Your posture sucks, no wonder you get some back pain now and then... _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ __ | |_ (_) __ __ (_) ___ | |_ | |_ (_) _ __ ___ ___ / _` | / _| | _| | | \ V / | | (_-< | _| | _| | | | ' \ / -_) (_-< \__,_| \__| \__| |_| \_/ |_| /__/ \__| \__| |_| |_|_|_| \___| /__/ http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=111853 http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/12/27/1634210 http://www.cultdeadcow.com/cDc_files/cDc-0377.html http://www.essentialmedia.com/Shop/Articles.html http://www.xmission.com/~sleon/WeatherHome.html http://www.freespeech.org/kokopeli/esther.html http://home.zonnet.nl/gha_files/portal.html http://www.geocities.com/casa_maria_worker http://free.freespeech.org/xaa/xaa0004.txt http://www.ccc.de/congress/2001 http://www.louandpeter.com http://www.monkeybomb.com http://www.mysticdisc.com http://newsisfree.com http://www.sli.net.nz http://nodo50.org ------------------------------------------------------------ And The "phemous" Prime Anarchist AftrKrsms Publisher Column ------------------------------------------------------------ 0112292323 DEATH OF ART: In the Media Mix, What Happens to Music? My third favorite Melanie Safka song is "What Have They Done To My Song, Ma." I like it so much I have it on four albums. "Candles In The Rain," "Best Of," "Beautiful," and "The Four Sides Of." We ought to take a look at what they've done to EVERYONE'S songs! "At the end of November, the day after George Harrison died," Norman Solomon reports in FAIR's Media Beat, "the NPR program 'Fresh Air' treated listeners to reminiscences and tributes to his work. The show ended with Harrison's transcendent song 'All Things Must Pass' -- while a voice-over intoned a slew of underwriter credits, closing with a promotional pitch for a 'wealth management' company. As an interlude, airing on what passes for public radio, the incongruous mix was business as usual, offering artistic quality while undercutting it with routine corporate-driven messages. Guitars gently wept." [ref]=[ http://www.commondreams.org/views01/1229-06.htm ] (I'll lift one more quote from Solomon's story - if you want the rest get it yourself at commondreams.org or fair.org, ok?) [ref]=[ http://www.fair.org/extra/writers/solomon.html ] "Economic powerhouses are well-positioned to trivialize music by foisting audio schlock onto vast audiences of innocent bystanders -- and also by recycling popular music to hook people into buying specific products. Large quantities of rock songs, ranging from the mediocre to the marvelous, have become snippets of soundtracks for TV commercials. It all adds up to a concerted assault on meaning, with music very functional as a heavy battering ram." What are my first two favorite Melanie songs? You had to ask. "Close To It All" and her version of "Purple Haze," I think. With dozens of close 4ths I must add. "NATION SHALL NOT LIFT UP SWORD AGAINST NATION. NEITHER SHALL THEY LEARN WAR ANY MORE." marco -=[{ LETTUCE }]=- This was a week of short ones for sure. Maybe people had less time to type in between drinks or something. to ati@etext.org Do you really like Melanie that much??? sid [ed note: what were you looking over my shoulder? yikes.] to ati@etext.org LimeWire yes, AudioGalaxie no, Morpheus no. hvck to marco Hey, are you gonna drop a few hits and see LOTR? lion g. ink to Marco The 3 stages of getting sick: ill, pill and bill. Garlic Bulb PRESS RELEASE MUSIC BEYOND BORDERS a birthday celebration of martin luther king and his vision of peace monday january 21st 9pm at the bloomfield bridge tavern.. this is our twelth anniversary having this celebration at the BBT music provided by: life in balance, karl mullen, phat mandee and ATS proceeds will go to the refugees of afghanistan, specifically rebuilding a hospital in pakistan.. more info, hit: http://rawa.false.net/malalai1.htm organized by duncan and porter house of hospitality and resistance http://notowar.com "'Here in Iraq,' Riad told me, 'we make something from nothing - especially the peace.' And isn't that the most precious gift of all?" --Kathy Kelly director of http://www.vitw.org __________ OK, someone had to say it, you ready for this? http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=109959 __________ Make no mistake This world is full of hate People can't relate And theres nothing left to take, We all been used as bait Some say this is fate But let me open the gate 'cos its never too late: We livin' in a police state - Wonko The Sane [ref] = http://antiwar.notnethosting.com/Propaganda/policestate.txt Concrete Wishes Within Crystal Dreams [reprinted from Map of Austin Poetry #214-1] If the original format of Claibie's poem gets altered in the relay, I invite you to play with it to reconstitute the shape of the champagne glass.                           o                                  o                   o                        o                                o              This is the shape of things expected,               sparkling with domestic or imported,               waiting to wet the lips and whet a                 desire for good luck, health, or                   happinesses. Sip or gulp the                     hopes of tomorrows. Ahh,                       all springs eternal with                         wishes of peace for                         all. The "tink" of                           Salud! Cheers                               gathered                                within                                 stem                                 of a                                 gla                                  ss                                  rai                                  se                                  it                                  now                    I wish you all love, peace, hugs Claiborne Walsh FATWA BLUES by Marco May 20, 1995 A fatwa on George Bush A fatwa on the NRA A fatwa on Newt Gingrich GOP, FBI, CIA, NSA, DEA A fatwa on every 3-letter word in the government. A fatwa on every 4-letter word out of Anyone's fatwa mouth. Neo nazi training camps? Militant subversive overthrow groups Whether left, right or center. And racist magazines? Fat wa on all of them! A fatwa on anyone who continues to use the words "politically correct." 20 years for George Bush -- NRA can do his other 30. GOP, FBI, CIA, NSA, DEA? 2 years each. All other three letter words get 1 Except for the IRS They get forever! A day for each "fuck." Half a day for each "shit." All the rest get an hour. All neo-nazis except Newt Gingrich Get 6 years and 3 months. Gingrich? He can rot in hell. OK. A large toaster. OK. A tanning salon. People who use the words "Politically Correct?" Don't get me started... A fatwa on everyone who fatwa'd Salmon Rushdie. Fatwa on cops, lawyers congressmen and Rap singers. And a fat fucking wa on Anyone who ever uses the word Fatwa again. And we end this year, and this zine with a poem. It's called: AMERICAN DAYLIGHT by Minnesota poet Charlton Metcalf waking up like a roller coasters first drop accelerate aware American daylight hair of the dog French maid toast breakfast in bed covers hog stretching, armpit close... chewing like a tropical Gauguins best girl, murmuring a name with the occasional vowel... I’d like to trade her for a New York slice That's all for ati306. Feedback? ati@etext.org See you next year.