creative commons hi-res photo of the day: Alone around 10 PM - Just me
and this tempting French creperie (4288 x 2848)
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After Trying Times, Psychic TV / PTV3 To Return With New Album
POSTED ON 8/25/2008 | PERMALINK |0 Comments |
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Eddie, writing on Gen's blog:
"We're thrilled to report that the new PSYCHIC TV / PTV3 album "Mr. Alien Brain Vs. The Skinwalkers" will be released by Cargo/Sweet Nothing Records on October 20th, 2008. It will be a CD + DVD containing a featurette edited by filmmaker Marie Losier. More info to come, but wanted to share the great news...the cover art as wallpaper."
While Psychic TV / Throbbing Gristle release dates have been completely divorced from reality in recent years, I am absolutely ecstatic about eventually getting my hands and ears on a brand new PTV3 record. The death of Lady Jaye led me to wonder if Gen would continue on with the band in the long term. Here's hoping that this is just the next step of PTV3 and not the last gasp.
Just for fun, here's some relatively recent footage of the band performing Roman P.:
Bill Moyers' Interview With Andrew J. Bacevich Should Be Required Viewing For Americans
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Bill Moyers sits down with history and international relations expert and former US Army Colonel Andrew J. Bacevich who identifies three major problems facing our democracy: the crises of economy, government and militarism, and calls for a redefinition of the American way of life. "Because of this preoccupation with the presidency,” says Bacevich, “the president has become what we have instead of genuine politics, instead of genuine democracy." Respected across the political spectrum, Bacevich has contributed to The Nation, The American Conservative, Foreign Affairs, among others, and his latest book is The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism.
I recently watched this on my iPhone to pass the time on an exceptionally long train ride from NYC to Rhode Island. Bacevich delivers some hard truths that American citizens are unlikely to accept any time soon. While our willful ignorance and insistence on living beyond our means saddens me, it's heartening to know that a man of this stature is speaking up. I'll definitely pick up a copy of his book.
Pageonce - Banking, bills, etc. all on your phone. This has the potential to be a killler app if they can add additional interactive functionality.
Evernote - Incredibly useful note taking via text/voice/photo. Optical character recognition and versions for web/mac/win make for a universally useful tool.
Beatmaker - Worth every penny of its $20 price. This feature-rich music composition/performance app shows how powerful the phone really is. And I get the feeling that this is only the beginning.
NetNewsWire - Very basic free RSS reader that works even when you don't have signal. Somebody will improve on this (greader + google gears, please!), but you might as well stick with this free app until somebody does.
NYTimes - It is friggin' awesome to have the entire NYT downloaded to your phone. Like NetNewsWire, it's a welcome source of information for those who find themselves without connectivity on a regular basis.
