Je me souviens! Mutek review Day 1

Mutek 2008 is shaping up to be another memorable music/social experiment. I made it to the first Nocturne Heart and Soul from Cali warmed up the crowd with a tight little performance with live vocals. Underground resistance came next with a live performance featuring INTERSTELLAR FUGITIVES (mad mike banks and dj skurge + a guy playing live drums on multiple mpc2000's+ another person playing keyboard and effects). They were definitely heartfelt and there was a nostalgic streak that made me like it more than the actual music moved me. Other people who weren't into UR were left with a bad taste in their mouths and told me as much when I went out for a smoke break.

Next up was Seth Troxler (beretta) http://ghostly.com/artists/seth-troxler from circus company played a really nice emotive, quirky, deep, tech set. I really got into this and danced hard at times to his set. There were a few girls freaking out to it and it made me very happy to see girls losing it to something so quirky. Yay! I met a bunch of nice people and reconnected with some vancouver people.

Now I have to run to check out some of the panel discusions before they are all over!

note:

According to historian Jacques Rouillard, the reference to the British heritage refers to an admiration for the British parliamentary system, and would be supported by some of the symbolism found at the Parliament Building. Nonetheless, the theory of Taché's anti-British sentiment persists, and over time the slogan has taken a nationalist tint. It is taken by many to mean "I remember my French history and heritage" or, even, "I remember what the English did to the French"

the international scene is always desparate

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080524/D90S5MLG0.html

Growing up around other survivalist back to the lander types in Maine prepared me for this mode of life if forced. Thanks mom and Dad. This article describes exactly my fears for the coming future as are others in this country and i'm sure many others. We are living in a very well greased world and if the "grease" dissolves we need something else to take its place.

Hydrogen and electricity could replace many of our gasoline needs but that transformation will take decades to gear up. I've thought for years that my generation would see a desperate period of time when we as a country squandered our last drop of petrol and delved deep into a depression. This reality would be easier to face had people been more prepared to live simply but alas the technological state makes us more and more reliant on energy. Many people will have to go back to the land and generally live simpler lives for a while. Mike Drudge's recent movie "idiocracy" may come to mind Or perhaps "water world" might be more apt... Both of these movies are of course farcical but both may prove to contain some prophetic truth.

I don't intend to be bleak but it is not entirely out of the question and its always best to prepare for the worst. You just have to be realistic, the US is topheavy with people and with a quick look on maps.google you can get a decent idea of the enormity of footprint of the human species on north america. When I look at the sprawling vastness of strip malled states all daily flushed in and out with tractor trailer trucks luggin the stuff of empire, I cant help to think shit... what if those trucks stop running for a few weeks. My fear is NOT living without the perks of our technological world my fear is that competition will drive humans to act lawless and delve into chaos. More than anytime in history we rely as a global community on OIL.

We need our Kennedy to lead us into space, only this time we need energy visionaries and a national project as large as the new deal aimed at making us more energy independent, utilizing all possible forms of renewable energy possible. The Bush administrtion, car companies, oil companies and many other key players in the energy industry have put us behind the rest of the developed world (well mostly germany, spain, France, and few scandinavian countries) in renewable energy production

Maybe I read too much dystopia and am overly fantasizing (i hope so!)

goodnight

and goodluck.

small agri-fair with mofga May 31

I have been the common ground fair but never been to any of the mofga events such as this. After looking at the schedule I'm intrigued! It looks like a great chance to get some basics for a number of important self reliance topics. Maggie had it bookmarked and it is definitely right up her alley, if I weren't going to Mutek in montreal I would go. Yesterday I spent most of the day with MLS yard sale-ing, then to skillins garden center. Then spent 5 hours adventuring round portland on my in line skates. ran into the red bull truck and they even gave me free red bull... then i tweaked on caffeine for a full 2-3 hours... ykes.


http://www.mofga.org/Programs/Events/SmallFarmFieldDay/tabid/302/Default.aspx


mutek.ca

pictures!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallaroo/