Ok these are You Tube links – but the second video is strangely still appropriate, 23 years later.

Radio Clash (never seen this): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V21coM1ll-Y

Rock the Casbah: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfwO-Ri7ZTw

A very odd amphetamine twitch Clash City Rockers on TOTP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpFIQY8RJDo

NOISY White Riot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YYJ19W5o-A

Same gig/video: 1977 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MksEbd6plng

(I wonder if these both were that under-the-arches gig in 1978?)

Safe European Home 1983: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daPov16MCpA

Joes remarks echo my own at the moment – ‘why are you looking at the stage? we’re nowhere!’ I might use that bit for the next podcast.
Police and Thieves from ‘Rude Boy’: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNQAAoImjIU

London’s Burning and White Riot – again from ‘Rude Boy’ wow this is from the Rock Against Racism gig http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj9R2mRxf6Y

Shit I wonder if John is part of that SWP melee?

Odd studio video for Bankrobber showing that Clash did that Perfect Kiss Demme style video first: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t_JLkZ5AVE

4 1/2 months.

nearly 14,000 pieces of comment spam.

If my bad scribbled on the back of a envelope with a blunt crayola workings are right, that’s and average 13 pieces of spam a minute.

Now that’s scary.

Got an iPod? You’ve got to check this out:

Following the expose of Foxxconn in China, who assemble Apple’s Nanos and iPods, Apple now say they are looking into the claims of sweatshops, workers having to work 15 hour days, and forced overtime.

Very embarassing for Apple, who tries so hard to seem like a friendly ‘cool’ corporate that’s not like those big bad nasty corporates, and markets itself as being ’socially responsible’ and individualist and well, different.

This is the problem I’ve had with Apple – even thought I now own an iPod – is the disjunct between their PR image using pictures of Gandhi, Einstein and various inspirational, historical and political people, and how they really act as a company which is not too far from say, Shell or Microsoft. Say how they handled the iPod batteries issue, or suing the Apple fansites and publications for ‘leaking’ basic information about their products.
As I said on my LJ when I first wrote about this:

“But hey maybe one of the Chinese in these factories will rise up and a new Gandhi will be born, for them to use on their advertising in future (j/king – sort of…)”

Interesting how they claim workers should be free to form unions, when that’s apparently illegal in China (and I’d guess part of the problem, although I can see the hypocrisy of Westerners telling the Chinese how to run things when look at the fuck ups that have been made in Iraq in the name of promoting ‘democracy’!). Strange form of communism that bans unions? Or did I miss something in the transition between Marxist Leninism and Maoist Leninism?
Thanks to GreatbearMD for spreading the news on this

Incidentally John, (who has also just bought a new video iPod after me showing him Charles II) was grumbling about the iconsistency and bad usability of the interface and software GUI in iTunes and the iPod…well he should know a bit about that, being a senior Information Systems lecturer and all…So surprising how they dont follow their own HCI guidelines anymore!

Named after this amazing critter. Obviously a pussy PC-lover with the right idea regarding Apple products Now if we could raise an army of these cats…

Proud to present to you a great 34 minute mix by Audioshrapnel – real pure mixing class comes to Radio Clash (rather than my paltry efforts!)…and a Daft Punk/Sexual deviancy/BBC are Rubbish themed show from me…as you do.

Mouse Lover! (82mins, 47Mb, All cat) http://www.realityengine.co.uk/radioclash/show-archive/rc_77.mp3

Notes

• Wayne Butane – Harder (from Pay Before Pumping)
  
• DJ Moule – 303 is TNT
• Daft Punk – Live at Coachella (excerpt)
  
• Uminki – Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (from Tom Middleton’s Cosmosonica)

• Rhymefest ft ODB – Build Me Up A Buttercup (from James Hyman – Sing Song)
• King Missile – Detachable Penis
• Chumbawamba – Homophobia (live)
• The Knife – We Share Out Mother’s Health (from Silent Shout CD)
• Tim’s BBC GAY Rubbish rant

• Audioshrapnel – Exclusive Mix fer Radio Clash

• Billy Preston – My Sweet Lord
• Desmond Dekker – 007 (Shanty Town)
• Depeche Mode – Stripped (Live at Coachella)

Apparently to call something (or someone) derogatorily ‘gay’ is not offensive according to those bastions of taste the BBC Governors.

“Moyles was simply keeping up with developments in English usage.”? More like devolving the English usage, and devolving generally (have you seen a picture of him?!?) – any long-term listeners will know how much I LOVE Chris Moyles and his bigotry and terrible DJing – as a public service provider to pretend that saying ‘that’s so gay’ is not offensive, is well extremely blind to say the least, and I’d say quite shocking.

I’ve corrected or taken the piss out of people who’ve done it at work around me – responding with ‘that’s SO STRAIGHT!’ but really it bugs me as a usage. A good guide is to try different usages and say, well, would those be acceptable? And certainly saying ‘ugh that’s so black!’ or ‘ugh that’s so jewish!’ in a derogatory context wouldn’t be acceptable and rightly so – so why is it OK to make the gay and lesbian population the proverbial butt of the joke?

Or use us as political or religious punchbags?
Sorry, this is utter utter bullshit…or is that discriminating against bulls? OK it’s complete utter Moyleshit.