((( We frequently post Radical Blurbs, i.e. recommended EVENTS as Podopolog entries, but this page can be used to keep track of it all in more Chronological order. We’ll even try to link the events to the featured articles where they appear with more details. Key word here is TRY :) … ORANGE-Highlighted events are XLT + Pod(s) related. Please send us your hot blurby event news to : Pod (at) XLterrestrials (d0t) org ))) ::: -08- October ::: 11.10 > Freiheit Statt Angst/Freedom Not Fear – International Day Of Action + Demo: Stop The Surveillance Mania !

[ Still from Benh Zeitlin’s “Glory at Sea”, big winner at SXSW and NOLA Human Rights Film Fest in 2008] Radical Blurb XTraXTra : [ Note: u can now use “Page 04” for a chronological LIST of XLT recommended events] 27.8 : 3 Years After Katrina Movie Nite at Mano’s Bar ecke skalitzer/lausitzer str. Berlin Begins 8pm Special guests: Panpirat, Cyclown Circus musicians, Media Decompression + Podinski Selected films from AK Kraak + PanMove, “Cataclysm” (2006) , Benh Zeitlin’s ingenious and Kusturica-esque “Glory at Sea”( 2007), current news clips from Democracy Now (2008.

[ Graffitti Research Lab tagging the NSA - Verizon “merger” in NYC following the Congress' amendment to FISA Act on July 9th, expanding Prez Bush’s demand for expanded eavesdropping authority. Full Story. ] Latest news regarding GRL is that co-founder James Powderly is one of The Beijing Six, now being held in custody in China. From […]

“The installation of a missile defense system in Eastern Europe is, virtually, a declaration of war.” NOAM CHOMSKY Excerpt of a support letter from Chomsky to Jan Tamáš with the Non-violent Movement against US bases in Czech Republic. With the recent confrontations between US and Russia, and NATO being pushed into the game up-to-its- ears in […]

More musika news ( and links) coming soooon… meanwhile if your in SF, Don’t miss these: Monsters of Accordions OR Mezklah with Fosforo et al !! Ohhh tuff choice, but knowing the migratory Bay Area patterns, the SFsters will go to 12 Galaxies and the East bay will go to the Oakland Bottoms. Also This news […]

[ Dear Podopolog readers and XLt organisms, we are STILL working on the new Wordpress updating (glitch), and still have comments DOWN, so please do not attempt to submit comments, but rather send us an email if you have any thoughts you would like to share.] [ From the film about renegade architect Michael Reynolds, Garbage […]

A Playlist for Ecotopia Gathering 2008: Dear Ecotopians, Enjoy the films! Wish we could be there!! Please let people know about our XL Terrestrials project and the list of resources below. We do a variety of screening presentations, mostly focused on analyzing the media ecology and the current “virtual migration” of digital culture, and exploring new directions in tactical arts and praxis. Didn’t have that much time to assemble a specific energy issues program, but there’s some very relevant films here in the mix…and then a lot of more general activist clips, and then a bunch for Fun inbetween.

The next “Babylon Now” set from Dj Shazam + Vj Podinski + special guests is Sept. 5th. Also inbetween is a series of live events including musicians from Iraq on Aug 22. ( link coming soon). Salut/Salaam/Gruesse arts + praxis organisms! ( mehr auf deutsch unten) Invite: 8.8.8 Babylon Now Dj Shazam + Vj Podinski at Pergamon, Museum Insel, Berlin 19h-21:30h Friday, August 8th a special “Babylon Now” 3 part mix (8.8. + 5.9 will be our 2nd and last sessions at Pergamon)…

This weekend we visited Camp Tipsy, a very non-commercial cultural festival on the outskirts of Berlin. High on the list of inspiring moments (which we are willing to make public in the plogosphere) are as follows… sleeping in a Tipi* while it rains; Jumping in the cool lake waters after not sleeping for more than 24 hours; being nourished by all the Volkskueche action; watching the crew and citizens of the camp delicately attend to an over-intoxicated passenger; witnessing a collective member of the Dub Pub with hardcore, unshakable principles refuse to allow Non-Bio milk to remain anywhere in the vicinity of his bar/dj table at sunrise inbetween making coffee for the few dawn survivors and dropping vinyl…