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The Dirtiest Things You Touch Every Day
What is on this list may surprise you. From regular occasional hand-washers to germaphobes, this list of dirtiest objects you touch every day is guaranteed to get your skin crawling and your hands frantically searching for the sanitizer.
Get your soap and your sanitizer, and get ready to dive into this list of dirtiest objects. You may never want to touch anything again after this.
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MoneyYou better have as much tolerance for the dirt on your bills as you have for the love of money itself, because you won't be escaping money's bacteria any time soon.
From the store cashier to the drug dealer's cocaine to the homeless man on the street, there's an enormous amount of bacteria on every buckaroo in your pocket. Dr. Darlington (yep, that's the name), the Health Commissioner of New York, found 135,000 bacteria from washing one bill and 126,000 from another. In other words, experts have long been afraid that paper money could be the source of a contagion outbreak.
It's about time to put on those latex gloves. Or encase yourself in a plastic bubble.
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HANKS: (gasps) Oh my gosh!
CAMBERT: (holding up doll) This is a Major Matt Mason!
HANKS: (in unison) Major Matt Mason. There he is! Right there! Well, now, Okay. (handles doll) Yes. Because this would have — used to have been white. Now, you don't have the helmet. (jokes) What's the point? But you'll notice there: see, there he would be relatively pose-able and this is what would go on. And this is what would go on for — I would sit by the coffee table in my mom's living room, going like this (breathes deeply). I'd do that for hours and hours and hours. Was I sick or what?
CAMBERT: Yeah, a little bit.
HANKS (handing it back to CAMBERT): Major Matt Mason!
CAMBERT: Its yours!
HANKS: Oh, stop!
CAMBERT: Although, you dissed me with the 'NO HELMET!' thing, so maybe I should take it back …
HANKS (laughs): Well, no, that's alright.
CAMBERT: Now, I think I want it back...
HANKS: No, no, no.
CAMBERT: I want Major Matt back. (sarcastically at doll in HANKS's pocket) Yeah, that'll look nice. You'll talk to Major Matt. Should I ask him questions?
HANKS (talking to doll in his pocket): What do you think, Major Matt? (makes deep breathing noises)
CAMBERT: At the very end of our interview, I'd like to do something called: 'True And False.'
HANKS: Okay.
CAMBERT: Subject: 'Tom Hanks'. Are you ready?
HANKS: Yeah.
CAMBERT: True or false? You are a direct descendant of Nancy Hanks Lincoln — Abraham Lincoln's mother.
HANKS: True.
CAMBERT: That is true?!
HANKS: Yes.
CAMBERT: Mm. True or False?: because of your love of space you asked George Lucas if you could have a role in Star Wars: Episode 3, playing the part of Jar Jar Hanks.
HANKS (laughs):
CAMBERT: True or False?
HANKS: False. I'm sorry to say.
CAMBERT: True or False: Steven Spielberg refers to you as 'Old Faithful.'
HANKS: Uh, not to my face! (laughs)
CAMBERT: But it could be true?!
HANKS: It could be true!
CAMBERT: Well, Tom — it was great to see you again, man.
HANKS: Always a pleasure. Thank you very much. Thank you for Major Matt. And, oh — just one last thing. (holds up doll, breathes deeply)
CAMBERT: You're scaring me, now.
HANKS: (keeps holding up doll, breathes deeply)
CAMBERT: Bye-bye.
HANKS: (keeps holding up doll, breathes deeply)
CAMBERT: It's a two-hour show, Tom. Bye-bye. (off-camera laughter)

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Heineken Cup: Saracens see off Ulster to reach the semi-finals
Last Updated: 06/04/13 9:22pm
Try-scorer Chris Ashton is congratulated by Brad Barritt and Joel Tomkins
Saracens completely dominated Ulster on their way to a 27-16 victory at Twickenham and a place in the Heineken Cup semi-finals.
It was an impressively controlled display from the Premiership leaders, based around solid defence and the boot of Owen Farrell, the England fly-half kicking six of his seven attempts at goal.
The finale was provided by a scintillating score from Chris Ashton in the closing stages, as the winger weaved his way over from 30 metres out.
It all added up to a miserable return to Twickenham for Ulster, who lost last years's final on this ground to Leinster and never looked likely to be back here for this year's semi-final.
Farrell nudged Saracens ahead inside two minutes after a break by Ashton, but Ruan Pienaar was unable to reply for Ulster, uncharacteristically missing from in front of the posts.
Pienaar wasted another chance before finally levelling for Ulster, but straight from the kick-off Paddy Jackson was isolated, conceded the penalty and up stepped Farrell.
Pienaar quickly replied but just past the half hour mark a crucial lineout went Saracens' way in the Ulster 22 - the ball looked to have come off Ernst Joubert - and Will Fraser was driven over by the subsequent rolling maul.
Farrell converted and added a late penalty for a handy 16-6 lead at the break.
Saracens' defence was superb and when Ulster finally made a break in the line through Craig Gilroy they did it illegally, a crossing penalty and another rolling maul setting up another Farrell three-pointer.
Pienaar cut the deficit but Farrell again punished Ulster from near halfway and just past the hour the game was safe, thanks to a moment of brilliance from two of Sarries' England contingent.
Chris Ashton arrived on a fine diagonal line, Brad Barritt slipped him the inside pass and the winger was away, ignoring calls from Barritt for a return pass and racing to the line.
Farrell missed his only kick of the night - the only one that didn't really matter - and although Iain Henderson got over for Ulster in the final minute, that merely put gloss on the scoreline that failed to reflect Saracens' dominance.
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COLUMBIA Senate Judiciary Chairman Larry Martin warns another election in South Carolina could be thrown into chaos unless the Legislature passes a law dealing with the structure of county election offices.
His warning follows an opinion from the attorney generals office that a 2008 law on combined county election commissions and boards of voter registration is unconstitutional. If someone challenged that law in court, a verdict could jeopardize the elections, said Martin, R-Pickens.
There would be nobody left to conduct elections at the local level, he said. If a ruling came out a few weeks prior to the election, wed really be in a predicament.
Martin doesnt directly know of any pending lawsuit, though hes heard rumors. And just two years after a lawsuit against a single candidate resulted in hundreds being kicked off primary ballots statewide, hes not willing to risk another election debacle.
Its easy pickings, he said Friday about the possibility of a lawsuit. He urges his colleagues to pass his bill creating a statewide model for combined election and voter registration offices. His committee advanced it to the Senate floor on March 4.
But its being blocked by Sen. Shane Martin, R-Pauline. His home county of Spartanburg is among eight counties that still have separate boards overseeing elections and voter registration, and he opposes forcing them to merge. He was on a business trip and could not be reached for comment Friday.
Larry Martin said the bill is his top priority for the coming weeks. If the Senate doesnt send it over to the House before May 1, its chance for passage is slim, as it will then face a required two-thirds vote just to be considered in that chamber.
He said hell request a vote in the coming week to put the bill on special debate status in the Senate. Though he thinks its best if all counties merge their offices, he thinks his staff has found a constitutional way to allow counties with separate boards to remain that way, to remove Shane Martins opposition.
His measure, pre-filed in December, was a reaction to Judge Thomas Coopers ruling months earlier that a 2011 law merging Richland Countys election and voter registration boards violated the state constitutions prohibition against single-county legislation. Cooper said it represented a special exception for Richland Countys governance model, apart from already existing state law.
But that law is also questionable, since it essentially wrapped into a single law counties various governance models. It was legislators 2008 attempt to make some single-county laws constitutional, a year after the attorney generals office concluded they werent. Larry Martin sought a new opinion from Attorney General Alan Wilson after the other Sen. Martin put on the procedural block, using Senate rules.
Wilsons office confirmed Larry Martins concerns.
Act No. 312 is simply an amalgam of laws, each for a particular county. While the act addresses all 46 counties ... the effect is a different result in each county, Solicitor General Robert Cook wrote in the opinion dated March 12. Even those counties which do have combined boards have different structures, compositions, etc., depending upon the individual county. Thus, while the act may appear general, it is far from uniform, but is instead a collective hodgepodge of local laws.
Such opinions carry no legal weight but are considered advisory.
If legislators dont respond, and a lawsuit does wreak havoc on the elections, it wont come as a surprise, Larry Martin said.
In 2012, 250 candidates were kicked off primary ballots after back-to-back decisions from the state Supreme Court over improperly filed financial forms.
Their ouster stemmed from confusion over a 2010 law requiring online filing, which failed to match up separate sections of state law. The Legislature approved a law fixing that last year.
If we learned anything from the 2012 election debacle, we best learn to pay attention to a clear legal opinion and act on it, Martin said. If they refuse, its not without their eyes wide open. We cant wring our hands and say we didnt know.
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The disclosure encrypts and decrypts data using public key infrastructure with and allows an authorized third party to access and decrypt the encrypted data as required without requiring private key escrow. The disclosure utilizes a user private key, a user public key, a master private key, a master public key, and a session key generated by the system. The data is encrypted utilizing the session key. The session key is encrypted once utilizing the user public key and again utilizing the master public key. The encrypted data and the encrypted session keys are included in a data packet that is transmitted from one data processing system to another. The session key is decrypted utilizing the user private key. The data is decrypted utilizing the session key. When the authorized third party requires access to the data on the destination processing system, the session key is decrypted with the master private key and the data is decrypted with the session key.
1. A method for encrypting data, the method comprising:
providing a first data processing system for a first user and a second data processing system for a second user;
providing a session key randomly generated by the second system for use in encrypting original data;
encrypting the data by the second system using the session key and a symmetric encryption routine;
encrypting the session key by the second system, with a public key of the first user using an asymmetric encryption routine, for storage as a first user key blob;
encrypting the session key by the second system, with a master public key using the asymmetric encryption routine, for storage as a master key blob, wherein the session key is thereby twice encrypted;
storing by the first system a first user private key on any media;
decrypting the user key blob by the first system using the asymmetric encryption routine providing the first system with access to the session key;
the first system decrypting the data using the symmetric encryption routine; and
the second system securely transmitting the data to the first system.
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7. A method for encrypting data comprising:
providing a first data processing system for a first user and a second data processing system for a second user;
providing a session key randomly generated by the second system for use in encrypting original data;
encrypting the data by the second system using the session key and a symmetric encryption routine;
encrypting the session key by the second system, with a public key of the first user using an asymmetric encryption routine, for storage as a first user key blob;
encrypting the session key by the second system, with a master public key using the asymmetric encryption routine, for storage as a master key blob, wherein the session key is thereby twice encrypted;
storing by the first system a first user private key on any media;
decrypting the user key blob by the first system using the asymmetric encryption routine providing the first system with access to the session key;
the first system decrypting the data using the symmetric encryption routine;
the second system securely transmitting the data to the first system; and
a third party gaining access to the data using a master private key to decrypt the master key blob using the asymmetric encryption routine and gain access to the original data.
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a plurality of private keys; and
a plurality of public keys.
13. A method for encrypting data comprising:
providing a first data processing system for a first user and a second data processing system for a second user;
the second user sending the first user a data file;
the second system randomly generating a session key for use in encrypting original data in the data file;
using the session key, the second system encrypting the data using a symmetric encryption routine;
encrypting the session key by the second system, with a public key of the first user using an asymmetric encryption routine, for storage as a first user key blob within the encrypted data;
encrypting the session key by the second system, with a master public key using the asymmetric encryption routine, for storage as a master key blob within the encrypted data, wherein the session key is thereby twice encrypted;
the second system transmitting the encrypted data to the first system;
storing by the first system a first user private key on any media;
decrypting the user key blob by the first system using the asymmetric encryption routine providing the first system with access to the randomly generated session key;
the first system decrypting the data using the symmetric encryption routine and the second system securely transmitting the data to the first system; and
a third party gaining access to the data using a master private key to decrypt the master key blob using the asymmetric encryption routine and gain access to the original data.
This disclosure relates to cryptographic communications systems, and more particularly, to a public key infrastructure that provides a master public key to enable authorized access to encrypted files.
Electronic commerce enables organizations to communicate, advertise, market and sell their products and services over computer networks such as the Internet. The opportunities that this new technology offers are immense, permitting business to become truly global in its outlook and activity. Electronic commerce will allow anyone with access to the Internet to request information on a particular product or service, place an order for that product or service, and pay for it. All this will be done from a business or home computer, irrespective of whether the customer and the company are separated by ten or ten thousand miles. This has major implications for the way in which business will be conducted in the 21st century.
The need for secure electronic transmission of digital information is widely recognized across a wide range of industries engaged in electronic commerce. Transmission of information over unsecured or unprotected communication channels risks exposing the transmitted information to electronic eavesdropping or alteration. A number of cryptographic communication systems are currently available to preserve the privacy of electronically transmitted digital information and to prevent monitoring by unauthorized parties of messages transmitted over an insecure channel. Cryptographic communication systems also improve the integrity of the transmissions by preventing unauthorized parties from altering information in messages transmitted over an insecure channel. The cryptographic systems can further improve the integrity and authenticity of the transmission by providing for recognizable, unforgeable and document-dependent digitized signatures that can prevent a user from denying that they sent or received a message, thereby establishing confidence in electronic transactions.
Cryptographic systems involve the encoding or encrypting of digital data transmissions, including digitized voice or video transmissions, to render them incomprehensible by all but the intended recipient. A plain text message consisting of digitized sounds, letters, and/or numbers is encoded numerically and then encrypted using one of several complex mathematical algorithms that transforms the encoded message based on a given set of numbers or digits, also known as a cipher key. The cipher key is a sequence of data bits that may either be randomly chosen or have special mathematical properties, depending on the algorithm or crypto-system used. Sophisticated cryptographic algorithms implemented on computers can transform and manipulate numbers that are hundreds or thousands of bits in length and can resist known methods of unauthorized decryption.
There are two basic classes of cryptographic algorithms: symmetric key algorithms and asymmetric key algorithms. Symmetric key algorithms use an identical cipher key for both encrypting by the sender of the communication and decrypting by the receiver of the communication. Symmetric key crypto-systems are built on the mutual trust of the two parties sharing the cipher key to use the crypto-system to protect against distrusted third parties. The sender and recipient must exchange the cipher key over a secure channel in advance of the desired communications between the sender and recipient. This process is often slow and cumbersome, and cannot be used in situations requiring spontaneous or unsolicited communications, or in situations requiring communications between parties unfamiliar with each other. Moreover, interception of the cipher key by an unauthorized third party enables that party to eavesdrop on both ends of the encrypted conversation.
The second class of cryptographic algorithms, i.e. asymmetric key algorithms, uses different cipher keys for encrypting and decrypting. The user makes the encryption key public and keeps the decryption key private, and it is not feasible to derive the private decryption key from the public encryption key. Thus, anyone who knows the public key of a particular user could encipher a message to that user, whereas only the user who is the owner of the private key corresponding to that public key could decipher the message.
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) is a set of security services that utilizes one or more asymmetric key algorithms in which messages encrypted with one key can only be decrypted with a second key, and vice-versa in a distributed computing system. PKI allows organizations to establish security domains in which they issue keys and certificates authenticating the keys. PKI also allows an organization to update and recover keys and to place keys in escrow to facilitate issuing authenticating keys. Key escrow is the retention of encryption keys by a neutral agency so as to allow access to authorized parties if third-party decryption of encrypted text is necessary. A strong public-key system is one in which possession of both the algorithm and one key gives no useful information about the other key and thus no clues as to how to decrypt the message. A user of a public key system publishes one key, but keeps the other one secret. The world can use the public key to send messages that only the private key owner can read, and the private key can be used to send messages that could only have been sent by the private key owner.
PKI allows users to append a digital signature to an unencrypted message. A digital signature encrypted with a private key uniquely identifies the sender and connects the sender to the exact message. When combined with a digital time stamp, the message can also be proved to have been sent at a certain time. To create a signature, the sender must put their message through a one-way "hash function" to create a fixed-length string of data that represents the content of the message. This hash value is encrypted using an encryption key, thereby creating the sender's digital signature. The signature is then attached to the message. When the recipient gets the message they use a key to decrypt the digital signature, producing a hash value. They then put the message through the same hash function the sender used to create a hash value and compare the hash value they have re-created with the hash value they decrypted from the digital signature. If the hash value the recipient re-creates matches the hash value sent with the message, they know that no-one has tampered with the message. If anyone has changed even one bit in the message, the hash value the recipient re-creates will be different. By using the key that belongs to the sender to decrypt the signature, the recipient knows that the message could only have been "signed" by the key holder. If it was signed by someone else the signature would not decrypt properly. This is how a digital signature provides integrity and authentication.
In a symmetric key system the sender and the recipient both have the same encryption key, but this method only provides two security services often referred to as authentication and integrity. It does not provide non-repudiation because either party could have created the message. To provide non-repudiation, an asymmetric encryption routine is used. Asymmetric encryption algorithms use a public key and a private key. A signature created with the private key can only be decrypted with the corresponding public key from that pair. To guarantee the security of the key pair, the owner of the private key must keep it a secret, while their public key is made available publicly. Thus, only the owner of the private key can sign messages using that key, but anyone who has their corresponding public key can decrypt their signature. Because the sender used a private key known only to them to encrypt the hash value, they can't deny having signed the message because no-one else can create that signature. This provides non-repudiation.
With the aid of PKI it is thus possible to establish a secure line of communication with anyone who is using a compatible decryption system. Sender and receiver no longer need a secure way to agree on a shared key. If one user wishes to communicate with another, they exchange the plain text of their public keys using compatible public-key cryptographic software. Each user then encrypts their outgoing messages with the other's public key and decrypts received messages with their own secret, private key. The security of PKI thus relies upon the security of the private key. Because a third party may send their own key claiming to be another sender, the usefulness of digital signature as an authenticating tool is limited by the ability of the recipient to ensure the authenticity of the key used to verify the signature. In order to rely on the authenticity of the public key, a user needs to get it from some source other than the user sending the message.
Digital certificates are used to bind keys to a particular user. Digital certificates are electronic equivalents of a passport or identity card and are used to verify which keys belong to which user. Certification authorities are the organizations that issue digital certificates. Their function is to verify the identity of a particular user and issue a certificate to that user. Digital certificates contain as a minimum the individual's identity, the individual's public key, the Certification Authority's identity, and the Certification Authority's digital signature. An individual's certificate is typically freely available to anyone wishing to verify a signature. Certification can be provided by either private or governmental organizations. The only requirement is that the Certification Authority is trusted by both the signatory and the recipient. Certificates are often stored on electronic smart cards. Smart cards are usually the same size as credit cards and may also include data processing capability to allow the signing and verification operations to be performed on the cards themselves. Smart cards are seen as desirable as they provide an extra layer of security when storing a individual's signing code.
There are two basic kinds of smart cards. An "intelligent" smart card contains a central processing unit (CPU) that has the ability to store and secure information, and logic algorithms for making decisions as required by the card issuer's specific applications needs. Because intelligent cards offer a "read/write" capability, new information can be added and processed. The second type of card is often called a memory card. Memory cards are primarily information storage cards that contain stored value which the user can "spend" in a pay phone, retail, vending or related transaction. The intelligence of the integrated circuit chip in both types of cards allows them to protect the information being stored from damage or theft. For this reason, smart cards are much more secure than magnetic stripe cards, which carry information on the outside of the card and can be easily copied.
Corporations and other organization may use encryption for internal and external communications. When a number of users have access to internal data processing systems, means to gain access to encrypted files sent between users on the system and from outside sources are required in situations when there is a need to unlock a critical file and the user is unavailable. This may occur, for example, when a user refuses to produce his private keys or terminates employment suddenly and is unavailable to produce the private keys.
The current method to solving this problem is for the organization to escrow all keys and the authenticating certificates issued to users in the organization. This requires a complex database management system to track keys when a large number of users have access to the system.
A further complication arises if the organization wishes to use the certificates to digitally sign documents. In order to insure authenticity of the signatures, the signatures must be non-reputable, which means that the user cannot deny having sent or received transaction data. When keys are escrowed, there is always the possibility that a third party may gain unauthorized access to the keys and compromise security of digital signatures. One way to avoid this is to generate one key pair for digital signatures that is not escrowed, and another key pair for session key exchange that is escrowed. This results in even more complex system requirements to generate two private keys and two public keys per individual. A simpler system for allowing an organization to gain access to critical encrypted information without compromising security is required.
In accordance with the present disclosure, there is provided a data encryption and decryption system using public key infrastructure that allows an authorized third party to accept and decrypt the encrypted data as required without requiring a private key escrow. The disclosure utilizes a user private key, a user public key, a master private key, a master public key, and a session key generated by the system. The data is encrypted utilizing the session key. The session key is encrypted once utilizing the user public key and again utilizing the master public key. The encrypted data and the encrypted session keys are included in a data packet that is transmitted from one data processing system to another. The session key is decrypted utilizing the user private key. The data is decrypted utilizing the session key. When the authorized third party requires access to the data on the destination processing system, the session key is decrypted with the master private key and the data is decrypted with the session key.
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CPU 120 can be constructed from one or more microprocessors and/or integrated circuits. Main memory 122 stores programs and data that the CPU 120 may access. When data processing system 114 starts up, CPU 120 initially executes the operating system 140 program instructions. Operating system 140 is a program that manages the resources of data processing system 114, such as CPU 120, main memory 122, mass storage interface 124, network interface 126, I/O devices 128, and system bus 130. The operating system 140 reads one or more configuration files 142 to determine the hardware and software resources connected to data processing system 114.
Main memory 122 includes the operating system 140, configuration file 142, and one or more application programs 146 with related program data. Application programs 146 can run with program data as input, and output their results as program data in main memory 122 or to one or more mass storage devices 148 through mass storage interface 124. The CPU 120 executes many application programs such as an application program 146 to establish a connection to a computer network through network interface 126. CPU 120 also executes an application program 146 for encrypting and decrypting digital data as described hereinbelow. The application program 146 may be embodied in one executable module or it may be a collection of routines that are executed as required.
Mass storage interface 124 allows data processing system 114 to retrieve and store data from auxiliary storage devices such as magnetic disks (hard disks, diskettes) and optical disks (CD-ROM). The mass storage devices are commonly known as Direct Access Storage Devices (DASD), and act as a permanent store of information. The information from the DASD can be in many forms including application programs and program data. Data retrieved through mass storage interface 124 is usually placed in main memory 122 where CPU 120 can process it.
While main memory 122 and data storage devices 148 are typically separate storage devices, data processing system 114 may use known virtual addressing mechanisms that allow the programs of data processing system 114 to behave as if they only have access to a large, single storage entity, instead of access to multiple, smaller storage entities (e.g., main memory 122 and mass storage devices 148). Therefore, while certain elements are shown to reside in main memory 122, those skilled in the art will recognize that these are not necessarily all completely contained in main memory 122 at the same time. It should be noted that the term "memory" is used herein to generically refer to the entire virtual memory of data processing system 114.
Network interface 126 allows data processing system 114 to send and receive data to and from any network the workstation may be connected to. This network may be a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), or a global information network such as the Internet. Suitable methods of connecting to the Internet 110 include known analog and/or digital techniques, as well as networking mechanisms that are developed in the future. Many different network protocols can be used to implement a network. The protocols are implemented in specialized software programs that allow computers to communicate across a network. TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol), used to communicate across the Internet 110, is an example of a suitable network protocol.
System bus 128 allows data to be transferred among the various components of data processing system 114. Although data processing system 114 is shown to contain only a single main CPU 120 and a single system bus 128, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present disclosure may be practiced using a data processing system that has multiple CPUs 120 and/or multiple busses 128. In addition, the interfaces that are used in the preferred embodiment may include separate, fully programmed microprocessors that are used to off-load computationally intensive processing from CPU 120, or may include input/output (I/O) adapters to perform similar functions.
The private keys of each user may be stored on a personally held smart card 134. Storing the private key in smart card 134 is advantageous because the private key is safely maintained therein, never leaving smart card 134 or passing through the data processing system 114. Even if data processing system 114 is compromised, the user's private key is not available to the intruder. Smart card reader 132 is coupled to CPU 120 through system bus 130. Smart card reader 132 receives smart card 134 in a conventional manner. Each smart card 134 is unique to its owner-user and contains the user's private keys and any public keys, as well as any other data that may be required by the systems with which smart card 134 is utilized. Smart card 134 further includes microprocessor technology that embeds known, selected symmetric encryption schemes such as RC4, DES, or 3DES, and asymmetric encryption schemes, such as RSA, Diffie-Hellman, DSS, and the like in a memory device coupled to a microprocessor. The smart card 134 is thus capable of performing encryption and decryption operations in accordance with the encryption scheme utilized.
While the present disclosure is described in the context of a fully functional data processing system, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present disclosure is capable of being distributed as an article of manufacture in a variety of forms, and that the present disclosure applies equally regardless of the particular type of signal bearing media used to actually carry out the distribution. Examples of signal bearing media include: recordable type media such as floppy disks and CD-ROM, transmission type media such as digital and analog communications links, as well as other known media storage and distribution systems.
In order to transmit a message to the first user on first data processing system 202, second data processing system 204 includes program instructions to generate session key 218, to encrypt data 220 using session key 218, to encrypt session key 218 with first user's public key 210, to encrypt session key 218 with master public key 212, to generate data packet 222 including encrypted session keys 224, 226 and encrypted data 228, and to transmit data packet 222 to first data processing system 202. Note that data packets such as data packet 222 may be generated and transmitted to one or more different data processing systems instead of or in addition to first data processing system 202, using the appropriate user's public key, session key 218 or a new session key, and master public key 212. First data processing system 202 receives encrypted data 228, and includes program instructions to decrypt encrypted session key 224 with first user's private key 206, and to decrypt encrypted data 228 with session key 218 to re-create original data 220.
Note that the present disclosure also includes master public key 212 and master private key 230 to allow an authorized third party to gain access to encrypted data received by a user. The third party executes program instructions on first data processing system 202 to decrypt encrypted session key 224 using master private key 230, and to decrypt encrypted data 228 with session key 218 and to re-create original data 220. Thus, the present disclosure advantageously provides a system that allows non-repudiation to be established with only one key pair and simplifies key escrow procedures and the attendant database management overhead. Additionally, multiple master public keys can be created for designated multiple master key authorities. This would require all the designated authorities to combine their master private keys to decrypt the session key, thereby further helping to ensure that the encrypted data is accessed only by authorized third parties.
Public key data encryption system 200 may utilize one or more of several known asymmetric and symmetric encryption routines, depending on the user's requirements. One embodiment implementing the present public key data encryption system 300 using the known Diffie-Hellman method, for example, is shown in
Upon receiving encrypted data packet 222, first data processing system 202 generates session key 218 using second user's public key and first user's private key 206 as shown in block 314, and then uses session key 218 to decrypt encrypted data 228 as shown in block 316. A similar process is followed when an authorized third party requests access to encrypted data 228 using master public key 212 and master private key 230 instead of first user's public and private keys 210, 206.
Note that the Diffie-Hellman scheme requires that a trusted entity or a certifying authority sign the receiving user's public key certificate so that a sending user can trust that the information contained within is correct. Another well-known asymmetric key algorithm, the RSA algorithm, involves the computationally intensive task of factoring a number that is the product of two large prime numbers. As with the Diffie-Hellman scheme, the RSA algorithm is relatively straightforward to compute but practically infeasible to invert. Thus, it is not feasible to derive the private key from the public key and, in this way, the privacy of the communication is preserved. Once a message is encrypted with the public key using the RSA algorithm, only the private key can decrypt it, and vice versa. As with the Diffie-Hellman scheme, the RSA algorithm requires a trusted entity to certify and publicize the user's public keys. In contrast to the Diffie-Hellman scheme, however, the RSA algorithm does not itself generate a session key to be used symmetrically by the parties. Instead, the public encryption key for a particular user directly encrypts communications to that user and that user's private decryption key decrypts those communications encrypted with the user's public key.
Because the asymmetric encryption algorithms can be relatively computationally intensive compared to symmetric encryption algorithms, it is much simpler and efficient to use an asymmetric algorithm to encrypt and decrypt a cipher key that may then be used to encrypt and decrypt data using a symmetric algorithm. Thus, the present disclosure may be implemented using an asymmetric encryption algorithm, a symmetric encryption algorithm, or a combination of an asymmetric and symmetric encryption algorithm. The embodiments of the present disclosure would then change accordingly, however, the important aspect is the inclusion of one or more master public keys and one or more master private keys to allow an authorized third party to access the encrypted data even when the user's private key is not accessible.
While the embodiments have been described with respect to the embodiments and variations set forth above, these embodiments and variations are illustrative and the disclosure, is not to be considered limited in scope to these embodiments and variations. For example, a user's private key or master key may be stored on a smart card, however, the private keys may also be stored on alternate computer readable mediums that are incorporated in data processing system 114. Accordingly, various other embodiments and modifications and improvements not described herein may be within the spirit and scope of the present disclosure, as defined by the following claims.
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Report: ISNA Gave $100K to Terrorist Front Group
2:15 PM, Jun 24, 2009 • By THOMAS JOSCELYN
A few days ago, Jennifer Rubin, writing at Pajamas Media, wondered: "Why is the Justice Department Cozying Up to Islamic Radicals?"
Rubin obtained a copy of an email seeking volunteers at the DOJ to represent the department in its booth at the Islamic Society of North America's convention. ISNA is no moderate Islamic fellowship, Rubin noted. Because of the excellent work done by federal prosecutors and organizations such as Steve Emerson's Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT), we know that ISNA has longstanding ties to radical groups around the world.
For example, ISNA was an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation trial. That trial resulted in the conviction of five former HLF officials who, among other illicit activities, were soliciting funds on behalf of Hamas, a radical wing of the Muslim Brotherhood that seeks the destruction of Israel.
As the Emerson's IPT has noted:
That is, federal prosecutors believe that the ISNA is a Trojan horse, operating on U.S. soil to collect funds for international extremism and terrorism, as well as to influence American public opinion.
Despite ISNA's disturbing ties, Rubin noted, the DOJ has repeatedly made "outreach efforts" to the organization. This occurred during the Bush years and has continued on in the Obama administration. An ISNA employee was even invited to speak at Obama's inaugural prayer service.
If ISNA's ties to Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood won't dissuade the DOJ from befriending the organization, perhaps the group's ties to an al Qaeda charity will.
In a must-read exposé on the financial ties between Saudi Arabia, including members of the royal family, and al Qaeda, the New York Times linked to several supporting documents today. One of these documents is a dossier prepared by German criminal investigators in 2003. The Germans investigated the financial dealings of an organization called the Third World Relief Agency (TWRA), which moved hundreds of millions of dollars around in its sponsorship of terrorism.
TWRA was run by senior Bosnian government officials, and sponsored the relocation of hundreds, if not thousands, of jihadists to Bosnia to fight in the 1990s. While carrying out some legitimate humanitarian functions as a cover, TWRA was really a front for global terrorist operations.
And the ISNA was likely one of its donors.
The German criminal investigators' entry on ISNA reads (see this page on the Times's web site):
German criminal investigators concluded that ISNA's six-figure donation to TWRA was split into four transfers between July and October of 1992.
What was TWRA doing at the time? It was funding the terror network that executed the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and orchestrated a follow-on attack against landmarks in the New York metro area.As Evan Kohlmann explains in his book, Al-Qaida's Jihad in Europe:
That is just the tip of the iceberg. TWRA had ties to al Qaeda members and supporters the world over. Kohlmann notes that Osama bin Laden was suspected of donating "large sums of money" to TWRA to fund the jihad in Bosnia. Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman, whose jihadists executed the World Trade Center bombing and organized the follow-on landmarks plot, was caught on tape talking to TWRA officials. TWRA "volunteered to spread" Rahman's message and sell the Blind Sheikh's "militant videotapes and sermons in mosques throughout Europe," Kohlmann reported.
There's more, of course. But it would take pages to summarize TWRA's international jihadist activities, from transiting terrorists around the globe to arranging for massive arms shipments. In addition to Kohlmann's book, TWRA's violent legacy, including ties to al Qaeda, are spelled out in elaborate detail by John Schindler in his book, Unholy Terror. Schindler was formerly one of the NSA's top analysts on the Balkans. He includes pages of details on TWRA's terrorist activities.
This is the organization that ISNA financially supported. In turn, the DOJ believes it should work with ISNA for some unknown reason.
As Rubin asks: "what is the Justice Department doing soliciting employees through the Justice Department email system to attend a convention at which ISNA can propagate its views?"


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DOWNLOAD: Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms" (Apache Beat Remix) (MP3)
Wall Street Journal: How are you adjusting to the move from Austin to New York?Neon Indian's pre-Helsinki tour includes that free, current-hometown show at Governors Island on August 14th, and that Converse-presented "Gone to Governors" show now has openers, and they are Nite Jewel, Prefuse 73, and Dom.
Alan Palomo: New York has a really funny way of lighting a fire under your a** and keeping you in that state of mind where you have to be creative just to even survive. Whereas I feel like Texas, as much as I love it, it's so laid back it inspires a breed of meandering.
WSJ: Are you feeling pressure to keep up the momentum?
Alan Palomo: As soon as we're off tour in late October, I'm going to start writing the new Neon Indian record. And I'm already halfway done with the VEGA record. I figure for the Neon Indian record, I need to get out of New York, given that I have so many friends there. I need to throw myself into that state of mind that helped spawn the first one, which is to isolate myself in some city that I don't know much about. The fantasy is Helsinki.
And this past weekend, while Dom was playing the Siren Festival (Apache Beat too) (they did the remix you can download for free above), Alan was busy in Chicago hanging out and then playing the 2010 Pitchfork Festival (Neon Indian's set was on Sunday). Some more pictures from his Pitchfork set, and all NI dates, below...
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Pitchfork Fest 2010 in pics & setlists (Day 3 - Pavement, Big Boi, St Vincent, Major Lazer, Lightning Bolt & more)
photos by Kate Gardiner
Major Lazer @ Pitchfork Fest Sunday
"The tempo picked up again with Major Lazer at 6:15 p.m., and--hallelujah!--it stayed at a pretty high level through the end of Pitchfork 2010...The 2010 Pitchfork Festival has come to an end, and if you've been following along, you saw pictures from Day 1 & 2, pictures of LCD Soundsystem, and more pictures from Day 1 & 2. Now a set of pictures from the third and final day, with a bunch of setlists from all three days (including Pavement's), below...
...Though Young is missing from the [Pavement] reunion, Stephen Malkmus and his bandmates were musically concise, tight, and focused, and they delivered many of their best songs--"Range Life," "Frontwards," "Greenlander," and "Unfair" among them--in versions that were every bit as strong as they were back in the day, and better in some cases than that last stage of the group. Since the music always seemed timeless, there was less of a taint of nostalgia here then with, say, the Pixies reunion, though to be sure, the motivations probably were very much the same, and mostly colored green... [Jim DeRegatis]
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Day 1 photos by Weekly Dig, Wolf Parade photos by Kate Gardiner
Panda Bear @ Pitchfork Fest Saturday evening (Suckafreemike)
"Dear panda bear: you're playing a music festival, not an art installation." - Etan
"The only explanation for Panda Bear's set at the Pitchfork Music Festival is that it's a practical joke on people who are not on drugs." - lifeinzembla
"Panda Bear was nice but wayyyy too low key for a festival crowd" - Carleton Atwater
"hey i'm watching online and panda bear sounds amazing!!" - Nicole H
"Bet this new Panda Bear stuff sounds great on headphones but it's not really festival music" - Joe Colly
"Panda Bear mixing footage on the screen of a little girl jumping up and down and a Great White Shark eating a cow...weird" - Anthony Adamowicz
"Really Panda Bear?!! No "Comfy in Nautica" or "Bros??" Lame." - Michael Roche
"Panda Bear just put 20000 people to sleep at @pitchfork2010. No joke." - angelabosworth
"Panda Bear killed it. set was almost exclusively new stuff. pushing the art to the next level." - Luke Tipton
Panda Bear @ Pitchfork Fest Saturday evening (iissaaacc)
More pictures from the 2010 Pitchfork Music Festival, below...
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Sasquatch photos by Chris Graham, Pitchfork photos by Kate Gardiner
James Murphy @ Sasquatch (May 30, 2010)
James Murphy @ Pitchfork (July 17, 2010)
"Day Two of Pitchfork Music Festival far surpassed my expectations and far surpassed Day One.LCD Soundsystem made everyone else look bad this summer. It all started with their live return at Music Hall of Williamsburg in April, continued through the Sasquatch Festival at the end of May, and most recently happened last night at Pitchfork in Chicago.
Firstly, James Murphy is a rock god. LCD Soundsystem was phenomenal tonight and all my objective journalistic ethics have been shed and all I can do is gush. Taking the stage at 8:30, LCD brought the energy and never let it down, even on tamer songs like "Someone Great" the entirety of Union Park was rapt. Murphy has such a keen knack for dynamics and showmanship, regardless of a concert-goers knowledge of LCD, his concert was a non-stop dance fest. Honestly, this was one of the best live performances I've attended." [Chicago Now]
But that's it for now. They have less than 10 shows currently scheduled between now and Austin City Limits in October, and all of those shows are mixed between Asia, Australia and Europe. All dates and more pictures from Pitchfork AND Sasquatch (I never got a chance to post them before), below...
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photos by Kate Gardiner
"And Yawnfork continues." - Jim DeRogatis
Robyn dominated Friday @ the Pitchfork Festival
"Who knew the best performer of the day would be a blonde bombshell spinning Euro-disco? Robyn -- another Swede and a former child star who's fought hard to regain her own artistic control -- came out throwing punches in the air when she wasn't doing that elbows-high, shoulder-leaning dance all '80s female singers used to do. Fiesty, sexy, spunky, Robyn opened with the virtues of being a "Fembot," assured us that love hurts "With Every Heartbeat" and sang flawlessly through new single "Dancing on My Own" in front of a band dressed in all white, twiddling knobs and pounding synth-pad drums. The latter really exploded at the end of "Cobrastyle," with Robyn showing some kick-box dancing. Her Pink-ish pluck reached its zenith in "Don't F---ing Tell Me What to Do," during which she led some kind of aerobics class (sporting a totally Pat Benatar green beret, too). And she was the crowd favorite. Go figure." [Chicago Sun Times]Robyn is now on tour with Kelis (that tour includes three NYC shows).
This post comes five hours into Day Two of the 2010 Pitchfork Music Festival (which is streaming online). Tonight's remaining acts are Wolf Parade, Panda Bear, and LCD Soundsystem. More pictures and a few videos from most of what came prior, below....
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Sharon Van Etten will play the very first set at the 2010 Pitchfork Music Festival at 3:30pm Chicago time today, Friday, July 16th. She also plays the first set that streams live via their webcast at the festival's website. Full streaming schedule below...
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DOWNLOAD: Sharon Van Etten - Love More (MP3)
photo by Kristianna Smith
Sharon Van Etten will be putting out her second record, a seven-song collection called Epic, on October 5th through Ba Da Bing. The track above is the last song off that. If you've seen her live recently (like at the Chris Knox Benefit), you may have caught it. In April, the song was covered at the Music Now Fest in Cincinnati by Bon Iver and members of the National. Their version (captured quite blurily) is posted below, as is a stripped-down acoustic rendition by Sharon.
The new record was recorded at Philly's Miner Street Studios and features vocal assists by Meg Baird (Espers), Cat Martino and Jessica Larrabee (She Keeps Bees). A seven-inch is also due this summer on Polyvinyl.
Live, Sharon will be at Zebulon on July 7th to perform with a screening of The Builder. After that she has a pair of shows in Chicago including the Pitchfork Fest, and then a Saturday, August 7th show at Bushwick Starr with Mike Visser. She's also on the schedule for the Panda Bear- & Public Enemy-hosting Hopscotch Festival in North Carolina this September.
Tracklist for the new album, live videos and dates are below...
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Modest Mouse playing Williamsburg Waterfront, the Pitchfork Festival (updated full lineup) & other tour dates
Modest Mouse @ Terminal 5 in March 2009 (more by Chris La Putt)
Modest Mouse will join Faith No More and Nas & Damian Marley (tickets) as one of the acts set to play at Williamsburg Waterfront in Brooklyn this summer. Their Friday, July 23rd show will be ticketed/non-free (like the others mentioned). Tickets go on sale Friday at noon (which is when the just-added Faith no More show goes on sale too).
Modest Mouse's Brooklyn show is a week after they play the Pitchfork Festival which recently updated its lineup. New acts playing the Chicago fest include Big Boi, Major Lazer, Neon Indian, Beach House, Free Energy, Local Natives, Robyn & more. Check that out in full below. Single day tickets are still on sale.
UPDATE: Modest Mouse's Brooklyn show is one day after they play one in NJ.
Modest Mouse will be reissuing their third album, The Moon & Antarctica, on vinyl for its 10th anniversary, on Record Store Day - this Saturday, April 17th. "The album features restored original artwork and replicates the infinite lock groove found in the original vinyl pressings of 2000. The new vinyl reissue includes a download card for the album." All dates the the P4K Fest lineup, below...
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Wolf Parade @ Terminal 5 in 2008 (more by Kyle Dean Reinford)
The Wolf Parade fansite reports that Wolf Parade will be touring the USA this July (which is supposed to be timed to coincide with a new album - see the comments). Dates include a NYC show back at Terminal 5 and the Pitchfork Festival (thx Hiro). All dates below...
Continue reading "Wolf Parade - 2010 tour dates (NYC, Pitchfork Fest, more)"
Pitchfork Festival updates lineup (Broken Social Scene, Jon Spencer, Panda Bear, Girls, El-P & more)
The Pitchfork Music Festival celebrates its 5th anniversary this year at Union Park in Chicago. It runs from Friday July 16th - Sunday July 18th. Three-day passes are now sold out, but you can still get single-day passes on Ticketweb.
The Updated Lineup is below:
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the 2010 Pitchfork Music Festival will be held at Chicago's Union Park on July 16 - 18. We are pleased to announce the first batch of bands slated to perform, as well as proclaim that tickets are on sale today at 12 PM CST! This year's festival welcomes the highly anticipated return of legendary band Pavement as they make one of their first appearances since reuniting! Pavement will perform on Sunday night. Friday features indie-rock, chart-topping mainstays Modest Mouse, while Saturday and Sunday sees performances by LCD Soundsystem, Raekwon, Here We Go Magic, St. Vincent, Lightning Bolt, Cass McCombs and Sleigh Bells. Stay tuned, as more bands will be announced in the coming weeks.Meanwhile, Sleigh Bells will be keeping busy by touring with both Yeasayer and Major Lazer. Pavement's first North American reunion date so far is Coachella. The list of confirmed Pitchfork bands, by date, is below...
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photos by Joseph Xu
Happy Holidays! I take on more than I can handle. That results in a lot of unposted content. In the name of catching up, while also taking it easy during this final week of the year, here's some of that lost material.
More pictures from the 2009 Pitchfork Music Festival, below...
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words by Andrew Frisicano, P4K photos by Joseph Xu
DOWNLOAD: Elvis Perkins in Dearland - Shampoo (MP3)
Elvis Perkins @ Clearwater Festival 6/21 (more by Chris La Putt)
Drift: You're playing Bonaroo this year, and you did last year. Do you enjoy playing festivals?If you caught Elvis at Bonnaroo, you may have noticed Justin Vernon of Bon Iver joining the band on stage for the last two songs of their set. Elvis Perkins in Dearland returned the favor by adding horns to Bon Iver's "For Emma" and their cover of Yo La Tengo's "I Feel Like Going Home." See the videos below.
Elvis Perkins: Yeah. The festival atmosphere and scene is good fun. Especially when people are all sort of holed up in one place, have pilgrimaged their way to a certain spot, like what you get at Bonaroo or Sasquatch, that you don't necessarily get at Lollapalooza. That behind-the-scenes thing is fun, and just taking part in something like a modern day religious-less pilgrimage, a Mecca of sorts, if good. It lets everyone know that they're alive. The playing of the sets themselves can sometimes be challenging, but once you get thrown to the fire, you get used to the temperature. And if you can accept that it's going to be somewhat chaotic and that it's not going to sound very good, at least to you, on stage, then it can definitely be an enjoyable moment. The last time I was at Bonaroo, I certainly wasn't in the best spirits, or in the best shape rest-wise or nutrient-wise, so it was a bit of a struggle for me against the heat and the dust. But this time I'm prepared, and I know what awaits. This time I'm going to take Bonaroo before it takes me.
Bonnaroo wasn't the only festival Perkins played this summer. We recently posted pics of him at Newport Folk Festival and at the Clearwater Festival. He'll also be at Seattle's Bumbershoot in September.
Perkins's winter '09 tour made two NYC stops - one at the Bell House and one in March at the Bowery Ballroom. At the latter, Perkins ended the night by leading the packed crowd through the soapy confines of the NYC subway system for an encore. Elvis Perkins in Dearland will return to that venue for a show on Friday, December 4th with Bowerbirds. Maybe this time they'll head over the Williamsburg Bridge. Which would leave them not far from their next show, December 5th at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. Tickets for the NYC shows go on AmEx presale Wednesday, August 12th at noon; general sale starts Friday at noon.
Bowerbirds are not playing the Music Hall show - opener TBA on that one. Bowerbirds are currently still on tour with Megafaun who they played Bowery Ballroom with in July 2009 which was not that long before they played the Pitchfork Festival in Chicago (more pictures from that show below). In July 2008, Bowerbirds opened for Bon Iver at Bowery Ballroom (it was part of a larger tour).
Bon Iver has a new project with a new album and tour dates too.
Videos of the above-mentioned Bonnaroo collaborations, P4k pictures, and all tour dates are below...
Continue reading "Elvis Perkins & Bowerbirds played festivals, returning to NYC (pictures, videos & 2009 tour dates) "
Mountain Goats - new Bible album, MP3, 2009 tour dates w/ Final Fantasy (who played Pitchfork & Hillside in a storm)
FF photos by Joseph Xu
DOWNLOAD: Mountain Goats - Genesis 3:23 (new MP3)
Final Fantasy @ P4K
Final Fantasy played the Pitchfork Festival on July 18th, which is where the photos in this post are from (check out his Mayhem t-shirt). About a week later he played the Hillside Festival at Guelph Lake in Canada during a storm (probably not a good idea)...
A few songs into his bravura one-man baroque-pop set, the skies filled with thunder and lightning as rain began to drench Pallett, who continued shredding his bow fiercely across his violin.Video from that moment below.
As stagehands covered equipment with plastic, and organizers frantically tried to cut him off, Pallett kept playing the appropriately dramatic 'Lewis Takes His Shirt Off.' "One more minute," he yelled, as sheets of water hit him full force.
The stunned (and soaked) crowd broke into wild cheers as one minute turned into two and Pallett sped toward the song's big finish like a man possessed -- until the stage crew finally pulled the plug. Still, his heroics had already created Hillside's most memorable moment. [Spinner]
This November he (Owen Pallett) heads out on tour to open up for The Mountain Goats (John Darnielle), who will be playing as a full band (though there is a much shorter string of Darnielle solo dates too). The trip ends with a pair of NYC gigs on December 1st and 2nd, when they respectively visit Webster Hall and the Bell House. Tickets for Webster Hall go on AmEx presale today at noon; general sale starts Friday, August 7th at noon. Bell House tickets are on sale today at noon.
The occasion for this tour is a new record from The Mountain Goats, enigmatically titled The Life of the World to Come, which comes out October 6th on 4AD. All song titles on the new album are Bible verses. John says,
The album was recorded between April and June: first at Electrical Audio with Brandon Eggleston; then at Sonic Ranch with John Congleton; and finally at Baucom Road with Scott Solter. Scott also mixed the entire album at Baucom Road. The band is still Jon Wurster, Peter Hughes, and me; Owen Pallett did string arrangements & played on the Electrical session.One track "Genesis 3:23" is posted above. The verse in question there, "Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken," may aid in your listening. Album art & tracklist, with tour dates, the FF Hillside video, and FF@P4K pics, below...
I guess the obvious question is going to be: "John, have you had some sort of religious awakening?" and while I guess lots of people might want to be coy about answering that, that's never really been my style, so: no. It's not like that. It's not some heavy-narrative-distance deal either, though, and it's not a screed. It's twelve new songs: twelve hard lessons the Bible taught me, kind of. More than that I'd want to wait to say until some people have heard it, which won't be long.
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Pharoahe Monch (and DOOM) played P4K (pics), (Organized Konfusion) playing APW ++ tix on sale, Mos Def dates & more
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Pharoahe Monch @ the 2009 Pitchfork Fest
Though APW's addition of Jay-Z is rather notable (just a tad), it's the reunion of Organized Konfusion that sets the stage for a big hip hop weekend at APW. Organized Konfusion originally stepped away from the mic in 1997, flirting with a return as recently as 2004, but APW marks their first show back.
Since 1997, both Prince Po and Pharoahe Monch of Organized Konfusion have been busy as solo artists, with Monch recently logging time at the 2009 Brooklyn Hip Hop Fest (pics here) and Pitchfork Festival in Chicago. Pics from Pitchfork in this post, along with fellow hip hop luminary (who didn't send a decoy?) Doom. Chicagoist dug Monch, but Doom... not so much.
After that was Pharoahe Monch, who's hip hop set was everything Doom's Saturday set wasn't: intense, ferocious, and with a level of personality the masked wonder couldn't summon on Saturday. Drawing from the crowd, Monch gave props to those such as Rakim, Mos Def, and Michael Jackson. He was the act we knew least about going into the weekend and coming out he's left us only wanting to hear more.Speaking of Mos Def, the routing for The Ecstatic Tour is solidifying more and more. Details are below. Tickets are still available for his show at The Beach at Governor's Island on 9/12.
Mos Def's partner in the recently reunited Black Star, Talib Kweli, is making his way back to the stage with Reflection Eternal at BB Kings on August 28th, a little more than a month after Rock The Bells. Tickets are now on sale.
Styles P, who provided direct support for Pharoahe Monch at Brooklyn Hip Hop Fest, will headline the first night of the Rock The Block Fest at Southpaw (Aug 6, tix here), with Freeway taking over for the second (Aug 7, tix here). Tickets are also available bundled together (here).
DJ STV SLV (of The Hood Internet) recently remixed Pharoah Monch's "Mayor" with The Black Lips "The Drop I Hold". Hilarity ensues. Download that above. Black Lips' collaboration with GZA is is up there too.
The previously mentioned Ghostface, Redman/Method Man jumpoff at Nokia Theater on July 30th is sold out. We're still waiting for Diesel to announce who the special guests will be at the Roots Webster Hall show happening the same night. Speaking of the Roots, their Highline Ballroom residency has now been extended through November 24th. Tickets are on sale.
In other hip hop news, Q-Tip is paying tribute to Michael Jackson at Nokia Theatre, Jedi Mind Tricks and Brother Ali have announced tours, and The Cool Kids are playing SOB's less than a month after All Points West.
More Pitchfork pics, the Rock the Block flyer, and all Mos Def tour dates, below...
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photos by Joseph Xu
As previously announced, the World's most lovable band, THE FLAMING LIPS, will release a trio of brand new songs from their forthcoming album beginning today [7/28]. The "Songs From The Future Album Embryonic," 3-track EP will be available for sale via the band's newly redesigned web site. Go to: http://www.flaminglips.com/ for complete details, concert updates, merchandise and general good vibes.The Flaming Lips are currently in Australia (7/26-2/29), and are then going to Japan, and then they play various dates in the US and Europe in August and September leading up to their September 13th ATP NY gig where they are also curating the lineup of that entire festival day. On July 19th they played the Pitchfork Festival in Chicago. More pictures from that set below...
"Songs From The Future Album Embryonic EP," will contain: "Convinced Of The Hex," The Impulse," and "Silver Trembling Hands;" just a tasty taste of things to come in the form of EMBRYONIC, their new studio album to be released later this year. [Warner Brothers]
Continue reading "The Flaming Lips - new EP out ++ pics from Pitchfork Fest"
Anthony Gonzalez (M83) slapped security (video), apologized (letter) +++ he played the WFC in NYC & Pitchfork (pics)
photos by Joseph Xu
"Damn homeboy in M83 has the weakest slap I have ever seen...inviting the crowd on stage is almost as stupid as stage diving to watered down synth-pop" - Jay Reatard
Anthony Gonzalez of M83 played a free NYC show at the WFC Winter Garden on July 14th. He then traveled to the Pitchfork Fest for a set on July 19th (which is where the photos here are from). On the way, Gonzalez had a bit of trouble at his show in Columbus, OH.
Moments before M83's set came to a finish, during closer "Couleurs", Kibby invited the mainly docile crowd on stage to "bring down the house together." While 30 or so accepted the invitation (including myself), and one concert-goer even went so far as to knock over the glass shield in front of Maurin, all three members remained unfazed and continued through their dynamic jam. Unfortunately, not everyone held those exact sentiments.This morning (as reported by Pitchfork), Anthony issued an apology.
Production staff at the Wexner Center started breaking it up. Fans were ushered off stage, then abruptly pushed off, to which it became a screaming jamboree. Although the fans followed orders, Gonzalez was not happy. He wasn't having it. Because 30 seconds later, he waved fans on stage again, all in the name of dance. This time, however, production staff became angry, violent, and irate. Immediately, they pushed oncoming fans off the stage and stood at the front blockading people from jumping back up. This didn't sit well with Gonzalez, who blew up, yelling "Fuck you" into the microphone at the production staff for messing up their set, all while the two accompanying musicians continued playing. You can only imagine the musical genius at hand.
While one member of their touring staff tried to quell the argument, it was too late. Gonzalez left his post and confronted the production manager for the venue head on, hitting him violently with the open palm of his left hand. The crowd, which continued dancing, appeared stunned as well. Strangers turned awestruck to their neighbors as if to say, "Did you see that?". What's more (and kind of, um, bad ass), the band actually finished its song, and Gonzalez jumped into the excited crowd, who threw him up jubilantly. Soon after, M83 exited and the fans dispersed, knowing they not only saw a great show, but saw their newfound hero (Gonzalez) kick ass in their name.[Consequence of Sound]
That apology, a video of the event and Gonzalez discussing it the next day at Pitchfork (as the Thermals play in the background), with more pictures from Pitchfork, below...
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Sunday 7:58 p.m.: Mew might be the best dressed band at Pitchfork; singer Jonas Bjerre sports an expensive-looking cardigan and tailored jeans, while his bandmates are wearing crisp oxford button-ups with the sleeves rolled just so. The Danish group's sound is equally dapper. Indeed, even the rockers are hopelessly lush--as though everything the band touches is forced to blossom (think King Midas meets Johnny Appleseed). This feel is abetted by Bjerre's lullaby of a voice, an effortlessly melodic instrument with watercolor-soft edges. Mew imbues a decadent "The Zookeeper's Boy" with enough romantic longing to make Jane Austen blush and turns "Special" into a velvet-smooth, disco-rock shuffle. Only two complaints: (1) at just 40 minutes the set is at least 20 minutes too short and (2) the crowd is on the small-ish side as everyone readies for the Flaming Lips performance in the opposite corner of the park. (AD) [Chicago Tribune]Tickets are on sale for Mew's upcoming Brooklyn show at Music Hall of Williamsburg. Mew's Terminal 5 show goes on pre-sale this afternoon. A few more shots from Pitchfork and updated North American tour dates below...
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the Breeders (covered by Thermals) - tour dates w/ Times New Viking (new album, MP3), Whispertown 2000 (in NYC)
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Since we last spoke, The Breeders have expanded the dates and added openers to their August tour. Joining them at first will be Times New Viking (who have an MP3 off their forthcoming record, Born Again Revisited, above), and then Whisptertown 2000, who will be opening both of the Breeders' NYC shows at the Bowery Ballroom. Tickets for those shows, happening August 18th and 19th, are still on sale.
Though the Breeders didn't play the Pitchfork Festival over the weekend, if you were there you did hear their song "Saints" coming off the stage courtesy of The Thermals, who also covered Sonic Youth's "100%," Nirvana's "Sappy" and Green Day's "Basket Case."
After the show, Harris and bassist Kathy Foster told Spinner they've been playing the Nirvana and Breeders songs fairly often, but the other two were new. "Those are all of our favorite songs," Foster said. "We were a little nervous, but it was really fun."They also played the Breeders and Nirvana covers at their last Brooklyn show. All tour dates, and TNV album art and release info, below...
Harris said he wasn't sure how 'Basket Case' would pop. "Pitchfork's such a hipster thing," he teased. "You've got to play it a little cooler. And it's Chicago too, so you gotta be cool. But we're not embarrassed to love Green Day."
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Frightened Rabbit played the Siren Fest, Pitchfork & Maxwell's w/ Oxford Collapse (pics, setlists & video)
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Frightened Rabbit @ the Siren Festival
"Before starting their encore, Scott Hutchison of Frightened Rabbit admitted to the crowd, "We had such a crazy year of touring last year that it was like 'Oh fuck, touring again?' But you guys have changed our mind tonight." It was clear that he was being sincere. The sold out crowd at Maxwell's in Hoboken (7/17) was a rabid one. They cheered loudly after each song, listened intently to most, and sang along to a few. The band grew more comfortable as the set went on despite how hot the room got." [Blackraptor]Scotland's Frightened Rabbit will continue touring North America, on and off, for most of July, August and September. Like Built to Spill, Frightened Rabbit played Maxwell's, the Pitchfork Festival in Chicago, and the Siren Festival in Brooklyn over the weekend (including Thursdaya)....
07.17 - Hoboken, N.J. @ MaxwellsThe NJ show was also Oxford Collapse's 2nd-to-last show before breaking up. They opened, and Oxford's Michael Pace joined Frightened Rabbit on stage for "Keep Yourself Warm". More Siren pictures, with the Pitchfork and Maxwell's setlists, and some videos below...
07.18 - Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Siren Festival
07.19 - Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge w/ Headlights
07.19 - Chicago, Ill. @ Pitchfork Festival
Continue reading "Frightened Rabbit played the Siren Fest, Pitchfork & Maxwell's w/ Oxford Collapse (pics, setlists & video)"
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"TORTOISE was good and everything, but way better the first year i ever went (when i was 14) probably because they were the headlining band that year and played late at night when it was dark. and their setlist flowed better....the request the night thing was cool but i think it really put a damper on the band's moods. EXCEPT! for the JESUS LIZARD. that was so awesome and intense. they didn't act old at all. BUILT TO SPILL on the other hand was a disappoint. sadly :( they looked like they were having the worst night of their life and i could barely hear it. to top it off....drunk bros were behind me screaming the words. you don't scream or dance or yell for built to spill. they even "wooed" the instrument parts between singing. bleh. but it was still pretty sounding and cool to see. i didn't watch YO LA TENGO. i think they're eh." [maybemae]I watched some of the stream and what I saw of Yo La Tengo was much better than "eh"!, and I thought Tortoise sounded great (though it was funny to hear them say something like, "we have a new album out, but we're not playing any of those songs... BECAUSE NONE OF YOU REQUESTED THEM!"). I do agree 100% with the above review of the Jesus Lizard though. David Yow is still a monster, and I can't wait for the Irving Plaza show. I didn't watch Built to Spill, but according to Jim DeRogatis, that was probably the right decision anyway.
Tortoise is on tour and plays Le Poisson Rouge in NYC on Tuesday night. The rest of the pictures from Day One of the 2009 Pitchfork Festival, below...
Continue reading "Jesus Lizard, Tortoise & Yo La Tengo @ 2009 P4K Fest - pics"
Siren photos by Chris La Putt, Pitchfork photos by Joseph Juechao Xu
"Even if you weren't a big fan of Built to Spill--and I was never converted by their postmodern updates of classic Neil Young and Crazy Horse guitar jams--you had to pity bandleader, guitarist, vocalist and Idaho native Doug Martsch for having the unenviable task of trying to follow the Jesus Lizard, headlining over that band in its home town.Built to Spill played the Pitchfork Festival in Chicago on Friday night (7/17). Saturday they headlined the Coney Island Siren Festival in Brooklyn. Sunday they played a much smaller show at Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ (where they played for almost 2 hours). Pictures, videos and the setlists from the two festival shows, below...
Martsch and his bandmates tried their best, making impressive use of dramatic dynamics shifts with quiet interludes exploding into six-string rave-ups. But it was sort of like following a gourmet meal with a Twinkie for desert: It might have been fine as a snack at a different time, but after what had preceded it, there simply was no point." [Jim DeRogatis - Chicago Sun Times @ Pitchfork]
Continue reading "Built to Spill played Pitchfork, Siren Festival & Maxwell's (pics, setlists, & videos)"
The 3-day Pitchfork Music Festival kicks off in Chicago tonight. Watch it Online. Webcast schedule below...
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European producers Radioclit and Malawian singer Esau Mwamwaya have been working together under the name The Very Best for the past two years. You can check out their debut mixtape, which came out last year and samples M.I.A, Vampire Weekend and Michael Jackson, reposted above. "For the recording, the band brings some guests on board: M.I.A. for 'Rain Dance' and Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig sings on 'Warm Heart Of Africa.'"
The Very Best are making a limited number of US stops before their set at the Pitchfork Festival on July 19th. One of those will be at NYC's (Le) Poisson Rouge on Saturday, July 18th, where they appear with Dragons of Zynth, the Que Bajo?! dance party, DJ Uproot Andy, Geko Jones, Zuzuka Poderosa, DJ Supervixen and Açai Girl. Tickets are on sale.
Two Very Best videos, with a flyer for the show, and all tour dates, below...
Continue reading "The Very Best are here - playing CA, NYC & the P4K Fest"
Frightened Rabbit @ Bowery Ballroom in January (more by Natasha Ryan)
Frightened Rabbit are one of the bands playing both the Siren & Pitchfork festivals in the same weekend this year. They're also one of the bands playing a show at Maxwell's in Hoboken right before Siren happens. Tickets for the July 17th NJ show are on sale. It's an early show. Fellow Siren player Grand Duchy plays Maxwell's later that night. All dates below...
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The Arizona Cardinals have a huge problem on their hands at the quarterback position this offseason, and Mike Florio of NBC Sports' ProFootballTalk.com has a suggestion to help solve their problems under center.
"They want Kevin Kolb to stick around but I think they have to look elsewhere," Florio said. "I actually heard at one point, that maybe, the Arizona Cardinals would be interested in Tim Tebow, that was last year."
It may have been last year, but Florio thinks Tebow should still remain an option for Bruce Arians and Co.
"We'll see what happens this year, whether he's in the mix," said Florio. "But I'll tell you Tim Tebow is better than any of the guys they have on their roster.
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True, the Cardinals got miserable play from their QBs last season, but it's tough to see Tebow as the answer. His only season in the Big Apple saw him complete 6 of 8 passes for 39 yards, and when the Jets replaced Mark Sanchez at QB they turned to 2011 seventh round pick Greg McElroy.
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