Non-Violence

I'm not going to attempt to capture the torrent of thoughts on the subject that I've had over the last several months. I will, however, express my dissatisfaction with the verbiage associated with pacifism/non-violence/etc. The best alternative phrasing I have found comes from David Dark's The Sacredness Of Questioning Everything:

ethical innovation in communal resistance

What do you think of it?

And on a related note, he posits:

Dramatization is the way of nonviolent confrontation. It makes people see their evasions of conscience.

Peace to you

Derek Webb - Stockholm Syndrome

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Audio & Image files are slowly being found, and uploaded.

I've added direct access to the stems on Mediafire.

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The key for sorting the audio files seems to be this text:

On February 4, 1974, the 19-year-old Hearst was kidnapped from the Berkeley, California apartment she shared with her fiancé Steven Weed by a left-wing urban guerrilla group called the Symbionese Liberation Army. When the attempt to swap Hearst for jailed SLA members failed, the SLA demanded that the captive's family distribute $70 worth of food to every needy Californian — an operation that would cost an estimated $400 million. In response, Hearst's father arranged the immediate donation of $6 million worth of food to the poor of the Bay Area. After the distribution of food, the SLA refused to release Hearst because they deemed the food to have been of poor quality. (In a subsequent tape recording released to the press, Hearst commented that her father could have done better.) On April 3, 1974, Hearst announced on an audiotape that she had joined the SLA and assumed the name "Tania" (inspired by the nom de guerre of Haydée Tamara Bunke Bider, Che Guevara's comrade). On April 15, 1974, she was photographed wielding an M1 Carbine while robbing the Sunset District branch of the Hibernia Bank at 1450 Noriega Street in San Francisco. Later communications from her were issued under the pseudonym Tania and asserted that she was committed to the goals of the SLA. A warrant was issued for her arrest and in September 1975, she was arrested in a San Francisco apartment with other SLA members. While being booked into prison, she listed her occupation as "Urban Guerilla" and asked her attorney to relay the following message: "Tell everybody that I'm smiling, that I feel free and strong and I send my greetings and love to all the sisters and brothers out there." In her trial, which commenced on January 15, 1976, Hearst's attorney, F. Lee Bailey, claimed that Hearst had been blindfolded, imprisoned in a narrow closet and physically and sexually abused. The claim that her actions were the result of a concerted brainwashing program was central to her defense. (Hearst's actions have also been attributed to Stockholm syndrome.) Bailey also argued that she had been coerced or intimidated into taking part in the bank robbery. However she refused to give evidence against the other captured SLA members. This was seen as complicity by the prosecution team. Hearst was convicted of bank robbery on March 20, 1976. She was sentenced to 35 years imprisonment, but her sentence was later commuted to seven years. Her prison term was also eventually commuted by President Jimmy Carter, and Hearst was released from prison on February 1, 1979, having served 22 months. She was granted a full pardon by President Bill Clinton on January 20, 2001.

The thread on Patrol Mag has a lot of theories and new information coming up on it.

Derek Webb links:

.com | .net | wikipedia | myspace | twitter (away) | twitter (active)

Dylan Moran - Live, Like Totally

I first discovered Dylan Moran as the misanthrope bookseller in Black Books. Well, his stand-up is equally great, and here they it is, in all its glory:

From Eternity To Here

Frank Viola very graciously sent me a review copy of Reimagining Church (which I discussed a bit here) and his latest endeavour, From Here To Eternity (on sale here).

I knew I wouldn't have a chance to read it in the time allotted, so I passed it to a friend who reviewed it, and I'll get around to it eventually.

In the meantime, feel free to take advantage of the sale and post your own thoughts.

2008 Mixtape

For Ben. I see you and raise you.

01. Sigur Rós - Gobbledigook (from Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust)
02. Death House Chaplain - Capture The Flag (from Of Asthma)
03. Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains - Who Do We Care For_ (from Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains)
04. The Big Sleep - The Big Guns (from Sleep Forever)
05. United Nations - Say Goodbye To General Figment Of The USS Imagination (from United Nations)
06. Genghis Tron - Colony Collapse (from Board Up The House)
07. Boris - 放て!, Laser Beam (from Smile)
08. Dungen - Mälerås Finest (from 4)
09. Bar Kokhba Sextet - Rahal (from Lucifer_ The Book Of Angels Vol. 10)
10. Agalloch - Birch Black (from The White)
11. Wicked Tinkers - The Curmudgeon (from Rant)
12. Xiu Xiu - Black Keyboard (from Women As Lovers)
13. Toumani Diabate - Ali Farka Toure (from The Mande Variations)
14. Huong Thanh, Nguyên Lê - Plantation Song (from Fragile Beauty)
15. Dengue Fever - Sober Driver (from Venus On Earth)
16. Conor Oberst - Lenders In The Temple (from Conor Oberst)
17. David Lynch, Marek Zebrowski - City Back Street (from Polish Night Music)
18. Grails - 11th Hour (from Take Refuge In Clean Living)
19. Charles Lloyd Quartet - Rabo de Nube [Live] (from Rabo de Nube)
20. Jackson Browne - Live Nude Cabaret (from Time The Conquerer)
21. Fleet Foxes - Mykonos (from Sun Giant)
22. Elvis Costello & The Imposters - Harry Worth (from Momofuku)
23. Jenny Lewis - Next Messiah (from Acid Tongue)
24. Antony & The Johnsons - Shake That Devil (from Another World)
25. The Black Crowes - God's Got It (from Warpaint)
26. Thrice - The Earth Isn't Humming [Cover of Frodus] (from The Alchemy Index Vols. III & IV)
27. Woven Hand - Not One Stone (from Ten Stones)
28. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Today's Lesson (from Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!)
29. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Magick (from Cardinology)
30. Buckethead - Siege Engine (from Albino Slug)
31. Protest The Hero - Sequoia Throne (from Fortress)
32. Norma Jean - Robots 3 Humans 0 (from The Anti Mother)
33. Opeth - Hex Omega (from Watershed)
34. See You Next Tuesday - The Life In Death (from Intervals)
35. Gojira - Toxic Garbage Island (from The Way Of All Flesh)
36. Becoming The Archetype - St. Anne's Lullaby (from Dichotomy)
37. Benea Reach - Awakening (from Alleviat)
38. Unearth - My Will Be Done (from The March)
39. Soul Embraced - Curtain Of Deceit (from Dead Alive)
40. The Famine - Consume Devour Repeat (from The Raven & The Reaping)
41. Torche - Triumph Of Venus (from Meanderthal)
42. Caverns - This Are Syntax (from Sing Along)
43. Fucked Up - No Epiphany (from The Chemistry Of Common Life)
44. Kings Of Leon - Crawl (from Only By The Night)
45. Marnie Stern - The Crippled Jazzer (from This Is It & I Am It & You Are It & So Is That & He Is It & She Is It & It Is It & That Is That)
46. The (International) Noise Conspiracy - Satan Made The Deal (from The Cross Of My Calling)
47. Be Your Own Pet - Becky (from Get Awkward)
48. Franz Ferdinand - Ulysses [Original Version] (from Ulysses)
49. David Byrne, Brian Eno - Strange Overtones (from Everything That Happens Will Happen Today)
50. Friendly Fires - In The Hospital (from Friendly Fires)
51. Of Montreal - Id Engager (from Skeletal Lamping)
52. CSS - Let's Reggae All Night (from Donkey)
53. Ladyhawke - Magic (from Ladyhawke)
54. Benga - Emotions (from Diary Of An Afro Warrior)
55. DJ_rupture - Winter Buds (from Uproot)
56. Autechre - IO (from Quaristice)
57. Nine Inch Nails - 28 Ghosts IV (from Ghosts I-IV)
58. Millipede - Diplopoda Crawl (from φ)
59. Ratatat - Shiller (from LP3)
60. blacklist(collective) - Martyr (from Defib_Sternum)
61. Delta-S - Tempest (from Defib_Sternum)
62. Celldweller - Birthright [Beta 1.0] (from Soundtrack For The Voices In My Head Vol. 1)
63. Subkulture - Erasus [Celldweller] (from FiXT 2008 Promo Compilation v.98)
64. Pendulum - Propane Nightmares (from In Silico)
65. History (Invades) - Drips From The Secret Lips (from Quality, Quantity, & Luxury_ 2008 Sampler)
66. Hercules & Love Affair - Time Will (from Hercules & Love Affair)
67. MGMT - Electric Feel (from Oracular Spectacular)
68. Black Kids - Look At Me (When I Rock Wichoo) (from Partie Traumatic)
69. Cut Copy - Hearts On Fire (from In Ghost Colours)
70. Genius_GZA - Pencil (from Pro Tools)
71. J-Live - It Don't Stop (from Then What Happened_)
72. Killer Mike - Good-Bye (City Of Dope) (from I Pledge Alliance To The Grind II)
73. Lecrae - Indwelling Sin (from Rebel)
74. Lil Wayne - Mrs. Officer (from Tha Carter III [Deluxe Edition])
75. Nas - You Can't Stop Us Now (from Untitled)
76. Doomtree - Kid Gloves (from Doomtree)
77. Murs - Everything (from Murs For President)
78. Blue Sky Black Death, Jean Grae - Ahead Of The Game (from The Evil Jeanius)
79. The Roots - Criminal (from Rising Down)
80. Paris - Don't Stop The Movement (from Acid Reflex)
81. The Knux - Bang! Bang! (from Remind Me In 3 Days...)
82. Q-Tip - Won't Trade (from The Renaissance)
83. Wiley - If Your Going Out I'm Going Out Too (from Grime Wave)
84. Saul Williams - Tr(n)igger (from The Inevitable Rise & Liberation Of NiggyTardust!)
85. Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip - Thou Shalt Always Kill (from Angles)
86. The Herbaliser - On Your Knees (from Same As It Never Was)
87. Gnarls Barkley - Going On (from The Odd Couple)
88. Atmosphere - The Waitress (from When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold)
89. Anathallo - Cafetorium (from Canopy Glow)
90. Earth - The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull (from The Bees Made Honey In The Lion's Skull)
91. Avishai Cohen Trio - Eleven Wives (from Gently Disturbed)
92. Bill Frisell - Struggle (from History, Mystery)
93. Jóhann Jóhannsson - Fordlândia - Aerial View (from Fordlândia)
94. Hammock - Maybe They Will Sing For Us Tomorrow (from Maybe They Will Sing For Us Tomorrow)
95. God Is An Astronaut - Zodiac (from God Is An Astronaut)
96. Thievery Corporation - Mandala (from Radio Retaliation)
97. Kasbah Rockers, Bill Laswell - Hashouma (from Kasbah Rockers)
98. Kasai Allstars - Quick As White (from In The 7th Moon, The Chief Turned Into A Swimming Fish & Ate The Head Of His Enemy By Magic)
99. Rabih Abou-Khalil - Amarrado А Saudade (from Em Portugues)
100. Punch Brothers - The Blind Leaving The Blind_ 1st Movement (from Punch)
101. Bob Dylan - Mississippi [Alternate Version, Time Out Of Mind] (from The Bootleg Series Vol. 8_ Tell Tale Signs_ Rare & Unreleased 1989-2006 [Deluxe Edition])
102. Castanets - Glory B (from City Of Refuge)
103. Calexico - Two Silver Trees (from Carried To Dust)
104. Trampled By Turtles - Methodism In Middle America (from Duluth)
105. Shearwater - Rooks (from Rook)
106. The Killers - Spaceman (from Day & Age)
107. Blackstrap - City Beat (from Steal My Horses & Run)
108. Coldplay - Yes (from Viva La Vida Or Death & All His Friends)
109. British Sea Power - Waving Flags (from Do You Like Rock Music_)
110. Downhere - Coming Back Home (from Ending Is Beginning)
111. Sloan - Cheap Champagne (from Parallel Play)
112. Starflyer 59 - Minor Keys (from Dial M)
113. Panic At The Disco - That Green Gentleman (Things Have Changed) (from Pretty. Odd.)
114. Javelins - Flowers (from Heavy Meadows)
115. Keane - Spiralling (from Perfect Symmetry [Deluxe Edition])
116. Bryan Scary & The Shredding Tears - Flight Of The Knife (Part 1) (from Flight Of The Knife)
117. Kaiser Chiefs - Never Miss A Beat (from Off With Their Heads)
118. Fall Out Boy - I Don't Care (from Folie à Deux)
119. The Academy Is... - Summer Hair = Forever Young (from Fast Times At Barrington High)
120. Addison Road - This Could Be Our Day (from Addison Road)
121. Justin Bender - Come Transform Our Hearts (from Come Transform Our Hearts)
122. Taylor Swift - Fifteen (from Fearless)
123. Adele - Chasing Pavements (from 19)
124. Brooke Fraser - Albertine (from Albertine)
125. William Fitzsimmons - You Still Hurt Me (from The Sparrow & The Crow)
126. Copeland - Should You Return (from You Are My Sunshine)
127. Goldfrapp - A&E (from Seventh Tree)
128. Ikimono Gakari - Good Morning (from Life Album)
129. The Kooks - Sway (from Konk [Special Edition])
130. delirious_ - Give What You've Got (from Kingdom Of Comfort)
131. The Dark Romantics - Let's Ride (from Heartbreaker)
132. Anberlin - Breaking (from New Surrender)
133. Cool Hand Luke - Cast Your Bread (from The Sleeping House)
134. Esterlyn - Seasons Of Grey (from Lamps)
135. Ivoryline - Be Still & Breathe (from There Came A Lion)
136. Secret & Whisper - XOXOXO (from Great White Whale)
137. Children 18_3 - LCM (from Children 18_3)
138. The Wedding - Return (from The Sound The Steel)
139. Rise Against - Savior (from Appeal To Reason)
140. Stone Gods - Burn The Witch (from Silver Spoons & Broken Bones)
141. Cynic - Integral Birth (from Traced In Air)
142. Trenches - Pathways (from The Tide Will Swallow Us Whole)
143. The Sword - How Heavy This Axe (from Gods Of The Earth)
144. The Fall Of Troy - Chapter IV_ Enter The Black Demon (from Phantom On The Horizon)
145. Nachtmystium - Seasick (Part II_ Oceanborne) (from Assassins_ Black Meddle, Part 1)
146. Satyricon - Black Crow On A Tombstone (from The Age Of Nero [Norwegian Limited Edition])
147. Dark Fortress - Cohorror (from Eidolon)
148. The Showdown - Aphrodite - The Disillusionaire (from Back Breaker)
149. The Bronx - Inveigh (from The Bronx III)
150. Ceremony - Dead Moon California (Midnight In Solitude_The Difference Between Looking & Seeing (from Still, Nothing Moves You)
151. Isis - Holy Tears (from Holy Tears)
152. Dir en grey - Glass Skin (from Uroboros [Deluxe Edition])
153. Maybeshewill - Seraphim & Cherubim (from Not For Want Of Trying)
154. The Gutter Twins - Idle Hands (from Saturnalia)
155. The Classic Crime - Abracadavers (from The Silver Cord)
156. Thrice - The Sky Is Falling (from The Alchemy Index Vols. III & IV)
157. Bauhaus - International Bulletproof Talent (from Go Away White)
158. The Black Keys - Strange Times (from Attack & Release)
159. The Raconteurs - Salute Your Solution (from Consolers Of The Lonely)
160. The Hellacopters - (I'm) Watching You (from Head Off)
161. Rocket From The Crypt - When In Rome (Do The Jerk) (from All Systems Go Vol. 3)
162. The Night Marchers - Jump In The Fire (from See You In Magic)
163. The Subways - Shake! Shake! (from All Or Nothing)
164. The Living End - White Noise (from White Noise)
165. The Kills - Last Day Of Magic (from Midnight Boom)
166. TV On The Radio - Dancing Choose (from Dear Science [Deluxe Edition])
167. The Dresden Dolls - Lonesome Organist Rapes Page-Turner (from No, Virginia)
168. Sia - The Girl You Lost To Cocaine (from Some People Have REAL Problems)
169. Santogold - Shove It (from Santogold)
170. Dosh - Kit & Pearle (from Wolves & Wishes)
171. Kronos Quartet, Wu Man - Royal Wedding (from Terry Riley_ The Cusp Of Magic)
172. Caul, Kirchenkampf - Pit Of Stars (from Sleep - Night - Death)
173. Juno Reactor - Tanta Pena (from Gods & Monsters)
174. Venetian Snares - Kyokushin (from Detrimentalist)
175. Shackleton - In The Void (from Soundboy's Gravestone Gets Desecrated By Vandals)
176. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Gaudi - Bethe Bethe Kese Kese [Bombay Dub Orchestra Remix] (from Dub Qawwali Remixes)
177. Booka Shade - Control Me (from The Sun & The Neon Light)
178. Crystal Castles - Black Panther (from Crystal Castles)
179. Andy Hunter - Stars (from Colour)
180. Bon Voyage - Girlfriend In A Coma (from Lies)
181. The Foxglove Hunt - Love My Way [Cover of The Psychedelic Furs] (from Stop Heartbeat)
182. Death Cab For Cutie - Bixby Canyon Bridge (from Narrow Stairs)
183. Supergrass - When I Needed You (from Diamond Hoo Ha)
184. Chairlift - Planet Health (from Does You Inspire You)
185. Elbow - Starlings (from The Seldom Seen Kid [Deluxe Edition])
186. Local H - Hand To Mouth (December) (from Twelve Angry Months)
187. Jon Foreman - Baptize My Mind (from Spring)
188. Aimee Mann - 31 Today (from @#%&_! Smilers)
189. Derek Webb, Sandra McCracken - When The Summer's Gone (from Ampersand)
190. The Watson Twins - Just Like Heaven [Cover of The Cure] (from Fire Songs)
191. Drive-By Truckers - Two Daughters & A Beautiful Wife (from Brighter Than Creation's Dark)
192. Old Crow Medicine Show - Methamphetamine (from Tennessee Pusher)
193. Jon Foreman - Resurrect Me (from Summer)
194. Black Mountain - Thirteen Walls (from In The Future)
195. One Day As A Lion - Wild International (from One Day As A Lion)
196. The Mars Volta - Ilyena (from The Bedlam In Goliath)
197. The Omar Rodríguez-López Quintet - Melting Chariots (from The Apocalypse Inside Of An Orange)
198. The Out_Circuit - Come Out Shooting (from Pierce The Empire With Sound)
199. Bitter_Sweet - Get What I Want (from Drama)
200. Dr. Dog - The Beach (from Fate)
201. Black Francis - The Seus (from Seven Fingers)
202. Joe Satriani - Andalusia (from Professor Satchafunkilus & The Musterion Of Rock)
203. King Khan & The Shrines - Land Of The Freak (from The Supreme Genius Of King Khan)
204. Jamie Lidell - Hurricane (from Jim [Limited Edition])
205. Ayumi Hamasaki - Mirror (from Guilty)
206. Amy Winehouse - Hey Little Rich Girl [Cover of The Specials] (from The Ska EP)
207. Al Green - Standing In The Rain (from Lay It Down)
208. Raphael Saadiq - Staying In Love (from The Way I See It)
209. B.B. King - How Many More Years (from One Kind Favor)
210. Amadou & Mariam - Je Te Kiffe (from Welcome To Mali)
211. Celestine Ukwu & His Philosophers National - Okwukwe Na Nchekwube (from Nigeria Special - Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds And Nigerian Blues)
212. Gabo & Orchestre Poly-Rhythmo - It's A Vanity (from African Scream Contest_ Raw & Psychedelic Afro Sounds From Benin & Togo 70s)
213. Miles Davis (Tribute) - Miles Runs The Voodoo Down (from Miles From India)
214. Juana Molina - Un Dia (from Undia)
215. Man Man - Hurly_Burly (from Rabbit Habits)
216. Omar Rodríguez-López - Hands Tied To The Roots Of A Hemorrhage (from Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fungus)
217. Omar Rodríguez-López - Una Ced Lacerante (from Calibration (Is Pushing Luck & Key Too Far))
218. Secret Machines - Underneath The Concrete (from Secret Machines)
219. The Rasmus - Ten Black Roses (from Black Roses)
220. Travis & Fripp - Curious Liquids (from Thread)
221. Nick Cave, Warren Ellis - Rather Lovely Thing (from The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford [Soundtrack])
222. Blitzen Trapper - Furr (from Furr)
223. The D'Urbervilles - Dragnet (from We Are The Hunters)
224. Frightened Rabbit - Good Arms vs. Bad Arms (from The Midnight Organ Fight)
225. The Mountain Goats, Kaki King - Thank You Mario But Our Princess Is In Another Castle (from Black Pear Tree)
226. Kaki King - So Much For So Little (from Dreaming Of Revenge)
227. The Decemberists - Days Of Elaine (from Always The Bridesmaid Vol. 2_ Days Of Elaine)
228. The Dodos - Walking (from Visiter)
229. This Will Destroy You - Threads (from This Will Destroy You)
230. Unwed Sailor - Aurora (from Little Wars)
231. They Might Be Giants - One Everything (from Here Come The 123s)
232. Barenaked Ladies - Crazy ABC's (from Snacktime!)
233. Flight Of The Conchords - Hiphopopotamus vs. Rhymenocerous (from Flight Of The Conchords)

Bonus (no FLAC available)
Timbre - Bringing Meaning To Winter [http://www.myspace.com/timbre]
Tribobelisk - Xrystal Eyes [http://www.myspace.com/triobelisk]
Club Of The Sons - Triggers While You Sleep [http://www.myspace.com/clubofthesons]

Sleepyhead

Poor little pumpkin didn't get much of a nap. We relocated her shortly after this was shot.

Trent Reznor: The people's liberal communist

I like Trent Reznor. He gave his record label the finger over trans-continental price fixing. His Creative Commons 4-disc instrumental release was the best-selling DRM-free Amazon.com MP3 album in 2008. The first full-length album post-label was The Slip, and was free to fans as a thank-you for the success of the Ghosts series. And finally, 400+ GB of HD video has been unleashed online, for a 'mix-your-own' NIN concert series.

Slavoj Žižek describes the 'liberal communist' as one who "give[s] away with one hand what they first took with the other". The well-intentioned, change-the-world ethic gives capitalism a clean face: Microsoft strongarms the ISO and undercuts the XO project, the Bill & Melina Foundation give more money than any other foundation.

But are these game-changers? The long-tail theory is cast in shadow, as the numbers come in and the digital world proves to be as top-heavy as the physical.

Is this something to fault Reznor for? Not necessarily, but the implication for struggling artists is that the wall just got reinforced, and they're on the wrong side of it. Compare Reznor's numbers to Saul Williams' (who benefited from the name recognition and support from the enterprising NIN frontman).

Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV (first week):
750,000 purchases/downloads, $1.6 million in sales.

Saul Williams - The Inevitable Rise & Liberation Of Niggy Tardust (first two months):
154,449 downloads, 28,322 paying $5 ($141,610).

I appreciate Reznor's approach, and he has raised the bar industry wide. I am just concerned that it is now unapproachable for those artists who do not have the jump (not to mention the upper arm strength) of this erstwhile underground artist.