Weblog Moved to www.tristanluke.com/wordpress

Dear readers, I've moved my weblog to http://www.tristanluke.com/wordpress/

Stop in for a visit. Please also see my most recent post, a response to blatant lies and propaganda on the subject of canine devocalization in Massachusetts.

Zero 7

I just wanted to alert anyone who didn't know about this music. Musical, thoughtful, introspective, acoustic and electronic... blending textures and elements and most important: vocal harmonies for their soundscape... all with the gift of real songwriting. Why do people listen to drab, uninteresting, self-important artists in the electronica genre when this stuff is available? Thank you Zero 7.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEeIsHU3Zmc&fmt=18

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGNBIYyHQ2k&fmt=18



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If I Knew

I discovered something wonderful today. It's called If I Knew. The artist is Jimmy Sommers with Vikter Duplaix. Have a listen:

More Lives Touched by the Magic

Are you familiar with the chemical spill in Bhopal, India, December, 1984?

Here's a summary from Greenpeace: URL: http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/campaigns/toxics/justice-for-bhopal

20,000 people lost their lives in Bhopal, India after a chemical gas spill from a pesticide factory. More than 40 tons of methyl isocyante (MIC) gas created a dense cloud over a resident population of more than half a million people.

People woke in their homes to fits of coughing, their lungs filling with fluid. More than 8,000 people were killed in just the first 3 days following the spill, mainly from cardiac and respiratory arrest.

The chemical factory responsible for this disaster belonged to Union Carbide, which negotiated a settlement with the Indian Government in 1989 for $470 million - a total of only $370 to $533 per victim - a sum too small to pay for most medical bills. In 1987, a Bhopal District Court charged Union Carbide officials, including then CEO Warren Anderson, with culpable homicide, grievous assault and other serious offences. In 1992, a warrant was issued for Anderson's arrest.



But justice has eluded the people of Bhopal for more than 20 years. Dow, since its merger with Union Carbide, refuses to assume these liabilities in India - or clean up the toxic poisons left behind. More than 20,000 people still live in the vicinity of the factory and are exposed to toxic chemicals through groundwater and soil contamination. A whole new generation continues to get sick, from cancer and birth defects to everyday impacts of aches and pains, rashes, fevers, eruptions of boils, headaches, nausea, lack of appetite, dizziness, and exhaustion.

Changing Location Weblog!!!

Please note that my weblog will now reside at my website. The below posts will be moved there as well.


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