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Immortal Technique: Fourth Branch/4th Branch
"The fourth branch of the government wants you to settle."
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TWIST (kerrent korn)
This is a Current.com web mashup using Korn's song "Twist" from the recording -Life Is Peachy- 1996 with an additional added ambient track by me. If your posting or contributions to Current are in this please let me know and I will add you as credit....if ya want...if I can do that after posting this... This is a Current.com web mashup using Korn's song "Twist" from the recording -Life Is Peachy- 1996 with an additional... more
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Ben Stein's movie defending "Intelligent Design" being released Apr...
The movie "EXPELLED: No Intelligence Allowed" is a documentary about how the people promoting ID are claiming to be persecuted by the scientific community, who will not allow ID to be introduced into public schools.
There was a recent court case, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, which determined that Intelligent Design was creationism in disguise. NOVA produced a documentary about the case that can be viewed on-line.
One of the positions the judge cited for his decision to rule against the teaching of ID in the class room was based on evidence found showing “the text referred to as a resource for ID, Of Pandas and People, had originally been a creationist text.”
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/
Q: What is science?
Q: Isn't evolution just a theory, not a fact?
Q: What is intelligent design?
Q: Why not teach intelligent design, or creationism, alongside evolution?
These questions can be answered at this link http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/defi-qa.html The movie "EXPELLED: No Intelligence Allowed" is a documentary about how the people promoting ID are claiming to be persecut... more -
BBC News - Banksy in LA
BBC News story about Banksy's smash show at a warehouse in downtown LA.
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graffiti hero
In 1974 a 33 year old man named George Davis was convicted of robbing the payroll of the London Electricity Board in Ilford. He was nailed on the evidence of cops who were outside the bank at the time of the robbery and was sent to prison for 20 years.
However, his friend Peter Chappell was convinced Davis was innocent and inspired by discrepancies in the police statements and the fact that none of the bloodstains at the scene matched with the defendant, started calling for Davis' release. Chappall enrolled some friends and embarked on one of the largest sustained grafitti campaigns Britain has ever seen. Over the following months 'G DAVIS IS INNOCENT' appeared on walls, bridges and tunnels from one side of London to the other, some of which are still visible today.
The vandalism culminated in Chappell and four others breaking into Headingley cricket ground in August 1975 the night before a test match between England and Australia. Using plastic cutlery from a service station they dug holes in the pitch, filled them with oil and painted 'Sorry it had to be done, but George Davis is innocent' in large white letters on the wall as they left. The match was postponed and Chappell got 18 months for criminal damage.
The campaign brought the case to the attention of the Home Secretary who after a police inquiry released Davis two years into his sentence using the highly exceptional and controversial Royal Prerogative of Mercy.
The fight to free George Davis was one of the most spetacular campaigns ever fought against injustice, an achievement only slightly marred when a year after his release Davis was found guilty of robbing the Bank of Cyprus for which he served six years, and three years after which he was caught red-handed robbing a mail train.
George Davis is now a free man and happily married to the daughter of a North London Chief Inspector of Police. In 1974 a 33 year old man named George Davis was convicted of robbing the payroll of the London Electricity Board in Ilford. He was na... more -
A Mosaic: 4,000 Americans Dead
In remembrance of the 4,000 brave men and women who sacrificed everything for us -- and the two men who would continue this great tragedy, despite the cost to our soldiers, our military, and our nation. In remembrance of the 4,000 brave men and women who sacrificed everything for us -- and the two men who would continue this great trag... more
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Robert Banks revealed, Banksy's true identity
"Banksy Revealed! We have an exclusive official picture of Robert Banks. Unlike Peter Dean Rickards dodgy fake pictures, we have had this picture verified and can confirm it is Banksy!" (follow the link above)
here's another UK article with a photograph catching him on the act:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/new...
does uncovering the masked man behind the art take the mystique away? why obsess with revealing his identity? do we take the power of his art away by exposing him and robbing his anonymity? should we not focus on his message rather than his image? "Banksy Revealed! We have an exclusive official picture of Robert Banks. Unlike Peter Dean Rickards dodgy fake pictures, we hav... more -
ReState of the Union
This an art experimental art video that I have been showing over the past year. It is cut from George W. Bush's State of the Union Address from 2004.
This is a short section of a video that is meant to be shown as loop. The perpetual clapping of the politicians closely mirrors the attitudes of the United States citizens. The standing ovation acts as double meaning signifying that we have all been a little too complacent, all too apathetic, and all very happy to see this president leave office.
My concern lies within the connection between the audience, the artist and the rest of the world. Reframing familial concepts and placing them in a context of relevance and social awareness has been a fertile ground for creating compelling images.
For me the most compelling images are not those which speak to us blatantly, rather they are the kind that remain with us for the rest of our lives. Technology has been the medium that has afforded me the opportunity to reach a broader audience. The distribution of artistic thoughts through digital means has only begun to alter our perceptions of what art can become. This an art experimental art video that I have been showing over the past year. It is cut from George W. Bush's State of the Unio... more -
They're Always Watching
Britain has the most comprehensive CCTV system on the planet, keeping record of nearly every move we make in public. It's been praised for increasing security and playing a role in identifying criminals, but ever wonder what happens to the data on the rest of us? Where does it go? Who is in charge of keeping it safe? Who has access to it? Should we be concerned? Film artists are turning the camera back on big brother. Britain has the most comprehensive CCTV system on the planet, keeping record of nearly every move we make in public. It's been pr... more
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