Links for 14-08-2007
Big dose of music hackery, handful of author interviews and articles, SETI and the origin of the universe …
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1 – CDS review: Hanoi Rocks – Fashion
Enjoyably cheesy cock-rock-blues from the Finnish fops.
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2 – Album review : Bad Religion – New Maps of Hell
It’s a Bad Religion album. It does exactly what you expect to … and thank f*ck for that.
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3 – Album review : Northern State : Can I Keep This Pen ?
Sassy NuYorican hip-hop chicitas turn in a diverse and enjoyable album.
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4 – Album review: 3 – The End Is Begun
Coheed & Cambria’s tour-mates return with an intricate and spiritual prog-rock concept album
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5 – Album review: Conil – Strange Part Of The Country
Smoke-voiced London bluesman emotes every beautiful low you’ve ever experienced, and then some
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6 – Album review: Kinski – Down Below It’s Chaos
A dark and luscious album of majestic shoegazing nihilism from Seattle stalwarts (seriously – one of the best albums I’ve heard in years).
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7 – Album review: Daughtry – Daughtry
American Idol rock reject delivers surprisingly decent radio-friendly début album
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8 – Album review: Arsonists Get All The Girls – The Game Of Life
A savage and surreal barrage of ideas from extreme metal madmen
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9 – Album review: Mea Culpa – First To Ripen
Bristolian five-piece give birth to a new sub-genre – ladies and gentlemen, this is post-metal
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10 – Artificial bones made with 3D inkjet printers
“… using 3D inkjet printers to produce tailor-made artificial bones for use in facial reconstructive surgery.”
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11 – Karl Schroeder – Colonizing Planet Earth
“Space colonization is the Rosetta stone for earthly sustainability because it’s entirely about living in the absence of ecosystem services. The Moon, Mars and the asteroids are a great experimental laboratory that we’re ignoring at our own peril.”
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12 – Selfish Bastards, Every One – Peter Watts on altruism
“… behaviour that seems noble at first glance turns out to be stone self-serving upon closer examination: another brand of faux altruism that has far more in common with peacock’s tails and wattles on chickens than with any spark of divine generosity.”
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French site ActuSF talks to Vinge about Rainbows End! DRM! Trusted Computing! And (naturellement) the Technological Singularity! (Interview text in English)
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14 – William Gibson interviewed by Rick Kleffel
Podcast-a-go-go! Includes readings from Spook Country and Neuromancer! wh00t!
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15 – How did the Universe Begin?
“Even as the theories attempting to solve this mystery grow increasingly complex, scientists are haunted by the possibility that some of the most critical links in their chain of reasoning is wrong.”
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16 – Is there anybody out there?
“I’ll put the bottom line up top: there is no compelling evidence for life beyond Earth. No life of any kind. And I’m not just talking about the little grey guys…”
August 14th, 2007 at 6:50 am
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August 14th, 2007 at 7:20 am
I’m completely sold on the Kinski on the basis of a review like that. Consider it wish-listed. In fact, release date Aug 20th? Right then, consider it pre-ordered…
August 14th, 2007 at 7:36 am
…and after a quick listen to ‘Punching Goodbye Out Front’ at http://www.subpop.com/assets/audio/3505.mp3... it’s mine…
August 14th, 2007 at 9:45 am
My friend, you will not regret that decision.