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I love Adbusters, their anti corporate messages in general and anti NIKE campaigns in specific.

I’ve been watching Music of Resistance, a very enlightening programme on Al-Jazeera English delving into worldwide music (Nigeria, Mozambique, the favelas of Brazil, Cape Verde, the desert of the Southern Sahara and inner-city London) with a stance on radical political change. The fact that it’s presented by Asian Dub Foundaion’s superbly named Chandrasonic only adds joy to the spectacle and thought I’d share a glimpse of a couple of episodes below:

Check out the rest of the episodes by clicking on http://musicofresistance.com/episodes/

Now-Again, in conjunction with Canadian producer Jason “Moss” Connoy and Indonesian rock legend Benny Soebardja, will release an anthology that represents an extensive survey into the Indonesian psychedelic and progressive rock scene that flowered in Jakarta in the early 1970s. The release is planned for early 2010.

Researcher Chandra Drews, an Indonesian-national who is assisting in assembling the liner notes for the compilation, recently interviewed Soebardja in Holland. His story gives a brief glimpse into what is to come with this compilation…

Visit Stones Throw’s subsidiary funk label http://www.nowagainrecords.com for the full review (and for the complete photo effect).

Thanks go out to Egon and MoSS

Bloody hell, to say that was unexpected would be an understatement. Yet Jacko has kicked the bucket aged 50; thanks for the wonderful ride MJ, rest in peace and tell James Brown I said hi.