Monday 19 October 2009

Charles Mingus..



Charles Mingus

Wanna know something shameful, i got school'd by a friend today about Charles Mingus, before which i knew nothing of the man, strange that such music can exist and the self professed oracle of music knew nothing about it. No but seriously Charles Mingus has just changed my whole perspective on shit, Pork Pie Hat ???...

Mingus is considered one of the most important composers and performers of jazz, a pioneer in bass technique, and he recorded many highly regarded albums. Dozens of musicians passed through his bands and later went on to impressive careers. Mingus was also influential and creative as a band leader, recruiting talented and sometimes little-known artists whom he assembled into unconventional and revealing configurations.

Nearly as well known as his ambitious music was Mingus' often fearsome temperament, which earned him the nickname "The Angry Man of Jazz." His refusal to compromise his musical integrity led to many on-stage eruptions, exhortations to musicians, and dismissals, heres abit of Boom town..



And heres abit of Joni Mitchell remix magic..



AGENT B

Sunday 18 October 2009

The Panacea



The Panacea

Mathis Mootz started with an apprenticeship in classical music and was a member of the boy's choir of Windsbach. After studying music engineering at the SAE Institute, Mootz worked with the experimental hip hop/illbient label Chrome, an offshoot of Force Inc Music Works. Over the course of several drum and bass albums and many singles, and as A&R manager for Chrome, later renamed Position Chrome, Panacea became known for pushing the bounds of the drum and bass genre into industrial and hardcore territory, and for energetic DJ sets which fused these genres in a live setting.

Ive had the pleasure of Djing along side this legend at Overfiend, his influence over my general selection of drum and bass has been massive, always bringing into view styles within drum an bass most producers shy away from and it was an honor to share the stage with him and Limewax. His handling of pure Amen disaster breaks is awe inspiring, i hope the time will come again that we cross paths.

Heres a few of my favorite tracks made by the man himself.


Tinnitus


Motion Sickness



Kill It


Kill the processors


Therapy Sessions


AGENT B

Tuesday 13 October 2009

The new Olyimpic sports for 2016

Through a small fog of controversy the new sports to be joining the chosen few considered for Olympic recognition are to be Rugby and Golf.
Now, all things in question the credibility of these two sports is not in doubt, they have had a long history, rich in support, fame an causality .
But Ive got a humble suggestion for the next board of consideration and Olympic recognition



Chess Boxing..

Ok not the most popular idea in the world but hear me out, lets watch the brutes beat each other into submission and K.O with checkmate fatality.



Brains and Brawn melded together like wine.


AGENT B

Fox blocks Monsanto whistle blower story..



For the love of god people..The effects these products are having on our general spiritual and physical states are immense, cancer forming agents in our milk. We still consume it.

Amazing

If someone said, this product may possibly kill you or at least form serious cancers but drink it, it tastes, well, like chemicals but still give it ago, its milk, anNNND pus KINDA,SORTA..trust me though, i'm telling you its good for you and your family.

You'd buy it right?



you'd be crazy not to.

AGENT B

Monday 5 October 2009

Fire and Quill..



Like Riding A Bike

The human mind is a treacherous thing, constantly lulling you into that ole faith emotional trench, that all to familiar groove..thing is unknown to you, well frankly your all ready there..been there along time now jack how does it feel?. The thought that well yes this is your life but is it, is it really?. This mind that haunts the quiet time between traffic or insesent chatter of your work colleagues having an implausible amount of fun about you like cackling hens about a new cock. Hey now lets not get to ahead of ourselves...lets get back on track, that good ole beaten track.

So here i sit, drinking scotch, whiskey if you will, why whiskey you say? well i hate the stuff...guess its good enough to get me mean an good with words then why not turn it towards the keyboard again hey? yeah why not.

So why cant i write anything, whats the break down, why the breakdown in communication, the synapse not firing boy, you know what we call that in the army, frontier soldier meat fest, bout the only thing your good for boy, aint shooting no lead then get to the line and charge for king George an country boy, throw yourself at those damn heathen bastards.

So here i sit,stuck in the mental mire, holding a stinking tattered flag. A tattered fucking flag, cant make out the writing or the logo, its long been forgotten, infact the point of carrying this damn flag was beaten out of me a long time ago, truth be told i guess i just kinda like the feeling of the thing. Weight, weight, weighing me down,... so sleepy its so heavy,

"GET UP YOU MAGGOT FUCK!"





Christian guilt again calling my name, thy shalt honor your father and mother , shalt shalt not kill. Thou shalt not covert, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt carry that fucking flag as long as i say so boy so stop your sniffling an climb that bastard hill, come on you can make it up to the mound of sorrow.

"OFFER YOURSELF ON THE ALTER OF ART DAMN YOU!".

Got sick of hearing that. Suffer for your art, yeah i'll suffer alright....but suffer what, is there actually suffering involved and if so did i miss that class. I feel nothing, the new force field works, bargain hunt on QVC.
Art is where the heart is, plastic furniture, close circuit TV feeling the evil eye, Fatima you see, do you see? hmm no protection will be found no sanctuary for the not desired. Truth, fact, fiction .

Seasonal blues like son house sitting tree stumps sit, just sit...heel boy, hush your mouth, and heel.

AGENT B

Thursday 1 October 2009

The World According to Monsanto..



Please watch all of the videos, this is seriously one of the most important documentaries. We have no idea..

The story starts in the White House, where Monsanto often got its way by exerting disproportionate influence over policymakers via the “revolving door”. One example is Michael Taylor, who worked for Monsanto as an attorney before being appointed as deputy commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1991. While at the FDA, the authority that deals with all US food approvals, Taylor made crucial decisions that led to the approval of GE foods and crops. Then he returned to Monsanto, becoming the company’s vice president for public policy.

Thanks to these intimate links between Monsanto and government agencies, the US adopted GE foods and crops without proper testing, without consumer labeling and in spite of serious questions hanging over their safety. Not coincidentally, Monsanto supplies 90 percent of the GE seeds used by the US market.




Monsanto’s long arm stretched so far that, in the early nineties, the US Food and Drugs Agency even ignored warnings of their own scientists, who were cautioning that GE crops could cause negative health effects. Other tactics the company uses to stifle concerns about their products include misleading advertising, bribery and concealing scientific evidence.


Monsanto's background

Monsanto was founded in 1901 as a chemical company. Its history is intimately linked to the production and promotion of highly toxic chemicals such as Agent Orange (used as a chemical weapon in the Vietnam war) and PCBs (widespread toxic pollutants). Robin’s movie reveals that Monsanto already knew about the “systematic toxic effects” of PCBs for decades, but instructed its salespeople to stay silent because, “we can’t afford to lose one dollar.”




More recently Monsanto received a bad reputation for the promotion of growth hormones from GE organisms known as rBGH, which the company sells in the US under the brand name Posilac. Monsanto claims that Posilac holds, “benefits to consumers”. The reality is that, rBGH growth hormones were banned in Europe and Canada after the authorities found out about the health risks resulting from drinking milk from cows treated with rBGH hormones. Monsanto's way of "addressing" this problem was to sue the Oakhurst dairy company in the state of Maine (US) - attempting to force them, and other dairies, to stop labelling diary products “rBGH-free” and “rBST-free”.





Global reach, control

Over the last decade, Monsanto aggressively bought up over 50 seed companies around the globe. Seeds are the source of all food. Whoever owns the seeds, owns the food. The process of genetic engineering allows companies, such as Monsanto, to claim patent rights over seeds. Ninety percent of all GE seeds planted in the world are patented by Monsanto and hence controlled by them.

Patents on seeds give companies like Monsanto unprecedented power. Monsanto prohibits farmers saving patented GE seeds from one crop to replant the next season, an age-old practice. To ensure that farmers do not reuse seeds, Monsanto created its own 'gene police', and encourages farmers to turn in their neighbors.




Even farmers that do not use GE seeds are not safe. According to an investigative report by the Centre for Food Safety (CFS) farmers have even been sued for patent infringement after their field was contaminated by pollen or seed from someone else’s GE crop.





But Monsanto’s influence doesn't stop at the US border. “The world according to Monsanto”, documents the devastating impact of Monsanto's malpractices around the world. Among others, it includes the real-life stories of cotton farmers in India that ended up in hopeless debts after using Monsanto genetically engineered (so called Bt) cotton, and of a family in Paraguay, South America whose dreams have turned to nightmares after their farm became surrounded by fields planted with Monsanto’s GE soya.




(this is an article perfectly worded by greenpeace, support the movement)

This is some serious shit, the fact this information isnt more widely know really scares me. Research your food carefully my friends..

Buy local





AGENT B