This week we focus almost exclusively on US energy policy.

Bob recently blogged about the topic on Huffington Post, where he framed his piece as a critique of Paris Hilton's energy policy - or rather the idea propagated in her (rather funny) video, as well as in much of the media, that off-shore drilling could 'fill the gap' until structural changes ('re-tooling Detroit') proposed by Obama come on stream. Critically, Bob cites US Energy Information Administration analysis, which CEPR summarizes thusly:

Explosions In The Sky - 2008.08.02 - Lollapalooza - Grant Park - Chicago, IL

Date: 2008.08.02
Place: Lollapalooza - Grant Park - Chicago, IL
Source: Webstream
Encoding: 160kbps mp3

Setlist:

01. Intro
02. Catastrophe and the Cure
03. The Birth and Death of the Day
04. Your Hand In Mine
05. Have You Passed Through This Night
06. Memorial
07. The Only Moment We Were Alone
08. Outro

Dear Radio Friend,
The latest Shortwave Report (August 8) is up at the website
http://www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/shortwave.shtml in both broadcast quality (13.3MB) and quickdownload or streaming form (4.9MB) (28:59)

The FCC voted to punish Comcast for blocking users' access to the Internet. And the People's Production House arms up-and-coming journalists with the skills they need to create media.

The United States has the highest per capita incarceration rate of any country in the world. In the state of Washington alone, prison rates have roughly tripled since the mid-1970s. Do these statistics make for safer communities?

Dear Radio Friend,
The latest Shortwave Report (August 1) is up at the website
http://www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/shortwave.shtml in both broadcast quality (13.3MB) and quickdownload or streaming form (4.9MB) (28:59)

The FCC has approved the merger of XM and Sirius satellite radio companies. And Hip Hop artist Nas joined protesters outside Fox News in New York, calling for the network to end its pattern of racist attacks against Black Americans.

A very special show for a very special month! Almost entirely recorded at the Sumac Garden Party, on 20th July, it features live recordings from bands such as Kembasemba, Wholesome Fish and the Bonsai Project.

The Garden Party took place to raise funds and awareness for the Climate Camp and there was plenty of it.. There is also report from the strawbale building going on at the Ecoworks allotment, there is talk of the upcoming mobilisation against the BNP festival and a wicked report by Louisa from the Forest Fields Community Centre Open Day.

Rant in E-Minor by comedian Bill Hicks, posthumously released in 1997.
The material on this album is darker and angrier in tone than some of his earlier work; Hicks can be heard screaming at his audience in between chapters, and very prominently during the track "You're Wrong Night."

For more free downloads of bill Hicks and other subversive material.
http://soundsofresistance.blogspot.com/