Monday, July 23. 2007

Two minutes to midnight …

Photo: Schaeuble with a nuke in hand, Doomsday Clock
… the hands that threaten doom

I recently picked up some of the classics from Amazon's Used & New, like the CD reissues of Stranger in a strange land/Wasted Years and Aces High/Two minutes to midnight (that's right, boys and girls, each CD contains the material from two 12"s, plus commentary, and if you get those two, that's arguably all the Iron Maiden you'll ever need — in fact, I got A matter of life and death too, and the crystal case has a transparent tray: not to give you extra artwork, but so they could slink in some asinine plea not to steal the music, which for some reason pissed me off no end, so it's the last Maiden album I'll buy.)

Anyway, long story short, it had me wondering idly why we don't have some sort of Doomsday Clock (as opposed to calendar machine) for civil liberties, all things considered. Should be relatively easy to do, each "guaranteed" freedom that we lose advancing the clock by one minute. Well, if it ends up being another clock, anyway.
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dono on :

*This clock isn't exactly what you mean, but still worth a look:

http://poodwaddle.com/worldclock.swf

Liz on :

*Iron Maiden - a "Must Have" I found was the Best of albums. Though i have their complete discography anyway myself :D

Good to see im not the only female who likes em. Even better to see they are STILL going strong after all these years, still releasing stuff and sounding awesome!

Azundris on :

*Aye. Though I always found the individual albums a bit of a mixed bag. I should probably take your cue and check out those Best Ofs, to see whether I agree with their selection! :)

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