A Darker World

Körpermusik

adarkervibe — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:52:04 GMT

(Industrial Strength mix) D.A.F. - Kebabträume Front 242 - Im Rhythmus Bleiben KMFDM - Deutsche Schuld Bigod20 - Body to Body Birmingham 6 - The Deadliest Beat Front Line Assembly - Mutate Moev - Crucify Me (12" Version) Nitzer Ebb - Join In The Chant Revolting Cocks - No Devotion Laibach - Decree Test Dept - Pulsations 1 Test Dept - Pulsations 2 http://www.musicv2.com/artist/a_darker_vibe http://www.myspace.com/adarkervibe http://www.last.fm/user/darkervibe

A Deeper Fear

adarkervibe — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:37:41 GMT

(Social Ontology mix) Ionosphere - Through Silent Borders Lustmord - Undulating Terrain Lull - Lost Sanctum Robert Rich - Opening Biosphere - Tombant Entsounds - Death Inade - Through The Gates Of Death Matthew Florianz - Apathy One Vidna Obmana - Ending mirage Bpolar - drIft_wOOd Acre - Alpenlied Letum - Dissolving 15 Degrees Below Zero - The Final Result http://www.musicv2.com/artist/a_darker_vibe http://www.myspace.com/adarkervibe http://www.last.fm/user/darkervibe

The Silence

adarkervibe — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:56:07 GMT

Lustmord - The Cell Predominance - Astral Communications Ionosphere - Probing The Darkness Coph Nia - The Scapegoat Contrastate - I Just Am Matthew Florianz - Yearning Three Acre - Track 02 Entsounds - Dormancy Biosphere - Vibratoire Robert Rich - Hour Six Steve Roach - Immersion : One (excerpt) Vidna Obmana - Over Angels Grief Torsten Wolf - Spaceby http://www.musicv2.com/artist/a_darker_vibe http://www.myspace.com/adarkervibe http://www.last.fm/user/darkervibe

Legacy of Ashes

adarkervibe — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:54:06 GMT

LEGACY OF ASHES: THE HISTORY OF THE CIA by Tim Weiner, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize NATIONAL BESTSELLER National Book Award Winner National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist One of the Best Books of the Year: Time, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Economist, The Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, Salon For the last sixty years, the CIA has managed to maintain a formidable reputation in spite of its terrible record, burying its blunders in top-secret archives. Its mission was to know the world. When it did not succeed, it set out to change the world. Its failures have handed us, in the words of President Eisenhower, “a legacy of ashes.” Now Pulitzer Prize–winning author Tim Weiner offers the first definitive history of the CIA—and everything is on the record. LEGACY OF ASHES is based on more than 50,000 documents, primarily from the archives of the CIA itself, and hundreds of interviews with CIA veterans, including ten Directors of Central Intelligence. It takes the CIA from its creation after World War II, through its battles in the cold war and the war on terror, to its near-collapse after 9/ll. Tim Weiner’s past work on the CIA and American intelligence was hailed as “impressively reported” and “immensely entertaining” in The New York Times. The Wall Street Journal called it “truly extraordinary . . . the best book ever written on a case of espionage.” Here is the hidden history of the CIA: why eleven presidents and three generations of CIA officers have been unable to understand the world; why nearly every CIA director has left the agency in worse shape than he found it; and how these failures have profoundly jeopardized our national security. "MUST READING for anyone interested in the CIA or American intelligence since World War II." The Washington Post Read the full review "THE BEST BOOK I'VE READ YET ON THE CIA'S COVERT ACTIONS." Edward Jay Epstein, The Wall Street Journal Read the full review "A TIMELY AND VITAL CONTRIBUTION...[THAT] GLITTERS WITH RELEVANCE." Los Angeles Times Read the full review "THIS IS BY FAR THE SCARIEST BOOK OF THE YEAR." The Christian Science Monitor Read the full review "RIVETING. . .A FASCINATING YET SCATHING HISTORY OF AMERICA'S SPY SERVICE." The Boston Globe Read the full review "ENGROSSING, COMPREHENSIVE." The New York Times Read the full review "LEGACY OF ASHES IS RECENT HISTORY AT ITS BEST, AND ITS MOST DISMAYING." The Seattle Times Read the full review "AN EPIC, EYE-OPENING HISTORY OF AN AGENCY OUT OF CONTROL." Mother Jones Read the full review "ALL AMERICANS SHOULD READ THE BOOK TO GET A FULL PICTURE OF THE OUTRAGES PERPETRATED BY THE AGENCY IN OUR NAME WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS." The Baltimore Sun "EVERY CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY, AS WELL AS AMERICANS CONCERNED ABOUT OUR GOVERNMENT'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD, SHOULD READ THIS BOOK." The Dallas Morning News "SMART, EXTENSIVELY RESEARCHED, EXCEEDINGLY WELL WRITTEN AND PASSIONATE." The Toronto Globe and Mail Read the full review "MARVELOUS AND CONVINCING." Steve Coll, author of Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden "A FASCINATING, DEEPLY SCARY BOOK." Walter Isaacson, author of Einstein: His Life and Universe; former chief of CNN and Time Magazine "A TIMELY, IMMENSELY READABLE, AND HIGHLY CRITICAL HISTORY OF THE CIA." Mark Bowden, Author of BLACK HAWK DOWN "A CREDIBLE AND DAMNING INDICTMENT OF AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE POLICY." Publishers Weekly (starred review) "APPALLING, ABSORBING HISTORY." Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "EXTENSIVELY RESEARCHED, EXCEEDINGLY WELL-WRITTEN AND PASSIONATE." Toronto Globe and Mail

Fear

adarkervibe — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:14:45 GMT

+ A Death Trance mix + Soman - Innocence V.2 Tom Wax - My Definition... (Soman Remix) Angels On Acid - Leviathan (KRI Remixxx) Unter Null - This Is Your End Grendel - The Judged Ones Suicide Commando - Hellraiser (VNV Nation Remix) Noisuf-X - Chaos Heimataerde - Heimataerde Reaper - Urnensand: DŠmonie Kaiaphas - Your Bloody Requiem Dawn Of Ashes - Torture Device Xentrifuge - Entombed Stahlfrequenz - Massenwahn http://www.musicv2.com/artist/a_darker_vibe http://www.myspace.com/adarkervibe http://www.last.fm/user/darkervibe

W. M. D.

adarkervibe — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:13:15 GMT

(I.E.D. mix) 145 BPM Angels On Acid - The Vile Unter Null - Prophecy Distorted Memory - Beyond The Darkness Essence Of Mind - How Does It Feel [Machines Against Hunger Edit] Terrorfakt - Arsenal (Pneumatic Detach Remix) Modulate Vs. Phantom West - Haunted Faktory Dyspraxia - Controlling Their Desires Caustic - Bugchaser ScrapEdx - M15 (ScrapEdx RMX) Tamarin - Jdls (Extended Mix) Manufactura - Die For Me (Ultimate Sacrifice Mix) Asche - Neither...nor (Version) Skitoma - The Void http://www.musicv2.com/artist/a_darker_vibe http://www.myspace.com/adarkervibe http://www.last.fm/user/darkervibe

Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism by Michelle Goldberg

adarkervibe — Wed, 07 May 2008 22:00:44 GMT

Praise for kingdom coming “Michelle Goldberg has done the impossible. She's written a serious, scathing, eye-opening expose of the ongoing takeover of our country by rightwing Christians– and somehow managed to make it witty, funny, and humane. If it were satire, Kingdom Coming would be hilarious. Unfortunately, it's all true – things are even worse than you thought. Read it while you can!” –Katha Pollitt, columnist, The Nation ; author, Virginity or Death! : And Other Social and Political Issues of Our Time “America’s theocrats have to be seen, heard, and read to be believed. Not all of us have the acute senses, stamina, guts and intelligence to uncover these forces of unreason and tyranny directly, so we rely on scouts. Michelle Goldberg is one of our indispensable scouts, and Kingdom Coming is a brave and important book. If you cherish plurality and reason, read it to get the bad news—and to restore your faith in journalism.” –Todd Gitlin, Professor of Journalism, Columbia University, and author of The Intellectuals and the Flag “Michelle Goldberg ventured into the heartland of American fundamentalist extremism -- and returned to warn us of the authoritarian ambitions that lie behind the moralistic posturing of the religious right. Every patriot who still cherishes the freedoms we inherited from the nation’s founders should read her book.” – Joe Conason, author of The Hunting of the President, Big Lies, and The Raw Deal “Michelle Goldberg takes us on an eye-opening journey through the Christian right grass- roots, from the evolution battles in Dover, Pennsylvania to Roy’s Rock in Alabama and beyond. Along the way, she makes a devastating case that underlying this movement’s campaigns against abortion or gay marriage is a tremendous will to power, an ambition to achieve Christian domination of our public life and laws. Kingdom Coming offers a stark warning that our democracy is under attack from within.” –Esther Kaplan, author of With God on Their Side: George W. Bush and the Christian Right “Kingdom Coming reveals just how thoroughly our national discourse has been corrupted by the mad work of religious literalists. Goldberg demonstrates — elegantly and persuasively— that tens of millions of our neighbors are working each day to obliterate the separation between church and state, to supplant scientific rationality with Iron Age fantasies, and to achieve a Christian theocracy in the 21st century. This is a terrifying and necessary book.” –Sam Harris, author, The End of Faith “A chilling and lucid investigation into the rise of Christian extremism in America, as well as a how-to guide for thinking Americans who wish to preserve their civil liberties against the coming onslaught. An important book.” –Julia Scheeres, author of Jesusland “Tocqueville said in 1840, 'Various forms of religious madness are quite common in the United States.' Michelle Goldberg demonstrates that various forms of religious madness are still quite common. Tocqueville thought that American democracy could contain the danger. Can it still? Only with an effort. That is Michelle Goldberg's well-illustrated and eloquently expressed point, and she is right to make that point, and we had better pay attention.” – Paul Berman, author of Terror and Liberalism and Power and the Idealists “Michelle Goldberg provides a critical wake up call for all Americans about a coalition of right wing Christian conservative groups determined to remake the United States into a Christian nation ruled by their conception of Jesus' will. Every American who cherishes religious freedom, civil liberties and the separation of church and state must read Kingdom Coming.” –Abraham H. Foxman, National Director, Anti-Defamation League; author, Never Again? The Threat of the New Anti-Semitism “Michelle Goldberg takes us on a superbly reported inside tour of the far-out Christian Right, distinguished by its contempt for democracy in this world in the hope of total victory over nonbelievers in the world to come. This book should scare every American who cherishes our secular Constitution and its separation of church and state. ” –Susan Jacoby, author of Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism http://www.kingdomcoming.com/

Conventions are boring (yawn).

adarkervibe — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:05:56 GMT

Since at the moment it feels like we are living in a nation controlled by fear. Since The Democratic National Convention is coming to Colorado and I currently reside in Colorado. I thought I'd share what I'm thinking with everyone. Basically I think of myself as a musician, producer and dj and prefer to communicate through art (Politics is for Politicians). But these days it seems that people just don't get it and that you have to explain even the simplest of things to them. If only the United States had a decent Educational System (that ain't gonna happen). Anyway, off the top of my head, at this moment in time, here's a brain dump. With the Republicans in the White House, Wars, calls for impeachment, Recession and a looming Oil Crisis, It's hard not to think of Tricky Dicky and his Department of Dirty Tricks. Especially since Dick Cheney and Rumsfeld were a part of that group and you know what they say; Leopards seldom change their spots. Today's theme is Fear, so here is mine. During the D.N.C. you will have troublemakers planted in your midst. Placed there to start a riot, so that the images on the news will be ones of confrontation and of people carrying signs being beat down by the Police (the talk will be of Anarchists and Terrorists). Thus subverting your right to a peaceful demonstration. Taking away your right to voice support or to try and send a message to the politicians. Democracy is about many voices. Beating people down, that's called something else... If I were writing the script, here's how it would go down. I'd rather throw a competing event on the other side of town and have all the nice people over there safe and sound. It would be a party where people could get together and celebrate the end of this nightmare and where they could meet and talk and share ideas. I'd like to see the media images of that day be of empty streets and bored riot police standing around doing nothing. That's my idea of a dirty trick. I think that there is absolutely no need to gather in large groups anymore (flash mobs are cool though). But I do like big parties, especially if they are filled with cool people coming from around the globe. There would be video booths and everyone could record a brief statement and they would all get posted online somewhere (YouTube). The numbers would essentially be virtual (less chance of violence and negative imagery) and at the same time you would be literally giving everyone an opportunity to share their voice. It's a funny image isn't it? A city street completely empty. All these people in riot gear standing around, doing nothing, tapping their boots with their batons. The only sound being that of a can of tear gas somebody has dropped rolling down the middle of the street. While on the other side of town a huge party that's going off, or better yet, multiple huge parties that are going off, lights, music, smiling faces... I guess it would make for a good scene in a movie, but it's not something that you will ever actually see happen. So there it is, for your amusement, the idle conjectures of a bored mind. Now back to a Nation of Fear, the current threat level is Orange.

HORRORSHOW

adarkervibe — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:52:00 GMT

+ Death Trance mix + Zombie Girl - We Are The Ones Zombie Girl - We Are The Ones (Rotting Corpse Mix By IOC/SEB) Pzychobitch - Nightmare I:Scintilla - The Bells (Interface Mix) Ayria - My Device Reaper - Ancient Tragedy Dawn Of Ashes - Angels Xentrifuge - Evolution Noisuf-X - Toccata Del Terrore Icon Of Coil - Shallow Nation (2004 Version) Tactical Sekt - Bring Me Violence Destroid - Revolution [Machines Against Hunger Version] Rotersand - Last Ship (Rearranged) http://www.musicv2.com/artist/a_darker_vibe http://www.myspace.com/adarkervibe http://www.last.fm/user/darkervibe

Delusion

adarkervibe — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:51:14 GMT

+ Psychosis (obsession and Compulsion) mix + Aphex Twin - Curtains Speedy J - Terre Zippy Robert Rich, B. Lustmord - Synergistic Perceptions Trent Reznor - Start / Whispers Ekaros - Exhumating Lustmord - Heresy Part V Chris Carter - Generic Terrorists Cosey Fanni Tutti - Selflessness Part Three Nine Inch Nails - Another Version Of The Truth

Black Water

adarkervibe — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:50:03 GMT

+ black gold mix + Male or Female - Spine On Spine Raison D' Être - Pathaway Coph Nia - That Which Remains Terrorfakt - Elimination Chamber This Morn' Omina - ~Oddua~ Letum - Silence Lustmørd - Mass In Slaughter Natives - Dusk of Hope Manufactura - Fragments Of Memories (Open The Dream) Anakrid - LOsculum Föten mit Flöten - Geschlechtsumwandlungsdetektor Nurse With Wound - Swamp Rat Fixed - Medical Disaster http://www.musicv2.com/artist/a_darker_vibe http://www.myspace.com/adarkervibe http://www.last.fm/user/darkervibe

Torture

adarkervibe — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:49:20 GMT

This mix is my attempt to capture the original Industrial sound. It is the music that was first associated with the term Industrial and it features a lot of the original Industrial artists. The mix may be a bit on the artsy side for some, but I thought that I should set the mood before I started punishing people with EBM mixes. Thirty years on I would describe it as a Dark, Atmospheric, Soundscape featuring Industrial, Noise, Ambient, Musique Concrete and Neo-Classical elements. It is rated PG for those that care about such things, and it steers clear of the subject of sex. Sex and BDSM would actually become major themes within the Industrial genre. At that time it still had the ability to shock and the look was a natural progression from the Punk fashion that had preceded it. Today it's almost like a uniform, but it still provides tittilation and a way to "scare the squares." Obviously, it also worked as a metaphor for the times. To put a historical perspective on it, the Viet-Nam war was finally over, the President had been impeached, the economy was in recession, there was an oil crisis and it was not uncommon to be stuck in a line around the block waiting to buy gas. Then mysteriously a lot of people started getting very sick. We know now that they had contracted the HIV Virus and that it had developed into Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome or A.I.D.S. At that time the Medical community was still trying to identify what this virus was and there was little that they could do for people that had become infected with it. For many A.I.D.S. was a terminal diagnosis. Our generation lost a lot of friends in a very brief period of time. This had a chilling effect on the culture and on the artists that were around at the time. These were dark times and that darkness was often reflected in this music. Fear, blood, sex, mortality and religion (the "taboo" subjects), all became grist for the mill for the artists operating at the extremes. These fearless people were the Industrial artists. + of human bondage mix + Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel - The Overture from Pigdom Come Psychic TV - Finale Peter Christopherson, Throbbing Gristle - Valley Of The Shadow Of Death Chris & Cosey and Coil - Over Abyss Chris & Cosey - Temple Bar Test Dept - Cold Witness Throbbing Gristle - I.B.M. Non - Blood Stream SPK - Napalm (Terminal Patient) Swans - Loop 1 Nurse With Wound - Dirty Fingernails (Reworked CD version) Coil - Aqua Regis Einstürzende Neubauten - Mikroben DAF - Die Kleinen Und Die Bösen Cabaret Voltaire - Partially Submerged Muslimgauze - Qom (Short Version) Lustmørd - Permafrost Nocturnal Emissions - Tripod Of Immortality P/K - Invocation (Canto To The Departed) for Jim and Danny http://www.musicv2.com/artist/a_darker_vibe http://www.myspace.com/adarkervibe http://www.last.fm/user/darkervibe

+ I HAVE NO VOICE AND I MUST SCREAM +

adarkervibe — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:47:16 GMT

There is darkness, there is light. There is truth, there are lies. There is selflessness, there is greed. There is weakness, there is strength. There is silence... There are the voices of the dead...