Wednesday, July 2, 2008

velvet revolution

Plastic People of the Universe
Our only defense against this Lhistoire de Velvet RevolutionPlastic People of the Universe Music Starts:09/10/2008 - 7:30pm Doors Open: 7:00pm Plastic People of the UniversePrague's Plastic People of the Universe, and the band they later became, Pulnoc, remain one of rock & roll's great stories of triumph and how great music can be produced and survive even in the most hostile of environments. The band was founded in 1968 soon after 500,000 Soviet troops invaded Czechoslovakia. With the Kremlin not being particularly fond of Western-style rock that read
Ethiopia, 1978: One More Equal Than Others
The Velvet RevolutionVelvet RevolutionFrom The Fate of Africa: A History of Fifty Years of Independence, by Martin Meredith (PublicAffairs, 2005), pp. 245-248:In September 1976 the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party (EPRP), drawing support from the labour unions, teachers and students, all vehemently opposed to military rule, embarked on a campaign of urban terrorism against the Derg and its civilian ally, the All-Ethiopian Socialist Movement, usually known by its Amharic acronym, Meison. An assassination attempt was made on Men read
Dermelect Cosmeceuticals
 to the Velvet Revolution, VELVET REVOLUTION PRAGUE 1989Here's a brand that is new to me and maybe you- Dermelect Cosmeceuticals. I had not heard of this brand before but I am so glad that I had the chance to test a few items. Now I can highly recommend two fantastic products that give immediate results. And we are all about the instant gratification especially when it comes to beauty, aren't we? The Detoxifying Oxygen Facial Commission can be used as a cleanser or a masque. It releases oxygen molecules and wakes up the face. It is applied as a c read
AUDIO: Diebold Whistleblower Stephen Heller on the Peter B. Collins Show
You Say You Want a Velvet RevolutionYou Say You Want a Velvet Revolution As I've been on the road this week, Steve Heller (a.k.a. the "Diebold Document Whistleblower") was kind enough to step in for me during my regular Friday guest stint on the Peter B. Collins Show. While it's perhaps a bit of a busman's vacation, I made the mistake of quickly checking out the podcast of yesterday's hour from my motel room after I got off the road last night, and though I've heard (and even told [PDF]) Heller's remarkable and heroic story a million times, I couldn't stop listenin read
An eight-inch minimum book party
 different. during the Velvet RevolutionWe Angelenos love things easy. We wait for the DVD rather than going to the trouble of a movie. We’ll order-in much more often than we get snazzed up to go out and when we do bother to pick up a book, it's paperback over hardcover every time. Then there are the things that deserve the effort and extra packaging: a premiere at the Arclight, the omakase at Matsuhisa and if you found yourself at Alpha Male and Coco de Mer on Thursday night for Taschen's Big Penis Book release party, you'd know t read

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