Category Archives: Rock on-Peace Out

Bio | ZAA Band esta bueno!

Band ZAA was founded in the end of February in the year 2008 in Krusevac.

They have had more than 200 performances in cities throughout the former Yugoslavia, and they also performed in Austria, Czech Republic and Hungary.

From the critics they were rated as „concert attraction“, and they are recognizable by their original and energetic performances, which are characterized by distinct dance rhythms in combination with skillful improvisation. And regarding their unique sound, it’s characterized by authentic musical genres which represent the crossover between the variety of styles from ska music and dub, to post-rock jazz and punk, and that is what makes ZAA unique.

In the very beginning of their carrier they have made a significant success, by winning the third prize on Demofest in Banja Luka (2009), as in the year later they have made it to the regional finals of the prestigious European festival Rototom.

The band has performed in numerous festivals in Serbia, like Exit, Supernatural, Arsenal fest, Nisville, Love fest, Osvezenje fest, Reggae Serbia fest, and amongst the numerous performances in the region, the ones standing out are: Pung art and Overjam festivalsin Slovenia, Lake fest inNiksic, Duka fest in Banja Luka, NGOM festival in Prizren, Festival ulicnih sviraca and Koncert godine in Novi Sad.

ZAA, so far has published two studio albums: ZAA (2010) i Good Things (2011), as well as double single Full Scale Riot/Moonlight (2011) and EP Foot by Foot (2012).

Their third studio album What About, released on October 2nd, 2014.

via Bio | ZAA.

RIP: Thomas M. Menino, Mayor Who Transformed Boston, Dies at 71 – NYTimes.com

Mr. Menino remained a creature of its neighborhoods. He spent his whole life in Hyde Park, where he was born. He spent his days ambling along the city’s streets, talking with residents, reporting potholes and rarely missing a ribbon cutting. In a remarkable achievement for a big-city mayor, he met more than half of Boston’s 625,000 residents in person, according to polls. He left office with approval ratings at an astronomical 82 percent.

via Thomas M. Menino, Mayor Who Transformed Boston, Dies at 71 – NYTimes.com.

Thousands of Hungarians march against Internet tax | News | DW.DE | 29.10.2014

(and how many have not marched in US to retain net neutrality and say no to 3rd class internet for middle and lower income people? ZERO!)

As many as 100,000 people were said to have taken to the streets of Budapest on Tuesday, to protest a plan to tax the use of the Internet from 2015.

The rally was the second in three days objecting to the new law that would force Internet service providers to pay a capped amount of 700 forints ($2.89, 2.27 euros) per month per individual subscriber. Business subscribers would pay 5,000 forints.

“We are not going to let it happen,” the crowd chanted as it passed through the center of the capital to rally in front of the economy ministry.

Zsolt Varady, founder of a Hungarian social media website, told the crowd: “The internet tax is a symbol of the government autocracy.”

via Thousands of Hungarians march against Internet tax | News | DW.DE | 29.10.2014.

Conservative Group Urges Changes at Japanese War Shrine – NYTimes.com

The 14 war criminals were secretly added to the list of souls honored at Yasukuni by the shrine’s priests in 1978, a move that reflected the belief of some Japanese nationalists that they were actually patriots who had been victims of victor’s justice by the triumphant Allies. When the enshrinement was made public a year later, in 1979, the emperor at the time, Hirohito, protested by refusing to visit Yasukuni, a boycott continued by his son, the current emperor, Akihito.

The honoring of the 14 has also been the main reason given by China and South Korea for their objections, starting in the 1980s, to Japanese politicians’ visiting the shrine. In those countries, the inclusion of the war criminals has helped make Yasukuni a symbol of Japan’s perceived lack of repentance for its wartime misdeeds

via Conservative Group Urges Changes at Japanese War Shrine – NYTimes.com.

SC opts not to quarantine health care workers

South and North Carolina have protocols short of quarantine in place.

South Carolina is following federal guidelines, which call for active monitoring of these workers by public health staff as opposed to quarantine, according to Doug Mayer, spokesman for South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.

“Going forward,” he told The Greenville News, “we are awaiting the updated guidelines … and will evaluate whether or not there is a need to take additional measures.”

In North Carolina, state epidemiologist Dr. Megan Davies said public health nurses will monitor for 21 days travelers from the affected countries who have no identified risks.

Those with an exposure risk but no symptoms will undergo daily personal assessments, and their movement will be monitored and restricted if necessary, she said.

via SC opts not to quarantine health care workers.

Video: Woman Endures Endless Catcalls During 10 Hour Walk In NYC: Gothamist

A woman wearing jeans and a crewneck t-shirt walked around NYC for ten hours with a hidden (to everyone else) camera fixed on her. Below is the result, which features a greatest hits of catcalls, like: “Smile!” and “Hey baby!” Also featured is the most infuriating catcall of all: “Somebody’s acknowledging you for being beautiful—you should say thank you!” Ladies whenever will we learn to smile and thank our street harassers?

On the non-verbal side, there’s a cameo by the creepy lingerer who decides to walk right next to you forever like you’re on you’re on a goddamn first date or something.

Take a walk in one woman’s all women’s shoes:

The PSA, highlighting the impact of street harassment, was put together by Rob Bliss and Hollaback—they explain that the woman, Shoshana B. Roberts, “volunteered to be the subject… For 10 hours, Rob walked in front of Shoshana with a camera in his backpack, while Shoshana walked silently with two mics in her hands.”

Bliss says he wanted to create this “because I think a lot of men don’t understand the collective weight that this harassment causes. They see it as just an innocent ‘compliment’ but are missing the forest for the trees.”

via Video: Woman Endures Endless Catcalls During 10 Hour Walk In NYC: Gothamist.