublin
Orchard Lounge
Assembly of Dust
The Slip
Surprise Me Mr. Davis
These United States
Red Cortez
Big Light
Lubriphonic
Zach Gill (special kids show)
Alice DiMicele & Friends
Paper Bird
Izabella
Bourgeois Gypsies
Raina Rose
Loyd Family Players
These artists join the already announced initial lineup:
John Butler
Umphrey’s McGee
Ani DiFranco
Disco Biscuits
Galactic
The Del McCoury Band
Steve Kimock Crazy Engine feat. Melvin Seals
The Wailers
Tea Leaf Green
Ollabelle
Mike Farris and the Roseland Rhythm Revue
ALO
Vieux Farka Toure
Dr. Dog
Devil Makes Three
The Travelin’ McCourys
The Lee Boys
Cornmeal
Bonerama
Marco Benevento Trio
McTuff feat. Skerik, Joe Doria, Andy Coe & D’Vonne Lewis
Skerik will also appear as an artist-at-large
Joe Craven and Sam Bevan Duo
Joe Craven will also appear as artist-at-large and emcee
Nathan Moore
Fareed Haque and The Flat Earth Ensemble
Pretty Lights
Everest
Dusty Rhodes and the River Band
Pimps of Joytime
J-Boogie and Dubtronic Science
Poor Man’s Whiskey
Living Folklore