Month: August 2015

  • @PumpUpThaVolume: Episode171 – Get Some ♬

    @PumpUpThaVolume: Episode171 – Get Some ♬

    ♫Makin’ a soundtrack for another planet to hear♫ on Episode171 – Get Some which features brand new sounds from Mew, New Order, Gwenno, Cleopold, Big Scary, Froth, Telegraph Canyon, Lana Del Rey, Sharon Van Etten, CHVRCHES, Tenement, Ultimate Painting, Hustle Rose, Ratatat and Chromatics… Download/Subscribe Previous: Episode170 – This Is The News **************************************** ♬Liner Notes♬:…

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  • @TboltsProject: James Evan Pilato on MSM

    @TboltsProject: James Evan Pilato on MSM

    James joins Michael Goodspeed of Thunderbolts Project for a different kind of episode that brings it down to Earth. Who owns what? Where do you think that idea came from? Why are you arguing about this? Who cares what’s selling – it’s what you’re buying. Download/Subscribe

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  • Can Moral Disputes Be Resolved?

    Can Moral Disputes Be Resolved?

    from opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com: Moral disputes seem intractable — more intractable than other disputes. Take an example of a moral position that most of us would consider obvious: Honor killing is wrong. But honor killing has its supporters. Anyone who suggests that we can compromise with its supporters on the matter misunderstands the nature of this type…

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  • #NewWorldNextWeek: Episode236 – Reactor Restarts, EPA Pollution, Unilevered

    #NewWorldNextWeek: Episode236 – Reactor Restarts, EPA Pollution, Unilevered

    NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode236 – Reactor Restarts, EPA Pollution, Unilevered Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Story #1: Japan to Restart Mothballed Nuclear Reactors Japan Restarts First Nuclear Power Plant Since Fukushima…

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  • Nestle Sued by India’s Government Over Lead in Maggi Noodles

    Nestle Sued by India’s Government Over Lead in Maggi Noodles

    Nestle Sued by India’s Government Over Lead in Maggi Noodles – NBC News: “The Indian government has filed a class action suit for 6.4 billion rupees ($99 million) against Nestle’s Indian unit on behalf of the country’s consumers, citing unfair trade practices and the sale of defective goods. Nestle is the first foreign firm to…

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  • How Rock and Roll Found Satan — And Why That Was a Good Thing

    How Rock and Roll Found Satan — And Why That Was a Good Thing

    from io9.com: Peter Bebergal’s Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll is a must-read for anyone who prefers their music loud, riff-driven, and loaded with lyrics about Satan, wizards, and mystical quests. Bebergal, an academic by day (he studied at Harvard’s Divinity School) and metal head by both day and night, is…

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  • How Did God Get Started?

    How Did God Get Started?

    from bu.edu: One day in the Middle East about four thousand years ago, an elderly but still rather astonishingly spry gentleman took his son for a walk up a hill. The young man carried on his back some wood that his father had told him they would use at the top to make an altar,…

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  • @PumpUpThaVolume: Episode170 – This Is The News

    @PumpUpThaVolume: Episode170 – This Is The News

    ♫Makin’ a soundtrack for another planet to hear♫ on Episode170 – This Is The News which features brand new sounds from Mike Krol, Kurt Vile, Bartell, Mac Demarco, Foals, Fuzz, Holy Esque, Diane Coffee, Lochness Mobsters, Spirit Of The Beehive, Jay-Jay Johanson, Dengue Dengue Dengue!, Mbongwana Star, Man or Astro-Man? and Blitzen Trapper… Download/Subscribe Previous:…

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  • Understanding the Traditionalists

    Understanding the Traditionalists

    from newdawnmagazine.com: Traditionalists, for present purposes, means the loosely-constituted group inspired by René Guénon (1886-1951). Many of them also revere Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947). Later Frithjof Schuon (1907-1998) became central to the group, while the work of Julius Evola (1898-1974) partly overlapped with the others. Any one of these four can serve as a gateway…

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  • #NewWorldNextWeek: Episode235 – ISIS Allies, Editing DNA, Good News Ag-Gag

    #NewWorldNextWeek: Episode235 – ISIS Allies, Editing DNA, Good News Ag-Gag

    NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode235 – ISIS Allies, Editing DNA, Good News Ag-Gag Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Story #1: US Allows Ally Turkey to Bomb Only Group Effectively Fighting ISIS US-Trained…

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  • ‘Wrecking Crew’ Film Great Homage to Studio Musicians of the ’60s

    ‘Wrecking Crew’ Film Great Homage to Studio Musicians of the ’60s

    ‘The Wrecking Crew’ an homage to studio musicians of the ’60s | bozemandailychronicle.com: “In the 1960s, a group of studio musicians were behind the scenes crafting the sound and feel of dozens of popular bands. Danny Tedesco, son of the late Tommy Tedesco, one of the well-known guitarists of the group known as the Wrecking…

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  • The Four “Wise Monkeys” of Modern Society

    The Four “Wise Monkeys” of Modern Society

    from zengardner.com: Characterized by how they respond to information, modern societies are made up of four archetypes of people — idiots, zealots, elitists and patriots. Idiots refuse information, zealots refute information, elitists misuse information and patriots seek and distribute information. These archetypes are true of patriarchal societies around the world, and has probably been the case since Homo habilis was a boy. While consistent across cultures, these…

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  • @RadioFreeBlood: James Evan Pilato on ‘Hit Men’

    @RadioFreeBlood: James Evan Pilato on ‘Hit Men’

    Media Monarchy missed July but joins Jack Blood for an awesome August visit to talk about Cecil & Sanger’s Super-Friends, Papal Porn, Amy & Chuck, copycat shooters and payola ‘Hit Men’ + ‘This Day In History’ headlines and more on Radio Free Blood! Download/Subscribe

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  • #NewHorizons Reveals Eerie Haze, Earth-Like Ice Flows On Pluto

    #NewHorizons Reveals Eerie Haze, Earth-Like Ice Flows On Pluto

    from hngn.com: NASA’s New Horizons mission has been revealing stunning details of Pluto, and the latest observations have shown it is an “icy world of wonders.” The most recent New Horizons discoveries indicate the presence of flowing ice and haze on the mysterious dwarf planet, NASA reported. “We knew that a mission to Pluto would…

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  • Religion and Zen Buddhism in Medieval Japan

    Religion and Zen Buddhism in Medieval Japan

    from fsmitha.com: After the year 1000, militarized aristocracies were taking over in rural Japan, uncontrolled by any central government. And Buddhist estates had their own armies. There were wars between expanding estates or against the central government in Kyoto, and the wars were accompanied by religious ferment. Many Buddhists were appalled by the violence, including…

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