Finally, our first post to you!

We formally begin this blog with........

PULP FUSION:  Funky jazz classics & original breaks from the tough side (Volume 1) (1997)

What is Funk? We just don't know. It comes in many forms- from  jazz to soul influenced grooves, to fun disco beats. What funk is depends on who you are talking to. 

Vol. 1 of Pulp Fusion represents the decidedly harder hitting funk and R&B of the late 60's early 70's,  and what a trip is!  Just listen to First Come, First Serve which could serve as a soundtrack to any number of Blacksploitation films of the period. Melting Pot by Booker T. & the MG's is much more soul oriented.  Hang Up Your Hang Ups by Herbie Hancock or the Bump by George Freeman, who cook up booty shaking, danceable jazz beats and foreshadow what Disco would later be. Those seeking more sensual riffs will be satisfied with the nearly 10 minute long funk orgy - Afrodesia and Don't It Drive you Crazy by the Pointer Sisters.  Perfect backdrops to dim light rendezvous…….

Whatever funk is, whatever your flavour, Pulp Fusion Vol. 1 has the shit you want to hear.


1. Shifting Gears - Hammond, John
2. Chitterlings Con Carne - Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers
3. Don't It Drive You Crazy - Pointer Sisters
4. Inner City Blues - Wilson, Reuben
5. First Come First Serve - Wilson, Reuben
6. Melting Pot - Booker T & The MGs
7. Every Time He Comes Around - Riperton, Minnie
8. Burning Spear - SOUL
9. Bump - Freeman, George
10. Crab Apple - Muhammad, Idris
11. Hang Up Your Hang Ups - Hancock, Herbie
12. Afrodesia - Smith, Lonnie

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Wiki Leaks Pay Pal accounts frozen

From the WikiLeaks website:

WIKILEAKS PRESS RELEASE (Dec 4, 2010)

Yesterday, PayPal, the US based internet banking giant, froze the public donations of whistleblowing publication WikiLeaks. WikiLeaks is entirely supported by donations from the general public, most of which come via PayPal. PayPal issued a concurrent press release saying that it had "permanently suspended" the WikiLeaks account, which is operated by the German charity WHS, under its charter to support the distribution of knowledge.

Although WikiLeaks has been victorious in all its court proceedings, and there are no pending proceedings, PayPal claims "our payment service cannot be used for any activities that encourage, promote, facilitate or instruct others to engage in illegal activity."

WikiLeaks editor, Julian Assange, stated that "What we are seeing here are dangerous moves towards a digital McCarthyism. These actions, and the others like it, are not the result of a legal process, but rather, are a result of fear of falling out of favor with Washington."

The move comes after several similar attacks this week, starting with the removal of WikiLeaks’ Amazon.com servers after interference by US Senator Lieberman & the Department of Homeland Security. Lieberman called for "[A]ny other company or organization that is hosting WikiLeaks to immediately terminate its relationship with them,". On Thursday the Callifornia company EveryDNS severed its connections with WikiLeaks after it said it suffered massive, illegal, denial of service attacks on its infrastructure by unknown entities. On Friday, the Library of Congress censored connections to WikLeaks.

PayPal is not the first payment processor to bow to U.S. pressure. Back on August 13, 2010, just one week after the release of the WikiLeaks "Afghan War Dairies", Moneybookers, also suspend WikiLeaks ability to collect donations, stating that, "[F]ollowing recent publicity [The Afghan War Diaries] and the subsequently [sic] addition of the WikiLeaks entity to blacklists in Australia and watchlists in the USA, we have terminated the business relationship"

WikiLeaks stated that the PayPal account suspension was serious. "The vast majority of our donations come through this account. We can still accept bank transfers, cheques and some credit cards. If you support our work, right now is the time to support us through these another means."

On Wednesday, two days before the asset freeze, WikiLeaks Editor in Chief also stated in a widely reported Forbes cover story that WikiLeaks would expose tens of thousands of files relating to abusive practices in US financial institutions.

Audio Auditor comment (Dec 6, 2010):

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was taken into custody today by the British police. This, combined with the systematic elimination of funding sources and bank accounts, probably spells the end to this remarkable organization. How long the site will remain without Assange at the helm or funding is a matter for debate, but no doubt at this very moment he is under considerable pressure to shut it down. 

What bothers me more is that this may mark the beginning of greater internet censorship and controls, especially on those who claim to have inside information.

Stay tuned. I have a feeling free discourse and disclosure may look quite different ten years hence......