Since April 9th communities throughout the Peruvian Amazon have been protesting new laws that usher in an unprecedented wave of extractive industries into the Amazon Rainforest. President Alan Garcia's government passed these laws under "fast track" authority he had received from the Peruvian congress to make laws to facilitate the Free Trade Agreement with the United States and to make Peru more economically "competitive".
Over 30,000 indigenous people have taken to blockading roads, rivers, and railways to demand the repeal of these new laws that allow oil, mining and logging companies to enter indigenous territories without seeking their prior consultation or consent. The protests have led to disruptions of transport as well as the interruption of oil production.
In the early morning of June 5, Peruvian military police staged a violent raid on a group of indigenous people at a peaceful blockade on a road outside of Bagua, in a remote area of northern Peruvian Amazon. Several thousand indigenous peoples were forcibly dispersed by tear gas and real bullets. Initial reports of fatalities include at least 25 indigenous people, along with nine police officers. For more information, click here.
We need you to immediately TAKE ACTIONadding your voice in solidarity with thousands of indigenous people. Send a letter today to the Garcia Administration demanding and end to the violent repression and respect for the constitutionally guaranteed rights of indigenous peoples.
As one of the Earth's largest tropical rainforests, the Amazon plays a critical role in safeguarding the global climate. Its destruction releases massive amounts of global warming gases into the atmosphere, worsening climate change. Indigenous peoples are the guardians of the Amazon rainforest. They need your support.
很難想像平均年齡僅25歲,成軍至今也才五年不到,卻在第三張專輯《白日夢藍》便奏出如此完整成熟的絕妙之作,聲音情緒的飽滿程度讓人無法相信這竟然只是一組三人樂隊。整張專輯中的11首歌幾乎毫無冷場地狂瀉而出,Noise Pop, Post-Punk, New Order式的電子聲響和平共處地詮釋屬於遙遠東方的獨特樂音,雖然仍無法褪去已被奉為搖滾圭臬的英倫聲響,但那彷如來自某個農村鄉間野台上的京調子,隱約躲在外貌面具下的骨幹裡轟轟作響。
〈電影〉清新低調的吉他開場讓我不禁想起Ambulance LTD的〈Stay Where You Are〉,帶著一絲苦澀甜味,而後接續的吉他聲響卻直追Stone Roses同名專輯給予的感人熱淚,在美幻的噪音吉他雲霧中糾結纏繞。 "這裡並不只有音樂,這裡有夢也有鮮血" 搖滾樂不單純只是音樂的具體表現而已,反抗與革命的血液終將再起。
〈24小時搖滾聚會〉也許是向電影《24 hours Party People》致敬的 歌曲,然而那快板的曲勢卻不見Post-Punk一貫的憂愁誨闇情緒,而是走過陰鬱地底復又重生的新秩序明亮節奏,間奏的吉他Solo幾乎勾起那個輝煌吉他搖滾年代的所有殘缺記憶,曲末走入Synthesizer與吉他一同架構的花園仙境則讓人想起以暫時解散的台灣樂團The Tube那跳動歡愉的節奏。〈春天來了〉意有所指地批判現實世界的虛假造作與人性偽善,〈愛之過往〉則用中板歡愉輕鬆的旋律哀悼已逝的日子。
Raveonettes X Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 絕對足以構成征戰各方無往不利勝利方程式!《Devotion Implosion》就好比Jenson Button與Ross Brawn共同加持的Brawn GP-Mercedes,即將主宰09年的F1方程式大賽!(歡慶Jenson Button 09年漂亮回歸,四戰三勝直指年度冠軍車手寶座!) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Doves - Kingdom of Rust
〈Jetstream〉活像是The Verve〈Love Is Noise〉feat. Coldplay〈42〉中間再夾個New Order近期兩張專輯常用的碎拍節奏,十足個Space rock 架勢!〈Spellbound〉則一如真實謊言已降的Oasis風格,那套鼓打得像極〈Part of the Queue〉的孿生兄弟。〈The Outsider〉的警報聲響卻讓我想到伍佰的〈太空彈〉,前後觀感未免差距得過份懸殊。假若在過往我肯定會懷疑自己耳朵與聲音記憶迴路是不是出了些什麼問題,但如今謝金燕的〈叉燒包〉與Franz Ferdand的〈Cant Stop Feeling〉都能結為親家,那伍佰與英倫搖滾脈動同步也只是時間早晚的問題而已啦!當大夥都說此張專輯是09年英搖大作的同時,始終無法耐心聽完整張專輯,或者即便聽完整張專輯,印象卻仍只粗淺地停留在方才啟動專輯的剎那,是不是該懷疑自己已不再買Britpop族群的單!?
2007年的冬天,站在中山足球場的草地上,那個夜晚,Muse徹底讓我開了眼界,Knights of Cydonia前奏從揚聲器彼端流竄而出的瞬間,聲光效果、視覺刺激、團員門的個人魅力等等的一切都完美得像是雲端的夢境般,直闖闖的心靈震撼一輩子也忘卻不了。 現今回想,以多屆全英音樂獎最佳Live樂團的Muse現場演出作為搖滾Live表演初體驗雖然極為幸運,然則胃口一下子被撐大,也種下往後觀看表演都尋不回當下那般感動的後遺症。自從去年初看完Broken Social Scene之後,Live表演會後的失落感就不斷纏繞自身。
Travis的演唱會氣氛100分,但Fran溫暖的vocal沒有在當天原音重現 The Music、Mogwai現場煽動魅力100分,但他們並非本命團。 Radiohead無可撼動,但沒聽到經典名曲至今仍感嘆人算不如天算
大概是過去擠身搖滾A區前排的惡夢經驗,同行的四個人打從一開始就沒有長期排隊抗戰的打算(近距離看到搖滾巨星確實有其爽感,但當你遇到爛咖卻無處可閃時,就只能囧到深處無怨尤。而一整場被緊緊束縛,腰桿子與雙腿挺直兩小時的體力意識消耗可能比打一場籃球比賽還要累)一路悠閒自在晃呀晃地進入會場,媽呀!怎麼那麼大呀!Saitama Super Arena也沒這麼誇張,室內場地大得跟足球場一樣,還真的是鄉巴佬逛大觀園被嚇了好大一跳。
燈光驟滅人群迅速地往前推擠,Fuckin' In The Bushes的音樂確認Oasis @Taiwan的事實,也同時啟動演出結束的倒數計時器。親眼見到Liam雙手後擺身體前傾的招牌動作,這一切真實得像是個謊言。而聲音表現上也十分出色,曾經有那麼一瞬間覺得他與去年10月東京的電台頭演唱會同樣出色,只因為Oasis他們正站在台灣這塊土地上!
「你能相信嗎?我們正在台灣聽著Oasis的現場演出呀!」
吉他Solo撥挑的音色與記憶中的聲音如出一轍,每一個音符的跳動皆同時挑弄記憶與當下現場的感動,腦袋裡感應聲音的神經酥麻得像是置身理想國度。Wonderwall的木吉他刷弦一如專輯般清脆潔淨無暇;The Master Plan這首芭樂金曲把靈魂直接從A區撞到後方的Live Forever布掛;Don't Look Back In Anger的全場大合唱則讓人想到那個愛與和平的年代。