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And as if by magic a Pro-Ukrainian annexation and mobilisation rally in Moscow yesterday There will be no popular uprising any time soon

Same applies to St Petersburg and I'm not sure the mobilisation is being persued in the same manner in the two big powerbase cities There is a very strong element of racism in this mobilisation. In Crimea for example they are said to be actively hunting for all the male Crimean Tartars (20% of Crimea's population and broadly anti-Russian) The large cities in the west of Russia generally has never given two shits for what happens to the ethnically very different (Non-slavic) populations East of the Urals and that is where all conscription drives are always concentrated It's a deliberate policy and has been for a very long time

Absolutely agree, these people will just get slaughtered. It just shows how little regard Putin has for his own people

Last I read, quite a few days ago was that it was mainly defended by die hard LPR troops who were far better motivated than their Russian counterparts.

You can argue that this is just a one off but the sheer number of these type of videos out there shows what an absolute farce this mobilsation is

Father of Eagle-eye, step-father of Neneh and another of the jazz greats (trumpet, cornet, piano and lots of African instruments). Don also got caught up in Post-punk British music through Neneh, as both were member's of Rip, Rig and Panic which was slightly less out there for a Jazz legend than his collaboration with Steve Hillage (Gong / System 7 & Solo)

Ornette Coleman once described him as the best tenor saxophonist in the world A true great of his genre and he worked with a lot of the other greats, John (and Alice) Coltrane, Orneter Coleman, Sun Ra, Don Cherry, Jah Wobble (ok I'm slightly teasing here) and his colaboration with Floating Points and the London Symphony Orchestra was widely acknowledged as one of the albums of the year last year

Hell appears to have frozen over

Its only just ocurred to me that she's also the only one named after an actual spice

Trickle down corruption

This says everything you need to know. Thats how far to the right the Tories have gone and how much they've lost their minds

AL Jaz is hardly an unbiased reporter when it comes to Corbyn's Labour And Corbyn is history, ancient history Not watched it because I don't see the point

Another new release. Double LP compilation of Garage music (no not that dance bollocks), thats runs from the early stuff in the 60s like Psychotic Reaction by The Count Five and the 13th Floor Elevators, through to the current day, via stuff like Weed Bus by The Stairs (Edgar Jones) to Tame Impala / Pond / Oh Sees By the same label (Two Piers) that also gave us the Pop Psychedelique compilation of French Psyche This is not full of hidden gems but it is full of top tunes Garage Psychedelique.

and burning sheep

Next up is this not really an album, a 2 track 10" but it's also a soundtrack to a graphic novel, which is a bit unusual in itself and as it plays at 33 and we don't really have an EP topic, it's going in here A favourite of mine, the Bristolian Krautrock inspired Beak> With KosmiK Musik, soundtrack to a graphic novel of the same name by Joe Cume and Ben Wheatley @osmark86This might be up your street

people who have square toilets are to blame

So, I'm home and this one was the first to be played New album from The Comet is Coming - Hyperdimensional Expansion Beam On first play, it doesn't hit you as immediately as their previous releases but I think it'll definitely be a grower. I like it, there's more subtle textures going on in the background compared to the previous albums

From the Security Council, definitely. Their veto is a stumbling block to world peace

Stop it. He hasn't got any big toys and this will not go nuclear. There are no new wonder weapons

As an aside, Lada's orer books were doing fantastically well before mobilisation. All the dead soldiers families were buying them with the compo money. Yuri, go to Ukraine, we need a car! But Moma DOn't you Moma me, Ukraine and see if you can lose a leg or something

The referendums will be totally ignored as they aren't valid. They will have absolutely no bearing on anything apart from Russian Propaganda Its quite clearly defined by Internationally accepted convention what does and does not constitute Ukraine and Russia. Crimea is Ukraine despite what any referendum says

I had to go into town before for work, oh dear, records were bought Still in work but I have this on now as I couldn't wait to get home to listen to it Two rediscovered Jean-Claude Vannier soundtracks from the '60s. La Bête Noire (complete) and some more from Paris N'Existe Pas (incomplete) Thought to be lost forever but again dug out by Andy Votel's wonderful Finders Keepers label Jean-Claude Vannier is known for his collaborations with Serge Gainsbourg (who was involved on Paris N'Existe). Known as the arranger's arranger, he created the blueprint for French Symphonic Psychedelia, this leans heavily on his liking for Free Jazz too. More purchases to follow later.