[kj] KJ in China?

[sade1]

For the relationship enthusiasts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSRTvnGWiRs
 
The dutch Team really lowered themselves this time around. This guy should've 
been red-cardedimmediately, among others (v.Bom., v.Bronck., etc.), but Robben's 
diving was a real treat to watch.
 
Other dives,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ_CellyTX0&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRsQ5-Nq0js&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phfyqQxIzc0&feature=player_embedded
 
 


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From: Karen Weil <karen.weil at sddt.com>
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Mon, July 12, 2010 4:13:52 PM
Subject: Re: [kj] KJ in China?

For the football enthusiast:  
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/gallery/2010/jul/12/world-cup-final-newspapers#/?picture=364804235&index=20

----- Original Message ----- 

>From: folk devil 

>To: gathering at misera.net 

>Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 11:58 AM

>Subject: Re: [kj] KJ in China?

>

>http://www.spinner.com/2010/04/04/bob-dylan-banned-from-playing-in-china/

>(Dylan's a wanker anyway)

> 

>"Jay-Z

>Country in Question: China

>Guilty of: Vulgar lyrics, deem the furrowed brows of the Politburo in Beijing, 

>having given the rapper's lyrics the once-over before his planned Shanghai show 

>in 2006. The Ministry of Culture pronounced his rhymes too offensive for the 

>tender ears of the People's Republic's youth. Any band planning to play the 

>country has to provide lyrics so that officials can make sure nothing too 

>inflammatory gets played. That's a little more compromising than a Parental 

>Advisory sticker. 

> 

>Oasis

>Country in Question: China

>Guilty of: The Chinese government is, it appears, a little sensitive about 

>Tibet, which China occupied after a brief struggle in 1950. It certainly doesn't 

>like pop stars throwing their muscle behind Tibetan independence. Oasis found 

>this out in 2009 when gigs planned for Shanghai and Beijing were pulled after 

>officials discovered Noel Gallagher had played a Free Tibet concert in the US in 

>1997. Of course, that's the official reason: Perhaps the Chinese authorities 

>believe Comrade Damon Albarn really is the red sun in the heart of every worker.

>

>Björk

>Country in Question: China

>Guilty of: No stranger to controversy in foreign lands (remember that attack on 

>a reporter in Thailand?), the eccentric Icelandic chanteuse was told in 2008 

>that she was no longer welcome in China after dedicating her performance of the 

>song 'Declare Independence' in Shanghai to the campaign for freedom in Tibet. 

>That didn't go down too well with the Chinese authorities and the Ministry of 

>Culture issued a statement promising to deny entry to any artist "engaged in 

>activities which threaten our national sovereignty."

> 



      
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