For my own future reference, iTunes - Restore Deleted Podcast Episodes.

I think Jesse wanted the best of all worlds:
Operation Project Bleeding Ears Party '99 !!!1!

Sure I guess we can run with PROJECT:BLEEDING EARS until we can think of a better one.

I hate emoticons, but you have left me with no choice, Jesse.


:o


I am INCREDIBLY JEALOUS.

The Line Up
R.E.M. / The Cure / The Flaming Lips U.F.O. Show / Death Cab For Cutie / Modest Mouse / M.I.A. / Flight Of The Conchords / Rodrigo Y Gabriela / Michael Franti & Spearhead / The Breeders / Built To Spill / The Hives / Tegan & Sara / Ghostland Observatory / Ozomatli / The New Pornographers / Blue Scholars / The National / The Kooks / Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks / Cold War Kids / Beirut / Rogue Wave / Okkervil River / Fleet Foxes / Kinski / Mates of State / Sera Cahoone / Crudo (featuring Mike Patton & Dan The Automator) / Battles / Destroyer / Dyme Def / The Blakes / Pela / Jamie Lidell / The Cops / Dengue Fever / Siberian / Say Hi / White Rabbits / David Bazan / The Little Ones / "Awesome" / Dead Confederate / The Heavenly States / 65daysofstatic / Grand Archives / Vince Mira with the Roy Kay Trio / Joshua Morrison / Throw Me The Statue / J. Tillman / The Shaky Hands / Thao Nguyen with the Get Down Stay Down / Matt Costa / The Cave Singers

All of that, plus a week of climbing before hand at Skaha. everything is falling into place.

how about PROJECT BLEEDING EARS PARTY!!!?

Wow, I wish I had noticed the multiple posts I made complaining about someone else's poor programming. Now I feel like an idiot.

I did find the existence of a "Department of Religious Affairs" interesting (albeit no more Orwellian than the Ministry of Fitness or the Ministry of Learning.) Not quite sure if, globally, such a government agency is the exception and not the rule, though.

Seems pretty brazen to try to redefine a major religion. (Not that that's stopped powerful people before, though.)

(Also, well done, Jess.)

I find it interesting that Jess' post indicates that it is TURKEY conducting this re-write:

"Turkey is preparing to publish a document that represents a revolutionary reinterpretation of Islam - and a controversial and radical modernisation of the religion.

The country's powerful Department of Religious Affairs has commissioned a team of theologians at Ankara University to carry out a fundamental revision of the Hadith, the second most sacred text in Islam after the Koran. "

...

"According to Fadi Hakura, an expert on Turkey from Chatham House in London, Turkey is doing nothing less than recreating Islam - changing it from a religion whose rules must be obeyed, to one designed to serve the needs of people in a modern secular democracy.

He says that to achieve it, the state is fashioning a new Islam.

"This is kind of akin to the Christian Reformation," he says.

"Not exactly the same, but if you think, it's changing the theological foundations of [the] religion. "

Fadi Hakura believes that until now secularist Turkey has been intent on creating a new politics for Islam.

Now, he says, "they are trying to fashion a new Islam." "

this is a new twist (for me) on the whole state-religion thing...

If you want to make something sound cool don't use (blank) party. Instead use Operation or Project. For example Operation: Echo, Project: Euphoria, Operation: Bleeding ears, Project: Cool vibe, and so and so forth.

Hey, I made a link that works!

Turkey in radical revision of Islamic texts