Tuesday, June 19, 2007

A Long Time Ago ....

How did i miss this one?
Old news for the diehards out there, but still worth the reflection, as George Lucas's feature, STAR WARS celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. was it really that long ago? some stories are just timeless. Could we be saying the same things about Lord of the Rings or the Matrix trilogy in 30 years ..... I think not. STAR WARS has that universal quality to appeal to anyone, anywhere, anytime. Unless your Peter Fox hehe :) get well soon old timer. 2 UNI projects to go :) 5 more days. im a zombie in the spiderhole, with the heater on. cya all soon.

'Star Wars' 30th anniversary
In the official souvenir program for "Star Wars," George Lucas says of his most famous creation: "It's always been what you might call a good idea in search of a story." One that 30 years later, the industry seems to have taken to heart.

"George never set out to reform or change Hollywood," says Steve Sansweet, Lucasfilm's official "Star Wars" ambassador. "He has invested in what he thought was necessary to make the kind of movies that he wanted to make."

STAR WARS - Wiki

ASHLEY WOOD - art





Tuesday, June 12, 2007

3 Wise Men



Weathered by time, the brothers stand true ....
Gravy pies and milkshakes are the order of the day as Moostads moustache fans up in the midday heat. alert to the dangers of tourist hands wanting a piece of the action Moostad calls on his brothers, together they are ... Pakistans anti nuclear growth hormone league.

seriously i'd just love to see these guys in the street ... can you imagine it. what a unique bunch of dingbats we humans are. Moostad ... mate, get that thing checked out pronto! :)

S.

Fresh Fruit ...

Hey guys, apologies for the delay in proceedings here and over @ GT, ive been swamped with work as of late, but things are moving smoothly. i may even be moving in a month or two ... no not interstate, so no time to settle in ...

News on the front, alot of you may have already seen the iPhone by Apple, but now its just 18 days away from official release in the states. its easy to just say this is a simple phone, well its not. like the iPod before it for music, the iPhone is a revolutionary device for not only calls, sms, but music, web browsing, movies, email, conferencing, photos, camera .... and the list goes on. better yet, it only has one "button" to operate". taking a leap into the future, iPhone works as a touch sensitive screen allowing your fingers to do the walking.

On another note apple have just updated their site for the impending new release of MAC OSX Leopard. go check it out as well as the keynote presentation from the release conference yesterday... and we still have 6 months of 2007 to go, i can smell another iPod release :)

iPhone - INFO
iPhone - ADs : MUST SEE
Apple.com - WEBSITE
MAC OSX - Leopard
Apple WWDC Keynote



Thursday, June 07, 2007

War, like cancer, is too lucrative a business to find a cure for...

There are an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 armed security contractors working in Iraq, although there are no official figures and some estimates run much higher. Security contractors are not counted as part of the coalition forces.

Mercenary forces like Blackwater operate beyond civilian and military law. They are covered by a 2004 edict passed by American occupation authorities in Iraq that immunizes all civilian contractors in Iraq from prosecution.

Blackwater has also constructed “the world’s largest private military facility - a 7,000-acre compound near the Great Dismal Swamp of North Carolina.” Blackwater also recently opened a facility in Illinois and is moving ahead with plans to build another huge training base near San Diego. The company recently announced it was creating a private intelligence branch called “Total Intelligence.”

Erik Prince, who founded and runs Blackwater… has close ties with the radical Christian Right and the Bush White House. the appearance of Blackwater fighters, heavily armed and wearing their trademark black uniforms, patrolling the streets of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, may be a grim taste of the future. In New Orleans Blackwater charged the government $240,000 a day.

Were this country (USA) to become even a little less stable, outfits like Blackwater might see a heyday. If the United States falls into a period of instability caused by another catastrophic terrorist attack, an economic meltdown that triggers social unrest, or a series of environmental disasters, such paramilitary forces, protected and assisted by fellow ideologues in the police and military, could ruthlessly abolish what is left of our eroding democracy. War, with the huge profits it hands to corporations, and to right-wing interests such as the Christian Right, could become a permanent condition. And the thugs with automatic weapons, black uniforms and wraparound sunglasses who appeared on the streets in New Orleans could appear on our streets.

All in all you've got to step back and take the whole picture in. we've all heard the predictions of civil war in the states following in the future, a rise of the oppressed peoples clinging to their second amendments which they haven't given up on yet. taking up arms against the elite to win back their own liberties and freedoms from the might of these corporations and overun goverment. is this too far out? well the rise of an unanswerable private war machine in Blackwater and other such groups points to a grim future. .... but you gotta think, these mercenaries are humans aren't they? cant they rationalise? can they be so brainwashed? are we that stupid that we are sitting back knowing whats in store and not changing it?

how have we come so far, and yet still wish to beat our fellow brothers down with clubs ... or M-16s. knowledge is power, dont let it happen here in Oz.

ORIGINAL STORY

COMMON DREAMS.org

BRIAN WOOD - author of the graphic novel DMZ

BLACKWATER: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army - BOOK









Monday, June 04, 2007

Bwainstorm !

sit back, sip your cuppa, and don't laugh too loud ...
heres something to brighten up your day.

Lance Krall doing what he does best ... prank calls.
so next time you get one of those salesmen on the phone at 6pm, think "What would Lance do"


Monday, May 28, 2007

Perry ..

Just got through reading an interview on Perry Farrell, lead singer of the now disbanded, Janes Addiction and current front man to his new project, Satellite Party. organiser and founder of the famous Lollapalooza music festival in the states. one passage stood out and i thought it belonged here .... some great thinking.

Xpress News: Your concept of ‘Solutionists’ and the band (Satellite Party) going out into the world as that, is very interesting. Can you describe it?

Perry: Well The Solutionists are the many, those that toil for the fortunate few. We feel that in the Revolution Solution the concept of the individual is the most important aspect in generating the revolution. I really think it’s a very realistic viewpoint because it used to be that countries going into other countries was making a global community. It would be countries and religion.

And then it became the multination corporations that went into other countries and the global community got smaller. But now, this next version of the world shrinking the 3.0 version, is one of the individual making the big difference, and it’s through things like blogging and having websites and using the vote of the dollar, the dollar in ones pocket, that is going to create this great revolution. So in staying in touch with all these people and creating an interactive community, that’s going to be what the Revolution Solution is all about and based upon.



Friday, May 25, 2007

Rambles...

Life is flowing too fast to catch at the moment, just stopped in to say ive posted a few best of shots over at my flickr account. hop over and check em. not much that hasnt been seen here before ... but i thought i would shine the spotlight on flickr again, its such a great resource for quick entertainment and inspiration. and you will find if you participate in the community online, the world becomes very small .... all that matters is creativity.

also hop over to the latest "Australian Newspaper" blog entry from today. apparently the ABC has just bought the rights to screen the doco "The Great Global Warming Swindle". funny how ahead of time we are eh? never the less its fantastic to see this truth movement expanding and mainstream sources jumping at the chance to diversify their audience and their viewpoints. keep it up ABC and SBS. well ive got 4 weeks of Semester 01 of UNI left. time flys. thats half a year .... gone. so back to the spiderhole for a while, patience, more posts to come, more news on GT as well.

keep questioning. never settle.
S.





FLICKR : snapfoxsnap
Australian Newspaper Blog : MUST READ

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

The Black Keys : Live and Direct

Date: Monday 14th May 2007
Place: Fremantle, WA
Time: 10PM
Who: The Black Keys

Recently returning from a gig in Freo, i thought i would post a quick recap of the show and how it all went down. Well to say the least, Perth (Fremantle to be more exact) was treated to a super fine performance from the greatest two piece band on the planet: The Black Keys!

The night was freezing, as winter had just kicked in and the port city was feeling the temperature drop. never the less we all came out in our droves to Sell Out the venue! good onya Perth. this is how we prove to these acts thats its worth their time coming over to the West Coast. we need to support them playing live. For a lonely duo to come all the way from Akron Ohio (middle of nowhere America) to play in little Freo is to be commended, and boy did they put on a show. thanks Dan and Pat for giving it your all.










PHOTOS: Courtesy of Antz : Flickr
FasterLouder.com

Sunday, May 06, 2007

Expliquer simplement les choses

To explain the things simply ...
I couldnt resist not posting these Ad campaigns from a Mexican Newspaper. I'm still chuckling at their simplicity. I found these over at "Half Days" : Flickr pics Its kinda weird because he's a French Advertising consultant, commenting in French, about a Mexican Ad, and now im translating it back in English. .... yet the Ads speak the same 1000 words on first glance.

Mexican daily newspaper :Milenio
Slogan: "A however complicated world requires an explanation"



Small Steps ..

Yeh im having a small break from the usual flurry of "Truth Movement" informative postings here, just for a post or two :) just thought i would quickly announce the birth of Guerilla Truth, another co owned blog and information source which im heading up with a close friend of mine in Perth.

Im not sure where Guerilla Truth will head, and if it will ever get out of the jungle so to speak, but for the mean time its a learning experience and enjoyable to do. Im initially thinking that Guerilla Truth will form the basis for my Truth Movement / Information Postings, ie everything I post here will be posted there for a more "non personal" audience to also interact with. my co-conspirator and I are trying to think ahead and set pre-emtive boundaries up for what could grow as an organisation here in Perth or anywhere else. It may not go anywhere, but at least at the end of the day i can say i got off my ass to stick my neck out. Other plans in the works include film nights and open mic nights. Anything to get this important information out to the mass's on a bigger scale.

So check us out over at Guerilla Truth
bookmark it and check for updates in the coming months. your support is welcomed. In the mean time I stride on as usual here, don't worry I'm not changing anything here or leaving!. Far from it. More soon, much love to all.
S.

Saturday, May 05, 2007

Winter Cleanout ..

Thought i would just do a bit of a winter cleanup, liven the place up visually. I've tweeked the layout and incorporated a new Graphic Header and Title. As I go the changes should better reflect this blog as a "personal space", open to all to view and comment.
Updates soon as I branch out, comments welcome on the changes. Talk soon.

S.

Sunday, April 29, 2007

CONSPIRACY: The Robert F. Kennedy Assassination

For most Americans over 45 the images are still vivid – Robert Kennedy shaking hands with kitchen staff of the Los Angeles Ambassador Hotel; Kennedy lying in a pool of his own blood; Kennedy's unofficial bodyguards and friends grabbing the young Palestinian, Sirhan Sirhan, as he rapidly fired off his pistol shots before he could be subdued; the prostrate bodies of the other victims, wounded by Sirhan's obsessive intent in hitting Kennedy; the nation once again mourning the loss of another American hero dead before his time.

What Robert Kennedy might have done as president is one of history's great-unanswered questions. His death also prompted many to ask – why was he murdered?

Although the grief over Robert Kennedy's death has subsided over the years, the suspicious circumstances about the assassination have grown. Opinion polls over the past 35 years have shown that a majority of Americans believe his murder was part of a larger conspiracy. The list of culprits has grown as the years have passed, including organized crime, who wanted Kennedy dead because of his crack-down on the mob, the military-industrial complex, who feared he would put an end to the war in Vietnam, rogue elements of the CIA bent on revenge for the Kennedy brothers' abandonment of the Bay of Pigs exiles during their 1961 invasion of Cuba, Western ranchers upset with his support for migrant farm workers, the KKK and the American Nazi party, upset with his support for civil rights, and a Greek shipping magnet who wanted to rid himself of his ‘nemesis'.

The HISTORY CHANNEL has just aired their latest feature documentary on the RFK Assassination, and i have a digital copy for those who wish to see it. i'll pass it on as soon as i get a moment. Time has a way of sweeping facts and questions under the rug. Many would want us to forget these events, to not draw the lines between the dots, to keep rolling with the status quo and fall in fear and blind trust, the next time the powers that be impose their agenda. How different would the world be today if RFK or JFK would have survived their assassinations.

HISTORY CHANNEL : Synopsis

CRIME MAGAZINE : full history article







Friday, April 27, 2007

"Cui bono"

Barrie Zwicker is an independent documentary producer, author and social and political activist. Prior to December 2003, Zwicker was the resident media critic (the only such in Canada) for 15 years with Vision TV, Canada's only independent not-for-profit TV channel and the world's first multi-faith TV channel. In the 2001-2002 Zwicker hosted "VisionTV Insight", a weekly half-hour commercial-free alternative look at the media, One series titled "What Really Happened on Sept. 11th?" - made him the first mainstream television journalist in the world to go on air and deeply question the official story of the events of 9/11. The commentaries elicited the greatest response of any programming in the channel's history. The response was literally 99% positive. The series became known as "The Great Deception"

Synopsis of Barrie Zwinker's DVD releases are below. I've recently acquired copies of both and i can pass these to anyone who wants to view them. Watch and keep an open mind as always. Make your own conclusions. Spread this information as you see fit.

THE GREAT DECEPTION - The War on Terrorism - An Alternative View. DOCUMENTARY
Media critic Barrie Zwicker, is one of the few North American journalists to offer an alternative viewpoint on the Sept. 11 tragedy. In this provocative six-part series of Media file commentaries, he challenges the official explanation for the attacks and considers the troubling implications of America’s new war. Poring over a wealth of published material, Zwicker finds much that has gone unexamined – from the apparent breakdown of American air defenses on Sept. 11, to the longstanding ties between U.S. intelligence and Osama bin Laden. He also takes a hard look at the actions of President George W. Bush in the midst of the crisis. And he ventures to ask what role U.S. oil interests may have played in these events. Ultimately, it compels the viewer to ponder the unanswered question: Whose interests are really served by the “war on terrorism”?

THE GREAT CONSPIRACY: The 9/11 News Special You Never Saw. DOCUMENTARY
is a 70-minute sequel to The Great Deception, In The Great Conspiracy, Zwicker analyses the use of fear to befuddle the public, and deconstructs the so-called "war on terrorism" as a public control mechanism. He then examines in depth the failure of the military to function on 9/11 and the entirely inappropriate behaviour of the president and his aides that day. Finally, the resistance of the White House to any proper investigation, the extreme taintedness of the 9/11 commission and its drastic underperformance are examined. Throughout, the compliance and complicity of the mainstream media in maintaining a trance of ignorance is addressed. And the responsibility of each thinking citizen emphasized at the end.

INFOWARS ARTICLE : BARRIE ZWICKER

BARRIE ZWICKER : Who Is This Guy?

LATEST BOOK : TOWERS OF DECEPTION

Great Conspiracy : OFFICIAL SITE






BBC . We are the Aliens

BBC.Horizon.2006.We.are.the.Aliens

First broadcast on 14 November 2006

Clouds of alien life forms are sweeping through outer space and infecting planets with life – it may not be as far-fetched as it sounds.

The idea that life on Earth came from another planet has been around as a modern scientific theory since the 1960s when it was proposed by Fred Hoyle and Chandra Wickramasinghe. At the time they were ridiculed for their idea – known as panspermia. But now, with growing evidence, it's back in vogue and even being studied by NASA.

We meet the scientists on a mission to get to the bottom of the beginnings of life on Earth - from the team in Texas who are lovingly building a robotic submarine called DEPTHX to explore a moon of Jupiter, to Southern India where they are investigating a mysterious red rain which fell for two months in 2001. According to local scientist Godfrey Louis, the rain contains biological cells unlike any he had seen before – with no DNA and the ability to replicate at 300°C. Louis has come to the conclusion that the cells are extra-terrestrial in origin.

Could all this really be proof that We are the aliens?

David Icke - Was He Right? : British Channel 5 Documentary 2006

David Icke - Was He Right?
Channel 5 documentary from 12/26/06 which chronicles David Icke's career to present day, and asks the big question - Was he right? We are all beginning to find the answers as we go along. A very impartial and fair documentary, thanks to the net, i have copies for anyone who wants to view, and i shall be passing them on asap.

This is the most accurate portrayel the "media" has shown of him to date, apparantly the programmes producer was one of the very few that attended Icke lectures whilst he was at university in the mid 90's and recently approached him with regards to making a documentary profile to be shown on network tv.



Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Are You A Serial Killer ...?

Stephen King
April 20th 2007
FULL ARTICLE

Predicting Violence:
In the wake of the Virginia Tech murders, novelist and Entertainment Weekly contributing editor Stephen King comments on the connection between violent writing / thoughts and violent acts.

"I've thought about it, of course. Certainly in this sensitized day and age, my own college writing would have raised red flags, and I'm certain someone would have tabbed me as mentally ill because of them.

As a teacher, I had one student who once raised red flags galore in my own mind: stories about flaying women alive, dismemberment, and, the capper, ''getting back at THEM.'' George was very quiet, and verbally inarticulate. It was only in his written work that he spewed these relentless scenes of gore and torture. His job was in the University Bookstore, and when I inquired about him once, I was told he was a good worker, but ''quiet.'' I thought, ''Whoa, if some kid is ever gonna blow, it'll be this one.'' He never did ..... But that was in the days before a gun-totin' serial killer could get top billing on the Nightly News and possibly the covers of national magazines.

For most creative people, the imagination serves as an excretory channel for violence: We visualize what we will never actually do. On the whole, I don't think you can pick these guys out based on their work."

It begs the question, Are we over influenced by the excessive blood and guts of crime dramas, horror films, violent videogames and graphic novels, leading to such horrific real life crimes? Or are they simply the formats for the creative expression of our darkest thoughts. The outlets that allow safe expression of ideas that are always there, with words and images, rather than bullets and blood. Think about the bigger picture that escalates everytime these real life crimes are thrown onto the front page news. Its the prime avenue for finger pointing, blame naming, and fuel to the restrictive policies on freedom of expression and creativity.

Maybe all we really should focus on, is learning to open up and communicate again.


STEPHEN KING : HOMEPAGE

CHET ZAR : HOMEPAGE

CAM de LEON : HOMEPAGE



Monday, April 23, 2007

IRAQ FOR SALE : The War Profiteers

Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers is the story of what happens to everyday soldiers when corporations go to war.

Acclaimed director Robert Greenwald, with movies such as, (Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, Outfoxed, and Uncovered) takes you inside the lives of soldiers, truck drivers, widows and children who have been changed forever as a result of corporate greed in the reconstruction of Iraq. Iraq for Sale uncovers the connections between private security companies making a killing in Iraq and the decision makers who allow them to do so.

Rich, this needs to go out to your friends in the Military. Eyes need to be opened, this isn't about Democracy, Protecting Civilians, Fighting Terrorism . ... it's about creating the false pretense for a war in which International Corporations could plunder resources and gain record profits among other things. Yes this is taken from an American standpoint, but look between the lines, our Australian troops are there on the front lines, as well as participating security forces. As usual i have a copy of this latest doco and will gladly pass it to those that wish to see it.

Robert Greenwald : OFFICIAL SITE

IRAQ FOR SALE : VIDEO INFO









Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Cold Front ...

Sit back, close your eyes and conjure up a picture of Australia... that's it, keep going, what do you see? Long beaches, plenty of surf, corked hats, Alf and Ailsa Stewart maybe! Well, whatever image your mind conjures up when you think of the glorious island down under, you can be sure it doesn't involve Stormie Mills and his legions of darkly alluring friends. Hailing from Perth, Stormie is one of Australia's foremost graffiti artists with many years of illicit wall smashing under his belt.

Having started off the way most young kids do, writing names and trying to get up, Stormie soon realised that he could find a better medium through which to communicate his messages. Stormie's focus shifted away from words and onto people, where he found a more powerful and seductive medium through which to express himself. "I roll out letters sometimes but really I'd prefer to communicate visually on a deeper emotional level with characters," Stormie explains. "They scream more about the way the world 'works' and I believe that the downtrodden are all super-heroes on the inside."

So after a summer of inspiration and exhibitions Stormie is now back in the warmer climes of Oz and concentrating on a few little projects that he has under way including some street installation art and plans for a new exhibition sometime in the future. For those of you who missed out on the 'Third' exhibition, to your detriment, you may well get another chance to gaze into the black and white world of the Storm boy as he has plans to hit these shores again soon with more of his two dimensional friends. In one last flurry of insight Stormie imparts that there is a little of himself in his characters: "They have what I see, the darker side of life, the not such a pretty picture side. I like the damaged beauty in the world."

While the philosophical vein is still tapped what does Stormie see the future holding: "As my friend Matt told me today, 'tomorrow hasn't been written yet'."

STORMIE MILLS HOMEPAGE







Monday, April 16, 2007

9/11 Fact Sheet

What occurred on September 11th, 2001 is a matter of facts, physics and unprecedented violations of national protocol by American officials themselves. Here are 10 points to consider. There are hundreds more...

1. No steel-framed building before or since 9/11 has ever collapsed due to fire.

2. No official agency (FAA, FBI, or the airlines) has ever released a list of the 9/11 passengers. But within hours, the FBI released a list of the hijackers.

3. Multiple air-defense drills were planned for the morning of 9/11. These exercises left only two fighter jets available to protect the entire Northeastern United States.

4. Building 7, a 47-story skyscraper and part of the World Trade Center complex, was not struck by a plane but collapsed in 6.5 seconds at 5:20 p.m. on September 11th, in the exact manner of a controlled demolition.

5. There was no visible airplane debris where Flight 93 supposedly crashed in Pennsylvania – only a smoking hole in the ground, much like a bomb crater.

6. Office fires burn at low temperatures of 600-800 dF. Jet fuel is an ordinary hydrocarbon; its maximal burning temperature is 1200 dF in open air. Steel melts at 2750 dF. Neither jet fuel nor the burning contents of the buildings could cause the towers’ steel structure to buckle or fail.

7. Tests have shown that cell-phone calls cannot be made at altitudes over 4000 to 8000 feet, as cell towers are located on the ground. Commercial airplanes fly at 30,000 feet and above. No passenger could have successfully placed a call for help by cell phone from an airborne plane on 9/11, as reported.

8. 9/11 was immediately declared an “act of war” by President Bush. The rubble from the Twin Towers’ collapse was carted away and the steel sold and shipped overseas without examination.

9. Enormous profits were made by insiders on plummeting stock prices of the two airlines involved in 9/11 – American and United. Federal law protects their identities.

10. Accepting victims’ compensation barred 9/11 families from further discovery through litigation.

To download and print copies of this list, visit 911WeKnow.com. Pass around and engage in discussion! Just presenting questions that need to be asked. Aren't we all glad we live in a country that accepts our freedoms of free speech. That could change if we go along with the "Official Story". Drop the fear, don't just ask the questions, Demand the answers... before they pull another 9/11 rabbit from the hat.

911weknow.com

Sunday, April 15, 2007

Future Focus : Re Cap ..

Just a refresh for everyone.
SBS now has its website up and running for its month long special Future Focus. hop over to the site and check out the programing coming up, including not to be missed specials on ....

15 April 2007 - Sunday at 7:30pm :
2057: The World in 50 Years

17 April 2007 Tuesday
at 9:30 pm :
Five Disasters Waiting to Happen - Global Warming


24 April 2007 Tuesday at 8:30 :

Crude Impact - Peak Oil

29 April 2007 Sunday at 8:30pm
:
The Gulf Stream and the Next Ice Age

1 May 2007 Tuesday at 8:30pm :

Patent for a Pig - Monsanto

6 May 2007 Sunday
at 8:30pm :
Biometrics
- examines identity control

15 May 2007 Tuesday at 8:30pm
:
The Politics of Global Warming

22 May 2007 Tuesday at 8:30pm :

The Invisible War
- examines the latest developments in weapons technology


SBS - FULL SHOW GUIDE (BOOKMARK THIS)