Clip 1 0f 2: Globalization (& The Metaphysics of Control)
Bunny explains to Mimi how to establish and maintain control over others via this (kind of) new thing called globalization. Is globalization the new colonialism?
Clip 2 of 2: Defending Globalization
This time Bunny reveals a secret about how to get First World citizens on the Globalization bandwagon while keeping those pesky Third Worlders in their place.
Today somebody told me that he doesn’t like cats. Why? “Because they like to smell each other’s arse.”
As if we don’t.
Talk about inter-species hatred and if you’re in the “alam maya” loop, you would not miss this screaming headlines:
ANTI-EMO RIOTS BREAK OUT ACROSS MEXICO!
This piece of news has been zooming around in cybespace for a few days now and I bet myspace is full of it. Anyway, apparently “emo” kids in Mexico City have been constantly under threats of violence and that culminated with “several hundred people went on an emo-beating rampage” in the town of Querétaro, north of the city!
Well, I’ve heard of anti-emo heckling but this is wayyy out of line! Go and read it here: Anti-Emo Riots!
oh, there’s this comment on the page, it’s priceless:
“thats what you get for destroying rock and roll. you assholes.”
oh, the irony!
and this:
“Kids playing dress up..And thinking its important. LABELS ARE FOR FOOD.”
The first generation of participants in the great American hardcore punk battered econovan would like you to believe that scene died in 1986, but we all know better. However it was the year Black Flag called it quits - all of a sudden, observed simply with a genial phone conversation between Greg Ginn and Henry Rollins - and we know we’ve lost an amazing band who shaped that world.
The clip above features Henry and Greg, with two faceless band members, going at it as per usual, taking no prisoners. I saw this recently and wondered if it was ever recorded for posterity. It will be the last time Mr. Ginn twisted his bad-ass fingers on Annihilated This Week and spreading greasy muck over Louie Louie, and it will be a treasure.
Sure enough, the entire show was recorded and available on the bootleg trading circuits for years. On top of that miracle, the sound captured is way better than that video clip above. To those interested, my old friends at BigO magazine in Singapore are hosting the files and ready to donate you their bandwidth.
Note: It’s not as crucial as the Police Story - Live EP or the 1981 Last Show with Dez bootlegs but if you were still sticking to the Flag despite the fact that they slowed and and grooved slothfully with Loose Nut and Slip It In, this will be something you would need to hug dearly.
Go here: bigozine2.com, and while you are at it, do download that rare Peter Tosh Demos and The Stooges live 2003 show.
As you may have known malaysiakini.com is FREE to read and browse through for one week from March 4th to 10th, so do go there for more worthwhile news and insights.
Here’s one letter featured there today which I believe many of you “fence-sitters”, conscious-objectors and “vote-dodgers” need to read. It may appear as if the writer has too much faith in the Malaysian-style “democratic process” but since the opposition parties are NOT gonna boycott the circus, it’s up all of us to support the fight. Read on…
“Most of you have been complaining non-stop about the ruling government and it’s screwed up policies and yet when it comes to polling day, you still vote BN back in. It’s time to walk the talk. Vote the opposition in even if you do not like them for the sake of diluting the power of the douches in the government.”
Douches, morons and one-dimensional M’sians
O-Wern Low | Mar 6, 08 4:32pm | malaysiakini.com
Howdy fellow Malaysians! It is now just a few days before the much awaited 12th general election and by now, I’m sure many of you would have made up your mind on who to vote for. If you have, then you are not my target audience. My target audiences here are:
If you fall into one of these categories, then take a few minutes of your time to hear me out. No, I am not going to convince you and give you direct reasons for voting opposition because I am sure you have heard these reasons countless of times from your peers or from the Internet. I am going to explain to you the ‘douche and moron’ theory which many of you seem to be unconsciously abide by. Now, a douche, in American terms can be simply translated to mean an idiot. A moron means just that. read the rest of this entry
Pak La, La, La by Comedy Court:
Malaysia needs a strong Opposition
by Michael Backman
The Age (Australia) - February 27, 2008
SHOULD Malaysians bother to vote? The corollary of this question is: does the Malaysian Government deserve to be re-elected? The answer to the second question is no.
In the past few years, the Malaysian Government has presided over an extraordinary number of scandals that are appalling by any standards: the trade minister’s allocation of car import permits to friends, relatives and supporters; the billion-dollar fraud at the Port Klang Free Trade Zone; the outrageous and much-flaunted wealth of ruling party politician Zakaria Md Deros; the claims that a High Court judge allowed the lawyer representing a rich businessman to write for him his judgement in a defamation lawsuit; an immensely rich chief minister in Sarawak state who is allowed to rule as if it were his; and so on.
The Malaysian Government richly deserves to pay for all of this at the ballot box.
So the next question is: should the Malaysian Opposition be elected to office? Again, the answer is no.
The Opposition is a shambolic assortment of the disaffected rather than a competent, alternative government. In no way is it ready to govern.
All these questions are pertinent because Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi has called elections for March 8.
read more: here
Dia Sasterawan Rakyat, bukan lagi Sasterawan Negara!
oleh Rahmat Haron
“Saya sekarang mantan Sasterawan Negara,” tutur A. Samad Said. Syahdu. Itulah satu kata buat menjelaskan suasana petang Sabtu itu. Secepatnya acara baca puisi “Kata-kata” di Galeri R.A, Kuala Lumpur bertumpu dengan kenyataan keras pengarang ternama itu. Dia pengarang terakhir dijemput mempersembahkan karyanya. Segala persembahan lain, tiba-tiba tenggelam dengan kata-katanya. Aku yang pada mulanya tergelak terbahak dengan persembahan lagu Hannah T dendangan Tan Sei Hon yang penuh lelucon terus sebak dan marah mendengar kenyataan pengarang novel Salina itu.
Dia membuat kenyataan tersebut sebagai maklum balas terhadap isu buku teks baru untuk komponen Sastera Dalam Mata Pelajaran Bahasa Melayu (Komsas) bagi sekolah menengah yang dijangka guna tahun 2010 nanti. read the rest of this entry
Definition and Origins
Fanzines or zines in short is a nonprofessional publication produced by fans of a particular cultural phenomenon such as a literary or musical genre for the pleasure of others who share their interest. The term was coined in an October 1930 in a science fiction fanzine done by Russ Chauveent and first popularized by science fiction fandom and later adopted by others.
Origins of Punk Fanzine
In the USA on the other hand, one of the first punk zines was ‘Punk’. It was created by cartoonist John Holmstrom, publisher Ged Dunn and “resident punk” Legs McNeil. They published 17 issues between 1976 and 1979. Covers featured such artists as Lou Reed, Patti Smith and Blondie. read the rest of this entry
It’s heartwarming to see a lot of the old Singaporean bands I’ve grown to dig and love in this blog. If the punk and new wave scene in the Philippines started way back in the late 70s, the Singaporeans started their own thing back in the mid-80s, around the same time the thrashers of Central Market congregated for their own “revolution”.
Rock in a Fine City trawls through the early “underground” scene of the city-state, detailing bands, recordings and people who made their mark those days. So go on and read about Opposition Party, The Oddfellows, Corporate Toil, etc.
Go here: rockinthefinecity.blogspot.com
Unless you’ve been living under a rock somewhere or maybe living under a self-imposed exile from whatever source of news (govt-vetted or not); there’s a huge scandal currently giving nightly nightmares to the top people in the country’s judicial hierarchy, all out of a video clip which has been kept away from us for years. Video is here
If you’re one of those people do go here and learn, and also check out the original article, the beginning of the rot when Mahathir kicked out my grand-uncle (who I’ve never met, introduced or know proper), Lord President Tun Salleh Abbas in 1988: MT: Crisis in the Judiciary
To all reading, there’s a petition to His Majesty the Yang DiPertuan Agung to ask for the establishment of a Royal Commission to look into all that bullshit:
The People’s Appeal To His Majesty The Yang DiPertuan Agung
On 19/9/2007, the nation was rocked by another scandal, this time in the form of a video clip which exposed what appears to be a telephone conversation between senior lawyer VK Lingam and another person, allegedly fixing the appointment of ‘friendly’ senior judges.
A careful study of the monologue presented in the video clip leaves a very clear impression that the telephone conversation is indeed between VK Lingam and the present CJ, Tun Ahmad Fairuz Sheikh Abdul Halim and relates to the appointment and promotion of judges. Other judges are also named in the course of the conversation.
That Tun Ahmad Fairuz had, subsequent to the release of the video clip, first responded that he would need to first view the video clip before saying anything, then issuing a ‘no comment’ response and only lately and that too through a third party making a bare denial of being a party to the conversation leaves us, the rakyat with a sense that Tun Ahmad Fairuz has not responded with complete candour on this matter.
This scandal now casts serious doubts on the suitability of Tun Ahmad Fairuz to head the judiciary as well as on the propriety of the appointments and promotions, made on the recommendation of Tun Ahmad Fairuz, of several judges of the High Courts, the Court of Appeal and the Federal Court.
We, the rakyat, no longer have any confidence whatsoever in the judiciary.
read more: harismibrahim.wordpress.com
Press statement by Dr Kua Kia Soong, director of Suaram, 24 August 2007
SUARAM DIRECTOR DENIED ENTRY INTO SARAWAK
MYKAD IS AN ACCESSORY OF A MALAYSIAN POLICE STATE
Dr Kua Kia Soong, a director of SUARAM was denied entry into Sarawak at 9pm, 23 August 2007. Kua, who is also principal of the community-funded New Era College, was on his way to officiate the graduation ceremony of teachers who have attained the New Era College Diploma in Education at Kuching and Sibu.
After screening Kua’s MyKad, the immigration officer at Kuching airport informed him that he had been refused entry into Sarawak because he is on the “blacklist for involvement in anti-logging activities”. From the computer reading of Kua’s MyKad, the officer also knew that Kua is a former member of parliament.
Dr Kua has been an active campaigner against the Bakun Dam project and was a member of the fact finding mission to enquire into the conditions faced by indigenous peoples displaced from the Bakun area to Sungai Asap resettlement camp in 1998. read the rest of this entry
A concerned friend posted this up today:
and speaking of “pricks”
see below: read the rest of this entry
This is how, the powers that be are “grooming” our “future leaders”:
from The Sun today:
Politics on campus under watch
by Husna Yusop and Kimberley Lau
PETALING JAYA (April 26, 2007): University students are being monitored by the managements of their universities to ensure they do not get involved in any political activities during an election.
The monitoring is done particularly through election monitoring committees, set up under a secretariat comprising deputy vice-chancellors in charge of student affairs.
For every by-election and general election, a committee is set up comprising representatives of the universities’ student affairs departments.
Secretariat chairman Prof Datuk Dr Mohd Wahid Samsudin, who is also the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia deputy VC for student affairs and alumni, said students are prohibited from associating themselves with any political party, regardless of whether it was from the opposition or the Barisan Nasional.
“The Higher Education Ministry has instructed us to look at student activities to ensure they are not actively involved in political parties or activities,” he told theSun.
“It is an offence as stated clearly under Section 15 of the Universities and University Colleges Act (UUCA) 1971.”
read more: The Sun
“Gianni Magazzeni, the chief of the U.N. Assistance Mission for Iraq, said 34,452 civilians were killed and 36,685 were wounded last year.”
“The U.N. report also said that 30,842 people were detained in the country as of Dec. 31, including 14,534 in detention facilities run by U.S.-led multinational forces.”
read the whole story: U.N.: 34,452 Iraq Civilians Killed in ‘06
Just stumbled upon an interview with the amazing community-centric, Jakarta punks Marjinal by the excellent Anarch[oi]! site.
Excerpts:
Q: Bagaimana pandangan kalian tentang politik dan punk, apakah bisa berjalan/ seimbang, sedangkan secara obyektif punk yang selama ini merupakan Counter-Culture (budaya perlawanan), sekarang ini telah mengalami dekadensi dan pola gerakan mereka yang cenderung berjalan sendiri-sendiri dan bergerak secara elitis.
Malahan cenderung menciptakan suatu kontradiksi di dalamnya. Contohnya antara apolitikal dan politikal, bagaimana pandangan kalian dalam hal ini……….
Marjinal: Pandangan kami dalam hal ini bahwa politik bisa berjalan seimbang dengan punk, karena punk itu sendiri adalah politik dan politik yang melahirkan punk. Tanpa politik takkan melahirkan punk, dan bila hanya punk hanya itu hanya sebuah kata tidak melahirkan tindakan, karena politik (POLI dan TIK = banyak cara).
Pandangan kami dalam kontradiksi di dalam punk adalah sesuatu yang wajar dan kami melihatnya sebagai proses pendewasaan (kontradiksi melahirkan dialektika).
read more: anarchoi.gudbug.com
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