Be the signal » new zealand http://bethesignal.org where we're going, we don't need roads... Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:52:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 The Naked and Famous http://bethesignal.org/blog/2010/08/31/the-naked-and-famous/ http://bethesignal.org/blog/2010/08/31/the-naked-and-famous/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:46:12 +0000 Jeff Waugh http://bethesignal.org/?p=1807 Continue reading →]]> If your eclectic tastes include legendary modern music-as-art heroes such as Radiohead, MGMT, Florence and the Machine, Nine Inch Nails and How to Destroy Angels, you simply must check out upcoming New Zealand band The Naked and Famous.

Their debut album will be released in early September, but they’ve put out some mind-blowingly good singles already… here’s Young Blood:

Update: Okay, I can’t just link the one. Here are my other favourites so far…

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I’m joining the Internet blackout today, and not just for my New Zealand friends who are combating this draconian copyright fundamentalism… I’m joining it because if this kind of legislation succeeds in New Zealand — who have a pretty good history of sticking it to The Man — it could succeed anywhere.

Here’s a great cartoon about the problematic legislation from Scoop which very neatly explains the issue:

Blackout Cartoon

Update: New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has announced that S92A will go on hold until March 27, apparently hoping that an agreement will be reached on a voluntary code of practice. The legislation isn’t dead, but this is more than “just a flesh wound”.

Congratulations to the Creative Freedom Foundation for a well-organised, multi-facted and effective campaign against S92A… thanks also to Brenda and Nat, who worked tirelessly to hyper-connect Kiwis and their friends around the world.

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