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Robert Gupta: Music is medicine, music is sanity

Robert Gupta, violinist with the LA Philharmonic, talks about a violin lesson he once gave to a brilliant, schizophrenic musician -- and what he learned. Called back onstage later, Gupta plays his own transcription of the prelude from Bach's Cello Suite No. 1.

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Excitement Growing Among Beatles Fans For Paul McCartney's Funeral

15 dec | The Onion News Network, the most important cable television station since CNN, has a vital news story for you. As they write, the "selection of the location for Paul McCartney's funeral is generating anticipation for the mourning period following his death"- should be interesting to see which spot they choose. . . read more

The Sgt Peppers' of our times

21 feb | By Stephen Myles

When "Sgt Pepper's", the Beatles' most ambitious album at the time, was released it's said that you could walk around Swinging London and hear splinters of the songs from every apartment and house you passed.

Such was the success and beauty of the album it became the soundtrack of '67.

Today with Radiohead's newest release in "The King of Limbs", history is being repeated. Facebook and Twitter are full of kids writing about it, the internet is full of illegal downloads and houses all over the world are full of Thom Yorke's haunting voice.

Kind of makes you feel comfortable to know there's something our generation shares. . . read more

So what if Bob Dylan's live show sucks? Why his Hill concert still matters

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Sydney Graffiti: 1986 Future Art Beat Four

10 dec | Let's turn back the clock and look at a Ray Martin 'Midday Show' story on Graffiti in 1986.

It's interesting to see that this seems to mark the point in Australia that a change has emerged where there is ' a more sophisticated form [of graffiti]- which is this artistic form'. . . read more

Bob Dylan in China: The times they have a-changed

8 apr | By Stephen Myles

For a man synonymous with the 60's, social revolution and civil rights; Dylan's recent state approved set list in China was a new low. This was a man that might have been a reluctant figurehead of the protest movement (see "It Ain't me Babe") but actually obeying a repressive government and lending it his credibility is something else.

It speaks of cowardice, irrelevance and suggets that the 'never ending tour' should end pretty soon.

How many times do we have to see this passivity before we turn off?

One too many Bob.

Do you think Bob Dylan has lost his edge by playing a state approved set list in China? Should he just fade away? Tell us and remember....Disqus!

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Adam Yauch was a Muslim hero

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Natalie Merchant sings old poems to life

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Leach survives his brush with controversy- by Kara Jensen-Mackinnon

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Yale University: This is your school on drugs

9 apr | Carlos Gomez looks at a fascinating stereotype of Yale University - that they're all drug addicted closet homosexuals. Brett Easton-Ellis in 'American Psycho' was apparently the first person to write about the phenomenon which Gomez uses as a starting point for his analysis: . . read more

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!

"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." -- Ronald Reagan (1986)

Mavi Marmara: Israeli officers face Turkish trial

A Turkish court has charged four senior Israeli military commanders over the killing of nine Turkish activists trying to reach Gaza in 2010.

Ex-military chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi and former heads of military intelligence, the navy and air force are expected to be tried in absentia.

The nine pro-Palestinian activists were killed after Israeli troops boarded their ship, the Mavi Marmara.

They had been hoping to breach Israel's naval blockade and deliver aid to Gaza.

Ron Paul on Why Bankster Power Must be Eradicated

It is imperative that the American people be educated on the dangers of the Fed and the importance of restoring sound money. Now that nearly 50 years have elapsed since silver was removed from circulation, fewer and fewer Americans have firsthand familiarity with real money.

The laying of the groundwork must begin today, so that the American people will be prepared for the day when the mirage the Fed has created evaporates completely.

Chinese army general calls for 'decisive action' vs PH

China should launch "decisive action" against the Philippines to reinforce Beijing's claim on the disputed Scarborough Shoal, a hardline Chinese army general said Friday.

People's Liberation Army (PLA) Major General Luo Yuan, in a commentary published by state-owned website china.org.cn, said China has not abandoned the idea of "war at all costs" to protect its interests.

"'Peaceful rise and 'period of strategic opportunity' preclude war," said Luo, who has been described by Western media as "hawkish" for his ultranationalist views.

"It is incorrect to assume that China will completely rule out military action in any event during this 'period of strategic opportunity,'" he said, referring to Beijing's dispute with Manila.

Think Again From The Outsider

The great challenge facing everyone who wants to change the world we live in is how do you get traction for your ideas? Gunter Pauli the inventor of the ‘blue economy’ has a novel approach. His missionis to develop globally 100 manufacturing innovations with viable business models that could generate 100 million jobs in 10 years. All with zero emissions and no waste.

The novelty? To drive this revolution in an economic framework that will attract investors and governments in entrepreneurial partnerships that feed self-interest while revolutionising outcomes – particularly in relation to carbon.

The blue economy was initially a report to the Club of Rome recommending innovations inspired by science and biometrics. This is a truly cool equation. Science + Economics = A Better Future.

The Really Big Apple

Recently it was announced that Steve Jobs had an FBI file that detailed his personality, how he ran his company and the possibility that he would be appointed to George Bush Sr.' s government.

What is more interesting about Apple at the moment is the $100bn in cash reserves it's accrued and what it might use them for.

End world hunger?

Take over other companies?

Pay its suicidal employees more?

Whatever it chooses, we should really stop focussing on Jobs' genius and start thinking about how the wealth his genius created can be spent for good.

The Future of Trust - From The Outsider

The images of senior Australian politicians being bundled into cars to escape the threat of indigenous demonstrators confirms how weak the post-apology environment is in Australia. The whole point of the apology was not to say 'sorry' but to build a new platform for the positive evolution of indigenous Australians. The apology created a climate of trust but the ignoble inaction that has followed, apart from proposed tinkering with the Australian constitution, has destroyed the platform and the belief in the trustworthiness of political process. Can't we (non-indigenous Australians) actually do something? Something communal not bureaucratic, spiritual not gestural – something that shows that we care.