Fight The Pipe – PRI goes to appeal, Facebook group, Pipeline Twitter, Linda Ware.

These updates are few and far between but we are still campaigning. The 200 mile pipeline is laid but the PRI (pressure reduction installation) at the end of the pipeline in Tirley, Gloucestershire is still not built. National Grid have twice been refused planning permission and now to appeal against the last decision. See the local news article HERE

The pipeline is laid and the terminals in Milford Haven are now operational, nothing is going to stop National Grid using more of the earths resources after spending billions on this project. One of the main concerns all along has been safety. This is where we can really make a difference by opposing the PRI ever being built. If there is no PRI then the gas will have to be pumped through the pipeline at a lower pressure which will make it safer for the thousands of people living nearby. It is vital people raise their concerns about the safety of the pipe.

Only a few weeks ago a natural gas pipeline exploded in the USA leaving 5 dead and dozens injured. See the news report HERE and an incomplete list of pipeline accidents, including LNG HERE.

We will keep you informed of how you can object to the PRI in Tirley but please keep an eye on the local press, join our facebook group, visit our myspace or the pipeline twitter website to keep up to date with news.

Our facebook group is HERE
Our myspace is HERE

A new documentary and discussion website has been set up called Pipeline Twitter HERE

Anyone emailing this address gets a mail back with a telephone number, please use this to tell us of anything important as this email account is not always checked reguarly. Alternatively post on the facebook group, myspace or pipeline twitter. It is really important that we all keep communicating.

Many of you are aware of Linda Ware’s fight with Neath Port Talbot council, below is a press release from Sept for those that were not aware of the outcome.

Many thanks for your continued support

Fight the Pipe crew xxx

On Tuesday 22nd September 2009 at a Hearing under the Aarhus Convention at the Supreme Court Costs Office.
BEFORE Master O’Hare

NEATH PORT TALBOT COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL ~v~ Linda Ware

RE COSTS INCURRED IN TWO JUDICIAL REVIEW APPLICATIONS REGARDING THE MILFORD HAVEN TO CILFREW & TIRLEY NATIONAL GRID LNG PIPELINE.

RE PRESSURE REDUCTION STATION BUILD WITHIN 600 METRES OF THE VILLAGE OF CILFREW.

LINDA WARE ACCEPTED AN OUT OF COURT SETTLEMENT OF THE COSTS CLAIM AGAINST HER BY NEATH PORT TALBOT COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL DUE TO LACK OF FULL COVERAGE OF HER LEGALLY AIDED ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGE BY THE LEGAL SERVICES COMMISSION.

ON THURSDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER 2009 THE LEGAL SERVICES COMMISSION WITHDREW FUNDING FROM LINDA WARE FOR THE CASE ON 22ND SEPTEMBER 2009.

THE SOLICITOR AND BARRISTER, RICHARD BUXTON AND DAVID WOOLFE, FOR LINDA WARE, PROCEEDED TO THE HEARING ON A CONDITIONAL FEE AGREEMENT.

SHOULD THE CASE NOT HAVE BEEN SETTLED OUT OF COURT THEN THE CASE WOULD HAVE PROGRESSED TO THE COURT OF APPEAL ONCE AGAIN.

LINDA WARE SHOULD LIKE IT KNOWN THAT SHE WAS NO LONGER PREPARED FOR HER OWN LOCAL AUTHORITY TO WASTE THE TAXPAYERS OF NEATH PORT TALBOT’S  MONEY ON LENGTHY COURT PROCEEDINGS.

THE SETTLEMENT WAS £7,000 in full and final settlement of costs.

TO BE PAID AT A RATE OF £9.75 PER WEEK FOR 14 YEARS UNTIL LINDA WARE REACHES THE AGE OF 75 YEARS.

This is the maximum legally permitted to be taken from the pension of Linda Ware. Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council have stated in the agreed offer that Linda Ware should not be bankrupted unless she defaults on this payment. It was also stated in the offer made to Linda ware by Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council that the debt would die with her should she not live for the requisite 14 years.

It was stated by the Barrister for Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council that the reason NPT CBC is pursuing these costs is that Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council cannot be seen to be a ‘soft touch’ especially regarding  environmental issues. It was also stated that the money was not why Linda Ware was being pursued; when NPT CBC knew she did not have the money to pay these costs. It was stated Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council pursued Linda Ware on a matter of principle.

At a time when cutbacks in all public services are biting hard and affecting education and jobs badly it seems there is plenty of PUBLIC money to pursue vindictive court cases in order to squash any individual that fights for the environmental rights of the people of their area.

For further information
Telephone
Linda Ware – 01639 632286

Microblog 2010-03-07

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Paranoid Visions, Kilnaboy, Alcohol Licks, The New Inn Birmingham Saturday 6th March 2010

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Paranoid Visions
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The New Inn, 527 Moseley rd, Birmingham doors 8pm £5 in
Saturday march 6th

Punk and Disorderly in Brum – Punk All Dayer May 22nd 2010 Birmingham

Punk & Disorderly in Brum – Punk All Dayer May 22nd 2010

Punks alive collective gig

Bands playing:

Last Under The Sun
Apocalypse Babies
Genital Deformities
Dun to Def
Mangled
Wasted Life
Cryo-Genics
Certified
Human Battle (greece)
Dragster
External menace
Redflag 77
Menace
Varukers

The Old Wharf, Oxford Street, Digbeth, B5 5NR first band on at midday £15 in

Life in a Blender – Tell Me I’m Pretty CD (2002)

Track listing
1. Something Must Break
2. Kent
3. Hero Rising from the Sea
4. Mobile Wash Unit
5. Dead Get Down
6. Dolly Down the Hole
7. Sex With Cops
8. Sleep for Years
9. Eyes Are Red
10. Paterson Falls
11. Prize at the Bottom
12. Drunks Have All the Answers
13. Party Soon

buy it here: http://stores.shop.ebay.co.uk/Iron-Man-Shop

Details
Producer: Al Houghton, Chris Rael, Mark Lerner
Distributor: Big Daddy Music Dist.
Recording type: Studio
Recording mode: Stereo

Album notes
Life In A Blender: Don Ralph (vocals); Al Houghton (guitar); Dave Moody (cello); Rebecca Weiner (violin); Mel Melon (horns); Mark Lerner (bass); Ken Meyer (drums).

Personnel: Al Houghton (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Mark Lerner (vocals, dobro); Dave Moody (vocals, cello); Don Ralph, Julia Douglass (vocals); Olivier Conan (banjo); Chris Rael (sitar, piano); Rebecca Weiner (violin); Mel Melon (trumpet, trombone); Ken Meyer (marimba, drums, cymbals, percussion).

Recording information: Dubway Studios, New York, NY.

Photographer: Paolo Vescia.

Admittedly it’s a case of slightly dashed expectations (for some) when it turns out that opening song “Something Must Break” is an original rather than a Joy Division cover, but who says that titles can’t be used again, after all? As for Life in a Blender itself, at this stage in its lengthy existence the Brooklyn-based septet seems to occupy a quirky space between Firewater and Soul Coughing when it comes to try-anything-once eclecticism with the lead singer’s voice and vision front and center. In that regard the group seems like one of those many New York bands that has a love and hate relationship with rock & roll as such — they can certainly crank the volume as needed and drummer Ken Meyer can get some full-bodied stomp in, but there’s no mistaking them for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs or the Ramones. Lead figure and songwriter Don Ralph is unsurprisingly still at the core of it all when it comes to how the band can both work and not work in equal measure. Sometimes he seems to be exaggerating a strident speak-singing approach that aims for wry and witty but can just be tiring (or else seems to be trying to fulfill the non-present demand for a clear-singing Tom Waits). Then again, he can just as easily find a breezy, bemused wistfulness that works far better, sometimes in the same song (”Kent” and “Paterson Falls” in particular capture him at both his best and worst). When both band and singer bring it together to concentrate on a good song — the wistful New Orleans jazz/sea shantey tip to the street cleaners “Mobile Wash Unit,” the spaghetti Western-tinged drama of “Eyes Are Red” — then the group really has a certain fun and entertaining something. ~ Ned Raggett

Dark but humorous, an oddly skewed vision of the American landscape set to a unique score of string-driven rock.

Life in a Blender is an extraordinary band from Brooklyn that is not unlike the drunken clown lost in the darkened carnival grounds. Spectacular arrangements with strings and horns, a keen melodic sensibility, and a sense of humor that swings wildly from the absurd to the bleak make Life in a Blender a true original. Life in a Blender has carved out a special spot in the ears of fans worldwide. They show up unexpectedly, even at the breakfast hour, and begin playing. These guerilla tactics have made Life In A Blender one of the most notorious bands in the music business. When you open your garage door tomorrow, be warned. Life In A Blender may be waiting.

From the opening line of the first tune you’re attention is grabbed by the acoustic goolies and the album just doesn’t let go. Brilliant lyrics. Brilliant tunes. If there is a God, and he likes music, Life in a Blender will go far. 11 out of 10 – Pete Wade

Life in a Blender is the personal playground of Don Ralph, a bizarre vocalist that offers a deep-voiced quirkiness to match his charismatic college rock. Working with high school friends Dave Moody, Mark Lerner (Rosine,) Rebecca Weiner (Patti Smith,) Ken Meyer, John Donne, and Al Houghton (a frequent They Might Be Giants collaborator,) Life in a Blender is a project that is often put on hold due to the member’s various musical commitments. Still, as members of They Might Be Giants’ inner circle, they enjoy a status as a cute and lovable pop band that hides a twisted sense of humor and wicked attitude underneath the surface. Starting in the late 80’s, the band comes together every four to six years and makes fun rock music that offers a deranged lyrical viewpoint in contrast to the jangly guitars and lushly produced music. Based in Brooklyn, New York, the band makes waves in their home city with fun publicity stunts such as performing at a strip club art opening, and playing “Stairway to Heaven” on the street in their underwear. A lengthy absence marked the time between records after Motivational Tape #1, but they returned in 2002 with Tell Me I’m Pretty. ~ Bradley Torreano, All Music Guide

Tell Me I’m Pretty, the band’s fourth album, paints a landscape with strange, sad, and at times funny images. From the opening track, Something Must Break, very reminiscent of Cake, with its la la la’s and slinky trumpet to the sad finale, Party Soon, the tunes offer a welcome peek into Don’s fascinating off-kilter mind. The album’s strongest piece, Dead Get Down, is sure to become a Halloween classic, with its spooky horns, cymbals, and killer percussion. This song sounds like an outtake from a Danny Elfman soundtrack. The song Mobile Wash Unit is featured in the movie Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soapbox.

I just latched onto this CD as a result of playing a couple tracks on my radio program. I am surprised that more spot reviews have not been written on this group. In fact, a search of the web will find nothing but discounts on household appliances. On the subject of originality- to me there are two gigantic, but pleasing similarities. Vocalist Don Ralph must be holding a very large torch for David Byrne (Talking Heads), and to a lesser degree Fred Schneider (B-52’s). Ralph possesses that dark, keening vocal style reminiscent of Byrne, and perhaps even uses a few of the other expected stylistic tricks. Other times, his natural voice comes very close to the plaintive barking of Schneider. A bit darker than much of the Heads or B-52’s material, but these factors alone make this band in instant must have for any fan of those seminal 80’s groups, The Talking Heads, or the B-52’s. Enjoy it. – Jonathan Colcord

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