"The changes will mean the top of the Earth will appear blue rather than white when photographed from space and ships will have a new sea route north of Russia... Scientists say evidence of melting Arctic ice is one of the clearest signs of global warming and it should send a warning to world leaders meeting in Copenhagen in December for U.N. talks on a new climate treaty."
Posted by Wills Glasspiegel
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Featuring:
Sabo (Turntable Lab, Sol Selectas, Bersa Discos)
Disco Shawn (Bersa Discos)
Uproot Andy (Bersa Discos, ZZK)
Geko Jones (Dutty Artz)
Info here. Uproot Andy remixes THE VERY BEST in the stream below.
Posted by Wills Glasspiegel
wills@greenowl.com
Posted by Wills Glasspiegel
wills@greenowl.com
"In 1894, fifteen years before his storied expedition to the North Pole, Robert Peary crossed a treacherous expanse of ice in Greenland in search of another prize: a massive meteorite laden with rare metals from outer space..." (New Yorker)
Posted by Wills Glasspiegel
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Carbon Sciences Inc, the company behind a groundbreaking technology to recycle carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions into gasoline and other fuels, released a You-Tube video today divulging the inner workings of the natural process that originally began their insights into nano-engineering innovations and their CO2-to-Fuel technology.
The six-minute video explains the mechanics of microorganisms and their natural bio-catalytic method of transforming CO2 into fuel molecules, i.e. it shows the viewer how Carbon Sciences Inc can imitate nature on an industrial scale using their patented Smart Particle Technology. Smart Particles are nano-scale CO2 to fuel reactors. They incorporate not only the innovation of a low energy enzyme-based bio-catalytic process, but also a proprietary enzyme encapsulation technology that increases the life of key enzymes to reduce the cost of fuel production.
According to the EPA, since the Industrial Revolution in the 1700s (you remember that history class, right?), the Earth has sustained a 35% increase in CO2 emissions due to human activities. Finally, Carbon Sciences Inc has revolutionized industry in such a way that we might be able to sustain an atmospheric balance of CO2 into the future, instead of us continuing on tracking our carbon footprints through the ozone layer's living room.
Posted by Vanessa Bronfman
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It’s impossible to ignore the number of acts who are now incorporating decades-old analog synthesizers into their setup, and though they have never been my favorite sound source, I also completely understand why they might be so appealing to some. There’s often a ghostly, melancholy tone that can be struck in employing them, whether in sculpting huge chordal slabs or in creating melodies that seem evocative of memories you can’t quite place. People are starting to write more about this trend—there is an interesting piece in The Wire from a few months ago that I have issues with, but it’s a decent starting point—and I look forward to where people end up taking this sound. That said, it feels like some people have already mastered it, and I wanted to write about one of them today.
Daniel Lopatin is a musician who, in addition to making music as one-third of Astronaut and one-half of Infinity Window, has been operating solo for the past two years under the sort-of-horrible-but-maybe-great? name of Oneohtrix Point Never. It’s the OPN that are particularly of interest to me, maybe because they often embrace melody more easily than some of his other work. Looking at some of his album covers, it appears that he is fully onboard with an imagery and atmosphere that feels grounded in a past vision of the future, one that might even come across as ironic to a newcomer. But his commitment is sincere, and in listening to his music I’m struck by how out of time it feels—his work, more than most others working in this vein, feels like the soundtrack to a world slightly different than the one you operate in, and explores how confusing, eerie, sad, thrilling, etc. that might be.
I’m going to link to a piece of his below but also strongly encourage people to search out a recent DVD Daniel put out called Memory Vague on the Root Strata label. It’s a collection of reconstructed YouTube videos, many of which were ads from the 80s for stereos, cameras, computers that creates the perfect visual accompaniment to his music.
The song is "Betrayed in the Octagon" off the album of the same name:
Posted by Ned Milligan
mistermilligan@yahoo.com
Starting in July 2010 every person living in Finland will have the legal right to a one-megabit internet connection. By the end of 2015 The Ministry of Transport and Communication says that the legal right will be extended to a 100-megabit broadband connection for everyone. This is the first time in history that a country has guaranteed broadband access to the internet through implemented law. Currently, 96% of Finland residents use the Internet. Congratulations, Finland!
Posted by Vanessa Bronfman
vanessa@greenowl.com
THE VERY BEST will do an exclusive free in-store performance at NY's venerable OTHER MUSIC during CMJ
10/22/09 - @ 12noon - 15 E 4th St
Get there early!
Posted by Wills Glasspiegel
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Author and journalist Jeremy Scahill throws some well aimed blows to the jaw of the New York Times for their extremely brief and somewhat bizarre review of Robert Greenwald's film "Rethink Afghanistan". Check here as Scahill breaks it down on his blog Rebel Reports , where he not only takes apart the Times review but also illustrates why this film is essential viewing as the war hits the eight year mark and the US presence is escalating.
Posted by Lee of US&THEM
Sound Design for 'Video Art' by Gyu Kim from Johannes Oesterle on Vimeo.
Posted by Wills Glasspiegel
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"This so-called air capture technology could be set up anywhere and suck carbon directly from the atmosphere."
From an article in REUTERS that big ups GT, a new company I've been working on with Graciela Chichilnsiky.
Posted by Benjamin Bronfman
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Esau Mwamwaya talks "world music" with Marco Werman (a.k.a. the guy whose radio voice you recognize).
(via THEWORLD.ORG)
Posted by Wills Glasspiegel
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If you're in New York City you've got a few days left to catch an exhibition featuring the work of Emory Douglas at the New Museum , which closes out a three month run this Sunday. Douglas was the Minister Of Culture for the Black Panthers and was responsible for putting progressive ideas, calls for revolution and community building messages out to the people through his artwork in the Panthers own newspaper and via posters, cards and prints. Pop art, street art, political art - he was way out ahead of it all and didn't pull any punches.
Posted by Lee at US&THEM
