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Get them all, but if I was only allowed one it would be Global Underground Athens. But they are all must haves for sure.
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Friday...DT n Victor Calderone at Roxy
and then the beach if the weather co-operates
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Hip Hop sucks, although I agree that if there's good people with a good vibe it's possible to have a good time no matter what music is being played. But I think House and electronic dance music create a better vibe and put people in a better party mood than Hip Hop or Rap. and fuck M&M for that "nobody listens to techno" line. Idiotic preconceptions and rich boys pretending to be poor boys from the ghetto are what piss me off about Rap. Anything played on MTV is pathetic.
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Ask and you shall receive...
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MTV Sucks. "The Beach House" was soooo 1990's. ha ha. (don't take offense, I may just be jealous. MTV does suck though)
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ARC in NYC for DT w/ Saeed & Palash
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Jim Crow Revived in Cyberspace
By Martin Luther King III and Greg Palast
(Martin Luther King III is head of the Southern Christian Leadership
Conference, Greg Palast is the author of the bestseller "The Best
Democracy Money Can Buy."
Originally published May 8, 2003
Baltimore Sun: http://www.sunspot.net/news/opinion/oped/
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Astonishingly, and sadly, four decades after the Rev.
Martin Luther King Jr. marched in Birmingham, we must ask again, "Do
African-Americans have the unimpeded right to vote in the United States?"
In 1963, Dr. King's determined and courageous band faced water hoses and
police attack dogs to call attention to the thicket of Jim Crow laws --
including poll taxes and so-called "literacy" tests -- that stood in the
way of black Americans' right to have their ballots cast and counted.
Today, there is a new and real threat to minority voters, this time from
cyberspace: computerized purges of voter rolls.
The menace first appeared in Florida in the November 2000 presidential
election. While the media chased butterfly ballots and hanging chads, a
much more sinister and devastating attack on voting rights went almost
undetected.
In the two years before the elections, the Florida secretary of state's
office quietly ordered the removal of 94,000 voters from the registries.
Supposedly, these were convicted felons who may not vote in Florida.
Instead, the overwhelming majority were innocent of any crime, though
just over half were black or Hispanic.
We are not guessing about the race of the disenfranchised: A voter's
color is listed next to his or her name in most Southern states.
(Ironically, this racial ID is required by the Voting Rights Act of 1965,
a King legacy.)
How did mass expulsion of legal voters occur?
At the heart of the ethnic purge of voting rights was the creation of a
central voter file for Florida placed in the hands of an elected, and
therefore partisan, official. Computerization and a 1998 "reform" law
meant to prevent voter fraud allowed for a politically and racially
biased purge of thousands of registered voters on the flimsiest of
grounds.
Voters whose name, birth date and gender loosely matched that of a felon
anywhere in America were targeted for removal. And so one Thomas Butler
(of several in Florida) was tagged because a "Thomas Butler Cooper Jr."
of Ohio was convicted of a crime. The legacy of slavery -- commonality of
black names -- aided the racial bias of the "scrub list."
Florida was the first state to create, computerize and purge lists of
allegedly "ineligible" voters. Meant as a reform, in the hands of
partisan officials it became a weapon of mass voting rights destruction.
(The fact that Mr. Cooper's conviction date is shown on state files as
"1/30/2007" underscores other dangers of computerizing our democracy.)
You'd think that Congress and President Bush would run from imitating
Florida's disastrous system. Astonishingly, Congress adopted the absurdly
named "Help America Vote Act," which requires every state to replicate
Florida's system of centralized, computerized voter files before the 2004
election.
The controls on the 50 secretaries of state are few -- and the temptation
to purge voters of the opposition party enormous.
African-Americans, whose vote concentrates in one party, are an easy and
obvious target.
The act also lays a minefield of other impediments to black voters: an
effective rollback of the easy voter registration methods of the Motor
Voter Act; new identification requirements at polling stations; and
perilous incentives for fault-prone and fraud-susceptible touch-screen
voting machines.
No, we are not rehashing the who-really-won fight from the 2000
presidential election. But we have no intention of "getting over it." We
are moving on, but on to a new nationwide call and petition drive to
restore and protect the rights of all Americans and monitor the
implementation of frighteningly ill-conceived new state and federal
voting "reform" laws.
And so on Sunday in Birmingham we marched again as our fathers and
mothers did 40 years ago, this time demanding security against the
dangerous "Floridation" of our nation's voting methods through
computerization of voter rolls.
Four decades ago, the opposition to the civil right to vote was easy to
identify: night riders wearing white sheets and burning crosses. Today,
the threat comes from partisan politicians wearing pinstripe suits and
clutching laptops.
Jim Crow has moved into cyberspace -- harder to detect, craftier in
operation, shifting shape into the electronic guardian of a new electoral
segregation.
Martin Luther King III is president of the Southern Christian Leadership
Conference. Greg Palast is author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy,
and his investigation of computer purges of black voters appeared in
Harper's Magazine.
Traditional media inquiries (interviews, appearances, excerpts):
Website inquiries (links, graphics, excerpts): webmaster@gregpalast.com
Greg Palast's completely updated US. edition of The Best Democracy Money
Can Buy, now in its tenth week on the NYT bestseller list, is available
from Penguin Plume at booksellers and via www.gregpalast.com.
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Their DJ/Production Skills are unrivaled - it basically comes down to who's style you like better and if you see them on an "on" or "off" night.
Personally, they have both affected my love for the music - Junior was the first DJ who's music got me into dance culture - but ever since I've discovered DT I think he's The King. I just like his style better and I'm more comfortable with the atmosphere at the Be Yourself party.
Bottom line, I'd give a months salary to see Danny VS Junior. (on the decks and in the ring
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Let us burn one
from end to end
and pass it over
to me my friend
burn it long, we'll burn it slow
to light me up before I go
if you don't like my fire
then don't come around
cause I'm gonna burn one down
yes I'm gonna burn one down
my choice is what I choose to do
and if I'm causing no harm
it shouldn't bother you
your choice is who you choose to be
and if your causin' no harm
then you're alright with me
if you don't like my fire
then don't come around
cause I'm gonna burn one down
yes I'm gonna burn one down
herb the gift from the earth
and what's from the earth
is of the greatest worth
so before you knock it try it first
you'll see it's a blessing
and not a curse
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Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
How to DJ (Properly) by Bill Brewster, Frank Broughton
Stupid White Men... by Michael Moore
The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
Pigs at the Trough by Arianna Huffington
Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
Kerouac: A Biography by Ann Charters
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That is some scarry shit.
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Deep Dish is going to be awesome, but make sure your buddy knows they don't serve alcohol, it being the his/her Big 2-1 and all.
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I saw DD for the first time in Miami at this years WMC and I'm addicted. Can't wait to see them @ Arc. I agree: go for the music and bring your good vibe and hopefully it will wear off on anyone there not feeling the love. See you on the Dance Floor!
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I was forwarded that a few months ago...does anyone have proof it came from George Carlin? I love him and believe he could have written it, but with the internet everything seems to be revealed as fake eventually. just wondering...
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I'm not a big fan of the scene here in CT. If you just want a night out with friends, then there are decent places to go, but if you want a real night of clubbing with the best music in the best venues and people who know and love that music then you have to get out of CT. Maybe if NYC wasn't so close I wouldn't be so critical, but why bother with CT? The 2am curfew and obnoxious blue laws don't help the CT scene out either. I thought Hartford might get something going a few years ago with velvet getting johnathan peters and insomnia and system were decent afterhours, but the bottom line is not enough people know, love, and respect the music enough in CT to get a good scene going, in my opinion.
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Originally posted by sobeton
the mayor is sending the wrong message, and making himself look like a complete and utter arse. not everybody at Ultra is on drugs.. by making bold comments as he has, he creates FEAR, which can cause more problems. the smart thing to have said is "The city is doing everything it can to ensure a safe event.."The mayor needs to put his political agenda aside, and act like a leader not a follower.
I agree totally. The mayor obviously has no idea what he is talking about and you are clearly more politically savvy than he is. what a tool. I think setting an 18+ age policy for Ultra in the future is a good idea though, especially if it will relax the heat being brought on the event. The mayor is definatley causing fear - for instance I am now afraid that even if they let it go on the police will raid the damn thing.
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1 hour is way to short for a good DJ that you are paying good $$ to hear. Some of the best sets I've heard have fit in the 2 hour range (mostly Oakenfold and Acosta come to mind) but I'm a fan of the DJ's that can pull off an all-nighter marathon. but like joeg and brickhouse said, there aren't that many dj's that can pull that off without becoming boring and repetitive.
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Yeah, go to Arc and check out Danny, especially if you're not going to be able to catch him @ WMC
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I don't smoke, but I'm against the law in principle. It will be interesting to see how strictly it is enforced and if the cops will use the law to further scrutinize and harass the clubs.
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National Council on Problem Gambling
Gamblers Anonymous
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Fred Durst Sucks. Maybe she didn't shave so he would get the fuck away from her.
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I didn't hear the Stern segment, but if you are talking about Goldust the wrestler he does not have tourettes in real life, it is just part of his gimmick.
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Good Luck to you...keep the focus on the music and everything else will fall into place.
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Which of Tenagalia's compilations are a must have?
in New York / New Jersey
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oops, double post.