tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4259748267810148502024-03-12T21:01:08.178-07:00I Was Once YoungJust a young motherfucker from Sydney's west (sometimes).Liamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097931594961182290noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-425974826781014850.post-83243441156973181962009-06-29T01:21:00.000-07:002009-06-30T19:06:45.861-07:00Cash Brown Courbet<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoq6B3SCHRQudTt1Pt7e8U1PTZTCz_lOq368amdnmn_72O9Ya-WdUN1y6qiADveQB13SOeucCkpKxtX4j1fGhIITlWGXwQeL1O4r9-IBcG1cN3qDRHMtgjsb75UI4KL3iNmQopSm00B6UR/s1600-h/courbet_torso%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 264px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoq6B3SCHRQudTt1Pt7e8U1PTZTCz_lOq368amdnmn_72O9Ya-WdUN1y6qiADveQB13SOeucCkpKxtX4j1fGhIITlWGXwQeL1O4r9-IBcG1cN3qDRHMtgjsb75UI4KL3iNmQopSm00B6UR/s320/courbet_torso%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352662578134120562" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">L'Origine Du Monde is one of Courbet's most famous paintings. When painted 143 years ago, it was - perhaps not suprisingly - banned from public exhibition. Though there is a tendency to think that what was then was then, and that today we live in a much freer society, a society far more open minded to matters as seemingly trivial as depictions of the human body.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Though it seems that Sydney Olympic Park Authority will have <span style="font-style: italic;">none</span> of this<span style="font-style: italic;"> lewdness </span>and have similarly <a href="http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/entertainment/the-thighs-of-it-risque-mural-curtained-off-20090628-d1cv.html">censored an appropriation</a> of Courbet's work by Sydney artist Cash Brown, deciding to display it "</span><span style="font-family:arial;">behind a curtain with a viewer advisory warning and eliminating it from the exhibition catalogue"</span><span style="font-family:arial;">.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> (see also; Tea Tree Gully Council's decision to <a href="http://iwasonceyoung.blogspot.com/2008/08/then-eyes-of-both-of-them-were-opened.html">ban a nude painting and sculpted bust </a>last year).<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The only online source i could find for this story was the Brisbane times whic</span><span style="font-family:arial;">h unfortunatly does not have an image of the offending work, titled Fuck LeWitt. Though luckily Bro</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvdofKFqkaYaZH8oFblOwgPXVormA9lf_ypDLEpPi5i2K4yCtPZbqN71J9Vq7FdvJKFqL-xFGMMqGca95z_CFTk7bGzQxGPzRRsElsX0rGkQNnhDKE_7Cm13zcsyg_lzIrPgz27m2TkIlK/s1600-h/brown_cash_monochrome_ink_watercolour_on_arches_13_x_18_cm_2008_web%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 204px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvdofKFqkaYaZH8oFblOwgPXVormA9lf_ypDLEpPi5i2K4yCtPZbqN71J9Vq7FdvJKFqL-xFGMMqGca95z_CFTk7bGzQxGPzRRsElsX0rGkQNnhDKE_7Cm13zcsyg_lzIrPgz27m2TkIlK/s320/brown_cash_monochrome_ink_watercolour_on_arches_13_x_18_cm_2008_web%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352670288930247186" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">wn'</span><span style="font-family:arial;">s mural seems to follow a <a href="http://www.cashbrownonline.com/Appropriate.html">series of approriations</a> of Courbet's work; images which ar</span><span style="font-family:arial;">e </span><span style="font-family:arial;">available on <a href="http://www.cashbrownonline.com/">her wesbite</a>.<br />Perhaps Brown would have had more luck if she had instead submitted her work <span style="font-style: italic;">Monochrome (2008) </span>to the exhibition.<br /><br />As well as being an artist Courbet was an Anarchist, and fittingly, he was one of the founders of </span><span style="font-family:arial;">Fédération des artistes, a federation of mostly realist artists that aimed to support the free and uncensored exhibition of art. Courbet was one of the more publicly known French artists in the second half of the 19th century, and Napolean attempted to use Courbet's popularity to increase his own appeal by nominating Courbet to the Legion of Honour, however Courbet adamantly refused. Courbet was active within the Paris Commune and argued for the destruction of the Vendome Column;<br /><blockquote>"Inasmuch as the Vendôme column is a monument devoid of all artistic value, tending to perpetuate by its expression the ideas of war and conquest of the past imperial dynasty, which are reproved by a republican nation's sentiment, citizen Courbet expresses the wish that the National Defense government will authorise him to disassemble this column."</blockquote>When the scum eventually returned to power Courbet was charged and ordered to pay for the rebuilding of the monument. Instead he left for Switzerland and died the day before his first payment was due.<br /></span>Liamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097931594961182290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-425974826781014850.post-25922159620741726632009-05-31T19:26:00.000-07:002009-05-31T20:20:14.116-07:00Sick of cops. Sicks of locked out squats.<span style="font-family:arial;">As i was typing the last blog entry about getting some photo's up of our squat and it's ad-hoc mastery; the very squat i was typing about was being evicted! This was not your normal Sydney squat eviction. Generally things will go down one of two ways.</span><br /><ul><li><span style="font-family:Arial;">The owner will show up, surprised to find someone living in their wasting house, feign some outrage and ask you to leave. Either immediately or within some time frame they see as reasonable or...</span></li><li><span style="font-family:Arial;">The owner will show up with the police and do more of less the same thing; ask you to leave or give you abit of time.</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family:Arial;">But this was not to be the case for our Stanmore squat. Unfortunately Stanmore falls within the jurisdiction of Newtown Local Area Command, if anyone has had any dealings with these unpleasant folks you'll know why this is a problem.<br /></p></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">On Saturday morning a few hardened criminal squatters were waking up, making small talk, sharing stories and cooking some pancakes when interrupted by a knock on the door. Without delay, the police arrested everyone within the house, regardless of whether they lived there or not. Loaded them into a paddywagon and left for the station.<br /></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">When they arrived at the station they were detained for 45 minutes in the back of the wagon, then moved inside where they were separated and held for four hours. They were then charged and held in solitary confinement for a further two hours before being released on bail. All were charged with trespass which is unheard of among Sydney squatters.<br /></span><span style="font-family:Arial;">All this for living in a house that had been empty for a decade, and will lie empty for another.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">While the police response may seem unusual - and it is - it turns out that the kind of overreaction seen is only to be expected from Newtown Cops; those arrested were told by someone giving legal advice that the arresting officer had once stopped a man who was pushing a bicycle home, breath tested him and charged him with drink driving! To know that these kind of sociopaths have been granted amazing powers over our lives is either frightening, infuriating or both.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Although not all is lost. While our little crew has been physically broken up, we're still looking after each other and taking care of each others things. I've since moved into the most breathtakingly large squat i have ever heard of, we're in negotiations with the owners to arrange a caretakers lease and if all goes ahead and we're legalised then our crew will be back again, causing all sorts of nightmares for police, such as living in an empty building.<br /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342191892710085602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 350px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 500px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_b8w-EEOhcZuscsAbNJv8WW_ib7HAqpjVZxa2Q-QNr73i5SwtSQAGCarMeEWCzw5fc1HV2DCRMQYNO7GNFBda619_RB1lYghMi4ITUQ4OSxhACBtNbFo4EDDIt_P6ZxzhovJpy5QqgYOX/s400/Report_Police_Crimes_copy.jpg" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">If you know someone who is taking direct action to better their life and the lives of others, and that person is not interested in perpetuating a system of exploitation then call crimestoppers on 1800 333 000 - Pigs Need To Know.</span>Liamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097931594961182290noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-425974826781014850.post-69994898643805563022009-05-26T18:45:00.000-07:002009-05-26T18:48:37.646-07:00G20 Benefit<span style="font-family:arial;">Help out some comrades who need it.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3367/3561319749_9f76f79d12.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 362px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3367/3561319749_9f76f79d12.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br /></span>Liamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097931594961182290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-425974826781014850.post-14429570307413344842009-05-22T17:52:00.000-07:002009-05-22T18:19:08.857-07:00Circuit Bending/Ad-hoc/New Band<span style="font-family:arial;">While it may not be new to many, it is new to me, and it is certainly looks like tons of fun.<br /><br />The basic premise is to mess around with the circuitry of a sound producing toy or appliance to make a new and interesting sound(s). Though sound is not the only thing that can be "bent" as the video below shows; video signals too can also be bent to produce some very interesting stuff.<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oAd_dQFUM4Q&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oAd_dQFUM4Q&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vbYeTXUsgNY&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vbYeTXUsgNY&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd3g8CtAh_MJHH-D8kP1VoJCnsEda6tZAJSBug5S9J4XxCeXmO_HIfJyKPZ1pRuThxuxsbsJ7aa2sNAMO_OLl9L2olKZPBfZ_3ovJH9w_zyHUjNyUDOHchGvPnp6yc0TEvUwnRn8rKkt5U/s1600-h/adhocism-cover%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd3g8CtAh_MJHH-D8kP1VoJCnsEda6tZAJSBug5S9J4XxCeXmO_HIfJyKPZ1pRuThxuxsbsJ7aa2sNAMO_OLl9L2olKZPBfZ_3ovJH9w_zyHUjNyUDOHchGvPnp6yc0TEvUwnRn8rKkt5U/s320/adhocism-cover%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5338819370395052338" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Over the last few weeks i have been working on a few ad-hoc objects, making a lamp out of a kettle i found, a candle holder out of th</span><span style="font-family:arial;">e kettle's element and so on, and now i've learnt of circuit bending, i guess i could call those works <span style="font-style: italic;">case bending</span> or something to that effect, as i've not changed any circuitry (yet).<br /><br />I suppose i enjoy the fact that making do with improvised items is a creative act that has the immediacy of practicality and purpose. At our new squat we have a kitchen sink make of a sink top and milk crates, a door as a bench top, another door as a coffee table and old planks and boards for floors and so on - all these things as well as being free have a wonderful aesthetic that i wouldn't trade for ikea furniture.<br /><br />I really wish i did have a camera to get up some pictures of our squat as i didnt get many pictures of the last place up either, though we were robbed the other day and unfortunatly a housemates camera was stolen. I have been able to borrow some recording devices from Uni however to record a sound project i've been working on and you can listen to it <a href="http://www.myspace.com/swillsounds">here</a>. There are some downloads too, coming soon however will be a downloadable .pdf that you can fold into a CD case.<br /><br />Until next time.<br /></span>Liamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097931594961182290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-425974826781014850.post-82846547544952450412009-04-29T21:27:00.000-07:002009-04-29T21:58:48.835-07:00Some of the brightest, sharpest, cruelest, prettiest, most interestingly dangerous words currently circulating<span style="font-family: arial;">That is how this collection describes itself, and i think it's pretty awesome.<br /><br /><blockquote>Humans being, human beings<br />—you call this life? I call it<br />survival—this rusty heart<br />pumping blood through tired muscles,<br />singed lungs and sore eyes, this<br />infusion of just enough protein, sugar<br />and caffeine to keep us moving (but<br />never at rest). But where is life?<br />Where are we? Everywhere walls and<br />cages, keeping us out, keeping others<br />in; everywhere the police and all the<br />cameras and sensors to ensure that<br />we do nothing but obey, work, produce,<br />consume… Not even commodities, but<br />situations and relations which make<br />this place a wasteland: a nowhere<br />that’s everywhere. </blockquote>UTOPIA / / EMERGENCY aims to simply distribute a wide range of analysis and propaganda produced around (more or less) anarchist struggles over the last half decade or so. There is material on the Tarnac 9 (http://tarnac9.wordpress.com), "Greece's Warmest Winter", fed up Ghetto's and a bunch more.<br /><br />So if you, like me, just loved reading all the communiques and manifesto's released during the Greek Rebellion, you should definitely check out this collection. The whole jazz can be downloaded from here; http://www.mediafire.com/?zyqmlmkzjnn - If the download goes offline i'll try and mirror it, but it should be Okay for now!<br /><br />Also downloadable here; http://www.evilshare.com/aaddc148-8570-102c-9186-000b6aa2a5f8<br /></span>Liamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097931594961182290noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-425974826781014850.post-79816972847174156232009-04-28T20:13:00.000-07:002009-04-28T20:35:57.780-07:00Time Capsule<span style="font-family:arial;">It's been a long time since a post on here, and a lot has happened. The Squat which is pictured in previous blog entries is still going strong. There are still 4 people living there, down from 7. One housemate and Me have moved into a new squat not too far away, and we've been joined by a friend.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">The new place is exciting. It appears to have been empty for about 15 years (!!!), and as such has deteriorated significantly. In some parts of the house, there are holes in the roof, large parts of the interior paint are peeling off, and in some rooms as many as 1 in 5 floor boards are completely rotted through.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">So far we've fixed up the rotten floor boards by laying a new flooring of plywood and whatever else we could find, and have placed rugs over the top. The kitchen has been made functional using an assortment of milk crates and a door as the new bench top. And despite how the description may make it sound, the kitchen is lovely. We've painted the fittings with striking red paint, and we have a vintage yellow lamp in the corner, which when turned on makes the whole kitchen look warm and cosy.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">We've got the toilet working so we no longer need to bucket flush, though we still haven't put a new door on the toilet, which is a slight problem as it's an outside toilet with neighbours windows looking straight in.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">The Lounge room and hallway are now the only rooms that really need to be cleaned out. When we first moved in, the house was packed full of the owners junk. Piles of stationary, boxes of documents from the 70's and an assortment of personal items. We decided to keep items that had an obvious personal value, and to throw the rest of the junk out. I imagine even the things to which we've assigned a personal value aren't especially important, as they have been left in this place for over a decade.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">There have been pictures taken, and they will hopefully be posted soon!</span>Liamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097931594961182290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-425974826781014850.post-26983133211316691902009-03-03T17:10:00.000-08:002009-03-03T17:19:47.798-08:00When boring landlords (try to) attack!<span style="font-family:arial;">Okay obviously it's been sometime since a post on here.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">We're still living in our squat that we've been in since December 26. I've had limited Internet access since then, and mostly when i get on i do whatever research I've been meaning to do, and of course check facebook!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">Last Friday, 27th Feb 09, the landlords showed up. They wanted us to leave, we chatted, they said they'd come back to chat another time, they didn't show up, and now they've said they'll come by on Thursday 5th to "discuss options" for our house.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">They've evicted the factory next door which was being used as a peoples kitchen (very successfully), a place to crash for radical tourists, 2009's squatfest and of course as a home.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">When there is some progress i will post about it. Until then, wish us luck!</span>Liamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097931594961182290noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-425974826781014850.post-34492617896581338462009-01-24T20:10:00.000-08:002009-01-24T20:14:54.803-08:00The [We Need A Name For This Place] Squat.<span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">While comrades in </span><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/national/uni-squatters-rail-at-utilities-disconnection-20081215-6z1z.html"><span class="Apple-style-span">Melbourne</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"> were being </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">harassed</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> by landlords, squatting communities in </span><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/19/2451326.htm?section=justin"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Papua</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> New Guinea</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"> having their settlements burnt and demolished by cops, Big </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="Apple-style-span">B</span></span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">business</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> planning to descend on squatters in </span><a href="http://news.myjoyonline.com/news/200812/24218.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span">Ghana</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span">, and </span><a href="http://www.nation.co.ke/News/regional/-/1070/506164/-/707c6w/-/"><span class="Apple-style-span">Kenyan</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">squatters demanding land be returned by the Government; one of Sydney's largely gentrified, though conveniently located Inner-West suburbs got a whole lot more <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">squatty</span>!</span></span><div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">A few comrades and me have turned a really (really) nice empty, into a really (really) great home.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">After squatting our place, we noticed that a large industrial </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">buildin</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">g next door was also empty, and so now that is being used as well, with plans afoot to create a people's kitchen.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">We were shown our place by friendly squatters from down the road, who have helped us out <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">a lot</span>. which just goes to show that if you want to squat in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Sy</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">dney</span>, y</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">ou</span> just need to get in contact with the squatters. The community in Sydney is <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">actu</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">ally</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"> quite vibrant despite being smallish in comparison to other cities, and everyone involved is happy help out - so</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span"> squat!<br />We've been living here for about a month now, these photo's were mostly taken before we moved in. So a lot has changed.<br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">For some pictures, starting with the overgrown yard. This was cleaned up pretty quickly with a lot of initial enthusiasm (and before </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span">the </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span">40°C days.)</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBqfql1KETMt2IqXGIIm4th2ycjs8ZH7kfP8T2m5tPsu71NX9ykV8vhJ0ck0C2-oyS3oIhwweNa2fttGFJx1wN0kB9OzBZCHOrAyozTTe57eQXBb1cFCp3nTB77uBqIPXPJJ9TOyXlmQVr/s1600-h/n589009248_1213031_3813%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBqfql1KETMt2IqXGIIm4th2ycjs8ZH7kfP8T2m5tPsu71NX9ykV8vhJ0ck0C2-oyS3oIhwweNa2fttGFJx1wN0kB9OzBZCHOrAyozTTe57eQXBb1cFCp3nTB77uBqIPXPJJ9TOyXlmQVr/s320/n589009248_1213031_3813%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295078301437652466" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkqzFm2LbmFzWhJnGTsXMzh0sYaif8O5Oo-_89OiijfLoxqBxddVLzkQ7Qf2RHMEkabFRtOpWBMynQfOFbRCteGjJ9wI3YADXFb4TvOS09u8_qXM8PW3qoKTDA1KvP-9Hbuwtxo8W6oSUO/s1600-h/n589009248_1213029_3104%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkqzFm2LbmFzWhJnGTsXMzh0sYaif8O5Oo-_89OiijfLoxqBxddVLzkQ7Qf2RHMEkabFRtOpWBMynQfOFbRCteGjJ9wI3YADXFb4TvOS09u8_qXM8PW3qoKTDA1KvP-9Hbuwtxo8W6oSUO/s320/n589009248_1213029_3104%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295078040924993938" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Some of the rooms;<br /></span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUl1i8Aqkj79N-xwrYsxcREKcwer8RoVzHc1MjtelJNrH83ym6PS2kzHq8Pt1s4UkRR7WQ2yS7luadTc9sBXcVOTmh1LjkZEYZ_REa7BsnrUBe-NNLhKhO5akhXEE8PLcjK3G_InHNz28i/s1600-h/n589009248_1213004_4476%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUl1i8Aqkj79N-xwrYsxcREKcwer8RoVzHc1MjtelJNrH83ym6PS2kzHq8Pt1s4UkRR7WQ2yS7luadTc9sBXcVOTmh1LjkZEYZ_REa7BsnrUBe-NNLhKhO5akhXEE8PLcjK3G_InHNz28i/s320/n589009248_1213004_4476%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295076655551600002" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY2OqU0Vp33Vxu1RsflQn7hadknUoV83MGi_CKQ7qyFVHVQhLmUvVWILHm9EgJ16DAgxdNQSlhx6t73SGSUPT5nu7MTSeXRgor19Pz4iA9M-TKgKh_fsOAZ6YHKfeb-14YK9gKMDUJ3Q63/s1600-h/n589009248_1213007_5492%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY2OqU0Vp33Vxu1RsflQn7hadknUoV83MGi_CKQ7qyFVHVQhLmUvVWILHm9EgJ16DAgxdNQSlhx6t73SGSUPT5nu7MTSeXRgor19Pz4iA9M-TKgKh_fsOAZ6YHKfeb-14YK9gKMDUJ3Q63/s320/n589009248_1213007_5492%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295077675035363026" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLFZ8QA-Jl4naFPc08qEslXcrqHMtk4bxZNGRE8mjaADSPchS3LRtaGnshlftTimdV0V4SG2ITmBHHmn-p8YUjQhFd5NMRJWuFKFQ8bME-ZkB3Nu_dGpDtG28wFBkH2wuxUGLX1ZRQYu85/s1600-h/n589009248_1213005_4847%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLFZ8QA-Jl4naFPc08qEslXcrqHMtk4bxZNGRE8mjaADSPchS3LRtaGnshlftTimdV0V4SG2ITmBHHmn-p8YUjQhFd5NMRJWuFKFQ8bME-ZkB3Nu_dGpDtG28wFBkH2wuxUGLX1ZRQYu85/s320/n589009248_1213005_4847%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295077416776894898" border="0" /></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Our ghetto lock;</span></span></span><div><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEKLQSVYSHP4r0ySkZ_VCp7gQhPBqO1zgrYqG7uZSBRzSjDREoIkqRoN-ruebPvx0oCRMA_HtjBPqxoq-PqzqPUUPX4Bggl7Kdkdd4DSDtjLGfAJjw6rJAJblBLdQZxK1O4W2Sq5CfeHkc/s1600-h/n589009248_1213028_2777%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEKLQSVYSHP4r0ySkZ_VCp7gQhPBqO1zgrYqG7uZSBRzSjDREoIkqRoN-ruebPvx0oCRMA_HtjBPqxoq-PqzqPUUPX4Bggl7Kdkdd4DSDtjLGfAJjw6rJAJblBLdQZxK1O4W2Sq5CfeHkc/s320/n589009248_1213028_2777%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295076969539461874" border="0" /></a></span></div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;font-size:100%;" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Front bedroom clothing solutions;<br /></span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTQWNnH1m_6Pidk2LwzsldU7R4hoBNNl4C5gqEFaA8ipcSpq1v9IxRin0BUqdpL1SAe2vhxJyLxjizvhNfiAdzkL72p_hkoVwiGJ7PhrOXdLHusZwZJIIz4maHv2EyJOJco7Y_AvG0egQC/s1600-h/n589009248_1353462_2382%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTQWNnH1m_6Pidk2LwzsldU7R4hoBNNl4C5gqEFaA8ipcSpq1v9IxRin0BUqdpL1SAe2vhxJyLxjizvhNfiAdzkL72p_hkoVwiGJ7PhrOXdLHusZwZJIIz4maHv2EyJOJco7Y_AvG0egQC/s320/n589009248_1353462_2382%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295076036238830322" border="0" /></a></span></div>Liamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097931594961182290noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-425974826781014850.post-56127496257307383292008-12-27T20:46:00.000-08:002008-12-27T23:59:44.837-08:00Greece<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2VRZM4EAWn2ELaUDETG_UGe8vIAgEoBA7qqXG9JZBaQt1zMNwjm2wcaa44QC7VP_VCQarAnnVE5RP14AcpdQE40uLvCW0ZX5mH6O5q_4k7CoCyQ-XoVkaPfVrkWPhR1lFkzwPca5eYX8U/s1600-h/8b%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2VRZM4EAWn2ELaUDETG_UGe8vIAgEoBA7qqXG9JZBaQt1zMNwjm2wcaa44QC7VP_VCQarAnnVE5RP14AcpdQE40uLvCW0ZX5mH6O5q_4k7CoCyQ-XoVkaPfVrkWPhR1lFkzwPca5eYX8U/s400/8b%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284739252679739074" border="0" /></a><blockquote style="font-family:arial;">Perhaps having built a barricade when you’re sixteen provides you with a sort of safety rail. If you’<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ve</span> once taken part in building one, even inadvertently, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">doesn</span>’t its usually latent image reappear like a warning signal whenever you’re tempted to join the police, or support any manifestation of Law and Order? - <cite class="attribution">Jean Genet</cite><br /></blockquote><span style="font-family:arial;">Greece. What is happening there is too complex and amazing for me to really sum up in a blog post. However other people, much more capable than myself have been attempting to do exactly that.<br />Over at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Libcom</span> there is a <a href="http://libcom.org/tags/greece-unrest">great page</a> of info. For those who're more or less unfamiliar with what's going on <a href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1050296.html">this article</a> provides a decent summary, and over at <a href="http://aeconomics.blogspot.com/2008/12/up-against-wall-motherfuckers-weve-come.html"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">hyperborea</span></a> there is a nice article with some excerpts of manifesto's and other things that have been said and produced by those involved.<br /><br />I really wish i could provide more stuff myself, but <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">I've</span> been quite busy in the last week or two subverting the capitalist exploitation of roof, wall and suburb fetishism (soon to be written about).<br /></span>Liamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097931594961182290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-425974826781014850.post-46708575719824370722008-11-24T15:41:00.000-08:002008-11-24T16:05:10.706-08:00Zinescene<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP7M89TtvNwLNkhvyA3ZFM9gMs8GUpK4LmHUN33bO_iRTxD-9M3_FqBQ68fSf_G4zp10NOGzW-a_ZympM9InY-tUpEY4-J5iNfVDNYttI8r9kdaFz7r4H-sxLwG4ja_8AfXE6O9x1Jw_c1/s1600-h/ZINE+crowbar.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 155px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP7M89TtvNwLNkhvyA3ZFM9gMs8GUpK4LmHUN33bO_iRTxD-9M3_FqBQ68fSf_G4zp10NOGzW-a_ZympM9InY-tUpEY4-J5iNfVDNYttI8r9kdaFz7r4H-sxLwG4ja_8AfXE6O9x1Jw_c1/s320/ZINE+crowbar.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272377892812311410" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Crowbar My Heart Issue Two<br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Issue two of Crowbar My Heart (<span style="font-style: italic;">the world's greatest squatting zine</span>) is now out!<br />It features a sub par article by myself, as well as great articles by Jase + Fez about their squat, an interview/article about <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Melbourne's</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">SHAC</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">howto's</span> on composting + squat gardening as well as pigeons, notes, reviews, cartoons and more!<br />Issues can be got from Comrade Crowbar, if you email at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">comradecrowbar</span> [at] yahoo [dot] com [dot] <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">au</span>! Submissions including pretty pictures are welcomed he says.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7pwzlpg120mpa2IBWFLOZuA9vXbXq2ksvZqEDkjjMW7YAnAlm_ls3D5b0Usm4KgvbgDDAgW91lrNvSmg_ywDQ50SdCiBIxJqNsHFytcsB9aUUuu-dDCkrGbe6iciETOo5aNWik8U3Q6xZ/s1600-h/ZINE+makeshift.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 152px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7pwzlpg120mpa2IBWFLOZuA9vXbXq2ksvZqEDkjjMW7YAnAlm_ls3D5b0Usm4KgvbgDDAgW91lrNvSmg_ywDQ50SdCiBIxJqNsHFytcsB9aUUuu-dDCkrGbe6iciETOo5aNWik8U3Q6xZ/s320/ZINE+makeshift.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272377522635883890" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">MAKESHIF</span></span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >T Issue One</span><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Anot</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">he</span><span style="font-family:arial;">r zine </span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">tha</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">t came into my hands recently was </span><span style="font-family:arial;">the </span><span style="font-family:arial;">first issue of Makeshift, with the rather broad theme Alternatives. The broad theme being a great thing as the Zine, </span><span style="font-family:arial;">full of creative writing, was able to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">sprea</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">d out into different areas.<br />The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">stori</span></span><span style="font-family:arial;">es are about housing, kings cross, a anti-hero superhero, an elderly relative, religion and the universe. To get copies or make submissions contact <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Makeshiftzine</span> [at] <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">gmail</span> [dot] com. The theme for the next issue is Baffle, though submissions have closed for that, so contact the above address and find out what you need to write about!<br /></span>Liamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097931594961182290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-425974826781014850.post-14729431927509885772008-11-20T03:42:00.000-08:002008-11-20T05:16:10.848-08:00Kulnura; Up in the Clouds<span style="font-family:arial;">Empty buildings in Sydney are no rarity. Every time i realise that a particular building is not suitable for squatting, it rarely takes me more than a day at most to find another to consider. You've heard the statistics before I'm sure, 120,000 of these wasting beauties lie in wait around greater Sydney daily, about 7000 of them in the city alone.<br />Though generally we think of small shop fronts and empty warehouses, orphaned bungalows and terraces - not realising that there exists lonely CBD sky scrapers. To put on the Realtors glasses for a moment; some of these buildings are upon the most valuable land in Australia, and between them would be worth hundreds of millions of dollars.<br />But where a</span><span style="font-family:arial;">re they?<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Well a p</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1LUDWgABq3XYbe__S4nCZJgSvGQBHEnvwWcRwlI2yZdfkMGYOX2wwSDtehOD12KJSdrxyH-AdKNbymz_aW-_Jy_oUXXdNsjr9JnKoEhWzEDMnvxWk-F8bcwnMvK-p4HyIyhX8h41l0v__/s1600-h/00003850th%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1LUDWgABq3XYbe__S4nCZJgSvGQBHEnvwWcRwlI2yZdfkMGYOX2wwSDtehOD12KJSdrxyH-AdKNbymz_aW-_Jy_oUXXdNsjr9JnKoEhWzEDMnvxWk-F8bcwnMvK-p4HyIyhX8h41l0v__/s200/00003850th%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270727165044244306" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">ersonal favourite would have to be Key College House, located on Wentworth Avenue. This place looks amazing, i can just imagine all the squatters hanging banners out it's bay window</span><span style="font-family:arial;">s as a stirring black flag flies from the roof. Standing at 9 stories, this place could house so many people, within such an accessible distance to amenities.<br />It would be perfect for the less mobile or elderly who otherwise have to travel for considerable times on public transport (of questionable suitability) for certain services.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Like Key College House, and also on the same road the Griffiths Teas building is owned by Sydney Couple <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/05/25/1211653847174.html">Isaac and Susan Wakil</a>. The pair own about $75 Million dollars of property in Sydney </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAGLPl9TzVOTRRGqqZHt3QvKuMVsl40PaEl1L2cM9tbqsdaIML36fthKSFs-ullsaTIav5XFRMJOoAoRbMgoRFcypR9LWryVJbAxXZc8F8gFsk0Y5Fojfg3XkVmUUJcmHkeEy9DtqWt5LW/s1600-h/20061002_griffiths_teas_1%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAGLPl9TzVOTRRGqqZHt3QvKuMVsl40PaEl1L2cM9tbqsdaIML36fthKSFs-ullsaTIav5XFRMJOoAoRbMgoRFcypR9LWryVJbAxXZc8F8gFsk0Y5Fojfg3XkVmUUJcmHkeEy9DtqWt5LW/s200/20061002_griffiths_teas_1%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270725655407322002" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">-</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> all of which is empty except for their headquarters. The Griffiths Teas building is massive and could </span><span style="font-family:arial;">probably house a la</span><span style="font-family:arial;">rge portion of China's teas, or (for a more revolutionary idea!) a lot of people! Susan Wakil remembers seeing her father dragged off to a soviet gulag for being a "capitalist landowner" when living in Romania, though probably has little time for</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> those in Western Sydney</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> <a href="http://www.missionaustralia.com.au/news/media-releases/133-growing-number-of-homeless-families-western-sydney">increasingly being made homeless</a> by rising rents.<br />Photo of Griffiths Teas from <a href="http://niina.amniisia.com/2006/10/02/griffiths-teas-building-4-shots/">here</a>. Other great photo's there also.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">If you were to str</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWiCYpj0VKsAVVZsQeivIvSMlOZStqilcV_-srYvHjps47NKBjKmfSUbPU3HzG_5MZ1pORITZVjQ8jeC2UnJRv1GKEXAsfX_wCUXUC1cChhyzA04hZKBlO4en3NUZ2e36j1h3nnHHQ2Tug/s1600-h/police+hq.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWiCYpj0VKsAVVZsQeivIvSMlOZStqilcV_-srYvHjps47NKBjKmfSUbPU3HzG_5MZ1pORITZVjQ8jeC2UnJRv1GKEXAsfX_wCUXUC1cChhyzA04hZKBlO4en3NUZ2e36j1h3nnHHQ2Tug/s200/police+hq.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270724618022001154" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">oll further up Wentworth Avenue and continue onto College street you would eventually en</span><span style="font-family:arial;">counter a twenty story monstrosity of a building that also has remained empty for years. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">The bui</span><span style="font-family:arial;">lding was at one time the former headquarters for NSW Police, though now sits empty with nobody coming nor going. Once again this building is located a convenient zero minute walk to just about everywhere, and right across the road from Sydney's well known Hyde park (A cheap imitation of the slightly older London, Hyde Park).</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I believe the building is owned by the Gov, and therefore would be a perfect place for some inventive h</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh81R5TVmntbVMoZz9OK_V6H_n64-PO71teVMVtOt1X9528LZarthmpmt9lAv8GrUX_4eiMQPfn0KV9fcVw1T9W-7oyupd9xABiugYKDBC0kzEeIGLShjZRBz2UgUPlVybioZV5a7Wo21bL/s1600-h/00004235ls%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh81R5TVmntbVMoZz9OK_V6H_n64-PO71teVMVtOt1X9528LZarthmpmt9lAv8GrUX_4eiMQPfn0KV9fcVw1T9W-7oyupd9xABiugYKDBC0kzEeIGLShjZRBz2UgUPlVybioZV5a7Wo21bL/s200/00004235ls%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270724131735224594" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">ousing affordability protest - after all who likes the government?</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Then there</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> i</span><span style="font-family:arial;">s </span><span style="font-family:arial;">this fantastic 8 story building on Clarence street. This is almost exactly where i catch a bus from often. The only difference being that when i want to catch the bus it is preceded by</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> a 15minute walk, a 40minute train trip and another 5 minute walk. From this empty nest i could forget about the firs</span><span style="font-family:arial;">t walk and the train trip, and dream dreams for almost another hour. This plac</span><span style="font-family:arial;">e reminds me a little of Key College House, but only cooler, sweeter and cuter.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">And when you thought that was it, just a few blocks away at 82 Sussex St there is a quaint</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLUGLVaAgTPATyC0W1sOG-eLB7gaYD_z2HopfpSBXGQ8ioviKxjB_wf4A2NNBGAKkqCnnoA9_hqfgRmT729n7YViaSBsBJfTIFr7R04SBiOFIRwu0fBj164OwhyphenhyphensC_Ov8-I0s-B4eqmyCT/s1600-h/490828683_5b8084def3_b%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 154px; height: 205px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLUGLVaAgTPATyC0W1sOG-eLB7gaYD_z2HopfpSBXGQ8ioviKxjB_wf4A2NNBGAKkqCnnoA9_hqfgRmT729n7YViaSBsBJfTIFr7R04SBiOFIRwu0fBj164OwhyphenhyphensC_Ov8-I0s-B4eqmyCT/s320/490828683_5b8084def3_b%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270722722862696178" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> littl</span><span style="font-family:arial;">e</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span><span style="font-family:arial;">warehouse space, again of about 8 stories. It stands defiant, confident in it's history as tho</span><span style="font-family:arial;">us</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ands of sheets of glass approach it from both sides and construction rumbles just across the str</span><span style="font-family:arial;">e</span><span style="font-family:arial;">et. I can only imagine </span><span style="font-family:arial;">how many people could paint, sculpt, write, think, draw, play and live in</span><span style="font-family:arial;">side the unused walls of this building.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">And these are only the ones i know about. Most (if not all) were found <a href="http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=355693">here</a>.<br /><br />And of course if any of you out there have fantastic idea's for these buildings please comment. Comment even if you don't.<br /><br />-Liam<br /></span>Liamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097931594961182290noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-425974826781014850.post-81561274540205273322008-11-12T15:08:00.000-08:002008-11-12T16:08:08.550-08:00Being Realistic<span style="font-family: arial;">When you first decide to squat, nothing could seem easier.<br />What is there to it after all?<br /></span><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Find an empty building.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Get in.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Inflate your airbed.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Raise your flag.</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: arial;">This is almost how easy i first imagined it would be. And yet months after beginning my search for affordable and subversive housing i am still <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">squatless</span>, though <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">immensely</span> lucky in that i do have a home.<br />Now it's not as if the issue is a shortage of abandoned properties, but vacancy is only the first tick on a long, and changing check list of favorable attributes. And each building has its own unique issues and quirks that only become obvious once you've made contact with that particular building.<br />The first building i intended to squat was a two storey terrace in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Surry</span> Hills. Being the first building I had staked out, I was more or less <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">incompetent</span>. The majority of my first mission was spent across the street gazing into its cloudy windows repeating to myself "It's <span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">definitely</span></span> empty", as I worked up the courage to cross the street. When I did, I peeped through the mail slot to see an awful lot of junk, and walking around to observe the back entrance, saw more and more junk piled up in the windows. At this stage, I was under the impression that some junk was probably a huge inconvenience, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">after all</span> I was still working within the frame work mentioned in the dot points above. And for the time being, that house was written off.<br /><br />The second house I considered was a single storey, single bedroom terrace near my campus. It was cute, it was secluded, it was <span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">definitely</span></span> empty and <span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">definitely</span></span> unloved. I was doing it a favor!<br />One evening a friend and I planned to enter and change the lock.<br />Once again, this was <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">preceded</span> by long moments standing across the street in anticipation, waiting for a break in the steady stream of professionals returning from work. We had anticipated some difficulty entering as the door was obviously locked, and the only other entry was the front window which was broken and boarded up. Though as it turned out, the board was loose and moved with the wind, and I was able to slide in the broken window (cutting my hand, and not caring), to take my first steps within, what i thought at the time </span><span style="font-family: arial;">to be</span><span style="font-family: arial;">, my future home.<br />This building had a few inconveniences also. Namely no glass in any windows, no electricity nor gas, and many repairs to do. Though by now, i was <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">beginning</span> to understand that this squatting would not be as easy as I had imagined and that these were reasonable tasks to undertake.<br />Over the next few weeks as i began doing some cleaning and planning, the landlords decided that they would prefer their house to remain empty and rotting, and screwed the door to the frame. A perfect waste.<br /><br />As well as these, there was a key cutters in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Sydenham</span>, which turned out to have a pending Development Application. A small place in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Hannam</span> street which despite appearances, was for lease. A petrol station in Rozelle that would have provided a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">bizarre</span> and inspiring home, that sold years after sitting vacant, and only weeks after entering my plans. A terrace in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Darlinghurst</span> that on the day i had planned to liberate, turned out to be owned by someone with a vague connection to me. And of course there were countless other empties spied on walks, for which plans and research were never begun.<br /><br />Which brings me back to the first building I intended to squat.<br />The junk no longer seems like such an inconvenience. Though <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">I've</span> not been inside this house yet, and am yet to see the full scale of the mess. Though still, all these months later (<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">on top</span> of all the years before), it sits empty. In a nice part of town, neglected and seemingly of no consequence to anybody but myself. And I find myself thinking about it again.<br /><br />Despite all the obvious set backs, and what has quite honestly been heartbreak. I'm pleased with the way things have gone. As the person who I love pointed out, it has developed my skills of researching buildings through the various beaurocratic avenues (one way streets and stop signs!) that exist. And I've also gained a more realistic understanding of what it is to squat. The next thing to do? Well, squat of course!<br /><br />And a note to would be squatters; be prepared for dissapointment and frustration at the hands of the jokers of beaurocratic capitalism.<br /></span>Liamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097931594961182290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-425974826781014850.post-18653811699921561692008-11-06T19:53:00.000-08:002008-11-06T20:10:25.468-08:00£6m House, 30 Rooms, One Careful Anarchist Collective.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4SmMp2RVWJAQdtfnXUwo1fRIjG3BvBuhA0FOSTj6KtUj_ax_lV5JNLSlQu-WbcW7XFcWfZhz-gSX8czOp3XwukBdDta6vnvdRWsmMcedS6EH2rMvhL870O2gtb7NVbGD8jYqRBiTP6gJE/s1600-h/squat460%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4SmMp2RVWJAQdtfnXUwo1fRIjG3BvBuhA0FOSTj6KtUj_ax_lV5JNLSlQu-WbcW7XFcWfZhz-gSX8czOp3XwukBdDta6vnvdRWsmMcedS6EH2rMvhL870O2gtb7NVbGD8jYqRBiTP6gJE/s400/squat460%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265759433286375010" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">An Anarchist/Artists collective called the Da! Collective, have opened up a beautiful house in one of London's "Poshest" areas according to this ^^ photo and <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/nov/07/mayfair-property-art-squat">this report</a>. Amazingly, the article does not incite the lynching of the squatters, rather it just seems to see them as a curious oddity, which i suppose <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ain't</span> half bad.<br /><br /><blockquote>It is one of London's most exclusive addresses. Michelin-starred restaurants are just a block away, the American embassy is around the corner and Hyde Park is at the end of the road. To share the same postcode ought to cost millions.<br /><br />But the new residents of 18 Upper <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Grosvenor</span></span> Street, a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">raggle</span></span>-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">taggle</span></span> of teenagers and artists called the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Da</span></span>! collective, haven't paid a penny for their £6.25m, six-storey townhouse in Mayfair.<br />...<br />"If anything, we are improving the building by mending leaks and things like that. The building is listed so English Heritage might be interested to see how the owners have let it disintegrate."</blockquote><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Don't do this at home; but it helps if you've got a home!</span><br />And for some more English squatters, check out this video <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">I've</span> recently uploaded to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">youtube</span></span>. I've had it sitting around for some time, and thought it was as good a time as any to upload it now, so i have.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Q8FbOuDmew4&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Q8FbOuDmew4&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Also, if this weekend goes according to plan, there may be another home improvement post very soon!</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span>Liamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097931594961182290noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-425974826781014850.post-24293881021879494582008-11-03T22:30:00.000-08:002008-11-03T22:39:19.012-08:00Soulwax, Coldcut + Tv Sheriff<span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Soulwax</span> - NY Excuse</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">:</span><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yMOMCPH8sfc&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yMOMCPH8sfc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" ><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Coldcut</span> vs. TV Sheriff - World Of Evil</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">:</span><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_2fdeNRvieU&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_2fdeNRvieU&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Oldies, but goodies.</span>Liamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097931594961182290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-425974826781014850.post-90513505940663401662008-11-02T18:36:00.000-08:002008-11-02T21:58:48.096-08:00What's the G20?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVEXnTcn1dt_G24g1hiDkzS64J746Vm6KruktZICc7-0asJGql0scVFw7kHOTETBMxZW8Pcs8_Kpc3J5EkZYIfMGrerfbN0xy4uWn0Jn0sanIr1fxG1lZJmEpxles_PFB_blXquDVT5Sxe/s1600-h/0,,6329919,00%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 137px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVEXnTcn1dt_G24g1hiDkzS64J746Vm6KruktZICc7-0asJGql0scVFw7kHOTETBMxZW8Pcs8_Kpc3J5EkZYIfMGrerfbN0xy4uWn0Jn0sanIr1fxG1lZJmEpxles_PFB_blXquDVT5Sxe/s200/0,,6329919,00%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264299549078313922" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Dubya</span> is supposed to have asked <a href="http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24590646-5001021,00.html">"<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Revin</span>" Rudd</a>. Although where </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://www.greenleft.org.au/2006/688/35743">others</a> have called them "Some of the world’s most brutal warmongers and economic rationalists", it's hardly the response I think Rudd would've given.<br />The libs have demanded that a federal police investigation be launched into who leaked the details. Rudd claims it never even happened. The libs also demand Rudd apologises to Bush, and now Rudd demands that the libs apologise to Obama. Wow.<br />The wonderful photo of the two rulers (above) is stolen from the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">terrorgraph</span>, which <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">I've</span> included because i find it <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">bizarre</span> to have someone <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">photoshop</span> an image of the two together when photos like these (below) already exist:<br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPgmXrEC-SPqQWBEU7i0h0UYv1lAIO4rrwPL7OBAHkZ4J7wt6DUlgDMq81mJYhf5DXfvvfs80jK5A5Jr6YFfPzJZ-bGK919uOS0AwtRrziY14fKLqGPUzJHm11tAYHMGzUn6-9GjSeUttA/s1600-h/Bush+Hosts+Prime+Minister+Australia+White+KMn_fTOvehTl%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 207px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPgmXrEC-SPqQWBEU7i0h0UYv1lAIO4rrwPL7OBAHkZ4J7wt6DUlgDMq81mJYhf5DXfvvfs80jK5A5Jr6YFfPzJZ-bGK919uOS0AwtRrziY14fKLqGPUzJHm11tAYHMGzUn6-9GjSeUttA/s320/Bush+Hosts+Prime+Minister+Australia+White+KMn_fTOvehTl%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264299008392054914" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNY_op3tjJZGUwOtpIDfWX7dEYBBNfYqL0DqBwE-7MnXcs4OiaOy_H1Bojs2CCdvlfjGS-LUa9ffIn2KyfiFJ68bwJLffM5vFZuxxhqHHadeMt9fW-GngUqgDz7FghpAWkJbJDkKvcWYdF/s1600-h/Bush+Hosts+Prime+Minister+Australia+White+Orb1EyMLik8l%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 206px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNY_op3tjJZGUwOtpIDfWX7dEYBBNfYqL0DqBwE-7MnXcs4OiaOy_H1Bojs2CCdvlfjGS-LUa9ffIn2KyfiFJ68bwJLffM5vFZuxxhqHHadeMt9fW-GngUqgDz7FghpAWkJbJDkKvcWYdF/s320/Bush+Hosts+Prime+Minister+Australia+White+Orb1EyMLik8l%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264299336749513314" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN3Lje0scf4ttOpHgyZXCbYUTOjt_3E8LAN_6e1yE9BsBG3x7RfiZSb8MjB12EDtqj7QHF-HAhU3c86cjq556hI3DSZSWGRMHb6Lm5IJ-6hMCi6pDzUYvSlav6yw3Z5k0aaeJZLSCeVyMF/s1600-h/l_d475dd062bd660120efa9bbce921a2c3%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN3Lje0scf4ttOpHgyZXCbYUTOjt_3E8LAN_6e1yE9BsBG3x7RfiZSb8MjB12EDtqj7QHF-HAhU3c86cjq556hI3DSZSWGRMHb6Lm5IJ-6hMCi6pDzUYvSlav6yw3Z5k0aaeJZLSCeVyMF/s320/l_d475dd062bd660120efa9bbce921a2c3%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264303519688843010" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">GHOUL - A MOUTHFUL OF GOLD</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">And in news that might actually mean something to people. <a href="http://www.myspace.com/ghoulsydney">Sydney band Ghoul</a> have released their</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">EP</span>. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">In fact</span> they released it a little while ago, and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">I've</span> just been quite late with this post. In keeping with awesomeness they have made the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">EP</span> freely available for download, from <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?yjnzym1yiyb">here</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">As the band is happy to boast, they have been described as "a young band with no hooks" by</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> a</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> "dude from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">bluejuice</span>", and </span><span style="font-family:arial;">"a fantastic lo-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">fi</span>(<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">ish</span>) band from Sydney with a definite haunting element to their sound" According to <a href="http://polaroidsofandroids.com/news/1009/new-music-ghoul.htm">Polaroids Of Androids</a>.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Apart from getting the chance the hear some awesome music, other incentives to see ghoul include;<br />- Free <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Ep</span> Give aways at their gigs at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">COFA</span> on the 26<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">th</span> of November + Oxford Arts Factory on the 27<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">th</span>.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span>Liamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097931594961182290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-425974826781014850.post-53189043297120662062008-10-27T17:00:00.000-07:002008-10-27T17:05:14.254-07:00Gary Snyder - Front Lines / As the crickets' soft autumn hum<span style="font-family: arial;"></span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><blockquote><span style="font-family: arial;">The edge of the cancer</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Swells against the hill-we feel</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">a foul breeze-And it sinks back down.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The deer winter here</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">A chainsaw growls in the gorge.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Ten wet days and the log trucks stop,</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The trees breathe.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Sunday the 4-wheel jeep of the</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Realty Company brings in</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Landseekers</span>, lookers, they say</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">To the land,</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Spread your legs.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The jets crack sound overhead, it's OK</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">here;</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Every pulse of the rot at the heart</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">In the sick fat veins of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Amerika</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Pushes the edge up closer--</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">A bulldozer grinding and slobbering</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Sideslipping</span> and belching on top of</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The skinned-up bodies of still-live bushes</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">In the pay of a man</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">From town.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Behind is a forest that goes to the Arctic</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">And a desert that still belongs to the</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Piute</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">And here we must draw</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Our line.<br /><br />As the crickets' soft autumn hum<br />is to us<br />so are we to the trees<br />as are they<br />to the rocks and the hills</span><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span></blockquote><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br />More posts <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">coming</span> soon with the ending of the semester, as well as more Home Improvement! This time hopefully will be somewhat more successful.<br /></span>Liamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097931594961182290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-425974826781014850.post-35095084476466644202008-10-15T07:30:00.000-07:002008-10-15T20:36:09.190-07:00Comprehensive failure of [extreme] Capitalism<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXHCCZpK1dZeoY_I0CAGIhAONAO2KICmEPevyLQdKDA7YJyTX99nyIhI7T_UGiZmM8WS1N6xnMm0fnf3RgY-XogXMs3VTtX3UD9mhu4rvnH0PVOQaPX63G08qxtUEEbbbLYWA231Hljla9/s1600-h/chairman-rudd-l_t350%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXHCCZpK1dZeoY_I0CAGIhAONAO2KICmEPevyLQdKDA7YJyTX99nyIhI7T_UGiZmM8WS1N6xnMm0fnf3RgY-XogXMs3VTtX3UD9mhu4rvnH0PVOQaPX63G08qxtUEEbbbLYWA231Hljla9/s320/chairman-rudd-l_t350%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5257548709076096802" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Australia's Maoist PM (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zalhHavYQU0">proof</a>) Kevin Rudd has declared <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">capitalism's</span> failure is behind the recent economic disaster - almost. "What we have seen is the comprehensive failure of extreme capitalism — extreme capitalism which now turns to government to prevent systematic failure," <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/national/toughtalking-pm-blames-fear-greed-and-extreme-capitalism-for-the-mess-20081015-51ka.html?page=1">said Rudd</a> recently.<br />However Rudd makes sure he doesn't criticise the good capitalism, the capitalism where workers are exploited normally (not extremely!), and where divisions are fostered between human beings normally (not extremely!), and people alienated from one another and the product of their labour normally (not extremely!). The kind of capitalism Rudd likes is the one where the working class are kept firmly under the cosh, yet also in a home, and able to buy some distracting flat screens on credit once and a while.<br />However some of us might be asking - well isn't this outcome logical considering the kind of scum that controls markets and governments the world around?<br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://lumpenprofessoriat.blogspot.com/">Lumpen <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Professoriat</span></a> has looked at this in a recent blog titled <a href="http://lumpenprofessoriat.blogspot.com/2008/10/not-forbidden.html">Not Forbidden</a>. Lumpen <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Professoriat</span> reckons that "What the striking lack of regulation in these strange new markets trading in mortgage debt has meant is that every risk becomes not just possible, but mandatory. The competition to produce the highest rate of return possible insures that those too squeamish to pursue <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">unforbidden</span> risks will fall behind. This is different from individual greed. It is institutionally required greed."<br /><blockquote>And some bloke frequently quoted is supposed to have said;<br />With adequate profit, capital is very bold. A certain 10 per cent will ensure its employment anywhere; 20 per cent certain will produce eagerness; 50 per cent positive audacity; 100 per cent will make it ready to trample on all human laws; 300 per cent, and there is not a crime at which it will scruple, nor a risk it will not run, even to the chance of its owner being hanged. If <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">turbulance</span> and strife will bring a profit, it will freely encourage both. - Karl Marx</blockquote>Anyway, <a href="http://lumpenprofessoriat.blogspot.com/2008/10/not-forbidden.html">read the original post</a>, it's much better than this.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Doll Praises Islam... and Satan<br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">While some people choose to worry about a looming (is it still looming?) financial crisis, thankfully some people have their priorities right. It seems that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">ZOG</span> has joined up with Islam in an attempt to convert American toddlers to "the light", while <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">simultaneously</span> praising <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Satan</span>.<br />The toy company Mattel has fielded calls from consumers who wonder whether their Little Mommy Cuddle 'n Coo doll, which giggles, gurgles and coos, is also mumbling, "Satan is king" and "Islam is the light." <a href="http://www.ktla.com/content_landing_page/?Parents-Claim-Doll-Says-Satan-Is-King=1&blockID=91020&feedID=1080">More</a>.<br />The reaction to this doll is <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">bizarre</span>.<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/LnJfBtHHBec&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LnJfBtHHBec&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Liamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097931594961182290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-425974826781014850.post-67315523308214427992008-10-14T03:13:00.000-07:002008-10-14T05:44:49.785-07:00Cops a-Zappin' the whole world round.<div style="text-align: center;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uOVku86WfVg&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uOVku86WfVg&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">"[It was] the most horrendous experience [of my life]. At one point I just pretended like I was dead because I thought ... then they would stop." - Patricia Skelly, who has a mental illness, <a href="http://www.amnesty.org.au/news/comments/789/">was tasered between nine and 15 times</a> while in custody in jail and later in hospital.<br /><br />The fact that police have been using tasers with little scrutiny in the USofA may come as little suprise to many of us, though the normal Australian reaction of "Heh; America is so fucked.", doesn't seem quite as comforting now that Aussie plod are carrying the electric weapons.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Between September 1999 and October 2008 <span style="font-style: italic;">at least</span> 378 people have died after being stunned by police, and that's in North American alone, according to a list compiled by <a href="http://truthnottasers.blogspot.com/">Truth Not Tasers</a>. Despite the alarming statistics, Top Dog Scipione pushed hard to grow the ever expanding police powers to include the devices, that the United Nations has deemed a form of torture, into the Arsenal of NSW Cops.<br /><br />Scipione <a href="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24434825-5006784,00.html">is quoted</a> as saying "There are people out there who are generally not very pleasant when it comes to having to intervene as a police officer - they're in the business of committing crimes, or they've lost control of their senses, be they heavily under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and police have to subdue them, we have to take them into custody,"</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">So perhaps Australia's mentally ill will face a similar experience that <a href="http://www.amnesty.org.au/news/comments/789/">Patricia Skelly</a> did. If not the mentally ill, scipione certainly seems interested in the use of electroshock weapons on drug effected people - a group that many say are most at risk when it comes to the use of tasers.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBSDM9fZCotVnCS4klkajcroifxc0_i2A0PkN8IGEKpPWGuhaMYUXX-PN_DCQle27KDR2VO9u8DpAkPXynEvcEbjLjcSPNxrHm5oWbU8SoGNMtRQjf9nEmJnoNlMiyoC6zCDor8vupGa1m/s1600-h/getAsset%5B1%5D.aspx_ItemID=3804600"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBSDM9fZCotVnCS4klkajcroifxc0_i2A0PkN8IGEKpPWGuhaMYUXX-PN_DCQle27KDR2VO9u8DpAkPXynEvcEbjLjcSPNxrHm5oWbU8SoGNMtRQjf9nEmJnoNlMiyoC6zCDor8vupGa1m/s200/getAsset%5B1%5D.aspx_ItemID=3804600" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256986470566221330" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">However; in the unlikely event that these tasers are withdrawn, police needn't worry about waste</span><span style="font-family:arial;">. Welsh police have shown recently that </span><span style="font-family:arial;">you don't even need a person to target when using a ta</span><span style="font-family:arial;">ser! "POLICE zapped a runaway sheep that was blocking traffic with a Taser stun gun, a weapon issued for use in violent situations." <a href="http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24452553-401,00.html">reports LimitedNews</a>.</span>Liamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097931594961182290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-425974826781014850.post-66621756552359058522008-10-12T03:00:00.000-07:002008-10-12T03:12:38.140-07:00Pack'em, Rack'em, Stack'em.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipBSkmUtwT9barrUpsFiSP3LoxH9kTazxz_8T-nKZjuXkRU3CQGOWLsGC_zEjKSW-54KTp9ULwwM4FpdvfmPm3gkCnskQ4HqdZOHRHvNKnJ3kI1lFB7L7UtbjfGMgnd4ugZdPRXhpds8F0/s1600-h/0,,6292528,00%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipBSkmUtwT9barrUpsFiSP3LoxH9kTazxz_8T-nKZjuXkRU3CQGOWLsGC_zEjKSW-54KTp9ULwwM4FpdvfmPm3gkCnskQ4HqdZOHRHvNKnJ3kI1lFB7L7UtbjfGMgnd4ugZdPRXhpds8F0/s320/0,,6292528,00%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256205362884208786" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">"Thirty of South Australia's most hardened criminals have surrendered to police after rioting inside a jail.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The prisoners were barricaded in a high-security compound of the Port Augusta jail, surrounded by tactical response police who today brokered a resolution on a second day of negotiations with the inmates.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">A group of 39 prisoners rioted late yesterday, forcing staff to withdraw as the inmates, brandishing weapons such as chair legs, smashed windows, computers and air-conditioners." Reports <a href="http://livenews.com.au/Articles/2008/10/10/Riot_breaks_out_in_high_security_Aussie_jail">LiveNews</a>.<br /><br />Few news reports seem to shed any light on the legitimacy of the prisoners claims of bashings, though history would suggest that what happens behind the bars generally doesn't get out. Most News reports seem to focus attention on overcrowding being the cause for the "riots", while not exploring the fact that people denied of almost all liberty will probably harbor some resentment for the people and institutions involved in taking it from them.<br /></span>Liamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097931594961182290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-425974826781014850.post-38679745010490066592008-09-21T08:28:00.000-07:002008-09-21T08:43:35.534-07:00Squatting rises in the US of A<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhd9ad0D6uMSQX9jRGtkZwUAWHWyqigfAOBA-8eK9XiwIU4EikNYnbA3USYtjSHyvZFd_PU_8kQnNXeH7lj2pN7Qpynb2oOH5yqio6YJZsk8Bd_86MWVTY_nU-5NaG_kmVaoIbcYfLYG0E/s1600-h/20080910__ecct0911squat~2_Gallery%5B1%5D.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhd9ad0D6uMSQX9jRGtkZwUAWHWyqigfAOBA-8eK9XiwIU4EikNYnbA3USYtjSHyvZFd_PU_8kQnNXeH7lj2pN7Qpynb2oOH5yqio6YJZsk8Bd_86MWVTY_nU-5NaG_kmVaoIbcYfLYG0E/s320/20080910__ecct0911squat~2_Gallery%5B1%5D.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248497104520899970" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicoApRJxnMd7DfGv75-Rfn4DXK8CaqFCvE_MU5mRe3kwvu_ZENXB7aNZEe112dnp1PXHoy0bd3IJ5RRTsTMa_6g5lwiWzFkqhOiX_o1r9MFj8OV9vkKwLhJi-Mg6SKz71qeeH_I-W3GY0k/s1600-h/20080910__ecct0911squat~3_Gallery%5B1%5D.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicoApRJxnMd7DfGv75-Rfn4DXK8CaqFCvE_MU5mRe3kwvu_ZENXB7aNZEe112dnp1PXHoy0bd3IJ5RRTsTMa_6g5lwiWzFkqhOiX_o1r9MFj8OV9vkKwLhJi-Mg6SKz71qeeH_I-W3GY0k/s320/20080910__ecct0911squat~3_Gallery%5B1%5D.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248497251646393698" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">While banks continue to make thousands homeless in the persuit of massive profits, real estate agents bemoan the rise in squatting. The dreadful fact that people are being evicted from their family homes in order to keep the buildings empty doesn't seem to warrant a mention in <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_10430394">this article</a> from mercury news.<br />Instead the article dramatises the supposed danger that is posed by trespassers, continually citing the pepper spray that the realtors insist on carrying despite none of them actually knowing of any instances of a violent squatter.<br />Some realtors go further, like Kirsten Amodeo who has organised self defense classes so the families who've been evicted by banks can now be beaten by realtors. But if that doesn't learn them, Felicia Horkins (Amodeo's associate), only wishes she could carry a concealed weapon.<br /><br />By the way, i stumbled across this story on this cool blog called <a href="http://squattercity.blogspot.com/">SquatterCity</a>. Check it out.<br /></span>Liamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097931594961182290noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-425974826781014850.post-17130116971099444242008-09-20T19:28:00.000-07:002008-09-20T20:33:23.883-07:00Yawning Man<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0rf9VQ0ga1WYeDZ_kiiv-MJm1KLPhtQ_MCUHTpKSOcCJu_81neejSJSjGHY3dWWJ89ROtJwKWXcXTTIWKtvT4QyG_oyxrJZyOpvzeNXoTUsnynSfApHvZPnKpL3-50lHFt3IvNAKUfLfz/s1600-h/l_51d0fbd4125d514fdfa107fde86c86d7%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0rf9VQ0ga1WYeDZ_kiiv-MJm1KLPhtQ_MCUHTpKSOcCJu_81neejSJSjGHY3dWWJ89ROtJwKWXcXTTIWKtvT4QyG_oyxrJZyOpvzeNXoTUsnynSfApHvZPnKpL3-50lHFt3IvNAKUfLfz/s320/l_51d0fbd4125d514fdfa107fde86c86d7%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248298498115756290" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Yawning Man formed in 1986, and to reinforce the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">stoner</span> stereotype, didn't get around to releasing any official records until 2005 when they released Rock Formations (<a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/147035723/Yawning_Man-rock_formations.rar.html">click to download</a>).<br />The album is described as "a melancholic mix of acoustic space rock with elements of surf music, as well as middle eastern guitar style".<br />Yawning man were one of the original desert rock bands and remain very influential to bands of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_rock">Palm Desert</a>.<br />Reminiscing of the desert rock scene and Yawning Man's involvement, Brant <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Bjork</span> formerly of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Kyuss</span> said;<br /><blockquote>Yawning Man was the sickest desert band of all time. You’d just be up there in the desert, everybody’d just be hanging, partying. And they’d show up in their van and just, mellow, drag out their shit and set up right about the time the sun was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">goin</span>’ down, set up the generators, sometimes they’d just go up there and drink beers and barbecue. Sometimes it would be a scene; sometimes it would be very intimate. It was very casual and loose and everybody would like, while they’re playing, everyone would just lounge around. They were kinda like a house band. It <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">wasn</span>’t militant like Black Flag. It was very drugged, very stone-y, it was very mystical. Everyone’s just tripping, and they’re just playing away, for hours. Oh, they’re the GREATEST band I’<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">ve</span> ever seen.</blockquote><br /><br />This is very much worth the download. <a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/147035723/Yawning_Man-rock_formations.rar.html">Rapidly shared</a> for your convenience.<br /><br />And another Gem from the Palm Desert;<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oBkB9wwM5ek&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oBkB9wwM5ek&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /></span>Liamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097931594961182290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-425974826781014850.post-65425080767449706322008-09-17T18:24:00.000-07:002008-09-17T19:06:17.235-07:00Hugo Chávez - Paints a pretty picture<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGS0qmytIhyCJ8EQ2H7Zm89K9aa7vivtgR1nQJytJYjyvgRVRVMStkXXRAnCIb_7ZHCJ8IuIp90CuOHw8O1sFxoKmJDpfWxL3m-sbyHCaLqhgDIfAOXduURioaFRbMSuthYXXFnHXjw9E0/s1600-h/lunadeyare%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGS0qmytIhyCJ8EQ2H7Zm89K9aa7vivtgR1nQJytJYjyvgRVRVMStkXXRAnCIb_7ZHCJ8IuIp90CuOHw8O1sFxoKmJDpfWxL3m-sbyHCaLqhgDIfAOXduURioaFRbMSuthYXXFnHXjw9E0/s320/lunadeyare%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247166917879900338" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Much like <a href="http://www.snyderstreasures.net/pages/hartworks.htm">Hitler</a>, Venezuelan (quasi)revolutionary Hugo Chavez, has been revealed to have abit of an eye for painting.<br />And it also has been revealed that businessmen have an eye for the works created by the hero of the working class.<br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/18/venezuela">3 Businessmen recently bought this work</a> "La Luna de Yare" or "The Yare Moon", for $255,000 in an Auction which started at $14,000.<br />Members of his party reportedly remarked that they were suprised of the price. Proceeds are expected to</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> go towards funding his socialist party.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">I Scream, You Scream...</span><br />An <a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/16/ice-cream-is-sold-with-sprinkles-of-anarchism/">anarchist Ice cream truck</a> is touring about the United states offering helpful tips and propaganda to its customers, as well as delicious ice cream.<br />The truck drivers name is Aaron and he is a co-founder of The <a href="http://www.tacticalmagic.org/">Center for Tactical Magic</a>, which says of itself;<br /></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i><blockquote>The Center for Tactical Magic engages in extensive research, development, and deployment of the pragmatic system known as Tactical Magic. A fusion force summoned from the ways of the artist, the magician, the ninja, and the private investigator, Tactical Magic is an amalgam of disparate arts invoked for the purpose of actively addressing Power on individual, communal, and transnational fronts. At the CTM we are committed to achieving the Great Work of Tactical Magic through community-based projects, daily interdiction, and the activation of latent energies toward positive social transformation.</blockquote></i></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUeVoqJ1DlSjJo7eMYu7ip44xO5I6C0IA2-l-nekGlB1Vs8BLEL5vC0bDrAu_LdTTf61rNZ70VvbwxbaL3P4IrCh_obYc3X8GN9QIv2YquUS6J4FzYMaS8OLBXRJiy7c4f5NTqmPOqd5is/s1600-h/anarchisttruck-190%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUeVoqJ1DlSjJo7eMYu7ip44xO5I6C0IA2-l-nekGlB1Vs8BLEL5vC0bDrAu_LdTTf61rNZ70VvbwxbaL3P4IrCh_obYc3X8GN9QIv2YquUS6J4FzYMaS8OLBXRJiy7c4f5NTqmPOqd5is/s400/anarchisttruck-190%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247175419275137170" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Aaron remembering his first customer says “My first customer was a little old lady who got an ice cream, and I asked if she wanted a piece of propaganda. She said: ‘Only one? I’ll take Anarchy, Black Panthers and Earth First.’ I was like, ‘Right on.’”<br /><br /><a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/16/ice-cream-is-sold-with-sprinkles-of-anarchism/">More Here</a><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><blockquote></blockquote><br /></span></span>Liamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097931594961182290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-425974826781014850.post-2709953647894594942008-09-14T22:58:00.000-07:002008-09-15T18:10:01.680-07:00Locked out<span style="font-family:arial;">So i arrived at the house i had set my heart upon this morning, armed with a broom and tape measure, only to find that some goons had been sent around to screw the door to the frame.<br />Basically there is no way into the house, even for the owner, without breaking in now. So you can only imagine the house has been secured so it can continue to rot away in peace.<br /><br />Here's to waste!<br /><br />Anyway, on a more beautiful note, here we have the music of <a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/145416434/Steve_Reich_-_Reich_Remixed.rar.html">Steve Reich, remixed</a> by various artists. This is pretty old now, but listening to Reich recently reminded me of my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">HSC</span> year when i had to analyse this piece, different trains. Please listen, it's worth it.<br />This is one of three movements, <span style="font-style: italic;">America - before the war</span>, which is followed by <span style="font-style: italic;">Europe - During the War</span> and then<span style="font-style: italic;"> After the War</span>, obviously.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EJPyOh__zXw&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EJPyOh__zXw&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /></span>Liamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097931594961182290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-425974826781014850.post-67797028428975713482008-09-08T05:12:00.000-07:002008-09-08T05:57:38.024-07:00Home Improvement #1<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rkvKeoWcG0A&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rkvKeoWcG0A&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Introducing; The House!</span></span><br />The dwelling is a modest 1 bedroom terrace about 2-3 Kilometers from the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">CBD</span>. My rigorous researching leads me to believe that it has been unoccupied for well over a year, in which time it has been left to the mercy of the elements, and by the looks of things, vandals.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Every window is missing, there is a lot of debris on the floor, carpet needs cleaning, electricity and gas need connecting, the toilet needs to be sealed, yard cleaning u</span><span style="font-family:arial;">p, shower head </span><span style="font-family:arial;">installed, new coat of paint and I'm sure there will be many more things to add to this list as i spend more time in the space.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The pictures below show the space as it was when it was first entered. I intend to update this section of the blog fairly regularly, detailing the work being done, and answering any questions i can from potential squatters or curious minds.<br />To view these posts, and these posts only, at the bottom of this post click the "home improvement" label.<br />Enjoy!<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0m9UMYEMMfxl6oceTbaJMlimAppNv-B4mRN_1oKauvhpmg7xavwsYTuYfQSolWK4rA8qHjCDa9Lk9X0pidSJEhT3UfErPHFNhNTAokLZq4mKHDa1IvC7a-mYD7J8vid2JTs99t24D0pAk/s1600-h/liams+house+019.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0m9UMYEMMfxl6oceTbaJMlimAppNv-B4mRN_1oKauvhpmg7xavwsYTuYfQSolWK4rA8qHjCDa9Lk9X0pidSJEhT3UfErPHFNhNTAokLZq4mKHDa1IvC7a-mYD7J8vid2JTs99t24D0pAk/s320/liams+house+019.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243629256147456530" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Front Door; A view from the hallway.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLcGec4FxUdM2bYJ9nLCjtH8N9PAF6Yi_NqZ5JhZe1Yi5Gu2q_wy5yc40ZWn-e4v1Q7Ay3FlNyWoVfs0StXD6plxW60b82VV-N7ZsAImj3DbVQCu6XxBaIDW1RhoVKiXERdh7a_4nOJFu2/s1600-h/liams+house+024.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLcGec4FxUdM2bYJ9nLCjtH8N9PAF6Yi_NqZ5JhZe1Yi5Gu2q_wy5yc40ZWn-e4v1Q7Ay3FlNyWoVfs0StXD6plxW60b82VV-N7ZsAImj3DbVQCu6XxBaIDW1RhoVKiXERdh7a_4nOJFu2/s320/liams+house+024.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243629622143756162" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">The Kitchen</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRiyw84BZdWUqm0c13aLNrc59vG9L3bLQD8qNw2Jm_n63Vzy7AZUxOt4EBa4R-ItgwDg1j0aq9z_EkhT7eUtqoIYGFaUtu0DpC7QMB9vGXIGDWoSagrnPKQv_QcQh8w6DOwyr198FYF4KA/s1600-h/liams+house+026.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRiyw84BZdWUqm0c13aLNrc59vG9L3bLQD8qNw2Jm_n63Vzy7AZUxOt4EBa4R-ItgwDg1j0aq9z_EkhT7eUtqoIYGFaUtu0DpC7QMB9vGXIGDWoSagrnPKQv_QcQh8w6DOwyr198FYF4KA/s320/liams+house+026.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243630253845560322" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Hot water System!</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxp7lkWMymPJYkDwL_rJKMyXkOumtdu5WuxuPqlAG7FOM6d5B6CK1O1sBtG8d7mmTpwwtzRWkuX5O49fBisvuiNJg2-pQfFtUyP1etjA4Eklw1PCjKUEvXBf9uYDTIxIgYrJ4nv04Pvn_t/s1600-h/liams+house+018.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxp7lkWMymPJYkDwL_rJKMyXkOumtdu5WuxuPqlAG7FOM6d5B6CK1O1sBtG8d7mmTpwwtzRWkuX5O49fBisvuiNJg2-pQfFtUyP1etjA4Eklw1PCjKUEvXBf9uYDTIxIgYrJ4nv04Pvn_t/s320/liams+house+018.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243628903083897282" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">A Door (obviously)</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:arial;">The next few home improvements should be somewhat more interesting, and i hope to deliver some <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">squaterlicous</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">blogness</span> to you soon. Take care.</span><br /></div><br /></div>Liamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097931594961182290noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-425974826781014850.post-23640151114954705622008-09-06T22:11:00.000-07:002008-09-07T08:17:01.284-07:00Nathan Rees<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7EzOjJqX-qo2dKEwFYaD0zx3uqwgeysk9JsJb2J4k_Bjohx90PFDC9psr5-WKw_eiiup2_vzkFiVmCnoPHhikxPnMU0avpyeRniTuxc1fVuki0aK1iaYW8mbjUEqcHS97hxTiNbd-Ykc/s1600-h/1iemma_lead_wideweb__470x369,0%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM7EzOjJqX-qo2dKEwFYaD0zx3uqwgeysk9JsJb2J4k_Bjohx90PFDC9psr5-WKw_eiiup2_vzkFiVmCnoPHhikxPnMU0avpyeRniTuxc1fVuki0aK1iaYW8mbjUEqcHS97hxTiNbd-Ykc/s320/1iemma_lead_wideweb__470x369,0%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243161470411214370" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">This is a photograph that accompanied <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/02/22/1203467390079.html?s">this</a> story about the corruption of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">NSW</span> Labor party in regards to their dealings with developers. But i think it's pretty appropriate now, if only Verity Firth were replaced with Carmel <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Tebbutt</span>.<br /><br />Nathan Rees sounds okay (relative), on paper, or more so, on his <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Rees"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Wikipedia</span></a> page.<br />He is a self described <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Westie</span>, hasn't been a suit his whole life, formerly employed as a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">garbo</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">greenskeeper</span>. But then again, Costa was an <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Ironworker</span>-rigger and an engine driver for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">cityrail</span>.<br />Rees also being an avid <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">cycler</span> - Hopefully will do something about the <a href="http://iwasonceyoung.blogspot.com/2008/07/odds-and-ends.html">ruined cycleway</a>, but <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">I'm</span> not holding my breath.<br /><br />Rees' first few moves have been admirable, sacking <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Sartor</span> and Costa - which <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Sartor</span> hilariously dubbed "<a href="http://www.theage.com.au/national/rees-has-made-a-mistake-in-dropping-me-sartor-20080907-4bcm.html">a mistake</a>". But that is only 2 of 24 ministers, and then there is still <a href="http://www.nswalp.com/labor-people">the rest of the party</a> to deal with.<br /><br />For <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Tebbuts</span> views on same sex adoption, see <a href="http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/hansart.nsf/V3Key/LA20080604028">here</a>.<br /></span></span>Liamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16097931594961182290noreply@blogger.com0