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The Weakerthans - plea from a cat named virtue (live)
The Weakerthans live in Paradiso, Amsterdam. You'll have to do without the climax.
Length: 247
Rating: 0.00 (0 ratings)
Tags: weakerthans music live paradiso rock
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To Spanish Democrats - A Plea for Peace
A rather rustic and just a bit ironic take on Spanish democrazy with no particular bad intentions.I also follow terrific Marxist cultural critic Terry Eagleton here (Figures of Dissent, 2003:121)as I try to readjust my own practice to "a politically skeptical age in which no one is much impressed anymore by robust vitality or unqualified commitment; and when irony or ambiguity seem the closest we can come to what a more confident past knew as the truth."
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A couple of things after three months:
(1) Being a totally amateurish clip-maker I never thought this piece would get past 1000 hits but then again it seems that this one in particular is fulfilling its purpose now that democratic politics in Spain are very much on hold to say the least. More than ten years ago, renown pessimist Marxist Perry Anderson noted that while democracy is more widespread that ever, it is also "thinner" as if "the more universally available it becomes, the less active meaning it retains." Tell us about it: mass arrest of almost the entire socialist, pro-independence political leadership in the Basque land, youth and social movements under total suspicion and scrutiny, parties prevented by law from standing in elections, dodgy anti-terrorist legislation, torture, humiliation of prisoners and their families, huge rise of Spanish nationalism of the nasty and ugly kind, believe you me and what else have you...
(2) The immediate temptation with those commnets such as Pablo's is obviously to answer back. This is why I appreciate the clip I've found in 'Insumissao's favourites (Las cifras de la represión,) and also invite everybody to click on this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjD18XmJ2Qc .
In this case Pablo may not like the music but he certainly should face it as well and perhaps then he may concede that there is no conscious attempts from my part at whitewashing anything whatsoever. Although at the same time, yes, of course, I am also prepared to concede that something quite obscene may hide in this comparative exercise. I here quote Slavoj Zizek by rope so the chances are that I won't do him any favour. The issue, however, is this: yes, I do all too honestly accept that the symbolic character of suffering relies in the very fact, precisely, that it is selective. Does he? The problem is that while this comparative approach is necessary it is also unacceptable because what is then left to us is standing by a rather relativistic mathematics of guilt and suffering. In other words: there is nothing wrong as such in comparing (900 hundred death you say, 350 says the other clip...) and there is nothing wrong in all of us being aware of all the atrocities that are going on all over the world. But, at the same time, we should also know that this moralising approach is unacceptable too since the only rightful ethical position would be accepting that any individual's violent death is absolute and resists comparison. Having said this I do envy all these pristine democrat chaps with clean hands. Who does the dirty work for you though?
Length: 195
Rating: 4.20 (20 ratings)
Tags: Spanish DeMOREcrazy Basque Askatasuna Freedom
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Chantels - "The Plea"
Considered by many to have been the best of the girl groups, the Chantels were one of the first female R&B vocal groups to have nationwide success.
Arlene Smith (lead), Lois Harris (first tenor), Sonia Goring (second tenor), Jackie Landry (second alto), and Rene Minus began their musical journey in their preteens while attending choir practice at St. Anthony of Padua school in the Bronx. By 1957, they had been singing together for more than seven years. A staple of their diet was Gregorian chants taught to such perfection that changing notes and parts were second nature.
Length: 185
Rating: 4.80 (27 ratings)
Tags: pop r&b doo wop oldies Chantels
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Guilty Plea in Spitzer Call Girl Probe
PlusGuilty Plea in Spitzer Call Girl ProbeGuilty Plea in Spitzer Call Girl ProbeThe Associated PressA woman accused of helping run the prostitution ring allegedly patronized by former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to launder money and conspiring to violate federal prostitution laws. (June 3)[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE] Another guilty plea in the prostitution scandal that led to the downfall of former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer.The woman accused of running the day to day operations of the Emperor Club appeared at this courthouse on Tuesday...and pleaded guilty to conspiring to launder money and conspiring to violate prostitution laws.((Albert Ebanks/Lawyer: She wanted to put this behind her. This was the most significant and devastating time of her life.)) Prosecutors say Cecil Suwal (SEE'-suhl SOO'-wahl ) supervised the escort service's booking agents and paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to the company's call girls.They also claim she was the one who controlled the front companies that were used to hide the prostitution ring's profits.Emperor charged clients up to 55-hundred dollars an hour to be with one of their escorts.Suwal is the second person to plead guilty in this case. A booking agent, facing similar charges, appeared in court last month.The alleged founder of the club has pleaded *not guilty*, and is awaiting trial.As for New York's disgraced ex-governor...he hasn't been charged, but he apologized and stepped down after the story broke back in March.Spitzer's involvement was discovered during an investigation into suspicious cash transfers. Federal agents eventually tapped his phone calls and analyzed his bank records.No word yet on whether prosecutors plan to charge him with breaking any laws.
Length: 80
Rating: 5.00 (1 ratings)
Tags: spitzer prostitution guilty plea call girl probe
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EXCLUSIVE: A Plea From The International Burmese Monks Org.
EXCLUSIVE: A Plea From The International Burmese Monks Organization (IBMO).
IBMO Urges The International Community To Join In Solidarity To Bring The Brutal Military Regime Of Burma To The International Criminal Court For Crimes Against Humanity.
Length: 205
Rating: 5.00 (20 ratings)
Tags: burma myanmar 8.8.08 8888 8808 china olympics monks day global of action beijing coldplay
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plea for a cat named virtute
my thirsty cat!!! to the music of The Weakerthans
Length: 236
Rating: 4.40 (24 ratings)
Tags: cat weakerthans holidays drink
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