Tuesday, 8 December 2009

Watery Icecream..



AGENT B

Monday, 7 December 2009

رهایی



To the Students and Citizens of Persia, the true state, i stand in heart and mind with you on the streets of Tehran. Through the bullets and gas of hate, the unbreakable spirit of freedom against the oppressors will rise triumphant. How long do they think the whitewashed mind control state will supress the spirit of such a bold people. May the words and actions of the people overthrow the doctrines of hate and suppression. They may clamp down on communication, they may halt all mobile phones/internet but the veil of archaiac hate mongering can only hold an entire nation in place for so long, and as always, the blood of the bright and the beautiful will pave the way for social reform and subsiquent overthrow of such a regressive hate machine.



Restitution the only solution the armed response of an entire nation.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad you and your facade of a goverments time of judgement is at hand and the people will be there to deal that judgement.

Revolution Action.





AGENT B

Sunday, 6 December 2009

Wonderland..



Maybe its because i'm seeing through time right now but this is awesome

AGENT B

Saturday, 5 December 2009

Society of the Spectacal..




The Situationist movement originated from a small band of avante-garde artists and intellectuals influenced by Dada, Surrealism and Lettrism. The post-war Lettrist International, which sought to fuse poetry and music and transform the urban landscape, was a direct forerunner of the group who founded the magazine 'Situationiste Internationale' in 1957. At first, they were principally concerned with the "suppression of art", that is to say, they wished like the Dadaists and the Surrealists before them to supersede the categorization of art and culture as separate activities and to transform them into part of everyday life.

At first, the movement was mainly made up of artists, of whom Asger Jorn was the most prominent. From 1962, the Situationists increasingly applied their critique not only in culture but to all aspects of capitalist society. Guy Debord emerged as the most important figure.

The Situationists rediscovered the history of the anarchist movement, particularly during the period of the First International, and drew inspiration from Spain, Kronstadt, and the Makhnovists. They described the USSR as a capitalist bureaucracy, and advocated workers' councils. But they were not entirely anarchist in orientation and retained elements of Marxism, especially through Henri Lefebvre's critique of the alienation of everyday life. They believed that the revolutionary movement in advanced capitalist countries should be led by an "enlarged proletariat" which would include the majority of waged laborers. In addition, although they claimed to want neither disciples nor a leadership, they remained an elitist vanguard group who dealt with differences by expelling the dissenting minority. They looked to a world-wide proletarian revolution to bring about the maximum pleasure.

http://www.artmovements.co.uk

AGENT B

Wednesday, 2 December 2009

The Irrepressibles..





I first saw this band in 2007, they were at the time a 5 peice i believe. A dear friend had invited me for a night of baroque magic and wonder. I was moved to tears actual tears. So emotively Jamie dances around the notes, the voice flutters up and down the scale effortlessly. Its the first time in a long time i can truely in my humblest opinion say, a star is born.

Their sound is described as Baroque shock but i'd add, sensual, raw, powerful, spontanous and visually they live up to the definitions. Extravagant costumes with wonderfully magical themes, inventive use of space and circus, light and shadow, exterior and interior.. they have become their sound. Masters at work.

Here are a few of my favorite videos, they are beautifully shot and are classic examples of the vision, style, and collaboration of sound they are responsible for.

Judge for yourself










Find out more on their homepage:

http://www.myspace.com/theirrepressibles


AGENT B

Truckers delight..



Pure 16 bit magic

AGENT B

Im just not having it..


Shot by Corbis

Let the wealthy and great roll in splendour and state
I envy them not I declare it
I eat my own Lamb
My Chickens and Ham
I shear my own Fleece and i wear it
I have Lawns, I have Bowers
I have Fruits, I have Flowers
The Lark is my morning alarmer
So jolly boys now
Here's God speed the Plough
Long life and success to the Farmer

I found this on my mug today and it made me laugh, but i think alot of you agree, theres alot to be said about living off the land and having a simplier kind of life. Not that im saying living off the land is easy, its back breaking work but at least its honest and homely.

Lets move to the country and leave this ole highway behind.

Back to basics and community values.

Bonfires and shit.



AGENT B

Tuesday, 1 December 2009

Glorify your Creation..

What you've made crooked you can't make straight, it's the price that you gotta pay.


William-Adolphe Bouguereau


And you've paid it over and over my brother, my sister.. now is the time of the Letting Go, we must all find it in ourselves to let go of our transgressions and failures in this life and the past. We must learn the lessons and find their meanings, for they are all but a gift and this life but a dream, a ride if you will.


Hell to me is the act of forgetting how to stand, forgetting how to find your feet in the quicksand of the immediate. The human mind is a twisted maze of systemic emotion, relating to every part of your body, ultimately controlling your every action. Emotion based on environmental shifts in comfortability. The reality of the uncontrollable elements, elements that shape our journey on this planet.


Herrad von Landsberg

Hope Sufferance is the standard we all carry and we are all guilty of letting it slip. But there isn't and never can be a reason for us to let our Fear out weigh our love. Love for self, love for our global neighbor and Love for this gift of a life we live, Live being the operative word.

Live

We get one chance at this

one chance to experience the grace of the soul.


Dante's rings of Hell


Inner Love
Inner Strength
Inner Peace
Honesty and Harmony

This the mantra i had tattooed to myself to remind me of the strength and focus that can an be found in Inner Fortitude. Recently i let my mind become clouded with despair subsequently forgetting my code of Honor, my Armour for the sticks and stones of misfortune.



Not that I'm here to preach my personal take on the current global emotional breakdown, but i think we are all reverberating with the same energies, we are in a sense all feeling the same weights and lifts, we need to focus and heal.

Rise up my friends

This is our life.

AGENT B

Monday, 30 November 2009

Broken Note..


Shot by Ali Wade

Hailing from the big smoke, the new front line soldiers Broken Note have set the bar that bit higher. Their sound conjures post apocalyptic decaying urban sprawl, leaving you feeling like the machine has taken over and we let em do it, we just didnt listen...

Ive seen these guys live and have to admit i couldn't fault them. With tearing saw bass and intelligent layered amen patterns dancing about your brain, your left enveloped in a world of sound.

Their first album is just about to be released on Ad Noiseam featuring everything they’ve done to date.









http://www.myspace.com/brokennoteuk

AGENT B

Wednesday, 25 November 2009

Souvenirs..




Souvenirs is a new film Short film from Director Andy Pearson, set in Birmingham the plot focuses around two friends Denzil and Bookmark. Its all about conquest and personal arrivals, as they notch one souvenir after the other to the proverbial bedpost. But things turn sour when Bookmark finally meets " the one " leaving queen bitch Denzil seeking out ways to sour the broth as he tries to hold onto his best friend.

Winning choice of the festival at the independent film festival in London and chosen for the Oscar qualifying international film festival, Palm Springs (where it out sold Demi Moore and Courtney Cox's directorial debuts resulting in a David an Goliath article being written about it on CBS) and has now been selected for the Stuttgart international film festival in January.

Its a funny film with heart and I've heard on the grape vine that a series and possible feature film is in the pipeline.

Nice



AGENT B

Tuesday, 24 November 2009

Mind Game..



What can i say, 4*c the studio that brought us Tekkon kinkreet, the film that to date comes closes to summing up my personal feelings on what this life is, whats the meaning and what it is to face the demon inside us, The man in the mirror if you will.

Well they've done it again.



Mind Game directed and written by Masaaki Yuasaby is about the process of Letting Go, the idea that thoughts become things and that if we just believe in ourselves and the power that life imbues us with enough we can achieve our hearts desires. Beautifully animated and extremely bizarre, lets just say i was tripping balls on the possibilities in our life and personal freedom from the constraints of self.



Throw off the self imposed shackles of uniform thinking


Subtitled version available from all good torrents

See where your light may shine.

AGENT B

Monday, 23 November 2009

William Burroughs..



The controversial Beat Generation writer will be best remembered for his hip, yet slightly insane novel, Naked Lunch. In a book review, the New York Times said the book was “less a novel than a series of essays, puns, epigrams — all hovering about the explicit subject matter of making out on drugs while not making out in either work or love.” With Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, Burroughs embodied the Beat Generation with experimentation with sex, drugs and the written word.



In 1951, Burroughs and his wife, Joan Vollmer, while drinking with friends, decided to play “William Tell.” Vollmer put a glass of water on her head, and Burroughs attempted to shoot it off. He failed, putting a bullet in her forehead. She died instantly. The shooting was declared an accident, and Burroughs served a short jail sentence. In the 1980s, Burroughs emerged as a hero to musicians, artists and filmakers.



Working with a variety of new and old artists and writers across the board, artists such as, Kurt Cobain with their collaboration called, " they call him priest "



AGENT B

Thursday, 19 November 2009

Heart attack at mount Drum..

There's nothing quite like watching a drummer shred on the drums, i've had the pleasure of playing with some talented musicians in my time but, the drums were one thing that time and time again would leave me with my jaw slack and head nodding. Ben stiff was the drummer in Miss: Spelt Yoof and he truly was the most talented of us all.

Throughout time there have been many masters of the beat,here are a few of my favorites:




Joe Morello of " The Dave Brubeck Quartet"




Also:



Seb Rochford the rubber man of "Acoustic Ladyland"




Also:



Mercedes Sherida Lander of the band "Kittie"



Plus:



Shiela E Princes first lady of the drum



French Style:



Mario Duplantier of "Gojira"



Old School magic:




Art Blakey of the Jazz Messengers



Finally for now:



joey jordinson from "Slipknot"

Friday, 13 November 2009

Kingdom of Fear..



Here's some thoughts and feelings of the man not long before he shuffled off the Mortal coil. His last book "Kingdom of Fear" has been like a travel bible to me, dipping in and out of his world, triggering and exploring so many dormant questions, his work will always be close to my heart.

We all know the drug fueled rantings of Las Vegas, but the thousands of letter of correspondence contained in Fear and Loathing in America or the Gonzo Journalistic approach to the Campaign trail will stand out as wonderful streams of consciousness, reactive works, soberly real tales from his lesser known exploits.












AGENT B

Thursday, 12 November 2009

The little dark poet..



I've always enjoyed stand up comedy, the likes of Richard Pryor and Billy Connolly were always filling the house with laughter, as i took off in my own direction there would always be a place in my heart for goat boy. Bill Hicks born, December 16, 1961 – February 26, 1994, stand up comic with a savagely factual bite.



Hicks was born in Georgia in 1961. He worked his way around the US's stand-up comedy circuit in the late 70s and throughout the 80s. He was a star turn at the Comedy Workshop in Houston, Texas, at the age of 17, when he was still a high-school student by day



His misunderstood dark humor often pushed the boundaries right out to sea, His jokes included general discussions about society, religion, politics, philosophy and personal issues. Hicks' material was often deliberately controversial and steeped in venom and truth.




The world lost a bright light when he finally died of the one thing he always joked about. Just think, prophetic as his musings often would be, imagine what he would say about today's state of affairs.



Doesn't bare thinking about.



I salute you Bill Hicks





AGENT B

Wednesday, 11 November 2009

Thought for the day..




You must above all things love yourself.

AGENT B

Tuesday, 10 November 2009

The awkard truth..



Walter Elias "Walt" Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966)

Good clean family fun..



AGENT B

Babylon shall fall..



Classic

AGENT B

Sunday, 8 November 2009

Roots bloody Roots..



Pavarotti Vs Max cavalera



This makes my skin crawl everythime, its such a powerful song as it stands but with Pavaortti bringing that elegance and supported operatic voice to Cavaleras raw caveman power, the song erupts into a war like call to arms, so that we may find our..

"Roots bloody Roots"

Hayao Miyazaki..



If i have children (and that's a big fucking if), they will be raised on a square diet of home grown vegetables, Beatrix Potter, Jimi hendrix and Hayao Miyazaki.. this man single handedly puts an end to benign child hood animation (the likes of racist grass root Disney). His style and vision has inspired a generation of fertile imaginations and hopefully will for many moons to come.



My personal favs are Ponyo on the cliff by the sea, Princess Mononoke, Howls moving castle and the acclaimed Spirited away.. If you have never heard of Studio Ghibli well prepared to be moved..

Beautiful heart wrenching stuff..




AGENT B

Saturday, 7 November 2009

The Midas Touch

What happens when:



Meld together with:



Sonic Fucking Boom:



Oh and just for good measure:




AGENT B

Malleus Maleficarum..



So once again Indie news has come up trumps, the thought of mind control re: the Nadil Malik Hasan case is a valid one, i mean the War on terror's public support meter must be at an all time low, then low and behold out of nowhere a completely peaceful "muslim" American guns down 11 colleagues at one of the worlds biggest military bases, sending public hysteria levels soaring an once again we're at war in our minds again, and its justified, classic. The reality of these techniques im sure we all agree arn't past our Governments capabilities (where do you think all the tax payer money goes).. here are a few links with some interesting points:


http://www.prisonplanet.com/everything-about-nidal-malik-hasan-screams-patsy.html


http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13845.htm


I know ive posted this once before but i think its pretty apt here as well

Take it away boys




AGENT B

Friday, 6 November 2009

M.A.D

Restitution or Mutually Assured Destruction (M.A.D)

Imagine if you can, the armed response of an entire nation, the social consciousness reaching fever pitch resulting in a collective primal r/evolution and final acceptance of very real personal/social responsibilities.

what a lovely thought huh?



I believe that's all we need to say to kick start the baby..

AGENT B

Blood and Sand



I Love you Big Fish, your strength will resonate through the bloodline forever..

AGENT B

David Nutt we the people salute you..



Prof David Nutt - DM FRCP FRCPsych FMedSci Prof of Neuropsychopharmacology and also the head of the Drugs Advice Council to the Goverment and has been sacked for voicing the truth over Drug legislations here in the UK.

Finally someone within the Goverments inner sanctum has stood up and said enough is enough. Our whole civilisation has been structured around Tabbaco and Alcohol trade, its promoted in all aspects of our life and why? because its nice an taxable.

Take a look at the articles:

I think we maybe on the Cusp of a social reform shit storm..

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/nov/03/david-nutt-drugs-policy

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/03/scientists-politicians-disagree



AGENT B

Amen..



Ok boys and girls schools in, time to sit back and listen to the soothing tones of middle america hehe, no but seriously once again bare with it, what hes actually talking about is the birthplace of all Hip Hop/Breakbeat/Jungle/Dubstep/Drum + Bass etc...this is where it all came from.

Where would my life be without the Winstons?



Amen to that brothers


AGENT B

Swine's and you..



Ok so i'm sorry you have to listen to the whiney voices but bare with it, its important stuff.

I mean don't get me wrong i think we all know the truth, scare mongering has been a fundemental tool for controlling the general flow of society throughout the ages, but, with all the mediums of information available to us isnt amazing we still buy into this crap. Oh and;

Obama, slap on the wrist

true colors?

Lets hope not

Fucking Goverment..



AGENT B

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