http://www.spannered.org/miscellaneous/ Music, art, film and literature from outside the mainstream bubble, a platform for writers. Spread a little mp3 love. en-gb Copyright 2007 Spannered. All Rights Reserved. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT 240 http://www.spannered.org/images/skins/spannered/RSS.jpg http://www.spannered.org/ http://www.spannered.org/features/1423/ http://www.spannered.org/features/1423/ There was high attendance at this year's Detroit Electronic Music Festival — roughly one person to each of Detroit's 70,000 vacant houses. Greg Scruggs reflects on his first visit to Techno City... … Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/features/1344/ http://www.spannered.org/features/1344/ The eagerly awaited second instalment of Dave Marcia's bovine saga. … Sun, 30 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/features/1276/ http://www.spannered.org/features/1276/ Is an evening in the company of Lego dragons, a nostalgic folk musician and David Lynch enough to make one take up transcendental meditation? Not quite, says Judith Evans. … Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/features/1243/ http://www.spannered.org/features/1243/ Spannered talks to radio activist Max Graef about the pros and pros of community radio broadcasting. … Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/features/1231/ http://www.spannered.org/features/1231/ Who are the winners and losers in Rio’s race for global sports recognition? Greg Scruggs reports from the 2007 Pan American Games. … Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/features/1180/ http://www.spannered.org/features/1180/ How can internet radio bring about positive change in Rio’s de Janeiro's shantytowns? In more ways that you would think, discovers Spannered. … Sat, 28 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/features/1166/ http://www.spannered.org/features/1166/ A wee story inspired by seeing Peaches play live at Sonar. … Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/features/1125/ http://www.spannered.org/features/1125/ A very happy new year from Sheila Dibnah and all the team at Spannered.org … Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/features/1105/ http://www.spannered.org/features/1105/ Spannered cuisine commentator Ron Beverage takes two unsuspecting ladies up the Oxo Tower. … Thu, 07 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/features/1124/ http://www.spannered.org/features/1124/ Gordon Ramrod reflects on a weekend immersed in the delights of the UK's historical northern city. … Thu, 07 Dec 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/features/497/ http://www.spannered.org/features/497/ The British Phonographic Industry wants to extend the length of copyright currently applied to sound recordings. But such a move would impede our cultural heritage, says Becky Hogge. … Fri, 03 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/features/815/ http://www.spannered.org/features/815/ Gavin Weale passes comment on the shower of sodom that is the UK's dance music press. … Sat, 01 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/features/183/ http://www.spannered.org/features/183/ Outposts of stimulating debate, or citadels of covert cockfoolery? Gerald Ras Wiener passes comment on the tempestuous world of internet message boards. … Sat, 01 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/features/821/ http://www.spannered.org/features/821/ Why are dance music festivals in the UK such a damp squib? Isabel Hopwood looks to Barcelona's Sonar event for some answers... … Mon, 01 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/features/823/ http://www.spannered.org/features/823/ We've all met musicians with unhealthy technological fixations. But have you ever heard a kurrawong first thing in the morning? If not you're missing out, says Australian techno producer Andy Rantzen. … Fri, 01 Feb 2002 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/features/812/ http://www.spannered.org/features/812/ The impact of the bursting of the internet bubble has seen companies dissolve overnight and the creation of a new generation of transient workers, moving from failure to failure, but being paid very well along the way. Here, a certified 'dotcom casualty' ruminates on the impact of these changes and looks at the wider picture that is unkowingly affecting us all. … Sun, 01 Jul 2001 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/features/819/ http://www.spannered.org/features/819/ Newspapers have long seen themselves as agents of justice, but not even the broadsheets know the meaning of the word, says Matt Henry. … Sun, 01 Jul 2001 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/features/820/ http://www.spannered.org/features/820/ Public, peaceful protest is one of the most powerful ways of drawing media attention to a cause. From the Greenham Peace Women to the students in Tianmen Square, when the people took their grievance to the streets, the media has taken it to the world at large. But what happens when the negative publicity generated for the activists is greater than the exposure they seek for their cause? … Sun, 01 Apr 2001 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/features/826/ http://www.spannered.org/features/826/ It's all becoming a bit boring, says Dave Stelfox of electronic music. But nothing a good dose of bad behaviour, stupidity and all-round irresponsibility can't fix... … Sun, 01 Apr 2001 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/features/824/ http://www.spannered.org/features/824/ What's the difference between a musician and a plumber? Metallica and Tom Magic Feet reach different conclusions... … Thu, 01 Feb 2001 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/features/829/ http://www.spannered.org/features/829/ Matt Henry travels to the imaginary Island of Hiraeth to find out if global capitalism is really a good thing. … Thu, 01 Feb 2001 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/features/830/ http://www.spannered.org/features/830/ Ten years ago, a distinguished American journalist predicted that 'By 2000, all the media in the world worth owning will be in the hands of a half a dozen giant companies'. As we enter 2001, Matt Henry looks into the impact of the concentration of ownership on the journalistic enterprise. … Thu, 01 Feb 2001 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/features/831/ http://www.spannered.org/features/831/ So, you're a DJ, desperate to reach the dizzying heights of success? Read our guide and you’ll learn all the moves you have to make to climb the greasy pole of success. … Thu, 01 Feb 2001 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/features/822/ http://www.spannered.org/features/822/ Tom Magic Feet calls into question the existence of the MOBO Awards. … Fri, 01 Dec 2000 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/features/806/ http://www.spannered.org/features/806/ The history of the application of sound in warfare is, by its very nature, cloaked in secrecy and misinformation. Much of what seeps out into public perception has been filtered through government agencies who, understandably, have a vested interest in protecting such covert and often 'black' weapons programmes, and the sensationalist columns of the underground press, whose flirtation with the subject spans at least two decades. Any attempts by myself or others to verify certain 'facts' is relatively futile. We report what we hear. Possibly the first mention of sonic warfare is the now much-cited 'Walls of Jericho' scenario — a biblical story which no doubt many of us are familiar with. The walls came tumbling down after the synchronised blast of trumpets and voic … Mon, 01 May 2000 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/features/61/ http://www.spannered.org/features/61/ ‘We call ourselves 'culture jammers', the advance shock troops of the most significant social movement of the next twenty years.’ … Mon, 01 May 2000 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/features/181/ http://www.spannered.org/features/181/ SZA reports on how the UK’s once anarchic festival circuit has become dominated by brewery conglomerates and big business. … Mon, 01 May 2000 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/features/816/ http://www.spannered.org/features/816/ We are officially at war. I am not talking about glorious, painful and messy warfare that has defined our historical conception of conflict over territory and economic gain. The conflict in question is a defining feature of the information age. Your mind is at stake. Confused? You should be. The battle lines have been drawn up. The human mind defines the territory. Information warfare defines the age. Your beliefs may not be your own. Visionary thinkers have warned us about the encroaching dangers of information warfare. In the past, warnings about misinformation missiles and propaganda bombs have been discounted as sci-fi informed futurist paranoia. However, as we tiptoe through the debris of millennial hype, a new picture emerges. The conditions of information warfare … Wed, 01 Mar 2000 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/features/827/ http://www.spannered.org/features/827/ 'Future shock could be the most important disease of tomorrow', wrote Alvin Toffler more than thirty years ago. I get future shock in my home town, in the cement garden of England... … Wed, 01 Mar 2000 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/features/836/ http://www.spannered.org/features/836/ It probably doesn't say much for my standing as a fully integrated member of society, but the most intense, enduring and exciting relationship I have ever enjoyed has been with an ever-growing collection of plastic and cardboard. Stacks of seven, ten and 12-inches, little silver discs and spools of electromagnetic tape chart my entire existence. Summers of love and winters of discontent: they're all there, burnt on my brain and encapsulated in sound. In short, my whole life is an open gatefold sleeve. Running a close second in my affections, is music writing. Unfortunately, this is a rather more dysfunctional situation. Thinking back, I remember when it was possible to pick up a magazine once a week and KNOW that you were going to get something worth bothering with. Bel … Tue, 01 Feb 2000 00:00:00 GMT