workers of the world unite (again) stop the war – join the demo saturday July 29th Garden of Remembrance Dublin 2pm
empty vessels
empty vessels make the most sound. MTV is 25 years old next week. born out of the cable explosion of the 1980s how will the network cope with youtube like longtails of the music industry? MTV/viacom is on the m$ side of the iTunes debate. M$ have announced Zune to battle it out with iPod.…
myspace.com down due to power failure
below is a msg I failed to post this morning, then myspace came back and it seemed naff to post it late, them bbc wrote this, and now myspace is down again, no backup power? TOO MANY SUVs, keep sucking BUSH. -update 01:42am myspace login works again. 8
Time to re float the Voice of Peace
Pop pirate ship Voice of Peace broadcast from international waters to the middle east from ’73 – ’93 when it was intentionally sank after the signing of the Oslo Peace Accord [nov ’93]. While I never heard the Voice of Peace on air, I was kept update of all its troubles by various anorak radio…
film four goes free to air
film four goes free to air [10729V SR22000 FEC 5/6 28East] started at 9pm; goes 3pm-3am
some Irish remain in the Lebanon
reports that rockets falling in Israel are made in Iran and bombs exploding on Lebanon are made in the USA, 10 days of silence from Washington, 10:1 asymmetric death toll. Lebanese army to defend its southern border. IDF queue up to enter. 500,000 displaced. most foreigners have left. weekend of bombardment to begin. proxy war…
The GAMA strike – DVD
In 2005 a group of Turkish workers made history in Ireland when they took on their employer, Turkish-owned multinational construction giant GAMA. Assisted by the Socialist Party, whose members first exposed the scandalous wages and conditions being paid by GAMA to its Turkish workers, they engaged in a bitter and hard fought battle which eventually…
militant founder Ted Grant dies aged 93
[TedGrant.org] [wikipedia] [report to follow]
Too Much Too Young
not being subscribed to the pay to view or subscription TV channels, I from time to time actually see music videos on music television! from B4, Vault, Channel M, just FAB all@28E Flux @42e & 12.5W and MTV italia @ 16E. yesterday while watching Vault on a flick around I saw the Specials from ’80…