Lawrence Lessig, Creative Commons

Now that the founders of The Pirate Bay have been thrown in a deep and dark dungeon, maybe you should watch a documentary about the current state of copyright and culture, which is free for download at… The Pirate Bay, but I suggest you start here.

Stream the full feature in high quality.

In the face of a growing number of deaths and cases of HIV linked to drug abuse, the Portuguese government in 2001 tried a new tack to get a handle on the problem—it decriminalized the use and possession of heroin, cocaine, marijuana, LSD and other illicit street drugs. The theory: focusing on treatment and prevention instead of jailing users would decrease the number of deaths and infections.

5 Years After: Portugal’s Drug Decriminalization Policy Shows Positive Results.

The broadcaster Sir David Attenborough has become a patron of a group seeking to cut the growth in human population. On joining the Optimum Population Trust, Sir David said growth in human numbers was “frightening”.

Read more common sense here.

I hear tunes, I seek out tunes that used to be everything to someone but they probably can’t listen to them now. I know there are tunes I’ve put on, I’ve seen people cry, Moving Shadow tunes, old tunes, because this music is old enough now for it to mean that. Even a single sound, they’ll hear a sound and it’ll just slay them. And you’re right, culture doesn’t seem to notice this. Where I’m from you’re more likely to be sitting around talking about a Rufige Kru or 4hero tune, how much it meant to you, than some other kind of music. I like normal life. It’s weird now, people die and they’re still on Facebook or whatever the fuck else.

~ Burial (2007)

Complete transcript @ The Wire.

WE CALL IT TECHNO! A documentary about Germany’s early Techno scene and culture. Tells the story of a tempestuous phase in music history, the first time that pop culture was created significantly in Germany. With exclusive interviews and comprehensive, mostly unreleased film and photo archive material from the years 1988-1993!

Inspired by new sounds, new technologies and the political events of the time, the early 90s sees the emergence of a scene that euphorically celebrates the dawning of a new era.
In Berlin, Frankfurt and many other German cities, activists tinker on a new music and club culture oriented around the coordinates Techno and House.

A while ago I wrote about a very good drum ‘n bass compilation called Subtle Audio Vol I, which is all about taking the music back to the roots. Recently an interview with the man behind it all surfaced… which could also be interesting to people who are thinking about starting their own label.

This months interview comes courtesy of Subtle Audio head Code. He spilled the beans on the difficulties in getting the label up & running, the effect of the current economic climate on d&b, and even news of a possible Equinox EP project for Subtle Audio. If that wasn’t enough, he even put together a little mix to showcase the Subtle Audio sound.

Check.

David Attenborough brings yet another important and resounding message to us pretentious primates.

In this programme, David Attenborough asks three key questions: how, and why, did Darwin come up with his theory of evolution? Why do we think he was right? And why is it more important now than ever before?

David starts his journey in Darwin’s home at Down House in Kent, where Darwin worried and puzzled over the origins of life. David goes back to his roots in Leicestershire, where he hunted for fossils as a child, and where another schoolboy unearthed a significant find in the 1950s. And he revisits Cambridge University, where both he and Darwin studied, and where many years later the DNA double helix was discovered, providing the foundations for genetics.

At the end of his journey in the Natural History Museum in London, David concludes that Darwin’s great insight revolutionised the way in which we see the world. We now understand why there are so many different species, and why they are distributed in the way they are. But above all, Darwin has shown us that we are not set apart from the natural world, and do not have dominion over it. We are subject to its laws and processes, as are all other animals on earth to which, indeed, we are related.

Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life, pt. 1

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I forgot to add a new EP he did under the alias Dubulator… “A low-tech, dirty, machine funk excursion. A little dub-step flavor served up proper.”

Fwdthought 05 : Dubulator

Track List:

1. Salvo
2. Menace
3. All Good
4. Dead Simple
5. Night Walker

Produced by Louis Haiman

(CC) 2008 Fwdthought/ Soul Purpose Music

web: fwdthought.com / email: fwdthought@gmail.com

*This music is filed under a Creative Commons License, which means you are welcome to rock it any way you like it, non-profit, community styleee.

Peace!

MP3.

Louis Haiman, a man from San Diego who has been described by Derrick May as “a cat to watch out for”, released his second album under a Creative Commons License. Since I dig his music (like his previous album Actualization), I decided to share this release with you all.

Fwdthought 04: Louis Haiman: Life After People
Written, Produced and Performed by Louis Haiman

Track List:
01. Gentle
02. Lo Ride Sci Fi
03. What U Make Of It
04. Jazz Fantasy
05. Magical Realism
06. Rama Jama
07.Tribalesque
08. Dulce
09. Ghost
10. Solitary Spaces
11. Future Acid Memories
12. The Night You Were Born

Thank you: God, Family, Friends.

Props: All my new and old friends out in the digital frontier supporting my music: Nathan Keller, Share Crew: Morgan Sully, David Sarazzin, Rob Jones, Daniel O. Broken Beat Crew: Walker Ludesky, Miguex Vega. The Crew in The 412: Chris Schubert, Anthony Susan (‘Twon), Thomas Cox, Bob. Global: Arne Weinberg (AW Recordings, UK) Deixis (Abstract Forms, UK) Nick Luscombe (Flo-Motion, UK) PassEnger (Asti, Turin, Italy) Liza Richardson (KCRW LA) Derrick May (Transmat, Detroit). Who Else?….

(CC) 2008 Fwdthought/ Soul Purpose Music

web: fwdthought.com / email: fwdthought@gmail.com

*This music is filed under a Creative Commons License, which means you are welcome to rock it any way you like it, non-profit, community styleee.

Peace!

Here are the MP3s! (192kbps)