“Israeli military police have interrogated five reserve soldiers who put on an art exhibition detailing their gratuitous harassment and abuse of Palestinians in the city of Hebron.”
Tag: 06.27.04
Indies Vs. Big Music – Guess Who’s Winning?
Small independent recording operations are thriving as the costs of recording and producing music drops. Indie music is “as healthy, one may even observe, as the mainstream is sick. Worldwide, hit records have become the privilege of a select few as embattled major labels take refuge in safe, carbon-copy acts.” Meanwhile, maverick artists are “increasingly taking music into their own hands, although no one is under no illusions about toppling Global Pop Inc any time soon.”
British Museum Reveals Innards Of A 2,800-Year-Old Mummy
This weekend the British Museum “unwrapped” a 2,800-year-old mummy by use of a high-tech scanner. “Using scanning technology developed by neurological researchers in a London hospital, the British Museum has recreated the kind of public ‘unrolling’ of a mummy that used to draw crowds in the 19th century. In those days irreversible damage was often caused to the remains inside and many mummies were discarded and lost forever.”