Gareth Morris is "gwEM" an "Atari ST Old Skool Rave DJ and Heavy Metal dude (The E stands for E)". For one night only he had somehow co-opted
Charlie Beez into playing drums at his gig at
93 ft east. They were celebrating the launch of a new compilation DVD on German Disco-Atari-Punk label
Shit Katapult. Nothing in my cosseted middle class upbringing could have prepared me for the rigors of the Deutsch Atari Punk scene. Gareth Morris commands the stage like an enraged mastodon. His vocals match the intensity and tone of John Lydon, to the inspired mundanity of Mike Skinner. Meanwhile he plays crazed power-fuzz guitar on a
Gibson Flying V. You couldn't hope to recreate the magic of the gwEm live experience at home, but I do recommend a perusal of his
hilarious website, and possibly downloading his meister-werk "The Small Hours" (probably not available from the iTunes music store).
A flash interactive (naked?) spider, and a flash interactive naked guy (the latter promoting Philipe Starck's ugly PUMAs.)The GF insists on Radio 4 of a morning. In contrast to my usual disinterest, today's Today program was utterly engrossing and frankly shocking. The chief climate adviser to Bush argued that global warming is a myth fabricated by EU scientists in the pay of EU government, as part of a conspiracy designed to reduce the competitiveness of US industry. Real Media (good until 11/11/04). It reminds me mostly of Thabo Mbeki's impassioned claims that HIV was unrelated to AIDS, and was merely a western conspiracy designed to suppress South African industrialization.On a lighter note: Cat Bat, the extremely bloody cat whacking game. My top score so far is 11k, using a combination of two cat juggling, and swift single cat flicks.I've previously linked Sasha Frere-Jones' excellent personal blog, and his excellent book of hip-hop lists, but he also has a new collaborative MP3 blog which is certain to be equally excellent.404 Error: The country you are looking for is currently unavailable. The country might be experiencing electoral difficulties, or you may need to adjust your expectations of the next four years. (I also like the two USanada maps I've seen here and here.) (And also I liked: A homophobe, a racist and an idiot walk into a bar, the bartender says "What can I get you to drink Mr. President?")Way better than lame Yeti Stagediving is Dewey Stagediving from School of Rock. (via).
