.:. Amy Denio .:. Spoot Music .:.

*Seattle*(August, 2009)
The Artist Clinic at Seattle's Country Doctor Community Clinic is expanding its subsidy program. Effective immediately there are no income requirements to qualify for a subsidy to help cover clinic bills. Uninsured artists will receive $75 vouchers (maximum of per year) to help cover expenses incurred at the Country Doctor. Subsidies may also be applied to prescription drugs purchased at the Country Doctor pharmacy.

This is great news if you've been considering getting a flu shot this year and/or finally having that annoying pain checked out. Don't put it off any longer! The Artist Clinic offers artist-focused hours every Wednesday from 5:30-8:30pm or other times by appointment. Click here for more information.

*International*
Sign Petition & view video re: Palestine/Israel Peace Talks

*Ecology*
Recycle CDs & broken jewels boxes at the CD Recycling Center of America

WashPIRG: Toxic Chemicals in Children's Products
Some toy manufacturers are falsely labeling their products "phthalate-free." Six of the eight labeled toys tested contained phthalates, which are a class of chemicals linked with a range of harmful health effects. Please take a moment to tell the Federal Trade Commission that parents and consumers need to know the truth about toxic chemicals in children's products.

Endangered Species Act
Write your Representative to continue to endorse it.

*Readings*

TruthOut Updated News & Editorials
Drudge Report Links to World News Sources
Newseum Current Headlines.
Cost of War ...accruing by the second

Fascism in 10 Easy Steps, Naomi Wolf, Manchester Guardian 6 November, 2007

Band on the run in New Orleans
Police have cracked down on funeral processions, a time-honored cultural tradition in the historic black neighborhood of Treme.
But musicians vow to play on.

Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor spoke harshly of the
Bush Administration.
Manchester Guardian, March 13, 2006

Prominent Military Figure Denounces NeoCons, Iraq, War on Terror
Delta Force founder joins ranks who say there is no real threat to the US and war is based on lies
Prisonplanet.TV

Analysis of Bush Administration FY07 Budget: Highlights and Lowlights.
Union of Concerned Scientists, 13 February, 2006.

Top Politicians, Economists, Other Leaders Question 9/11

Actor Charley Sheen Questions Official 9/11 Story
Prison Planet.com. Go Hollywood!

Hugo Chavez addresses the United Nations September 20, 2006.

Some Troops Headed Back to Iraq Are Mentally Ill
Besides bringing antibiotics and painkillers, military personnel nationwide are heading back to Iraq with a cache of antidepressant and anti-anxiety medications.
San Diego Union Tribune, March 19, 2006
...and this was 18 months ago...

Lawyers Against the War charge George Bush of aiding, abetting and counselling the commission of torture

Falluja and White Phosphorus The Independent, 15 November, 2005

US Forces 'Used Chemical Weapons' during Assault on City of Fallujah
Peter Popham, The Independent UK, 8 November, 2005

News10 Sacramento Montana state police have to stop 1 vehicle per hour, according to new law. July 7, 2005

*Otherart*
Check out this beautiful/intense blog by Mazen Kerbaj, a trumpet player & cartoonist from Beirut. My friend Ricardo Arias was evacuated from Beirut last summer, having played several concerts & taught a workshop with his rubber balloon. The world is increasingly strange, and full of dark beauty.
And more chilling still, listen to Mazen Kerbaj's recording of trumpet improvisation with bombs, the night of July 15/16, 2006.

Running the Numbers: An American Self-Portrait by Chris Jordan. Photography.

John Cage on 'What's My Secret, 1960's.

Choir Foley. An ad for Honda, but the sound is incredible.

Create your own audio itinerary Sound Transit. I tried from Iran to Sarajevo, and the results were beautiful.

Instructions for Urban Scoring Kit, Sicilian-style.
"ragusa is a very beautiful baroque town in the south of sicily.
tourists come to visit the architectural splendors such as the cathedral of st george - the duomo, but often find it difficult to find the way, since the old town is full of narrow winding streets.
the front door of the house where our recording sessions were held is often open to have some cool breeze, tourists passing stick their nose inside and ask where they can find the duomo.
one august morning we decided to help them and put up some signs, in the wrong direction of course, leading pass the courtyard where we held our illegal concert using traditional instruments, voice, loop station, various kinds of feedback, and tapes with field recordings and non definable recordings "