Lights out for Earth Hour 2016 around the world
Earth Hour has seen the lights go out again in many of the world’s largest cities, each with its own local focus on energy concerns.
one fellow's political coverage, music ramblings and general hijinks across decades under a range of guises at several locations often in a state of awe.
Earth Hour has seen the lights go out again in many of the world’s largest cities, each with its own local focus on energy concerns.
First a bulletin of the latest world news.
This is interesting: colleague Roy Wadia on our Our Interactive World project from eons ago…
British newspaper The Times has revealed that a civilian nuclear installation in north-west ENGLAND cannot account for 30 kilograms of plutonium, enough for seven or eight nuclear bombs.
Compiled from outside sources; Adam Connors, DigiTimes.comĀ [Friday 29 March 2002] The annual ranking by supply chain management provider iSuppli of the world’s top semiconductor companies, by sales, vividly documents the beating that the industry took in 2001, with only 27 of the 172 companies covered experiencing revenue growth.
TAIPEI–Three new-spankin’-new playlists from Peso. Note new Humbug single, For the Birds, available MP3-only from www.humbugmusic.com. New song each week ’til album launch. Peso playlist Friday August 16, 2002 Mogwai – New Paths to Helicon Pt 1 Mogwai and David Pejo – Take Me Somewhere Nice Shino Lin – Track 7 [Req. Bad song on … Continue reading “Mental Notes: August 2002”
Peso playlist Friday July 12, 2002 Grandaddy – So You’ll Aim Toward the Sky Morcheeba – Dead Calm St Germain – Sure Thing (Todd Edwards mix) Red Snapper – Crusoe Takes a Trip Gorillaz – Re-Hash Blur – Bad Day Yo La Tengo – Cherry Chapstick Stereolab – Emperor Tomato Ketchup That Dog – Minneapolis … Continue reading “Mental Notes: July 2002”
back 1990s: The punky colour daffodil days. Mr Hook, on top of the world Adam and Miss Alison somewhere cheeky at an RTRFM Greenwich thing. And what the hell am I wearing? Credit: unknown.
“Monday I go to watch Sumo wrestling/It’s an easy day to get a good ticket” (One Week from Brand New Knife, 1996) Their songs bounce from jangling, smiling pop all the way through bashing, smashing punk. They are Shonen Knife, three Japanese grrrls who mix topics of buying Barbie dolls, drinking beer and watching Sumo … Continue reading “interview | Shonen Knife, Interview with Naoko Yamano”
BRISBANE–Wrote this in a flourish when dad died. Not quite right then, with so much detail, now found it makes sense.