Category Archives: Audio

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bicyclemark85: CIA Prisons and Torture Airlines

Radio Journalist and Blogger Peter Gentle joins me from Warsaw, to discuss the talk about CIA gulags and where these prisons might and might not be. We also get into the role of Europe has a landing pad for the torture flights, etc.

AudioCommunique #85(mp3)
31min+, 80kbps, 17Mb+

Discussed:

The Beatroot – blogjournalism
Radio Polonia
unnamed sources and the washingtonpost
Not in Poland, but could be anywhere – especially Baku
torture flights
EU will try to do something, but will it result?
Poland’s Role in the War and their Dependency on the US
Intolerance for freedom and openess at home vs. tolerance for torture and killing abroad

oh and I recommended Saskia Nation and Radio Clash – the Anniversary Show

Music:

Outlandish – Guantamo
Boards of Canada – (some background tune)
Jets to Brazil – air traffic control
Vinicius Cantuaria – India

bicyclemark84: Justice Ain’t This Blind

You’ve heard a few things about Stanley Williams from a scattered few media sources, now hear more about the man and the case, the details the media ignores.

AudioCommunique #84(mp3)
31min+, 80kbps, 17Mb+

Discussed:

Tookie Williams on Wikipedia, the entry Ive been fighting to fix
Mumia on Torture
South Central LA in the 70’s
The orgins of the crips and why they were formed
The case against Tookie, the paid witnesses, the contradictory experts
The other suspect and the drugging of prisoners in the LA system
The clemency “discovery”request (88 pages)
The response from the LAPD and State (both the discovery and the response are available on the wikipedia links for the above mentioned Tookie entry)
Film about Tookie starring Jamie Foxx –Redemption
How the critics see it
The achievements and actions of Tookie as a global activist
Nevermind where you are on death penatly. Never mind if you like the man or believe him. The question is — is there something wrong about this case? Are there doubts and examples of negligence?
Credit to Yeast Radio, Mikeypod, and DemocracyNow

Music:

Gil Scott-Heron – Billy Green is Dead
Johnny Cash – San Quentin
Dr. Dre – Death Row
Bloc Party – The Price
Talib Kweli, featuring Res – Where do we Go?
Iron & Wine with Calexico – Prison on Route 41

bicyclemark82: The Right of Podcast and Mashup

World Famous dj, mashup artist, and podcaster Tim of Radio Clash joins me to discuss our right to podcast what we want and the conflicts with money, commercials, and laws.

AudioCommunique #82(mp3)
42min+, 80kbps, 24Mb+

Discussed:

Radio Clash’s 1-year anniversary
Adam Curry and EU laws
Mashups Aren’t Selling Anything
Commercial Podcasts Should Pay
Advertizements on the AudioCommunique?
The Future at risk for podcasting
Self-Censorship and the excessive fear of podcasters
Tim and I will podcast til we have long-er beards or we get arrested (beards preferrably)

Music Includes:

Leonard Cohen with Noir Desir – The Partisan
Boards of Canada – Satellite Anthem Icarus
Stereo Total – Joe le Taxi
Dave Mathews – Out of my hands
Vinicius Cantuaria – bootleg I proudly made at Bimhuis last week (and yes I buy his CD’s and go to every show I can ! )

bicyclemark81: Another Podcaster Visits the European Parliament

OK not really. But I’ve been in the neighborhood in the past 24 hours and this podcast was recorded whilst walking around the suburbs.

AudioCommunique #81(mp3)
22min+, 80kbps, 13Mb+

Discussed:

Reactions and Reflections on my Interview Style
Armistice Day in Belgium
Central Europe’s War Wisdom
Adam Curry’s Visit to the EU parliament
dutch podcast meetup today
Integration.. a word that annoys me
other odds and ends

Music — A bootleg I made. I can say no more about it.

bicyclemark80: Beneath the Surface of Riots in France

Join me and my guest Sophie as she shares how things look within France while the uprising continues across the country. Also BREAKING NEWS about chemical weapons used in Fallujah.

AudioCommunique #80(mp3)
29min+, 80kbps, 16Mb+

Discussion Includes (for those too lazy to listen!):

Amy Goodman speech on media
Podjournalism revolution
Story breaks about US use of white phospherous – more potent than napalm
Call the media networks and demand its reported!
Americunt.com
Briefly on the West Wing
BBC series on Discrimination in France
A communique correspondant in France: Sophie of sophie-g.net
My listener map – its growing!