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5 Reasons You Need To Go On A Caravan or Camping Trip This Year
Have you been extra stressed lately or finding it hard to sleep? Getting away on a much needed camping trip could be the solution. Whether you are camping in a tent, camper or caravan you can benefit from the break to your everyday routine.
It's no secret that camping is fun! From spending time outdoors to escaping your daily routine you'll have a blast. Not to mention the positive benefits to your health and well being. The benefits of camping are endless, but we have picked our top 5 reasons you NEED to camp to improve your wellbeing, health and happiness.
1. Camping is great for your health
People who camp regularly enjoy loads of health benefits that come with this fun activity. Generally they are healthier, happier and live longer. From the fresh air to increased exercise and less stress there are numerous health benefits to caravan and camping. The latest research from the Caravan Industry Association of Australia has shown that those who regularly go caravan and camping are not only happier, but also more satisfied, optimistic and energised than those who don't. Ignoring stress in your life can be detrimental to your mental, physical, and emotional health. So why not take a break and give caravan and camping a go this year.
2. Reconnect with loved ones
We live in a time where work life balance is often out of whack, making us time poor and struggling to find time to connect with our loved ones. Camping is the perfect way to spend quality time with family and friends in a relaxed environment and away from all the modern distractions.
3. Electronics Detox
Technology clearly has its benefits, but do you ever feel you or your family need a break from electronics? For most people we don't go anywhere without our phones, tablets or laptops. With camping you can ditch the screens, unplug from all electronics and chill out. Excessive screen time can lead to many health issues for both adults and kids, so a digital detox every now and then will have great benefits on your wellbeing. It might also be a surprise that you and the kids can survive without electronics and actually enjoy it!
4. Improve your sleep
Trouble sleeping? Camping could be the answer! Spending less time in natural light and more time in front of screens has affected our circadian rhythm. Which means that many of us are suffering sleep disorders or simply not getting enough sleep daily. The good news is that research from the University of Colorado-Boulder shows that a weekend camping trip can reset your circadian rhythm and return your bodies normal sleeping patterns.
5. Holiday Safely
There's no doubt that travelling around this amazing country is going to be a much easier and safer holiday. Not to mention Australia has some of the best destinations and experiences, which rival anywhere overseas. With no currency change over, long flights, airports, culture shock, you can spend more time enjoying the sights. Plus travelling in an off road caravan or camper allows you the freedom to enjoy more of Australia. Also Medicare covers you while travelling around Australia, so any medical care during your holiday is free. More importantly with today's state of play, from terrorism to viruses you are much safer travelling right here in Australia.
Today more that ever we are time poor, stressed and out of balance. Being outdoors is great for you health! You get more vitamin D, an increase in endorphins, plus you will burn extra calories without even realising. You can't lose, why not give caravan or camping a go this year.
Posted 13 February 2020
Tags: Camping, Travel Australia, Caravan Holidays, Camping Australia, Caravans Australia, Camping Holidays
Lightweight Camper Trailers
Are you in the market for a lightweight camper trailer? Then take a look at the Cherokee Lite, our popular forward fold lightweight camper. The Cherokee Lite has all the features of the original Cherokee camper but has been designed without the weight, making its suitable to tow behind most medium sized cars and SUV's.
Clever use of space
The Cherokee Lite's clever design allows for spacious living without towing a heavy camper. This lightweight camper trailer sleeps 4 comfortably inside so it's suitable for a family or couple. The internal living space includes a queen bed and the option of a second double bed when you convert the dinette.
A fully enclosed annexe comes standard in the Cherokee Lite, delivering additional enclosed living space. It's well worth setting up the complete annexe when you are camping for a few days. Slide out the kitchen, set up some tables and chairs for outdoor living at its best.
Tough & Agile Off Road Camper
Just like it's big brother, the Cherokee Lite is a tough and agile off road camper that's ready to take on all terrains. With full off road capabilities this camper comes with aluminium checkerplate body, 12-inch electric brakes, stone guard, independent suspension and off road coupling.
Best of all it's lighter weight, super easy to tow and a breeze to set up, giving you more time to enjoy your next holiday.
What makes this camper lightweight?
The Cherokee Lite has been designed and built without the weight, whilst still delivering the bells and whistles you would expect in a premium forward fold. Changes have been made where possible to reduce the weight of the camper, without compromising on space, features or off road capability. So how was this done?
- Fridge – Fits smaller fridge than Cherokee
- Battery – 1 x 100 Amp battery where the Cherokee has 2 batteries
- Slightly smaller kitchen than Cherokee
- Carries 2 x 4.5kg gas bottles instead of 9kg
- Includes 100 Litre water tank, Cherokee comes with 35L and 120L water tanks
- Lighter frame and chassis than the Cherokee
An Eagle Can Go Anywhere
Feel confident when travelling in the Cherokee Lite, with a 7 year structural warranty and an Australian wide 12 month new purchase warranty. Wanting to see this lightweight camper trailer first hand? Head into one of our showrooms located in Adelaide, Perth or Victoria. If you live in another state, we are offering FREE DELIVERY AUSTRALIA WIDE for a limited time our. Contact our sales team today on 08 8281 6696 for more information.
Posted 28 August 2019
Tags: Camper, Off road camper trailers, Lightweight camper trailers, forward fold camper trailers, Cherokee Lite, Eagle Campers, Lightweight campers, Cherokee, Off road campers
Tough & Agile Off Road Caravan
Looking for an off road caravan? Then look no further, the Warrior-15 off road caravan is here.
There is demand for off road caravans that are tough and agile yet still offer comfort and the Warrior-15 delivers. There's no need to compromise on comfort, you can head off grid and still enjoy a hot shower, tasty dinner and comfortable bed at the end your adventurous day.
The Warrior-15 hybrid caravan ticks all the boxes for adventure enthusiasts and currently is our most popular model. This van is larger in size than the original Warrior hybrid caravan so there's no need to compromise on comfort. Boasting an internal ensuite, larger living space, queen fold out bed and a set of bunks, this caravan provides plenty of space for the family.
Well suited for all your off road adventures, the Eagle Warrior is built to be put through its paces. It's tough and agile, with heavy duty independent suspension and a McHitch off road coupling, to provide you with complete confidence when heading off road. The aluminium checkerplate body, stone guard and skid bars will protect the van from the harsher off road terrain.
Made for off grid camping, this hybrid includes all the essentials necessary to free camp in even the most remote locations. With the 300 watt solar pack, gas/electric hot water system, 3 x 100 amp batteries and plenty of water storage this caravan is fully usable off grid.
Want to check out this impressive off road caravan? Simply head over to our Warrior-15 page or head into one of our dealers in Adelaide, Perth or Victoria. For further information call our head office today on 08 8281 6696. We look forward to getting you started on your off road adventures.
Posted 29 May 2019
Tags: Camper Trailers, Caravans, Hybrid Caravans, Off Grid, Adventure, Eagle Campers, Off Road Caravans
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Eagle Camper Trailers & Caravans
Over the last 9 years Eagle Camper Trailers has become a recognisable brand in the camper trailer industry. We set out with the goal to produce top quality campers for the Australian market, while always delivering exceptional customer service. We have achieved this and it's reflected in our positive customer reviews and feedback. Many years of research and development has gone into developing the Eagle range of campers and off road caravans. We know what works and make sure we build incredibly tough campers to suit Australian conditions. Our extensive range ensures our customers can choose the perfect camper or caravan for their lifestyle.
Peace Of Mind When Travelling
Our customers feel comfortable when buying from us as we offer a 7 year structural warranty, along with an Australian wide 12 month new purchase warranty. We want you to feel secure and comfortable when choosing us, so we offer an Australian wide warranty, which means all servicing and repairs can be completed at any authorised locations nationwide. Providing you with peace of mind when you are travelling is important to us.
An Eagle Can Go Anywhere
Now here's some exciting news, for a limited time we are offering FREE DELIVERY AUSTRALIA WIDE. We currently have dealers in Adelaide, Perth and Victoria, we understand that's not always convenient for our customers, so the cost of delivery has been a deterrent for some. If you want to buy one of our impressive caravans or campers, then this is the time to buy, as free delivery will save you thousands.
Why not give our sales team a call on 08 8281 6696 to discuss this exciting opportunity further. We look forward to getting you started on your new adventure.
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Posted 20 February 2019
Tags: campers, camper trailers, Camping, Eagle campers, Australia wide, Free Delivery, off road caravans, Caravans, off road campers
Eagle Caravan & Camping Mats
Are you looking for quality camping mats that can be used with caravans, campers, motorhomes, camping or simply everyday use?
Then we have the perfect choice for you… introducing the new Eagle caravan & camping mats. Eagle camping mats are not only affordable but also extremely durable and eco-friendly as they are made from top quality material.
Where can I use one of these mats?
Outdoor mats are versatile and can be used anywhere as they are light weight and can be folded away easily in their reusable storage bag. They are suitable for whatever your lifestyle needs are; caravans, camper trailers, motorhomes, camping, annexes, picnics, at the beach, the options are endless.
Our customers rave about these mats as they help keep the dirt out of their campers or caravans and give their family a comfortable place to relax when camping.
Why should I buy an Eagle camping mat?
There are lots of matting options on the market today that range in quality and price. We believe Eagle camping mats deliver outstanding value and are extremely durable, you wont be disappointed.
Features of our caravan & camping mats:
- Affordable, starting from $170 they are excellent value
- Light weight and comes with carry bag
- Stylish, now comes in 4 contemporary designs
- Reversible
- Stain resistant and easy to clean
- Durable mildew resistant material
- Polypropylene tube material weave allows water to drain
- Reinforced corners included for securing mat
- UV inhibitor reduces sun fading
- Eco-friendly as they are made from 100% recycled poly
These features will keep your eco-friendly mats looking good for longer and increase the life of them, so you can enjoy comfort while camping for many years to come.
New Designs & Reduced Prices
Our mats now come in 4 new contemporary designs plus we have reduced their prices, making them even more affordable. If you would like to find out more about these impressive mats head over to our Eagle caravan & camping mats page where you can find all the details, prices and designs.
Feel free to visit our Adelaide showroom to see them on display today or if you are interstate give us a call us on 08 8281 6696 as we can organise delivery.
Posted 9 January 2019
Tags: camper trailers, Camping, caravan mats, matting, caravans, Camping mats, outdoor mats
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Posted 6 June 2018
5 Reasons To Go Camping This Winter
Winter is nearly here and for most people camping is the last thing on their mind. Camping equipment gets packed away until spring and it's time to hibernate, but there are many reasons why you should consider camping this winter.
As long as you keep yourself warm and comfortable, you too will see that camping in winter is the best!
Ahhhh campfires, the number one reason I love to camp in winter. In summer fire restrictions are in place in many places, so you can't enjoy campfires.
There's nothing better than sitting around the campfire with friends drinking, telling stories and keeping warm. Plus campfire cooking is delicious and you can't forget about how good it is to toast marshmallows!
Avoid the crowds
If you are camping in the southern part of Australia where it's cold in winter, you will have less people to compete for the best campsites. With fewer people around you will absolutely appreciate the silence and the world seems to slow down even more.
Fewer Insects
Insects, like flies and mosquitoes are often the reason people don't like camping but in cold weather insects stay away keeping your camping trip bug free.
Cooler in tent or camper trailer
The summer heat in Australia can be harsh making camping unbearable at times, so winter camping can be a blessing. It's much easier to keep yourself warm in the cold weather than trying to cool down in the heat. Here's some excellent tips on keeping warm if you choose to camp this winter > Camping in Comfort
Hard floor camper trailers are also an excellent way to keep you off the ground and you'll find them warmer than tents.
Kick those winter blues
Winter and the lack of sunlight can affect people's moods, but camping and the outdoors can help you kick those winter blues. Natural light and exercise stimulates the production of serotonin, the hormone that affects your mood. You spend most of your time outdoors when camping and generally are more active, making camping the perfect solution.
If you've chosen to brave the cold for the first time do your research and be well prepared and we are sure you will love it just as much as us.
For more advice feel free to give our Adelaide showroom a call on 08 8281 6696.
Posted 23 May 2018
Tags: South Australia, Camping, Camper Trailers, Winter Camping, Winter


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Greatest Artists of All TimeThis is a list the greatest visual artists encompassing painters, sculptors, printmakers and installation artists. While art critics may believe themselves to be objective, I believe appreciation of art is very subjective and I expect that as the list develops artists unknown in Europe or USA but popular in other regions may move high in the list.
The Top Ten Greatest Artists of All Time
He showed me me the way art can show your feelings. As Leonardo said "Art is never finished, only abandoned. " Always try and do your best and you will succeed. SO, express your feelings through art. Be heard. You were born to draw. - Imagine-Thor-Here
Definitely the greatest all-around "Renaissance Man", but since his visual artwork was just one facet of his genius I plumped for the greatest master of masterpieces, Michelangelo. - KnutHudson
Arguably should be top as he has influenced art, religion, medicine and science - maybe aviation as well. Not bad for his time! - Mandla
Should be number one, he was an expert polymath, not to mention potentially the most complete artist :D
Ok the Vatican, sistine chapel, the David, and Moses. This was hard for me DaVinci was a very close second Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.
The amazing frescos in the Sistine Chapel and his 'David' sculpture have been an inspiration to artists ever since. - Mandla
Michelangelo's Pieta is the most astonishing work I've had the pleasure to see in person. - KnutHudson
He painted the legendary Sistine Chapel, consider this: he wasnt even a painter...
His landscape paintings are very beautiful to look at. And he was also very good at blending the colors to paint the landscapes.
The feelings are seen occupying the atmosphere around the person who sets his eyes upon his beauty pieces.. - Ananya
He was a total art rebel because he was one of the first impressionists!
The greatest exponent of impressionism. - Mandla
Starry, starry night, paint your palette blue and grey; look out on a summer's day with eyes that know the darkness in my soul... - PetSounds
He was a charm...epitome of charm when he let his hands touch paint and draw mystic surreal frozen lives - Ananya
No Vincent van Gogh? Are you kidding me? Maybe not the greatest, but why is he not on here?
Lol. He is classic
I like 'realistic' art. I can't think of any other artist who is more able to make a painting so realistic, but they are not like photographs as they covey the character of the people as well as the scene.
I wanted to touch his paintings in the Amsterdam Museum. Even so close I just could not believe the cloths were not real! - Mandla
His work does not appeal to everyone, yet his skills were indisputable. He was informed by African art and brought it to Europe. - Mandla
Good communist
Contemporary of the Vinci and much of his work quite similar but more detailed
One of the best Renaissance artists. He painted works such as the School of Athens, showing harmony, light sources, symmetry, and linear perspective. - ethanmeinster
I think better than the Vinci
Great post impressionist. His cafe scenes create an atmosphere that makes you feel you were there.
The Contenders
Guy had to be a bit crazy - produced some pretty scary stuff but it was good.
The inventor and greatest exponent of Relief Etching - Mandla
The world of art just wouldn't be the same without him!
His child? Surrealism... - Ananya
Surrealism was so revoltionary
Exponent of bright colour and strong images. A pioneer of several printmaking techniques who pushed the boundaries of artistic styles. I believe her to be the greatest African artist and one of the most influential in modern Western art. - Mandla
Wonderful woman whose powerful thoughts are displayed in her vibrant works.
An artist who has influenced so many others as printmaker, painter and person.
Outstanding Japanese artist of the Edo period. He also pioneered the Rimpa school that influenced artist for many years. - Mandla
I used to watch his show and paint pictures. He inspired me to take up painting.
The beauty of his landscapes utterly enthrals me. 10 out of 10
I'm keep randomly looking at lists id think there'd be a Bob ross.
Just paint Happy little trees
A leader in the move to symbolism and led the way for other great painters.
His painting "The Scream" is one of these paintings that everyone has heard of but many people don't even know whose work was it!
Great exponent of Realism - didn't use artistic licence to beautify subjects.
Amazing High Renaissance artist and a master of light.
Best known for 'Angel of the North'. His art brings another dimension, the mind and what we think, to the world of art. His sculpture is mostly related to the human body and explores so many aspects of it. The only Turner Prize winner whose art I rate! - Mandla
A bit of a lad! Probably killed a few people but what a painter! He became the father of Baroque painting with many painters copying his style
The greatest Landscape painter of Europe.
Virtually a forerunner of impressionism. Depicted the depravity of his time. The 'Rake's Progress' series and his images of the upper classes helped bring about social change. - Mandla
I think "The Card Players" is one of the most atmospheric of all post-impressionist paintings
Can't think of anyone better at painting portraits.
Captures rural Dutch life with irony yet sympathetic and with understanding
Amazing accuracy at such an early time in history. A father figure of Flemish painters.
One of my favorites. He has hundreds of pieces of art and does everything from marvel and dc to mythology and other forms of fantasy art. His work is so interesting, I visit Boris Vallejo & Julie Bell's gallery often just to look at their work.
His abstract is truly amazing
He changed the way we think about art. A great conveyor of emotion
Not just how he painted, but why he painted made him such an incredible artist!
Very versatile, kept adapting his style & trying nre techniques. Great erotic painter!
Greatest Pop Art painter - at least he's the one who made most money...
... Pop art is cool...
Expressionist, surrealist produced outstanding work in the 1940s

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Your child will tend to be toilet trained later, due to his hypotonic muscles and the fact that his neurological maturity will take longer. As with other children, a delay in becoming toilet trained can be part of a larger relational or affective relation problem. Therefore, any inappropriate educational firmness should be avoided and professional help sought in such cases. As with all their learning, you must be patient and not rush your child.
Your child will become toilet trained first for stools, then for urine, first during the day and then the night. He will follow the same stages as other children, although with a bit of delay. Learning to be toilet trained too early can upset him and even be harmful to the proper functioning of his bladder.
Constipation must be treated because it may lead to delayed toilet training, in two ways: by delaying his perceiving the sensation of need, and by causing small leaks of stool around a faecal impaction (plug of stools in the rectum).


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Cat Guardians, Inc -- a no-kill, cage-less cat shelter in Lombard, IL -- strives to rescue and reduce the stray and feral cat population in DuPage County, practicing TNR for ferals and finding homes for adoptable cats.
About Cat Guardians Cat Guardians, Inc was opened in 1988 by director Kathy Blackwell in a two-story white clapboard house near the corner of St. Charles and Westmore Rd. in Lombard, Illinois. The shelter has seen over 1500 cats adopted from the shelter, where they have been nursed back to health or at least avoided the need to scavenge garbage or prowl for prey in the wilds of suburban Chicago.
Cat Guardians does not employ euthanasia, except in extreme circumstances in which medical conditions are such that prolonging a cat's life would no longer be humane. Due to its no-kill policy, Cat Guardians is usually filled to its legal capacity of feline residents. Today, some 50 cats and a rotating population of kittens reside at Cat Guardians shelter. Although some cats and kittens are caged for their protection (due to illness, skittishness, aggression or their young age), most roam freely, having the freedom to play or nap in their choice spots.
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Holy Week – Why this often-ignored book might surprise you
I'll confess; in an attempt to let my quiet time unfold organically during 2017, it grew increasingly haphazard. Sloppy. After a few random "eyes-closed-page-turn-wherever-the-finger-stops" mornings (ahem…), I realized I needed a change.
So this year, I'm reading the Bible through chronologically, using my Study Bible (yep, I'm a paper-Bible girl), a daily chapter guide I printed online, and my journal. The first few days felt a little stiff and rigid, my creative nature fighting against the structured format. But after a week, I realized I couldn't wait to dive in.
Something refreshingly unexpected is happening: The Bible is coming alive in a new way. Familiar phrases and stories now leap off the page. As I choose to honor God with a disciplined, intentional approach to getting to know Him through His Word, He honors His Word in me. If, like me, your quiet time has become stale, I encourage you to try an innovative approach.
I'm taking my time each day, reading study notes, chewing on key words and concepts, and journaling pivotal themes. I may not finish in a year, but my goal isn't time-conscious: it's relationship-conscious. And it is surprisingly organic, because God's Word is both living and inexhaustible, able to speak truth into every nook and cranny of our lives. So 2018 took off…
Genesis…adventure-packed stories of God's faithfulness.
Exodus…epic moments recounting God's deliverance and instructions.
All is good…understanding God's character in deeper ways…
And then….it happened.
With an audible groan, I seriously considered skipping right past it to get to greener pastures. I mean, if the Books of the Bible lined up to be chosen for a baseball team… poor Leviticus and Numbers are the last two scrawny players chosen. Right?
Wrong. Wow, was I dead wrong.
As I come to the last chapter of Leviticus, I've gained an entirely new perspective and appreciation for many New Testament passages. This week, we commemorate Christ's death on the Cross and Resurrection, and it's hard to fully grasp the depth of His sacrifice without Old Testament context. Leviticus outlines worship at the Tabernacle, particularly regarding the Levite priests. It paints a portrait of God's holiness through a process of sacrifices, laws, means of sanctification, and feasts. It's the other side of the coin to Jesus' finished work on the Cross, especially when it is read alongside the New Testament book of Hebrews.
Tucked away in Leviticus 16 are requirements for a special occasion: the Day of Atonement. Once a year, the High Priest, after washing himself at the bronze basin, put on special garments and entered the Holy Place. After sacrificing a bull at the altar of burnt offering as a sin offering for himself and the other priests, he went into the Most Holy Place with some of the bull's blood, incense and coals from the altar, and sprinkled some of the blood on the front of the atonement cover of the Ark. He then went outside to take two goats, one to be sacrificed and one to be the "scapegoat." He killed the first goat as a sin offering for the people, going back into the Most Holy Place to sprinkle its blood on the atonement cover. Going out to the courtyard, he laid both hands on the second goat, signifying the transference of sin onto the second goat, sending it into the desert. Removing his sacred garments, washing, and putting on his regular priestly clothes, he offered a final sacrifice of a ram on the great altar for himself and another for the people.
What is Moses telling us in this often-ignored book? Sin separates us from God unless atonement is made, and no forgiveness of sins exists without the sacrifice of blood. Once a year, the High Priest was able to go into the Holy of Holies, atoning – or making restitution for – the sins of man through the "substitutionary atonement" of animal sacrifices and the scapegoat. Since no amount of animal sacrifice could atone for the sins of man, this process had to be repeated every year.
Hebrews 10:11-14 "Day after day, every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But when this priest (Jesus) had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God…because by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy."
By itself, Leviticus seems daunting, an insurmountable list of requirements to achieve forgiveness and holiness. But this often-ignored book might just surprise you. Understanding it in context of Hebrews gives us a much deeper appreciation for the "once for all" sacrifice that did what man could never do.
Our sin required the blood of a new covenant – a "once for all" sacrifice through God's only Son, Jesus. Hebrews Chapters 9 and 10 tell us that the law was only a shadow of what was to come. It could only remind us of sin and our guilt; but when Christ came, he offered Himself through complete submission, as the "once for all" sacrifice for our sin.
Hebrews 9: 26 "But now Christ has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself."
Jesus was the all-sufficient sacrifice. The High Priest. The scapegoat. The ram. The blood on the atonement cover. He is the only sacrifice that can ransom us from our crippling debt of sin.
See, the first law reminded us of sin – and the Levites stood, their work never finished. But Jesus sat down, His work finished at the Cross when He conquered death and hell through His resurrection.
So, what does this mean for us during Holy Week? We have confidence to trust in the God who – before the beginning of time – made a way so we don't have to be separated from God any longer. You don't have to live weighed down by shame or guilt or shackled by sin. Accept His "once for all sacrifice" and celebrate all He has done for you because of His relentless love. Jesus provided the way for us to experience true freedom and draw near to a holy God.
Hebrews 10:19-23 "Therefore, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is His body, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful."
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The following letter is taken from VirtueOnline.org and directly impacts future relationships in the Global Anglican Communion. As the Archbishop of Canterbury has called for another Primates gathering in October of 2017, the rest of the world debates the next steps, given the dismal follow up to the last meeting, where the disciplinary actions against heresy were eventually ignored. The Church of England is now closer to a crossroads, and the actions of orthodox English bishops will also affect the actions of the orthodox Global Communion abroad. 72 members of General Synod have written an open letter to the College and House of Bishops urging them to be faithful to the Christian doctrine of marriage and to uphold the full intent of Lambeth Resolution I.10 declaring that homosexual unions are incompatible with holy Scripture. If they fail to do so, it would cut the Church of England "adrift from her apostolic inheritance, undermine our ability as members of General Synod to offer support, and lead to an unwanted fracture within both the Church of England and the wider Anglican Communion". Please keep these bishops and the Church of England in your prayers.
Church of England Newspaper
August 11, 2016
To the College and House of Bishops.
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
Now that the process of Shared Conversations launched subsequent to the Pilling Report has been completed and the 'baton' passed to the College and House of Bishops, we are writing to assure you of our prayers as you meet this autumn to discern the way forward. As members of General Synod we wish to offer the following reflections which we hope and pray might enable your deliberation and discernment.
We are grateful for the opportunity that was recently given to the General Synod to engage in a consideration of Scripture. However, we believe this was of an initial nature only and that much more biblical study is needed before we will be able as a Synod to make theologically informed decisions about human anthropology and sexuality. In particular we believe it is essential to clarify what it means to 'honour God with our bodies' (1 Corinthians 6v20) in order that we do not find ourselves praying for God's blessing on that which is contrary to His will.
We are committed to building a church that is genuinely welcoming to all people, irrespective of the pattern of sexual attraction which they experience. We would welcome initiatives to help local churches do so in a way that is affirming of and consistent with Scripture and would hope to support suggestions you might wish to bring to Synod to that effect.
As you prepare to meet in the College and House of Bishops, we urge you not to consider any proposals that fly in the face of the historic understanding of the church as expressed in 'Issues in Human Sexuality' (1991) and Lambeth Resolution 1 .10. To do so — however loud the apparent voice for change — could leave the Church of England adrift from her apostolic inheritance, undermine our ability as members of General Synod to offer support and lead to an unwanted fracture within both the Church of England and the wider Anglican Communion.
We note the injunction of James that wisdom is to be found in seeking God (James 1v5). We thank God for you and commit ourselves to asking God to grant you His wisdom as you endeavour to offer episcopal leadership to the Church of England at this time.
Signed by the following General Synod members (Diocese):
The Rev Canon Jonathan Alderton-Ford (St Edmundsbury & Ipswich)
The Rev Sam Allberry (Oxford)
The Rev Dr Andrew Atherstone (Oxford)
The Rev Andrew Attwood (Coventry)
Mrs Emily Bagg (Portsmouth)
The Rev Canon David Banting (Chelmsford)
Dr William Belcher (Gloucester)
Mrs Rachel Bell (Derby)
Dr Andrew Bell (Oxford)
Mrs Liz Bird (Hereford)
Mr Peter Boyd-Lee (Salisbury)
The Revd Peter Breckwoldt (Salisbury)
Mr James Cary (Bath & Wells)
Mr Graham Caskie (Oxford)
The Rev Preb Simon Cawdell (Hereford)
The Rev John Chitham (Chichester)
The Rev Canon Jonathan Clark (Leeds)
The Rev Canon Charlie Cleverley (Oxford)
Dr Simon Clift (Winchester)
Mrs Ann Colton (Chelmsford)
The Rev Canon Andrew Cornes (Chichester)
Miss Prudence Dailey (Oxford)
The Rev Barney de Berry (Canterbury)
Mrs Gill de Berry (Salisbury)
Brigadier Ian Dobbie (Rochester)
The Rev Dr Sean Doherty (London)
The Rev James Dudley-Smith (Bath & Wells)
The Rev John Dunnett (Chelmsford)
Mrs Mary Durlacher (Chelmsford)
Mr Carl Fender (Lincoln)
Miss Emma Forward (Exeter)
Mrs Chris Fry (Winchester)
The Rev Canon Sally Gaze (Norwich)
Mr Chris Gill (Lichfield)
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Mr Jeremy Harris (Chester)
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Mr Carl Hughes (Southwark)
The Rev Canon Gary Jenkins (Southwark)
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Another from Yotam Ottolenghi's "Jerusalem", this is a wonderful way to serve fish and is perfect for summer evenings in the garden.
Hawayej is a Yemeni spice mix which you will have to make yourself. It's dead easy though, just a little grinding in a spice grinder or a mortar and pestle. The marinading stage is essential, try to allow 6 to 12 hours, though if you decide to make it late in the day then an hour will do.
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RECIPE serves 4 to 6 depending on what you serve it with
Hawayej spice mix:
1 tsp black peppercorns
1 tsp coriander seeds
1 1/2 tsp cumin seeds
4 whole cloves
1/2 tsp cardamom seeds
1 1/2 tsp ground turmeric
For the fish:
1kg firm-fleshed white fish (cod, hake, monkfish, tilapia etc)
two bunches of finely chopped flat leaf-parsley
2 large garlic cloves, crushed
1/2 tsp chilli flakes
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp fine sea salt
2 tbsp olive oil
lemon wedges to serve
First, make the spice mix: place the whole spices in a spice grinder (I use a coffee grinder set aside for just this purpose) or a mortar and pestle, and work it until finely ground. Add the turmeric and mix well.
Remove the skin and any pin-bones from the fish, and chop into regular 2.5cm cubes.
Place the fish, parsley, garlic, chilli flakes, lemon juice and salt in a large bowl with the spice mix. Mix well with your hands, massaging the fish with the mixture until everything is well coated. Cover the bowl and place in the fridge for a minimum of one hour and a maximum of twelve.
When it comes time to cook them, thread the fish chunks on to skewers (metal or wood, but if using wood then soak them for an hour beforehand to avoid them scorching) and brush each piece of fish lightly on all sides with a little olive oil.
To cook: either place on a very hot ridged griddle pan for around 90 seconds, before turning and cooking for 90 seconds on the other side, or: grill under a hot, pre-heated grill (broiler) for around 2 minutes each side until cooked through. You can also cook them on a barbecue, taking great care not to burn them.
Serve immediately with lemon wedges. These go brilliantly with fattoush, the creamy dressing of which tempers and complements the spice perfectly.


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Special report The military government's U-turn on its Afghan policy, which saw it ditch its former allies the Taliban on the one hand and stop support to separatist groups fighting Indian forces in Kashmir on the other, proved both painful and difficult. Musharraf appealed to his nation to support the US and said he had American assurances that the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance militia would not be allowed to enter Kabul, that the war would be short, precise and swift. Your Views "Pakistan needs a military leader who can control both civil and possible military extremism" Creative_person01, Islamabad, Pakistan Send us your viewsBut by the time American forces took the battle to the Tora Bora mountains to kill Osama bin Laden, Pakistan was asked to send in thousands of its military personnel into a semi-autonomous region along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. The aim was to prevent escaping al-Qaeda fighters from seeking sanctuary in Pakistan. Hundreds were arrested and handed over to the US. While people largely welcomed the move, they did not expect American strikes to hit them - especially under the nose of its own military. When these strikes began killing civilians, public opinion shifted against the military. Today, the North West Frontier province (NWFP) is still being shaken by deadly attacks that many consider to be a fallout of this war in Afghanistan and a backlash against the alliance with the US in its so-called war on terror. Loss of support Under pressure not to admit violation of its territory by foreign aircraft the Pakistan military blamed itself, further eroding its credibility. Tribal leaders vowed revenge and a wave of reprisal attacks ensued, targeting military forces and security personnel. As the hunt for bin Laden intensified, the US exerted more pressure on Pakistan, asking the government to do more to locate their targets amid allegations that they were holed up in Pakistan's tribal areas. The Pakistan army reached a deal with the tribals and asked for a commitment from them that they would stop infiltration across the border and even offered amnesty for some foreign fighters not on the US "wanted list". After a deal was reached, the Musharraf government came under greater pressure from Washington, worried about intensifying Taliban insurgency across the border in Afghanistan, to scrap it and opt for a military solution instead. The Bin Laden factor In spite of a lack of credible intelligence on the whereabouts of America's two most wanted men, Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri, Kabul and Islamabad traded allegations and accusations about bin Laden's likely whereabouts. Anti-US sentiment remains strong in Pakistan [AFP]The war of words became so intense that George Bush, the US president, called Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, and Musharraf to iftar (breaking of the fast in Ramadan) and get them talking. But six years into the "war on terror", Pakistan remains deeply sceptical about US intentions. Many are now openly asking for a review of the policy. Many analysts are warning that if Musharraf gets another five-year term, he will take America's war into Pakistan's tribal areas and the NWFP, a key demand of the Bush administration. And such talk is ringing alarm bells. The ramifications of any large-scale military operations against the tribals could prove to be the Achilles' heal for an army prepared to fight on the eastern front and in the plains of Punjab rather than the rugged and forbidden terrain of the north. It has also caused suspicions that the American failure to find the two most wanted men may lead Pakistan into a quagmire on its own territory and reinforce one failure with another. Any attempts to wage full-scale war on the tribal populations has the potential to spill over into settled areas and spread. Many senior analysts already say it is a recipe for disaster. Suburban battleground But some commentators will tell you that the actual battleground is Pakistan's plush capital, Islamabad. The US bombardment within Pakistan has turned public opinion against the ally, and its unflinching support for Musharraf and his military government. The bloody operation against the Red Mosque has contributed to the general's popularity being at an all-time low. And his mishandling of the chief justice case, where he sacked the country's top judge, has prompted the opposition to become increasingly vocal and to offer their resignations. Musharraf's right to stand in the poll is being debated in the courts right up to the wire - Wajihuddin Ahmad, one of the presidential candidates, has filed another petition challenging him. Musharraf knows he cannot put off his transition from military chief to president for too long and has appointed the next army chief - General Ashfaq Kiyani, his ex-spy chief, casting a long shadow on the future of this country. Any deal Benazir Bhutto makes with military dictator will go down badly with the electorate and will erode her popularity as a leader struggling for democracy. But the real question is how far Musharraf will go to keep his absolute hold on power and whether that will bring the country close to civil war. Even Bhutto has been warning that the country is on the brink. With two provinces already up in arms (Baluchistan and the NWFP), military muscle does not augur well for the state's future. A united legal fraternity and civil society coupled with the opposition and an increasingly vocal media are seen as the only hope for a peaceful transition from military rule to a civilian democracy. Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, has already stated that progressive forces must unite in Pakistan against extremism. But for a deeply religious country, that may be unacceptable to many people who are already saying that the so-called war against terror is not in the interests of Pakistan. They believe that only a democratically elected government could empower the people to make their own decisions without foreign interference. SOURCE: Al Jazeera


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Question: would your prefer to be able to choose freely how you spend your life, your energies, your own monies? Or would you rather be compelled by threats of law or force (physically or merely "neighborly" coercion)?
What kind of society would likely be more civil: one in which every thing that consider offensive to anyone is branded a vile and prosecuted vigorously through the public stockades? Or that which is merely offensive be allowed, where the "vulgar" or "unenlightened" eventually learn by the example of others? Which to you would seem the more civil society? One that utilizes coercion and force or one that prefers tolerance and open discussion of differences without threats and intimidation?
Centuries ago the stockades in the public square were used to humiliate individuals for moral crimes. Today, it's Twitter, Facebook and rallies crying "Shame! Shame!". In either case it is base to use such to "persuade" someone to see things your way. One might gain compliance, but the heart is not won over. More importantly, if the heart is not won; more often resentment is fostered from having one's basic dignity tossed to the street in a public flagging.
In the Dark Ages, often prior to an execution, the accused would be carted through the public square. The public would often throw vegetables or animal feces at the accused as the alleged perpetrator was taken to the headsman's block. Today, instead of open dialogue over differing opinions, it would appear that we prefer denigration of the character and motives of those whose opinion differs. Is that what makes for a civil society?
While a symbol may hold harsh associations with one, it may hold a completely different meaning to another. So are we to call one vile and one saint? Even if the symbol does have a historical attachment that is indeed reprehensible, why hide the facts of history? Or should we pretend it didn't happen? Are we to learn from the errors of those who preceded us? Or should we pretend that our moral indignation proves we're better than the past? Really?
When we crush our neighbors, slight their views as bigoted, are we not doing precisely the very thing that we say we're opposed: the subjugation of others to one particular view by some form of force and coercion? How is does this promote a peaceful, understanding society?
At what point do we cease demanding others must behave as we insist or be punished, either by humiliation (the stockades of Tweets and posts) or law suits, court actions, imprisonment and/or fines?
Would you rather have a society free enough to tolerate even what you may consider to be blatant idiocy or one in which every single potential offensive word or act is punished by law? If so, you are you willing accept the consequences when your views are no longer the popular majority?
A truly free society is generous. Why should it be assumed your views are the only acceptable views and some other person's view not? Should views in opposition to yours be punished by law? If you would be left alone to life as you wish, why not extend the same to those who differ from you?
If someone prefers to not do business with you, it is his or her choice. You are done no harm, even if you're offended by their preference or the reasons of their preference. Deny them your monies, your patronage and your referrals. They loose the benefit of your money and the potential of future business for lack of your referral. Maybe more so as you will likely tell of their refusal to transact with you, regardless of reason.
Then again, how would you prefer being persuaded? By the influence of example or by threats, coercion and violence? Which would, in your opinion tend to make for a more civil, peaceful society? Which a more divided and polarized one? Which would promote harmony and which resentment and retaliation? *
So, just how big a life do you want?
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Cold War II
The past two weeks have been a virtual Cold War flashback. Russia invades Georgia. The U.S. condemns Russia. Like during the Cold War, the local particularities of the whole affair matter little. All that really matters is the grand game between the "superpowers." Like in decades past, they didn't disappoint. Rhetorical potshots between Moscow and Washington zipped back and forth. All of the familiar signs, codes, and tropes were back.
Still, even though it looked like a Cold War and quacked like a Cold War, there was a constant denial of the Cold War. Secretary Rice emphasized that in no way did the increase in tensions with Russia signal a "new Cold War." The Russians were also reluctant to embrace the "new Cold War." When Dmitrii Rogozin, Russia's ambassador to NATO, announced that Russia would freeze cooperation with the alliance, he assured reporters that "there won't be any aggressive action from anyone on our side. We will behave in a pragmatic manner. ... There will definitely not be a Cold War."
Not a Cold War? Everyone is making arguments that the U.S. and Russia are not in a "new Cold War." Why engage in the old psychological trick of repressing what you really desire? Especially when the truth is so blatantly clear: officials in Washington and Russia truly desire a new Cold War. There is just something comforting in that predictable, bipolar world, where two grand adversaries face each other in a real-life game of Risk. It's like two arch enemies at battle. Neither can ultimately defeat the other, yet they seem to complement each other perfectly. As the Joker endearingly told Batman in the Dark Knight, "Kill you? I don't want to kill you. What would I do without you? ... You ... you complete me."
"Mirror, mirror on the wall ..."
Russia's and the United States' fascination with each other goes back over a century and a half. When some Russian intellectuals looked at the United States they imagined it as the preeminent example of liberal democracy, a bastion of freedom where the individual could flourish. Others, however, viewed the U.S. as culturally vacuous and duplicitous. "[Americans] are polite and kind to us," wrote A. Faresov in 1904, "but the devil knows what, among themselves, they think about us and what is in the heart of any of them. ... I will never learn to read an American by face, to see if he is a swindler or if he considers me a swindler. It's murder to live in such an environment."
Americans also viewed Russia as a potential twin. Russia appeared so much like America as much as it did not. By the late 19th century, American Russia-watchers were split into two camps: Russophiles and Russophobes. Russophiles like William Walling envisioned a Russia that could become a "United States of Russia." Russophobes, however, saw it as a threat to not only American interests, but freedom itself. Whatever their differences, pro- and anti-Russia sentiment was united in the almost messianic belief that Americans had a divine mission to free Russia.
Whatever the positive or negative views Russians and Americans held about each other, neither saw the true America or true Russia. In the words of historian David Foglesong, for Americans Russia served as a "dark double" or "imaginary twin." What was reflected back to them said more about themselves than their admired adversary. "Treating Russia as both a whipping boy and a potential beneficiary of American philanthropy," Foglesong writes in his excellent The American Mission and the "Evil Empire," "fostered in many Americans a heady sense of their country's unique blessings, and reaffirmed their special role in the world." The interesting thing is that to some extent the same could be said for the Russians.


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OK Computer at 20 VS the World in 2017
This coming May Radiohead's 3rd studio album Ok Computer turns 20.
I'll begin bluntly: its either the greatest record to come into my life, or the most important. If a certain cluster of Pink Floyd albums are normally seen within a similar light, aided by their shared university-town beginnings, then it is with OK Computer's connection to our 21st century world that the hairs on the back of my neck are raised that little bit higher. I guess this is the loose reason I'm writing about OK Computer and not Oasis's Be Here Now, for example – which is also 20.
But first of all, back to the future of 1997. The last future…
My first time with OK Computer was on a holiday journey by car taken in a wet July in 1997. Well, I say album; it was one of my sister's travel tapes, a cassette which featured a mixture of OK Computer and The Prodigy's The Fat of The Land, released a month after OK Computer. I was 13 at the time. Radiohead's Karma Police and Lucky, and The Prodigy's Climatize were truly new things to my ears.
This holiday journey, listening to this tape, and travelling by motorway past the Birmingham sprawl, was my final experience of what I would call a future moment. This was the final of a series of childhood moments where I envisaged a future substantially different from the present tense I was in.
The 21st century and 'the slow cancellation of the future'
Somewhere between July 1997 and January 2000 that future disappeared into an inability to imagine anything but an eversame set of interchangeable circumstances, initially encapsulated by a pre-millennial malaise that seemed most evident in the bland music that saw out the 1990s, reflective of that wide open vulnerability to a reality waiting to arise in the dust of the Twin Towers.
Both an incorporation of the decade's electronica revolution in their own right, The Fat of the Land and OK Computer were being seen as the major albums of the year by the culture media. In hindsight, 'major' is not the word: they were the last 'landmark' albums of popular music – or so everybody with who I speculate on this to seems to agree. There's certainly been great music since, but could you name a truly landmark album post 1997? We are still reaping the outcome of the computer world, but one effect is the demise of cultural shifts.
The album as an artform belongs to the 20th century (walking around the remaining record shops will tell you this). The problem is the networked technology we now have to share and download music doesn't seem an adequate progression from the CD, when much of the cultural product we share, even if only in musical style, seems to belong to previous century.
The recently late writer Mark Fisher never spoke about Radiohead in his brilliant essays on pop music that simultaneously diagnosed the wider predicament of life under what he called 'Capitalist Realism'. However, the line "the slow cancellation of the the future" attributed to both him and theorist Franco "Bifo" Berardi, could well explain how despite the process of the 'waning of historicity' being well under way by 1997, there was still residual space for the imagining of a world significantly different from the present tense. Whilst we anticipated the millennium with an almost evangelical fervour in a world glad to see the back of the 20th, it has felt that the 21st century, to paraphrase Fisher, never arrived.
OK Computer, even whilst relying on a deeply mid-twentieth century 4/5 piece guitar band formation, seems to be about life in the time after it was made; a world gripped by the logic of "capitalist realism" (a diagnosis by Mark Fisher), which, mediated through a computer world, envelopes us in a 'liquid anxiety' (referring to another the recently-late thinker, Zygmunt Bauman), and as a highly atomisating society that doesn't even believe in itself, persists under an umbrella title of 'The Control Society' (Guilles Deleuze).
In (Cyber)space nobody can hear you scream
Deleuze's 1992 Postscript on Societies of Control describes a structure of "ultrarapid modes of free-floating control" replacing the older social structures of Discipline and Punishment in the late 20th century. Defined by Michel Foucault, Discipline and Punishment societies are territorial and entail "the organisation of vast spaces of enclosure" such as factories, schools, hospitals and prisons. Control societies are the evolution of a later stage of capitalism, enabled by network technology, where the social structures that formed around the old spaces of enclosure disintegrate into the 'gaseous' quality of the corporation, where community never existed, and "the brashest rivalry [is] presented as an healthy form of emulation…and runs through each, dividing each within".
Although the older structure never died but became a substructure to deal those who's 'lumpen' existence denies them access into the networked society, I'd argue that Pink Floyd's iconic The Wall is the quintessential work of art on a Discipline and Punishment society, whilst Radiohead's OK Computer is about control. I'd define OK Computer as the struggles of the human animal who's behavioral patterns are encased in the binary systems of computers – something we can all relate to in 2017.
This is why I want to speak of OK Computer for its emotional reach, and how although it is wrongly defined as being 'depressing', is actually is a work of art that encourages us to fight off a pervading sense of hopelessness. And I think this message is so important today.
1999, and the pre-millennial malaise
I had to wait until spring 1999 to come back into contact with Ok Computer, when I bought the album from a retail chain now forgotten in time. I mention above about a pre-millennial malaise: it's arguable that the buzz of the early to mid 1990's was built on false promises of a liberal capitalist utopia (which is impossible, if not totalitarian in hindsight), but, comewhatmay it had blatantly been exhausted by the final year of the decade, wearily waiting for something else. It was the first year I can look back and honestly say I was experiencing anxiety and depression. Where that began and a wider cultural mood ends is arguable, but it is true that I bought Ok Computer at roughly the same time.
I was blown away by the album, but it also severely spooked me. It was too close to the bone for somebody young/naive enough to imagine that the future wouldn't roll out smoothly like an album of Stone Roses riffs. I wasn't prepared or equipped for what it had to say – I even remember taking the line "spend[] five minutes in the mirror each morning saying to yourself 'each day in every way I am getting better and better'" from artist Stanley Donwood's album sleeve artwork on face value as self-help to cull the first sprouting of anxiety, rather than realising its dark irony about life in a control society.
"I'm amazed that I survived, an Airbag saved my life"
We are awoken to the nightmare with Airbag. "I am born again" sings Thom Yorke as machine saves protagonist from machine – saved by an Airbag as he crashes his "fine East German car". The words could easily be taken from an headline in a local newspaper; but whilst these words are so everyday, they exist within a science fiction soundscape that evokes a world where computers take over the means of control whilst the corporate zombies just sit back in 'paradise', only to be awoken by machine error.
"I am born again"
This existential 'rebirth' sounds very much like the heaps of 'self-help' language that provided the background noise that naturalised the 'new' capitalism in the 1990's, where history 'was over', and all we could improve was our own standing in the world (a world which was, after all, subjective, and defined by what frame of mind we 'chose'). Yet in a sea of sunshine music, perhaps Ok Computer was one of few popular records that sounded the warning bell in paradise at the end of history. And thus this 'rebirth' is possibly double edged: is Thom Yorke singing about finding oneself within this 'paradise' of the new capitalism, or has he just stared into its void, and is willing for a rebirth of the human spirit in resistance to its sirens of consumerism and career improvement, that lure us into a perpetually decentred self-hood – a life as a node in a network until the end of time?
This soundscape of distress within a seemingly mundane paradise should leave us rethinking where the future visions of science fiction went – are we within them? Ok Computer could never have imagined the Pandora's Box effect that internet dependency has brought into everyday experience, but as we lead onto the epic track Paranoid Android, the feel of the album seems sufficiently contemporary to today's disturbed running of human emotion through the 'man machine matrix' (a term used by Will Self).
"The emptiness of feelings, Dissapointed people, clinging onto bottles"
Unofficially the 21st century began not on January 1st 2000, but in September 11 2001. The fall out, for me at least, seemed to bring a regained occupation with the music of Radiohead. By this time they has released 2 more albums: Kid A and Amnesiac. The albums continued the conceptual experimentation with electronica as computer technology slowly became more present in our lives. They were of an even darker nature, yet contained a mood of defiance to a new century that was beginning shape itself into Orwellian ghosts from the past that had plugged themselves into a Brave New World evangelically promised by the 1990s. But perhaps until their 2007 In Rainbows, there was never a hint of acceptance about the 'way of the world'.
I think this is important because Radiohead are all too often labelled as 'depressing'. The two songs I want to predominantly focus on to finish this piece are songs that are joyous moments of defiance against despair.
Let Down
"One day I am gonner grow wings, a chemical reaction, hysterical and useless."
OK Computer plays out like an undulating journey of emotional breakdown and spirit resistance within a computer generated graph. There are a series of emotional powersurges that threaten to bring down the computer system. The first supermassive climax of emotional willing against the machine is Let Down. Thom Yorke's words remind us not to get sentimental and be led astray into eternal disappointment by false promises of freedom and salvation. The lyrics seem to encourage deep cynicism, of the likes many of us cling onto like "bottles" after the initial horror of finding ourselves staring into the abyss. Yet why deliver such a message? As in Airbag, the words seem in conflict with the emotions trying to break through; like a forerunner for the struggles for help many of us see, or even act out, within our networked lives, as we become subsumed by the nihilising spirit of the age, feeling locked in painful misunderstandings in the confines of the binary code.
This is why this song is one of the few that can bring water into my normally bone dry eyes; its spirit resistance momentarily threatens to break the code, and to reach out into the lonely cyberspace of node-trapped-souls, creating (for me) one the most beautiful things I've ever heard. And it is here where we sense the refusal of giving in to the 'depressed spirit of the times'.
Mark Fisher wrote a collection of essays (featured in his 2014 Zero Book 'Ghosts of My Life') on one very important band from the late 1970's in an attempt to look at the pervading nihilism of our times. Joy Division, or specifically the singer (or unfortunate and incidental protagonist) Ian Curtis, was trapped in a world of banal suffering. Fisher wrote "If Joy Division matter now more than ever, it's because they capture the depressed spirit of our times. Listening to JD now, you have the inescapable impression that the group were catatonically channelling our present, their future."
Joy Division remain the perfect painkiller for the present. Few works of pop music engage with the cloud of the nuclear winter of the soul that harangues the anxious contemporary human like the dead souls in Joy Division's music still do. Ok Computer arguably never truly reaches the wastelands of Joy Division's second and final studio album Closer. However, it is more structured on the pivot of existential struggle in a world that can often give one the feeling of drowning, rather than in depths of the oceans themselves.
Let Down is brought down slowly by the rainy singalong of Karma Police – arguably the album's most radio-friendly. The next 'build up' begins with the chilling humanness that slowly oozes out of the computer-generated voice of Fitter Happier, which seems to crack under the strain of endorsing a perfectly balanced lifestyle. In the UK in 1997 such a health-freak, body-perfect, corporate lifestyle still seemed wholly Californian. But in 2017 it is arguable that many here in the UK find our voices being fed into the health-freak-machine as if against our will.
But the stage for the next build up is set by a song I've often heard described as the weakest on the album.
Electioneeting tells of the deep cynicism in political campaigns in a 'post-history' world where all major decisions have already been made – where politics feels more like a popularity contest. Often referred to as the soft underbelly of OK Computer, I see it as actually laying the foundations for what the human animal 'born again' into a 'post-history' control society is made to endure. Electioneering is the true point of nihilism in Ok Computer. Surely nothing evokes a dead horizon as much its last few bars, which are in anticipation of the second major powersurge: Climbing up The Walls.
Climbing up the walls is the end point of a seismic nervous breakdown, that conjures visuals of ripping the wires from out of ones flesh in some frenzied attempt at escape. It enacts upon us the catharsis of a moment many of us not only anticipate in some forever-delayed moment but possibly secretly long for.
"I'll take a quiet life, a handshake with carbon monoxide"
If the album was to end with No Surprises – the deep point of depressive acceptance on OK Computer [brilliantly depicted in the music video that uses analogue technology to depict Thom Yorke slowly drowning in a tank] – then the album could be classed a pessimistic work of art. But, as in the video where Thom Yorke finally emerges for air, OK Computer shows itself to be too intelligent to be led astray by the false comforts of nihilism. The longing for that nervous breakdown, and the 'quiet life' with 'no surprises' that Climbing up Walls becomes a dark fantasy for, turns out to be an impossible dream.
"This is my final fight, my final bellyache with…"
"it's gonner be a glorious day. I feel my luck could change"
Lucky – one of the most uplifting tracks ever…
After No Surprises you could think that there was no more horizons. The protagonist has been defeated, and will proceed to his physical death a numb depressive. Yet it doesn't feel quite over…
An early version of Lucky was released on the 1995 charity compilation record 'Help', instigated as a way of raising funds for children caught up in the then-ongoing war in Bosnia. Now, it would be crude to make a direct comparison between depressive humans in a highly advanced capitalist economy and the horrors that went on in that war, yet when Yorke sings about being "pulled out of the plane crash, coz I'm your super hero" it's connotations couldn't be closer to Friedrich Nietzsche's 'answer to the last humans' caught in the abyss of meaning and morality.
Devon Lougheed relates Radiohead's music directly to the philosopher most commonly understood (and misunderstood) in relation to the scourge of nihilism in industrial, and specifically post-industrial societies. His essay 'Nietzsche, Nihilism and "Hail to the Thief"' features in 'Radiohead and Philosophy' (2009). Here he uses the words of a thinker most unfortunately caught up in the excuses for Nazi and extreme Social Darwinist ideologies in a way that neatly sits with the conditions that prompted Nietzsche to search for such answers in the early industrial times in which he wrote.
"The protagonist of "Lucky" foreshadows Nietzsche's answer to the Last Humans… The ubermensch or 'Over human' stands on the edge of conventional morality, ready to pull the Last Humans out of the aircraft and refashion them into free beings with a new moral code"
Like Nietzsche's answer, Lucky is about overcoming the despair that seeps in through the social conditions of this super-industrialised age. It easy to see how history has made such ideas dangerous, used in Nazi and Randian philosophies etc, but his 'answer' is only to find a new moral code, and that remains a crucial task as the codes that bound our civilisation get chewn into smaller and smaller bits in the mouth of the money machine.
I class Lucky as one of the all-time most important songs for my punch drunk idealism. For a soul weighed down by nightfall's foul smell of depression-remedy-seeking, the morning bell of Lucky is not the beginnings of another dead day in the rat race but a potential 'glorious day' of new horizons, no matter how I succumb to the day in hand.
In 1992 Deleuze told us not to hope nor fear, "But only to look for new weapons". However, the latent sentiment in the writings of Marxists (in the loosest use of the term Marxist) in the face of what then seemed like a terminal defeat to capitalism, was hopelessness – in fact many succumbed to the nihilist endgame. OK Computer is this 'undulating journey of emotional breakdown and spirit resistance' before it is anything else, but within the scream of the human trapped within the machine is an unwillingness to give up and allow oneself to be nihilized. Even in the computer-generated voice of Fitter Happier is an emotional rejection of the death of the human in a world ruled by computers, corporatism, and consumerism. To will against this is a small, but nonetheless real, resistance to the 'ways of the world'. Only in Radiohead's more recent albums do you get a sense that there's 'nothing you can do'.
Radiohead were perhaps the very end of the line of a succession of Postwar pop groups who were given time to experiment and develop. Around the time of the unofficial start of the 21st century (9/11) a band from apt-origin came to the fore with their debut Album Is This It? But The Strokes' debut was almost their end point. They began as the final product, and like many bands that followed, simply fed back into the machine as a prepackaged musical style. I mean, this is why I liked the album so much at the time; the hits were already there, there was no need (or maybe even patience, from consumer and producer alike) to go through the trials and errors of finding something new. OK Computer, as one a few final landmark albums, was probably part of the end point of such a notion of musical development.
Perhaps this strand of lineage to the Postwar age is why the band's critical response to our late capitalist world shouldn't be dismissed from a classist perspective. Ok Computer is absent of the atrocious inequalities and injustices that have proven to accompany the reality of the nightmare world it depicts, but can we reasonably demand a pop group from a leafy upbringing in a university town to deal with class injuries? Is it not more reasonable to argue that in the Dystopian imaginaries of Radiohead rests the Utopian impulses of much post war art? Perhaps there was a benevolent pedagogy laced into the dreamings of Postwar bands, even as they actively rejected all pedagogy?
There's a huge difference between a band such as Radiohead and much of the music made by the middle class in the past 30 years, even whilst Radiohead's reaches into this period. Many bands since this point have existed in an environmental vacuum, where politics is seen as merely another career choice – thus the plight of the world has become irrelevant to there music.
The emphasis on environmental is perhaps more important than we think – or it at least deserves much appreciation: a university town band like Radiohead could've never recorded an album the likes of Joy Division's brilliant Unknown Pleasures; but likewise, Ok Computer could never have been conceived within the confines of 'Cottonopolis'.
But right now it is irrelevant whether this connection of sound to surface has died off in the 21st century: I finish this blog in arms of the record that makes me believe in the good in the 'human animal'.
"…Show me the world as I love to see it"
4 responses to "OK Computer at 20 VS the World in 2017"
Bex says :
Hiya, I think this is a really good piece of writing 🙂
With regards to the class thing, surely the emotions in their songs could be experienced by anyone of any class? Are the processes they are describing not affecting the working/struggling classes, in addition to all the other shit they're dealing with? If they did refer to class they'd probably just be accused of being fake or not knowing what they were on about ….
With regards to the travel tape, I think you returned the favour some years later and put Radiohead's "Optimistic" on the end of an Ian Brown album you'd taped for me, in an attempt to counter my belief that I didn't like any Radiohead stuff after OK Computer! Bx
Steve Dalton says :
Brilliant John! I have my own reasons for loving the album and absolutely agree that at the time I thought such albums would be occasional and seminal. How wrong was I?!?! Let Down is my go to song when things are getting too much (along with Jeff Buckley's 'Lover You Should've Come Over'). I really enjoyed reading your personal view on one of my favourite albums. Cheers!


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Do you know what Censys is? Or DOES, rather?
- It is a hacker's type search engine.
- If you've heard of Shodan, a search engine for hackers, then you get the idea of what Censys is about.
- The new Censys scans cyberspace every day, inside and out for vulnerable devices.
- Censys has found about three million vulnerable devices already.
- Censys is free, released last October by University of Michigan researchers.
- And it is powered by Google.
What is the purpose of Censys?
It is a project with the objective of providing a solid inventory of all things Internet, for the sake of detecting vulnerabilities. With its daily scans, this search engine collects data on websites and their hosts.
Most of cyber traffic is routed by the IPv4 address space, and this is what Censys scans. Censys accomplishes this with an open-source network scanner and an application layer scanner-for those of you who are techy enough to know what these are.
Censys's database lets security researchers inquire into the collected information-the result of scans that cover 4,000,000,000 IP addresses. It finds devices that are prone to being hacked.
Censys has already made quite a few impressive finds, including vulnerable bank safes that are connected to the Internet. Essentially, Censys is designed to dig up cyber dirt.
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"To embrace high-quality tech products, the consumer needs to pay a fortune"
– Definitely not Apple
"Says Who?"
– OnePlus
Talking about highly anticipated 2018 flagships and leaving out the OnePlus 6 seems synonymous with leaving out sugar in coffee unless of course, you enjoy it black.
"The Speed You Need"
The OnePlus 6, paired with the slogan "The Speed You Need" outlines the company's ambition to provide its customers with the fastest running Android phones on this planet, for those still in doubt.
Based on the perfect blend of pure android and actually useful customizations recipe- 'Oxygen OS', OnePlus Phones have never been seconded by any other Android rival in terms of raw speed.
The company's Dash Charge technology claiming a day's power in half an hour isn't just another gimmicky feature advertised well. OnePlus is a company that listens to its end consumers and keeps their feedback in mind.
Why do you think we still get a headphone jack in 2018? And for the heartbroken notch haters, don't worry, an option to hide the notch from within the settings will be made available.
"Never Settle"
Leaks in the mobile world uncover phones to a great extent, well before their launch dates. To our good news, we have quite a clear picture of the OnePlus 6 and they leave very little to the imagination.
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The OnePlus 6 is all set for its launch in Mumbai, India at 3 pm, this 17 th. The smartphone will feature:
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- a 3300mAh battery as opposed to the rumoured 3450 mAh, although capable of Dash Charging and
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- a possible addition of slow-motion recording capabilities.
It'll be available in Midnight and mirror Black colours at launch and an Avengers Infinity war edition will be revealed too.
Regarding the different variants, we're most likely to see 6/64, 8/128 and 8/256 GB RAM/Storage configurations with prices between INR 36,000 – 46000.
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