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2003-03-09 22:10Seth <sutekh@context.fm> (by way of pietrobot <pietrobot@digitalnimbus.com>)"It is not just a rhetorical flight of demonstrators' fancy: in cold reality, George W. Bu

From:: <Seth <sutekh@context.fm> (by way of pietrobot <pietrobot@digitalnimbus.com>)>
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Date:: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 14:10:35 -0800
Subject:: [idm] Context Free Media Newsletter, Anti-War edition

"It is not just a rhetorical flight of demonstrators' fancy: in cold reality, George W. Bush is indeed a far greater threat to world peace than Saddam Hussein." http://www.gvnews.net/html/Crisis/gvabs069.html Was Sheikh Mohammed, the so-called "mastermind" of the 9-11 attacks, really captured? Robert Fisk, Middle East correspondent for the Independent explains how it could easily be a lie... http://www.robert-fisk.com/articles176.htm If you oppose a corrupt invasion of Iraq by the U.S. and Britain, speak up before it's too late! Now on to musical matters... First, a quick announcement: This Monday, March 10 in San Francisco... Record release party for CONTEXT 11 (Twerk's Motala EP) DJ sets by Twerk and Sutekh 10pm-2am at the Hush Hush Lounge 496 14th Street at Guerrero 21+ FREE! http://www.minimalmonday.com/ Records and CDs will be available for sale - all proceeds will be donated to the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (http://www.icbl.org) ------------------------------------------- CONTEXT RELEASE NEWS: -Context 11 (Twerk's Motala EP) has already sold out of its first vinyl pressing. The CD version will be released later this month. Thanks to everyone for supporting the cause! -Some rather large changes are being made to the production and distribution infrastructure of Context Free Media. Once our team of experts has decided on the most prudent path to follow, we will be offering a massive wad of releases from a patiently waiting batch of new and used artists. Stay tuned! ------------------------------------------- RELATED RELEASE NEWS: -The legendary Soul Jazz label (http://www.souljazzrecords.co.uk) has started up a new electronic sublabel called 'Micro-Solutions for Mega-Problems". The label kicked off last month with a 12" by Kit Clayton and will follow this month with a four track EP by Sutekh. -Onitor Records (http://www.onitor.de) will be releasing a double 12" of Pigeon Funk remixes, including rotten eggs from Ark (France/Perlon, etc.), Wobbly (USA/Tigerbeat, etc.), and Joachim Spieth (Germany/Kompakt), plus other stinky surprises! And don't forget to play the Pigeon Funk video game on the Onitor website (click "KÃ¼nstler, then "Safety Scissors and Sutekh"). -Word has it the Electric Pants EP on Proptronix (http://www.proptronix.com) is nearing release! The record features Safety Scissors, Sutekh, Kit Clayton, and Jake Mandell each wearing different colors of electrified trousers. -Sutekh will contribute to upcoming compilations on Stewart Walker's Persona label (http://www.personarecords.com) and Portable's Sud label. -Sutekh has remixed Chicago's T.V. Pow for an upcoming mammoth box set for Bottrop Boy records (http://www.bottrop-boy.com, http://www.tvpow.net). -Sutekh will contribute a 10-15 minute sound piece for this year's travelling "Audiolab" installation, curated by Jean-Yves Leloup in Paris (http://www.synesthesie.com/heterophonies/audiorama/Audiolabtxt.html). -Paris-based o.lamm will collaborate with Sutekh for an upcoming 12-inch on the excellent (and highly underrated) Active Suspension label out of France (http://www.activesuspension.org/). -New albums by Twerk and Safety Scissors are on the way for Mille Plateaux and Plug Research, respectively. Stay tuned for details... ------------------------------------------- UPCOMING SUTEKH LIVE APPEARANCES: 22 March : Denver 28 March : Shizuoka : No. 3 (Japan) 31 March : Tokyo : Module 05 April : Osaka : Macao 06 April : Nagoya : Daughter 07 April : Kyoto : Metro 11 April : Osaka : Firefly 12 April : Tokyo : Cay (additional Japan dates TBC) 30 April : Wroclaw (Poland) : ODP festival 02 May : Barcelona : OFFF festival 03 May : Marseilles : Playschool (hosted by Bip-Hop records) If you are interested in booking Sutekh for a date in Europe around the end of April/beginning of May, send him a friendly email: sutekh@context.fm ------------------------------------------- RECOMMENDED ENTERTAINMENT... reading: "High-Rise" by J.G. Ballard (out of print but worth searching for) http://www.strangewords.com/archive/highrise.html viewing: The Piano Teacher http://www.kino.com/pianoteacher/ ------------------------------------------- That's it for now... thanks for paying attention! Seth http://www.context.fm -- If you no longer wish to receive these highly irregular newsletters, just let me know... // // -- DIGITAL::NIMBUS :: exp.electronic RADIO friday night mid-3am (pst) kuci 88.9 fm // -- www.kuci.org & www.digitalnimbus.com // -- p.o. box 443, orange, california, 92856 // -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

2003-03-10 11:30seeklektekFrom: "Seth (by way of pietrobot RECOMMENDED ENTERTAINMENT... reading: "High-Rise" by J.G.

From:: seeklektek <eclectic@attbi.com>
To:: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Date:: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 03:30:48 -0800
Subject:: Re: [idm] OT: J.G. Ballard recommendations

From: "Seth (by way of pietrobot RECOMMENDED ENTERTAINMENT... reading: "High-Rise" by J.G. Ballard (out of print but worth searching for) http://www.strangewords.com/archive/highrise.html ____________________________________________________________________ Indeed: that is one of Ballard's best dystopian novels. 'Crystal World', 'Wind from Nowhere', 'Drowned World' and 'Burned World' are all worth reading: Ballard's science is right-on: he was a non-fiction science journalist prior to making his living writing fiction. But what makes his stuff 'work' is how the environmental changes wreck havoc on the emotions and consciousnness of his characters: he loves sticking an individual or a couple in the middle of the mess, and watching them fall apart, as nature/reality goes haywire around them. (John Wyndham was also good at the same thing, though not as great as Ballard, IMO.) 'Crash' is of course his most famous: it's ~sexy~: ~auto~-erotic. ;) 'Concrete Island' would be a perfect one to read after (or before!) 'Crash': and play some early Orbital tunes whilst reading both!! ;) Here's a fun Ballard short, coupled with the Alfred ('Ubu Roi') Jarry story that Ballard is mirroring: http://www.evergreenreview.com/102/fiction/preduo.html Excellent intro to Ballard, published by Re:Search: http://www.researchpubs.com/books/ballprod.shtml Reading Is funDaMental! ;) =seek= --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org

Re: [idm] OT: J.G. Ballard recommendations