Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Primal Scream by Jess C. Scott Primal Scream Screamadelica. 1. Movin' On Up Could easily pass for being a Rolling Stones song, everything about it matches up - vocals, backing vocals, riff, solo. If this was a Stones song though it would be up there with the best of them and that's really saying something. Great track with an upbeat, "feel good" feel about it. A 90's classic 5/5. 2. Slip Inside This House Introduces you to the use of dance beats that are laced throughout Screamadelica. Really psychadelic sounding percussion sets the basis for Mani's pounding bass line. The key to the song is the pre-verse and chorus which immediatley stick in your head. Quite a laid back track which would work well as an instrumental although Gillespie's vocals make it another stand out track on the album 5/5. 3. Don't Fight it, Feel it Unlike the last two tracks, this isn't going to appeal to everyone. Much more dance based with a woman vocalist taking the reins makes it very different. There's a very early 90's feel to this song with it's counter melody "bird noise" which can also be heard on the Prodigy's first album also released around that time. Nothing really grabs your attention which makes it a weaker track than most of the others. 3/5. 4. Higher Than the Sun Takes a few listens before you get into it. Again very psychadelic with some cool breakdowns. The blend of lots of influences intertwined eg. dance, jazz, rock make this another very different track. I can't think of another band who have ever made music like this. The first part of two cool tracks. EDIT: This has gradually became my favourite track on the album. 5/5. 5. Inner Flight This is a drug song - nothing else can be said to describe it. Makes you feel like your slipping into a dream. Sounds a lot like Leftfield with it's distant drum beat and psychadelic melody. Refreshing. 4/5. 6. Come Together Defintley the weirdest track on the album. No vocals or lyrics, just a sample of a preacher played over and over upon gospel organ chords and dance beat. "Warping space sounds" give the song a feeling of being in space. Starts off slowly and builds up to a climax of many different sounds and textures going at once. The preach of "we just know music is music" symbolises the whole Primal Scream experience with their endless array of influences. The track gradually breaks down again with woman vocalists chant of "together as one" which gradually leads the song out. 4/5. 7. Loaded "Exactly what is it that you want to do?" One of the most popular tracks off the album and praised by stoners everywhere. "Loaded" is probably my favourite track on the album with it's laid back groove and sweeping melodies. If your going to download one song from the album, this is it. 5/5. 8. Damaged The only acoustic song on Screamadelica. More like a conventional song than most of the other tracks with it's simple structure and singing throughout. It's hard to make out what Gillespie is singing about but what can be heard sounds like a love song. Adds even more variety to the album. 4/5. 9. I'm Comin' Down Again, very different from everything else. A blend of jazz and oriental style percussion are used to make this another chillout track. Perfect for falling asleep to or relaxing. 4/5. 10. Higher Than the Sun (a dub symphony in two parts) I don't know what to say about this track. There's so much going on yet it still remains laid back as if nothing's really happening. Split into two parts hence - "a dub symphony in two parts", the change between the two isn't really subtle at all. Everything just seems to stop and make way for an upbeat bassline that appears out of nowhere. Still a great track though. 4/5. 11. Shine Like Stars Probably the weakest track. Just personal opinion but something doesn't seem right about it. There's not much of a feel to it which is what makes the rest of the album so appealing. On the otherhand, it does make a good ending to the album as the fade away as the end seems to fit perfectly. Jargon aside, it's a not very good song but good for rounding off the album. 3/5. Screamadelica is one of the most original album i've ever heard. Enjoyable from start to finish and continues to get better and better with every listen. Defintley worth checking out if your looking for something different. For fans of - The Stone Roses, The Prodigy, Leftfield, Rolling Stones(maybe), Fatboy Slim, The Verve. Download Movin On Up Loaded Slip Inside This House. Originality: 5 Longitivity: 4.5 Musicality: 4.5 Enjoyment: 5. Why BLM activists are showing up for a Palestinian woman threatened with deportation. Dani McClain has an excellent piece over at The Nation that discusses growing solidarity between Black and Palestinian activists challenging state violence. The poignant example at the center of the piece? A campaign to support Palestinian feminist icon Rasmea Odeh, one of the first Palestinian women to speak about the Israeli military’s use of rape as a form of torture. On Wednesday, October 14, Rasmea Odeh stood outside a courthouse in Cincinnati after her attorney argued before the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit that she had not received a fair trial in federal court in Detroit late last year and is being denied her right to remain in this country as a naturalized citizen. Rallying around her were about 100 people, including representatives from black organizing circles in Chicago and members of Cincinnati’s Black Lives Matter contingent, who stood shoulder to shoulder with members of Chicago’s Arab immigrant and Arab- American communities. Odeh is a 68-year-old woman who in October 2013 was arrested at her home in suburban Chicago and charged with lying to obtain her citizenship. The federal government claims that she had deceived immigration officials during her application process in 2004 because when asked whether she had ever been incarcerated, Odeh replied that she had not. In fact, Odeh had spent 10 years in prison after being sentenced to life by an Israeli military court for her alleged involvement in the bombings and for her involvement in a Palestinian organization Israel deemed illegal. She was released after a decade as part of a prisoner exchange and moved to Jordan, where she lived until immigrating to the United States in 1995. During this incarceration, Odeh says she endured various forms of torture, including rape, and that she gave a false confession as a result. According to her supporters, Odeh is one of the first Palestinian women to speak about the Israeli military’s use of rape as a form of torture. The rally and ongoing campaign, the article points out, comes shortly after the release of “ When I See Them I See Us,” a film collaboration by leading organizations (including Black Youth Project and the Dream Defenders), dope artists (among them Lauryn Hill and Remi Kanazi), and brilliant women and local organizers (s/o to Angela Davis, Alice Walker, Sandra Tamari, and Suhad Khatib). While that video was in incredible statement of solidarity in itself, what is particularly remarkable about the campaign around Odeh is that it demonstrates the ability to translate powerful viral videos and online letters into offline, local, and intersectional organizing. It captures the kind of solidarity many of us adhere to in theory, but often find difficult to practice: a solidarity that has folks showing up. That involves inter-movement accountability. That meaningfully shifts and shapes offline organizing tactics well beyond online talking points. A solidarity that really truly runs deep. Self-Publishing Wiz. Jess C Scott is the author of EyeLeash: A Blog Novel (2009), 4:Play (2009), The Intern (2010), the Cyberpunk Elven Trilogy (2011), Primal Scream (2011), and the Bad Romance "seven deadly sins" anthology (2012). She is also the founder of jessINK, an innovative publishing company that focuses on substance over current fads and marketing hype. In this eBook, Jess shares a selection of blog posts (from 2009-2012) which capture the true power and spirit of the 21st-century self-publishing revolution. Primal Scream by Jess C. Scott. ABOUT THE BOOK: In the tradition and values of C. S. Lewis, with mental warfare on the scale of Asimov's Foundation and Empire, and featuring gripping battles and surprising twists reminiscent of Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game, Primal Screams is a thought-provoking, heart- pounding science fiction adventure that explores the essence of good and evil, while tackling profound ethical dilemmas of our time: cloning, planetary conservation, biological agents, nanotechnology, faith and family. Unexpectedly caught in the middle of a centuries-old conflict between two warring empires, Zach Marshall defeated a cunning and ruthless Krontor captain-Crimson-and saved Earth and Ptain from her nano-engineered plague. But the price was high. While Zach was revered by billions on two worlds, everything he loved had been taken from him, and his faith had been shaken to its core. In the aftermath that followed, Zach had journeyed to Ptain as Earth's ambassador to try to secure a future for humanity (and himself), and Crimson had gone rogue in search of Zach and Earth and revenge.