James Derek Dwyer

Come on, let's celebrate

2008-07-24T16:42:00.001-04:00

Mylene : Sexy Coma?

2008-07-14T11:28:00.001-04:00

Mylene comes down to Earth from her space capsule and gets her freak on.

She returns, as if she never left- and consumes the competition

2008-07-12T18:02:00.008-04:00

Grace Jones : Corporate Cannibal

pleased to meet you
pleased to have you on my plate
your meat is sweet to me
your destiny your fate
you are my life support
your life is my sport

I'm a man
eating
machine

I'm a man
eating
machine

A man eating machine

you won't hear me laughing
as I terminate your day

you can't trace my footsteps
as I walk the other way

I can't get enough prey
pray for me

(I'm a man eating machine)

corporate cannibal
a digital criminal

corporate cannibal

eat you like an animal

Employer of the year
grandmaster of fear.
My blood flows satanical,
mechanical, masonical and chemical.
habitual ritual

I'm a man eating machine.
I'm a man, a man eating machine.

I deal in the market.
Every man, woman, and child is a target.
A closet full of faceless, nameless,
pay-more-for-less emptiness.
I'll make you scrounge in my executive lounge.

You'll pay less tax but I will gain more back.
My rules you fools.
We can play the money game, greed game,
power game, stay insane.
Lost in this cell, in this hell,
slave to the rhythm of the corporate prison.

I'm a man eating machine.
I can't get enough prey, pray for me.
a corporate cannibal, digital criminal.

I'll consume my consumers
with no sense of humor
I will give you uniform chloroform
sanitize, homogenize
vaporize
you

I'm a man eating machine
I am the spark
that will make the world explode

I'll make the world explode
Corporate cannibal
digital criminal

eat you like an animal

Ms Jones says

2008-06-30T13:08:00.003-04:00

"I have a terrible temper, terrible. When I hear 'This is the rule' or 'The computer says..' I get mad. People try to stop me every day." -Grace Jones

Philly

2008-06-29T16:19:00.001-04:00

I'm going to Philly on the 15th! I've never been...

I prefer the illegitimacy of integrity, I guess...

2008-06-09T22:40:00.000-04:00

"For better or for worse, independent cinema has become co-opted by Hollywood," Redford recently told the local Deseret News. "More big-name stars are appearing in independent films, which does gives them more legitimacy, but that definitely has its negative aspects as well."

Ben Onono's debut long player!

2008-06-05T16:58:00.001-04:00

Ben Onono's new album NATIVE STRANGE is out in UK June 29th. The track "Blink" features on the soundtrack to THE BOY WITH THE SUN IN HIS EYES and was also featured in Ewan Mcgregor's BBC series Long Way Down. Pre-order a copy of this amazing debut here at 7digital.

Blood for oil (well at least plasma)

2008-06-03T10:46:00.000-04:00

Blood for Oil, Literally
Donors Are Pumping Out Blood to Make Life Easier at the Gas Pump
By RUSSELL GOLDMAN

June 3, 2008—

"Plasma for gas" might not have the same ring to it as "blood for oil," but across the country companies that pay for blood say more people are donating as a way to supplement their incomes amid rising prices for fuel and other commodities.

Recognizing the trend, some labs are actively recruiting donors by enticing them with gas money for simply sitting for 10 minutes with a needle in their arm.

"Donate plasma for gas money," reads a banner outside Las Cruces Biological, a donation center on Main Street in Las Cruces, N.M.

Once donated, plasma -the main component of blood that contains proteins, minerals and hormones - is used by pharmaceutical companies to create potentially life-saving drugs.

"There has definitely been an increase in the number of donors we are seeing," said Debbie Sharp, the Las Cruces center director. "We're seeing anywhere from 50 to 100 more donations per week since March."

Sharp said donors were not stereotypical drug addicts looking for some quick cash, but represented a broad cross-section of society.

"All walks of people come in to donate," she said. "We have teachers, students, people who work for the city. We're definitely seeing a change in who is walking through the door, but they're all saying the same thing. They all say they need a little extra cash to pay for gas."

Sharp said some 720 people donated last week. The center reported record donations in the last week of April, when nearly 1,000 people gave blood.

Christophe Washburne, 38, has been working at the center and donating blood for the past two years.

"I make about $50 a week donating," he said. "I do it just to cover my gas money."

It is not legal to sell your blood in every state, but centers in many of the states where it is legal are reporting an increase in recent weeks.

Rates vary from center to center, but donors are typically allowed to donate twice in seven days and are usually paid more for the second donation.

In Las Cruces, donors are paid $20 for their first visit and up to $35 dollars for their second. Overweight donors are paid an additional $5 there because the process can take longer for them, Sharp said.

At Biolife Plasma Services in Springfield, Mo., donors are paid $25 on their first visit and $40 on their second visit in the same week.

"Some people donate because they need money and other people do it for the intrinsic value of knowing that they are helping others," said Jeffrey Park, the center's director.

Park said there was "no hard data" on how much donations had increased in recent months, "but there has definitely been a steady increase."

"Anecdotally," he said, "donations are tied to the economy. When the economy is bad, more people seem to come in."

But he also attributed the recent increase to an overall trend in plasma donation over the past several years.

Biolife is owned by the pharmaceutical company Baxter, the world's largest manufacturer of plasma-based drugs for the treatment of hemophilia and other diseases.

Laura Grossmann, a Baxter spokeswoman, said the company did not track plasma donation trends.

The Red Cross, the world's largest clearinghouse for blood donations, does not pay for blood but has nevertheless gotten on the blood-for-gas bandwagon.

Donors in California who give blood in the month of June will be entered into a lottery to win a $500 gas gift card. Donors will also be given a complimentary meal at Wahoo Fish Taco.

"With incessant summer blood shortages, there really is no better time to save lives," said Clifford Numark, director of donor recruitment for the American Red Cross Blood Services's Southern California region in a statement. "This June, the Red Cross is helping you fill up your stomach and your gas tank, when you help fill our blood bank."

Gas prices reached an average of $3.98 last week, according to the most recent figures from the Energy Information Administration.

Copyright © 2008 ABC News Internet Ventures

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Between Something & Nothing : June 11 NYC

2008-06-02T22:10:00.004-04:00

I'll be in NYC for the World Premiere of BETWEEN SOMETHING & NOTHING at NEWfest 20.

Buzios animoto

2008-05-22T14:18:00.001-04:00

Everyone needs a little Perfume

2008-05-21T21:00:00.001-04:00

Welcome to the DOLLHOUSE

2008-05-15T19:25:00.000-04:00

Lost Highway + Watership Down = Ladytron Ghosts video

2008-05-14T18:51:00.001-04:00

New iMix

2008-05-13T16:56:00.002-04:00

Blue Moon, Blue Flower & Gold Dream

that time of year...

2008-05-13T14:39:00.003-04:00

Pale Saints

I'm tired of too much of this
And this is wearing me thin
There are too many hours
And too many ways to fill them in
Fine friend you're a fine friend
When will I see
Fine friend you're a fine friend
You've been an anchor for me?

I'm tired of holding my breath
There's too much that's been left to say
But I know tomorrow the smile on your face
Will smooth these thoughts away
Fine friend you're a fine friend
When will I see
Fine friend you're a fine friend
You've been an anchor for me?

I'll never walk into your arms

I'm going to see

2008-05-12T20:22:00.000-04:00

Ladytron and M83 in JUNE... ;-)

New Stereolab in August from 4AD

2008-04-29T16:01:00.003-04:00

AQUARIUS 7

2008-04-29T11:46:00.002-04:00

A CHILD BORN OUT OF AN EGGSHELL

This Symbol signifies finding new ways of doing things. Make sure you have the needed materials and resources to nourish this new beginning. Your desire to find a unique way will give you the ability to find new paths and a new emergence.

Transmutation. Birth of a whole new creative original impulse. Expressions of self in a whole new light. Incubated ideas coming to fruition. Private schools. Indigo and Star children.

The Caution: Being different only to follow fashion. Spoilt and naive attitudes. Being too precious about one's offspring, children or creative exploits.

hARD CANDY

2008-04-21T18:07:00.001-04:00

is grrrrreat....

Office Boy...

2008-04-13T20:42:00.001-04:00

Just cuz

2008-04-07T18:01:00.001-04:00

etienne daho - le brasier
Uploaded by cladstrife

Ces instants fragiles sont emplis d'espoir
Même si j'ai été la cible et la proie
De mille aiguilles de cent coups bas
Qui m'éloignent trop de moi
La perfection pure n'a souvent pas de prix

La recherche me détruit
Puis je viens à la vie
Vois tout au fond de moi
Ce brasier qui ne s'éteint pas
Que vive la flamme, que vive la flamme

Pour à nouveau prendre
feu et brûler jusqu'au bout
Cet irrépressible espoir
S'accrocher à des détails, l'espoir
Si la vie se charge de me refaire tomber
Sans personne à mes côtés
Si à nouveau la solitude me déprave
Tu sais même les épaves
Sont de la trempe des braves
Vois tout au fond de moi
Ce brasier qui ne s'éteint pas
Que vive la flamme, que vive la flamme

Pour à nouveau prendre
feu et brûler jusqu'au bout

Rosa

2008-04-03T21:05:00.000-04:00

Because she's and that too...

2008-04-01T16:07:00.000-04:00

Mountain Battles Record Release Party from The Breeders on Vimeo.

Cindy Sherman-esque Roisin Murphy Video!

2008-03-17T01:23:00.001-04:00

She's definitely stolen Bjork's place in my heart...

Flowers on a cliff in Buzios

2008-03-14T21:21:00.002-04:00