Guns For Hire

I've been watching a show called Jericho on CBS. It's about the town and citizens of Jericho just after a huge nuclear attack on america. The series begins from the day before the attack and moves forward from there. It certainly has it's cliche moments but for primetime tv it's pretty good (it's no Lost but what is).

To give the show more dynamic CBS does small online episodes containing information related to the most current episode. the most current involved government hired mercenaries to help support where the national guard is stretched thin. on this online "webisode" was Jermey Scahill, correspondent for Democracy Now. He spoke of hired groups in New Orleans after the hurricane. Mainly a group called Black Water USA, but there's others some hired not by the government but by the wealthy citizens. One Wealthy neighborhood flew in an israeli mercenary group to set up a check point into there neighborhood.

for more info on the occupation and militarization of New Orleans and Mercenary groups go to the links below:

Democracy Now! interview with Jeremy Scahill on the Militarization of New Orleans.

Blackwater USA ("Our goal is to make as much money as fast as possible." - Gary Jackson, President of Blackwater USA.)

Countdown Episode 8: Jeremy Scahill Talks about the Military and Mercenary presence in New Orleans.

Koyaanisqatsi

Koyaanisqatsi

Koyaanisqatsi is a film with essentially no plot, but tells a simple story. It begins with serene, wide open landscapes and builds to the frantic hustle, of cluttered city life. I found it very effective in showing how out of control modern life is. The film is incredibly shot, using highspeed shots of clouds passing over skycrapers, to ariel shots of free way with hundreds of cars passing in seconds. on the most beautiful and haunting movies i've ever seen. everyone should see it.

learn more at Wikipedia and the official site.

Imprint 7"

I finshed up the design for the Imprint 7" coming out on Side To Side Records this Dec. I also did some photos with them while they were recording at RQR Studios in Pittsfield, Ma. Check out they're new tunes on they're myspace page and they're photos and record artwork on my flickr page.

Clorox Girls

I found out about the Clorox Girls through Flickr. Someone had commented on a photo of mine and i went to browse through their photos and there were tons of pictures of the Clorox Girls, I'd never heard them before but from the pictures it looked liked they rocked. I did a little myspace search and found they're page. Really fun energetic punk. Check out they're Myspace and the official page for tunes, videos and more.

Colorx Girls:
from This Dimension-
The Dimension.mp3
Eons Away.mp3

from S/T
Don't Take Your Life.mp3
Vietnam.mp3

live on "KBOO"
soto.mp3
get it, heart.mp3

Flags of Our Fathers

Icaro Doria is Brazilian, 25 and has been working for the magazine Grande Reportagem, in Lisbon, Portugal, for the last 3 years. He is part of the team (with Luis Silva Dias, João Roque, Andrea Vallenti and João Roque) that produced the flags campaign which has been circulating the Earth in chain letters via e-mail.


for more info about Icaro Doria and Grande Reportagem visit brazilianartists.net