NY Times: In China, Human Costs Are Built Into an iPad

Employees work excessive overtime, in some cases seven days a week, and live in crowded dorms. Some say they stand so long that their legs swell until they can hardly walk. Under-age workers have helped build Apple’s products, and the company’s suppliers have improperly disposed of hazardous waste and falsified records, according to company reports and advocacy groups that, within China, are often considered reliable, independent monitors. [read more]

Also... listening to the This American Life episode in January, we started to learn more about how miserable life can be in the massive dystopian industrial complexes where Apple’s products are made.

The 3 Clubs... Hepa Titus... Virginia Reed... Kill Kill Kill

you wanna earn your man... learn your man....

Show!... The 3 Clubs - March 14th

Hepa Titus 10pm

Virginia Reed 11pm

Kill Kill Kill 11:45pm

ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE AFRIRAMPO KILL KILL KILL collaboration... sneak peak.

FULL LENGTH RECORD OUT SUMMER 2012!!!

Monsanto Venn Diagram... pretty crazy!!

Ask Google To Quit The Chamber Of Commerce

This month was extraordinary:  Internet users and tech firms stood together to beat back appaling Internet censorship legislation.  

One of the fiercest supporters of the legislation was the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the major DC lobbying outfit for big business.

The Chamber even launched a direct attack on Demand Progress a couple of months ago, when we asserted that SOPA and PIPA would foster Internet censorship!

Yahoo quit the Chamber during the height of the SOPA/PIPA fight, but Google -- which did amazing work to help defeat the censorship bills -- is still a member.

Will you click here to urge Google to sever its ties with the noxious Chamber of Commerce?

We're launching this joint campaign with a new group called SumOfUs, which works on corporate accountability issues.

There are countless reasons for Google to quit the Chamber, but top on that list:

The Chamber spent at least $32 million during the 2010 election, and that's sure to grow this year.  The SOPA/PIPA loss must sting, and we expect the Chamber to lash out by seeking vengeance upon many of our strongest allies.  Google surely shouldn't want to be complicit in that effort.

Will you join us as we appeal to Google to work side-by-side with us again, by severing its ties with the Chamber of Commerce?  Just click here.

NPR: State Bill Outlaws Use Of Fetuses In Food Industry

"Today, scientists funded by companies such as Stegeman, a Dutch sausage giant, are fine-tuning the process. It takes just two weeks to turn pig stem cells, or myoblasts, into muscle fibers." [read more]

Discovery News: Magic Mushrooms Could Treat Depression

The active ingredient in the trippy fungus could help users treat depression, anxiety and stress.

THE GIST

• Psilocybin, the active ingredient in hallucinogenic mushrooms, shuts down parts of the brain that are responsible for regulating a sense of self.
• In controlled settings, the drug may be a useful therapeutic tool for treating depression, anxiety and other psychiatric problems.
• In the study, the rush of the first 10 to 30 seconds induced some fear, he added, but positive feelings then immediately swept over them.

READ MORE: http://news.discovery.com/human/zooms/magic-mushrooms-depression-122301.html

The Burger Lab: Revisiting the Myth of The 12-Year Old McDonald's Burger That Just Won't Rot (Testing Results!)

The Burger Lab: Revisiting the Myth of The 12-Year Old McDonald's Burger That Just Won't Rot (Testing Results!): When I was young my mom used to keep these McDonald's hamburgers on the kitchen counter for months and use them as props when we would beg for fast food. I think at one point she actually carried one of these old burgers in the glove box of her car for mobile lectures on the perils of fast food... Any way I digress... This is a great experiment! Check it out the burgers do rot after all but there is still some pretty weird and wacky stuff going on. [link]

Posted by J. Kenji López-Alt, November 5, 2010 at 9:00 AM

Drunkest drummer ever...

Only surpassed by the Demello Twins...

USAToday: McDonalds puts on Sheep's Clothing...

Be careful... McDonald's is putting on Sheep's Clothing... 

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2011-05-06-mcdonalds-revamp_n.htm

New review for FBTA in Ireland...

Stoner Rock Dublin - http://stonerrockdublin.blogspot.com/2012/01/killkillkill-from-beyond-agave.html
"A really trippy, relaxed psychedelic sound that make you see the sunshine even if it's in the middle of the night. Just lay back in the grass, turn on their music on and relax. But be careful, you could face reality when you return to earth again. "

We lost this guitar at the Echo on Wednesday...

Hi everyone we lost this guitar at the Echo Last Wednesday. If anyone sees it can you let us know?? Thanks! We really miss it... :(

UPDATE... WE FOUND THE GUITAR THANKS SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED OUT! SO PSYCHED!!!