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The New Speculativism Album: War and Peace

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War and Peace

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Tracklist

		Track
1		Atlantic Ocean free download
2		Brocklebank Docks 1940 free download
3		Aldershot free download
4		You Are My Sunshine free download
5		Dada Dodo free download
6		Mars So What free download
7		The Fluxus Song free download
8		Give Peace a Chance (Morse Code Version2) free download
9		Imagine Again free download
10		All Things Considered as Songs free download
11		Blood Blood free download
12		Elvish Harps free download
13		Robots Kill Slash Burn Destroy the Non-Jazzers free download

PoMo Pomo poMo

There are 4 futures which transpire upon the passing of Modernism:

The New Age. Peace and Love. Scented Candles. Mandalas. We limit our dependence on technology and turn instead to developing the better aspects of our humanity.

The Environmental Catastrophe. Death, Confusion, return to medieval or stone age conditions with fragments of broken technology. Technology fails us. 

The Techno Utopia. Machines do all the work. Humans enjoy leisure and art. Technology liberates us.

The Techno Dystopia. Giant multinational corporations use us and throw us away on the scrapheap. Technology enslaves us.

All the futures are true.

Peter Kennard

If you haven't seen Peter Kennard's work go to http://www.kennardphillipps.com and

http://www.peterkennard.com/

to die for from kennardphillipps on Vimeo.

Chapter 21

My online novel at http://how-i-came-to-be.blogspot.com/ is now up to Chapter 21.

The 2010 Arts Degree Show at Plymouth Uni.

I went to this year's degree show at my old alma mater and was pleased to see a very good quality exhibition. One development I'm glad to see happening is an increasing knowledge of the world's environmental problems. I'm glad to know eco-art is on the rise amongst the newly graduating artists.

I enjoyed the entire exhibition and here are some links to some the exhibiting artists who have an online presence:


One of my favourite artists from this year's show is Rosemary Gibbon, see her work at: http://rosegibbonart.co.uk/index.html

Another artist I liked a lot in the show is Matthew Gorman. His online portfolio is at: http://www.matthew-gorman.com/










I also liked the work of Isobel Taylor: http://www.isobelmassey.co.uk/, Emily Trott: http://emilytrott.weebly.com who made these videos:


Empty Station by Emily Trott from Emily Trott on Vimeo.


dark corridor installation. voice over from Emily Trott on Vimeo.

And, while I was in Plymouth, I took a look at Jane Grant's "Leaving Earth" exhibition, which is a very effective use of a gallery space to create a feeling of strange otherness and which reminded me of being 16 years old and watching the first moon landing in 1969: http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/pages/view.asp?page=30736

Early Devon Disco

Early Devon Disco:

Green

Green:

Red

Red:

Three Imaginary Mixes

All the music in the whole world, an imaginary mix:

Another white rectangle:

The colour blue, an imaginary mix:

Yoko Ono: Endangered Species (2319-2322)

Yoko Ono: Endangered Species (2319-2322), originally uploaded by Yoko Ono official.

Yoko Ono continues to make beautiful work. People have often questioned whether art can engage directly with the task of challenging world strife and changing the world for the better. Yoko continues to prove art can turn thoughts toward peace.

I love the poem "HELL IN PARADISE".


Bonded bronze, butterfly, plaster, etc.
Installation of 12 sets of pieces.

Endangered Species is a discovery of the imagined lives of the members of a family forever frozen in time.

The four bodies from 50BP (50 yrs before PEACE is established) will be unearthed around 100AP (100 yrs after peace is established) with their frozen dreams and memories on D Continent.

HELL IN PARADISE
by Yoko Ono

This is Hell in Paradise
We're all asleep or paralyzed.
Why are we scared to verbalize
Our multicolored dreams?

When will we come to realize
We're all stoned or pacified
While the boogie men organize
Their multilevel schemes?

Underqualified for love
Overqualified for life
Sticking our heads in slime
Thinking we're in our prime.

Mesmerized by mythology
Hypnotized by ideology
Antagonized by reality
Vandalized by insanity
Desensitized by fraternity
Sanitized by policy
Jeopardized by lunacy.

Penalized by apathy
And living in the world of fantasy.
Dancing on hot coal
Waiting for the last call
It's Adam's ball Eve's call.

Wake up
Shake up
Check out
Work out
Speak out
Reach out
It's time to time to
Time to to to to to to to to to to to to...

This is Hell in Paradise
None of us wish to recognize.
But do we want them to materialize
An endangered species?

Exorcise institution
Exercise intuition
Mobilize transition
With inspiration for life.

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Photo courtesy of Kirishima Open-Air Museum
Uploaded by Yoko Ono official on 22 May 10, 12.03PM PDT.

Chapter 20

My online novel at http://how-i-came-to-be.blogspot.com/ is now up to Chapter 20.

Retro Futurism

EYE by Speculativism

EYE by Speculativism. Music by Cyborg Jazz.

A New Image

This one is called 'Moods':

Feel free to remix or add to my experimental project on Kompoz.com

Something Else - FILM part 03

Samuel Beckett's 'FILM' starring Buster Keaton - part 03.
I've added a soundtrack and Andy Warhol-esque colour (over the original black and white).

Several Collections of New Weird Australia Music

I've recently posted embedded bandcamp albums by Pixieguts and by Titee. So, continuing the exploration of good new music happening in Australia, here's the current set of albums available from the 'New Weird Australia' series:

New Weird Australia, Volume Five

(cross-posted from newweirdaustralia.com)
New Weird Australia Volume Five, March 2010, NWA005



DOWNLOAD ZIP FILE (AUDIO & ARTWORK):


Standard Quality, 160 kbps (92 MB) | Higher Quality, 320kbps (138 MB)
1. MOOKOID, Hex River Valley (3:32) from ‘Fishy’ (Pimalia)

2. DOT.AY, You Knight (5:25) previously unreleased


3. PEACE OUT!, Running On Sand, Walking On Water (4:29) from ‘Peace Out EP’ (self-released)

4. BURNING PALMS, Mockery (2:12) previously unreleased

5. THE ATLAS ROOM, Iris (5:18) previously unreleased


6. ///▲▲▲\\\, Spit Shine (2:00) previously unreleased

7. KATE CARR, Textopera (3:06) from ‘First Day Back’ (Retinascan)

8. RED PLUM & SNOW, I Would Die 4 U (2:21) previously unreleased


9. DUNS, Bad Rythm (sic) (5:47) from Cowardly Attack (c40 cassette, Willaston Tapes)

10. VORAD FILS, Temple Leak (2:42) from ‘The Warmest Static – POWWOW Ten’ (Feral Media)


11. JUSTICE YELDHAM, March Of The Bodypumpers (4:54) previously available as a Wire Magazine download

12. GAIL PRIEST, Etchings (3:22) previously unreleased

13. CAUGHT SHIP, BlackHole/SweatBeat (5:32) previously unreleased


14. CRAB SMASHER, Skin Destruction (3:58) previously unreleased

15. RIPPLES, False Mission (5:06) from ‘Ripples EP’ (self-released)


16. BLAKE FREELE, Inside There’s Expectations (8:59) previously unreleased
Compiled by Stuart Buchanan & Danny Jumpertz.

Artwork by Kris Keogh, kriskeogh.com
Click artist title for background information and links.


All music licenced via Creative Commons (Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives), except: Tracks 1, 3 & 6, all rights reserved.
Sleeve Notes, March 2010:
In his 2007 essay ‘Mob Rules’, futurist Mark Pesce noted that “John Gilmore, who co-founded SUN Microsystems … recognised an inherent quality of networks: they promote the sharing of information. This was codified in what I (only half-jokingly) call Gilmore’s Law: The net regards censorship as a failure, and routes around it.” This phrase has stuck with us in the intervening years – that the net (or more accurately, the human beings that use the net) finds censorship, and routes around it.
It came to mind again recently when considering the fracas surrounding the diminishing state of live venues in Sydney and Melbourne, highlighted by the struggles of The Tote and The Hopetoun. It was also front and centre of our minds when looking at the Australian Recording Industry Association’s 2009 Sales Report - claiming that despite an annual 72% increase in digital album sales, that “illegal file sharing… continues to erode profits and hamper investment into the local industry”. Clearly the mainstream music industry remains bewildered and befuddled by the ever-changing landscape unfolding beneath its ivory towers.

These are cited merely to highlight Gilmore’s Law in a new, weird, Australian context – that the artists on this compilation (and their kin spread throughout the country) find censorship, or find a blockage, and simply route around it. Closed venues are a blockage, mainstream industry machinations are a blockage, lazy media are a blockage, indeed any predefined ‘norm’ that restricts freedom of expression and dissemination of art, is a blockage – and in all these cases, we simply find it, and we route around it.
Crab Smasher and Red Plum & Snow route around distribution hierarchy and manufacturing expense by selling their music direct to fans on the digital platform Bandcamp. ///▲▲▲\\\ routes around traditional expectations of PR & marketing by refusing to be photographed and refusing to present a media release or bio, yet still ends up featured on the renowned U.S. site, The Fader. Justice Yeldham, aka Lucas Abela, finds a wall of noise and litigation around illegal downloads and routes around it by promoting Australian music on WFMU’s Free Music Archive (and thanks to Lucas, you’ll also find our releases there soon). The Atlas Room and Mookoid wind up on this compilation by routing around existing promo & media frameworks by hitting us up directly on Soundcloud. Burning Palms route around traditional marketing and find themselves with over 500 fans on their social network pages with zero releases under their belt. Need we go on?

Venues, channels, infrastructure and norms will all come and go. And if we can’t work with them, we’ll regard them as a failure and we’ll simply route around them. We will always network, we will always share and we will thus always survive. Call it (only half-jokingly) the NWA Law.
New Weird Australia is a not-for-profit initiative designed to promote and support new eclectic and experimental Australian music. Our current projects include a free compilation series (available to download every two months), a weekly show on Sydney’s FBi Radio and an irregular program of live events. Contributions from Australian artists are welcomed and encouraged -submission details and terms can be found at newweirdaustralia.com/about

See also: http://newweirdaustralia.com/2009/12/new-weird-australia-broadcast-one/

New Weird Australia, Broadcast One.

Since August 2009, New Weird Australia has been broadcasting weekly on Sydney’s FBi Radio – playing two hours of new, experimental and ecelctic Australian music, from over 300 artists to date. NWA also features regular guest performances, playing exclusive in-studio sessions – many of which are previously unreleased. This free download collects together seven of those sessions from Morning Stalker, Cleptoclectics, Scissor Lock, Go Genre Everything, Random Acts Of Elevator Music, Afxjim and The Ghost Of 29 Megacycles.
New Weird Australia, Broadcast One, NWAB001
DOWNLOAD ZIP FILE (AUDIO & ARTWORK):
High Quality, 320kbps (130MB)
1. MORNING STALKER, The Bohemian Grave (7:56)
2. CLEPTOCLECTICS, Mr Convex (5:38)
3. SCISSOR LOCK, Out By Holy Land (Scissor Lock vs Pimmon vs Scissor Lock Remix) (13:25)
4. GO GENRE EVERYTHING, Livetoair17sep2009 (Showw) (8:34)
5. RANDOM ACTS OF ELEVATOR MUSIC, Lunchtime Meditation Session (8:13)
6. AFXJIM, The Chris Jericho Diaries (8:05)
7. THE GHOST OF 29 MEGACYCLES, Leelo (Part 1) (8:22)
All recordings previously unreleased.
Originally broadcast on New Weird Australia on FBi Radio.
Stream FBi Radio at fbiradio.com, or listen in Sydney in 94.5FM.
‘New Weird Australia’ broadcasts every Thursday at 9pm (Aus EST).
Compiled by Stuart Buchanan & Danny Jumpertz.
Artwork by Rebecca Macdonald.
Click artist title for background information and links.
All music donated by the artists for use in this compilation only, all rights reserved.

A Collection of Titee Music

A Funny Story About Thin Wrists

Back in the 1990s, when I was a hunt saboteur, we used to go across Dartmoor early on Saturday mornings checking on fox hunters and hare hunters with a view to saving the lives of the animals in question. Sometimes we would be met by violent assaults from hunt supporters or other times just by threats.
On one occasion, when I had a walkie-talkie in my right hand, a hunt supporter walked quickly up to me and grabbed both my wrists in his hands. He had his hands around my wrists as if to hold me there and he was laughing, looking around to the left and right in the hope that other people would come and see what a 'clever' thing he had done. He said, 'Arrr, thees can't go now! Can 'ee? Aha! I've got 'ee now! Thees can't do nothin' about that can 'ee? ha-harr!' etc. etc.

What he had failed to realise, which seemed so plainly obvious to me, was that in his attempt to immobilise me he had, in fact, also immobilsed himself. He couldn't go anywhere either. As long as he continued standing there and holding my wrists he was making himself a prisoner too.

As a Zen Buddhist I immediately saw the irony of the fact that my simplest means of escape was to do nothing, nothing at all, and merely wait until the hunt supporter got tired of his own 'cleverness'.

Anyhoo, here's a computer manipulated version of the hand drawing mirrored to create the image of the two hands waiting to be clamped.

The Right Hand Drawing of the Left Hand

Back to 1989 when I lived in Street, Somerset and went to Strode College, before moving to Taunton and attending S.C.A.T. I had to lay my left hand on the table while my right hand drew. It isn't stylised, I really do have very thin wrists.

Dirty Mystery - FILM part 02

Samuel Beckett's 'FILM' starring Buster Keaton -part 02.
I've added a soundtrack and Andy Warhol-esque colour (over the original black and white).

Tangled Up in Surveillance - FILM part 01

Samuel Beckett's 'FILM' starring Buster Keaton -part 01.
I've added a soundtrack and Andy Warhol-esque colour (over the original black and white).

More of My Artwork

This is an old picture. I began this picture in 1991 in a life drawing class. At that stage it was a simple pencil drawing. Then, a couple of years later I was at university and had access to the Apple computers loaded with photoshop etc. so I acanned in the pencil drawing and began to develop the image by adding colour and building up the background to the extent where foreground and background are of equal importance. I was interested in making abstract colour patterns of sufficient strength to assert themselves next to the human form, while also putting a cool image set within a warmer colour system.

Encased sleeper

Unfortunately the canvas is larger than the scanner, so I had to scan this painting in two pieces.

BBC trying to steal my ideas again (deranged paranoid outburst time)

The BBC have been spying on me again. In October 2006 I released this video of a planet moving rapidly across space, so fast that the stars are a blur in the background:



Then, about a week later, I released this one where the moving planet has become a robotic goldfish bowl, revealed at the end to contain a goldfish bowl in which we see the distorted face of the Mona Lisa and hear the voice of a child:



Eight and a half months later on the 30th June 2007 the BBC came up with this image of a flying cyborg thingy, which was revealed at the end to contain a human child:

In October 2007 I released this pain-inducing ear-shattering piece about bees:



On the 28th of June 2008 the BBC thought of moving a planet rapidly across space, so fast that the stars are a blur in the background (sound familiar?):

They even manage to work in a bit about bees.

Now they're at it again!

For the past few weeks I've had an unpublished chapter of my online novel "How I Came to Be" sitting on the Blogger server while I tweaked the final details and added to it. The title was "Chapter Fifteen: How I Came to Be the Centre of the Last Great Witchcraft Trial in England". Earlier this week I decided to split the very long chapter into two and I published the first half as "Chapter Fifteen: How I was Saved from Whatever Policemen Do in Toilets." The chapter relating to the last great witchcraft trial at Wallington Magistrates Court in 1972 will now be Chapter 16. In the meantime the bloomin' BBC have slipped in with an afternoon play on Radio Four and they called it: "The Last Witch Trial" by Melissa Murray. Bastards!!! When will they stop spying on me and nicking my ideas? Bastards!!!

A Collection of fydhws Music

A Collection of Bette Dillinger Music

automat by elektrolandmusik

music for an imaginary city - by Malabi

A Collection of Pixieguts Music

A Collection of HoxVox Music

Protests in Plymouth, Exeter and London, Saturday 5th June

I just received this in the email so I decided to pass it on to everybody as is:

Dear all,

As the facts of Israel's pirate attack on the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza emerge, it is important to keep up pressure on those in the international community who aid and abet Israel in its crimes.

Demonstrations continue around the world, and these may soon  have even more cause for protest, as the MV Rache Corrie, the only boat left in the flotilla, is still on its way to Gaza, and Israel has said it will be intercepted (possibly tonight or tomorrow - Saturday 5th June).

There is a national demonstration in London tomorrow (see www.palestinecampaign.org.uk) and a local demonstration in Plymouth, organised by Plymouth PSC (Meet under the Big Screen in the Piazza on Armada Way (outside House of Fraser), Saturday 5th June 12pm - 2pm, flyers here: http://www.plymouthpsc.org.uk/docs/20100605_Demo_Flyer.docx
and  http://www.plymouthpsc.org.uk/docs/20100605_Demo_flyer.pub).

Exeter PSC will be at the Exeter Respect Festival (see http://www.exeter-respect.org/) on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th.

There are many petitions circulating about the attacks, most prominent of which seems to be the one from Avaaz to be delivered to the United Nations 'We call for an immediate, international investigation into the flotilla assault, full accountability for those responsible, and the lifting of the Gaza blockade.' http://www.avaaz.org/en/gaza_flotilla_3/?cl=590815824&v=6406. Please sign up if you haven't already.

Regards,

Dave Chappell - Exeter PSC

The Coalition

My latest work is called 'The Coalition':