"A typical Westerner consumes, directly and through thirsty products like food, about a hundred times their own weight in water every day. That is why some of the great rivers of the world, such as the Nile, Indus, Yellow River and Colorado, no longer reach the sea in any appreciable volume. All their water is taken..."
Via Art Threat: Pivot Journal (An Interdisciplinary Graduate Journal of Visual Culture) Call for Submissions:
"We are constantly building - we build up, we build in, we build out. We build objects, communities, revolutions, relationships, movements, networks and theories. We build ourselves. With the theme of BUILD, this edition of Pivot will explore and critique how and why we build.
To build can be work or play, a hobby or a natural instinct. It can signal an idealistic concept or a concrete action. "Build" can be something evolving, malleable, and volitional and at the same time trigger the process of entrenchment of things fabricated, stifling and problematic. In a climate of apocalyptic projections, "build" becomes about progress, contemporary modernity and an inherent desire to move forward and take the next step. As an action, it is always present in one form or another - propelling us through our lives, visibly and invisibly."
CBC Radio 3 has an update on the Bicycles soon to be new album.
"Matt: We intentionally wanted to have new sounds - whereas before on a certain song we would've used strings, now we use crazy synths. We got really into less-remembered albums like T-Rex's Futuristic Dragon and the Beach Boys' Love You."
Spiral Beach is having a sleep over this saturday and you're invited.
"the all-ages show has no curfew - fans are encouraged to bring tents, sleeping bags and pillows, and a pancake breakfast is to be served in the morning. Billed as "full-on extravaganza," the experience includes a night of video projections, circus acts and glowing visuals in addition to an eclectic list of bands, headlined by Spiral Beach, who float in at midnight. Strap in, then, it's going to be a weird one. B.W."
EMI is reportedly about to dump the RIAA: Apparently repeatedly suing your best customers isn't good for business after all.
"According to figures seen by Reuters, each of the Big Four contributes approximately $132.3 million to fund the operations of the IFPI, RIAA, and other national recording industry trade groups. That money is used in part to fund the industry's antipiracy efforts—including the close to 30,000 file-sharing lawsuits filed by the record labels in the US alone."
Via Spacing the ROM is apparently trying to get rid of the hot dog ventors near the museum because they are messing up the view.
"It reinforces perceptions of snobbery and elitism that come with opening an empty starchitect-designed building and charging $20 a pop for people to simply walk through its spaces. Though the museum has filled up a bit more since June, it’s still largely empty, possibly in part — I’ve been told by sources in the know — because its pricey rooms are not adequate to maintaining delicate archival materials."
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As to the RIAA...well, we may hope.
As to EMI...I'll start buying their stuff again when I see it free of that "Content Protected" policy, software and logo on their albums. And the first album I buy myself will likely be the most recent Enigma material.
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