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...und Charlie aus Schottland hat's mal aufgelistet. Daraus hier nur mal zwei Teile:

3. Since the collapse of the USSR and the rise of post-Tiananmen China it has become glaringly obvious that capitalism does not require democracy. Or even benefit from it. Capitalism as a system may well work best in the absence of democracy.

6. We observe the increasing militarization of police forces and the priviliging of intelligence agencies all around the world. And in the media, a permanent drumbeat of fear, doubt and paranoia directed at "terrorists" (a paper tiger threat that kills fewer than 0.1% of the number who die in road traffic accidents).

Dank an fefe, dessen Blog meist trefflichere und ehrlichere Hinweise & Aufklärung (& Links zu Beiträgen wie der hier oben) bringt, als all die "Qualitäts"zeitungen oder gar das abgewirtschaftete deutsche Verlautbarungs- und Deppen-TV. Auch die Nachdenkseiten sind zu empfehlen...

"Wenn Bambi-Preisverleihung ist, wird eine dreistündige Direktübertragung im Fernsehen gemacht. Die Nobelpreis-Verleihung bekommt zehn Sekunden in der Tagesschau."

(Ernst Peter Fischer, via SPIEGEL, via Bildblog)

The Froese tribute is now up at Perfect Sound Forever:
http://www.furious.com/perfect/edgarfroese.html
Mr. Schulze's words lead the article. Many thanks for your help with this! Please pass along my gratitude to Mr. Schulze also.
Cheers, Jason.

Mein Lieblingskoch Vincent berichtet gerade auf seiner site:
http://bit.ly/1yEWVtb
(runterscrollen bis 20. Januar 2015)
Nun ist dieses weiße Zeugs also auch...

...I got my copies of "Stars are Burning", digital as well as old-fashioned double LP, and maybe someone should mention that these black platters are "180 Gram Vinyl Records". So, I will do it: the double long-play "Stars are Burning" are made with 185 GRAM VINYL. I weighed it and in fairness I can described the whole now as: "510 gram heavyweight gatefold sleeve"!