Join us this Friday, Nov 21, 2003 at 8pm for two films that explore the image of power and the power of the image.

Where: Squeaky Wheel, 175 Elmwood Ave.
Buffalo, NY 14201
716-884-7172
www.squeaky.org (http://www.squeaky.org)
Admission: $5 members/$4 non-members



THE FILMS:

THE THIEF OF BAGDAD

(Diane Nerwen, video, color, 5 mins)

In The Thief of Baghdad (2003), Diane Nerwen continues her practice of appropriating arresting imagery from film and mixing it with politically charged dialogue. Condensing the beauty and exoticism of the mystical capital of Baghdad, she slips in a newly realized paradigm of domination. As in much of her work, Nerwen explores the allure of place, film's ability to reflect and create desire, as well as the conceit that the video's images and soundtrack are part of same narrative.


IMAGES OF THE WORLD AND THE INSCRIPTION OF WAR

(Harun Farocki, 16 mm, 75 mins.) German with English subtitles.

The German-Egyptian filmmaker Harun Farocki is one of the most influential documentarians alive today. His thought-provoking work is not as much about events and people as it is about ideas and mechanisms in a larger cultural context. A meditation on vision and power inspired by photos of Auschwitz taken by American bomber pilots during WW2, IMAGES OF THE WORLD creates striking, deeply meaningful connections between military reconnaissance and the state of the world.

V-P Dick Cheney is in Buffalo today to take part in a $1000/per plate fundraiser. There will be people protesting in the circle. Currently, a van from every news station is there.

While Cheney is here to collect a $1000/plate, let's let him no there'll be no free lunch in Buffalo.

Where -- Park Lane Restaurant, Gates Circle, Buffalo

When -- Monday, November 17, 4:30 PM SHARP

Today we will be having live radio shows on and off today, tune in and check it out. If not there will be music.

There was a bug that was not letting new users log into and update their journals. It has since been fized and I hope to see updates on those journals soon. Sorry about th delay with getting you going :p

Staff

We have finally gotten our radio station up. We are going to be scheduling talk shows in the coming week. I will post them all in a journal called radio. If you have any ideas or would like to have a show on the web, we can arrange that just email me paul@elmwoodstrip.com

You can find the link under the elmwood picture to the right. Its called Radio Free Elmwood. Once you click it will download the streaming mp3 fiel to the desktop. I find it works really well with iTunes for Mac and PC. iTunes is a free player available from

It also works with winAmp and Audion player and I'm sure many others.

I had my brother test this on his dial-up at home. It seemed to work fine.

Here is a shortcut to that link:

Women in Black (WIB) is a worldwide network of women committed to peace with justice and is actively opposed to war and other forms of violence. Our demonstrations take the form of women (and men who support us) wearing black, standing in a public place in silent, non-violent vigils at regular times.

Screening: 3 new works (Documentary) on Friday Nov.14 at 7pm at Hallwalls

"Sold" (video, 5 min. 2003)
"Women In Black, Buffalo" (video, 50 min. 2003)
"Women In Black, New York City" (video, 20 min. 2003)

Our very own Holly from elmwoodstrip has designed a page for the War and Media Conference being held at UB

The University at Buffalo's Department of Media Study presents the War & Media Conference on UB's North Campus, Center for the Arts, Nov. 17-18.

This international conference confronts the relations between war and the media from an array of cultural, artistic, and academic perspectives—with a special focus on the media coverage of the recent war in Iraq. The two-day conference will feature three panel discussions, each of which will be composed of distinguished speakers from around the world presenting on issues pertaining to their specific areas of expertise.

The Coalition for Progressive Media, is being established to facilitate and organize the development of progressive media in the Buffalo metropolitan area. Our first goal is to bring Democracy Now to Buffalo's airwaves. We firmly believe that there is a demand for truly independent media in our area; the huge success of our independent weeklies like Artvoice and Alt Press confirms this. Of course, making this happen will take some work, time, and money (estimates for air time on WUFO are around $20,000 per year for a daily one-hour program).

Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now, has agreed to speak at our first fundraiser on Dec. 3 between 4-6:30. Democracy Now is the largest public media collaboration in the U.S., airing on over 140 stations in North America. It offers an alternative to the mainstream and corporate media through diverse programming which highlights progressive issues, including labor, peace activism, environmental policies, and civil liberties. While focusing on progressive topics, Democracy Now strives for and meets the highest standards of well-balanced professional journalism by featuring live debates between people who substantially disagree, such as between the White House or the Pentagon spokespeople on the one hand, and grassroots activists on the other.

We are currently working on both a flyer for the event and a trifold brochure that will include recent examples of what Democracy Now is airing five days a week throughout the country. Any help you could offer to publicize or support this event would be greatly appreciated. Anyone with media or design skills would be a valuable member of this new group. If you would like to join the coalition, please refer to the contact information below. Our next meeting will be held this Thursday 11/13 at 5:30PM at the address listed below. To learn more about Democracy Now, go to www.democracynow.org.

Buffalo Coalition for Progressive Media

2495 Main Street (Tri Main Building)
Suite 438
Buffalo, NY 14214
(716) - 833-5416
bcpm@elmwoodstrip.com

The Committee for the Promotion of Justice would like to call to your attention an important event that will take place on campus on Tuesday, November 11. The Student Justice Board of Canisius College has invited two extraordinary St. Joseph University graduates, Jim Keady and Leslie Kretzu, to campus. The title of their talk is "Sweatshops and Social Justice: Nike in Indonesia--A Case Study." The event will take place in the Montante Cultural Center at 7 p.m.

We are going to soundlab tonight. They have moved to a new location on Pearl Street. I added a link to their site to links section on this page. Check it out if you want to go.

I seems to be a promising event. We had fun at the old soundlab happenings we went to plus we heard our very own Robin from the journal section is showing an experimental video. Wouldn't want to miss that. See you tonight.