party

The State Of D.C. Hardcore

At 9 p.m. on a Friday in February, Watson was standing outside of La Casa, a micro-church and community center — whose main chapel is the size of your parents' spacious living room — nestled next to a tienda in Washington, D.C.'s Mount Pleasant neighborhood. Inside, a hardcore punk band called Unknown Threat had just taken the stage. Of course, there was no actual stage. There was just the floor […]

March 3, 2018 30

Electronic music

Sounds of Superior Productivity

We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams. [qtgallery id="458"] What is that secret age-old productivity tool? Music. Yep. The right music can help you stay focused and more productive. Here’s how: Music Helps Boost Productivity on Repetitive Tasks Research has shown that when presented with repetitive tasks, music can help make those tasks more enjoyable and boost productivity. In this study, for instance, assembly line […]

February 9, 2018 22

DJ

Handel: A Musical Life of Devotion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuAxVfZasUk A great gift to music entered into the world on 23 February 1685 in Halle, Germany. A life of great musical interest; one filled with an unbelievable talent that would become a beacon to many throughout the European continent and span centuries past its lifetime. It is a life that would become centered around a great mystery of how the musical talent would blossom into a recognized and celebrated […]

January 23, 2018 19

Electronic music

Copenhagen Club Culture Box To Lose Government Funding

Nightlife in Copenhagen is set for a heavy blow as one of the city's main clubs, Culture Box, will lose a substantial amount of funding from 2017. Since 2005, the Danish government has provided the club with €240,000 (1,800,000 Danish kroner) per year, but that'll end at the end of 2016. The club describes the planned cancellation of funding as a "very hard blow" as the money goes towards bookings […]

January 18, 2018 16

Music

The Music That Immortalised 90s Subculture with electronic technologies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EBTn_3DBYo The 90s undoubtedly marked the Golden Age of underground music zines cataloguing subcultural movements. Without an avalanche of Tumblr accounts offering endless information on what your favourite band is wearing, Soundcloud recommendations about who to listen to next, or Twitter documenting your most-loved guitar player’s childhood fear, publications such as the pioneering DIY zine Sniffin’ Glue and groupie-focused Star found their way into the eager hands of music fans […]

January 16, 2018 32

Music

Radio USA details 8,000 vinyl records

The public service broadcaster is selling off its catalogue in June. Radio France has revealed details of over 8,000 vinyl records set to be sold at a public auction. The records are all double copies of music from the station’s 1.6 million-strong collection. Organised across 10 categories, the records span French pop from Serge Gainsbourg, art-rock from The Velvet Underground, afrobeat from Fela Kuti, synthpop from Yellow Magic Orchestra, plus […]

May 18, 2016 32

Church Doctrine

Tax Filing Day Helps Caesar Make War On We The People

Mandeville LA - Ben Franklin is rumored to have said “Nothing is certain but death and taxes” what he couldn’t have known is that our government today delays the former so it can collect more of the latter. Today is the official day of the financial genuflect we are all expected to make called Tax Filing Deadline Day. Through a twist of lunar fate Tax Day happens during Holy Week […]

April 15, 2014 8

Church Doctrine

Church Doctrine – A Government Of The Prostitutes For The Prostitutes

Today's Church Doctrine - A Government Of The Prostitutes For The Prostitutes ©2014 Mike Church I'm Mike Church with today's Church Doctrine. Surfing the internet can be a bewildering experience. The use of cliches and catch phrases is as ubiquitous as poor grammar and bickering that would never take place in a barber shop. I also find the American public woefully unaware of their current political systems. For example, if […]

January 23, 2014 8

Transcripts

John Taylor Warned Us Of The Evils Of The Party System

Mandeville, LA - Exclusive Transcript - In John Taylor of Caroline's book "Inquiry Into The Principles of the Government of the United States" he warned us of the party system. He said that people involved in these parties would use them as "tools for ambition and tyranny". And, in modern layman's speak, he said that the political parties would turn into people voting for the lesser of two evils instead […]

August 28, 2012 7