Month: January 2015
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@PumpUpThaVolume: Episode142 – Freedom
♫Makin’ a soundtrack for another planet to hear♫ on Episode142 – Freedom which features brand new sounds from Until the Ribbon Breaks, The Dodos, Korallreven, Kate Tempest, My Brothers And I, Ryley Walker, Bee Caves, Bostich + Fussible, Lowhitey, Freez, Clark, MICHAELBRAILEY, Prince Fatty Meets Nostalgia 77 and Planes on Paper… Download/Subscribe Previous: Episode141 -…
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@DeadlineLive: James Evan Pilato on Paris Hypocrisy
Media Monarchy joins Jack Blood for the first time in 2015 to talk about the Paris attack + ‘This Day In History’ headlines and more on Deadline Live! Download/Subscribe
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The Alchemical Roots of Daoism
from ScholarSage.com: Like everything else, spiritual traditions evolve throughout history. The older the tradition, the more likely it is to differ from what it originally was. In the vast majority of cases, contemporary Daoism is very different from what it used to be two thousand years ago. For instance, religious Daoism (a recent creation) has…
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Ancient Sun Worship
from reviewofreligions.org: Divinely revealed religions across the world point to a single omnipotent deity. Even traditional faiths and mythology seem to point to the worship of a single deity in their origins. However, we can also observe polytheistic traditions that seem to have evolved from an erosion of monotheism. Man’s nature still yearned for the…
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Interview w/ Sage Francis
“Slow and steady wins the race, fuckface!” Media Monarchy is stoked to get Sage Francis on the show while he’s on a break between tours. We talk about his brand new video from his latest record ‘Copper Gone’, laugh about art and politics, and wonder about all-ages shows. Download/Subscribe
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Drone Detection Systems Provide Peace of Mind
from journal-neo.org: The scenario is in a dystopian future, where small, nearly undetectable unmanned flying machines are spying on the citizenry. These flying surveillance units hover overhead, peek into windows and have been known to carry a chemical weapons payload and can attack and kill. According to some pundits, that future has arrived. While drone…
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@PumpUpThaVolume: Episode141 – Let The Good Times Roll ♬
♫Makin’ a soundtrack for another planet to hear♫ on Episode141 – Let the Good Times Roll which features brand new sounds from Sleater‐Kinney, Hippo Campus, Ex Cops, Will Butler, Fly Golden Eagle, Twilight Sad, Laura Marling, David Strange, Viet Cong, Restorations, Melody’s Echo Chamber, The Shivas, JD McPherson and FF… Download/Subscribe Previous: Episode140 – Do…
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Interview w/ Jason Bell on Bridge Day Fingerprinting
Download MP3 If you fingerprint them, they will not come. One the biggest annual festivals in West Virginia may go splat if the organizers go ahead with their plan to fingerprint the BASE jumpers at Bridge Day. The pushback from the participants now has the committee giving it a second thought. Jason Bell of Vertical…
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NASA Finds More Earth-like Planets Outside Solar System
from japantimes.com: More planets that are near twins to Earth have been found outside our solar system – tantalizing worlds that could host extraterrestrial life. Astronomers announced Tuesday that, depending on definitions, they have confirmed three or four more planets that are about the same size as Earth and are in the not-too-hot, not-too-cold “Goldilocks…
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Why Are All of #Hollywood’s Female Journalists Unethical Sluts?
from flavorwire.com: In Chris Rock’s genial, three-fourths of a pretty good film Top Five, Rock is playing a washed-up comedic actor who’s being trailed by a New York Times journalist (Rosario Dawson) during the grind of a press day. Dawson makes a smart, canny foil for Rock, and as the day goes on, and the…
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Sony Brass Denounces ‘Vicious’ #SonyHack
from natmonitor.com: Top Sony executives have condemned the “vicious” cyber assault that forced the company to hastily postpone the Christmas day release of its satirical film The Interview. During his keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas today, Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai publicly reprimanded the Guardians of Peace (GOP) hackers who…



