#radar festival 2023

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On This Day: July 28 2023

One year ago today, the collective made a headlining appearance on the first night of the Radar Festival at the O2 Victoria Warehouse in Manchester, UK. Another stop of their United Kingdom & Europe Summer Rituals tour in 2023.

The setlist is reported to have been as follows:

Chokehold The Summoning Hypnosis Vore Like That Nazareth Granite Aqua Regia Atlantic Alkaline The Love You Want Rain Higher TNDNBTG The Offering

Imagery by Adamrosssi

Per one photographer's tale of this evening, there were 37 others in the pit. An incredible amount by any standard. This curator can attest to the fact that this ritual had a significant amount of imagery recorded this night.

Imagery by Mike Ainscoe for atthebarrier.com

Imagery by wez.dale for renegademag.co.uk

We are blessed by TheBloodTheSteveTheBeers who provided a full set of the live ritual from this night.

For more articles and gathered photographic imagery and video, please visit the folder for this ritual at this link.

[faithghoul]

Sleep Token will be the headliner of Radar Festival on Friday, July 28th 2023.

Obtain the ticket here.

Worship.

[kaddyssammlung]

Radar Festival July 2023

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First Pride festival with people.

I came out last summer (2023) and got invited to join my coworkers at our local Pride parade and festival. I was still waaaay to new to all of this, so I showed up as the company photographer, so I could be there without really being there. Disappearing into a role/task.

A few weeks earlier, while I was coming out, I wandered around the Pride festival in Vancouver (I came out while on vacation), taking in the atmosphere, but basically keeping to myself and off the radar. Soon after, I did the same solo-stop-in on the Banff Pride events, coincidentally timed with a workplace retreat that I was the photographer for. In my mind it still counted, but it felt a bit… less. This felt like an experience to share.

It took me a few months after coming out to really feel part of the 2SLGBTQIA+ scene at work (it’s Canada we prefix LGBTQIA+ with 2S for the Two Spirit category the First Nations people use). But a year later, I’m on the committee that organizes the Pride Team Member Network (as a Loveless nerd, I mentally call it Pride Soc), and today in an hour or so, I’m meeting up with coworker friends to watch the parade and stroll over to the festival.

Out, proud, sharing the experience with friends, feeling accepted, being included, and absolutely nervous as fuck about getting it all wrong. 🤣

That’s still progress. 😁

Follow-up 1 of 3: It went great. I stressed out about nothing, like I often do.

Follow-up 2 of 3: There was lots of Aspec representation!

Follow-up 3 of 3: A small but maybe meaningful little way to let others, who can’t go to a pride event yet, know they were represented there.

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by Colin Shindler

Twenty years ago, Pyongyang supervised the construction of Hezbollah’s underground facilities in a labyrinth of tunnels. This allowed for the storage of food and medical equipment – and missile and arms dumps. North Korean guidance was based on its extensive technological expertise in tunnelling below the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) between the two Koreas.

During Israel’s 33-day incursion into Lebanon in 2006, the IDF could not understand how the firing of Hezbollah’s missiles could continue unabated, without cessation. The constant cascade of Katyushas essentially forced a depopulation of northern Israel - 43 Israelis were killed and more than 4,000 were injured. The Arab media produced an explanation shortly afterwards.

With the assistance of several Iranian engineers and technicians, as well as North Korean experts, who travelled to Lebanon disguised as servants for the Iranian embassy and its officers, Hezbollah has successfully built a 25km-long underground belt, with 12-metre openings along it. Every four openings are connected to one another through an easily accessible passageway. (Asharq Ali-Awsat July 29, 2006)

North Korea continued to deliver arms to Hezbollah after its perceived success in the Lebanon war.  A ship named Grigorio 1 was detained in Cyprus and found to be carrying arms, bound for Syria and probably for delivery to Hezbollah. The 18 truck-mounted mobile radar systems were officially listed as “weather observation equipment”. A UN report in 2010 suggested that North Korea had become remarkably adept at masking its intentions and operated through “multiple layers of intermediaries”. In 2021, the Alma Research Center in Israel revealed that a larger tunnel in southern Lebanon, 45 km in length, had been discovered. It had been completed with the assistance of KOMID, a North Korean front company, at a cost of US$13 million. Alma’s report detailed underground command centres, field clinics and camouflaged vertical shafts to fire missiles from underground.

It allowed the movement of Hezbollah forces from one zone of conflict to another, as well as the quick transportation of surface-to-surface missiles to underground firing sites.

Hezbollah had long ago established front companies such as Jihad Construction and the Mustafa Commercial and Contracting Company. They were ostensibly there for the benefit of the Shi’ite community – but in reality it was to build a sophisticated network of tunnels.

According to Tal Beeri, the director of Alma’s Research Department, much of the information about Hezbollah’s network of tunnels was discoverable as open-source intelligence. (This included a 2007 video in which Imad Mughniyeh, the then Hezbollah second-in-command, was seen inside an attack tunnel. Mughniyeh, who had been charged in Argentina for the attack on the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires in 1992, was killed by a car bomb in Damascus in 2008.)

According to the IDF, Hezbollah planned to enter a tunnel on the Lebanese side of the border and emerge near Metula on the Israeli side and replicate October 7.

There were different types of tunnels, designed for different purposes including those which were specifically boobytrapped to kill Israeli soldiers in a repeat of the Hamas attack in 2023. Unlike Palestinian nationalists, Palestinian Islamists have never wished to compromise with Israel over a shared land. The killings at the Nova festival were not an exception to the rule but the rule itself. Nasrallah and his minions in Hezbollah would have gladly repeated the mass murder.

According to the IDF, the highly mobile Hezbollah Radwan force – named after Mughniyeh (al-Hajj Radwan) – had planned to enter the tunnel via a shaft in the main street of Kafr Kila on the Lebanese side of the border and emerge near Metula on the Israeli side. On motorbikes, they would have proceeded to replicate the events of October 7 but this time in Metula.

Hamas, too, acquired the expertise of tunnel construction and warfare. Reports in the media have suggested that some tunnels found in Gaza were wide enough for vehicles to drive through.

This may explain why Israeli spotters noticed little before October 7. Hamas forces could be transported underground in tunnels to then suddenly appear just a few metres away from the border with Israel.

[motherof-chaos]

Sleep Token - Victoria Warehouse, Manchester, UK

Radar Festival - 28/07/2023

A bit of everyone this time! I'm a sucker for black and white photographs 🖤

[tabby-shieldmaiden]

Carnival of Aros October 2023: Humanity and the Non-Human

This is a call for submissions for the Carnival of Aros, a monthly aromantic/aro-spec themed blog carnival. You can find the roundup of last month’s submissions for the theme “Visions of Aro History” hosted by arotechno here.

Anyone can write a post to be featured in the carnival, just post a link to your article here in the comments or shoot me an email at aroarowhatsallthis@gmail.com. Submissions are due by 31st October, but if you think you might need a bit more time to get your submission done, just shoot me a message and I’ll keep that in mind. A roundup post will be posted sometime in early November.

It’s October, and for many people this means that it’s Halloween season. As such, thoughts of non-humans of all kinds will be on people’s minds for many different reasons. Whether they’re thinking up Halloween costumes, watching horror movies, or simply watching all the festivities taking place from a distance, many people will have monsters, aliens, animals, robots, and all manner of different non-human entities on their radars.

Needless to say, these things are on my mind too. In particular, I’d been thinking about how non-humanity gets framed in relation to ‘humanity’, what that means, and how these ideas of what’s considered human/inhuman affect people. I believe many people have interesting things to say about the topic, from multiple different perspectives. Which is why this month, I have chosen the theme of humanity and the non-human.

Here are some prompts:

Concepts such as ‘love’ have been held up by many as a marker of humanity. What are your thoughts on this? 

How has your aromanticism (or aplatonicism, lovelessness, etc) affected your relationship with humanity as a concept? 

In addition, understandings and expressions of love, marriage, and romance tend to be very culturally defined, but certain expressions of it might be treated as universally human. Have you ever been alienated and/or dehumanised by a dominant culture’s understanding of love/marriage/romance? Feel free to get as intersectional as you want when discussing this. 

Write about a connection you have had with something non-human, whether living (animals, plants, etc) or non-living (a hobby, a passion, etc) and how that relates to your identity as aro(-spec). 

It’s been a fairly well-documented phenomenon that many aromantics tend to feel some sort of connection to some sort of fictional non-human species, whether as specific examples, or as a whole. If you relate, what are your thoughts on these characters and concepts as an aro(-spec)? 

Do you have any experiences in any subcultures related to non-humanity, such as Voidpunk?

I’m excited to read everyone’s submissions!

[heckcareoxytwit]

The Mutants on Earth and Planet Arakko have their mixed feelings during a holiday season. Kamala Khan is forced to hide her mutant identity in school even though she doesn't celebrate Christmas as she is a Muslim. The grieving Wolverine pours his beer for the fallen mutants at the grave. Iceman snuggles up with his Inhuman boyfriend, Romeo, in somewhere else. Sunspot on Planet Arakko is worried over Richard Rider's dire condition. The Arakki Mutants are excited for Blood Dawn the festival in Arakko where they fight each other in sparring matches every year to settle their old conflicts. Craig Marshall the token human from NASA stops Loolo and Kobb from fighting. So instead he comes up with another idea - having first turkey dinner on Arakko.

Meanwhile, Orchis the Anti-Mutant organization are baffled when they find that Santa Claus is a mutant on the Mutant Detector Radar.

X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic #119, 2023

[tomorrowxtogether]

TOMORROW X TOGETHER Announce New Mini-Album, minisode 3: TOMORROW

The group's sixth mini-album arrives in April

TOMORROW X TOGETHER have announced the release of a fresh project, titled minsode 3: TOMORROW. The K-pop group’s sixth mini-album is set to drop on April 1st.

The announcement arrived during festivities for TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s fifth “Dream Week,” an annual event commemorating the group’s debut, and this year’s celebration included a live event in Seoul that took place over March 2nd and 3rd.

For Soobin, Yeonjun, Beomgyu, Taehyun, and Hueningkai, the 2024 “FANLIVE” event provided an opportunity to share the news with their fanbase, known as MOA, live and in person. The bright teaser features fireworks and a radar noise that fans can identity as the trademark opening to one of the group’s earliest hits, “Blue Hour,” which appeared on their very first minisode project in 2020.

TOMORROW X TOGETHER have announced the release of a fresh project, titled minsode 3: TOMORROW. The K-pop group’s sixth mini-album is set to drop on April 1st.

The announcement arrived during festivities for TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s fifth “Dream Week,” an annual event commemorating the group’s debut, and this year’s celebration included a live event in Seoul that took place over March 2nd and 3rd.

For Soobin, Yeonjun, Beomgyu, Taehyun, and Hueningkai, the 2024 “FANLIVE” event provided an opportunity to share the news with their fanbase, known as MOA, live and in person. The bright teaser features fireworks and a radar noise that fans can identity as the trademark opening to one of the group’s earliest hits, “Blue Hour,” which appeared on their very first minisode project in 2020.

Also, as the one-year anniversary of our 2023 TOMORROW X TOGETHER cover story approaches, you can take home one of our limited-edition box sets, which are currently marked down in the Consequence Shop.

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The Best of the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival - Awards Radar

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Radar Festival 28\07\2023

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vessel during sleep token's set at radar festival 2023

[thelensofyashunews]

CHANI NATTAN, INDERPAL MOGA & AR PAISLEY BRIDGE BORDERS WITH JOINT PUNJABI-ENGLISH HIP-HOP EP EAST TO WEST

 Today, Chani Nattan, Inderpal Moga and AR Paisley bridge East and West with the release of their highly-anticipated joint EP “East To West”  via 91 North Records. Merging authentic western hip hop sounds with traditional South Asian roots, the 7 track tape, which draws inspiration from early 90s and 2000s Hip Hop, sees Vancouver’s Chani Nattan and Inderpal Moga unite with Toronto’s rap titan AR Paisley in a project of timeless music that stays true to its roots while breaking international boundaries.

Featuring evocative bars, as well as a soulful, emotive blend of nostalgic sounds, East to West is sure to cement Nattan, Moga and Paisley's status as the new titans in the Punjabi - Hip Hop scene. Opening track 'Block Boys', blends the essence of early 2000s hip-hop with vibrant Punjabi sounds, in a dynamic fusion that highlights the artists lyrical flair, while fueling an exciting narrative of their collective grind and hustle.

‘Heater’ splices hypnotizing synths, and bouncy bass-heavy percussion over laid-back production from collaborator Jass G, on a track that embodies an aura of dominance and carefree enjoyment. The vibrant and uptempo vibes of ‘Dancer’, an experimental and innovative sound influenced by 90s disco, gives way to ‘Mehndi’, a song inspired by the vibrant culture of Punjabi wedding season - an interplay of nostalgia and romantic undertones that exemplify the artist’s versatility.

The project changes pace on love song ‘All Eyez On You” an intense cut that beautifully reflects on the feeling of being completely enamored by a single person that becomes the center of one’s world, despite the constant allure of the spotlight.  Nattan, Moga and Paisley ride out the ups and downs of life's relational tides, with their most introspective single to date “Seasons’ - an ode to the unpredictable nature of relationships that compare to ever changing seasons. Rounding out the tape is the 2023 release, ‘What’s Beef’, the first collaboration between the artists, which started their ascent together in the hip hop space.

Chani Nattan, Inderpal Moga and AR Paisley are one of the most exciting breakout rap talents of recent years. With music that is relatable in every sense, driven less by punchlines and more by traditional roots and nostalgia, the artists reflect on their personal experiences of the process saying, “We feel nostalgic when we listen to music right now, the sound reminds us of when we were in middle school going to theme parks, playing basketball etc. We had a lot of relatable connections to music like the music that resonated with us most during our upbringings.”

Chani Nattan, Inderpal Moga, and AR Paisley also blaze a trail as the first Canadian South Asian trio to showcase Punjabi hip-hop on the viral platform On The Radar.

Shot in New York City, the trio delivered a dynamic East To West Cypher freestyle on the platform, which has seen the likes of Drake & Central Cee, Lil Baby, Lil Yachty amongst other notable rap acts. The East To West tape follows an exciting 2024 for the rising stars, with a consistent slate of releases from Chani Nattan and Inderpal Moga that includes their 91 North Records debut ‘Facetime’ which garnered nods from outlets such as Billboard Canada, reaching #1 on Spotify Canada's Vancouver Pulse Chart and recent release ‘Bhabi’. 

The year has also proved to be a breakout one for Paisley, whose surprise collaboration ‘Drippy’ with the late Sidhu Moose Wala accumulated over 15 million views in under a week, charting #9 on Canada's Billboard Hot 100. They are set to round out the summer with a performance at the UK’s R5B Festival on August 31st!  

[kaddyssammlung]

Radar Festival - July 2023

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CRISTINA SCABBIA TALKS NEW LACUNA COIL MUSIC, LOVING SLEEP TOKEN, SEEING PANTERA

WHAT WOULD YOU CONSIDER TO BE LACUNA COIL'S BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT OF 2023? CRISTINA SCABBIA Well, we wrote some music and there's a new single out called "Never Dawn."

That's also a super cool collaboration we did with the brand CMON for the game Zombicide. Which is a huge table game that came out in different versions, so being part of it — we're actually miniatures in the game — is a great achievement. That kind of underlines, once again, our connection with the nerd world, with the world of games and video games.

So that made us really, really happy. The fact that we went to Comic Con as guests is something I consider a big achievement.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ALBUM OF 2023? To be honest with you, I don't really listen to a lot of new stuff. I've had the same playlists for ages now and I listen to a lot of soundtracks from video games. So it might not be unusual but it could be the soundtrack for Elden Ring.

Of course, as soon as I hear the music I think about the game right away. It was such a great, developed game that everybody was waiting for, and the music just builds the vibe for it. I love the fact that it's dark, it's epic, it's scary, it's very, very well done. I just put it [on] whenever I do something at home.

WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE SHOW YOU'VE SEEN THIS YEAR? I saw Pantera — that was pretty cool. I saw them in Spain because we played the same festival, and the thing about it is that I watched them from the stage we literally just played because they were going on after us on the stage that was in front of us.

So we kind of got the best view. That was pretty awesome.

WERE THERE ANY NEW-TO-YOU ARTISTS WHO CAME ONTO YOUR RADAR THIS YEAR THAT YOU REALLY ENJOY? I listened to a lot of Sleep Token. If they count as new for this year, they might be the band. I like them very much — I adore his voice. I just like the vibe.

I don't care about whoever says, "Oh, they're not metal" — I don't give a fuck. Music is about what you feel when you listen to it, and they play so well and have such a wonderful singer. That, to me, is awesome.

WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TV SERIES OF 2023? Well, I finally progressed on Attack on Titan. I re-watched Neon Genesis Evangelion. I started the live action One Piece. I'm digging more into that world.

WHAT ARE YOU MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO IN 2024 FOR LACUNA COIL? Well, the new record. We are writing it right now. So we're in the composition zone now. We have so many ideas. We're just waiting for something that puts everything together.

We don't like to write singles. We don't like to write long songs. We like an idea of a record, so we're looking for the spark for the [theme] of the next record.

We want to take our time to write. We just want to be inspired and release something that we really like, that we really want to share with people.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS FOR WHAT IT'S GOING TO SOUND LIKE? Honestly, no, because there're some things that are sounding very Lacuna Coil, and there are other things that are completely different.

But we honestly like to keep it a way where it sounds like Lacuna Coil. We like to experiment, we like to evolve. But there has to be a logic.

Whenever I think about bands that I like, movies that I like, TV series that I like, I kind of want to see a change, but I also want to feel the core of what I liked. And it's not easy because, obviously, as a band we listen to so many things, we're inspired by so many things.

But it wouldn't make sense to evolve in a way that takes you too far from what the band is. So that's another thing I would love [in 2024]. To keep on-focus, let's say.

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Rain - Sleep Token Radar Festival, UK - July 28th, 2023