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YES to kings: or NO to kings? here is the story of frances last king, Louise the XVI who helped the american colonies defeat england

documentary on louise the XVI and his wife marie antoinette

the really bad sex life (and reign) of marie antoinette & louis XVI

she was no angel but like her husband louis the XVI she wanted more equality, and for the rich to pay their fair share of taxes – that never happened.

when they told the french king “the people have no bread to eat”, marie antoinette famously said “let them eat cake” …which is untrue ….and this she never did say. but like today, the press of the time and the rich oligarchs who ran them, made every half-decent person the enemy of the people…

the king and her young wife met their end, with the unfortunate guillotine, after being hated by the elite and the oligarchs and then the people who blamed them for their inadequacies…

“when louis XVI and marie antoinette took the helm of france’s monarchy, versailles had been the home to the most powerful family in europe for over a century. a place of artistic brilliance, lavish entertainment, passionate love affairs, and outrageous scandals. but while a lucky few danced, feasted, and flirted their days away, the state was on the brink of collapse. now Louis XVI and his wife marie antoinette would face the biggest challenge in the history of their illustrious family.” good documentary worth a watch, with many parallels to what is going on today…by pp

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he was a construct : an interesting take on who jeffrey epstein really was

jeffrey epstein “math teacher”

leslie wexner billionaire businessman ceo of victorias secret and epsteins only client

eli cohen – syrian mossad agent

jeffrey epstein “financier” – donald trump, evanka trump, jeffrey epstein, ghislaine maxwell – epstein most likely had dirt on donald trump

robert maxwell “news mogul” (foreign spy) and her daughter ghislaine

robert maxwell (ghislaine maxwell’s father) henry kissinger

eric weinstein reveals the terrifying story of meeting jeffrey epstein

“what dark secrets lie beneath efjfrey epstein’s web of influence? from intelligence connections to political protection, this episode peels back layers of one of america’s most disturbing scandals.” – judge napolitano

interesting take on who the “disgraced financier” jeffrey epstein really was. a financier who worked with no one (but wexler) and had no trace of investment documents. he was a supposed billionaire who’s wealth vanished after his mysterious death, very much like robert maxwell (ghislaine maxwell’s father) whos wealth disappeared after his mysterious death. he mingled with royalty and elite and documented dirt (honey traps) on each to use as collateral but for what?

eric weinstein (not related to harvery weistein) received his phd in mathematical physics from harvard university in 1992 under the supervision of raoul bott. weinstein left academia after stints at the massachusetts institute of technology (MIT) and the hebrew university of jerusalem. weinstein was invited to a colloquium by mathematician marcus du sautoy at oxford university’s clarendon laboratory in may 2013. you can listen to the full interview here. by xy

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Jarvis cocker: HERE’S WHO Runs the show

“cunts are still running the world”

for jr. not the official video but damn good lyrics indeed.

  • well, did you hear, there’s a natural order
    those most deserving will end up with the most
    that the cream cannot help but always rise up to the top
    well i say, “shit floats”
  • if you thought things had changed
    friend, you better think again
    bluntly put, in the fewest of words
    cunts are still running the world
    cunts are still running the world
  • now the working classes are obsolete
    they are surplus to society’s needs
    so let ’em all kill each other
    and get it made overseas
  • that’s the word, don’t you know
    from the guys that’s running the show
    let’s be perfectly clear, boys and girls
    cunts are still running the world
    cunts are still running the world
  • ah yeah
    oh yeah
  • well, feed your children on crayfish and lobster tails
    find a school near the top of the league
  • in theory i respect your right to exist
    i will kill ya if ya move in next to me

love this song and it been the track of the day, all day. by dd

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11 x 14 a 35mm film by james benning (1977)

one of most widely praised american avant-garde films of the late 70s

james benning’s 1977 feature is a laconic mosaic of single-shot sequences void of conversations.

directed by james benning… a great film worth a watch. no dialogue just a visual feast…

“cinema can tell stories or just evoke them depending on the imagination of the spectator. between this very simple statement there are numberless shades of grey. in the forum-program (the festival presented a restored version blown up on a 35 millimetre print) one can read: “11×14 is film theory in images. the more films we see the more books on film we read, over the years a certain accumulation about cinema is approached.” watch it and see what it does for you…  by uh

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japan – life in tokyo

a better bowie? maybe not, but i loved these guys growing up. maybe because no one else did? life in tokyo was recorded in march 1979 in los angeles by david sylvian and none-other-than giorgio moroder. japan originally wanted to record “european son” with the producer but moroder preferred to work on a backing track he had already prepared. he gave sylvian four demo songs, and then went for a long lunch. while out to lunch, sylvian had fitted some lyric ideas he had gathered on the plane to one of moroder’s pieces and re-arranged the chosen track. later on the same week, the rest of japan arrived and recorded the entire piece. at this time, two distinct full length versions were prepared. one was timed at 6min 18sec and was not released until 1982 when it came out on the UK special edition cassette of “assemblage” and on the japanese vinyl LP. by kl

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“If you tremble with indignation at every injustice, then you are a comrade of mine” – the faces of che

rene burri photograph of ernesto che-guevara 1963 havana

lisa howard and fidel castro first meeting havana riviera hotel april 21 1963. in the early 1960s, lisa howard became ABC news’s first woman reporter, and was the first woman to have her own national network television news show (insert: mole). howard developed a relationship with cuba’s fidel castro, whom she met to interview, and was a go-between for a time between castro and the american white house.

blue bird production “the faces of che” and the cuban revolution

a very good and rare documentary (watch it before this bootleg is taken down) on cuba and its revolution with some details about the relationship of che and castro that i didn’t know. worth a watch for any history buff. by xy

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NO WAR WITH IRAN

no more fake wars and lies about “weapons of mass destruction”, this is iraq 2.0! how stupid are we? by uh

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marc bolan, devendra barnart, mark borthwick the dandies in the underworld

marc bolan – TREX

i knew about T-REX but not about marc bolan, or tyrannosaurus rex, that is until a few years ago…

devendra barnart

the first time i heard some of the marc bolan’s tyrannosaurus rex early acoustic song it immediately reminded me of some of the music of devendra barnart, and mark borthwick.

mark borthwick

indeed… the circle of life shall continue with no end… just saw a documentary on life of bolan see link below… work a watch for its place in history of music…

marc bolan documentary – dandy in the underworld (1997)

BBC: marc bolan – the final word (2007)

despite bolan being kind of a phoney in his time (don’t kill me but, in a way similar to bob dylan… and i say that still liking both their music), there is no doubt they were special in their ability to snatch ideas out of thin air (mostly from american black artist – like the rest of them famous people) and repeat it regularly. bolan dis make great pop songs, and his lyrics, although sometimes pretentious, are definetly not like your average pop lyrics and quite beautiful – that is only if you can imagine them to be genuine… but bolan, in reality, was all to self conscious, and lived a full time life of PR and showbiz  to be genuine in any way. he had that certain talent, like ralph lauren, “borrowing from the right people” and he did influence the next generations to come from bowie (who was his contemporary) to the stones, even SUICIDE (the band) since bolans death preceded the release of suicide’s first album back in 1977, from the smiths, to the stone roses, even lenny (lame) cravitz, and definetly paul stanley of kiss…

but personally i’d take devandras music or mark borthwick “musings” over that any time. by pr

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an oldie but damn goodie: ardman creature comforts

ardman creature comforts: oldie but goodie

the voices are real people interviewed (man on the street style) then animated to a specific animal delivering brilliance in comedy

the original creature comforts (short film) was five minutes and a few seconds long and was conceived and directed by nick park and produced by aardman animations, featuring the voices of british non-actors in the same vein as the “man on the street” vox pop interviews. it was produced as part of a series called lip synch for BBC channel 4. the film won nick park the academy award for best animated short film in 1991.

the film shows various animals in a zoo being interviewed about their living conditions. these include a family of polar bears, tracey, a depressed female gorilla, a brazilian puma, a maternal brown four-eyed opossum, and a hippopotamus calf who complain about the cold weather, the poor quality of their enclosures and the lack of space and freedom. by cm

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